Forum Thermomix
Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: Lellyj on October 23, 2011, 01:59:07 pm
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two thermomixes!! Lee's on to something with this . . . one thermomix is amazing, but two is simply awesome! My mum is away and my grade are going to make sorbet and lemonade at the school fete next weekend and I've also been baking and freezing scones with some of the kids at school (VERY strict supervision, I guarantee!) so she said I could borrow hers as well. Last night, I had a vegetarian meal bubbing away in one and honey soy chicken in the other! And tonight, I had the pasta and cauliflower for Judydawn's pasta and cauliflower bake in one, and the sauce in the other! Most of the time, I find one tmx enough actually, as I prepare the next thing, while the other is cooking, however, if I have two here, may as well use them, eh?!
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Heaven!
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Oh my I but only dream!!! The things I could do with two in my kitchen ... we would never run out of BBQ sauce etc because I could cook it while dinner is cooking :D
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You may not want to give it back to Mum Lellyj ;D
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The only thing better than a thermomix in the kitchen is . . . someone to follow along behind me and do the clean up.
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I totally agree andiesenji! What luxury!
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i was wondering what would be better than a tm in the kitchen, and i did think of exactly those two things mentioned - another tm and someone to do my bidding, lol
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I was really spoiled during the years I had a live-in, part time housekeeper. That is, she lived in my home while going to design school in L.A. - only attended school five hours a day and I provided her with a car to commute back and forth and she did all my normal housekeeping and then some.
She was from Hungary and was raised by mother and grandmother who believed a house was only clean if the floor and front stoop had been scrubbed on hands and knees. I wouldn't let her go that far but she was a cleaning terror. I kept trying to tell her she was doing too much but once she had the bit in her teeth she was going to clean till she dropped.
She even cleaned the inside of the dishwasher.
My oven looked like it had never been used and the fridge got a good going over once a week.
You can't begin to imagine how sad I was to see her off after her graduation to Milan and her dream job.
I gave her a MacBook Pro as a graduation/going away present and felt it was little enough for all she had done for me.
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You were indeed lucky to have found such a little gem andie - most of us know there is more to life than cleaning, especially when you get older. It seemed more important when I was young than now but then I guess I was stuck at home with not much to do then and now there is so much to do you need more hours in a day ;D
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wow, you were spoilt! how old was she at the time?
i don't think i'd ever be so lucky.
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The only thing better than a TM in my kitchen is.................ME.
We work so well together :D
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;D ;D ;D Well, he would be pretty hopeless without an operator ;)
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Dede, I would have to agree. But after having two machines for a week or so, the only thing better than one is two Thermies singing a duet.
Maybe we should say the second best thing in the kitchen is the dishwasher!
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wow, you were spoilt! how old was she at the time?
i don't think i'd ever be so lucky.
She was twenty when she arrived and had just turned twenty five when she left. Sigh....
Her teaching coach and sponsor is a friend of mine and Anka was having problems with her roommates in the city, partying all the time and couldn't afford to live on her own. My friend brought her out here and suggested we arrange something so that she could go to school and not be continually disturbed by other young people. She had plenty of friends she could see in the city but was happy to come home to peach and quiet. She also loved having access to my kitchen. Her mother came to visit twice during the four + years she was here. Lovely lady, spoke no English but was a great cook and that language is universal.
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DH's response to this was an 18 year old blonde housekeeper. I told him he wouldn't know what to do with her and she could outrun him anyway. Men.................gotta luv 'em.
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:D :D Oh, I'm sure he would remember what he used to do with them Cookie :D :D
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:D :D Oh, I'm sure he would remember what he used to do with them Cookie :D :D
Exactly, you never forget how to change a nappy :-))
Edit: changed diaper to nappy. How oh how did I use diaper instead of nappy. *snack*
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Oh I just thought of another very important thing that goes hand in hand with the Thermomix.......................this forum.
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How right you are Dede. I would never have got so much use out of my TMX if it wasn't for this forum. And it's a fun way to "meet" new people too.
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I have told my husband I NEED two lol :P
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I would like them to bring out a mini-TMX, something for the Parmesan, garlic, spices etc.
God I'd love a dishwasher. Should be saving $$ but bought 2 cookbooks & another bowl tonight.
