Reflection

Sometimes it's so easy to get bogged down in your work life that it can be hard separating yourself away from that mind frame and remembering to stop and smell the roses. The last two weekends my partner and I have endeavoured to start being tourists in our own backyard so to speak. All too often people forget about what their local area has to offer. As a result 2 weekends ago we climbed mt beerburrum, a small mountain albeit steep, but one I have driven past thousands of times in my life and never actually visited. I now regret not having climbed up that peak sooner. The view from the top was amazing! Then last weekend we went with my partners sister and brother in law to the back of kennilworth to a small part if the Mary river to do some line fishing. I'm going to endeavour even once my partner is back in Townsville to visit somewhere I haven't been before every weekend.

Ice cream

My partner has recently returned from Afghanistan after a 5 month stint over there. While he was there on an almost daily basis he mentioned how he had ice cream at lunch (often in the same sentence as saying it was freezing there at that time of year). So when he got home and his mum revealed that our late Christmas present was a cuisinart ice cream machine I couldn't wait to start playing around with it. My first attempt was a basic cookies and cream. And may I add the most scrumptious cookies and cream I've ever eaten. But now I'm trying plain vanilla with some jelly lolly chunks strewn throughout. It's only just in the mixing/cooling stage but already I can tell this one is going to be better than the last. Last time I used a whisk to stir it when I should have used an electric beater like I did this time. It's so much airier and cooling and thickening a lot quicker. So exciting!