A sponsored post for Origin Energy Anyone that knows me, knows my love of all things winter. The fire, cold weather, clothing, boots, food and drink all speaks to my soul and makes for a happy Beth. There’s not much more I love on a freezing cold day to have something delicious bubbling away on … [Read more...]
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Monday meal ideas: winter soups
June 29, 2015 by 6 Comments
It's going to be another chilly week PLUS it's school holidays which means there will be lots of time spent at home (not that that's anything new round these parts at the moment). So that means SOUP. I make a pot, attempt to offer it up as a meal for the girls, (mostly) have them turn their noses up … [Read more...]
Monday meal ideas: Bake me a cake!
June 22, 2015 by 17 Comments
I went searching through all my CWA cookbooks on the weekend for a recipe for those sweet little mushroom tarts (alas I couldn't find it) but I did get a serious hankering for some baking. So many cakes to bake! I think this week I am going to attempt something new. Well, I'll try at … [Read more...]
Maggie is 1 month old!
June 16, 2015 by 55 Comments
I don't want to alarm anybody (namely myself) but Maggie is 1 month old today! IT'S TRUE! That's about 200 breastfeeds, I don't know how many nappies, about 15 or so poo explosions that require a full costume change, approximately 1589 times of putting her dummy back in, lots of baths, lots … [Read more...]
The Newborn Files #3
June 11, 2015 by 35 Comments
Boo! Here we are another week down in this crazy newborn bubble time. All that initial adrenalin and hormone rush that makes you feel like you can do ANYTHING not long after the baby is born has well and truly subsided and been replaced with exhaustion and a desire to do NOTHING. My brain is … [Read more...]
The Story of Maggie’s Birth Day {Part 3}
May 28, 2015 by 31 Comments
You can read Part 1 {The Background stuff} here. Then you can read Part 2 {The Business end} here. So, here we are, a little teary and delirious and certainly very tired looking, but at the other end of the birthing process. Thank you so much for sharing your stories, and for letting me know how … [Read more...]
The Newborn Files #1
May 26, 2015 by 50 Comments
Well here we are on the flip side of the Pregnancy and into the land of newborn babes. I thought it best to continue with the Preggo files into the Newborn files because if you can't laugh at during this sleepless, messy, emotional, hormonal time then you will just cry and that's no good for … [Read more...]
The Story of Maggie’s Birth Day {Business time}
May 22, 2015 by 128 Comments
{Pre warning...this is a long post} There's no question I am a fan of Beyonce or, as I like to call her, Bey Bey. Her song "Who runs the world?" (GIRLS) is something I will often sing to my girls at any given moment and even though sometimes I get confused by her messages of women and power and … [Read more...]
The story of Maggie’s Birth day {The background}
May 20, 2015 by 115 Comments
There's so much to share and tell about all this that this may be ridiculously long and all over the place, but it's something that I want to share mostly for me, like most things on my blog. You see this blog while read by thousands of other people every day, is a reminder of things for me. Like … [Read more...]
Preggo Files #20
May 14, 2015 by 89 Comments
I keep getting well meaning text messages from kind friends who love and support me who are keen to know how I am. Sounds reasonable and nice doesn't it? MY REACTION TO EVERY SINGLE ONE: Some could say I am a little on edge. Tense. Frustrated. Over it. Not good for visualising opening wombs … [Read more...]
Huh
May 12, 2015 by 62 Comments
You think being an adult you would know how to do stuff by now. I still spend an extraordinary amount of time using google and blind faith to get me through. Especially with parenting. even with this impending birth thing I find myself googling signs of pre-labour. Believe me Beth, you'll know it … [Read more...]
Miscellaneous 74
May 8, 2015 by 28 Comments
Why hello Friday! It's ever so good to see you. It's been a funny kind of a week where we have been busy but in a kind of limbo land. I have to stop overthinking time and when things "should" be happening. I have to try and just BE a little more over the next week, maybe even the one after that. … [Read more...]
Preggo files #19
May 7, 2015 by 98 Comments
Oh hi you guys! You totally did it! Got that babe from the inside, out. And boy did you do it in style Kate! NUDE PUMPS nonetheless! Wills is all like, how good is my Mrs? Peace OUT people I nailed it in the marriage stakes. Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of … [Read more...]
The tally
May 4, 2015 by 75 Comments
Any good relationship therapist or book you can read will tell you that it’s best not to keep scores. A constant feeling of I did this so you should do that, is not great for relationships. Invisible tallies created in our minds can only lead to resentment and anger. And so I try my very best to not … [Read more...]
Monday meal ideas: carby comfort food
May 4, 2015 by 12 Comments
It's dreary here again today, and while I (and my washing pile) are DESPERATE to see some sunshine, I am quite pleased that this weather can let me indulge in some carb loading. Surely that's needed for labour right? Here's a selection of delicious carby comfort food, my very favourite … [Read more...]
Baby stuff
May 1, 2015 by 90 Comments
Soft pants are on, guts are hanging out (full of pizza), slippers are on and tootsies faced towards the fire. Friday evening is officially here and I am exhausted after a couple of busy days. I've been running around getting stuff done, as well as some extra lovely baby stuff too. Yesterday I was … [Read more...]
Miscellaneous 73
April 29, 2015 by 34 Comments
I don't know when the right time to go on talking about trivial stuff should be. I've been sad and unable to read anything much online the past day, so many opinions and voices all trying to get "their" point across, it's exhausting. And at the chance of knowing that someone will take the time to … [Read more...]
Hope
April 28, 2015 by 78 Comments
This is the squished up face of my baby yet to be born. I don't know if it's a girl, or a boy. I don't know what they will be, who they will become. I don't know what will make them anxious, or happy, what will bring them sadness or joy. I do know that they will be loved and guided in the best … [Read more...]
Preggo Files #18
April 26, 2015 by 40 Comments
Kate STILL hasn't had the baby! Who knows if she is even due yet, but STILL no baby. Anyone else keep checking in? All kinds of 'sources' are saying that today or tomorrow WILL be the days! Wills has gone on paternity leave early, the late Diana speaking via her clairvoyant stating that … [Read more...]
Bake this: Banana & Easter egg bread
April 20, 2015 by 9 Comments
Despite my best efforts asking visitors over Easter to NOT bring chocolate, they did. And the pile of eggs were bought out after every meal just so we could try and get through them all. And yet? We still have those bloody Lindt rabbits that appear to be breeding. This morning (our last of the … [Read more...]