I'd love live-in help. The ones that live here don't help much.
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You may not want to give it back to Mum Lellyj
It's true, JD, it will be hard . . . over the years quite a few things that Mum has bought for us to "share" end up "living" at my house (Mum lives 4 doors down the road) . . .such as a large electric frypan and an icecream maker, various cake tins. They start out at her house, then I borrow them heaps, usually sending children back and forth down the street, and then eventually she says, "Look, you hang on to it and I know where it is if I want it! I don't think she will be quite so generous with her thermie, though.
The only thing better than a thermomix in the kitchen is . . . someone to follow along behind me and do the clean up.
DH's response to this was an 18 year old blonde housekeeper
I agree, this would possibly be better than a second tmx . . . maybe a young and handsome someone to follow behind me and do the clean up would be best of all!!
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You may not want to give it back to Mum Lellyj
The only thing better than a thermomix in the kitchen is . . . someone to follow along behind me and do the clean up.
DH's response to this was an 18 year old blonde housekeeper
I agree, this would possibly be better than a second tmx . . . maybe a young and handsome someone to follow behind me and do the clean up would be best of all!!
Uhhhhhhh. I have been considering a houseboy... ;D The local college sends out email notices of students who are looking for part-time jobs. They have a basic culinary school so it's a possibility............... :-))
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A houseboy, yes please!! :D Mind you, I suppose some would say I already have 2 houseboys and a houseman, but somehow they don't really get it.
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Mind you, I suppose some would say I already have 2 houseboys and a houseman, but somehow they don't really get it.
Same here :) I say to my little blokes that a good cook is a tidy cook every time they cook: hopefully repetition will have some impact. They're actually quite tidy... in the kitchen anyway!
Tidying up is the worse part of cooking but in a way it stops us from cooking phenomenal quantities- better for the waistline ;)
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The forum. I can't believe that I never wrote that either. Live in help totally appeals to me. Ed doesn't like the idea of someone coming into our house and cleaning it regularly. I cannot think of any possible problem with it. So long as they don't burn it down!
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My DH was the same Lee. I would have loved a cleaner when I was working.
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A live in hose keepe and 2 tms, fantastic life, bring it on....
I can just see the creations now, mess everywhere, confusion as usual, then house keeper comes home and cleans up our little well in my case extremely large chaotuc mess.
Dream on, i think i would have stolen the passport so she couldnt leave.
G :)
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I am working on the cleaner still. But I might settle for one of those new Vorwerk robot vacuum cleaners when they come out to suck up all the jolly hair the dogs leave lying about all the time
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When we lived in Hong Kong for a few years we had an amah that used to come in a couple of times a week. At first I thought I would be uncomfortable with that, but it only took one visit before I got totally used to it, and I never looked back! Ever since then I have always had someone come in for at least a couple of hours a week to do a clean / tidy up. I figure I work long and hard enough at work during the week and over the weekends that I can afford for someone to come in and do the work I hate. It's not a luxury; in fact it is, for me, essential, as it allows me a couple of hours of leisure on a Sunday and I have no intention of working my whole life away.
Work on Ed, Lee, you do get used to the help very quickly and I'm pretty sure you won't regret it.
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I would love 2-3 hours help a week and I don't go to work ;D The garden, the house but NOT the kitchen - that is my domain.
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Judy could you get one through your carers group? A friend did when her DH was needing care. She had a housekeeper for a few hours a week and a gardener every 2 weeks for a few hours.
It would leave more time for cooking. ;)
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Yes, I probably could Cookie but have never gone down that path unless I have been ill. Little miss independent :-))
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Fair enough. :-* :-*
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Don't be too independent, though, Judy - your health and well-being is very important as well. It would be very difficult for Geoff if you ran yourself into the ground and were unable to help him as much as you do.
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Thanks for your concern girls, yes I do realise that. I have a lovely SIL who offered to come and sit with Geoff when I need a break - I find that far easier for us both than getting strangers in. I have only used her twice but it is nice to know she is there if I need her. We are actually having a 3 day break courtesty of SA Carers later this month. The idea was for respite for me - to go away with a friend but I can't expect anyone to come in for 3 days so Geoff will be my 'friend' and they have booked us a disabled room in Tanunda in the Barossa Valley, only an hour or so away from home. So, all being well we are off for our first getaway in ages. Not the kind of break SA Carers had in mind for me but it will be nice for us both.
