March 2012
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#233: 25/2/12 The Not So Incy Wincy Spider... &...
So I didn’t mention in my previous post that on the Saturday Rob and I headed over to the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Along with all the oohing and ahhing over the old and new displays, we also came across an interactive area near one of the entrances… this is what we got up to….
Not sure how long they are running this for but definitely go and have a visit sometime...
February 2012
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#232: 20/2/12 - 25/2/12 The Week Just Gone
Not much can be said for Sunday, the boys left me at home to go see some bike racing thing down in Paeroa, so Zoey and I had some peace and quiet to ourselves (although Ben and his lovely lady, Alex were home for some of the day).
Tuesday evening was really relaxed too, we decided we weren’t going to cook dinner and since we couldn’t have our date-day over the weekend, we had it that...
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#231: 18/2/12 A Mr. & Mrs. Day (Our Friends...
The ceremony was ‘so Simon and Katie’ and also one of the more unique ones I have been to. There was a ring blessing which was actually really lovely; the wedding bands get passed on to everyone who is there to give a blessing to the bride and the groom. They also had a time capsule where they wrote a love letter to each other to open up on their 5 year wedding anniversary :)
The...
“Organised people are just too lazy to look for things!”
– So me :P
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#229: 11/2/12 - 12/2/12 A Hens Night
Saturday was Katie’s hens do, but since we had just gotten Zoey and Rob was at Simons stag do, I couldn’t leave her home alone just yet, so I ended up missing the burlesque lesson - but it’s ok, Katie ended up showing us how it was done after dinner ;)
Dinner and games were held at her mums and I had a great night catching up with a few people as well as some old radiography...
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#228: 8/2/12 - 10/2/12 Zoey - the newest joy to my...
The week was a drag as we… no, wait, I, waited to bring home our new puppy, which at this stage was not Zoey, but instead a toss up between Eden (after Mt Eden Dubstep…. yes, blame the boys) and Riley; a name that had a nice ring to it.
I joined Rob halfway through the week in Tauranga as he was there for work and enjoyed the beautiful weather they always seem to have. I also indulged...
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We did a healthy week of meals...
…so I’m going to share two of my favourite recipes from the week.
Chicken and Veggie Risotto
Recipe adapted from here.
What you need:
1 small green capsicum, diced
1 onion, sliced
2 sticks celery, finely sliced
Grated Parmesan cheese
200g cooked, skinless chicken breast, shredded
6/however many green beans (sliced into 2cm chunks)
1 cup of mixed frozen veg
2...
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#227: 4/2/12 - 6/2/12 So Much To Be Happy For
This was a really great long weekend. We started off with a spontaneous trip to Omaha and spent a good portion of the afternoon ‘sunbathing’ in the overcast weather (and typically it was all blue skies and sun as soon as we left). Omaha is one of my favourite beaches , it’s a long enough drive away so that you feel like you’re on ‘vacation’ but not too far away...
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#226: 28/1/12 - 30/1/12 The Fastest Long Weekend
It started off well with the use of our flatmates rotisserie BBQ, he decided we should kick it off with a spit roast and the meat of choice was my favourite; pork! Can you see all the yummy crackling?
We decided to invite a few friends over since there was plenty to go around and ended up making a night of it :)
Then the Saturday, Rob and I headed to V4 and Rotary show at the ASB showgrounds...
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Two of last weeks recipes
Both of which in my books are reasonably healthy. You see, I like a dinner with carbs and if the main part of the meal is carbs, then I’ll try to incorporate more veggies than the recipe states. So the first recipe isn’t your conventional mac and cheese but I think it tastes so much better anyway :)
Mac and Cheese, slightly adapted from here.
What you need:
300g macaroni or other...
