Where did the week go?

Still on the holiday Monday we had a nice roast pork - no cracklling for me.  The veggies had a scant tablespoon of olive oil on them and were baked in the oven.  Gus did the pork in the Weber. I think roast anything is my favourite meal!

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When I got home from work on Wednesday, I sat and had a snack of watermelon and banana with a glass of water...pondering what to have for dinner.

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I had a piece of rump steak so I just winged it and made this stir fry.  I used bok choy, snow peas, capsicum, carrot, onion and used wholemeal soba noodles. For the sauce I threw in a glug of soy sauce, mirin and sweet chilli sauce and thickened it with a teaspoon of corn flour at the end. Absolutely delicious!

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We’ve been having some beautiful sunrises which I get to see as I’m out on my morning walks...

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On my walk on Thursday I came across this senseless vandalism...the doggie doo bag dispenser had been ripped apart! What pleasure do people get out of doing this? Brainless idiot!

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Whoever it was had also had a go at bending the covers on the barbecues...no damage done.

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I got a nice surprise on Friday - the council had replaced the bag dispenser. They are on the ball!  I hope whoever (whomever?) broke it, steps in dog turd very soon! 

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How gorgeous is my Soul Sister rose? Poor things have had a hard summer and are nearly finished...

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Someone on the WW Connect site said she adds French Onion soup mix to YoPro plain yoghurt to make dip...so I tried it and OMG!  Using 1/4 of a packet in a tub, it’s only 1 point!  Scrummy with carrot, celery or zucchini sticks...

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Strawberries are another quick snack that I take to work.  I’ve set an alarm for 11am so I have something like this instead of a cup of coffee.

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This was delicious!

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I added a mushroom (steamed them) to each chicken breast...

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Delicious served with broccolini, corn cob (1/2 each) and a bit of that tomato, onion sauce...

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Friday morning, the whole sky was lit up over the town... (6.58am)

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I might leave it there and come back with another post shortly,

Cheers - Joolz xx

Succulent Monday...

My collection grew again this weekend...

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I found this blue pot out in the shed during the clean up...I couldn’t resist buying a couple more succs!

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The small ones are babies that I just picked from other pots.  They have little root systems, ready to go...

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I still have a few Spode mugs that have lost their handles so I potted up this Haworthia with some other succulent that I keep splitting...

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I had a pretty chill day, just pottering.  I did laundry and just enjoyed the cooler weather.  It was a long weekend here in SA for the Adelaide Cup so the extra day was a bonus.  I hope you had a nice weekend too!

Cheers - Joolz xx

Start of a new week...and weighing in!

I’m just a bit pleased with myself!  I have increased the speed on my walk and have improved by nearly 2.5 minutes! 

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I have also achieved my FitPoints target.  The Fitbit is great at tracking that for me!

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Yesterday, we tackled our shed! OMG, there was a load of rubbish in there.  We got ruthless and tossed lots of crap, a whole big ute load which went out to our local waste recovery centre. I didn’t do much of the work, apart from cleaning items (covered in dust and cobwebs - ugh!) and making the choice to chuck or keep.  Gus did all the heavy work and is very stiff and sore this morning.

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This nearly went on the ute pile....

One treasure I found was this tapestry fire screen that my mother worked.  I am pretty sure it is older than me as I think it came into town when we moved from our farm when I was five.  You would stand it in front of the fireplace during warmer months when the fire wasn’t lit.  A real bit of Australiana!

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Lots of hard work by Gus, but things are back in their place.  We found two good suitcases that we last used in 2010 that are in perfect condition - we replaced the orange garbags which had partly disintegrated so they stay clean until we use them in September again!

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A snack break mid afternoon...fresh fruit salad and yoghurt!

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Someone at our IGA has a sense of humour!

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Gus cooked a chook for dinner - called Tipsy Chicken because the marinare had bourbon in it...

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That is caramelisation, not burnt...

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I only had breast meat with no skin, half a baked potato and my homemade coleslaw had no cheese it.  The zucchini, tomato and onion bake didn’t have cheese either.  A yummy dinner! 

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On Friday, I saw a mouse skitter under my fridge...found him this morning! I really do think we need a cat!

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Now for my weigh in....

Start weight - 20/02/18 ... 86.0 kgs

Current weight - 12/03/18 ... 82.9 kgs

Loss of 3.1 kgs in 3 weeks

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Cheers - Joolz 💋 

Vegepod update - 8 weeks ...

I thought I’d better do an update on the Vegepod.  It’s grown so much!

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5/02/18 Tiny Leb cucumbers sprouting...

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Great growth...

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Aphid outbreak!  I used a pyrethrum spray and thankfully knocked them out...

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4.5 weeks from planting...the cucumbers are going nuts and the tomato plant is growing well...

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25/02/18 

Look at the baby cucumber!

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25/02/18

6/03/18 I turned the pod around so its facing east and gets the morning sun.  Because we have automatic pop up sprinklers, I can’t leave it out overnight.

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6/03/18

6/03/18 I’m very excited about these tomatoes!

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06/03/18

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11/03/18 The pod this morning - 8 weeks since planting.  

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11/03/18 The tomatoes a growing and getting bigger daily...

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11/03/18 Cukes are growing!

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11/03/18 Wow, this surprised me -it’s almost ready for picking! 😊

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Annabel’s succulents when I planted them...20/01/18

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22/02/18

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11/03/18 ...today...they’re thickening up...

Cheers - Joolz xx