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  • Coffee Al Fresco

    Coffee Al Fresco

    This week flew by even though I’ve reduced my hours at work. I’ve been so good about cooking every night until the weekend (no way I’m cooking all weekend). The Chicken dish I made last Sunday night turned out beautifully somewhat to my surprise. It was a complete invention and I worried the coconut milk would overwhelm…

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  • Worthy

    Worthy

    Recently I’ve had conversations with several people about self worth or related topics. Some people need to feel emotionally rewarded in some way by their job, for example being in healthcare would give you a feeling at the end of your day that you helped an ill or recovering person. Some people need to see…

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  • The Quest 

    The Quest 

    Today I continued in my quest for the perfect Eggs Benedict. We decided to move our Saturday shopping trip to Sunday rather as that means the week’s dinners have 1 less day to age as we do find that Pick N Pay’s veg tends not to last as long as Woolies.  Yesterday was such a…

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  • Having It All

    Having It All

    I was so organized this week. I cut down my overtime with an aim to bill only 45 hours a week. Having shopped on the weekend meant I could create a dinner for us every night and no need for take aways!  As Monday was a public holiday I had cooked Eggplant Parmesan in advance,…

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  • Projected

    It’s amazing how much more one can achieve with just one extra day of weekend. We had a long weekend in honour of Women’s Day. I took this from Wikipedia as they explained it better than I can: “National Women’s Day is a South African public holiday celebrated annually on 9 August. The day commemorates…

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