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All the parents were motioning for him to sit down. Yes they did enjoy themselfs, my daughter has more rythm than me LOL. It will be our anniversary 14th (have to remember myself no family here) on the 20th Dec. Ooooh with all your lovely plantgrowth where am I going to swim now LOL

Just managed to successfully convert the video my daughter was in with their end of year concert, a friend recorded for me but it was a m2ts format, and my pc took some time to accept it. Well enjoy the video http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii238/mcrudd/?action=view&current=20111207091255.mp4 the kids seem a bit confused in the beginning, its where the teacher mucked up the song a bit, but then they are on their way again here is a pic of my daughter (she is right in the front) so you can recognise her in the video, you can see she loves to play her wii dancing games, she is seven :slfg:

Is this pic a bit better, keep in mind my laptop is four years old too, so I don't have the best of graphic cards, I think sims 3 graphics is super

He can go and swim with his fish, so so lucky, I dream about swimming with my fish :love:

LOL My tank is driving me potty, it just wont stop growing :nilly: Every week I do a waterchange I take handfulls of christmas moss, ambulia, indian fern and some other big leaved plant out. I just can't keep up. Last week I just gave some away, will try and do that once a week, its just that I live so far out of the way pick up is difficult Today I did washing and washing, cursed I am to have a intex pool LOL

Did you mean you can get a new 1TB Sata drive? Well that was certainly interesting, most of that new is that price the person asked, but they probably want to make some money for the Christmas season :thup:

Liam I have never had alcohol and don't intend too My kids are also going to have some of the trifle too, so I would rather not have alcohol in my desserts :thup:

I shared my Gran's one on page 1 of this thread :thup:

You need 3 bars, 2 go into the mixture and 1 to grate over on the top. They are very hard to grate, but much yummier Thank you, will have a look tomorrow ______________________________________________ We also thanks to the kids requesting it, added Pavlova to our desserts :lol:

Hahaha you are a sucker for Peppermint Chrisp Tart !drool: _______________________________________________________________________________________ I would like to thank everyone for their advice. Here is our Christmas Lunch plan Champagne ham glazed with si_sphinx recipe Roasted turkey prepared with play dough, thanks alanmin4304 for the idea (would like to try the hole idea too some time if you would like to share the secret of how to do that too) Greensalad and Coalslaw (sp) thanks Adrienne for the salad idea Fizzy and Sun Country grape juice, thanks Sheepsnana for the grape juice idea (where do you buy yours) my husband requested two extra stuff which is pumpkin fritters and roasted potato Dessert will be Trifle (non alcholic) Thanks Caryl for the lovely recipe Peppermintchrisp tart Malva pudding Pavlova with strawberry and cream topping Thanks once again for everyones advice, I have a little of everything in our Christmas Lunch

Go on Holiday :rotf: Everytime I go on holiday and come back I have fry or a hiding male guarding eggs. I am thinking its because the tank is left alone and there is no one sticking their hands in there the whole time, trimming plants or removing dead leaves and such :slfg: Now on a more serious note. They are probably just looking for an awesome spot, like insect direct said give them tons of options especially narrow caves. I made mine their own cave, will look up the thread for you and then edit this post http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=52959 there you go

Yip I realised that when I read everyone's advice then told them I would stick to tropical

I wish I could, but we have a teeny house and space is a problem. I might consider doing it one day if the kids leave the house or if I win lotto and build a nice big fishroom. :thup:

:rotf: I know, but wait till you taste it, its like heaven on a plate :love: I made it for our first scouts leader dinner, and there after everytime we had a scoutsdinner it was written in capitals that I need to make dessert and in bold Peppermint chrisp tart :slfg:

Peppermint Chrisp Tart (don't think about your weight while eating this tart LOL) Ingredients : 2 Packets of Tennis biscuits (you can find these in the international isle in a pack and save) 1 Large Bubbly mint (green one) 3 bowls of Anchor thickened cream 2 Tins of caramel Grate the whole Bubbly mint chocolate and put aside. Take the Caramel and mix it very well so it does not clump. Mix a half of the Bubbly mint chocolate into the caramel. Once the caramel with chocolate is mixed well then fold the 3 bowls of cream into it. Get a nice flat glass dish, I use the Pyrex ones and pack a layer of tennis biscuits in it. Then take some of the caramel cream mix and make a layer on the tennis biscuits. Repeat with biscuits and then caramel and biscuits and caramel until your biscuits is used up. Your last layer must be some of the caramel cream mix. Once you have your last layer sprinkle the last half of chocolate over it. Put it into the fridge to set and for the biscuits to get nice and soft If you manage too, its good to keep it in the fridge overnight for the softest tart, but many won't be able too :rotf: a pic of tennisbiscuits so you can recognise them instore

OMG wait till you see the ingredients :rotf: Will take a while to type up, since I need to translate this one LOL

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:rotf: would you like the recipe Zev, I have changed it so it uses mostly nz products you only need to buy tennis biscuits and you get those at any pack and save with an international isle Oooh happy days, let me know what you think of it once you made it, I love Malva pudding and that is my grandmothers recipe and she was a true boeretannie (farmers wife)

awww how nice of them :love:

awwwww :love:

Thanks Caryl, I would try that. BBQing is fun, cause the husband does most of the work LOL. I gave you the Malva recipe on the first page. Let me know once you tried it if you like it

Oooh Adrienne and Sheepsnana that sounds so yummy !drool: I am loving reading about everyones ideas. I will sneak something from you each. Adrienne your salad idea is lovely, especiallly since we are not really veggie fans kids and parents included LOL. Sheepsnana I love your Sun Country grapejuice idea since I have never had alcohol, only one that drinks very little as well is hubby, so I will look into that, thanks for the ideas. Keep them coming guys, I am going to have a Christmas feast with a little idea from you all edited to add, LOL Spoon we are not real Sherry type people, but I might consider trying to make a non alcoholic type trifle

:sml1: This is just a classic female trying to multi task LOL

aww don't ban me because I make yummy tarts Cricketman alanmin4304 that sounds like a very good idea, I will give that a try. We go all the way to Taupo Wairakei village once a year to have the hangi, we go mostly for the food and singsong while eating. We just love the traditional Maori Hangi and music. Its our family treat :happy2: I will deffinetly give this playdough thing a go, its quite nervewrecking for me to try and cook, I am a throw it all together type person LOL but I will give it a go this year

Malva Pudding Recipe (Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius) Pudding ingredients : 15g butter (0.5oz) 125ml sugar (half a cup) 1 egg 250ml milk (one cup) 250ml flour (1 cup) 15 g apricot jam (0.5oz) 5ml vinegar 5ml bicarb Cream the butter and sugar together and then add the egg. Add milk and flour alternatively into the butter mixture. Mix vinegar, bicarb and apricot jam together and add to mixture. Pour into a greased dish Bake at 180 degrees celcius for 45 minutes Syrup ingredients: (make this once pudding is cooked through) a quarter cup of sugar half a cup of milk tablespoon of butter Put the sugar, milk and butter in a pot and bring to a boil, once pudding is cooked prick it full of little holes and pour the boiling syrup over (don't pour cold syrup over it will be chaotic (sp) ) Once syrup is poured over leave it in the oven for another five minutes, remove and let it cool a bit. You can serve it with custard or some nice vanilla ice cream :thup: