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Three major events occurred for me last year (2010), all in the space of about 2 weeks. I turned 50. The following day I got married. Two weeks later, my oldest daughter became pregnant with her first child and my first grandchild.

Most middle-aged people will tell you that in their minds, they still feel 20 something. It's the same for me.

Wasn't it only yesterday that I was planning a night out with guys from the surf club? That gorgeous new perm. Flaired, cuffed denims and the red t-shirt with the off-the-shoulder frill. Corked platform wedgies. **sigh**

Suddenly I'm looking in the mirror and wondering how 30 years can flash by so damned quickly!

So here I am in cyberspace, sharing my genuine shock and horror with anyone who'll listen and maybe I'll even meet some other over 50s who find themselves in the same predicament!

Welcome to my dilemna!!

Friday, December 20, 2013

Cooking

Today, was another day lost, while we spent time in The Bay, grocery shopping, restocking my pantry grains, seeds and nuts and then picking up our FROG box of goodies.

The organic deliveries via FROG are now suspended until 16th January, so we put in a big order to cover Christmas and New Year.

This means I have lots of cooking and preparing to do to fill up our new freezer and to make sure we don't lose any of the produce ... but I have a new recipe book ... "Monica Topliss in the Kitchen for a good life without gluten".

Monica is the Executive Chef at Kunara Organic Marketplace on the Sunshine Coast website here.

I LOVE Kunara Marketplace!!  I wish we had something that big in our area!

Anyway, I tasted about 5 of the recipes from her book when we ate there for breakfast and lunch last weekend and what I didn't taste, I saw in the glass cabinet when we were ordering our meals.

The salads and tarts looked mouth-wateringly good!  The best part is that all the recipes are in the book, so I get to try them out at my leisure.

There will be photos and reviews as I go :)

Meanwhile, as you know, I got some photos of my little Chicklet yesterday.  I looked at a few of them this afternoon in the short time I had free before cooking dinner, so I only have two to share in tonight's blog.

Those of you who know us, can see how much she has changed and grown in just a few months.  The first photo was taken in the garden after she'd been playing in the dirt with her dinosaurs.  I just love the grubby face.



It will be a month before I get to see her again.  I miss her already.  Precious little possum that she is.

Once again, it is almost midnight, so I'm off to slide in between my delicious bamboo sheets and get some beauty sleep.

Nite all.

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