What have you been doing today?

[goldfish]

Wow Jo!! That'll be a day to remember... Maybe do a mini photo album for him of the day? The memories will grow sweeter for him  as time goes on!

[goldfish]

Yesterday I went to a Preserving Workshop put on by the Permaculture Sydney Institute. It was a great day and really enjoyed the company, the food . . . . and, of course, all the hands on learning!  

[judydawn]

Great party Jo, wish I'd had an invitation to that one

Something different GF, bet you learnt a lot from that class.

[obbie]

washing, folding, cleaning the house.
DH went shopping for me.

So now i can start cooking....

[droverjess]

Wow GF what fun!
Happy cooking Obbie!

Just getting up, lovely sunny but cold day here.

[Jadey]

GF that does sound interesting! I bet you learnt a lot!
Love seeing all those jams and preserved fruits etc in your pics. Looks awesome.

[Cornish Cream]

The party sounded spectacular Jo
Your preserving class looks interesting GF.Hopefully you can give us all a few tips

[cookie1]

GF that would have been interesting. What are you going to preserve first?
Jo, an awesome party.

Today I have been "sneezing". Suzanne I am glad I am not the only. I slept for 12 hours last night and had a sleep today.

[Jamberie]

Today Milliecoop1 and I went to a back-to-basics cooking class. It was good as the recipes made (and of course tasted) were not ones I've tried, but they were all in the EDC so I have the recipes

Everything was really yummy:
Autumn sorbet (fig, orange, cinnamon)
Lemon Parsley Juice
Basic bread with a twist (spinach)
Home made butter -this part was really useful as I don't make butter so it was interesting to see it being washed
Tuna Dip -why have I not made this before?!?!
Red lentil and Sweet Potato Soup -yum
Brown Rice Salad -excellent for feeding a huge crowd
Torte Caprese -really yummy
Chocolate custard
Gluten Free bread

I will definitely be making everything (except the GF bread as I like another recipe) again soon. And it was great to be around a bunch of people who are TMX nerds like me!

[Kimmyh]

Sounds like a great day jam.
Great party Jo. Your DS is very lucky.

[judydawn]

Sewing name tags on clothing for DH since I returned from the hospital.

[cookie1]

Judy I remember doing that for boarding school. It is a horrible job.

[Wonder]

Good luck with that Judy, I hate doing it for the kids and resort to a black marker. Not much here today, at a family function and ferrying kids to/from sport.

[Nikkit]

I went to a Horse Agility clinic yesterday with my spotty horse. He jumped through hoops, walked on a bridge, stepped up onto a podium, carried a bag of cans, was rubbed all over by a tarp plus a whole lot more "scary stuff" and took everything in his stride until it came to walking through pool noodles dangling from a frame. He wasn't overly impressed with that - but when I walked through it he figured it didn't hurt Mum, so he did it too. He has never done any of it before, so I was really happy he trusted me with all the unusual things he had to do.
And to top off our day I won the "Horsemanship Award" which not-so-quietly-I'm-gonna-toot-my-own-trumpet I am so proud of me!!! It reinforces the fact that I have done so much with this horse and we have come such a long way together and I am thrilled that people that I have never met before can see that. 

[mcmich]

Congratulations Nikkit. You should be proud of yourself and your horse.