Just one more June 30, 2008

I love chocolate.  In fact I love it so much that if its in the house then I would eat it for breakfast.  Actually that is exactly what I did on Saturday morning.    The night before Adman and I had shared half a bar of cadbury’s fruit and nut while we watched a DVD.   The left over choc went in the fridge.  When  I got up the  6 am in the morning with the young Man  I nibbled a couple of squares,  at about 7am I thought I deserved a couple more squares  (well actually maybe it was about  eight!!).  After breakfast while doing the housework I snuck a few more pieces while Adman wasn’t looking. 

Later in the day Adman went to the fridge to get some of the chocolate…. surprisingly there was only a corner left – I feigned ignorance  and then put the blame squarely on my Mothers shoulders.   Now my lovely husband  loves me so much that hebroke the left over chocolate in half and shared it with me.

did I feel guilty?  No way – when it comes to chocolate guilt goes out the window!

 

The good, the bad and the unmentionable June 26, 2008

Its been six months since we moved home and moved (temporarily) in with my Mum.  It looks like its going to be at least another 6 months before we will be able to move into our own home.  Currently we are waiting for the plans to be finalised and then they need to be approved by our Council before building can even start.

Mostly living with Mum has been fine (although the Adman may have a differing opinion)  but there have been times when I have been tempted to start looking at rental properties – if it wasn’t for the fact that we are managing to save a whole heap of moohlah I am not sure if we would be able keep it up. 

But of course there are some benefits to staying with Mum including….

• She pretty much does all the washing (which is the bane of my life)
• If I need to work late she is able to pick up the young man and start getting his dinner etc sorted
• She does the dishes every night after dinner
• Adman and I are able to go out in the weekend and we have a built in babysitter
• When Adman is away for work Mum steps in and helps out with the Young man – Adman has been away for over 50% of the time for the last two months so it has been much appreciated

But then again there are some pretty annoying/bad things about staying here…

• Her constant nagging about the fact that we don’t make our bed
• she is obsessed with having a nicely mown lawn – which means Adman pretty much has to mow her lawn most weekends
• She constantly tries to keep the lounge tidy whereas Adman and I see no point in doing a tidy until the Young man goes to bed
• She is so noisy when she gets up in the morning to go for a walk that most days the Young Man gets woken by her door slamming

And of course there is the unmentionable…. well I don’t really need to go into too much detail but lets just say that a squeaky bed always seems louder than it really is!

 

All growed up June 25, 2008

The Young Man is now almost 17 months old.  He is no longer a baby  but I can’t quite call him a boy or even a toddler yet.

He climbs everything and can even climb by himself into his highchair, and try to strap himself him.

He still isn’t the worlds greatest talker but every day he is learning more and more words.  His latest word is ball… but he pronouces it like baoooollll.   For some strange reason he seems to have a canadian accent.

He still loves going to his carer and and excitedly calls out her name  all the way on the drive to her house.   Unfortunately she is going on a 8 week holiday  at the end of the month  and he is having to go to another carer.  I am hoping that the transistion will be fine   especially since he has been to her a couple of time before.  But who knows…. they are fickle young things these children.

This box is his favourite toy at the moment- he likes to put things in it and then put the lid on it.  He has even tried to put the lid on when he is sitting in it!

I know it won’t last for long but at the moment he likes to help with the housework!

Bestest Carrot Salad recipe ever… June 24, 2008

In lieu of a proper post here is my recipe de jour…

I am going through one of those phases when I don’t really feel like cooking but I still want to eat something yummy (perhaps it’s called the midwinter food blues?).  I am sick of casseroles and mashed potatoes I want something tangy and light and most of all tasty…enter stage left my simple and delicious carrot salad

Step one:  Grate as many carrots as you think you will need ( 3-4 is usually enough for a side dish for 3)

step two:  add finely sliced red onion and a handful of flat leaf parsley and mint

step three: add salt and pepper, olive oil and juice of one large lemon

step four:  mix well and leave for about 1/2 hour 

step five:  add feta cheese to salad just before serving and mix again

Step six:  eat and eat until your heart is content (I usually keep some in the kitchen that I can eat on the sly later on)

the common cold June 12, 2008

My nose it runs and runs

My eyes weep and weep

My ears ache and ache

My throat screams raw

That’s right the illness that the rest of the household has succumbed to over the last few weeks has finally reached me. 

I had been successfully Avoiding it by early nights and  lots of vitamin C.  However over the weekend I was offered a massage.  I desperately needed it  as my back, neck and shoulders were hard as rocks.  The massage made that all feel better but  I knew that all those toxins  got shaken up and it was all over red rover.    By Monday morning I had a tickling nose and a scratchy throat.  Monday night saw me lying on the couch unable to move.   

 

Of course this week has been a week where I haven’t been able to take time off work – meetings that I have had to attend – so there has been no time for me to even think about recovery.  Now its Thursday and I am still sick  and feeling like crap.

Hopefully the weekend will bring me respite or at least a chance to laze miserably  on the couch. 

Wood June 6, 2008

Life has escaped away on me lately.  I seem to be hanging on by a thread.  Not that there is anything majorly wrong or anything that I am unable to cope with but I just feel like if I don’t watch it – it could all just slip away.

Although in some ways our house/building is coming along nicely there has also been some dramas.  The previous owner is trying to take us to the small claims court because of some native timber on the site.  When we purchased the property we asked if the  timber would be removed  prior to settling.  We were told that the owner didn’t want it and didn’t have time to clear the timber or any of the other rubbish on the site.   Adman and I spoke to a friend who made flooring out of native timber and he recommended that we could use it for  flooring.  A week after we settled I had a phone call from another friend to say that someone was out at the land milling  the wood.   It turned out that it was the previous owner who had decided that he wanted the wood and he was milling it. The long and short of it is that we ended up having to trespass him and he has now decided that he will take us to court to get the wood -even though his lawyer who dealt with the property settlement has told him (and us) that he has no legal right to the wood.

Its frustrtaing and  is taking up alot of time and effort – something I don’t seem to have much of at the moment.

I feel like I need to take some time out and make sure I ( and we) are happy with how  our life is going but I also feel like we shouldn’t bother as in a few months things will be turned upside down when we shift into our new house.  But until then I guess we just have to keep on keeping on.