Celiah Ann on August 24th, 2009

On Saturday the best husband in the entire world did not buy one stunning pair of Green Cross shoes for me, no not he. He bought two… and as if that wasn’t enough, he endured several hours of endless walking and shopping for his wife who feels like the most loved and valued person [...]

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Celiah Ann on August 20th, 2009

Luke showed me this afternoon how to correct the colour of photo’s so they don’t come up looking so dark and unprofessional.
It’s SO simple. Shows you what a little know-how can do. So I promise no more dark photo’s.
For a simple example, here you can’t see the detail of [...]

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Celiah Ann on August 20th, 2009

I feel like I haven’t cross stitched in months (maybe that feeling stems from the fact that I haven’t) but never-the-less my needle, hoop and embroidery threads are out and ready for action.
About a year or more ago a Round Robin I participated in got lost in the post between Scotland and India (just before [...]

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Celiah Ann on August 18th, 2009

Coconut Chicken Marsala with mixed salad and bananas with coconut…

We have curry about once a week and Andy doesn’t eat it at all so I usually make pasta for him. He loves raw veggies so I give him a whole lot at supper time and he eats some at supper and snacks on the [...]

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Celiah Ann on August 18th, 2009

Andy and Zi…

Shammy…

Sucking up spaghetti…

Isha, Rupert and Baby Thomas came for supper (curry) on Saturday night… Andy entertained the company with some dancing…

And believe it or not, I was also there…
Transferring an embroidery design onto a garment…

Feeding the ducks…

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Celiah Ann on August 18th, 2009

We ‘house-sat’ along with Rachel and Andrea for my MIL this past weekend so here are some random pics…
My darling boy…

With Bruno…

Wowo (our live entertainment for the weekend)…

Making balls from bread and feeding the ducks…

Dancing to ‘Old McDonald’…

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Celiah Ann on August 12th, 2009

I sewed a tracksuit for Andy today. He seems to have grown out of almost all his clothes all at once so it’s a busy sewing time ahead for me building up his cupboard supplies. I made a tracksuit top for him over the weekend to try out my new pattern I bought, [...]

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Celiah Ann on August 11th, 2009

I’ve really been blogging a lot about food lately. Somehow I feel I have more space on my blog for my hobbies now that Andy has his own homeschooling blog!? Anyway I thought I’d share pics of some meals we had over the weekend…
After getting back from our weekly shopping on Friday night [...]

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Celiah Ann on August 6th, 2009

My Mom told me about this recipe yesterday while we were chatting on the phone and I just HAD to make it for Luke’s lunch cause it sounded so interesting. So while supper was roasting in the oven Andy and I made the dough and by the time Andy went to bed it was [...]

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Celiah Ann on August 6th, 2009

Every time we enjoy a meal out of my favourite cookbook (The Farm Kitchen) I say ‘Thank you Mommy’ (who gave me the cookbook).
Here is another meal from that delightful treasure…
Green bean salad with a wonderful dressing of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, fresh lemon juice, whole grain mustard and freshly crushed garlic. (I’ll definitely make [...]

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