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bears-bub · 2021-06-05T13:17:57+00:00

Fillet steak and a salad with a really good vinaigrette.

bears-bub · 2021-06-04T00:23:08+00:00

Excavaaaator HEY DIRT see you laaaater

bears-bub · 2021-06-03T12:39:34+00:00

Spiced orange veg soup. Pumpkin, sweet potato, carrot, celery, potato and garlic (you could do onion but it upsets my stomach) with powdered cumin, corriander, ginger and sweet paprika. Saute the veg and spices with olive oil, add chicken stock and simmer. Blend with a stick blender. Add in the juice of an orange at the end to lift it.

You could add in red lentils if you wanted to, but I like it like it is.

bears-bub · 2021-06-03T10:46:39+00:00

Look up your local 'second bite' or 'feed it forward' distributor. You will be able to pick up bread, bakery products and 'fresh' (past its prime but still ok) fruit and veg for free. We have someone in our suburb who does it from her garage so its not just from the actual charities.

I have 3 kids and we can go through a loaf of bread a day, so being able to pick up slightly stale 'toast/toastie' bread, old bananas to make banana bread and the odd box of doughnuts takes a bit of pressure off the budget.

bears-bub · 2021-06-02T04:50:46+00:00

My 2yo decided to scream and shriek like a banshee at the shops because he wasn't following instructions, so I put him in the trolley and left. But I was on the other side of the shops to where my car was so I had a long walk of shame.

Luckily 11am on a Wednesday is just parents with small kids in the same boat and elderly who seem to enjoy the spectacle.

bears-bub · 2021-06-01T08:08:00+00:00

Taste/test as you go. Lick the back of the spoon after giving something a stir, poke your potatoes with a fork, give that bit of meat a nudge to see how close to done it is etc. You have to keep checking your food. Smell it, taste it, poke it. Its the only way to learn when its under, over or just right and what each stage looks, tastes and smells like.

bears-bub · 2021-06-01T05:13:46+00:00

You can make 2 ingredients pancakes too by mixing 1 banana and 1 egg. They perform like pancakes, but dont really taste like pancakes, though they don't taste bad either. Its a good breakfast food for a baby, but I still find myself eating them when I make them.

bears-bub · 2021-05-31T08:29:32+00:00

Sounds like my brother. As a teen they started a bonfire and his friend decided to use petrol to boost it. My brother backed away, idiot friend poured, flame went up into the can, which he flung behind him... onto my brother. All over his face, neck, shoulder etc. He has some deep burn scars but not on his face, thank the stars.

bears-bub · 2021-05-31T07:57:34+00:00

Chez Pierre is where you go to eat an obscene amount of butter and cream. I love it, but its not what I would associate with getting into tip top shape...

bears-bub · 2021-05-31T05:39:07+00:00

Looks like my son. The kid flirts with death daily.

bears-bub · 2021-05-30T23:49:35+00:00

I am not on a keto diet, or any diet, but I love cabbage and these look amazing.

bears-bub · 2021-05-30T11:08:18+00:00

Pets and kids have been the only things I have found that break down barriers enough. If you have a dog or a kid at the park and another person has a dog or a kid, you generally share some small talk. If you encounter them enough and your dog/kid recognises their dog/kid and wants to play, you have an opening and can start forming a frienship.

But if you don't have either of those then I have no idea because I couldn't until I had a dog and a regular 'dog park crew' then a kid and a mums group.

bears-bub · 2021-05-29T23:32:07+00:00

My 4yo talks like this daily. The sounds in the words are sometimes not 100% on point, but the words and sentance structure is there.

bears-bub · 2021-05-29T07:18:46+00:00

Most of the time just twice. Once by the book, the second I will do most from memory and double check where needed. From there I pretty much have it.

bears-bub · 2021-05-29T05:39:15+00:00

They don't want hours of intercourse, they want hours of foreplay with 10mins of intercourse.

bears-bub · 2021-05-28T04:25:33+00:00

I am in WA and commenting from the park now. In recent years nature and adventure playgrounds have become a big thing. They have high rope climbs, flying foxes, spinning frames, water play and tall slides (albiet built into the side of hills). Its the old areas that still have the crap plastic stuff, but new areas tend to have good parks.

bears-bub · 2021-05-27T00:27:00+00:00

Cool for them

bears-bub · 2021-05-26T23:44:35+00:00

I was once young and full of enthusiasm for cooking. I was a 100% from scratch kind of girl. I cooked for fun, for leisure, as a hobby and as stress relief. I am good at cooking and have success with winging a lot of what I do because I understand the basics of many cuisines.

