I am utterly saddened by the behaviour of my offspring.
The lack of love and respect is just heartbreaking.
I have no idea how it has come to this.
I am barely even acknowledged as they move around the house.
The youngest got up and went straight for the present given to him by his boss without even speaking to me. I waited patiently by the door while he opened it. He looked up at me as if to say what are you looking at? I had his present in my hand. I gave it to him and he muttered thanks. I found the wrapping paper just discarded onto the table like so much rubbish and I have no idea where the gift is.
The oldest made an appearance some hours later. I gave him his present and it has just been opened and left where it was.
I am in tears. My heart is broken just a bit more by the casual attitude of these children.
No present for mum.
Not even a card.
merry christmas
I don't think so.
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Monday, December 16, 2013
Yeah yeah
I know. It's been a while, so what.
I've got a life going on here.
We have moved into the unit which I need for uni next year, a little early but if we left it too long we would end up with a dog box. This way I get to visit the gold coast any time I want.
Xmas is fast approaching with only 9 days left. I have wrapped up a few things to send north, now I just need to get to the po.
Went to the doc and she wants to operate end of Jan 14. Ugh, not happy about that so will try to delay.
Here is some food I have eaten over the last few weeks. I found a great vegan restaurant in Holland Park and bought some meat subs and they were not too bad. The prawn one was a bit sweet but the texture was very good and real close to the prawns I remember but without all the mercury and cholesterol and saturated fat. I used them in Prawn Jambalaya which was a bit hot at first but had settled down after a day in the fridge.
More later.....................
I've got a life going on here.
We have moved into the unit which I need for uni next year, a little early but if we left it too long we would end up with a dog box. This way I get to visit the gold coast any time I want.
Xmas is fast approaching with only 9 days left. I have wrapped up a few things to send north, now I just need to get to the po.
Went to the doc and she wants to operate end of Jan 14. Ugh, not happy about that so will try to delay.
Here is some food I have eaten over the last few weeks. I found a great vegan restaurant in Holland Park and bought some meat subs and they were not too bad. The prawn one was a bit sweet but the texture was very good and real close to the prawns I remember but without all the mercury and cholesterol and saturated fat. I used them in Prawn Jambalaya which was a bit hot at first but had settled down after a day in the fridge.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Stuff
Herbivore vs carnivore
A great little vid from youtube explains a few things.
Got the big reveal tomorrow. Dress is made, nails are painted. Just need a ton of beauty sleep. Altho speaking of that, two days this week I have been told I am beautiful Walking around the shops yesterday I noticed lots of people looking at me and I was beginning to think I had left my pants off or something then I was stopped and told how fabulous I looked. Then today I met a lady I had spoken with on the phone a couple of times and the first thing she said was, oh my you are beautiful. So lets hope I can achieve the same greatness tomorrow.
Do I prepare an acceptance speech or practice the " I'm so happy for you" face. Both probably just in case.
I even got a dress finished that has been hanging around the sewing room for nearly 18 months. The problem was the facing. I stiffened the facing not the body of the dress. So today I ripped the interfacing off the facing and ironed some onto the proper bit and it now just needs hems done and its ready to go. Its the most gorgeous piece of fabric too, An Alexander McQueen that cost me $50 per metre. I think that is why it turned into a wadder. I had such high hopes for it and when it didn't go well I was just so disgusted that I couldn't fix it. All that is behind me now and it's back to being loved. Not the dress I will wear tomorrow as it has a bit much cleavage on display for the good folk at the big deal.
Lets get back to the important stuff, food.
A great little vid from youtube explains a few things.
Got the big reveal tomorrow. Dress is made, nails are painted. Just need a ton of beauty sleep. Altho speaking of that, two days this week I have been told I am beautiful Walking around the shops yesterday I noticed lots of people looking at me and I was beginning to think I had left my pants off or something then I was stopped and told how fabulous I looked. Then today I met a lady I had spoken with on the phone a couple of times and the first thing she said was, oh my you are beautiful. So lets hope I can achieve the same greatness tomorrow.
Do I prepare an acceptance speech or practice the " I'm so happy for you" face. Both probably just in case.
I even got a dress finished that has been hanging around the sewing room for nearly 18 months. The problem was the facing. I stiffened the facing not the body of the dress. So today I ripped the interfacing off the facing and ironed some onto the proper bit and it now just needs hems done and its ready to go. Its the most gorgeous piece of fabric too, An Alexander McQueen that cost me $50 per metre. I think that is why it turned into a wadder. I had such high hopes for it and when it didn't go well I was just so disgusted that I couldn't fix it. All that is behind me now and it's back to being loved. Not the dress I will wear tomorrow as it has a bit much cleavage on display for the good folk at the big deal.
