Frozen food fiasco

What has this photo got to do with the tale I’m about to tell. Nothing. But I just love this image taken of a woman in Key West. Look closely and you’ll see she has one “dead eye” open. Neat.

So here’s the thing…

If you noticed that the back fridge door had been left open and everything in it had completely defrosted and had probably been so for more than 24 hours, would you empty it out and chuck all the food away - given that the temperatures were over 35C during the day, or would you, as Groover did, just turn the fridge back on and then casually mention it to me three days later?

I thought so.

Sometimes I wish I was living with you.

Back to school? Not quite.

I’ve been reading (with some envy it must be said) blogs over east who describe lovingly how their children have enjoyed their first day back at school (or not) and how empty the house feels.

My house is not empty.

Nor does there seem to much looking forward to next week. Here’s their reaction when I asked them how they felt about the new term starting:

It seems I have dolphin children.

I think though that they secretly can’t wait for school to start. They are missing their friends and thanks to my cunning strategy of not organising any activities for the last two weeks of the holidays - VERY BORED.

Hehe.

Vote for The Food Pornographer

C’mon just the name of the blog has got to get her some points!

TFP is a Perth blogger and has the best photography of food you’re ever likely to see.

She’s been nominated for Best Food Blog in the 2008 Bloggies.

And she’s a Perth girl!

Did I mention TFP’s from Perth?

VOTE HERE!

She inspires me to try and take good food photography… here’s my latest attempt. This is salmon cooked on some kind of wood - I forget now - the chef’s special at Mythos Restaurant at Universal Studios in Orlando. Tasted bloody good too.

That’s Mrs Blobby to you!

It has come I’m afraid to look closely in the mirror (not not the one that makes you look thin girl - and we all have one of them) and assess the fitness situation.

And maybe the weight situation.

I’ve been a blobby lardy arse for more than a year now and it shows.

My faithful black pants that have been with me through thick and thin are now too small. That’s a bad sign. I’m a d-cup. And while Groover seems to appreciate them - that is also a bad sign.

But you know I could put up with that.

What I can’t have, simply can. not. have, is Groover being the fit and healthy one in the relationship.

The “my-body-is-a-temple-that’s-temple-of-doom-people” Groover. Who had the same pair of running shoes for 15 years before they wore out. Who doesn’t eat fruit. Or salad.

Groover has been getting up at Sparrow’s Fart and walking - at a very brisk pace - for an hour in the morning and sometimes in the evening as well. (he says it’s the new sandshoes)

He’s been eating fruit for breakfast.

And having seconds of salad at dinner.

And this evening - he asked if I’d like to go walking with him?!

Well! The nerve of this upstart fit person!!

Who is he, to condescend to ask me, a person who has done three detoxes and joined several gyms (for a while), to go walking. Pfft!

But you know, I think I might.

Shades of Rowan Atkinson

Found this guy thanks to Baby~amore (Trish). What do you reckon? I think his facial expressions are of a Rowan Atkinson standard - and that from me, is high praise indeed. :)

See a great double act on Trish’s website…

The Jane Austen Bookclub - Film and book

Coming home from Sydney the other day I picked up The Jane Austen Bookclub by Karen Joy Fowler. I had a five hour journey and I love Jane Austen so I figured it was the perfect match. :)

Settling into my upgraded business class seat (the best use for FF points about to expire) I started to read.

I was immediately sucked in. While you might think it’s a book about reading books it is more than that. It’s about life and love and generational conflict. About being married, about not being married, about relationships. In short it has the same themes as any of your favourite Jane Austen novels. No doubt intended.

Well into the second bookclub meeting, I noticed on someone else’s screens that one of the films showing was in fact The Jane Austen Bookclub, so I grabbed my headphones (sadly I’d forgotton my new noise cancellation headphones that I’d received for Christmas) and plugged in.

The film takes a far less structured form than the book - crafted around the six books as it were - and loses some detail - but still I thought it was a reasonable interpretation and quite a good film. Not a bad chick flick.

The book is easy to read and quite entertaining and has inspired me to read Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park again.

Sunday chicken facts

A dip into “World’s Best Trivia” by Oliver Roydhouse had me spluttering my tea over the monitor this evening…

Perhaps you’ve had a roast chook for dinner tonight?

Did you know that the longest recorded chicken flight was by a headless chook?

Or that in earlier times, chimneys were cleaned by shoving a chicken down and letting it flap out the soot?

But my favourite is that in France in mediæval times one punishment for an adulterous wife was to make her run naked through the streets of the town chasing - you guessed it - a chicken. You’ve got to give the French points for originality.

I wonder what the adulterous husband had to do? Your suggestions please.

The funniest cheezburger yet

Via Hoyden about Town:

Make up on police officers

Watching The Bill tonight I couldn’t help but notice the perfect make-up on the uniformed officers - in particular Gina Gold and Emma Keane. It just looked… wrong.

Now I know I know it’s a TV show, but it made me think… how many female police officers have I seen with perfect make-up? Or indeed any make-up?

None.

It’s not as if I wear make-up everyday mind you. That’s why I don’t work in television! Although at least then you can get someone to apply it for you.

And I don’t expect police officers to wear it either.

But maybe they do.

Are you a female police officer? Do you wear make-up?

Do female police officers wear make-up in your town?

Maybe not so weird?

Loz has tagged me for the 7 weird facts about me meme and seeing as it’s Australia Day and it’s way too hot to do anything apart from take my turn on Singstar and sit in air-conditioning I thought I’d give it a go.

Bloody hell this is hard!

1. I always choose the horse when I play Monopoly - and make a point of calling it “lucky horse” the whole game to bring me luck. Sometimes it even works.
2. I have munted little toes which are all curled in. They look as if they could be squashed from wearing pointy toed shoes but it turns out that my dad and daughter have the same toes. A genetic curse. (sorry about the photo - hope it didn’t put you off your peanut m&ms.)
3. My left breast is bigger than my right.
4. I love playing board games and feel disappointed (mostly on the inside) if I go out to a dinner party and don’t get to play pictionary or cards or something after the meal… :)
5. I love it when I can lend my reading glasses to others.
6. I am a woman and yet I hate going to the hairdresser, having my make-up done, or pedicures (as you can tell) and manicures - it’s all the fussing that irritates me. That being said - I love being massaged.
7. I love eating milo out of the tin. Which is why I don’t buy it.

Other weird facts can be found on my me page.

Now which seven to tag? If you’ve already done it or have been tagged seven times just treat it as some linky love. :)

Eastern Max
h&b
I drew this
Three Ring Circus - please keep blogging!
Meg
Guera
James - great Aus day photo!

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