Tuesday, 5 August 2014

Having a bad Day....Heres a my favourite chicken Joke

Hope you like it ha ha

Watching the World - An Interesting Article

Watching the World

United States

Some police are using technology to make car chases less dangerous. One approach being tried involves compressed-air launchers fitted into the grills of patrol cars. These fire GPS-trackable devices that stick to vehicles being pursued. Suspects can then be tailed at a safe speed.

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India

It is estimated that every hour, a woman is killed because of a dispute over dowries. Though the custom of giving and receiving such payments is officially prohibited, in 2012 more than 8,200 women were murdered because a groom or his family believed his bride’s dowry to be insufficient.

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Switzerland

Tiny sensors attached to three alpine swifts at their breeding site have shown that the birds flew nonstop for more than 200 days while migrating to Africa. Previously, such sustained activity in motion had been reported only in marine animals.

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Horn of Africa

Pirates hijacked 179 ships off the coast of the Horn of Africa between April 2005 and December 2012. Those criminal acts yielded up to $413 million (U.S.) in ransom money for the pirates, estimates a World Bank study.

Saturday, 26 July 2014

Memory Lane of Recipes that go way back...

I have bought so many books and for the recipes as I love baking and trying new dishes, eventually found that I never really used them so I reverted to the Old Style Book which my Mom In Law gave me, and I think thats why she loved me as she knew her son would be well fed ha ha ..

I have tried this and so easy and really tasty and amazingly moist.

BOILED FRUIT CAKE (MOMS XMAS CAKE)

4 X Cups mixed dry Fruit
500g Butter or Marge
2 x Cups Water
1 x Tsp Bicarb
1 x Cup Peacan / Walnuts
1 x Cup Cherries
4 x Cups Self Raising Flour
1 x Tsp Baking Powder
1 x Wine Glass Brandy
4 x Eggs
1 x Tsp Vanilla Essence

METHOD

Boil Butter, Sugar , Water Dried Fruit and Bicarb for 20 minutes.
Take off stove add flour, pinch salt, Nuts, Cherries and lastly beaten eggs, Brandy and Essence.

Grease Tin and line with grease proof paper

Bake 140 deg +- 1 3/4 hours.

Now this recipe is way back from South Africa and very popular its called

MILK TART

As stated in her book "Moms Milk Tart"

INGREDIENTS

4 1/2 cups Milk
3 x Eggs
2 1/2 x Tbsp Flour
2 1/2 x Tbsp Maizena
3 x Tbsp Butter
3/4 x Cups Sugar
Pinch Salt

METHOD

Place Milk on stove and boil
Beat Eggs, Butter, Sugar, Flour, Maizena and salt (separate Bowl)
Pour into milk when boiling point , beat thoroughly until thick

CRUST

Generally any biscuit mixture as with me my home base is either too thin or just fights with me so i always use a biscuit base , of your choice and butter and line around dish well covered press hard

Add mixture and bake for about 20/30 minutes.
sprinkle with cinamon on top
Optional in milk mixture is almond essence...soooo nice

I as a kid use to love these anything with coconut was delicious.

INGREDIENTS

4 x cups sugar
1 x cup milk
400g coconut
colouring

METHOD

Melt sugar and milk and boil a few minutes
Add coconut
boil another few minutes
Remove from stove and add a few drops colouring beat 2 minutes with wooden spoon
Pour into buttered tray and leave to set .

Now that is as per hand written book, i would presume to do the 2 colours you pour in first half then use colourant in 2nd half

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GAELIC CREAM (LIKE AMARULA)

INGREDIENTS

1/3 Bottle of whisky

3 Tins Nestle cream

2 Tsp Vanilla Essence

2 Tsp Coffee mixed with a little water

1 Tsp Glycerine

Beat all together Well and Bottle and Refrigerate

FIFO Experience and Catch up on our Holiday !

Well hello Bloggers , hope everyone has missed me I have really missed writing and expressing my information and to blow some steam !!

Reason why I have been out of action for a while is I decided to do some Fly In Fly Out work and was an amazing , interesting experience for me in Houskeeping..

Did my Induction and got my travelled dates so I landed up travelling by bus 2 hours to airport then waited another 2 for my plane, which travelled another 2hrs to our site camp.

I landed up been shown around the site which was just red sand everywhere, i landed up with my room which had a shower, toilet TV and single bed, and cupboards kinda cute.

Took a walk to the Kitchen area for Dinner and thought wow so many different things to choose from , steak, fish, stir fry and a great selection. Then you had puddings and ice cream and thought to myself DIET DIET DIET...LOL

Then started my work on the Wednesday got up at 5am put my uniform on and the boots, with 2 pairs of socks.

