Because jquery is the same as cooking

Luke: “So, I’m pretty proud of the work I did this morning”

Talia: “Uh huh”

Luke: “The scrolling with the jquery is really hard to do”

Talia: silence

Luke: “You don’t really appreciate the work I did, do you?”

Talia: “It’s not that I don’t appreciate it, I just don’t understand how difficult it is, so it’s hard to be truely impressed.”

Luke: “I guess it’s like your cooking. I know that it tastes good, but I don’t really know how amazing it it”

Talia: “Yes! It’s exactly the same. I apprecaite how the site looks good now, but I don’t understand the technicalities of making it. That’s kind of depressing actually. Now I know how little you appreciate the skill involved in cooking some of those masterpieces…”

Luke: “Okay, well if you learn jquery, I’ll learn to cook”

Talia: “Deal”

WHAT HAVE I GOT MYSELF INTO?!

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Tags: cooking, different, j query, learning, masters, same, same but different

Sick Puppy…

Poor Pepper is sick today. She threw up all over our bed last night (we weren’t sleeping- it was just in the evening), and in the night she threw up twice. She was very quite this morning, and I just tried to give her lots of fluids…
Is it weird that this actually makes me want to have children MORE? I just love looking after her. She’ll forever be my baby.

Quite Pepper...

Because of that (and because we’ve been putting together all our new furniture and cleaning up  the various areas of the house) I haven’t had a chance to edit any photos to show you, or to blog about the quilt show I went to on Saturday or ANYTHING!! Here’s a slideshow of the Quilt Show. If you’re viewing this in a reader, then you might need to click on the actual post link so that you can view the slideshow.

Also, have you had a look at my new blog, Cooking For Two? If not, I’d really appreciate you having a look and leaving me some feedback!

Tags: blog, cooking, pepper, photos, puppy, quilts, slideshow

Homemade Food…

Lately (as in, this week) I’ve been into cooking a bit more. It really is a love of mine. This is the reason why!

M&D send me to a cooking class for my birthday this year. While my actual b’day was a while ago now, I just went to the class this last weekend. It was a FANTASTIC day. LOTS of fun! The place is called “On The Ridge“, and as you can see from the picture, it’s set in the beautiful area of Kureelpa, up near Montville.

The Amazing View

One of my favourite things to do was make pasta. I’ve made pasta before, but Tonya gave us some really good tips that I didn’t know before. On Tuesday night I made some pasta dough (100g flour to 1 egg and some oil) after home group, and last night Luke and I had some pasta with the pesto I made as well (I got the recipe for that from the class).

Pasta we made drying on clothes rack!

At the cooking class we split into groups to cook the various things- there were a LOT of different dishes (we got to eat them ALL at the end!). One group made Veal ‘Olives’ with mushroom, sage and proscuitto. Isn’t it nice to cook them out on the deck?!

Is there anything much better then cooking on the deck?

I would 100% recommend going to one of Tonya’s cooking classes. It was a fantastic day filled with learning and cooking in a BEAUTIFUL location. Lots of wine and food afterwards. We ate for SEVERAL hours after we’d finished cooking!! Rachel and I think this would be great for Carmy’s hens day as well- but we’ll see what happens with that- it could be a little too expensive for everyone, but I would go back in an instant! If you love food and cooking then I would definitely recommend this cooking school!

This was an Italian day, but there are lots of others themes as well. Check out their website for more details and FREE recipes!!

My group made the pesto for the pasta. Delish!

Tags: cooking, deck, hinterland, montville, ontheridge, parmasen, pasta, Recipe, ridge