Lets get back to the important stuff, food.
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| Banana and Walnut Bread |
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| Banana and Walnut Bread |
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| Chickpea cutlet with mushroom gravy and leftovers |
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| A butter tofu curry with coconut cream and wild rice |
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| Not sure where this guy came from but he was still there in the morning. That is the end of a teaspoon he is sitting on. |
Saturday, November 23, 2013
very cheesy
Saturday.
Just a lazy day hanging around the house and making cheese. I defrosted the soy milk I froze the last time I made cheese and apart from needing a blitz with the new bamix stick blender it is fine. I found some white truffle oil yesterday in Southport when I was looking for salt so was able to get it made finally. It is so yummy and exactly like the dairy version except much better because there is no cancer causing casein or saturated fat. I will be making this a lot. I had enough milk to also make the Dill Havarti and used tofu to make the garlic herb Gournay. Both of these are absolutely delicious and will not last long.
Had this for dinner Friday night. Man that quinoa is so nice. I will have to use it more. Its quick to cook and has a wonderful crunch to it. Good for me too apparently :) gotta be happy with that. I stir fried a diced onion, added a couple of cloves of roasted garlic, crumbled up some firm tofu, a cut up capsicum and zucchini. Got all that cooked, added lemon juice, cinnamon and nutmeg and the quinoa. Cut up a little avocado and threw in some olives. Delicious.
Now Sunday.
Just a lazy day hanging around the house and making cheese. I defrosted the soy milk I froze the last time I made cheese and apart from needing a blitz with the new bamix stick blender it is fine. I found some white truffle oil yesterday in Southport when I was looking for salt so was able to get it made finally. It is so yummy and exactly like the dairy version except much better because there is no cancer causing casein or saturated fat. I will be making this a lot. I had enough milk to also make the Dill Havarti and used tofu to make the garlic herb Gournay. Both of these are absolutely delicious and will not last long.
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| Camembert |
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| Camembert |
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| Herb Garlic Gournay |
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| Dill Havarti |
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| Camembert |
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| Zucchini, Bean, Tofu, Quinoa stirfry with olives |
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| Zucchini, Bean, Tofu, Quinoa stirfry with olives |
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| Zucchini, Bean, Tofu, Quinoa stir fry with olives |
Got up and made crumbly extra sharp white cheddar with the cashews I soaked yesterday. I was very surprised to find that the rejuvelac I made a few weeks ago is still good. It smelt like lemonade to me so I used it. I also have the pickling onions soaking in brine to make pickled onions for DH for xmas. Shhh don't tell him he is getting homemade pickled onions for xmas. The man has everything else so I will now go down the food route when looking for pressies for him.
I was hoping to post a pic of dinner last night but the phone and the computer aren't on speaking terms. I think there were harsh words last night when the power kept tripping out during the storm. They will kiss and make up soon I'm sure.
Added a couple of new blogs to the Inspiring Vegans list over there to the right. makes for interesting reading.
Enjoy........
I was hoping to post a pic of dinner last night but the phone and the computer aren't on speaking terms. I think there were harsh words last night when the power kept tripping out during the storm. They will kiss and make up soon I'm sure.
Added a couple of new blogs to the Inspiring Vegans list over there to the right. makes for interesting reading.
Enjoy........
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Grrr
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
It makes me so mad when people look at me like I am crazy for not eating the 'nice' chicken sandwich I am being offered.
"Are you not feeling well? "
"I am feeling absolutely fine thank you, I just have no desire for dead animal flesh not matter how you present it!"
I went to the interview yesterday and they say I am the red hot favourite to take the job. We will see.
The award luncheon is on next Wednesday and it will be announced then.
What to wear?
Should I have an acceptance speech ready?
Far out how did I get into this situation.
Got in some retail therapy and stimulated the economy some after the interview so came home late but happy.
http://vegan.com/dairy-free/
This is a lot of good info for anyone thinking of going dairy free, like the entire world should.
It makes me so mad when people look at me like I am crazy for not eating the 'nice' chicken sandwich I am being offered.
"Are you not feeling well? "
"I am feeling absolutely fine thank you, I just have no desire for dead animal flesh not matter how you present it!"
I went to the interview yesterday and they say I am the red hot favourite to take the job. We will see.
The award luncheon is on next Wednesday and it will be announced then.
What to wear?
Should I have an acceptance speech ready?