Met everyone and they were all amazing for the first 2 days..its like being at school where everyone wants to be your friend, so now I thought id do some housekeeping on the mine site, totally different to what I had been doing work wise.

My first day had to push a trolley , make beds and clean toilets the day had not even started at it was like 1pm , 45 deg and flies like you cannot believe and thought what have i got myself into..

I was told by one of the workers that She does not think this is perhaps not the type of work for me .....On my first day, thought HOW RUDE,....thing is she didn't last the 2nd week...lol

We had the mess which was the drinking area and I met some amazing people there it was so nice as it was about me this time, and felt good.

I was sent home on the first day as they said i had dehydration ! wow is this the thing for me ??

2nd Day was OK 3rd day , 4th day getting better and decided I had to get my fitness level back and started going to gym, so it was up at 5am start work at 730 and finish at 6pm go home and get gym clothes and walk there and once i did that work was way better.

Cleaning the dongas as we called them was an real eyeopener too some neat some disgusting thank goodness for safety wear otherwise while cleaning toilets you have "ewe" stuff splashing in your face, i even found a frog in one toilet.

It was a great wake up call I have never drunk so much water in all my life it was like 4L a day but the good thing is that i Lost 10kg in a week i was so impressed and felt so much better.

After eating every day same selection different things after the 2nd swing as my swing was 2 weeks work and 1 week at home. I landed up just having porridge .

Came home and it was nice but worst thing is getting back into routine of cooking and cleaning...

Went back for a 2nd stint and had a few issues which I had to sort out at home as hubby also worked away and he suggested i resign which i was abit sad to do.

So after I did i landed up going to visit him in Singapore, it was nice , hotel was abit out of town so landed up tanning most days while he worked, and then decided to go to Universal Studio which was great and thought Ok Monday it would be nice and quiet, so i go early and What a site packed as can be and wonder where does everyone come from!!!!

Beer Tasting at Hotel

Night view at hotel in Singapore

My Daily routine

Landed up standing in a Que for 1 hr for a 5 minute ride.

Penny

Helen

After a week in Singapore Hubby finished up his work and thought maybe a quick break to Phuket we haven't been there in 9 years and thought it would be nice.

Arrived , booked our accommodation just a cheapie place and our room wasn't ready so we walked the streets and was hounded by Absolute People which is like time sharing, and when you don't buy into there scheme and you say no you not prepared to give them $16k that day they called nasty.

Wherever you go they are like flies. 2nd day we landed up going to a place called Dolphin Bar and had about 4 beers so the bill was like 460 rupiah so i gave it to the lady at the bar, and i waited and waited so i asked nicely please can i have my change and wow ....out the blue she said Me not steal you can wait for change" i was sooo shocked the friendliness of people around Phuket has died.

Decided to try a breakfast at one of the Hotels, well we looked at the Menu and thought ok that looks nice and we ordered it and it came to us and i couldnt stop laughing my bacon looked like a pigs tail..

look at this..lol

On the Menu

This is what we got !

We had a ok holiday watched movies and markets just around the corner which was nice but really missed home too.

Came back to reality and all I do now is cook clean cook clean and Oh how i miss working away

you dont hear the teens fighting, it feels like it does not end, and it shouldnt be like this, is it so hard to pick up after one self ?? wash your plate...we were not born to slave after anyone...

So guess what ! I am seeking FIFO work again..it was sooo peaceful lol..

well that is all my news for now and bedtime..

so cheerio my bloggers take are and be safe..

Wednesday, 25 December 2013

My Xerveo Diary - Let the Trial Begin

Hey Hey Hey I have received my batch and before I advertise or promote a product this will be my diary to be, and starting the new year 2014.

I will be posting the following:-

How Im Feeling
What It taste like
What other meals will I be eating
Have I lost any
Photos of Me,, ergggg which im dreading lol

Before I continue I would like to let you on what its all about,,at the moment the big craze is the product called Garcinia Cambogia...the tablet is a big hit , however Xerveo is the same product just in liquid form and is known for "The Holy Grail of Weight Loss".

It not only tastes great, but it effectively supports healthy weight loss and appetite control.

You can go to my site and read up on it and also let me know what you think .

http://xerveo.com/index.asp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX4FNF1TP4E

So Bloggers today is the 26th December 2013 and the drinking has begun...what I do is drink half an hour before you have breakfast or basically something half an hour before a meal.

The taste is better than I thought its undescribable oh and I took one last night before our big meal and must say was wide awake so not sure if it was Xerveo or the cake we ate..

This is the So Called Magic Can

I think what I will do is do my measurements and add here so wait for that too..

26th December 13 - Boxing Day

Drank 2 before breakfast and Dinner, its as if you drinking a Soda or Cordial, Its pink and fizzy..
I downloaded an app today before and after and took my measurements and will add the pic of app to see what it states..

