present and dinner.........

Finally I can show a finish for OPAM...........I know Kris and Peg don't fall over with shock..........I actually finished this one a few weeks ago and couldn't blog it as it was a present for Fairy Girl..........She copied a pic Nic drew and I stitched it up for her.............the wings are a little hard to see but I used a variegated DMC  thread.....not the best pic I forgot to take one outside today.............

there has been lots of yabbying going on here this weekend............they caught heaps threw lots back and kept some of the bigger ones for me for dinner...........

When you get big yabbies you can cook the claws also with the tails (like the tail of a prawn). You use a nut cracker to break the claws open..........the meat in the claws is very tender.........

Garlic Yabbies

as many yabbies as you can get - cook yabbies in boiling water

peel yabbies

place some butter in the frying pan

add some garlic

throw in the yabbies

season with salt and pepper

fry up a bit then add some grated cheese.......cook another 5 mins until cheese is melted then serve.....

usually I have these just in a bowl as is but sometimes I have served the garlic yabbies on some rice.........

here they are cooking in the fry pan..........

(in the bottom left of this photo you can see a claw and a tail beside it.......)

Take Care til next time..............

Chookyblue

PS did you read the comments on the last post............WOW I am going to have a wonderful blog tour..............even if it is only in my dreams............thanks everyone.....lots of fun............

bloggy world tour........

some of the comments in my last post got me thinking......how nice would it be to go visit lots of bloggy friends......the girls I have met so far have all been SOOOOO nice......

......this is part of what Lynn (USA) wrote.........

I read Julie's post - maybe you could do a world tour - coming to our houses - making us finish ufo's!

So it got me thinking ......

....where could I actually go on a blog tour....

.......would you have me for a sleep over at your house.....

......we could sew together..........I could encourage you to finish a UFO..........lol..........

Of course funds just won't permit but I can dream so let me know if I could stop in at your place and where you are..........state or country????

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

good or bad i'm not sure.......

not sure if I am in the good OR bad books............with posts like these here, here and here..........think I should go bury myself in some sewing.........but I procrastinate for way toooo long.........
just had a lovely weekend away............wished Australia wasn't so big..............but it is amazing how much the landscape changes along the way....while it looks pretty good here with the rain - down south it is not so good......and I am thrilled to say my children don't need ds's and portable dvd's to keep themselves entertained on such big drives we found lots to look and talk about on the way......with only a few squabbles.........just going thru the 100+ emails while away.............it will take me awhile...........

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue......... PS missed my 3rd birthday too.............time sure flies when you having fun..........wow the wonderful fun things that have happened in that time........thanks everyone..........

where am I........

Hi everyone...... i've seen a lot of roads in the last few days......and just rocked up to a friends house and completely checking out her sewing room and quilting room......not sure that we have drawn breath yet........lol........ someone may come to visit tomorrow .........just cracking the champs.......bye...... .........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

books..........

Finally I have got myself organised and finally taken some photos...........we had another wonderful lot of rain...........nearly 2 inchs..........we were still wet from last weekends rain so now we are a mud bowl.........went to town today and one of our bad paddocks we drive along the side to look after the main part of the dirt road.........I was so close to being bogged it wasn't funny..........traveled unwillingly from one side of the road to the other and quite close to a fence but we made it thru.........the kids LOVE these trips.......me - well i'll do it when needed but I have a gazillion other things I would prefer to do.........the kids wished it was like that all the time........every time I go "aaarrrhhhhhh  SH*$$&^$$%^*T" they are cheering "do it again Mum".........

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moving on to the book shopping

...........Anni Downs Hatched and Patched new book A Boy's Story as you know I love Anni's designs......just have to get the book....... such good value too...........if you have the book make sure you read this post on Anni's blog........

these books I got at Kerrys - Cottage on the Hill..............when I called in she had a great selection of books and I really like to flick thru them to see if I want to buy the book......

.....Kim Diehl Simple Seasons..........

Fig Tree Quilts Fresh Vintage Sewing - love the block on the cover...........

I already have several projects planned out of these books..........

Take Care til next time..............

Chookyblue

popping up.............

Lots of different things happening here............no sewing too busy working the normal job and also with dh and the sheep...........do you have any skills in a current job that you just couldn't transfer anywhere else............counting and drafting sheep are 2 skills I have and have no idea where else I would use these skills.........absolutely necessary if you own sheep but where else would I use it.........I can even 3 way draft.............mustering (rounding up the sheep in the paddocks) is a little challenging at present too with all the wonderful grass..........the logs get hidden and I did hit one but managed to stay on the motorbike............

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Nundle Girls Day in the Country is just a month away.......the countdown has started for our big meet up......when you live in woop woop like I do it is so wonderful to be able to catch up with lots of other bloggers all travelling from different directions..........this year there will be a few new ones to meet and lots of the regulars too............I can't wait........I am sure there will be what seems like a 1000's emails going back a forwards in that time..............Saturday is full but if anyone is interested there were a few places left for the Sunday............contact Kerry if your interested......this year we have the wonderful Anni Downs from Hatched and Patched and she could do anything and I would love it..........I wonder if I will get any sewing done this year................lol............are you going let me know..............

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if you like the photos below head to Snappy Friends where I posted some more pics..........

The winter olympics have started.............i will try and watch as much as possible.............Canada is gorgeous.......the opening ceremony was great.....I will be heading there as soon as I win big in lotto.............lol..........(yes I do have a ticket in the lotto)......trying to catch up on the ironing will be a goal during the olympics...........do bits here and there and hopefully I will see the end of the EXTRA pile.............

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template plastic..............I had a friend who couldn't finish a project because she didn't have any template plastic...........i used an old xray that was not needed..............did you know you can put them in a bath with some straight bleach and make sure the whole xray sheet gets bleach on it - the liquid will go black and disgusting and just pull the plug and rinse off the sheets, dry and they become light blue and ideal to use.......it is a little thinner then template plastic but does the job well...........

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hope you are having a nice weekend............they have forecast flood warnings again so who knows what rain we will get...............not a drop yet so that would have to change............we had another 3 inchs last weekend wonderful.........

Take Care Chookyblue.............

PS does anyone have my camera charger..............I just can't find it at the moment..............
edit camera charger found after final desperate search with camera battery flashing red and about to shut down.......thank goodness........

It's complicated...........

What a great day............It's complicated covered it in more then one way.............with numerous obstables of which way we were going, was it going to rain, which day would we be able to go etc.........well after throwing the kids onto the bus I picked up Luv and Hugs and off we went........quick early lunch then we met up with Thimbelina and went and saw the movie It's Complicated............what a fun movie..........I really enjoyed it..........lots of laughing and a few tears definitely a movie I would watch again...........

After the movie Thimbelina had enough time to grab a quick coffee and lots of chat got crammed in the time too..........I have never just gone to the big town to watch a movie..........quite a treat..........it's not just a 10minute trip down the road to the movie theatre.......lol...........we had lots of chatting time during the drive 3 hours driving time...........During the day things got complicated since it rained I had to reorganise the kids to be picked up at school and drop off LuvnHugs along the way miles from home to wait for her dh to come get her..........on the way home it rained.............OMG did it rain..........visability was I am sure about 20metres at times.............the rain was very heavy............(added an extra 1/2hr onto my trip home)

By the time I got home we had 2 inchs of rain and we are closer to 3inchs now it is beautiful..........icing on the cake for a perfect day out............nice to meet you Thimbelina.........we have started planning the next meet up.......

Take Care til next time..............

Chookyblue