Dave whipped up these amaze muffins on gloomy, cold Sunday afternoon and let me warn you – this is not a recipe for your thighs but your mouth. These guys are SO good! INGREDIENTS: 1 cup rolled oats 1 cup all-purpose flour ½ cup brown …
Obviously I outdid my self with my kitchen exploits on Thursday, you know, pumpkin soup and homemade bread rolls for dinner so I kept it real and decided on Pizza Hut for dinner and once again had dinner organised by 9.30am! I am amazing. Work …
I made it. I survived nine months at work with only two sick days! I enjoy my work and have had a trouble free pregnancy so the decision to keep working for so long was not a big deal.
Today was a different story though.
My first day at home.
By 9.30am the washing was hung, the pumpkin and other veges were roasting in the oven for tonight’s dinner of pumpkin soup, the bread maker was kneading dough for the hot rolls to go with my soup, E’s bed was made and ours stripped ready for washing load #2, Lou was booked in for a grooming so I decided I could squeeze in an hour of work from my Remote Desktop.
In other housewiferly news;
Have you ever heard of mall-walking? No? It’s what old people do in the sweltering climes of America when it’s too hot to power walk outside. They don their shell suits and head inside for laps + air-con. I couldn’t fit in a shell suit …
Two of my favourite things came together yesterday in an unplanned symphony of awesomeness! I had allowed myself Friday off work as I attempt to wind things up (and use a couple of leave days here and there before maternity leave kicks in!). This enabled …
I had to wait a while for some prints to arrive from the states, but now they are hung I’m feeling like the nursery is done…enough. The light in this room is amazing, it has East and North facing windows so stays bright all day and the plaster/concrete block combo of the exterior suck up the sunlight and keep it nice and warm.
There is a little bit of bubba’s new laundry to put away, his hospital back to pack and we are all ready! I can’t wait to meet him {and also reach my toes again!}. To put it bluntly, if I go to 40 weeks I’m pretty worried about how big he and I are going to get. I got home yesterday afternoon, dropped E at rugby then came home and was in my pjs and asleep by 4.45pm. Carrying this guy around is wearing me out.
Thankfully I have survived this enormous pregnancy without spending too much on maternity clothes, in fact I think I have only purchased half a dozen actual ‘maternity’ items. Dressing has been made moderately successful by purchasing staples in large (and now XL!) sizes. I found …
Stuck on You is a fab company that I have worked with before, specialising in the coolest kids personalised labels and gifts. They are launching a new product line and to celebrate we are giving one of you guys the change to win a $25 …
This year I have made a conscious effort to always shoot in manual mode when I’m at home and able to take my time with a shot. Aperture adjustment is starting to make sense to me, so I may spend the next 6 months trying to learn a new technique (that is how long I have been fiddling around learning how to take the shot below; slow learner I know).
I am proud of this picture! Completely unedited btw. Leftover flowers from my baby shower, still looking good over a week later.
Have you explored the other side of the dial on your DSLR? Any tips for me?
My Mum hosted a lovely, relaxed baby shower for me last weekend. We had a deliciously casual lunch followed by sweets and all of my favorite ladies in attendance! There were so many gorgeous and practical gifts, we are so grateful to all, however I …