Category Archives: 50′s Housewife
School Holiday Project – Sweet 2 – Candy Hearts
I am in love with these candy hearts and YES they do taste as (sickly) good as they look. Stawberry, peppermint, orange and lemon. Yes please…
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School Holiday Project – Sweet 1 – Musk Sticks
The project has begun. The invitations have been sent and quite a few RSVP’s have returned. We are committed. First stop Musk Sticks, well they started out as sticks and then turned into Musky Canes. Oh and that BIG long …
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Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea Dessert Table
This week my neighbour and I had a morning tea to raise $$$ for the cancer council. When she ran the idea past me I think she was thinking a small no fuss affair which is silly really because she …
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A fishy affair party
The photos don’t really do this party justice. We had the fish birthday cake, water melon fish pops, cheese octopus and fish eggs (or grapes). The games consisted of – eating the worm (lollie worms hanging on a string) Hatching …
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Musk sticks don’t grow on trees
I know this because I just made some. I know, who would have thought I just assumed the lollie fairy hung them on supermarket shelves and that was that. But apparently not. So, how were they? Fabulous! Technically they weren’t …
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storing bacon
Jezz put the bacon back in the fridge in its packet. What was he thinking? Doesn’t he know this makes your bacon go slimy? Do you know the best way to store bacon? Alfoil! Yes that wonderful shinny piece of …
A mint addiction
I am addicted to the lemon passionfruit coconut slice I just made how many more pieces can I sneak before the kids and my thighs notice?
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Reindeer Pops
Have you been to bakerella’s blog? It is fab! She makes beautiful sweet treats and my most favourite to look at are the cake pops. I have been eyeing them off for a while now and on Monday I gave …
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Create Order in your Environment
I have had the de-cluttering bug lately. Since putting another story on our house I have a lot more space which is fantastic. However, I have also fallen into the trap of just putting anything anywhere. This was starting to …
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Reality Check
Sometimes the truth is hard to face! Lately I have been getting a few reality checks which have given me a few jolts and it all started when I saw the headline of my latest mag ’40 is the new …
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