Words for Wednesday…


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Sandwiches have always played a huge part in my life. Sugar and butter sandwiches when my mum had nothing else to give us for lunch at the end of the month before payday, bacon [sausage for my dad] and egg sandwiches on Friday lunchtimes during Summer holidays working in my dad’s engineering company as a…
BBQ Inspiration! It’s Birthday BBQ time for Hero, our favourite summertime event! In honour of his party, here are a few of our favourite pieces for me and the mister, and for the big day itself! I had to try really hard to resist the urge to go for a crab and lobster theme again,…
Due to all of the goings on in our family, we decided to celebrate my birthday over this weekend instead. My boys [the Cook Bros.] baked me the most glittery, chocolate heart covered, delicious birthday cake ever and presented me with sweet flowers and a card. They were highly secret about everything for as long…
Last week Yotie came out of school beaming a smile which could only mean one thing. Sure enough, there it was, tucked under his arm in a cloth tote bag… Humphrey the Hummingbird. Humphrey was coming home with us for the weekend to have some fun. I groaned inwardly. Not because I’m some evil killjoy…
We’ve kept it under our hats (or rather, my coat) for quite a while but at last our secret is out… We’re pregnant! Our third, already very cherished, little one, due at the end of June, is an international traveller having been with us to Walt Disney World, Florida this Summer, and is treating me…