Time for action

It is time for action. It is almost a year since I retired and never a year has gone so fast. It is almost christmas again and I dont know why I dont just buy two lots of presents each year as the time between goes so fast. So all the exciting things I had set aside do have not eventuated and I ask myself why. I have a suspicion that it took me a long time to recover from social workers 'burn out' and get life and my body back into pre university and work shape. I am almost feeling fit and healthy with the help of Joe Cross and his wonderful video Fat Sick and Nearly Dead. I also joined the gym and go to aqua arobics. It takes time to stay on top of this process and by the time I have planned meals, dealt with the house and charted my calorie intake I dont feel like doing much. I try to meditate regularly to help me find the peace that I so need and I keep a 'gratitude list'. I am making progress but it is slow and I still need to punctuate my day with regular breaks and a little television!!!! At the moment I am testing a new chocolate tart receipe but disaster struck last night when the dog took the 450gm block of beautiful tart bound chocolate and ate 150gms. It was a difficult night and I sat in the chair hoping he would not die. Instead he raced around the house with my scarf in in his mouth and then he colapsed and we slept on the sofa to await the dawn. The dog snored louding and I kept a watchful eye. Precious dog. I often say to my husband that I know he would find it difficult to choose between the dogs and me and I understand that.....one has to! Chocolate tart

November the month of hope

3 November 2013

OK so it is along time since I posted  but I have become full of good intentions with the dawning that it is almost Christmas and action needs to be taken.
So here are the resolutions for the next 6 weeks:

*I am going to make Christmas cards with the help of the grand daughter and send them

*I am going to write a little book called the little sauce book for a small present as money is short     and  I am always being asked for sauce recipes
I have actually started the plan for the little book but I tried to do it on line but I am such a technical cluts  that I have had to give up.  But now it is a work in progress, the sections are planned with layout in my head and the recipes keep galloping through my brain in the middle of the night.

*I am going to plan a meticulous menu for the boat which will last us a month with out having to shop ashore
There are many books for 'boaties' as to how to prepare for a long time at sea but most of them do not realise that the continual demand for 'fresh' vegetables and do not take into consideration the complexities of storage and available fridge and freezer space.

So it is written and has to be done......

Quiet day at home but this evening it is use up the fish in the freezer day. So, it is curried tuna pie sounds hideous but it will be delicious, I hope.

Sauté half a leek, one chopped onion in 2 tbsp of butter until soft and then add six chopped mushrooms and 1 tbsp mild curry powder.

Add ½ cup plain white flour and stir until combined and add 1 cup milk and stir until the mixture thickens.  You may need to add a little more milk if it is too thick.

 

Add 500 grams firm white fish and ½ cup frozen peas and gently heat until fish is cooked about 5 minutes.

Serve with mashed potatoes or rice.  

The rabbit has had more babies even before she has weaned the five that she has with her.  Early weaning for them I am afraid.  The rabbit family is growing and we now had 15 rabbits and it is hard to know what to do with them as the grand daughter is reluctant to let any of them go.  I wish she was as keen to clean and feed her friends.

The dog has killed another chicken, I just wish he would eat them and not just leave their lifeless bodies for me to find in the ivy patch.