Domestic Goddesque

Out of Office Excuse

Domestic Goddesque — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:15:00 +0000

Annabel Violet Grace

born 7:10pm, 17th February 2010

8lbs and the image of her doting Daddy.

Guilty pleasure

Domestic Goddesque — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:13:00 +0000

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For my darling DH

Domestic Goddesque — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:01:00 +0000

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I’m away from my desk at the moment….

Domestic Goddesque — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:10:00 +0000

Funny thought for a Thursday

Domestic Goddesque — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:36:00 +0000

CA NA DUH

Now that Vancouver is hosting the 2010 WinterOlympics, these are some questions people from all over the world are asking.

Believe it or not these questions about Canada were posted on an International Tourism Website.

Obviously the answers are a joke; but the questions were really asked!

Q: I have never seen it warm on Canadian TV, so how do the plants grow? ( England )
A. We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around and watch them die.

Q: Will I be able to see Polar Bears in the street? ( USA )
A: Depends on how much you’ve been drinking.

Q: I want to walk from Vancouver to Toronto – can I follow the Railroad tracks? ( Norway )
A: Sure, it’s only Four thousand miles, take lots of water.

Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Canada ? ( Sweden )
A: So it’s true what they say about Swedes.

Q: Are there any ATM’s (cash machines) in Canada ? Can you send me a list of them in Toronto , Vancouver , Edmonton and Halifax ? ( England )
A: No, but you’d better bring a few extra furs for trading purposes.

Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Canada ? ( USA )
A: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe Ca-na-da is that big country to your North…oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is every Tuesday night in Calgary Come naked.

Q: Which direction is North in Canada ? ( USA )
A: Face south and then turn 180 degrees Contact us when you get here and we’ll send the rest of the directions.

Q: Can I bring cutlery into Canada ? ( England )
A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.

Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys’ Choir schedule? ( USA )
A: Aus-t ri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y, which is…oh forget it. Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays every Tuesday night in Vancouver and in Calgary , straight after the hippo races. Come naked.

Q: Do you have perfume in Canada ? ( Germany )
A: No, WE don’t stink.
Q: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth. Where can I sell it in Canada ? ( USA )
A: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather.
Q: Can you tell me the regions in British Columbia where the female population is smaller than the male population? ( Italy )
A: Yes, gay nightclubs.
Q: Do you celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada ? ( USA )
A: Only at Thanksgiving.

Q: Are there supermarkets in Toronto and is milk available all year round? ( Germany )
A: No, we are a peaceful civilization of Vegan hunter/gatherers. Milk is illegal.

Q: I have a question about a famous animal in Canada , but I forget its name. It’s a kind of big horse with horns. ( USA )
A: It’s called a Moose. They are tall and very violent, eating the brains of anyone walking close to them. You can scare them off by spraying yourself with human urine before you go out walking.
Q: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? ( USA )
A: Yes, but you will have to learn it first.

Thought for a Thursday

Domestic Goddesque — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:06:00 +0000

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Thought for a Thursday

Domestic Goddesque — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:57:00 +0000

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The Mothership has returned from foreign shores to be my afternoon Nanny, so this is in her honour (sort of.)

Bag yourself a Funpod from Livingwithkids

Domestic Goddesque — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:05:00 +0000

The Pocket Dictator got really cross a while back, wanting to see what I was up to in the kitchen. It’s a common thing for parents I suppose- you want them to be with you, helping you cook or just seeing what you are doing. It’s the way we all learn after all. But how do you achieve that? You could sit them on the worktop and risk a fall, stand them on a step or chair, with similar results. We have a kitchen floor that I HATE: chinese slate; each tile is uneven, the grouting uneven, the floor itself uneven. Anything that comes into contact with it breaks, from glass to melamine to plastic to wooden spoons (I kid you not.) So the idea that my precious little Dictator could fall onto the floor had me awake at night with Freddie Kruger-like nightmares. Which is why we love and adore the Funpod. She uses it to stand and chat to me whilst I faff, to ‘help’ turn the Magimix on and off and, most importantly for doing Binkles (sprinkles) when decorating cakes. Which is to say, I put some in a bowl and she steadily chomps her way through them whilst I decorate the rest. I discovered the other day that if I give her slices of peeled apple with her binkles, she will dip and munch, so at least I feel a bit less like Bad Mother of the Year. She also likes to eat her snacks in it, play peekaboo and take refuge from unwanted visitors playing with her toys. An all round winner which I picked up for a bargain price at Kiddicare.

I was subsequently pointed in the direction of Mydaddycooks who uses his Funpod with awesome results. We’re not there yet, but working on it. In the mean time I’m happy to recommend the Funpod to anyopne who asks me about it (I should get commission really) and therefore point you in the direction of Livingwithkids who have a competition to win one of these beauties, even better value for money now that they have adapted the Funpod to work as a highchair and Butcher’s block.

Jewellery Giveaway saves the day

Domestic Goddesque — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:14:00 +0000

I spent rather a lot of time at the hospital today testing out my new wheelchair so never quite got around to posting. Fortunate for me therefore that I merely need to point you in the direction of the heavenly Amy who is actually going to give away £150 worth of fabulous Chambers and Beau jewellery. I have naturally put in a plea for my newly geriatric (well, whoever heard of a 30-year-old nededing a zimmer and wheelchair? It’ll be a Commode before you know it and I don’t suppose DH or I will ever recover from that?) wrist to win something beautiful to adorn it and thus ease the pain. But if it isn’t me who wins, I’d like it to be you. Just pop over to the Chambers and Beau blog and, once you have finished drooling, try and butter up the giver-awayer!!

The Good Wife Guide #2

Domestic Goddesque — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:37:00 +0000

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Rule #2: Recipe for Success

Just as it would be unthinkable to serve frozen TV dinners or re-heated leftovers to an honoured guest, these offerings should not be considered acceptable dinner fare for the man you adore. Give him a hearty home-cooked meal- one that’s prepared from scratch and seasoned with love. The hours you spend over a hot stove will be repaid in full when he eagerly asks for seconds!

Current state of affairs at DG Manor

Up until pregnancy and long-term house guests meant that I delegated control of the cooking to others., I have to say that I’ve been pretty good at this one. But I did work from home part-time so I had did have the time (less since the arrival of the PD, but enough nevertheless) to be able to plan and buy ingredients and cook a yummy meal for my beloved DH. That said, I never cooked for two and invariably had leftovers. Either we would eat these the following day, saving me the effort of having to cook on a day when I had been in London working, or I would be able to make them into something else. It’s not hard to use leftover mince to make a Shepherd’s Pie, or to turn the remains of a roast chicken into a pie or risotto. And I have in fact served a variety of these things to guests.

Conclusion

Once again, at the moment I do very little (although I do actually have Nigella’s Gammon in Cherry Coke on the stove as I write *gasp*) though I do regularly churn out cakes and biscuits, as this very blog can attest to. They often take less time to do and can be done with PD in tow. I do, however, think that in an age where there are real concerns about the Environment and Food Waste and so on, (and remembering my nan talk about how little they had during and long after the War,) that it is perfectly acceptable to serve leftovers whether for guests or my beloved. I’d like to think they would appreciate the sentiment as well as the food. Of course when there are places like Cook who do all the work for you, there’s nothing wrong in faking it either.

Score

A mixed bag, I guess, so probably 6/10 on the grounds that I do cooksupper for my beloved, but often serve leftovers. It has to be said that he’s never complained though, particularly about the cakes!!