Is anybody out there? People keep talking about ‘winding down’ for Christmas but everyone I know is winding up. Like, UP UP. Hectic mad crazy busy. We’re certainly planning no snoozing around here. But before we talk about that, let’s get stuck into our weekly Open Post where we give you a sneak peak into what’s going on behind the scenes at Mamamia this week and you talk about anything you want. Anything at all. What’s on your mind (OMM = “On My Mind’). Maybe just a vent or sharing something you think or feel or that you’ve noticed or need some help with.
Along with Friday’s Best & Worst of the week post, this mid-week regular is our most community minded post and one of our most popular (maybe because we all get to talk about ourselves!).
I had a lovely weekend – the highlight of which was a BBQ with our close friends Paula Joye, her husband Saxon and all our kids. We have a new BBQ so we had them over to ours and I was in charge of making dessert (they brought the meat and sangers).
“I’m making a chocolate cake” I announced to Jason on Saturday morning because that’s what I felt like eating for dessert and I’m selfish like that. Also, I used to be one mean baker. Really, I did.
Jason cocked his head and I could see him choosing his words carefully. “Babe, are you sure?” he ventured. “You know how much they love good food and the last time you made it, it didn’t go so well.”
The ‘last time’ was for Coco’s birthday a few weeks ago and yes, it was a little overcooked – and I’d had to subsitute drinking chocolate for Cocoa because we had none and that made it a bit sickly sweet. And yet, I was undeterred.