Stuffed Mushrooms

I made some stuffed mushrooms to go with our steak last night.

And I'll even share the recipe

6 Large field mushrooms
Diced bacon (2-3 rashes)
1 tbs olive oil
couple of splashes of white wine (2 tbs roughly )
1 clove of garlic
1 tbs breadcrumbs
2-3 tbs Parmesan cheese
1/2 mixed herbs
2-3 spring onions

Remove the stems from mushrooms and chop them up.
Add all the other ingredient's and mix well, mixture should hold together but not wet.
Place mixture into mushrooms and then bake for around 45 minutes.

Have this as a side with meat of your choice and baby potatoes. Or even try steak salad and mushrooms.

First steps

What luck is this.... Bray took his first steps yesterday and as he was standing up I thought you are going to walk, well I happened to have the camera beside me so I turned it on and took the pic as he took his first steps, not that it looks like it in the photo, but trust me I was one very happy Mummy. He was 17 months and 4 days, a late starter.

I also made some strawberry jam, with some fresh strawberry from Kirup

A good bread recipe

Here is a good bread recipe.

There is nothing better then the smell of fresh bread floating though your house...

MMMmmmm yum Bread Recipe

I know just what they are saying

This was originally posted on Tania's blog, and I thought so much of this was so true. This is originally from Australia, in case you were wondering.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920's, 30's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.

Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks some of us took hitchhiking.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a Ute on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.

Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds, KFC, Subway or Red Rooster. Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death!

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Fruit Tingles and some fire crackers to blow up frogs and lizards with.

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.

We built tree houses and cubby houses and played in creek beds with matchbox cars. We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape or DVD movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........

WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no Lawsuits from these accidents. Only girls had pierced ears! We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross buns at Easter time.......no really!

We were given BB guns and sling shots for our 10th birthdays, We drank milk laced with Strontium 90 from cows that had eaten grass covered in nuclear fallout from the atomic testing at Maralinga in 1956.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!

Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet!

Footy had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!

Our teachers used to belt us with big sticks and leather straps and bully's always ruled the playground at school. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

Our parents got married before they had children and didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade'.....

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 70 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned

HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!

And YOU are one of them!

CONGRATULATIONS!

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?! PS -

The big type is because your eyes are shot at your age

50 Interesting facts

1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.

2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

4. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”.

6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

7. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

8. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

9. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

10. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

11. Dalmatians are born without spots.

12. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

13. The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings).

14. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.

15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.

16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.

17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.

18. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.

19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

20. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.

24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.

25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.

26. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.

27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.

28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.

29. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.

30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

31. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

32. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.

36. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.

37. Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.

38. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it
is smiling).

39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”

40. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.

41. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.

43. Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)

44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

45. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.

47. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

48. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two helpless protesters to death.

49. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

50. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!

Number Three on the way

How excited are we.

Number three baby on the way. 8 weeks one day, and according to the scan we have a very healthy little one due on the 1st of June.

I'll keep you up to date on things.

Something sweet

Golden Syrup Dumplings

Gifts

This little gift is so easy...


POP TOPS

Enjoy this warm sunny Sunday.

Finds

Hi all,

Over the past year or so I have been doing a lot of surfing on the net. Just bits and pieces, here's and there's. But I have came across some interesting find's along my way.

So I thought that I would share them. I'm going to try and blog everyday, but sometime's life just gets in the way.

Here we go and enjoy the ride.....

I love the Crayon Rocks

Ok Im back

Hi all.

The worst is far from over. I have a 13month old baby boy who screams most days if he is not being held. I have tried everything, but nothing seems to work. Its very stressful and some days I think I'm never going to cope, but I'll get there I'm sure. I have been following the lead from a good friend and making soap, the smell seems to have settled down, very easy to make you can read how to make soap here I will post some photos soon of things I have been making...for now I have both my children in bed having afternoon naps, so I'm off to have a well earned coffee.

New Years Resolution

Is to finish all the things that I started last year, and also some of the things that I really wanted to do but never got around to doing.

1. Change Jada's diet ( trying to eliminate some of the additives that may cause bad behaviour)

2. To make Jada some skirts, there are some cute little patterns around, every little miss needs girly skirt, these will be three that I will be making for her, here, here, and here

3. I brought this little guy awhile ago and I will make him up for Braydon

4. I plan to make a upside down plum cake I have made it before and its very sweet but well worth it

5. I have some birthdays coming up so there will be some things made there and also I have some friends that are having babies and I can not resist to give a baby gift that is handmade

6. Make some of mums homemade tomato relish and strawberry jam

I will leave it there and post as I finish one by one.

