Nightwolf's Den

10 things that are in my head

(my attempt at a roughly buzzfeedish post)

In no particular order

1. Adam Goodes is a tool. don’t care if he is aboriginal or not, the man is a tool.

2. I so need more sleep. and chocolate.

3. Buzzfeed is slightly addictive

4. I love that miss K loves soccer

5. Miss A is growing way to frickin quick

6. I really should back up my photos

7. i need to clean up

8. a hot chocolate would be delish about now

9. I am really tired

10. should clean the table and do some scrapbooking when the girls go to bed tomorrow

Passion Projects

I have a few passion projects

1. Project Life/scrapbooking – documenting our stories for future generations

2. photography – dunno why but I have loved playing with a camera since I was young and the first time I got to use dad’s Pentax SLR

3. cooking/my Thermomix/YIAH

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What are your passion projects?

Getting a little nostalgic

I was a child of the late 70s/early 80s and I gotta say we had some awesome stuff

Cool toys (& I still have many of these), cool movies & TV shows, the clothes (well maybe not lol)

I totally had these fashion plates!!! Troll Dolls ALF aired in the 80's in the US. And in the mid 90's in Japan. I remember it felt a lil old already.... Trying in vain to click all the colors down at once: | 50 Things You Will Never Be Able To Forget Getting a new Cabbage Patch Kid, hanging her birth certificate on the wall, and carrying her around with you everywhere. | 53 Things Only '80s Girls Can Understand @Ester Franco You gave me this one! The frustration of having to blow into your cartridges in order to get them to work. | 50 Things Only ’80s Kids Can Understand You wanted to be best friends with the girl at camp who had this rad boombox. | 53 Things Only '80s Girls Can Understand I loved this one too!! :) Loving You Barbie | 18 Barbie Dolls From The '80s And '90s That Are Worth A Fortune Now I just have so many questions about how she got her hair like this: | 25 Photos Of ’80s Hairstyles So Bad They’re Actually Good Tiffany ~ I had this TAPE! Yes, I said TAPE (as in cassette tape). My kids don't even know what a cassette tape is. Beetlejuice (1988) | 25 Movies From The ’80s That Every Kid Should See. Why it’s still good: It is PERFECT for a Halloween sleepover. Not too scary, but just creepy enough. Be aware: The teen character is depressed and suicidal—but all is resolved by the end.Notable performance: Winona Ryder, setting the bar for goth teens 4ever. 80 Totally Awesome Things From The '80s - Jennifer, Dawn, Amanda...how many of these things do you guys remember?? Gives me the warm fuzzies :) In the 1980's-MTV was born, now if only it were still as good as it was back then...

and then the important world events like the falling of the Berlin Wall

The excitement in the air the day the Berlin Wall came down.

(all images found on Pinterest)

Ahh the memories

Welcome to George Town

(I honestly wasn’t sure what to write about yesterday so am skipping a day again)

Today I’m cheating a little. I’m going to point you over to a post I wrote last year about my little town.

A little history lesson.

BBQ it

Today’s theme is National BBQ Week so I’m sharing some BBQ goodness I found on Pinterest

Bbq Onion Steaks with Honey-Mustard Sauce

Mini Grilled Pizzas

Pineapple barbecue bacon burgers

Seriously just go look yourself 😉 soooooo many ideas

In the Den Kitchen–Chinese Chicken & Corn soup

This recipe is a family favourite. I often remember having Chinese Chicken & Corn soup especially of a weekend. The recipe comes from the Women’s Weekly Chinese Cooking Class cookbook (I LOVE this recipe book – I cook so many recipes from it) but the recipe below is my modification to it.

It’s a winter warmer and so easy to use leftovers from a roast chicken or buy a roast chook from Coles or Woolies.

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A little catch up

Oops *blush* I kinda forgot to blog for a few days. Oh well – life happens hey 😉

Today I’m catching up with a few topics

1. My workspace.

Currently my laptop is set up on the dining room table. More room to spread out when I have paperwork everywhere. Plus side, I can use my laptop while I’m scrapping 😀

2. Role Models.

My mum. She has been thru so lots and is so strong.

3. Collaborate. hmm yeah well I missed this one

4. What’s in my bag?

Nappies, wipes, change of clothes for Miss A, lip gloss, deodorant, keys, wallet, some snacks from soccer yesterday.

5. Health living.

I’ll be back later today with a new recipe. It’s kinda healthy. Very yummy and a winter warmer. (ETA recipe is up here)

6. Wanderlust.

Where I’ve been – all the states in Australia except NT, New Zealand
Where I’d love to go – New Zealand again, Canada, Scotland, Stone Henge, Greece (namely Crete), Italy