tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22813698066450676022024-03-14T04:14:16.741+13:00A Village LifeA Village Lifemeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-54549625518081938462014-05-12T12:05:00.000+12:002014-05-12T12:05:20.452+12:00A Blurry Review of the Night<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The scene was set beautifully, candles and flowers everywhere</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cocktail recipes for the night were well utilized of course! The Great Gatsby and French 75 were my favorite.</td></tr>
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-86247913784751206102014-05-02T09:42:00.001+12:002014-05-02T09:42:28.702+12:00At last...At last, I can finally sit down and catch up on this truly neglected blog. That's what happens when you decide at nearly 40 and with 3 young children to go back to school and get another qualification. What was I thinking? Or what was I not thinking?! I totally did not realize how time consuming it was going to be to brush up on my science background in order to fulfill my "dream" of getting a post grad qualification in nutrition. Anyway, half way through the semester now, mid term exam is over and I can kind of relax. Chuck on top of that two weeks of cooking every meal every day for 30 hungry students while being in the midst of my kids school holidays. Boy has it been a "fun" few weeks....not! But the satisfaction factor of having gotten through to the other side is sky high. Of course, I have had time to plan the big "4-0" party. So the plan is........The Great Gatsby.....a proper cocktail party with everyone dressed with a 1920's vibe. <br />
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Whilst all this was being organized, 3 little elves in California were busy organizing something else...How amazingly lucky and loved did I feel when this arrived in my post a few days ago?!<br />
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40 gifts wrapped and labelled, ready to open on my actual birthday (I've got to save something for that post party Monday morning).<br />
Thank you to my lovely ladies!<br />
8 days till party time...more photos to come.<br />
<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-31577577126482621372014-01-09T16:10:00.001+13:002014-01-09T16:10:36.261+13:00A Taste of Kiwi Summer<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-22254840839994774492013-12-13T12:57:00.000+13:002013-12-13T12:57:33.522+13:00Ta Da!!!!Ok, so I haven't staged anything and it doesn't look exactly perfect. Some furniture is out of place where we need to paint behind it and there are groceries and laundry sitting in the corners of the room but for the most part our house is finally finished (almost). Does any home project ever get completely finished? Our last bits are to put the window surrounds (or whatever they are properly called) back up and then paint the skirting boards. To me, finally getting the stainless benchtop installed today, the project is complete. And with only moments to spare (ok, 3 days) until my best friend and her family arrive to spend Christmas with us, we have done it in a 'hitting a home run and sliding into home plate' style. I'm over the moon with the results and can't wait to enjoy the space with lots of friends, heaps of chilled wine and plenty of yummy food in leisurely fashion over the next few weeks. <br />
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-74633695979692616722013-11-25T13:19:00.000+13:002013-11-25T13:19:43.054+13:00Crazy weird healthy food stuffYesterday I got it in my head that I had to make some mochi with sweet bean paste. I love buying it from Asian shops in Auckland and there's something about the chalky texture of the glutinous rice outer layer that I am obsessed with. I checked out a few websites and read through some recipes then decided to have a go at it. Most recipes called for cooking the "dough" in the microwave but since I don't have one I opted for using the rice cooker. That was the beginning of the recipe failure. I soaked some adzuki beans overnight and started simmering them in the morning. I vaguely remember testing the beans before we left for the beach but they weren't cooked so I kept them simmering. In the rush to get 3 kids out the door with all of our beach gear, water, snacks, etc and pick up our friends in time to get to the beach for surf life saving, I completely blanked on the beans. Two and a half hours later as we were finally driving away from the beach I remembered about the beans. In a panic I telephoned whoever I could think of that might be able to rescue my house from the roaring flames I had pictured in my mind, only to be confronted with answer phone messages. Oh dear lord. I rushed back as quickly as I possibly could despite the car in front of me driving 60km the whole way to Leigh. Open the gate, unlock the front door, run upstairs and.......the beans had completely soaked up the water and were only just beginning to slightly burn on the bottom. Saved! And just in the nick of time. In my mind, the new kitchen was a smoldering mess and we would have to rebuild. Luck was seriously on my side yesterday....or guardian angles...or something. Anyway, on with the recipe. The sweet bean paste turned out a bit too sloppy. The dough was a bit tough (maybe a rice cooker is not similar to a microwave) and my