Good Friday traditions and my weight goes up

Good Friday traditions and my weight goes up

Do you have Good Friday traditions? I started one a couple of years ago when I cooked beef ribs and broke a tooth. I did it last year too sans broken tooth though. Each time I cooked the beef ribs in the oven, this year I went with the slow cooker.

Check out this year’s cook towards the end of this post.

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A warm week in Canberra

A warm week in Canberra

Abandoned shopping trolleys of Belconnen. Owl Statue in the background.

Okay, so the daily maximum temperatures were forecast to be >40 °C/104 °F every day this week. I’m sure if I was outside I’d be uncomfortably hot. I’m grateful I can work inside and I’m grateful for modern air conditioning. At home with the windows open, it was very warm and without a fan, sleeping would have been really very uncomfortable. That said, I did have my humidifier running. I don’t mind a little mould so long as I don’t feel dry.

The heat was a hot topic (pun intended) on the TV and radio news with lots of messages to stay hydrated and stay as cool as possible.

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