Things have been very busy and all over the place the past few weeks with hubby at home after injuring his back at work but he'll be back next week, thankfully lol I love having him home but some days its like having a fourth child.

We've also had to do a day trip to Port Lincoln for a CT scan to find out what the problem was, turns out he has a herniated disc, the poor thing.

I've just got back from another trip to Port Lincoln for a sleep study as they think I might have sleep apnea since I average about 4 hours of sleep a night, could also just be the fact we live in a bad area of town which is starting to take a toll on life at home, now to wait 3 weeks for some answers.

We've also been in a signed on for a new house thankfully a 4 bedroom with space out the back and fences to keep Bella in, short walk to the beach and 10 minute drive from Ceduna, cant wait to get there and start gardening and setting up for my chickens that come next week, so over the next 4 weeks I'll be preparing for moving, hopefully the last time for a while.

Thats about it from me atm, things may be quiet for a bit but I'll try and get back on to post a picture of the new family members next week. :)

Take care xxx

Still trying to get back into old habits, been a bit of a struggle with the cold weather and hubby at home with a bad back so Doctors again tomorrow, hopefully they'll send him to a physio or tell us the best way to fix it so we can get him back to work because he's going stir crazy as am I.

Hopefully within the next couple of weeks I can get posts put in outside and put up a fenced area for the kids and dog to go out and play, then I'll be able to use the dogs pen for chickens, be nice to get fresh eggs.

Will need to get onto some decent soil for the vegetable garden I want to put in as our soil is hard as rock and the places that arent are very clay like so am thinking of paying to bring some soil in, going to get the kids involved so hopefully the 2 little ones with start eating more veg, mainly miss 5 as I stuggle to get her to eat any sort of veg.

Slab of Vanilla Slice using homemade puff pastry

New clothes for the Bellini :)

Vanilla Essence steeping, will be ready in about 6 weeks

Honey Jumbles

Chicken and Mushroom pasta, our go to simple cheap meal

Miss 5's Birthday Cake

I'm not much of a cake decorator and struggle piping because of carpal tunnel syndrome

Thankfully Miss 5 was still rather impressed as were the guests

See you all again soon, have a great day and take care xx

Back into it :)

I know its been so long I've been struggling a bit with depression and back and for to Adelaide and Port Lincoln for appointment and operations.

But I'm slowly getting back into the simple things so will be back to spend more time blogging and hopefully cooking.

This is a label maker I received in the mail to review and I think its awesome no more buying labels for kids containers.

Chocolate Lava cake I made for miss 10 and myself for dessert it turned out beautifully, was so impressed with myself as was miss 10 lol.

Back into baking bread every couple of days again, so much happier with it now I have my new large bread tins, makes it easier for me to cut and fits better in lunch boxes. 

I use the same recipe and made dinner rolls to take to a family bbq

Fresh baguettes to be turned into garlic bread, everyone loves it so I'm thankful I dont have to buy it anymore.

Sweet finger buns made for the kids, took half to my brothers and they disappeared within seconds

Yummy homemade kingstons, been a while since making these might put back on my to do list

Went to a group for women to do crafts, cooking etc and I got to make a candle for myself, smells gorgeous

Made scones with miss 4

She gives her grin of approval

Bacon and cheese rolls made for school lunches

Homemade vanilla paste

Beesting buns

Got a heap of reduced cream that I turned into butter and buttermilk.

Will leave it there for now but I will be back again some time later in the week :)

Take care

Slowly getting back into the frugal swing of things

Got to spend some quality time one on one with my little man so decided to make a cake

The newest member of our family Little Miss Bella, had nothing organised for her so used one of the kids old rugs and a cot pillow and made her a bed and a chew toy

Attempted some fruit filled cereal bars, they are yummy but went a bit soft after a day so think I need to modify the recipe a little or even try a new one.

Found an awesome recipe for honey biscuits that tastes very much like tiny teddies and have been busy making them for the kids, they love them and I get a chance to use all my awesome cookies cutters.

Homemade tomato sauce you just cant beat it, yum!

More bread

While apples were cheap I grabbed a few kilos and dried most of them not that they last long around the ferals, they love them.

Tried making cheese and bacon crackers but the kids weren't very keen on them so I think I'll just stick to the cheese crackers from now on

Making Bread

Thought I'd get the kids involved more in their lunches so we decided to make bread rolls, they had a ball and ate all their lunch without any complains. The rolls were lovely and soft I even made myself a small one for lunch.

 

After wasting all the left over mashed potato that noone would eat I decided to make some amish potato rolls, they were nice and soft, hubby wasnt a fan though as they were sweet but they went well with dinner and the rest are in the freezer for school lunches, while I was making these I decided to make a loaf of bread as we were out and I try to use what I have instead of going to the shop. Sadly I think I over did the rolls a little but they were still nice. I have since been saving the mashed potato and might dig out my mothers recipe book as I'm pretty sure she has a yummy recipe for a cake using mashed potato with a crumble topping, cant really go wrong with a crumble. :)

Still here

Sorry I havent posted anything in so long things have been a little all over the place here lately with trips to and from lincoln and whyalla.
I havent been very frugal lately with anything even cooking has slowed but I'm getting back into it because I need to start saving to buy a car, my poor thing is not doing so well atm think its time to retire her to just around town, any frugal ideas and ways to save are most welcome. :)
Have veggie gardens nearly ready and seeds on the go, only after a few to help save atm next year I need to be more organised and have things set up during winter ready for the warming weather. Well I best get back to it take care all xxoo

A few Pics of my week

Some passionfruit that was given to me by a friend which I turned into 3 jars of passionfruit curd, one for me, one for my friend and one for the lady who grew the passionfruit :)

Making Yiros breads and marinated some chicken for a yummy yiros at home.

Homemade Icecream, yummy and with the left over egg whites a nice pavlova.

 

Been busy making bread every couple of days, made a nice seeded loaf but forgot to take a picture, maybe next time.

Made some scones for miss 9 for school lunch and the 2 little ferals and myself had some at home for morning tea.

Thats been about my week just trying to take things easy as master 2 has been unwell and not sleeping properly but he's getting better slowly.

I have managed to unpack a few more boxes, still have a pile in the corner but its slowly getting there.

Thats it for now so till next time take care :)