Why is your kid in time out? …………Oh…my kid? He’s not in time out, he’s behaving this month – a little sprinkle of attitude but generally things are all smiles around here. What about you Mrs D-brats Mum? Why is D-brat in time out? Well, …
So if you are looking for something new, delish, cheap and easy for dinner, try my spring roll recipe – yes, this is my own creation You will need: 1 of those double-banger full chicken breasts half a cabbage As much onion as you want, …
The best part of making something from hand is the using of it. A lot of times you get these grandiose DIY ideas and you begin and [hopefully] end your project but never actually use it or wear it cause it just plain old sucks. Not so however for my first knitting project – The Scarf.
When my brother Hadyn announced he was going on a solo musical adventure to the states, namely Chicago – in WINTER, I kindly offered to knit him a scarf. But summer and non-scarf activities got in the way so I gifted him the scarf I knitted for myself. A snazzy merino number in apple green and charcoal. And damn if Hadyn didn’t wear that scarf. He went here, he went there, he blew is trombone everywhere and there was my scarf, keeping him warm and snuggly as he posed for cheesy tourist pics.
But have you really monitored it yet? Have another look, it’s a work of art, it will probably be a hot vintage item one day – a one of a kind even as my knitting has really hit a slow patch since I finished that scarf, my first scarf, there may never be another.
Thanks Kat!
I am totally loving shopping for my power as opposed to be TOLD how much I will pay per unit. Mercury Energy sucks. They along with the other power companies in NZ have continuously raised prices in the 3 years since we have been back, …
Parenting a wild almost 5 year old boy is hard [FUN] work. It is so easy to get exasperated with the noise, the mess, the laundry, the tantrums and the 10,000 times a day that you hear ‘MAMA’. Nigel Latta has just released a new book …
I cannot be held responsible for this chickens life if she insists on running the gauntlet that is my murderous Shi-Tzu. He can only resist so much temptation.
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Ethan is having a few problems with Louie at the moment, basically stemming from the fact that Lou is a dog and Ethan WANTS to be a dog. It’s like reverse-racism, or species-ism I guess. Ethan loves dogs so much he just wants to be one and I guess Louie just isn’t living the dream as much as Ethan thinks he should be;
(Formerly known as Tuesday…..it’s what’s in my head) Today’s theme song is 10 years old and is still the shit. I was taken back to my days of flatting in Ponsonby, bar-tending and not going to my masters classes in Sociology by the fab DJ …
That’s the time the alarm goes off. My alarm. It isn’t Ethan, it’s a real clock and it goes off each morning to wake me up.
After four years of SAH-mumming, getting a job is a very interesting thing, and has very interesting effects on our daily routine. Or my daily routine at the very least. No-one else notices my gainful employment too much except for Louie – and he is hating it – I might even say that he is back on the brink of depression.
So today I was out of the house for 10 hours in a row! I know. That is a lot of time out of the house, my house, the place where I love to be more than anything. Here’s a quick recap;
Then….fill Ethan’s tummy get him in bed with a story by 7pm and all of the usual household stuff I normally have a whole week to do. I know I have it relatively easy as Dave vacuumed this morning before he left for work and also made tomorrow nights dinner (he’s a legend for sure xxxx). Funny thing is, even though we did not plan for this job, it just happened, our routine is adapting and we are all getting used to Mummy actually having shit to do. I haven’t been happier for a long time, yes I have had a stressful week, a print deadline that was exacerbated by meddling, erroneous workmates but I finished the job and all is well. It’s 9.30, I am in bed and exhausted and trying to figure out how to do all of the above and pass two papers this semester. Studying is the only thing falling by the wayside, but that is always the case and I haven’t failed yet!
I have used the same brand of mascara for 15 years now, good old Maybelline Great Lash Waterproof in Very Black. It’s reliable, it doesn’t give you Panda eyes and it is relatively cheap. Keep in mind that the price of ONE tube here in New …