My How they Grow Up

Today I was reminded just how quickly children grow up.  It seems like just yesterday that I was pregnant with our first child and today well look at her in the school production.
 

I can't believe that is my child who opened the whole show up on stage by herself, who was so scared this time last year that she was unable to stand in front of the school and deliver her speech for the Speech Finals.  This is the child who found it very difficult to stand in front of her class and do anything in fact.  My DH and I thought that her fear could be debilitating and she needed some skills to get her over this phase so we put her into Speech and Drama lessons 3 years ago.  Wow just look at the benefits.  I am so proud of her.

Lifes Little Challenges

Life has been very challenging lately.  Packing our house, moving into temporary accommodation, buying new house, organising finance, sharing a house with others, working....phew the list is ongoing.

Through all of this my time has become increasingly important.  Not that I get a lot of this but the little I get is vital to my sanity.  Today was a typical day of how buy life is.  DH is away for 12 days and nights at work, McKenzie is performing in a school production show in the evening, Andre has hockey practise and ofcourse I have been working.  Lets not forget that Haydens bed needed to be striped because those incontinence nappies leeked through 3 layers of beding so there was a full load of washing and.  I got out of bed at 6.00am and finally sat down at 8.00pm.  I had 30 minutes at home and thankfully Haydens wonderful carer helped me out with him for a little time and my mum went to the school show tonight and bought McKenzie home. 

Phew and that is all in one day.

So heres to my cabin, my bedroom and little space of sanity for the short term (well actually that is another story), my relaxing music.  I must treat myself to this just a little more often.

Wordless Wednesday 29 June

Winter is here and just sometime the evening sky is spectacular

I am linking to My Little Drummer Boys

Monday Menu 27 June

My poor blog has been a little neglected as of late.  What with moving house and living in temporary accommodation I seem to be lacking in time and brain space.  So here I am this week trying to turn over a new leaf and get blogging as it is very theraputic for me.

Here is mondays menu.

Monday  Chicken Fahija

Tuesday  Chicken curry pasta

Wednesday  cheese quesadillas with salasa cruda

Thursday  crockpot chicken cacatorrie

Friday  lamb, barley, and vegetable soup

Saturday  middle eastern pizzas

Sunday  Left overs

I am linking this to I'm an Organising Junkie

Denial is ...

Choosing not to stand on the scales this week when I know that it is the one way I can keep my weight steady and helps me feel really good about myself without being obsessive.

(google image source)

Read this article.  I sooooo know the feeling.

Man Meets Scales

I hope that your week is free from denial moments.

Wordless Wednesday 15 June

This weeks photo on a great winters day. 

My three cherubs having fun.  Moments later the two boys were really wet and we had to go home.

I am linking up to My Little Drummer Boys

Monday Menu 13 June

Here is my menu for this week.

Monday  spaghetti cabornara

Tuesday  beef wraps

Wednesday  nasi gorang

Thursday  freezer meal for my busy night.  It will be beef stew with potatoes and green vege

Friday   Homemade hamburgers

Saturday  beef red wine and mushroom pie with salad

Sunday   Leftovers

I am linking this to I'm an Organising Junkie

I am in denial

I can not deny that my focus on embracing life has hit a wall.  I am not sure what to do next or where to go.  I guess that I have lost focus as life has really been hectic in the last 4 weeks.

So I thought I would start with this quote

“Never anticipate a moment or day in your life, instead learn to anticipate every moment and embrace everyday. Find greatness in everything and purpose even in the hardest times.”

(unknown author)

So take this post as a heafty reminder to myself to take a hard look at my life and start laughing more so that I can embrace my little word a lot more.

Here is a page I have done about my Little Word

The Credits for this can be found here at Nuts4Digi

Wordless Wednesday 8 June

I love it when photos say it all.

I am linking to My Little Drummer Boys

Wardrobe Designer

I was pleasantly surprised with McKenzies move this year.  She tried out for a part in the school production and won a fairly major roll.  We are just so proud of how far she has come.  No kidding, just 2 years ago, as a 7 year old,  she was so shy she could hardly stand in front of a class and deliver a speech.  I have seen this kind of fear permeatate into something debilitating in adults so we decided to do something proactive to help develop her self confidence and put her into speech and drama lessons.  I guess they have been worth it because she is now prepared to stand in font of a paying crowd to perform.  Naturally I am the excited mother and personal wardrobe designer.

Wardrobe designer is not something I profess to be good at, in fact I fully admitt I have very little imagination when it comes to the whole dressing up thing.  Thankfully my wonderful mum has lots of little ideas for a gypsy like McKenzie needs to dress as.

So armed with my sisters daughters dress up dress, my Granma's bag of beads, earings and things, one two dollar shop scarf, we are almost ready for the dress rehearsals.

Now I am off to get the flower for the hair and photo can be taken.  Of course my job as Wardrobe designer will then be complete.