I LOVE cooking shows and could seriously watch them day and night. Just recently I have been enjoying three greats, The Supersizers Go, the River Cottage Series and Lidias Italy. The Supersizers Go is really fascinating and very funny. This is what it’s about, “Restaurant critic Giles Coren and comedian Sue Perkins supersize their way through the cuisine of six different eras in Britain’s history.”. That Sue is such a card, honestly!
Lidia cooks the most amazing Italian food. Healthy and delcious, full of all the good stuff, veges, olive oil, beans, pasta, cheese, garlic etc etc…and how gorgeous is she?!
Okay I have a serious crush on Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Just look at the way he is looking at that chicken! He has an intelligent and compassionate view on eating meat and there is heaps of information about this on his excellent website, as well as online courses on how to butcher a pig! Don’t be put off he is an amazing source of food info.
By the by, I have posted today on small world stores, bit sad but take a look if your up for it today. Also the long awaited (by me anyway) Camera Obscura album is out, very nice. Looks like they are touring the US, well worth a look. This is their new clip.
I have decided to start a new blog for my humanitarian posts as I felt they needed their own space. Hope you come and visit Small World Stores, it’s not all doom and gloom over there I promise! (still at it with the exclamation points!!) There is wee link for Small World Stores to the right there if your so inclined. And please remember I only started it today so forgive it’s infancy.
You only realise how exhausting this time of year is when you stop. I am thankful though that yesterday everyone went to the movies and left me blissfully alone for four hours. I am someone who needs alone time. I spent my break listening to past Nobel Laureate speeches here. Very inspiring.
Also inspiring is a twitter experiment being run by @timdavies from the UK. The idea is if your local coffee shop is advertising Fairtrade coffee as an option you can ask for it and tweet (write about it) @askforfairtrade as to whether you got it or not. Here in Australia I never even see the option for fairtrade coffee but apparently even if it is advertised they don’t always have it or will make some excuse as to why they can’t serve it. Go to the askforfairtrade blog to find out more.
The kids got together with their Uncle and Aunt and created a very sweet gingerbread house this year (could be a new Chrissy tradition) and it also made a pretty Christmas table centre piece. I can imagine how crazy you could make them, slanting walls, windows and gardens. Next year we will make our own gingerbread, or perhaps chocolate or plain biscuit as I am the only one who likes gingerbread and although I tried, I couldn’t eat this all by myself!.
And here’s Henry playing with his “toys”, boxes never loose their appeal do they?
Our view of the Sydney NYE fireworks, this is at the end so wee bit smoky but you can still see the bridge, I love the light on the water…
It has taken me a while to get the new wordpress under control so excuse the lateness of NYE wishes.
Postquote: I think in terms of the day’s resolutions, not the year’s. (Henry Moore – thanks Hank, for taking the pressure off, how sensible.)
On November 15th I made my first donation to Women for Women International from the sales of Mia Henry products. It was so good to see my plan actually working for the first time. It was only $30.00 (25% of my profits) but it just gave me so much validation and hope that I can create something myself and make a difference to someone else. I have been reading the latest news about the fighting going on in the Congo this morning, it’s devastating. 250,000 people displaced, war in the Congo has killed 5.4 million people, thousands of babies and children have lost their parents. For news about women around the world I read womensenews.org.
I have plans to raise more money in the future with another website, smallworldstores.com and I will post about that as soon as I can.
Postquote: “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Winston Churchill.
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Hi, my name is Rachelle Slater. What's your name? I make unique baby blankets and write about sewing, craft and working from home while also being a mum and a wife and a person. An important part of my life is my commitment to raising money to sponsor women through the Women for Women International Sponsorship Program. Thanks for visiting, I REALLY appreciate it!