Far out how did I get into this situation.
Got in some retail therapy and stimulated the economy some after the interview so came home late but happy.
http://vegan.com/dairy-free/
This is a lot of good info for anyone thinking of going dairy free, like the entire world should.
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Sunday bloody Sunday
The beginning of a new week or the end of the old one?
Depends what side of the fence you sit upon.
For me, Monday has always been the start of the week but that is just an employment thing I guess. Sunday is still the weekend and not to be spoiled by being part of the next working week.
Rained on and off all day, started with a storm then just went to shit from there.
A good day to make cheese!
Muenster and Smoked Gouda were quickly put together and I now have two new blocks of cheese to enjoy this week. I can't get over how fast and easy it is to make. I can buy soya milk from the Asian Grocer at Indro and it has nothing but water and soya beans in it so exactly what I would make myself. $3.99 for 2 litres is pretty cheap. I have frozen what I didn't use today for next time. So that takes away the most time consuming part of cheesemaking. Making the milk. The cheese actually cooks in around 4 minutes and thats it folks.
I also got a bag of garlic very cheap and roasted up about half of it. I then made hummus from chickpeas I had in the freezer, and the garlic. Not sure if anyone will be able to get close enough to me to enjoy a conversation with me this week but oh man is that hummus good. With 2 heads of roasted garlic in it it should be!!
I asked DH if we are now saving money on food and much to my delight he showed me a graph of food spending for the last 12 months that clearly shows a huge drop. Huge. Like $600 a month huge. I kid you not. We were spending 1300 a month on food and that has now dropped to $700. This is for 21 meals per week for 3 adults and 2 dogs so 63 human meals a week, 252 meals a month. So averaging this out we have gone from $5.15 per meal to $2.77. Bloody nora. Whoever said they can't afford healthy food is just making excuses. I can't afford the old food we were eating. Onward and upward! So apart from living cruelty free we are now eating a far tastier diet and saving heaps of money doing it. I have never eaten so much cheesecake in my life!
Big week shaping up.
Into the city tomorrow to buy gifts for the GC luncheon. That will take all day.
Tuesday I have an appt teaching a woman to sew. Then I have to prepare myself for Wednesday.
The big interview.
Going for quite a prestigious position with a big outfit that will last for 1 year. I will do massive travel around the state to represent the big outfit at functions I will be invited to attend as a vip guest. I will even be asked to be the guest speaker on occasion. I have the list of criteria they are looking for so will need to study up. Then Thursday probably have to go to the GC to look at units. Maybe Friday.
I cut out 3 shirts and 3 skirts today so will now have to be sewing them up.
What to have for dinner.
Hmm
It will have to involve zucchini as I have a few of those now. Might make that frittata again. It is easy to put together and also good for lunch.
All of these companies are now off my shopping list. Bastards. They should be off yours too. You'll just encourage them otherwise. One thing that I read that really got to me "you wouldn't ask your best friend to drink shampoo" with a small dog standing in front of a bowl of shampoo instead of water.
It has to stop. We cannot continue down this road of torture to animals.
Fuck I hate humans.
Depends what side of the fence you sit upon.
For me, Monday has always been the start of the week but that is just an employment thing I guess. Sunday is still the weekend and not to be spoiled by being part of the next working week.
Rained on and off all day, started with a storm then just went to shit from there.
A good day to make cheese!
Muenster and Smoked Gouda were quickly put together and I now have two new blocks of cheese to enjoy this week. I can't get over how fast and easy it is to make. I can buy soya milk from the Asian Grocer at Indro and it has nothing but water and soya beans in it so exactly what I would make myself. $3.99 for 2 litres is pretty cheap. I have frozen what I didn't use today for next time. So that takes away the most time consuming part of cheesemaking. Making the milk. The cheese actually cooks in around 4 minutes and thats it folks.
I also got a bag of garlic very cheap and roasted up about half of it. I then made hummus from chickpeas I had in the freezer, and the garlic. Not sure if anyone will be able to get close enough to me to enjoy a conversation with me this week but oh man is that hummus good. With 2 heads of roasted garlic in it it should be!!
I asked DH if we are now saving money on food and much to my delight he showed me a graph of food spending for the last 12 months that clearly shows a huge drop. Huge. Like $600 a month huge. I kid you not. We were spending 1300 a month on food and that has now dropped to $700. This is for 21 meals per week for 3 adults and 2 dogs so 63 human meals a week, 252 meals a month. So averaging this out we have gone from $5.15 per meal to $2.77. Bloody nora. Whoever said they can't afford healthy food is just making excuses. I can't afford the old food we were eating. Onward and upward! So apart from living cruelty free we are now eating a far tastier diet and saving heaps of money doing it. I have never eaten so much cheesecake in my life!
