When my sister visited us recently with her hubs & kidlets, we went to Sea World for the day & had a truckload of fun. It was cheaper for us to buy annual passes than regular entry tickets, as there was only 1 month left on the theme park calendar. This meant we could cram as many theme park visits as we wanted into that month. Oh, happy day!!
So, at the next available opportunity we where off on the 90 minute drive to Warner Brothers Movie World! Giddy up! Teenage daughter is learning how to drive, so it was a great opportunity for her to get some freeway practice in. So with Mr BC acting as driving instructor we set off, while I controlled the monkey chaos in the back seat.
Teenage daughter did really well, hardly losing her cool with the shenanigans at all. Even though it was raining. We drove into the car park with a sense of gleeful anticipation at a fun family adventure..
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And then before we had parked the car, a lady drove through some give way lines right into the side of our car.
No one was injured, although there was quite a bit of stressful drama. The lady & her friends immediately jumped out of the car & asked after everyone's well being, then apologised about a thousand times. Everyone assured Teenage Daughter that is really wasn't her fault, & really, it wasn't.
So 30 minutes later, after details had been swapped & insurance companies called, we set off to try & enjoy our day anyway. Both cars needed to be towed, & the tow truck that our insurance organised was about 1 hour away. So, off we went!
We went on every ride we could, & I really think everyone had lots of fun. Here is The Gentleman & Monkeyboy, pumped to be in a photo with the Batmobile. This was during the daily parade of characters that inhabit Movie World. They come out & do random stuff during the day & then dance up & down main street for an hour at 3pm. While I was waiting for coffee, Wonder Woman arrived & beat the crap out of 2 masked bandits, for example. Which was awesome, because I am all for Grrrl power, bring it on!
Actually, who I would most like to bring on is Batman. I have a bit of an uncool middle aged woman crush on the caped crusader, much to my families amused embarrassment. Every time I see him I shriek 'Baatman! Batman!' like a demented loser, but he never responds. One year he turned his head (just his head) 30 degrees to glance at me over his shoulder, nodding once. Once!! NO smiling. Totally dissed by the Batman, every fricken time. *sigh*
This visit, the Gentleman was finally tall enough to go on the Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster, & boy was he excited! Before the ride even finished he was bouncing up & down in his seat, ready to go again. So we did!
I have never met a roller coaster I didn't like, but I especially love this one because of the decor in the waiting room/dungeon. It is full of amazing gargoyles & fountains spilling dry ice smoke. These beautiful (to me) features where used in the movie Scooby Doo, which was filmed in QLD.
Seriously, I need this for my front yard.
So after a long long day of excitement it was time to go home, & after a 30 minute period of annoying confusion our insurance company came up with a taxi ride home. Which they paid $360 for. Yay!
It was really lovely to be back home is our safe, dry little house.
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So I made these biscuits but cannot remember where I got the recipe from! I think it might have been from The Pioneer Woman's Tasty Kitchen site, but maybe not...the recipe said it made 2 dozen, but actually made 6 dozen. Oh, for shame! :-)
CHOC CHIP COOKIES
- Cream 250g butter with 1 cup of brown sugar & half cup of raw sugar.
- Mix in 2 eggs & 2 teaspoons of Vanilla
- Combine 1 & a half cups of wholemeal flour, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, & a pinch of salt. Mix into butter sugar mix.
- Stir in 3 cups of rolled oats & 1 cup of choc chips.
- Drop rounded tablespoon fulls onto greased cookie sheets & bake at 350 f. Let cool for minute before transferring to a wire rack.
In the Garden...
I have planted some beans & beetroot.
This spiky looking plant is 'Perpetual Coriander'. Regular Coriander bolts to seed so quickly around here so it is nice that this one doesn't. It is a bit spiky though, only the leaves are edible. To the left of the Perpetual Coriander is some Parsley, & behind is some Rocket.
Do you see these little eggplants? Too cute! They are next to some Silver beet, & in front of them both is Stevia, the natural sweetener. I am growing this to put into iced tea next summer, instead of sugar.
We painted our front door a nice Fung Shui red! I love it. It really contrasts well with the light & dark grey we have painted the house. Hopefully it will attract all sorts of good luck.
When choosing the red I went for one with an orangey vibe to it, because I have planted a lot of orange flowering plants in the front yard, to attract happiness. This Orange Trumpet Vine grows really well in this area, we are training it to grow over the
Even when everything is on the rocks life will still prevail..
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GIRLS WEEKEND AWAY
Ladies, start your engines!!
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