Author Archives: Dani
Baked Chicken Risotto
1 whole chicken (cut in half) (you could also use whole breast fillets or thigh steaks with skin on) 500g Arborio rice 1 onion finely diced 200g mushrooms chopped 1 tsp crushed garlic 100mls white wine 750mls chicken/vegetable stock + … Continue reading
Peasant Skirt Instructions
Peasant Skirt Instructions How to draft an easy elastic waisted peasant skirt for any size.
Hawkers ….. a personal hate of mine
Specifically I dislike the “paid charity” people …. in shopping centres and on the streets outside supermarkets. These are young people usually, trying to encourage you to sign up to sponsor children, or support doctors abroad …. basically conning you … Continue reading
no bargain shopping for me
I woke up this morning with chest and back pain ….. at 4am. Put up with it for a couple of hours, but admitted defeat and called an ambulance. Packed off to hospital, with a morphine etc in my blood … Continue reading
Xmas message
I received this today, a card …….. and I am not embarrassed to say that it had me in tears. So many times in my life, I feel like I love and give to my siblings …. and yet feel … Continue reading
Xmas …….
Why does xmas have to be full of disappointments?  It seems the older we get, the greater our expectations for xmas are, and therefore the greater the disappointment, when those expectations aren’t met. My dad is unhappy that we aren’t … Continue reading
My husband the box head
My inability to hold a conversation when there is a television in view, is a source of endless amusement for all of my family.  My mother will admonish me for watching telly, if I am a bit vague while talking … Continue reading
Smart dog
Monstorboy has decided that he is freaked out by the tinsel. I don’t know what to be more astonished at …… that a dog is freaked out by the tinsel ….. or that he notices it in the first place.
Stupidity on a stick
And trust me …… there have been some awesome moments of stupidity in my life. I take a daily medication, and as usual …. I was busy this morning getting ready for school/work/etc. I pulled down the medicine container, pick … Continue reading
Spark? what spark?
It feels very comfortable right now. Not particularly unhappy, but not particularly happy either. Oh I know I am loved, and I love in return ….. of that there is no doubt. But, where is the little heart flutter, the … Continue reading
