Want, not need...

It's my birthday in a few days and usually I can never remember what I want.  Even then, I really don't need anything new but since I'm talking into the 'interwebs' I thought I'd show you a few things I've ooh'd and ahh'd over lately...

1.  I love this enamel bakeware set

2.  This would be a lovely addition to our coffee table
3.  Some tips please Karen Le Billon?
4.  I'm really in love with yellow at the moment, this would be rad
5.  I promise I would be in the kitchen more if I had these boards to work with
6.  Emu Ugg's:  Blue OR Brown....

and finally, I'd like to end the day with this:

This is called the The Saint Honoré. YUM! 

Check out the lovely Manger's Blog for recipe.

I know, I don't ask for much...


P.S. It was my dear friend, Laura's birthday on Wednesday from evie dear. Happy birthday lovely lady!

School lunches...

Now that I've returned to work, I'm finding it hard to organise lunches for my teacher husband, little one and myself on the morning of each work day.  There are also times (many) that I get home and cannot for the life of me think of a meal that will take less than 20 minutes to prepare and won't have us all wailing in that dreaded 5-6pm period.

So, I got busy on Sunday and prepared a zucchini slice and a whole heap of mini sausage rolls.

Zucchini slice is lovely hot or cold for lunch or dinner and the perfect picnic food!

I only recently found the sausage roll recipe and since then they have been taken to school, work and a recent church luncheon. Always a hit.

My freezer is looking much happier (with things that will actually get eaten) and so is my family, now that they can munch down on one of these rather than tinned corn and a frozen roll...

In the garden...

Nora and I spent a little time out in the yard yesterday. It was seriously blowing a gale and quite chilly but Nora loves being free out there, pottering about with her little shoes on...

Watering the pavers...

Hopefully more of this outside play will allow me to start my veggie garden that I've been dreaming about. I have just purchased this book on the Book Depository.  They currently have a new offer every hour. Check it out here.

Salvaged...

We found this amazing coffee table on the sidewalk of our street late Sunday and after polishing it a little, I'm ready to show it off.  What a find!

It would match this couch from one small room perfectly.

At some point, I'll show you a few other items that we've been able to salvage from sidewalks or local auctions, one of Joel's favourite past times (yay for me).

Luckily, thanks to Instagram, you can't see how awful my windows are.  I'm saving the cleaning until after all the rain has disappeared...so September maybe?

Today's the day...

I've been meaning to start posting for a while but was a little nervous about getting it right so kept putting it off.  However, since reading this blogpost from Imogen Eve I've decided to bite the bullet and begin with a small non-scary post.

So...

On Friday night, this little munchkin and I were home alone while Joel had a well-earned evening out. I decided to have porridge for dinner mostly because of the ease but also because I know Nora loves it! We added some raspberries which made it healthy and super delicious.

What's your easy go-to meal?