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By chris, January 26, 2010 5:00 pm

Hi Everyone,

Well another decade has passed and it’s time for me to renew my passport.  According to the rules, the photo must:

• Frame subject with full face, front view, eyes open
• Make sure photo presents full head from top of hair to bottom of chin; height of head should measure 1 inch to 1-3/8 inches (25 mm to 35 mm)
• Center head within frame (see Figure 2 below)
• Make sure eye height is between 1-1/8 inches to 1-3/8 inches (28 mm and 35 mm) from bottom of photo
• Photograph against a plain white or off-white background
• Position and lighting so that there are no distracting shadows on the face or background
• Have a natural expression

Here are the ones I took today, which do you think is best?

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By Meg, January 19, 2010 2:13 pm

1 pkg puff pastry
1/2lb Beef Mince
1/2lb Pork Sausage
3/4 cup to 1 cup of crushed herb stuffing mix or breadcrumbs
1/2 cup grated carrot
1/2 cup grated onion
1tsp garlic
salt & pepper
1 beaten egg

1) cook the carrot and onion until soft
2) mix carrot and onion mixture with all of the other ingredients except the egg
3) take the thawed puff pastry, and cut in half, so you have 2 sheets that are long rectangles, about 3 – 4 inches wide
4) take some mince mixture and roll into long sausage lengths that are about an inch in diameter and as long as the pastry rectangles, and lay length ways on the pastry so that there is just over an inch or so of pastry on each side.
5) fold one side of the pastry up onto the sausage, and paint some egg along the edge of the pastry.
6) fold the other side of the pastry up onto the sausage, so it overlaps the eggy part of the pastry on the other side.
7) Put on a baking sheet with the seam side down.
Paint the top with the beaten egg so that the rolls will be golden.
9) Either cut into small sections before baking, or cut slits into the pastry so that you can cut into smaller pieces after baked.
10) Bake at 375 for 30-40 minutes until the meat is cooked through.
How many sausage rolls you get will depend on how thick you make them.

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By chris, January 10, 2010 7:46 pm

After last week’s debacle where I destroyed dad’s download limit and clogged up every server between Cedar Rapids and Perth I’ve figured out a way of posting this video using youtube.

Unfortunately this movie has had to be divided into 3 clips.

Enjoy!

Clip 1

Clip 2

Clip 3

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By chris, January 10, 2010 4:10 am

In case you were wondering what we get up to on the weekend!

The final result of the chasey game was

1. Bethany
2. Scout
3. Meg
4. Chris

Love Chris