picnic food

We had a picnic in the park today with the swing kids. Here's a list of what we ate

• Barbecued chicken
• Trish's famous bean salad
• Tomato, bocconcini and basil salad
• Roasted vegetable salad

• Ricotta and dill loaf

• Moroccan meatballs
• Mersey valley cheddar, brie
• Jatz and water crackers
• Basil pesto dip, roasted capsicum and cashew dip, spinach and feta dip
• Sour cream and chive rice chips
• Carrot sticks
• Choc chip cookies

• Grapes and strawberries
• Mint Slice biscuits
• Christmas pudding slice (Mr Kipling brand- get into this one people, highly recommended)
• Uber cute Christmas tree ice creams

Yum yum! Food and friends in my favourite park. A great way to finish the weekend!

it's funny because it's true

M: I have never had a blood test
F: Really? I had one yesterday. I have them all the time. Every 3 or 4 months.
M: That's 'cause you're a dirty scrag
Me: Bwahahahahaha!!!!

things to do

Before the end of 2008:
- get last year's and this year's income tax returns done
- clean out the wardrobe
- finish filing
- cut my hair short

zombie victim gingerbread men

Okay, obviously having a bit of a hiccup here with Blogger rotating my image, but you get the idea... Baked these for Dessert Club on Monday- really just an excuse for me to try out the stack of recipes I have been printing off every week. B&K gave me the ABC (Already Been Chewed) cookie cutters, and I decided the cookies looked more like zombie victims, so there you go. A bit of icing and now you have vicitms!

I wasn't completely happy with the gingeriness of the biscuits, but everyone else said they were good. The quest continues for the perfect gingerbread recipe.

six weeks to go

Y: So! 6 weeks till the end of 2008! What do you hope to achieve by the end of the year?
T: I want to keep my job
H: I want to get laid
G: Learn to do the splits!
Y: I want Axl Rose to call me up and say 'Hey I like what you're doing, why don't we hang out in LA?'
H: (to Y) I like how yours is feasible.

electric

Me: Karaoke was ace. I love life. I am high. On life.
W: You can’t be high on life. Oh wait, you’re Kat, yes you can. You’re like a bursting ball of electric enthusiasm.
Me: I'm so electric I am running around myself and tapping me on the shoulder saying 'BOO!'. And then I get scared.

kitchen tip

Wear sunnies while chopping onions so the gases released when cutting don't irritate your eyes and make you cry.

N: "I'm cooking next to the fucking Blues Brothers."

man of the house

Y: Bryan! Who is the man of the house?
B: I am!...You are!...She is? He is! Oh wait. Is this a trick question?!