sweet little mochi puffs were nowhere near as delicious as the ones I usually buy in the Asian shops. I had even added some matcha to the dough so it would be the green tea version. Perhaps mochi are best purchased and not made at home. On the way back from the beach as my house was almost catching on fire, we stopped at a courgette farm and picked up a carload of free "stock feed" courgettes. They were a bit too large to sell but the hadn't yet turned into marrow. With the leftover sweet bean filling I continued on my path of making weird healthy shit. This time I went for adzuki bean courgette brownies. Sounds disgusting right? I mixed the bean paste with some maple syrup, blackstrap molasses, almond milk and grated courgette. To this I added sieved cocoa, baking powder and a pinch of salt. Mix it all up and chuck it in the oven and voila, super healthy brownies. You won't believe that they actually taste amazing. Seriously. Tui had 2 for morning tea and I wasn't even worried about giving her too much "treat". Fill up with courgette and beans as much as you want kiddo! The mochi won't go to waste either; Gigi, the kid who hates everything actually loves them. Sweet as!<br />
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-48793904904106641512013-11-24T07:36:00.000+13:002013-11-24T07:36:57.010+13:00First PartyIt's been a while since I've posted any of the action here at home. There simply hasn't been much action and it's still not quite finished so I can't really do the "tada" post yet. Things seem to be moving at snails pace now as we near the finish line. We are waiting on our stainless steel bench to be manufactured and there is lots of little painting jobs to work on. In the meantime we have had our first party followed by lots of little evenings of entertaining friends. Here's a look at the first big night. Note how the photos get increasingly blurry and unfocused. But man, what a blast the night was! We rocked it until 2 am ending in multiple plays of "Jolene" by Dolly Parton. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enough room for all the kids to wrestle Dan to the floor.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Too many empty bottles already.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this is when the dance party started.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dj's congregating to decide the next dance tune.</td></tr>
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-14186584556867120052013-11-08T14:32:00.000+13:002013-11-08T15:06:55.195+13:00Exhausted!<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black;">We are so nearly there but man, I am so exhausted all of a sudden. It
has finally caught up with me. I've spent 2 days unpacking boxes
and putting stuff away. I've re-sorted the downstairs
rumpus/guest room and it is very nearly ready for the Broggi family
visit. Pete plumbed in the kitchen tap and dishwasher last night and
the electrician rigged up power to the dishwasher today. I've finally
got a working kitchen! I may just be too tired to actually cook in it
now. There seem to be a million little things that need to be finished
now. We are waiting on one more major thing; the stainless kitchen
bench for which the guy who was supposed to come measure up yesterday
still hasn't arrived today and the clock is ticking towards the
weekend. Half the paintings/pictures/posters are hung but some are
still sitting on the floor. Blinds need to go back up. Painting needs
to be finished once the bench arrives, the outdoor water gutter system
needs to be hooked up so we can start catching rainwater again and I've
yet to find an outdoor patio light that has any sort of decorative
style. It's just good ole kiwi practicality in that department. I
can't order the one I want from the States because it's the wrong
voltage! We will just have to bbq with our headlamps on I suppose. So
here's a look at where we stand now:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">prints to be hung</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">blinds to go back up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">electrician left for lunch with the lights half hung</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">chairs to be repaired</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more prints to hang</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my favorite corner!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">no stainless bench, no working plug</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">massive double sink with dirty dishes in it...yuck!</td></tr>
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-80998390322891048872013-11-05T16:27:00.000+13:002013-11-05T16:28:11.529+13:00Here she is...I'm pretty sure you are not supposed to leave residual glue on your hands while you push the flooring boards in place. I've spent all day spraying and wiping a very large bamboo floor trying to get the glue fingerprints off the boards. It seemed to be going well until I stood back and looked at an angle to notice that actually it looked just as dirty as when I started a few hours ago. I give up on this one. I've got a lifetime to try to get the marks off now.<br />
On a more positive note, the kitchen arrived yesterday in all her glory. It took all day but she is finally in, minus the bench tops, and I am chuffed to bits.<br />
