A year in review. A look back on all the things I actually did achieve in 2020…
Book Review: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Despite being a huge fan of the Jurassic Park films, it never occurred to me to try reading the novel they were based on before now…
A Pandemic for Christmas
When we got home, J made a comment about how many of the games we now owned and I joked that we probably had enough to make a Christmas tree out of them…
Covid Ate My Homework
Covid Ate My Homework – a reflection on the year 2020. It’s been a year. If we say nothing else of 2020, we can at least say that: it’s been a year. The year of Covid has been
The Rough Draft: July 2020
For anyone who caught my post towards the end of July, either here on on facebook, you may already know that I found June a bit of a struggle. I’m generally quite a positive person, who tends not to worry about things unless they’re actually happening — mostly because I feel it’s a waste of…
Meal Plan Monday
Despite “theme-ing” my week, we ended up straying from the meal plan quite a bit. I’ve realised that moving meals around the week isn’t as bad as I make it out to be. I always feel like I’m letting myself or the plan down when I have to change things, especially if it’s because I’m…
meal plan monday
You ever blink and suddenly it’s two weeks later and you have no idea where the time went? Yeah, that just happened to me. I didn’t even realise I hadn’t posted my Meal Plans for the past two weeks until today. Like, what even kind of blip is that? I can’t even entirely blame this…
Meal Plan Monday
This week was a ‘use up all the food in the freezer‘ kind of week, as we’ve had a few things hanging around since before the lockdown started that really needed to be used up, along with some potatoes and wraps. I mentioned last week that J and I were trying to go more veggie…
Meal Plan Monday
I teased you all last week that J was making us a mince-free Bolognese, and I have to say it was a real treat! We have quite a few Vegetarian friends who could easily whip up something like this without batting an eyelid, but for J and I? Well, we’re still in the early stages…
Recipe: Backpacker Pasta
When I was backpacking my way around New Zealand, it sometimes wasn't always in my budget to afford the ingredients I needed to make a proper meal. This dish is something I quickly started making, oftentimes for free, as the ingredients were generally available in the free bin of most backpackers.You can always find seasoning and…