I have vegetable soup every day for lunch. I make a big pot once a week and freeze it in lunch sized portions. ingredients 2 cups dried mixed beans and chick peas 4 tablespoons (roundabout) dried lentils 1 onion 2 leaks 1 clove garlic large can on tomatoes (home bottled) 2 tablespoons Italian mixed herbs 2 carrots grated 1 turnip a bunch of Kale leaves half a celery - leaves included 3 tablespoons tomato paste some chicken stock if I have any saved form last time we had roast chicken some pumpkin if I have some left some cabbage parsley rock salt water

hugs to all affected by the smoke I know from personal experience how awful it is and how exhausted you feel when there is no clean air to breath.

Yes ds 26 has made a desk from 2 filing cabinets and a house door. He uses his desk every single day. Especially now as he is in Melbourne with a hard lockdown and is working form his home dd20 uses her desk for the majority of the day. She is abck at home at the moment as Uni is all online Ds16 has a massive desk in his room. He has his desktop on it he uses it every single day my twins 9 use a desk for schoolwork

sending positive thoughts HUGS

my thoughts and best wishers are with everyone who has a a child or a relative fighting the fires. I know how stressful it is, having 2 remote area firefighter sons. and having them both out there this past summer doing 21 hour days trying their best to save towns and lives.

hugs keep safe thinking of you all

not just China and journalists. I can think of an Australia Journalist in jail right now in UK fighting extradition to USA

sending positive thoughts fires are AWFUL 😞

I don't think that op should force her Dd to play with the little girl. I am pointing out that that is life, there are people that nobody wants to play with. And those little girls get use to it very quickly. There is absolutely nothing worse than have someone playing with you the have them say I am only playing with you because my mum made me, or my mum bribed me to. That is way worse than being left alone.

Believe me I was that other girl. I didn't have a friend in my street, in my school, in my town. Nothing dramatic about it. There are little girls that nobody wants to play with. They don't click with them, they don't fit in their social circle, they couldn't be bothered to make the little girl feel like a friend or a valued human. Those little girls get use to it. That is just the way life is. It is a fact.

I was the other girl. Eventually You get use to keeping your own company and not having friends, and grow up to not need other people

Thanks for explaining. So hope you get lots of rain

How awful Why would people be camping when there are bushfires around?

Well my Dd must have been looking at some other conspiracy theory because she thinks it is a secret ploy for Asians to buy up the houses.........

rural areas are not moving very much faster. DD 20 is absolutely heartbroken that she still cannot go see her male friend. You are only allowed to see your boyfriend if you are intimate which she is not. and as both her and him are back to living with respective families, they cannot count each other as single and having a bubble. I have suggested to her that they both just have to exercise in the same general area and bump into each other. She think I am suggesting bending rules. ( called me a lawbreaker 🤣)

water that is all I ever drink

congratulations

Sounds terrific 😁

I personaly know someone who was a resident not a citizen and had to go to court for something over 16 years ago. the Barrister told him that if he ended up with a suspended prison sentence of 12 months or even a 12 month good behaviour bond and then breached it , he would have a very high chance of being deported. also a permanent resident, non citizen, if they leave the country, say to go overseas to visit family. If they have had a criminal record they may be denied entry back into Australia

Yes. 😂 My DH, who is Canadian carries a 2 litre bottle of ketchup in the car for the very odd time he gets fish and chips.

I didn't think you are meant to drown your food with condaments. They contain exactly the right amount for a meat pie

The law has existed for a long time. Any non citizen can be deported if they commit a crime that involves a 12 month or more prison sentence. It is not NZ specific. It has just become more focused in the media lately.

well it is a great way to get rid of drug dealers... which is what most of them went to prison for. NZ should send him back AFTER he has finished his prison sentence. Life here is only something like 20 years.... it is ridiculously low

same here We store ours in egg cartons in the cupboard. I write the date on them with pencil . that way I am always using the oldest eggs. I keep them for up to 4 weeks no problem.

Human nature or American nature? I can think of many countries that have the majority of their population that care deeply about deaths and issues that don't affect them as individuals