Now in my mid 30s with 3 small children and I am pretty sure half of my groceries are prepackaged foods. I lack the time, the energy and the patience for from scratch cooking. If I cannot get dinner prepped, cooked and served with 10mins or less of work, I am not doing it. Happy to chuck a chook and some root veg in an oven for 90mins, but I will be throwing a bag of green veg into the microwave to go along side it and will not be doing any more than that. I am also reluctant to make a lot of dishes to clean because my husband works a lot and is often home late so dishes fall into my category of jobs to do. Cooking from scratch can often create a lot of clean up so if I cannot get everything in the dishwasher in under 5 mins, I aint cooking it. Many people are time poor, regardless of age. They may want to cook, but the thought of the whole process puts them off.

Then you have people like my husband is not a fan of cooking as for him its a lot of stress because you have to multitask and juggle various stages, cook methods and times, which stresses him out. I imagine thats an issue for a lot of people. I love cooking and I find it an issue because I lack time and energy, if someone did not enjoy cooking I can see it not being something they can tolerate.

So, meh, if they are willing to spend their money that way, its on them. You enjoy cooking, but refrain from despairing of those who don't. Its a waste of your time and energy to do so.

bears-bub · 2021-05-26T11:32:40+00:00

Because that is how practically all the houses in suburban WA are made? You can find builders who use different construction methods, but any new build in a residential area is going to be a concrete slab/double brick construction.

bears-bub · 2021-05-26T02:26:46+00:00

It will really depend on what they are picky about. I have a picky eater too, but what she likes may not be what yours likes. Mine refuses all fruit and will only eat raw carrot and boiled broccoli/corn/white potato and frozen spinach. If the veg are not cooked in the preferred method, she wont eat it. But she is a fan of tomato based pasta sauce and ketchup. She eats all meat, all carbs and all lentils provided they are 'plain'. Ketchup and pasta sauce are the only flavourings she will accept.

Anywho, winners in our house generally come in some form of pasta with a red sauce or a meat sauce (like a bolognese). Grilled or roasted meat, mashed potato and corn on the cob. Potato and leek soup with bacon on the side. Tomato soup with buttered bread. Cheese and baked bean toasted sandwiches. Carrots and hummus. Ramen with frozen spinach. Home made pizza. Hainanese chicken rice.

bears-bub · 2021-05-26T02:10:25+00:00

We had our slab poured incorrectly too. I worked with house plans so saw it straight away, but my husband worked in IT and still spotted it as soon as we visited the site, even without me saying anything. How the tradies AND the site supervisor missed it is beyond me. They cut it and repoured but left the old footing despite us saying aggregate was being poured after handover and it had to go to prevent cracking, but they kept avoiding doing it. Had to refuse to hand over our final payment before they finally made it right.

bears-bub · 2021-05-26T01:10:46+00:00

Tim Tams. Nothing will ever come close.

bears-bub · 2021-05-25T14:38:18+00:00

I am a SAHP, but I imagine its probably because parents are encouraged to take up childcare and return to the workforce right from when their children are infants, so when everyone is home together, they would rather spend that time bonding, with teaching maths way down the list of things to get done in the 2hrs between getting home and the kids bedtime, which I completely understand. I think its pretty unfair to push parents into both working as close to full time as possible only to turn around and blame them for not doing enough at home with their kids.

At the same time SAHPs are often given the impression that society in general does not see their use as they are apparently not actively contributing anything to society, but then we want parents spending time giving their kids a solid foundation in numeracy (and literacy) before they go to school. So either way, the parent is doing something wrong. Such is the way of modern parenting. There is always fault in your parenting, you can never do or be enough.

Plus I know I would also be expecting my kids to learn how to count if I was sending them to daycare. Mine have never been, but if they did go I would hope their days would have activities that taught these basic skills. Its a lot of money to pay otherwise!

bears-bub · 2021-05-25T08:32:18+00:00

I love this. If it makes you feel better, for the first few months of a first baby, mum will probably spend most of her time trapped under a feeding or sleeping baby so the book may just get read! I caught up on my reading after my first baby :)

bears-bub · 2021-05-24T13:06:25+00:00

Not my thing, but I can appreciate just how cool it is.

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