Limbo

You know you're an adult when you can no longer fit your whole life into one single room. My life is currently spread between 2 suitcases, the back of a car, a removal truck, 2 boxes and one single room. And I am so so thankful just to have that room in a house where there are condiments.

You also know you're an adult when this is an acceptable dinner. And it becomes an acceptable dinner two nights in a row because it's just that time of year when there is so much to do the best thing to do is eat.

Counting down is tricky, especially when this is supposed to be the shortest count down of all. 

Nut & But

I have two dogs - a Tibetan Spaniel, named Butters and a Boston-Terrier cross Jack Russell, named Peanut. Together they are Nut and But, they are best friends and my whole world!

They are both currently living with my mother. We had to leave them with her as we are in the middle of packing up our lives and heading back to the city so, to save them the stress of flights and 2500km drives it was better to leave them with her (to be spoilt beyond belief!). But gosh, I miss them!

The house is so empty. I am having to rely on an actual alarm clock instead of the little whimpers of puppies who need to get outside every morning. At night is the worst, when my husband works night shifts (which is almost always) they were the best company and it would be the perfect excuse to fill the bed with the furkids.

So obviously I have turned to comfort food. Another huge contributor to this is no longer having a wedding dress to fit into and, after foregoing so much indulgence prior to the wedding, it seems my body expects me to binge. Also I have a cupboard of food that needs to be emptied prior to moving so and as tribute to my beautiful little dogs who I miss so much, I present:


Chunky Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies 

These are super simple, easy, delicious and feel like a whole meal in a cookie (or like 5 cookies)

What you need:
125g butter (softened)
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
1 egg
1 1/2 cups plain flour
raw peanuts (as many as you think you would like)
choc drops/ choc chips (as many as you think you would like...and then some)

What to do:
Beat the butter and sugar until creamy then add the peanut butter, vanilla and egg. Whaz this all up until it is a smooth caramelly coloured creamy mixture. Then add the flour, peanuts and chocolate and mix to combine.


Now really, you could leave it at that and just eat it from the bowl, I would not judge you....ever. But they are also equally as good if you roll them into little blobs and bake them for about 20 minutes.

September

My goodness! What happened to September?  I feel as though I got lost somewhere after making Banoffee Pie, which now seems like a lifetime ago.

For me, September was filled with so many amazing moments. The month signified the end of our third term which was the longest one of the year. The month started with my Mister receiving his transfer which means that he will be leaving our town at the start of November to head back to the city. I also received my teacher transfer which allows me to follow him a month later to teach primary school (yay!) . It also means that after three years our time living in the remote Australian outback is coming to an end which is excellent and devastating but the great thing about life is that it is full of moments like these.

So that was just the start of September! The rest of the month was filled up with hens parties, bucks parties, copious amounts of last minute planning, phone calls and rushing around, all in preparation for our amazing wedding!

The week leading up was filled with so many hazards. There were some complications with our cake (but it all worked out perfectly), our poor celebrant became very sick (but she got better and it all worked out perfectly), we had a miscommunication with our decorators and some of our decorations were not available (but after some *calm* negotiations it all worked out perfectly), the day before there was a mini cyclone on the beach (but on the day.....yep - it all worked out perfectly). We could not have asked for a better, more memorable day to unite our love with friends and family surrounding us.

And then there was the Honeymoon! We spent 3 days in Kuala Lumpur loving the city, the people and the shopping. Next we headed to the jungle of Sabah. We stayed at a beautiful resort on Dalit Beach. Relaxation. Sunshine. Orang-utans. Massages. Food. Oh the food! Stay tuned for some Malaysian inspired dinners.

So that was September and after negotiating around 30 hours of travel we are back home.

Now it is October....almost half over! There are 8 weeks of the working year left. I have a prac student to guide over the next 5 weeks. Report cards to write. A house to pack up. And a new life waiting just around the corner.