What could be better?
Mood:  celebratory
When Father's Day starts with this:

and ends with this?

Happy Fathers day to all the Aussie dads out there!

I love to be organised
Mood:  bright
In the last few years I have simplified and organised my life to the absolute nth degree, and tweaking the finer points is all I have to do these days to maintain the lifestyle that we created. I shall be writing a bit more about simplifying in a later post sometime.


Simplifying was one heck of a journey, and the twists and forks in the road made it one interesting ride.


I guess its all about problem solving really. I was never good at it at school. Give me a problem back then, and I would give up and toss in the the 'can't be bothered basket'. Now I relish hard to tackle places. Finding a solution is dessert for me - the equivalent of chocolate cake - with icing!



Latest thrill was organising my troubled corridor. With my ever decreasing space at home due to empty nests being filled again, we seem to have accumulated more than our fair share of "stuff". The computer has had more homes than me, and wheeeling it around the place was just not good for the machine itself, and for my poor back! Finally on a trip to the computer store to look at laptops, I discovered the workstation concept. WOW!! was it impressive.

And this is what it looks like in situ:

I bought one immidiately and have had it installed in the corridor. Its not in the ideal place, but it has wheels - so it can be moved - now just waiting for an empty spot in the nest!!

The cooking 'nerve' (or should that be nervous?) centre

This is where it ALL happens.

Bon Apetite - pie download
Mood:  hungry
all the way down the little red tunnel!

I must be on a roll in the cooking department this week, as we've had three super krissie meals three days in a row I'll have you all know. Could that be a personal record?



and finally the finished product

YUMMY!

Patriotism at the doctors surgery
Made myself an appointment to "see" (well barely can actually) the doctor, but you know what I mean, and took myself there for the consult. The tv is always on for the patients to watch whilst waiting. I didn't have to wait long which was a pleasant change from the mandatory hour on most ocassions.


There was a news programme reporting on the Olympians being welcomed home after arriving back to Australia from Athens. They were all wearing their team and country colours, and the Australian anthem was playing loudly, to a hugely participating audience. Now I am not normally interested in sport, or the Olympics - guess I was just born like that! But suddenly I got this lump in my throat as the words of the Anthem hit home...'cos we are young and free'...etc and just quickly thinking about some of the trouble hot spots in the world, we are truly fortunate to be 'free' in this country.


My eyes filled up momenterally, but I'm sure the eye drops will take care of that!

Oh and I forgot to add
Mood:  happy
a pinch and a punch for the start of a month - and for us down under - a new season. Officially spring starts TODAY! almost summer??(I wish)

This morning
I woke up (sounds like the start of THAT david cassidy record - 'this morning I woke up with this feeling'...etc)


anyways back to the story....thinking that I'd either gone blind during the night or it was incredibly dark this morning at 7 am. I slowly realised that my eyes were glued together, and took a while to prise open.


At this point, Dr. Krissie did a quick self diagnosis and came to the remarkable conclusion that I have conjunctivitis as part and parcel of this horrible virus that still seems to be lingering on.


I won't go into any more gory details on this topic as I don't want to put myself off dinner tonight and the little treat I've downloaded for you to enjoy. So please forget I mentioned my eyes, sit at the table chez Krissie, feel free to pour yourself a little of what you fancy ...and enjoy the meal.

Hang on
For today's post - which is being written as I speak. The bacon and egg pie is just downloading into the computer! See you all later, no time to explain.

Cop out entry
I am rushed, I am rushing, to get this done. I had a look at the first entry for today and decided that it was poor - too poor to just leave as was. So I 'm going to add something. Maybe, just an explanation as to why I'm rushing this today. I always feel rushed when I have to cook supper for the whole family. I think I'm the only person I know that starts on supper and preparation of, just after breakfast.
This partly stems from the fact that I really do NOT enjoy cooking and so when I do I feel stupidly rushed. I feel as if the whole focus of the day is on the 'meal' itself, which is over usually in less than 20 mins max, and then the whole horrible cycle starts over for the next day!
The planning, thinking of what to prepare that will titillate jaded taste buds.....Oh no not chips again....we had that yesterday, and the day before....rings in my ears, and is etched into my memory menu centre.
So tonight we are dining on - pork crumbed chops, mash spuds,steak dianne sauce - well thats what is says on the packet, and peas.

I love frozen peas. I wish some research team would announce that frozen peas are the elixir of good health and longevity. Then I could serve them every day - for health reasons you understand!!
Now you know why I'm rushed...rushing...going, going.....gone!

Painting stones
A few years ago I used to paint stones. Unusual? I've never really seen this hobby featured anywhere, maybe I don't get out enough! Once I'd painted several 'hundred' of them I wasn't sure of how to best display them, till I hit on the idea of putting them into this lamp. The light illuminates the stones beautifully, and makes a cheery display.
Anyone else seen painted stones anywhere out there on their travels?