Cooker and a Looker – Australian Home Cooking https://cookerandalooker.com/ Australian home cooking served with a side of farm life Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:24:20 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://i0.wp.com/cookerandalooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/logo-for-email-template.png?fit=32%2C24 Cooker and a Looker – Australian Home Cooking https://cookerandalooker.com/ 32 32 36584178 reflecting on treatment four years on. http://cookerandalooker.com/reflecting-on-treatment-four-years-on/ http://cookerandalooker.com/reflecting-on-treatment-four-years-on/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2020 03:42:05 +0000 https://cookerandalooker.com/?p=14088 Today is a special day for me. On this day in 2016 and 2017, I left Bearhands and my babies to head to Brisbane to have treatment for MS. For those two years I had a form of chemo that wiped out my immune system in the hope that I’d get a break from MS. ...

The post reflecting on treatment four years on. appeared first on Cooker and a Looker - Australian Home Cooking.

]]> http://cookerandalooker.com/reflecting-on-treatment-four-years-on/feed/ 2 14088 Day 55 of Distanced Ed http://cookerandalooker.com/day-55-of-distanced-ed/ http://cookerandalooker.com/day-55-of-distanced-ed/#respond Tue, 19 May 2020 04:34:07 +0000 https://cookerandalooker.com/?p=14078 Our last Monday of home learning! I’d have skipped out to the school room save for my bung knee! The Little Sister logged onto her zoom and joined her class in greeting their teacher “Gooood Mooooor-ning Mister Cooooooo-per, and Godddddd blessssss yoooou!” \In another this-Monday-is-better-than-last-Monday, I remembered bin day. It says a lot about me...

The post Day 55 of Distanced Ed appeared first on Cooker and a Looker - Australian Home Cooking.

]]> http://cookerandalooker.com/day-55-of-distanced-ed/feed/ 0 14078 Day 54 of Distanced Ed http://cookerandalooker.com/day-54-of-distanced-ed/ http://cookerandalooker.com/day-54-of-distanced-ed/#respond Mon, 18 May 2020 02:16:08 +0000 https://cookerandalooker.com/?p=14074 Woke before everyone. Was quietly typing on my laptop, when my nephew peered around the corner. I asked him if he needed a cuddle and he folded himself onto my lap (a much better fit than my own girls) and we whispered about what the day might hold. He told me about his mates at...

The post Day 54 of Distanced Ed appeared first on Cooker and a Looker - Australian Home Cooking.

]]> http://cookerandalooker.com/day-54-of-distanced-ed/feed/ 0 14074 Day 53 of Distanced Ed http://cookerandalooker.com/day-53-of-distanced-ed/ http://cookerandalooker.com/day-53-of-distanced-ed/#respond Sat, 16 May 2020 02:11:15 +0000 https://cookerandalooker.com/?p=14071 Woke early with the kids, who were excited to have the whole day together in front of them. Bearhands and I lay in bed talking about how long our girls seemed to be in cots and nappies and then suddenly they weren’t. When we got up, we had early morning snuggles with Emmett and watched...

The post Day 53 of Distanced Ed appeared first on Cooker and a Looker - Australian Home Cooking.

]]> http://cookerandalooker.com/day-53-of-distanced-ed/feed/ 0 14071 Day 52 of Distanced Ed http://cookerandalooker.com/day-52-of-distanced-ed/ http://cookerandalooker.com/day-52-of-distanced-ed/#respond Fri, 15 May 2020 02:07:41 +0000 https://cookerandalooker.com/?p=14068 How does the harvester always know when we’re in a hurry? The girls did their first lessons in the office while Bearhands waged battle against the glitchy harvester. The girls had finished their school work by the time Bearhands declared defeat – the window for us to inspect a truck we’d arranged to see was...

The post Day 52 of Distanced Ed appeared first on Cooker and a Looker - Australian Home Cooking.

]]> http://cookerandalooker.com/day-52-of-distanced-ed/feed/ 0 14068 Day 51 of Distanced Ed http://cookerandalooker.com/day-51-of-distanced-ed/ http://cookerandalooker.com/day-51-of-distanced-ed/#respond Thu, 14 May 2020 02:02:53 +0000 https://cookerandalooker.com/?p=14064 The Little Sister and I had a large difference of opinion before breakfast, but when we headed out to the school room, she settled down and finished her writing task without too much fuss. Afterwards she would write me a little love note and slip it under my keyboard. We turned Bearhands’ PT into PE,...

The post Day 51 of Distanced Ed appeared first on Cooker and a Looker - Australian Home Cooking.

]]> http://cookerandalooker.com/day-51-of-distanced-ed/feed/ 0 14064 Day 50 of Distanced Ed http://cookerandalooker.com/day-50-of-distanced-ed/ http://cookerandalooker.com/day-50-of-distanced-ed/#respond Wed, 13 May 2020 02:00:29 +0000 https://cookerandalooker.com/?p=14061 Every morning the Little Sister rides her bike out to the dam and back. Every morning she asks me to join her. This morning I did. It rained overnight and the track was heavy going, we raced there and back. No prizes for guessing the winner. Made breakfast and set about marshalling the kids through...

The post Day 50 of Distanced Ed appeared first on Cooker and a Looker - Australian Home Cooking.

]]> http://cookerandalooker.com/day-50-of-distanced-ed/feed/ 0 14061 Day 49 of Distanced Ed http://cookerandalooker.com/day-49-of-distanced-ed/ http://cookerandalooker.com/day-49-of-distanced-ed/#respond Tue, 12 May 2020 01:56:09 +0000 https://cookerandalooker.com/?p=14057 Quick note: yesterday a friend messaged and said how much the girls seem to be enjoying Distanced Ed. This is NOT the case. They hate isolation and wish, more than anything, that they could join the every increasing number of classmates at school. The photos I share are mostly the high points of our day...

The post Day 49 of Distanced Ed appeared first on Cooker and a Looker - Australian Home Cooking.

]]> http://cookerandalooker.com/day-49-of-distanced-ed/feed/ 0 14057 Day 48 of Distanced Ed http://cookerandalooker.com/day-48-of-distanced-ed/ http://cookerandalooker.com/day-48-of-distanced-ed/#respond Mon, 11 May 2020 01:53:18 +0000 https://cookerandalooker.com/?p=14054 After a fun weekend, Monday morning received the welcome it deserved. No one wanted to go to school, including the Principal. I told the girls they had to wear uniform tops, but could wear whatever they wanted on their bottom halves. When we headed out to the school room, the Little Sister sooked and whinged...

The post Day 48 of Distanced Ed appeared first on Cooker and a Looker - Australian Home Cooking.

]]> http://cookerandalooker.com/day-48-of-distanced-ed/feed/ 0 14054 Day 47 of Distanced Ed http://cookerandalooker.com/day-47-of-distanced-ed/ http://cookerandalooker.com/day-47-of-distanced-ed/#respond Sun, 10 May 2020 01:50:38 +0000 https://cookerandalooker.com/?p=14051 Woke early and was laying awake when I saw the Little Sister stir. I lifted the covers and offered her normal spot for a cuddle, but instead she walked to Bearhands’ side of the bed and whispered something in his ear. I heard him reply “maybe wait five minutes until it’s light” but she couldn’t...

The post Day 47 of Distanced Ed appeared first on Cooker and a Looker - Australian Home Cooking.

]]> http://cookerandalooker.com/day-47-of-distanced-ed/feed/ 0 14051