Tuesday Rocks – Last p8

Tuesday Rocks – Last p8

It’s painfully obvious that naming a post after a day was a dumb idea.  I’m pretty bollocks at the whole regular featured post thing as it is.  This was just setting myself up for a fall!  I very rarely get this posted written and ready for a Tuesday...
Nikon V1 Review: First Impressions

Nikon V1 Review: First Impressions

I have been loaned the new Nikon V1 to use – and write about – for a couple of weeks. The Nikon V1 is a mirrorless camera which sits between a standard point and shoot and a digital SLR.  And it has changeable lenses. What I would like to try is the FT1...

If someone finds my iPhone …

They might think that this Lynley woman – that’s my Mom by the way – and I don’t like each other. Tell you the truth though … she’s one of my favorite people in the whole entire world. And I love her to pieces. Her and our weird as...

Dukan Diet: Attack Phase Completed

I have completed my “Attack Phase” of the Dukan Diet. The phase lasted for 7 days during which I ate only low fat protein, including very low to zero fat dairy, and drank a lot of water. The last week was a lot easier than I anticipated – and hoped....

Countdown.

The rule is … never go supermarket shopping when you are hungry.  Even if you are just popping in for some toilet paper or some food for the cat. I ran in this afternoon to grab the aforementioned cat food.  His Royal Fatness wouldn’t be happy if I came...

A Plate of Meat

Day Four is over and done with – and in terms of organisation and preparation, it was the one that has taken the most thought so far. I knew I would be driving down to Hamilton and going to a netball game and then we would be getting changed quickly and heading...

Extended Family Weekend

I say Extended Family but we are not all related by blood.  I’m referring to a group of my Auckland friends – a group that keeps expanding as people are matching and hatching.  We used to have dinner parties, great food, a lot of wine and a lot of laughs....

Dukan Recipes: Portuguese Chicken

I’ve seen this recipe posted in a few places – there is also one called Paprika Chicken in the Diabetic’s Cookbook that Ken and I have been using on the weekends. I can imagine it would have been even better if I had marinated it overnight like...