Food Fight Friday!

I suggest you take cover,
find something to hide behind,
run for the door...
Or just put on your rain gear and take it...

Cause today I'm slinging a rhubarb and custard parfait at you!
I'm also mad as a hornet so things could get Messy!

First - why am I in such a mood?
Could be the full moon,
Could be the state of my house post Hurricane Jax,
But it more than likely is the text message I got from Fhubby last night!

Last I updated you he had finally left Mexico and was headed for Panama.
No problem..they arrived last Friday and have spent the week waiting for the Boss to arrive and their time slot through the Locks. Argggg wait wait wait....
They were booked to go through yesterday...Yay Yay Yay.

Beep Beep ..You've got Mail...

(I will not re post it here as I wouldn't want to offend anyone's delicate sensibilities)
In Brief: The boat was struck by lightning the night before and the entire Nav. system is fried!
At this point I don't even want to speculate how long that will take to fix,

I give up counting...
I concede...
You win Poseidon!
bastard!

Okay so onto the comfort food...
Whaaaaaaaaaaa I want my mummy!
Sadly, Canada's a bit too far away so I've have to settle for a good ol' childhood favorite.

We had the BIGGEST rhubarb patches in our garden growing up. I couldn't get enough of it. Mum used to make a rhubarb custard pie that I still dream about. But alas my New 'real shaped' Pie Plate is stuck in Panama with the Fhub, and I'm feeling depressed and therefor Lazy.. So here's a quick substitute.

Easy peasy this one,

Just take approx 6 cups rhubarb (cut in small chunks)
(I used frozen cause it's all we can get here)
Place in a Large pot and add 1 cup water
and approx 1 cup sugar (you can adjust to taste, some like it tart, some like it sweet)
Cook on Med heat whilst stirring continually until rhubarb has broken down and resembles a pudding (some chunks are ok)
At this point I add 1 Tbsp of Cornstarch
(mix your cornstarch with about 1/4 cup of cold water before adding)
Continue stirring to incorporate cornstarch and remove from stove.

Spoon into whatever dessert cups suits your fancy
I use my wine glasses, hey I might be depressed but I still like to be decadent!

Now the Custard

I cheat, I admit it.. I use Birds Custard

We grew up on it so therefor it is essential to the whole comfort level.
SO at this point, you can either go off and google some fancy smancy homemade custard recipes... or grab a packet variety and make according to brand.

Once you have your custard made, just spoon over your rhubarb and place in the fridge to cool down awhile!

Slinging a hot parfait at you would just be dangerous...and Rude!
I'm not that mad!

Of course if you're like me you've licked all the bowls clean
and should therefor be satisfied to wait until they cool...
If not...at least wait until the steam settles!

Here's hoping my own steam settles soon...
Happy Weekend!

Pay it Forward...

Today Choochmagooz is...
Paying it Forward

According to Facebook (Did I just say that!)
Today is the day for the Global Pay it Forward Project.
seriously, I can't believe I've just scheduled something around Facebook,
however, it was extra motivation to get my own project done...
so whatever works!

I'm participating in Craft Hope's project 7,
The Liberian Orphan Education Project.

In brief, the project is to make educational beanbags to be included in mobile classroom kits.

I can't think of anything more worthwhile, especially as I'm listening to my daughter waffle on about this thing she wants and that (you know the commercial break banter!) and can she have another freezie pop and maybe some popcorn...and can I can I can I...
Whilst here I sit making sure not to fill my beanbags with rice as it would be highly offensive to even consider precious food as a toy filler. Sometimes we really need a slap upside the head to focus on reality! Be sure to drop into their links if you feel the need for a head slap yourself!

Fortunately I just happened to have bought some small aquarium gravel for our Fairy Garden, and we were gifted 2 huge bags of BeanBag beans from a friends now defunct chair. So yay...re purposing too! and it solved my shipping dilemma as they are super lite.

The deadline for project 7 is May 15
so if you're crafty, and quick...
(and don't need to factor in 2 weeks shipping)
you've got time to join in too!
The gals at Craft hope have been ever so kind to
include tutorials should you need them.

When 30min of cutting + 2 hrs sewing =
a lifetime of education

That's good Math's to me!

Woodchuck Wednesday - Pixie Perfect

Angel of the Landscape

Oh My Goodness...Is it really Wednesday again!?!
Already!

Well fortunately I found a very timely (it's fairy week at our house!) Woodchuck,
A lovely Husband and Wife team in the Czech Republic, who truly are
Living the dream!
Renata designs the sweetest little fairies, gnomes and angels
whilst René makes them come alive!

Dandelion sisters

Grape Hyacinth

Bluebell

And as a bonus....at the moment they are offering
worldwide FREE shipping on all gnomes and fairies!

That's what I call a little pinch of Pixie Dust!

Click to enter shop

Try your Luck Tuesday - Wear your Heart!

Shouldn't everyday be Mother's Day?

If you're British you've already celebrated it,
If your American, Canadian or Australian
you have to wait until the 9th of May.
And if you're Spanish it's just around the corner on the 2nd of May.

So what happens when you're Canadian,
with a half Australian Child
living in Spain!?

You celebrate it everyday!

Today's amazing giveaway is over at
Make it and Love it.
I Love Ashley's Blog...chock full of good ideas and projects

One of her newest Sponsors, Julian & Co. is giving away this amazing
Scrawling Locket.

Click photo to enter contest

The perfect gift to celebrate motherhood anytime!

But Hurry Hurry....
giveaway ends tonight at midnight Mountain Standard time

Go on...Try Your Luck!

Ahoy Mateys

We've decided to join the party over at
The Girl Creative



So Behold the
Bidet Batteau Regatta

Now let me first say...this Bidet has NEVER been used for it's intended purpose so therefor No, I am not letting my daughter play in the toilet...we call it the foot bath! It's in a ridiculously awkward place, has no jets just a tap..and wastes water. So Jax and I can't be more thrilled to have finally found a use for it!
Now she can have races whilst I shower in peace and don't have to worry about which part of the house she is destroying.

We nicked the bark from our parks flower bed (shhhhh...it's the closest to nature we have at hand) and used some of my fabric scraps for the sails (Unfortunately they capsize after a while if the sail gets wet so I would recommend a nice big leaf sail...I just didn't want to go back to the park for a second stealth mission!)

Fhubby is heading through the Panama Canal tomorrow, so we're going to try to make our own locks and float the boats through. Jax is pretty excited that Daddy will finally be in the right ocean!!! Hehehe...

Wishing you all Smooth Sailing for the week ahead...