The view from here (as inside my head looking out of my eyeballs): It's a little fuzzy. Things are getting fuzzier by the day...taking longer to do...everything it seems in one ear and out the other. With still quite some time to go I fear I will just have to resort to sitting and sign … [Read more...]
Miscellaneous #69
March 11, 2015 by 32 Comments
Succulents. Not just found in my late Grandmothers late rock garden in Frenchs Forest, now much loved by me thanks to my friend Mrs Munro who has given me a love of them. She gave me these clippings in an empty take away cup a year ago and now look at them! I decided to bring the pot from the … [Read more...]
How I am losing my spark, day by day
March 10, 2015 by 103 Comments
Friends, it has come to my attention that I am not the woman I once was. And that's OK, for I am the woman I am now, who is growing a whole human in her guts that apparently takes a LOT of brain power. You see, my brain, it's getting worse. What started as a foggy feeling of silly forgetfulness has … [Read more...]
Shut UP! A baby shower!
March 9, 2015 by 43 Comments
So last week my sister sent out a quick email to a few family members about catching up for a quick ladies lunch in the big smoke...we managed to secure a Monday that everyone could come to...given we all have kids it was 2.5 hours to be back in time for school pick up. So I dropped the girls off … [Read more...]
Monday meal ideas: Easy mid week cooking
March 9, 2015 by 4 Comments
Given my current state: general exhaustion and crankiness at anything, dramatic, pregnant and did I mention cranky? I tend to have this reaction when I realise it's almost dinner time: BLOODY HELL WHY DO I HAVE TO COOK SOMETHING AGAIN DEAR LORD WHEN WILL THIS SENTENCE END?! I suspect that the next … [Read more...]
One thing: The stopped clock
March 8, 2015 by 26 Comments
It's been a productive week on the home front - namely because we have spent so much time there. Poor Rob was so sick in bed pretty much all week (today is the first time I can see an end in sight PRAISE BUDDHA) so I've been here too. I didn't really have #onething that I wanted to tackle this week, … [Read more...]
Books for 8 yr olds
March 6, 2015 by 39 Comments
As a kid I loved to read - I always had my head tucked away escaping to some adventure or place far away. I devoured them as a teenager and managed to keep it up as an adult when I was working before smart phones stole away any spare time I always had my head in a book on a bus or train. Rob loved … [Read more...]
Preggo files #12
March 5, 2015 by 73 Comments
It's been a shit house week here friends. Rob has been sick, really sick with a cold/flu that has seen him literally wiped out and in bed since Sunday night. It's now Thursday. I am paranoid that I will get this and given I would be able to take NO medication, he has been in hiding from all of us. … [Read more...]
Things I like {4th March 2015 edition}
March 4, 2015 by 23 Comments
What I'd really like, is some more time. It seems to be disappearing before my eyes with the week being at Wednesday already, the month being March, already. In the meantime, I luckily have some things that I do like. : Like wild apples from the tree in the backyard. All spotted and speckly but … [Read more...]
Sandwich press chicken. Wait, what?
March 3, 2015 by 77 Comments
This was another happy accident recipe that I made up as I went a few weeks ago at dinner. I was sitting down doing homework with the kids when I realised it was 4.45pm and that meant I had about 15 minutes to get something sorted for dinner (we eat early around 5-5.30pm most nights). After kicking … [Read more...]
Miscellaneous 68
March 2, 2015 by 28 Comments
Say it with me friends....ahhhhh! Autumn is here! And whilst the weather yesterday was ANYTHING but Autumnal (another all time favourite word of mine) the calendar told me that me are indeed in March and summer will soon be a section in our photo book. Autumn is my all time favourite season, … [Read more...]
Monday meal ideas: Vegetarian delight
March 2, 2015 by 3 Comments
This has been one good side effect of pregnancy: craving veggies more and more. Any chance I have had to eat them I am onto it. It's funny how the body works isn't it? Must be needing all those extra nutrients. I'm not one to blitz it all into a smoothie, I'd rather roast for fry them, or add them … [Read more...]
One thing: Clean out the wardrobe
March 1, 2015 by 81 Comments
This week's #onething had been a long time coming. Years of chucking stuff somewhere because I didn't want to deal with it. I've said it before, I might be clean and tidy, but there's mess everywhere if you just open a cupboard door. Or in this instance, walk into our wardrobe. For those of you … [Read more...]
Weekend entertaining: meat & fire
February 28, 2015 by 9 Comments
Nothing says celebration more to me than a whole animal for roasting on a spit. The longer process, the time taken to prepare and then cook the meat over many hours not to mention the visual spectacle makes for a very special occasion for a gathering of friends. We were lucky enough (a little … [Read more...]
The power of the voodoo, who do? You do.
February 27, 2015 by 73 Comments
Remind me of the babe! Anyone else remember that great song from one of my all time favourite movies The Labyrinth. David Bowie and all that hair. That music! Those puppets! Those glittery, maze walls were the stuff that dreams were made of for me when I was a 9 year old girl watching it. I know … [Read more...]
Soup for one: Mushroom, pea & spinach
February 26, 2015 by 19 Comments
Those preggo cravings are at it again and (thankfully) this time it's veggies! GIMME THE GREEN STUFF. I fed the family leftovers the other night which left me to my own devices so I could eat all the thing that they won't. I made this up as I went, and it was delicious so thought I better share it … [Read more...]
Sentimental food
February 25, 2015 by 75 Comments
On Saturday night Rob and I were out at our village trivia night (a HUGE night) that saw us home by 10.30pm for our beloved babysitter Pene. Whilst Rob had been sipping back on a few brewskies, myself being pregnant and the official score girl for the night I was dead sober and keen to get stuck … [Read more...]
Preggo files #11
February 24, 2015 by 78 Comments
Friends, it has officially begun. THE NESTING. But instead of sitting around like this in between pinning nursery ideas... I am going through all the shit I have been wanting to do around the house since we moved in and wondering if this will be the incentive to get it done? You see cupboard … [Read more...]
Il Tutto Anais bag winner!
February 23, 2015 by 8 Comments
Phwoooooaaaaaaar! Still as pretty as it was last time I looked. Time for me to announce the winner of my giveaway who I will be adding to cart for just as soon as you let me know your address details. There were over 250 comments to go through but we managed to get a winner. And that winner … [Read more...]
Monday meal ideas: Seafood
February 23, 2015 by 9 Comments
I am terrible at incorporating seafood into our weekly meals. I get lazy, I forget to buy the stuff, I am a little afraid of cooking fish and sometimes it just hard and expensive to add it into the trolley. But I am going to make more of an effort - even if it's some simple tuned tuna tossed through … [Read more...]
