Author: Melissa

Cinnamon, White Chocolate & Oat Cookies

Cinnamon, White Chocolate & Oat Cookies

BAKE THESE COOKIES.  I swear you will not be disappointed – adapted and tweaked from a couple of other recipes into my own mongrel favourite;   You will need: 3/4 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup caster sugar 1 cup butter, room temp 2 eggs 1 

Upside Down

Upside Down

You know how people say that life can change in an instant? Well life has changed, been flipped on it’s ass and all of us along with it. It began with a visit to the doctor for a pesky cough. A sinister cough that was 

A very serious wtf moment

A very serious wtf moment

Ethan and I were walking up to Starship Hospital today to visit my cousin when we happened upon a very strange turn of events, take a look…..
I mean, what exceptional judgement. When I lose control of my car in the future I am totally going to do it in front of Auckland hospital, I mean who else gets parking like this? All jesting aside, it was a small miracle that all the suffering patients were able to limp off the wall where they were sucking down their cigarettes and get out of the way.

Dad – A portrait on whiteboard

Dad – A portrait on whiteboard

Definitely Ethan’s best work to date, he has really captured the nuances of Dave, the curly hair, the I love E t shirt, the goofy stance. Amaze!

Monday’s Pics of Sunday

Monday’s Pics of Sunday

Another sunny, winter Sunday.  This has {so far} been one of the best winters I can remember, not too much rain and loads of glorious sunny, blue sky days. Mum bought Ethan 2 massive shipping containers on Trade Me last week, so the boys project 

Blah blah blah

Blah blah blah

No inspiration.  Winter you are failing me!  Blogging is tres hard at the moment, but there seems to be a general consensus about this across the NZ blog spectrum so I’m not feeling too neglectful. So, in honour of having nothing to say, I present you with some photos of below average quality because I have also just realised I haven’t taken one picture on my DSLR this whole month! Gasp.  WTF?

The Jack luck appears to be a genetic thing, Ethan's name got pulled from the prize barrel on Studio 2 last week and he won a PSP + Game! Amaze.
The weather has been perfect these school holidays {aside from today when it has started raining}. Ethan has had the best time playing outside all day, sans mud!
Ethan and Dave got busy one sunny day and made me a vege garden out of railway sleepers! Love it.
...............and I looked on and soaked up the sun. Bliss.
Don’t say I never do anything for you……

Don’t say I never do anything for you……

Best, Ever, Ab Workout.  That is all. Summer posted this link a couple of weeks ago, and last Friday I tried it out.  Standing ab isolation’s are a bit weird at first and hard for white girls like me to co-ordinate, but goddamn this little 

Frosty Freezingness

Frosty Freezingness

My Shi Tzu. My bed. My god, what has become of us? Lol

Stingray Art

Stingray Art

I haven’t posted any of Ethan’s drawings lately, you know, usual chaos, life-getting in the way of blogging type excuses.  But this picture surprised me when it came home from school.  Ethan was remembering our summer camping trip where there were tonnes of stingrays to