More Christmas craftiness

And so it continues! These were the product of a day at home with my little girl. Naturally she didn't assist practically, but she did assist by sleeping for 3 hours which allowed me to finish them off!

It's getting warmer and warmer, day by day here. Hopefully Christmas day will be warm, but not a 40C wonder like in the past. 

Attempting a Jamie meal tonight, with the usual adaptations by yours truly because we either a: don't have the ingredients available in Perth and b: I still like cutting corners even on a 'cutting corners' recipe!

Trying to work out when I'll have to do some shopping again, as Christmas is on a Tuesday. To be honest, the world ending would kinda help in this department! I'm definitely not keen to go food shopping on Monday. I might just have to stock up a little more on Saturday...

Keeping good food, i.e. fruit and veg, fresh in my fridge is a real pain in the backside. Although I've learnt that shopping at a chain grocery store is a bad idea and a guaranteed way to get ripped off with overripe and poorly grown fruit and veg. Best to go to a veggie shop, and even then you have to be choosy. Unfortunately the best one that's closest to me is a half hour drive away. But then, that's pretty darned good compared to the distances some people have to travel for food and water! And they have to do it every day/twice a day!!

Speaking of which, I bought Mum and Dad a Christmas pressie from Opportunity International. They're an Australian charity that specialises in getting people to help themselves. Micro loans for people in various countries who just need a little push and assistance in getting a small business up and running and therefore supporting their family and others around them. 

We won't be able to afford much in the following years for ourselves, so it's nice to know that what little we can give will go a long way.