Lately

So, what have we been up to lately?

Grocery shopping, vacuuming, mopping, cooking, washing up, feeding the cat, cleaning up after the cat, being kept awake at night by the cat...

All very domestic!

Llew has been working, working, working. I have been doing odd jobs around the place. I really don't know where the time goes in the day. It's not like I've been sleeping in either. I get up when Llew does. Just have breakfast, check email, clean something or do the washing up and suddenly it is lunch time. Then I get into something serious before Llew comes home. Then he cooks dinner and I sit there. It is great to have a table in the kitchen and it is great to be able to see the TV from said table.

I posted off the CD with my revised thesis on it last Wednesday and it has gone to the printery which is the official submission. Therefore I don't have that to dwell over anymore. I won't say that I don't have it to worry about, I am still worrying. Iwill until I get that piece of paper. Speaking of pieces of paper, Llew got his over a year ago, but will finally be able to walk in a ceremony in July. Yay! He gets the floppy hat and all. Special. Wouldn't it be nice to walk together?! That is wishful thinking. How slow is that university? Extremely. Need I say more?

So, on that note, I shall say goodnight and hope you are all watching the Eurovision final.

More Rocky updates

We are settling in quite well now. Everything seems to have its place. Here are some snippits from our lives over the last week and a bit.

The desktop computer decided to give up the ghost, so Llew is now on the old laptop.

Homemade chili sauce! Yes, thank you very much Marianne for the hot hot habeneros.

Llew needed somewhere to store all his spices. The magnetic pots were simple to find a solution for. This bracing is extremely cheap from the hardware store, works a treat, and is easily changed and moved. It also as room for more (don't tell Llew).


The local wildlife is great and on our front veranda. Peanuts hasn't seemed to have found them yet.

Last weekend was mother's day and since Mum and I drove up on the Saturday, we had a mother's day dinner that night. Llew cooked of course.

Grilled vegetable terrine.

Chicken wings (not hot, sorry), loaded fries, and mini fried quesadillas.

Homemade cajeta and shortbread biscuits.

Peanuts was not nearly as impressed as we were, but stayed next to us anyway.

Peanuts would rather just sleep or play (or try both at the same time).

This weekend was lovely and fine (again) but Sunday was very cool, so we decided to spend some time in the sun. The orange and lemon trees weren't looking too healthy, so we picked most of the fruit (some a little green but they are only destined to drop otherwise) and gave each a good pruning. Hopefully the fruit that is left will now ripen instead of the things wasting all their energy on all of the long gangly branches.


An arty orange.

Our haul. The oranges are actually quite sweet and apart from a few juiced for food, they are pretty much all destined for marmelade. Sorry folks, can't send you any. You'll all just have to come and visit and try some.

Today I went with Llew into work and finished off the draft of my thesis. Carlos is having one last read and will let me know if I can submit tomorrow. Sigh.