I hope Alan couldn't move because of fear of stepping on a sharp bit of vase,and not because he "COULDN'T MOVE!! My heat jumped into my throat when you said he couldn't move.

In my house, it would be me closing the windows,and if I could convince the husband to do it on my behalf, then the vase would have annoyed him and ended up in the bin.

I have a country look, to my lounge room,and on my lounge I have a country teddy bear. My husband sits on it all the time when he parks himself down on the lounge. Even though it's wearing a nice knitted jumper,and you can tell it's not actually a child's toy,but a collectable, he still sits on it and makes a mess of him.

So basically if it doesn't have a functional purpose,it may end up as "collateral damage" in my house.

If I lived on my own I might of been prone to have a collectable teddy on each chair in the house,and maybe a cat with knitted socks.

So at least he saved me from that fate!!!!

No, Alan WOULDN'T move because he was scared he would step on a piece of broken vase.

So, NO MORE VASES ON WINDOW SILLS in my house.

That should be my biggest problem right????

mel

I have completed my weekly menu. Now I got to try to stick to it. I have received great ideas from everybody, and really do need to rethink my shopping a bit.

I am not using this as an excuse, but I personally am finding it a challenge to be creative when I get home at night, after being at work all day.

I almost just don't want to think anymore, if you can understand what I mean. But we must go on... Right?

I remember my entire life my grandmother lived with us. She was widowed in her early 40's and was displaced after that. Well anyways both my parents worked all day, and when I got home from school the house was always really warm and cosy,and there was always good food cooking, everything homemade. All the washing was always done,and the house was spotless clean. Afternoon tea was always waiting for me, and all I had to worry about was the homework. She even gave massages!

Aaaahhh, to be young again. What a wonderful time that was, no worries in the world!!

I don't know if any of you have thought of this or not, but if you do end up with bananas turned brown and are too far gone to eat fresh, stick them in your freezer, until you have enough to make a couple of loaves of banana nut bread...

Cathie

This is one we use when we have forgotten to plan dinner. We steam mixed vegetables in the microwave and then stir them into eggs as they are cooking and it winds up being scrambled eggs with veggies in them. Then I either open a chilled can of tomatoes or slice fresh ones if I have them. Toast some bread and voila' a meal in minutes. This is one that is so easy my hubbie can do them too.

Billye

Wow i'm still tuck at the 5 dollars for the box of muffins,is it like
a very,very big box. Wow again and again,no wonder your tired.
good gosh Sue

I was so excited I had to come to tell Aussie that there are avocados here 8 for $1 today. LOL

I just went to a supermarket yesterday and paid $2 each and today they're so cheap elsewhere. They're local ones too. That's something I was going to suggest to you too, Aussie. Try to buy local products when you can. I'm not sure if you have any markets near where you live. I'm pretty fortunate where I am for that.

Also try to buy what's in season although I notice that here we're able to grow a lot of fruit and vegies all year around now.

I use that supermarket that I think Noong mentioned earlier on the thread. Aldi. They're great for getting certain things, but I can't do all my shopping there is the problem. Great for pasta and pasata (sp?) sauces and Italian ingredients like cheap canned tomatoes. They also have a really good and cheap organic range of foods which I like.

I grow some of my own herbs too. Sometimes a simple dish can be made special with the right condiments.

If you live in a unit rather than a house with a yard, you can still grow tomatoes and lettuce easily in pots in the right postion on a verandah. Strawberries too. Depends on your climate I suppose. I used to grow my own sweet potatoes and cabbage and beans and tomatoes and all sorts of things. I'd use the crop of beans when they were finished to dig into the ground to make it more fertile for the next lot of vegies. I always had a lemon tree and other citrus. These days we can't really legally water anything so I've taken to growing my things like herbs in pots again.

If you like mushrooms, buy a kit and grow them at home. Same with things like sprouts. We eat a lot of them.

My biggest problem is that I love cooking so much but tend to make too much of everything and I end up eating it. lol