This weekend.....

This weekend involved....
- The park
- A garage sale where I sold some stuff and gained an earless rabbit
- The dog karma
- Cups of tea at Mum & dad's
- A good night with my girls xx

My love, My links

One of the things I absolutely adore about blogging is learning from others.  I swear I have learnt more about parenting, photography, feminism, vintage and life in general in the year and a bit I have been blogging than I did before.

Anyway here is my latest hits......

Blue Milk...........the blog that gave me the idea for sending the Madam too a Montessori pre school and reignited my feminist side.

Aurajoon.......beautiful photos AND they are having a baby which is always cool!

Sometimes Sweet......  A wonderful blog with another soon to be mama, stunning tattoos & please follow the link and vote for Brians dress it is fab!

Merry May Handmade....The best post about the top 20 most influential albums (mmmm an idea!)

Sarah Wilson....a great post by the beautiful Nat & it is also one of those blogs that makes you want to run and mainline spinach so you can be just as super healthy as Sarah Wilson is!

Here is my new favourite band with my absolute new favourite song! Enjoy x

Happy Snaps

I am back with 'normal' internet access - after many phone calls I now have internet restored and have made a new bestie in the Phillipines. So as I get my posts up to dates here are some new photos.....

 

Finding the rhythm

I can be uptight,I admit that, but it wasn't always so. I used to be cruisy, go with the flow, even if I was down to my last cent I would have a smile on my face and be off having adventures all the time. As I have gotten older I have certainly become way more uptight, way more highly strung. I know with having children, a relationship, it might be expected that this happens.

So I am working on finding my flow again, on finding my rhythm , can it be out there? I don't want the old me , just a new version of me, the updated model.

The mr has work away for a while so it is a good opportunity for a bit of work on 'me'. I will miss him terribly but I am kind of looking forward to it. The madam and I can eat what we want ( with no mr it's usually fruit & salad) I can catch up with a few friends and do a lot of work I had sidelined for a while.

So my question is for all you wonderfully chilled out, self confident lovelies out there , how do you find your rythmn?

* the blog posts might be a little weird as I have lost Internet access on my computer until next week so am blogging from my iPad which I am still trying to figure out , the iPad was a very unexpected present from the mr, he thinks it will keep me out of trouble while he is away*

Positively inspiring people

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity | Video on TED.com

Show me your tunes & I'll show you mine!

Image from here

Music makes up a huge part of my life. I can't sing and I definitely can not play but I love to listen. I have it in the car, in the house, on the computer, on my ipod - I love it. Since I was a child I have probably invested just as much in earphones as I have on books - I love it when I am on my own and put the earphones in.

In a past life, before the Mr & Madam, I used to go and see bands all the time. I don't think anything quite compares to that first time when you see a singer/band live and it is in some dodgy venue and you just know they will be huge and that this is a once in a lifetime chance.

But....

Now that I am a domestic goddess (stop laughing!) my musical experience is a pair of earphones and an ipod more than a band and a pub. I am thinking that I need some new music though so I am proposing a swap. I have never hosted one but I will give it a go.

If you want to take part just comment - I will leave it open until next Tuesday. If there is a mass of people I can just give everyone a partner - if there is just one other well then it is just you and me! Nothing flash but if you want to put some new music (maybe 10 songs?) on a CD and post it too someone else - how does that sound? A good ol' mix tape (or mix CD as such!)I guess it might cost about $4.00 all up with CD & postage.

I figure a change is as good as a holiday.....maybe the songs inspire you , make you laugh, make you reminisce, whatever floats your boat - maybe it will float another person's boat too!

Leave a comment and I'll figure the rest out......

The Mr, The Madam & a small b-b-q

I have managed to acquire yest another monkey cold so the blogging has been slack lately - my apologies. Today I am still a bit ick but determined to kick it so I am back. I am not sure what the universal truth in it all is but every time I start some sort of health kick, new plan, I get sick....ew.

Anyway back to my project positive....

If you have read this blog for a while you'll know that the Mr and the Madam have a bit of a wild history. When she was born he didn't cope very well, for many reasons, but now we are all systems go. She is just a mini version of him, it is actually kind of freaky how much like him she is. When they do get to spend some time together it is very cool , not just for them but for me, she just idolises her Dad and he adores her - they both hate my camera so I have to sneak photo's.

Seeing their relationship develop has been fantastic - they cooked her first barbecue together the other night after a 'Dad & daughter' shopping day so that is where these photos were taken.....definitely a positive.....