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sorry l dont mean to be a sticky nose but who is geoff
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Nazar, Geoff is Judy's husband.
Judy, hope you have a great time away - you certainly deserve it and a change of scene and pace of life will do you the world of good. Are you taking any carers with you to help out? We have a friend who is paralysed from his neck down and is, therefore, totally wheelchair-bound and when they manage to get away for a break they have to take at least one carer with them to help with his day to day care.
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Thanks Marina, no I do it all myself. Since being referred to a Professor of Infectology a few of months ago and being placed on a variety of vitamins and minerals, he is going reasonably well at the moment so can transfer from wheelchair to bed/toilet with my help and I can still get him in and out of the car - this takes a little more effort on my part but he is very thin thank goodness. We just have to make sure he doesn't get too much sun as then he becomes a bit like jelly and is no help with the transferring.
Nazar, Geoff has had MS for over 24 years, been wheelchair bound for probably 18 years or so. It has been a journey for us both and we never know from one day to the next how he is going to be so are appreciating this time at the moment where he is a little stable, is eating and looking so much better than he was during the first part of this year when he went downhill badly. Having said that, he could well end up in hospital tomorrow with an infection of some kind but since his additional tablet regime kicked in, there has been a marked improvement in his quality of life and not one infection either so as you can imagine, we are very happy to have found this doctor who has bought him back from being a skeleton of a man who hardly ate or spoke and had no interest in living.
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sorry judy l should of re read this thread instead of asking the question l thought it might of been your husband but thought you might be looking after your son . living with it for so long you sound like you have it all worked out .
l can understand that you want to spent this precious time with him .
but please think about getting a cleaner in to help you here in wa some carers have cleaners they come for about 2 hours each week . and you dont pay for it just think that could be 2 extra hours you have to play with thermie or spent with geoff .
also the reason l was asking originally was where l work at the leewin lodge carers are entilled to have time off from the people they care for. these people come in for respite and stay at the lodge, they are classed as low maintence , now shore how that would work for you in sa but l am shore you know all the benefits you can get . and now that l know a bit more about geoff l am not shore if it would suit him
enjoy your time away . am l am happy that geoff is feeling better with his new tablets and that he has something to look forward to . l hope l have not unset you it was not my intension
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You didn't upset me in any way nazar, I have always been open about our problems and Geoff is well known to a lot of members of this forum. They have been a wonderful moral support for me when we have had problems in the past and many of them have had their own health problems so can relate to ours. He is high care and although I could get respite from time to time, I only like to use it when there is no choice eg when I have health problems myself. We have not had good experiences with nursing homes, the staff just don't have time to do what needs to be done for him so there is nothing like home as far as we are concerned. He went into one when I was rushed to hospital a couple of years ago and 3 weeks later I got him out of there because he had become so ill with 2 different infections and they hadn't even bothered to get a doctor to see him until I jumped up and down. It is far easier for me to do everything that needs to be done, the Government was kind enough to renovate our ensuite to make it disabled friendly and that has made our lives so much easier. They have provided every possible piece of equipment that is needed to keep him at home and we hope that he never ends up in a nursing home full time. You don't know what is around the corner though so we can never say never. Yes, I know I should get some help in but I cope so I figure there are probably people out there that need it more than we do. Thanks for your concern, I do appreciate it :-*
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I remember you mentioning the infectologist earlier this year and am not happy with myself for failing to follow up on this to see how Geoff was getting on, but now I know there has been a huge improvement so that is very good news.
You obviously know heaps about what help amd assistance is available to you, so don't be backward to take advantage of whatever is appropriate for you; as you know, in this sort of case, your health and well being is every bit as important as Geoff's. Enjoy your break away and take care.
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Thanks Marina, we will. Not going until 23rd Nov.
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Judy that will be a lovely break for you and Geoff. Not too far to drive and it will be a change of surroundings. Even the drive will be lovely. You will have to go via Hahdorf (would probably be out of the way though) and stop off at Ottos for vanilla slice. (I guess it's still there). Next year I plan to do that and go to Beerenberg at the same time.
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Will hold you to that visit to SA Cookie, yes Hahndorf is sort of the other way to where we are going.