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-48650584580478917472013-11-02T12:54:00.002+13:002013-11-02T12:54:57.634+13:00Progress Report<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-6984123622843957452013-10-30T07:44:00.000+13:002013-10-30T07:47:19.570+13:00yoga rocks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-20236782161214907882013-10-25T10:44:00.001+13:002013-10-25T10:44:51.101+13:00Living in a dust bowlWell the builders have left the building and we are left with enormous amounts of dust. Dust everywhere! Dust inside, dust outside, dust on my skin, dust in our beds, on our food......you get the picture. No matter how many times we sweep and vacuum, the dust just reappears. I am on a countdown to the end. 10 days and we should be moving our stuff into our kitchen, dining and living room once and for all. Yesterday I moved all of our stuff, one more time, from the downstairs up to the deck where we are now "living" or shall I say camping for the next 10 days. Thank god we decided to cover most of the deck. So this is where we stand 7 days away from the flooring finally arriving and 10 days away from the install of the kitchen. <br />
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-91046307241443096462013-10-11T17:10:00.000+13:002013-10-11T17:10:28.187+13:00Light At The End Of The TunnelHeaps of progress this week with the Gib board installed and the balustrade for the deck on, cladding complete and voila! Of course we aren't without a few minor disasters. The flooring company mistakenly does not actually have our product in stock because their boxes are labelled incorrectly and the product inside is not what it says it is. Wouldn't you check the shipment when it arrives to make sure it is correct? Apparently not, but in light of this discovery they have kindly offered us a free mop while we wait an additional 2 to 3 weeks for the correct product to arrive. I very nicely told them where they can stuff their mop as we go homeless once again waiting for the bamboo to arrive so Pete can install it so that the kitchen can be fitted at which stage we can finally move in which will be approximately November never it seems! Not good. Next week comes plastering and finishing off the landing for the deck and stairs and then on to painting. After that we will sit in our big empty new room and wait for the flooring to arrive. Happy days.<br />
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-65224287540947990632013-09-13T15:49:00.000+12:002013-09-13T15:49:11.359+12:00A Lot Can Happen In A Week!Between work, kids and living in a rental house up the road without Internet access, there hasn't been much time to post updates. Finally today I've taken some snaps of the progress. It's almost roof time but with 5 weeks till the kitchen goes in I think we are going to be gypsy-ing around for some time still until we can actually move back into our "home".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">walk upstairs and voila, more space</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">builders finishing the rafters</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">new kitchen window framed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">out on the deck, rita asking if she can jump off onto the trampoline. um, no.</td></tr>
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-10375262121627843002013-09-07T07:49:00.000+12:002013-09-07T07:49:19.574+12:00Day 8<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">wow, the deck is going to be huge!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">looking from the inside to our new space</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">last breakfast in our home</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bye bye kitchen</td></tr>
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-73823262029824014812013-09-07T07:43:00.002+12:002013-09-07T07:43:14.712+12:00Day 7<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">carport feeling official now!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">starting on the deck floor</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New living room nearly framed now</td></tr>
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-74914323421673126932013-09-07T07:40:00.000+12:002013-09-07T07:40:18.977+12:00Day 6<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">framing up!</td></tr>
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-5704135337531149642013-09-07T07:38:00.000+12:002013-09-07T07:38:44.133+12:00Day 5<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">carport goes up</td></tr>
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-88819811221062815612013-09-07T07:35:00.001+12:002013-09-07T07:35:19.758+12:00Day 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">scaffold goes up</td></tr>
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211456466941799560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281369806645067602.post-64385899258160252792013-09-02T09:15:00.000+12:002013-09-02T09:15:27.642+12:00Back Deck; now you see it, now you don't!Pete had a busy weekend dismantling the back deck. Perfect Father's Day activity.<br />
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All posts are in and awaiting the big beam that will hold up the floor! The beam arrives on Monday.</div>
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