Im not a person to take before and After pics as I dont like people seeing my love handles and to top it off I noticed another one on my back and was devastated..I think thats when I decided NEVER again will I look at another mirror in a fitting room... :-)

Off to bed and happy slimming dreams xx

When your Husband comes back from FIFO......

Hi Everyone,

Yip you would have noticed that my writing has slowed down abit, It was awesome to sit down and write down what was on my mind and had the time to do it.....

Well what can I say, I work come home and My name is called come see this , Can you help with this and that , and top of that try and do Dinner without any interuptions

My house was tidy, no beer bottles and less washing..OH MY HAT now its double work with 3 boys back home...as my nephew has moved in too, and talk about eating, man they can eat you out the house...

I normally make double and freeze the other half basically for when you have one of those days when you dont feel like cooking...well i can say no chance of that now ....hahaha

Dont get me wrong ..its good to have him home but I tell him straight ..he delegates on the boats ..and I think he comes home to push his luck..because that's what he does ..delegates to us...and I tell him straight " Oi You not on the boat "

He starts in the morning and does not stop at all...until like 9pm and wonders why his muscles are so sore..

We not even at times allowed to have a crap without him wondering where we are ......

Oh and as we sit down its like ...Do we have any peanut butter....so Me and my daughter say No..

(we know there is some in the cupboard) but its a simple way of saying Can I have a peanut butter sandwich.

There are times where I enjoy entertaining...and other times Just ME TIME...if i dont get Me Time,

then I will go crazy....argggggggggggggg

so I have a new Blogger happening soon and Cant wait...to write it

cheerio my bloggers

Mon

Saturday, 7 December 2013

How Do You Cope When Your Bestie has a Brain Bleed ??

Me and Shaz

Had a call from Rob and was saying they confirmed it was a Brain Bleed!

Similar to a Aneurysm

Just wanted to let you on this one as about 3 Months ago I got a call from My Friend Robert and advised me that Sharon (His wife) just came home from work and complained that she had a headache, and went straight to the Bathroom and collapsed.

I froze and as Rob started crying I cried because I never expected this to happen to her, a mother and wife and good friend!

During the next few days they cut open her head and removed a tumor the size of a 50c coin!

Now Robert was traveling to the hospital which was 2 1/2 hours from where they stay and still looking after there wonderful twins who are 7 years old. This is the only picture i could find they are abit bigger now.

Now I met Sharon 9 years ago at a Barbecue (we call it a braai) and got on very well, laughed at the same thing, confided in each other about stuff and trusted each other.

They always have had a smile on there faces, even though they struggled alot financially and also a few years ago lost there house, and really struggled each day, yet they managed and coped every day.

Rob her husband has gone through alot these passed few months and really take my hat off to him, juggling around for the kids and running backwards and forwards for the kids, and just holds thumbs for his wife to get back home again and to be back to normal.

So we caught a train to Perth, Not a Perth person, too many people :-) and would of got lost just driving into town. The train ride was nice, my daughter came with me it was 2 hours but where we booked into a hotel which was like 5 minutes from the Hospital , which was Perfect.

We walked in and asked for Ward G , showed us where to go, right got there Nope next floor. We stood there and had about 4 people in the office , there were 2 open offices on both side, so we stand there and this lady acknowledges us , we wait she looks at us Phone rings and she answers, puts the phone down still waiting for Can I help You..Nothing, I dont understand if You work in a hospital where you deal with people on a daily basis, you have to have people skills, Eventually I shouted and said Can ANYONE just tell me how to get to this ward ! I was so annoyed eventually this other lady came and told me Unbelievable !

Well we eventually found our way after walking around half an hour, We got to her room but she was not there as she was in Physio...So Candy and I waited and waited, played Eye Spy, then made things out of the hospital gloves, then tore out pictures for her room and stuck them up.

HOPE THIS PIC would make her learn how to smile

Hour Later she came in and we said "Hey Sharon" she just stared at me....the thing is you don't know how you going to react ! But seeing her in the bed helpless I tried so hard to keep my emotions in, and managed to brave the tears , even my daughter said to me "Mom Please don't cry" as she sees me cry she cries!

So I asked her whats My Name, and she remebered and said "Olie" which is my Nickname and she can talk bit by bit but looking at her she is paralysed on one side , and we spoke and told her to kick her legs up and touch my hand and she did, and was very impressed.

I bought her a teddy bear and wrote her name on and gave her a Get well Soon Card which I read out to her......................and Yip it all came out I cried together with my daughter ! Shaz lifted her hand up and held mine which made me cry even more.

I composed myself and then it was dinner and she ate very well, and she even lifted the cup up to feed herself.