The Second to Last Day
Jobs are for suckers and I feel like this job of mine has got in the way during these first holidays since I have been employed and also the LAST holidays with Ethan as a pre-schooler. He has had a great time though, he has …
Author: Melissa
Is this New Zealands finest twitter moment?
The Outrageous Fortune final was last night and it was insanely insane. The ending was the ultimate cliffhanger (Pascalle or Sheryl?) and as a result Twitter exploded. #outrageous quickly became a trending topic followed by Outrageous Fortune. Two New Zealand topics in the top 5 …
I made a mess on my blog…..
and this post is what it looks like;
- It’s freezing ass cold again and it’s now spring time. What the shit is this weather oh yea in charge of weather business? The cold girl who is always cold (ME) is cold again, so much so that in our heated office I had a woollen coat on, my scarf wrapped up around my face, my nana blanket wrapped around my legs and a fan heater hidden under my desk! Not happy.
- I had deadlines today at work. There are more deadlines on Friday. These don’t really gel with my former SAHM-ethos of ‘It’ll get done when I feel like it’. I’m OVER deadlines, people need to just recognize, and be happy that I even get any work done or potentially finish any projects when they constantly change their minds about said project. Mmmm-hmmmm, yes but I do love that fleeting moment every two weeks when that money briefly touches down in my bank account before permanently departing for the shores of people-who-expect-me-to-pay-for-their-services.
I have survived (successfully I might add!) 7 days of The Flat Belly Diet. I LOVE this eating plan. I feel fab, have completely revolutionised the way I eat and deal with food (by ‘deal with’ I mean consume constantly), have totally kicked caffeine drinks (I have had no Coke Zero or energy drinks in 7 DAYS!!!!), have only had 2 small glasses of red wine in 7 days (this was factored into my daily calorific intake) and……I can still eat chocolate as long as it’s the good stuff – 70% cocoa choccy. The food is great once you get past the 4 day jumpstart and for the first time ever in my life I feel confident that I will be able to lose the 6-8 extra kilos I’m carrying.- Best news so far this week – The Westie Mums won our first netball game of the season!!!! It was so much more enjoyable than losing, and the only injury sustained by me was a strained calf muscle. I’ll take it.
- If you can spare a couple of dollars please foll0w the link below to donate to The Red Cross Appeal for Tsunami ravaged Samoa, these people and this country need our help and money.
Weekly Wrap-up
Best thing this week – watching Twilight in the hot tub with Dave on Tuesday night, I can NEVER sit through a movie, but the spa left me pretty much comatose by the end of the movie so I couldn’t move too quickly even I …
Glorious Mussel Fritters Recipe
This recipe was simple and amazing – a feast in fact! MUSSEL FRITTERS Serves: makes 20 fritters Ingredients 1 teaspoon dried yeast 300mls tepid milk 350g flour 3 eggs, beaten 75 mls fish sauce 4 coriander roots, well washed 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 …
Netball Update Week 2
- Fitness, much better although NOT having fish n chips and a bourbon pre-game probably helped tonight.
- Bitch-face ref still hates me.
- I can’t walk, seriously. Both hamstrings are screwed, I was almost in tears driving home as it hurt so bad to keep my foot on the accelerator
- Our team name……wait for it “The Westie Mums”! I am SO in touch with my roots, Te Atatu’s calling……
- I caused this little Oompa Loomps goal attack to face plant tonight, not intentionally you understand, but it was the best faceplant I have EVER witnessed – & she totally deserved it, she is one of those sneaky contact people, and when she gets called up she’s all like “aw what?”. Not me, I know when I have been bad and I “STAND DOWN GOAL DEFENCE“. Yawn.
- Dave came to watch tonight, he was quite excited, he has never seen me PARTICIPATING, or GETTING INVOLVED.
- The best part about my team is our name; The Westie Mums. Shore girl over here has lost her bearings!
So, I’m not planning on being able to walk tomorrow which should make for an interesting day at work. How nice.
My Guys Rip
We spent Sunday morning at the beach out west and both boys were charging! Ethan has been riding without training wheels for just three weeks now and he charged the BMX track – HARD! Louie was always right there to lend Ethan some moral support …
I have really important things to do
yes. I do. I can’t currently commit to writing (and by writing I mean finishing) a post right now as I am far to busy being in bed. Yes it is 8pm, a mere smidgeon of a Thursday night but Dave is at work, …
Shock and Awe – Shopping in Supré
In keeping with New Zealand Fashion Week……..
Dave and I had a rare Saturday to ourselves this weekend so we did a strange thing – we went to town. The Big Smoke aka AUCKLAND CITY. It was a long a tiresome 16.2km drive from The Sticks, but we made it mid-morning and set out with a compass and a cut lunch.
One of the ‘Must Sees” on our tourist map was Supré. I have read and heard many fabulous reviews of this low-end fashion house. Friends have picked up some great jeans from Supré. Bloggers of note have some fab pants sourced from Supré. I was excited.
This is what we found at Supré;
Dave was so overcome with excitement about future dress-up ideas that he set-off around the store snapping pics of his favourite items. He discovered Kylie Minogues Spinning Around gold hotpants, lycra tights screenprinted with the image of stonewashed denim in you guessed it…..red, white and blue (I could hear the strains of PANAMA blaring from Dave’s ears at this point), and as many slashed ho-bag eighties dresses as you could possibly desire!
Except, when it comes to shopping in Supré it’s wise not to get distracted by the pretty colours. I am a size XL in Supré land, and call me crazy but there is no room in gold lame tights for an XL pair of thighs.
Who wears this shit? Seriously, and is it right I ask you, is it decent that there is a whole chain store dedicated to outfitting New Zealand tweenies as hookers and pole dancers?
I was so confounded I quickly purchased two plain tank tops and proceeded to back my car into a concrete pylon. Dave barely noticed, he was still wondering if his high kicks could possibly do justice to those stone washed tights.
I'm a team player. In a NETBALL team.
I am Goal Defence and if I CONTACT ONE MORE TIME I WILL BE SENT OFF THIS COURT! (I put that in red so you could see just how much the ref liked me and my friendly style of defence). Here I am in action; …