Sunday, September 13, 2009

Would madam care for some more to drink?


This last weekend Rosie came home , albeit briefly, so the parcel was able to travel in comfort as hand luggage back to Wellington. Never mind the hand luggage, I hear you say , get on with telling us what sort of flour went into the gluten free banana loaf. Ok, well since you asked it is a mixture of ground almonds, rice flour, potato flour and cornflour. Was it delicious? - apparently so and so was the fudge.

As luck would have it, I too, was in Wellington this last week for work for a couple of days and I stayed at the flat. When I was listing the secret ingredients of the banana cake to satisfy the flatmates curiosity, there they all were laughing around me. What on earth could be so funny?
Rosie had predicted that when I arrived one of the first things I would want to do was to tell them what the secret flour mix for the banana loaf was. And I did. I hate being so readable. I am going to work on cultivating a much more mysterious persona from now on.


You may not have loved the feet but I definitely adore the pigs. Cant you just hear the waiter asking madam if she would care for more to drink? The second hand shop close to work has many cabinets of salt and pepper shakers at super cheap prices. looks like Rosie is starting her own collection. She didn't know she loved them so much but she does now. Great thing is she can dump them or leave them as a gift for the new flat mates if they don't appeal. What fun it is to buy and not to keep. Have a great week. Marg

Friday, September 4, 2009

Crazy feet and Lemon Honey




Hello - what do we have here today? Not much food for the tummy but some soul food perhaps and much amusement by me finding this weeks offerings. Even better for me is enjoying junk shopping and not keeping what I buy. You may not believe it but I'm at that part of my life when I'm trying to get rid of things. Experts call it simplyfying and decluttering. I can truthfully say that one of the best unexpected consequences of getting a divorce was literally ending up with only half my possessions. Not that I'm recommending that necessarily as the best way to de clutter but for me it certainly helped. - physically and mentally.

What you can see up there is a little old camera case - perfect for a modern day digital camera , some more damp rid for one very damp flat and a tub of locally made calendula cream - all made with natural ingredients - great for eczema, chapped hands and dry skin and really cheap. Just $6 for that little pottle.

As for that smiley fellow to the left.He is on the side of reusable grocery bag given to me at the 4 square shop where Rosie works over the summer. I got it for free because I bought$20 of groceries. I thought she might like a reminder of that summer work which paid such a pittance.

Don't you think these little salt and pepper feet are hilarious? I find myself wondering who would use them, and who seriously ever owned them?



These are the lemons I used to make the lemon honey. It is so delicious. You cook it up in the microwave. It takes about 15 minutes from start to finish. It very nearly didnt get to the parcel because it was so tasty. If you'd like the recipe I'll gladly share it.


So thats it from me " a parcel a week"

Have a great week.

Monday, August 31, 2009

What does a hungry student need?




I have my sisters to thank for this blog. Mary Anna and Miss Smith . Each has a blog which shows many and varied aspects of their creative lives. My creativity is Add Imagerestricted more to providing for my girl who is studying in a far away city which is as far to me as a distant land. Last year my work took me to Wellington several times a month so we would meet and have breakfast. This year I don't travel much and so I send a weekly parcel as a way to amuse myself and hopefully at times her. Do you know how hard it is to organise a weekly parcel?

Not hard for any one super organised but for me it's a challenge . first you have to decide what to send, then make or buy what to send , find suitable packaging and then get the parcel into the post no later than Tuesday to make sure it gets there the day before student loan payday.

So what have we here this week?
1 batch of homemade meusli
1 jelly mix
1 packet of mini toblerone bars to share with flatmates
and one box of damp rid to dry out the wardrobe in the damp bedroom.

Well thats all for now. Marg