Yeah, we did end up having a good one. Read more
It was one of those days today. My phone was ringing from 8am this morning, it all started when a boat at Yasu’s work caught fire because of one of the welders who got too close and then Yasu had to put out the fire with the extinguisher, but ended up inhaling half of the stuff and ended up feeling really sick. Being a man, he didn’t think to drink some water, but kept walking around like a zombie feeling bad until I made him drink some water and sit down for a while. I had to keep ringing up to check on him and he kept ringing me, so it was like playing phone tag all morning!
Sunday night we had talked and decided to get reverse cycle central heating and cooling in our house, thinking that we’ve already been here nearly 3 years, if we don’t get it now, we never will. So I started to call around some of the specialists and book them to come out for quotes.
I also had to chase up our insurance company and got the royal run-around, fielded from section to section until I got to a very grumpy lady with a real attitude problem. A few months ago a car hit the lightpole around the corner from our house head on, and it blew the mains of our reticulation system, so we had to get it fixed. $300 later, and now we don’t even know if the insurance company will pay up because they ‘requested’ a detailed report. Then I had to go organise the stupid report, more time wasting, delaying, and just pathetic really. We’ve been paying it for 3 years, never missed a payment, and how they repay us is with suspicion and attitude.
By 3pm I was running around in a mad scramble because I had to make something to take to the Melbourne Cup Lunch tomorrow (dessert), and make a roast for dinner as I’d promised Yasu.
I turned to an old favourite, Lemon Shortbread Bars from La Fuji Mama. They have been very popular in the past and are very simple to make.
Lemon Shortbread Bars
I then got on and cooked a pork roast. In order to get the crackling nice, I had to turn the oven up to 250 degrees celcius for 30 minutes. This ensures a nice crackling but it also makes the house really smokey, and I managed to set the fire alarm off, even though I had the fans on, and all the windows open. Yasu arrived home and thought the house was on fire!
Roast Pork and Crackling
Roast Veggies (Butternut pumpkin, Sweet potato and Potato)
Yasu's dinner
It was all worth it in the end though, as the pork came out really lovely and was sooo tasty! I couldn’t stop picking at it. :) The veggies I cooked in my George Forman fat free cooker, because I can’t take alot of fat due to not having a gall bladder. We both really enjoyed our dinner though, and after I did the washing up I sat down with some lemon bar and a cuppa.
Looking forward to seeing all my ’spooky’ friends tomorrow and having a chin wag, and with any luck I might win on a horse! :)
