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I found my favourite chocolate chippie biscuit recipe that i'd 'lost' today....the best choc chip bikkie recipe ever...crispy and crunchy on the outside with a slight chewiness in the centre and easy peasy to make...so easy in fact that Joseph makes them now too...it was a printout on a piece of a4 paper and do you think I could find it for the last 2 months or so! I turned the kitchen upside down and inside out, went through every single recipe and book I have and nothing, so annoying...then today I opened my recipe book which has all the loose recipes that need to be stuck in properly but i can't be bothered to in...one fell out and floated to the ground...mmmmm life is as it should be again lol!

Its summer yay! Yay! YAY! I like summer. The garden is adrift in cicada shells and their song.

Jim and I are very proud of ourselves today...we crutched our sheep...we feel like proper lifestyle blockers now we've carefully trimmed them with a pair of kitchen scissors rofl! Ain't no flies going to infest our girls, they are as clean as a whistle! and no we are not silly enough to shear them entirely by hand with the scissors, we'll bring in the big guns for that job eventually!

We've been really enjoying little escapes to the beach recently, waiting until Jim finishes work then head off with a picnic tea to soak up the last of the day. Our current favourite is the lovely sheltered Opito bay, lots of shady trees, pebbles not sand which is better for picnics! and the calm water is great for kids and soothing swimming after a long day....Samuel is slowly getting over his suspicion over the water and now ventures in up to his knees for a splash and on the odd occasion a sit down!

and finally a stroll along the beach to the rocks at the other end for some exploring.

We also sneaked in a final visit to the the farm...really noticed how dry it is in the Waikato at the moment...oh and yes that is our resident poser Samuel in the pic yet again!!

Joseph practically lived in the pool and can now proudly execute a very splashy form of freestyle across the width of the pool lol! Grandad also taught him how to do Honeypots!

New Jack is up...Neen chose a real good one for you start the year off with! Heres my version...

and one from my Scrapbook Studio DT kit...american craft paper, mm velvet sayings (these are so fuzzy and nice!), basic grey rubons and crystal bling! Such a cute pair!