Since posting some pics of areas in my house, and reading some comments and exchanges on similar posts about taming the house-mess, I feel the need to explain a few things about myself. This might get a bit ramble-y.First of all, I wasn't always such a tidy person. (There. I said it.)I grew up in a … [Read more...]
She’s Three!
My little dumpling turned three yesterday, and I can't believe how quickly this time is flying. Holy smokes... it's all becoming a bit of a blur.She went from this: To this: To this: To this: On Thursday, I asked her what she'd … [Read more...]
Shelf Shaping
I love setting up bookshelves. And I'm kinda nerdy about it.I think I love it because, for me, it's a work in progress. I'm forever tweaking - rearranging items or finding spaces for new books, or a photograph. This time around, I've even a potted plant or two since the shelves now face a … [Read more...]
Pissed.
I didn't even realise she was asleep in my arms, until I felt a weird warmth spread over my jeans...Thanks a lot, kid.I swear, sometimes I think cuddling is completely overrated.Now, if you'll excuse me, I have go wash some stuff... … [Read more...]
A Touch of Adorableness
My kids share a bedroom. They're small still, so I'm riding out this arrangement for as long as humanly possible. Especially since we recently claimed the last available room in the house for ourselves, for a sexy dressing room. (I swoon as I type this.)Well, it's my house, and I was here … [Read more...]
Choosing the Right Time to De-Christmas
I'm going to make more of an effort not to have my tree up into February this year.I LOVE having a Christmas tree so much... and since we moved our bed into what was formerly the living room three years ago, I have the pretty, pretty tree just inches from my head in my bedroom. It is glorious. The … [Read more...]
Let’s Start Again…
I feel like our year ends the same way: Daddy begins his 2 week vacation off work with a sore throat and fever, and his malaise either spreads to the rest of us, or he suffers with it alone until New Years Eve, when he's perhaps feeling somewhat better, but still fatigued and ready to retire for the … [Read more...]
Smiling Your Way Through The Holidays
I've been super-late getting my shopping and stuff done... our household was struck with Flu-Fest 2010 for close to two weeks, so I'm scrambling to catch up on all my pre-holiday errands and such. All I can say is, thank goodness for online shopping, man. Like, whoa.But here's the thing about the … [Read more...]
A Wee Bit of Happy
Sometime this week, in between bouts of sweating and faint-y feelings, with a break in fever, I slipped a few shelves and drawers into my shiny new closet system...As I wander about the house, sneezing and stuff, I sometimes just come and stand in front of the open door. Because it pleases me. In a … [Read more...]
Sometimes It Just Sucks Like That.
Little girl pads over to me and peers under my hands covering my eyes. "You crying, mummy? Ho'd on... I det you a 'leenex."I'd just put my mum in a taxi bound for the train station about 30 minutes prior. She had come for a quick pre-Christmas visit. Sadly, when she arrived, we were all … [Read more...]