I nearly forgot to do this, especially after having a slight sleep in this morning, thanks to hubby, after a shocking night. Also I’m not very good at taking photos on the hour cause I tend to forget lol so I don’t think any photos are exactly on the hour.
edited: I forgot a photo last night so have come back to add it
9:38am – up and at ‘em after a sleep in (thanks to hubby). Quick check of the emails & blogs. 10:04am – time to clean up the kitchen. Should have done it last night. 11:10am – Taking a break from the kitchen to get some laundry done. 12:21pm – Lunch time. Toasted ham & cheese sandwich *yum* 1:11pm – Getting ready to head out. 2:47pm – Visit from my mum. 3:45pm – This is what we’re having for tea tonight. Doing some dinner prep. 4:40pm – Waiting for the filling to cool. Hurry up I want to cook you. 5:13pm – Mum I’m hungry! 6:14pm – Skype with Aggie before bed. 7:28pm – Lots of new YIAH goodies. Can’t wait to get cooking with these. 8:11pm – A little work on a Friday night. Photos from TCW Second to None. 9:06pm – Checking the weekend weather. Looks like rain. 10:14pm – A little blogging before bed.
Today’s topic is blogging – sharing blogging tips or our best blogging experiences.
First I’d like to share one of my fav blogger resources…
If you have a blog, taking part in a BiannualBlogathon is a great idea. I’ve learnt so much and been pretty inspired. The next one is coming up next month in June.
I also thought I’d share some of my favourite posts on Nightwolf’s Den (yeah a little self promotion lol)
I was going to share with you a bit of a tour of my home today but, honestly it really looks like a bomb has hit it as we’re in the middle of doing some renos so there is stuff EVERYWHERE 😉 So, what’s a girl to do?
Head to Pinterest and share some of the things I have pinned that I would love to do to our home one day.
First the bathroom (namely cause this is the room we’re renoing at the moment – I’ll be blogging about it next month)
Bedroom ideas – this will probably be the last room we ever get done LOL the kids’ room might get done before that though, the majority of pins are kid room related LOL
I was going to share with you a bit of a tour of my home today but, honestly it really looks like a bomb has hit it as we’re in the middle of doing some renos so there is stuff EVERYWHERE 😉 So, what’s a girl to do? Head to Pinterest and share some of the things I have pinned that I would love to do to our home one day.
First the bathroom (namely cause this is the room we’re renoing at the moment – I’ll be blogging about it next month)
Bedroom ideas – this will probably be the last room we ever get done LOL the kids’ room might get done before that though, the majority of pins are kid room related LOL
So not a topic I usually blog about! But I’m giving it a go today. Since I’m pregnant I thought I’d go check out what’s “in” for those who will be pregnant over the upcoming winter here in Australia.
Layers! Always a good thing especially with those lovely hot flushes us pregnant women often get no matter the season.
Grey – Many sites are suggesting that grey will be the new black this winter. I’ve already noticed that lots of maternity wear is either grey or black.
Jewel tones & pastels – yay for a splash of colour. Think emerald green, teal and crimson or for fans of pastels think lavender, dusty rose and ice blue.
Textures – chunky knits, thick coats (a must for winter in Tasmania) and sweater dresses. A great tip from maternity clothing site Queen Bee – add texture with maternity tights
What’s your go to maternity items over winter? I’m finding leggings, long tops, warm dresses and comfy cardis so far.
Today is World Fair Trade Day and the theme for 2014 is Fair Trade People.
This is the first time I’d heard about WFTD so I thought I’d take a look at http://www.wfto.com/ It’s worth a look if fair trade is something that concerns or interests you.
There is even an app that is a poster generator. You can create a poster of yourself with your own words on it. It is also for your friends and families, your classmates or team mates, it’s for everyone that supports Fair Trade!
Hi, I’m Em from snowingindoors.com and I’m a family photoblogger from the UK. I’m guest posting for the lovely Caroline today as part of International Blog Swap Day. If you head over to snowingindoors you can read Caroline’s post that she’s shared with me all about the plight of the Tasmanian Devil.
Today I want to share a typical blog post, including my 2 crazy kiddos and some photos, hope you enjoy the read.
It feels like the world is full of perfect parents. Pinterest assures me that every other Mum spends hours crafting beautiful bento style lunches for their children. These same parents also create amazing themed bedrooms for their offspring, dress them in the cutest outfits, never shout, can bake anything, have immaculate homes and can throw a perfectly realised dream birthday party at the drop of a hat.
I am not a perfect Mum, hell, some days I’d be happy just to be classed as adequate!
I can be short tempered, hate messy play, often forget to make Annie’s lunch the night before school so she has to make do with a ‘throw it in the lunch bag and hope for the best’ lunch and am a useless cook. The kid’s bedrooms don’t have a theme, Annie’s birthday cake was a store bought one with a plastic princess toy iced onto the top and there are days when I close the door to the kids rooms to hide the mess, if I can’t see it I don’t have to tidy it up, right?!
I forgot Annie had sports club last term and arrived an hour early to pick her up, confusing the both of us! I tried trimming Ezra’s fringe (he had beautiful surfer style hair) and did such a hack job I ended up having to shave his whole head. I forget birthdays, umbrellas on rainy walks home, names and where we got up to in the bedtime story.
I kill any houseplant I’m entrusted with, forget to water plants in the garden, I don’t sew, have no artistic skills, can’t carry a tune and have a horrible habit of saying, good girl’ to Ezra and, ‘good boy’ to Annie!
Somehow despite all this both kids have not only survived, but seem to have thrived. Annie is halfway through her first year at school and can read better than kids in the year above her, Ezra is happy and uber chilled out, they both have a keen sense of humour, have great taste in movies, are polite, well behaved, seriously cute (go ahead, call me biased) and oddly enough think I’m fab – poor deluded buggers!
I have made mistakes in the way I parent them, and will continue to do so, but it’s wonderful to see that despite this I haven’t broken them.
If you’ve enjoyed reading this please feel free to search me out on other social media channels, it’d be fab to see you there 🙂
(I’m guest blogging over at snowingindoors.com as part of the International Blog Swap 2014. Em’s post will be up later today – Just a head’s up for later)
Pinterest is a bit of a smorgasbord of quotes and I thought I’d share a few of my favs today. I’m not into the whole exercise/weight loss motivation ones but more general ones.
