May 032013
 
 May 3, 2013  4 Responses »

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Perfect_Breakfast

1.  The morning light in the family room is lovely to catch my Big Boy snuggling in.

2.  Little Boy Baby socks drying in the sun, out of hibernation after 8 years!  

3.  Sometimes I still cook – do-able if I can get in and out of the kitchen before 4pm when the pain and fatigue set in

4.  Dog #4.  His night time spot, it doesn’t really matter which couch or which lounge but there has to be a cushion to sit-on and the arm of the couch to rest his head.

5.  My birthday breakfast.  I love you Dave Jack x

6.  My birthday manicure.  I love you Mum x

 

Apr 192013
 
 April 19, 2013  7 Responses »

Not many words this week, aside from that I LOVE Christchurch.  It’s people and it’s resilience in the face of unimaginable natural adversity and a bureacratic nightmare are astounding.

I simply cannot imagine a more wonderful city to host the first ever Around the Table Bloggers Conference.  Thank you so much, you know who you are x

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Ohhh, Treena Marie.  I was staying at her house, with her family and she leaves me a welcome gift.  Too much xx

Apr 132013
 
 April 13, 2013  7 Responses »

It feels a little premature to be writing this now as I’m sure I will have a list as long as my arm after this weekends Around the Table Blogging conference! This may also be the very first text only Things I’m Loving post as I’m posting from my iPhone {carry on luggage only, XL preggo clothing requirements and warm outfits mean I have left the DSLR at home as well as lappy and iPad}. Let the blogging in miniature commence!

    I am so loving what E and Dave have achieved this week. They have ridden to school every day! E needs to sharpen up on cycle safety before he can ride solo – I meet him at 4 Square in the afternoon and shadow him home, but the extra father/son time has done wonders for their relationship.

    Loving being able to travel relatively hassle and worry free this weekend thanks to Dave and Mum. Rugby is a home game today meaning no one has to drive anywhere. Sunday will be quite hectic as E is participating in his first WeetBix TryAthlon! So sad I will miss it but I know he’ll have a great morning with his Dad and Nana.

    Hitting third trimester status has been good and bad. It’s nice to have reached another defining mile marker but energy is definitely waning. I can no longer cane along at speed whilst dog walking with Mum. A slow somewhat side-to-side waddle is the best I can manage. It was very nice to confirm at a growth scan last Friday what I already knew; this baby is a whopper. I was getting a bit worried that my massive size was all me, but bubba is measuring three weeks ahead and over 98th percentile, so at least I have an excuse!

    Loving Treena Marie and her awesome family for being my billet hosts this weekend! It’s so nice to be staying in a ‘home’. Team Boy and little feet in the morning are the bestest. (Flannel sheets rule btw!)

Have a great weekend everyone! Linking up with Meghan at MNM’s {who is just as lovely IRL as I had thought she would be}

Mar 292013
 
 March 29, 2013  2 Responses »

Oh Easter.  Perfect timing this year, 4 days in a row with no work, no rushing, no scheduling {rugby practice is still on this afternoon which has just sent Ethan into fits of rage}, but aside from that, nothing we HAVE to do.  This week has been a bit painful on the preggo side of things so I am so looking forward to slowing things down.

Loving that Mum and I are nearing the end of our first crochet project, a lovely {I hope} granny square blanket/throw for my lounge. We have had fun with it, Mum’s just busting to get it finished now so she can get on with knitting for baby and I’m not quite sure what my next project will be.

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Loving my braided bread, it’s coming along quite nicely now after multiple attempts and our bread recipe, when kneaded in the bread maker comes out silky smooth and so easy to use.  This batch was stuffed with mayo, salami, capsicum and yellow cherry tomatoes from our garden and was destined for our pre-season rugby bbq.

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I’m trying to get more plants into our indoor spaces and love how vibrant and green this new fern looks, waiting for it’s new home in my macrame pot holder I thrifted a couple of months ago.  Dave is not keen to hang this in our lounge I can tell but he has been overruled!  And yes, dinosaurs are still flavour of the month, the big white one was actually purchased for the nursery but has been ‘borrowed’ until little brother is born lol.

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So much loving having the black gold back in the pantry,  Dave and Mum don’t care for it too much but E and I have been enjoying Marmite on our toast and crumpets all week.  Just looking at this pic makes my mouth water.

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Occasionally E will pick up mu camera and go snap-happy around the house, usually taking lots of pics of the dogs, things to note; he has remembered to put the strap around his neck: 10 points, yes, that is a commemorative ABBA plate on my wooden chest.  I love it when I download photos and find his surprise images.

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Mar 082013
 
 March 8, 2013  2 Responses »

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Loving finding the rug for our nursery on clearance for $69!!!!  I just about died.  It’s not the pattern I envisioned but the colours are perfect.

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My brother and his wife gave our Poppa the biggest box of chocolates we had ever seen for his birthday.  Loved seeing him poring over the selection!

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Cream doughnuts have been sneaking into my thoughts daily lately, so when I left my lunch at home today I went to the bakery and after a sandwich treated myself to this splendid specimen.  It was perfection; real cream, crispy doughnut batter and real jam.  There was even grease on the bag!  Love.

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So much loving Friday goodies!  I was the lucky recipient of a Facebook prize from The Body Shop, the divine New Satsuma / Clementine Eau de Toilette, this is the kind of fragrance that makes you want to lick it {no joke}, I also spied one lone copy of Frankie in the dairy near work so scooped it up for a little weekend treat!

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This week has been a lovely week with E.  He has been a treasure, no fussing, fighting, doing chores willingly and performing so well at school.  He was unable to hang onto his 3 year perfect record of winning every event at Swimming Sports, as he was struck down by a terrible bout of man-flu that has besieged our house over the last fortnight.   He swam his heart out however with excellent results despite being under the weather.  Love him.

Feb 212013
 
 February 21, 2013  6 Responses »

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Loving little boys doing just what little boys should do:  playing in the grass with el cheapo snakes and being 100% contented by it.

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Loving Matakana Market fresh ciabatta with my homemade Tomato Chutney and big wedges  of cheese.  Pregnancy carb eating rules!

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Oh long, hot, DRY summer.  My bank account and our water tank despises you but you are awfully pretty.

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Loving splashing out on a key for the school pool this summer  << see what I did there?

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So much loving that Dave had a blast in Wellington last weekend at the Van’s Bowlarama event, 48 hrs of skateboarding and guy time does a man some good I say!

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Lazy Sunday baby showers with friends from w a y back are perfection.  Eeek, I’ll be having one of those in a couple of months!

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Finally, loving that as of last weekend I was still able to paint my toes, not my best work but they’re not nakey.  Will have to train Dave or Ethan in the art of nails as there is definitely no room in the budget for salon visits at the moment.  February, you have sucked the $$$ right out of us.