Today I checked out one of the local Saturday markets in my fair city of Manukau. I was on the hunt for plants and was determined to get a bargain. And I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to get some lovely plants for my garden a lot cheaper than at the warehouse, […]
Caroline’s kick ass Chicken Recipe Here is a recipe that I made up one day on the cusp of a pay, when I wanted to make “chicken chasseur” but didn’t have the Mr Maggi sachet to make it. I also love a recipe that’s cheap and easy, because that’s what domestic goddesses like me are […]
Today my year 13 Biology class and I are having the traditional shared lunch to celebrate the conclusion of the school year. As with all school shared lunches there will be chippies, fizzy and junk, but this shared lunch will also have a table cloth (plastic and yellow) and a centrepiece. I was first […]
I have just returned form a lovely weekend of keeping my mum company in Christchurch. She asked me to come down (from Auckland) to entertain her while her partner was busy doing Harley stuff at biketoberfest, a motorcycle festival. Normally mum would be right there, flipping burgers for fundraising and riding on the back of […]