The Skecher’s Women’s 6k is now only 4 days away! I’ve upped my training over the past few weeks with Coach (hubby lol) and I’m feeling pretty good about it – excited even! I rarely get to run such a straight, flat course so I can’t …
The Sunday after the Rugby World Cup final my body hit a wall. Two weekends with late nights + 4am starts had left me struggling come Monday and starting the week off feeling sub-par is SO not a habit I’m keen on continuing. Many things have contributed …
6.38pm. I’ve just had a coffee. And to be honest, I’d kinda like another one.
This morning, in the throes of the school/kindy departure I discovered the wet patch was back. This pesky spot on the floor that we just can’t find the source of. Husband in all his wisdom decided it was best for him to bring the (dripping wet :::grrrr:::) ladder in from outside then and there and ascend into the roof space to see what he could see.
Our wet spot is smack bang in the middle of the thoroughfare which connects the kitchen to the bedrooms. A busy place for a ladder so early in the morning (:::grrrr::::).
So began a chain reaction; Nixon started freaking out because Dad – his BFF – was out of eyesight and up the ladder I wasn’t allowing him to climb. Ethan was taking full advantage of both his parents being distracted and was doing absolutely nothing to get ready for school – which angered me even more than Dave’s insistence that there was absolutely no leaks in the roof – so where the eff is the damn water coming from?, so frustrating! Dave eventually came down and with a rush and a roar returned the ladder outside, stepped in dog shit and reentered the house with his shoes on.
Can you see where I’m going with this?????
No worries, Dave whipped off his shoes, got the carpet cleaner, attended to the pooh/floor mash-up, left the pooh-shoes right there, INSIDE, left the carpet cleaner spray bottle right there, ON THE FLOOR, where Nixon found it and began to spray it all over the lounge furniture, the hard flooring and the coffee table.
FML people, it’s 7.37am!!!
I was finally ushering them out the door when Ethan ran back inside to get the PE gear I had reminded him to pack multiple times the night before, Nixon fussing and flipping out because he wanted to be driven to kindy in ‘Mummy’s truck’ not ‘Daddy’s car’ which wasn’t an option as my truck was blocked in.
FML people, it’s 8.00am!!!
And breathe. It was a difficult morning and it did take me a while to shake it off. Every single one of us has shit-on-the-carpet mornings, I know because you tell me about yours on Instagram, on Facebook, on Twitter. We commiserate with each other, send virtual hugs and virtual wine, and on weeks like this where I’m trying to abstain from the real deal, your virtual wine means a lot! We also talk about our muffin-tops, our struggles with self-love, with our skin, with money, with our relationships, with our dastardly kids. We value social media for the community it provides us.
Community? Friends?
Yes. And those friends? They’re real. Sometimes more real than those you have to drag yourself to visit IRL (in real life) out of obligation – the worst feeling in the world as far as I’m concerned.
So, anyway. Thanks.
Thanks for being my social media friends, for liking my IG’s of face lotion, chocolate and #hellonixon, for clicking over to my blog and reading my posts, I know there’s been some ‘substance’ lacking lately but I’m working on it I promise xx
I hadn’t read a quality, eerie thriller in a while and was surprised to find one on my hands with Lupton’s third novel. Set in Alaska, The Quality of Silence unfolds in a manner perfectly matched to the landscape in which it is set. A …
Around eight years ago when we moved our little family from San Diego to Auckland we ‘splashed out’ and purchased our first flat screen TV. A massive (!) 32″ Sony Bravia that we paid way too much for by today’s standards. It was and still …
A couple of weeks ago I attended the launch of the totally SUPER new GO Superfood range from Go Healthy. We were challenged to try some new recipes to get us thinking a little out of the box about how we can use superfoods in ways other than our morning smoothies.
This recipe really stood out for me, it was fun and quick to make, can be served warm or cold and tasted amazing!
INGREDIENTS
For the pesto:
1/2 large avocado
1/2 cup cashew nuts (preferably soaked) 1 clove of garlic chopped
Juice of half a lemon
1/3 cup Olive oil
1-2 teaspoons of GO Superfoods Kale Powder
Dash of sea salt
For the Zoodle bowl:
4-6 zucchini
1 cup baby spinach or mixed greens
10 cherry tomatoes chopped in halves or quarters
4 teaspoons GO Superfoods Chia Seeds
Optional toppings:
Toasted nuts & seeds
Parmesan
Protein pieces (chicken, fish, red meat)
METHOD
Wash the zucchini and use either a hand held spiraliser or julienne peeler to create 4 serves of zucchini noodles. Each bowl will require 1-2 Zucchini.
Set aside while you make the sauce.
Blend the Go Superfood kale powder, cashews, garlic, and avocado until smooth. Stir in the olive oil gradually to reach your preferred consistency. Squeeze in lemon juice and season with sea salt.
Mix the creamy pesto throughout the zoodles. Add the spinach / salad greens and cherry tomatoes. Sprinkle each bowl with 1 teaspoon of chia seeds.
To serve warm – place the Zucchini noodles in boiling water for 5 minutes before mixing with pesto sauce.
I LOVE making lists and planning activities for the school holidays. Even better when I begin early! Now that we are a family of four, I’m really feeling the pinch when I see those expensive, special occasion attractions creep onto the kids Holiday …
Our whole family loves smoothies for breakfast every morning, but we’re total creatures of habit and they end up tasting the same every single day! The team from Nutribullet sent me the recipe and ingredients to make Pineapple Lump Smoothies last week and they’ve definitely …
Somehow or other, it’s all working out.
Today, after quite a lovely, sunny weekend filled with friends and fun I hauled ass.
I hustled through a 5k, 2 loads of laundry, ALL the beds made, a writing deadline met, 3 GST returns completed, a walk with Nixie and the dogs, general tidying and lots of playtime with my little guy. I kicked ass today.
Sometimes you don’t know how the hell you’re going to get it all done, but two coffees later it just falls in to place and you fall into bed at 11.30pm. Tired but happy.
Maybe I’ll get to those emails tomorrow, but who’s going to fire me if I don’t right?
I know not everyone has aspirations to be a runner, but I always, always have. I was pretty good at a few sports growing up and fair to middling at the rest. I gave everything a go and joined every sports team there was on offer …