Feeling Down
I have been feeling quite sad the last couple of days. I don’t know if it is cause the whole BC experience this year has hit me or it’s this time last week we were supposed to go on our holiday and we...
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.....We chose New Zealand because family and friends were getting too involved! We eloped!!!! Will always have fond memories of Christchurch.....
We came back from NZ to Aussie to get married as all my family live in Aussie .... we did it on a boat that only took 50 - so no kids invited (except my brother's daughters who'd come from the UK & were both under 10.) Some were pissed off 'their kids' weren't invited - shame! Didn't worry us! LOL Our wedding, our rules! :) Woohoo - so next year is your 25th!!! Something to really celebrate - perhaps with a trip back to NZ if you can?
haha - Sometimes the air was BLUE with swearwords in MY workshop! LOL ... and the occasional bit of red - blood, hence the face mask! ;)
No, I never made rhubarb wine - tho it would a good one to try! My favourite was Tangelo (sort of an orange/mandarin cross) that was gorgeous - and also I made wine from Guava (very aromatic) and Feijoas (also very aromatic tho the colour wasn't as pleasing as the other 2.) I didn't realise that whilst the fruit was fermenting, if you added more sugar to make it 'sweeter' - that actually increased the fermenting & it just became dryer (as in 'dry wine') and more potent (as in 80% proof!) LOL hahaha that rhubarb wine would have REALLY had a kick to it!! Not sure about the hangover - but I reckon you would have lost the use of your legs first!! (that happened to me the first time I drank copious quantities of aquavit! I could still hold a valid conversation, but lost the use of my legs!) I just couldn't stand up! LOL I haven't made any wine since moving back over here in 1999!! I've still got some of the bits .... you don't need much! Mainly, just 'air locks' to stop fruit fly & oxygen getting in.
How wonderful that you took so much care with your handiwork, even tho not everyone would have an open viewing. It is all in your pride of workmanship xxx
Thank you so much for your best wishes - one of my uke ladies came with me for company & it was great fun, chatting with her all the way up & back! My husband usually just falls asleep in the car as soon as we leave home! LOL I've got fingers & toes crossed for the results & will also be getting checked out again at the end of the year - my supposed 1 year anniversary of finding the lumps! Yes, That was terrific that they could do all your tests in Perth whilst you were there and the results were as good as could be hoped for.
Take care - I hope things are less difficult for you from here on ..... and remember - every the morning, go outside and face the sun - all the shadows fall behind you! ;) xx
We came back from NZ to Aussie to get married as all my family live in Aussie .... we did it on a boat that only took 50 - so no kids invited (except my brother's daughters who'd come from the UK & were both under 10.) Some were pissed off 'their kids' weren't invited - shame! Didn't worry us! LOL Our wedding, our rules! :) Woohoo - so next year is your 25th!!! Something to really celebrate - perhaps with a trip back to NZ if you can?
haha - Sometimes the air was BLUE with swearwords in MY workshop! LOL ... and the occasional bit of red - blood, hence the face mask! ;)
No, I never made rhubarb wine - tho it would a good one to try! My favourite was Tangelo (sort of an orange/mandarin cross) that was gorgeous - and also I made wine from Guava (very aromatic) and Feijoas (also very aromatic tho the colour wasn't as pleasing as the other 2.) I didn't realise that whilst the fruit was fermenting, if you added more sugar to make it 'sweeter' - that actually increased the fermenting & it just became dryer (as in 'dry wine') and more potent (as in 80% proof!) LOL hahaha that rhubarb wine would have REALLY had a kick to it!! Not sure about the hangover - but I reckon you would have lost the use of your legs first!! (that happened to me the first time I drank copious quantities of aquavit! I could still hold a valid conversation, but lost the use of my legs!) I just couldn't stand up! LOL I haven't made any wine since moving back over here in 1999!! I've still got some of the bits .... you don't need much! Mainly, just 'air locks' to stop fruit fly & oxygen getting in.
How wonderful that you took so much care with your handiwork, even tho not everyone would have an open viewing. It is all in your pride of workmanship xxx
Thank you so much for your best wishes - one of my uke ladies came with me for company & it was great fun, chatting with her all the way up & back! My husband usually just falls asleep in the car as soon as we leave home! LOL I've got fingers & toes crossed for the results & will also be getting checked out again at the end of the year - my supposed 1 year anniversary of finding the lumps! Yes, That was terrific that they could do all your tests in Perth whilst you were there and the results were as good as could be hoped for.
Take care - I hope things are less difficult for you from here on ..... and remember - every the morning, go outside and face the sun - all the shadows fall behind you! ;) xx