We hope that everyone has a safe and enjoyable New Years Eve

Christmas

Jada thought that we were decorating Braydon this Christmas. Christmas day is going to be a blast for everyone. Sending warm wishes to everyone over this festive season, and I hope you all have a safe and enjoyable Christmas and New Year

10 things that I have learn't

1. Chop up all your onions and freeze them in bags, you only cry once

2. Dont go shopping with a 2 year old before a sleep

3. smile at people you dont know, makes you look like a friendly person

4. Dont let the hairdresser give your child a lolly pop, they eat more hair then it worth

5. Leave the nightclub before the ugly lights come on

6. When your child has pinched the bowl of baby food and walks past you saying BYE BYE you know they are up to no good.

7. when a wolf spider walks across the bonet of your car while you are driving, dont swing across the other side of the road in panic, the oncoming car thinks your a mad women

8. Babies are harder then they look

9. Look after your body and your body will look after you

10. Dont feed your baby wearing good clothes and then expect to go out... Just wont happen

A SAD STORY

How lucky are we when are kids grow up and nothing bad has happened to them, in some sad cases bad things happens. I was reading a true story from a magazine the other day and by the end of it I was crying. It started out Teachers sex slave, a 12 year old girl needed to have after school lessons to improve her drama grades, and her parents supported the idea, (like any parent would want for their child, to improve their educatation) but as the leesons went on, the teacher made himself more and more comfortable with this 12 year old little girl, and then demanded that he give her a naked massage, on her 13th birthday he took pictures of the naked girl and forced himself inside her, she did protest and beg for him to stop but he didnt. This poor girl was so scared she couldnt tell her parents, my heart melted at this stage and thought what happened if that was my daughter and she could not tell me, well it wasnt until another girl had told the police what had happened to her that he forced this girl in the car and 12 hours later he set up a tent, and for two days in a tent he had his way with her, she got hold of his mobile and rang her mum and still to scared to say anything she said mum Im ok Im with (the teacher) and then hung up, the next day the police tracked the call and he was arrested not only for the rape of the other girl but what he did to her, when she got her medical done they told her she was 5 months pregnant ( keep in mind she was 13) and being a devoted christian abortion was off the list, I can not even start to imagine what her poor parents were going through, it said in the magazine that they blamed themselves for what had happened to their little girl. This story was hard to tell thats why it was in brief description, I know if we worried about every little thing that could or might happen to us or our children we would be a mess, but reading things like this really makes you think twice.

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Mashed Potato and a little memorabilia

Yummm mashed potato, I would have to be the greatest fan of mashed potato, unfortunately my bottom has a whole different view on the matter

Yum recipe

http://recipe.aol.com/recipe/slow-cooker-mashed-potatoes/2788 for all you mash fans out there.

I am always looking for tutorials, from sewing to crocheting, all sorts of things, so I thought that I would start sharing my finds, and I might even throw in a recipe or two.

Here are some burp cloths that I have been making, my little boy is always in need of them.

I would also like to share my husbands love, fire trucks and fire fighting memorabilia

This one is the old Dardanup fire truck with a slip on unit on the back (I think), this is in the proceed of getting restored

and the bedford better know to us as the beddy

and this is Daddy's pride and joy, the most precious piece of all, Bray sitting in a very old helmet.

Babies

Babies have been the reason for me not posting lately, the very last thing that happened today was Jada decided that she was hungry, so got the loaf of bread off the bench and came running to me and as she did that they all fell out, and she kept running, just happens that she was running on the bread.
We tried some craft yesterday (with glue) bad bad move, I wore all the glue. So that is where I would like some help, please give me some idea on craft or sites that I can go to that will give me craft ideas.

So many things

Well Im sorry for being away for so long, but I have got a little 2 year old that is throwing huge HUGE tantrums, and a baby boy that wont stop screaming. But on a better note we have done a few nice things in these past weeks. My cousin has a holiday park down in Yallingup, we went and stayed there a night, and we all had a blast, then we went off to do some touring. We called into Sunflowers animal park, it was very relaxing and fun to see Jada's reaction with the animals, hands on hips and the look on her face was priceless.




and then there was the Donkey, who insisted on begging us for food (I smile for food),

This was just a interesting gardening man, so we got a pic.

Then we went off to the reptile park, I wont show you the pics of the snake around our necks, because some people just dont like them, and I do understand that, I really dont mind them, they do feel a bit unusual. But we do have a nice photo of the frogs,

We also visited the Chocolate Company just outside of Margaret River, Miss J loved the samples. we did a lot more things but I wont bore you with anymore.

I have been working on a few blankets, one made from Granny Squares, that is going to look unreal spread across our bed when finished, colours are brown and cream. The others are baby blankets, I made my friend Amanda one for her little boy and gave it to her when she was in hospital just after having him. I will post photos of things that I have made soon.

My New Baby

Well I have not had the time to scratch myself with all the bottles and nappies, not just for one but 2 now, its been a challenge but a delightful one at that. He came into this world at 8lbs 6 ounces, and 49 cms long, and a mob of thick dark hair. I have my pigeon pair now and 20 months betweens them, Im a very proud mummy. My dad would be also very proud with the size of his feet, I think we will have another footy player in the family.