Big week shaping up.
Into the city tomorrow to buy gifts for the GC luncheon. That will take all day.
Tuesday I have an appt teaching a woman to sew. Then I have to prepare myself for Wednesday.
The big interview.
Going for quite a prestigious position with a big outfit that will last for 1 year. I will do massive travel around the state to represent the big outfit at functions I will be invited to attend as a vip guest. I will even be asked to be the guest speaker on occasion. I have the list of criteria they are looking for so will need to study up. Then Thursday probably have to go to the GC to look at units. Maybe Friday.
I cut out 3 shirts and 3 skirts today so will now have to be sewing them up.
What to have for dinner.
Hmm
It will have to involve zucchini as I have a few of those now. Might make that frittata again. It is easy to put together and also good for lunch.
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| From Pinterest |
All of these companies are now off my shopping list. Bastards. They should be off yours too. You'll just encourage them otherwise. One thing that I read that really got to me "you wouldn't ask your best friend to drink shampoo" with a small dog standing in front of a bowl of shampoo instead of water.
It has to stop. We cannot continue down this road of torture to animals.
Fuck I hate humans.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Vegan Freak - being vegan in a non vegan world. Bob and Jenna Torres.
Got this book in the mail yesterday and just keep cheering page after page. I especially love this passage from it:
To be vegan is to have the guts to deny the fairy tale of the harmless animal product.
To be vegan is to deny the psychological distance between the flesh in the styrofoam tray at the supermarket and the someone- not the something- who that meat came from.
To be vegan is to live fully and honestly with yourself about how animals are treated, and it is about your not taking a place in that exploitative system to the greatest extent possible.
Veganism is not only an affirmation about how we want the world to be, it is a lived form of protest, and our reminding people that everything is not quite right when it comes to how we treat animals. A form of everyday heroism in a world gone terribly wrong, veganism is your refusal to participate in a system that is ethically bankrupt. It is bravery in a time of cowardice.
I think that is part of the problem right there for most people. It is easier to take the path of least resistance than to man up and say enough is enough. I never thought of myself as particularly brave but I guess I must be. I am happy to put myself out there and do what is right once I am shown what is wrong. Most people do not have the guts to stand up and be counted. They prefer to be sheeple and follow the crowd. Well not this vegemite. I will no longer be a party to animal cruelty and I will no longer be a sheeple when it comes to my food choices. If what I eat, or refuse to eat, makes others uncomfortable then big fucking whoop. Get educated and grow a heart.
Made Flaky unfish Fillets for dinner, very yummy and also made Raw Strawberry Cheesecake which is cooling in the fridge. May have to have some for breakfast.
Back to reading....................
To be vegan is to have the guts to deny the fairy tale of the harmless animal product.
To be vegan is to deny the psychological distance between the flesh in the styrofoam tray at the supermarket and the someone- not the something- who that meat came from.
To be vegan is to live fully and honestly with yourself about how animals are treated, and it is about your not taking a place in that exploitative system to the greatest extent possible.
Veganism is not only an affirmation about how we want the world to be, it is a lived form of protest, and our reminding people that everything is not quite right when it comes to how we treat animals. A form of everyday heroism in a world gone terribly wrong, veganism is your refusal to participate in a system that is ethically bankrupt. It is bravery in a time of cowardice.
I think that is part of the problem right there for most people. It is easier to take the path of least resistance than to man up and say enough is enough. I never thought of myself as particularly brave but I guess I must be. I am happy to put myself out there and do what is right once I am shown what is wrong. Most people do not have the guts to stand up and be counted. They prefer to be sheeple and follow the crowd. Well not this vegemite. I will no longer be a party to animal cruelty and I will no longer be a sheeple when it comes to my food choices. If what I eat, or refuse to eat, makes others uncomfortable then big fucking whoop. Get educated and grow a heart.
Made Flaky unfish Fillets for dinner, very yummy and also made Raw Strawberry Cheesecake which is cooling in the fridge. May have to have some for breakfast.
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| Flaky unfish fillets |
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| Flaky unfish fillets |
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| Ok so I admit it. I did have cheesecake for breakfast. That yummy looking pink blob is raw strawberry cheesecake! |
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| Breakfast for two. Oats, chia seeds, soy milk, berries, soy cream and raw strawberry cheesecake. Very yummy. |
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