Another one flies by

Another week done & dusted. My week has been full of doctors visits - with more next week. Fun stuff.
But I did FINALLY receive my missing quilting die on Friday. There must be something wrong with me as I haven't cracked it open yet. I definitely want to though. I have plans for this little cutie!

And am I the last person on earth to know about the Sweetwater Label crew? What a sweet treat to receive every month. Just what the doctor ordered I reckon. Cannot wait to get my first one.

And a little baking. Friday is our designated pizza night and for dessert I quickly made a Caramel Apple Tea Cake. So so good. Warm with a scoop of ice cream. Delish! I found the recipe here.

It's raining today - so we're going to have a lazy day at home.
Hope you are having a lovely weekend xxx

Thermomix dinner

Yesterday afternoon I was rushing around after school. Had a million things to do. Finally got home as it was getting dark.
I threw my groceries on the bench and ripped the lid of my thermomix.

Into the bowl I threw 1 onion, 2 cloves of garlic, chives, capsicum and a packet of bacon. Chopped it all up and cooked for 3 minutes.

Then I added in 300gms of rice, 675gms of chicken stock, tin of tomatoes and a squirt of tomato paste. Then cooked it for 10 minutes.

Then I added in the diced up chicken and cooked for another 13 minutes

Then when it was done I tipped it in my thermoserver with some parmesan cheese and ground black pepper.

It was fast, hot, and filling and got a thumbs up from everyone. Total lifesaver yesterday. And we even had leftovers for lunch today.
You can find the original recipe here. I only changed it slightly by adding in a capsicum & leaving out the wine. And if I make it again I'd probably add in some spinach. Yum.

Now, what to have for dinner tonight?
 What are you having at your place?

What's going on?

In the past couple of weeks - I received some Fabric. Backing & binding for an upcoming quilt.

The chickies got some visitors in the shape of cockatoos.

And the ladies are still giving us an egg each a day - and the eggs are now getting bigger.

This is a before pic of my shelves. Before meaning before my daughter decided to rearrange them.

And the finished shelves. Nice job sweetpea.

I received some more fabric. Amy Butlers Lark. OMG. So totally divine. Love the colour palette. Still waiting on the other piece I ordered.

And I started on a new quilt yesterday. It has given me so many problems. And if you follow my twitter feed, you'd already know that I walked away from my desk, halfway through cutting, to get a cup of tea. And when I got back I picked up the quilting ruler the wrong way and cut all my fabric the wrong length. So now I am short on completing the quilt. I am an idiot!
So not wanting to be beaten, I worked my little tail off and now have a pile of blocks ready to go once I get some more fabric.

It was a very silly mistake that I hope to never repeat!

Hope you have a fabulous week.
I'm back to the kitchen to make some custard. Mmm!

A little one

This week I got a couple of goodies from ebay. A couple of strip rolls and squares. So since it is my great nephews first birthday on Sunday - I thought I'd whip up a little quilt for him. I finished it up today.

I used Baby Safari by Carina Gardner for the front and I ended up getting a grey dot for the back.

I hope he likes it.

When we moved I damaged my thermomix by leaving it on the stove - which set it on fire. So last week I sent it away to be repaired. I finally got it back today and put it straight to work by making dough for our pizzas for dinner tonight. They were really yummy!

And my books finally arrived. Would you believe I haven't even opened one page of them yet. I think I better make a cup of tea and fix that straight away ;o)

Have a happy Wednesday,

Nearly a whole month...

without blogging. Oops. Everytime I went to to do it, I'd get distracted by other stuff.
Anyway.....

I haven't scrapped much. Just made a couple of cards as a gift for my nan.Using my most favourite butterfly stamp from Studio Calico.

I've also been busy in the kitchen with my thermomix.
I have made some yummy stuff.
One night I made roasted vegetable soup & portugese rolls. I didn't even start cooking until after I got home from school. It was so quick.

And on the weekend I made pizza from scratch, even my own sauce - which was pretty delicious.
Tonights dinner was lasagne. The bechamel sauce only took 12 minutes and was as smooth as silk and I didn't even have to stir it. It was fantastic.
I love my thermomix.

I'm still getting over being sick. Back to the docs on Monday. Hopefully it'll be all good. Had a CT scan last week - so I'm waiting on those results.

And that's it for me.

Have a happy week.