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« on: November 26, 2025, 07:51:56 pm »
Hope is OK with your DH K Atie.
What a lot of hassles, Chookie ... yes the amount of passive energy we all use without even knowing it because everything we use slowly slurps it up, is surprising.
Lat night was our staff Xmas dinner. Good fun and a good evening was had by all. We invited a couple of ex-employees so it was great to catch up with them.
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« on: November 25, 2025, 06:12:36 pm »
Those crackers look really good, Cookie. How long did you bake them to make them softer - 40 minutes? 45 minutes?
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« on: November 24, 2025, 04:52:43 pm »
What a hectic life, Chookie - you never stand still!! I am looking forward to the miso eggplant recipe. Cooked sweet potato and red lentil stew, pasta salad and roast veg frittata at the weekend. I have started making up a jar of dried fruit / nut / seed mix to nibble on during the week. I just use up what is in my cupboard and quite like having a nibble if I get peckish during the day ... I particularly like the miso almonds I found at The Source - I think perhaps I have put a few more of those into the mix than everything else 
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« on: November 21, 2025, 05:48:57 pm »
Yes, Cookie, the forum is becoming unreliable - a great shame, I hope it doesn't give up on us completely.
I had a skin check yesterday - my first one inc. 5 years+! All good, fortunately.
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« on: November 20, 2025, 08:21:11 am »
Back at work after my mini-break - a long, hard day catching up on everything
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« on: November 19, 2025, 05:44:04 am »
While I was up in Noosa / Brisbane this past week I volunteered to make dinner one night - well, that was a BIG MISTAKE. I am now totally traumatised!!!!!
My DS had very few ingredients (no garlic, no onions, no tomatoes, no veges in general, in fact, almost nothing of anything and everything - you get the picture, I don't think she ever cooks!). To make it worse, her knives were so blunt they were almost unusable (I went through 4 or 5 before I found one that was 'useful') - anyway, I managed to come up with a very basic (I am calling it "rustic" style to make me feel better about it) vegetable sauce to go with pasta and both her and her friend who was also staying there at the moment both enjoyed it - makes me think that they survive on bought meals only.
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« on: November 19, 2025, 05:32:42 am »
Just back from Noosa and Brisbane - weather was perfect ... during the day! Two nights of wild storms in Noosa (quite spectacular) but other than one day when it was a little bit wet both places were lovely and warm so that made it a relaxing and welcome break.
Whilst I was up there DS and I went to Eumundi market - it is a huge market and easy to get lost, but we found two excellent natural pain relief creams - both of which I experimented with while I was up there (using the creams my DS bought) on my arthritic knee and they both seem to work really well so I have ordered a tub of each and will see how I get on over the next couple of weeks - for anyone thinking about following up on these creams, do a bit of research and seek medical advice (for instance it is not recommended to use them if you are on warfaren). I think both creams are magnesium based. DH is also very interested in seeing how they go so I hope they are as effective in the long run as they have been so far.
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« on: November 13, 2025, 04:18:54 pm »
Off to Noosa for a few days then another couple of days in Brisbane - I was looking forward to a lovely Queensland break away from our weather down here but, sadly, the weather looks pretty bleak up there just now. Ah well, it will be good to catch up with my sister as well as a friend whom I used to babysit many, many years ago!
Chookie, be tenacious about your 7 problem, I have a funny feeling you may not be the only one suffering glitches with that model.
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« on: November 08, 2025, 08:15:00 pm »
This has been a short weekend for me so only Potato Crust Tart with Creamy Red Pepper Sauce, Adam Liaw's Roast pumpkin with whipped tahini and trying to remember an old recipe for an American themed macaroni salad
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« on: November 05, 2025, 06:12:34 pm »
DH had his regular colonoscopy and I got my breast screen results back - both results negative.
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« on: October 29, 2025, 07:13:47 pm »
It sounds like an enjoyable and well organised trip, Chookie, have a great time while you are away.
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« on: October 29, 2025, 07:10:59 pm »
Go for it, Chookie, this is obviously a problem and they just don't seem to be particularly interested in rectifying it. As Judy said, they don't know who they are dealing with!!
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« on: October 28, 2025, 06:36:32 pm »
Met some friends who we haven't seen for a while for dinner - it was a place we had never been before, and will never go there again. The food and meal were both fairly basic, but with concrete floors and stone walls the noise factor was hideous - especially as there was a table of 6 very loud women that made it impossible to hear what our friends were saying ... it was such a relief to get out of there and back home to peace and quiet! Am I just getting too old to tolerate loud noises now???
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« on: October 27, 2025, 04:10:53 pm »
Hummus pasta with brocollini
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« on: October 27, 2025, 04:09:46 pm »
Yesterday we had a visit by two of our GD. It was lovely to catch up with them as we don't see them very much these days due to distance. They brought the game RummyCub with them and we had a fun afternoon . They went home loaded up with cakes and shortbread.
I just looked up RummyCub as I hadn't heard of it before - I can see that it could become very addictive! Enjoy your break away, Chookie. Hope the weather is kind to you.
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