Things I'm Loving

I wholeheartedly believe that no matter what is happening in your life, there is always something that you can be thankful for... no matter how simple it is.

It has been a ridiculously busy week - back to school and a sick wee girl on top of all the other craziness that goes on around here. Phew! TGIF!

 

I'm loving Waitangi Day! Whoever's brilliant idea it was to have the first week of school missing the Thursday out of it gets the nod in my books. It was a well needed opportunity to have a sleep in... even if I had to bribe Mr. Man to get up with Leah so I could.

 

Someone has been loving that mummy decided to have some ice cream in the house and is LOVING ice cream cones. I'm just loving her saying "mmm Ice cream is delicious, it's my favourite!" and "sanks mumma, you're the best!" whilst she's eating said cone.

Loving the Fat mum slim photo a day challenge this year. Have done most days and am doing a pretty good job on remembering.

Love how we let elmo see what's what.

 

Loving this boy despite his naughtiness. There's just something about 60kgs of dog thinking he's a puppy that cracks me up. Love you Jakey <3

And lastly but not least, I love my new Mario game on DS. I was sad when I finished Zelda but am happy that I had something I got into straight away to go on with. Thanks for the birthday present Mr Man!

"Children must be taught HOW to think, not WHAT to think"

Day 8 & 9:
What I ate today.

Today isn't over, and I find this one incredibly boring on a normal day. So, I'll write what I'm planning to eat?
Breakfast: Morning sickness... nothin'
Lunch: Maybe a slice of pizza if I'm feeling up to it.
Dinner: Spag bol.

Boring huh?

How important you think education is
I must think it's fairly important huh? I'm a teacher! There is a part of the video I am going to attach below that says if the drop out rates in the states of Native Amercians were cut in half (80% down to 40%) then it would benefit their economy by $1 trillion over 10 years. That surely highlights how important an education is right?
I although do think the word 'education' needs to be rethought in some people's minds, as the video also goes over. I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment of the video and what it says about what some (and unfortunately those who are making legislation) consider to be 'education'. So, without further adieu... I'll let Ken speak for me <3

“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”

Day #7: Your five pet peeves.

Now I know, I know... I skipped day 6. BUT, I've written about that exact thing before AND it's a moot point in my opinion.

So today I entertain you with my pet peeves.

#1: Using every single tool in the kitchen and every lid or container open as you go when cooking a meal. Now, I can go full Gordon Ramsey on this one at times as I'm veeeery much a 'clean as you go' kinda gal. My husband on the other hand, is the former. We have a rule in the house that (usually) if one person cooks the other cleans up (having a baby has changed this somehow but it's a good rule none the less) and this was so unfair. Hubby might have to clean a pan and put away the dishes we ate on. I, on the other hand need to take an industrial approach to cleaning - open cans and containers left strewn across the bench, dirty utensils left where they were last used and nothing even close to tidy. How hard is it to put a lid on when you're done?

#2: Basic grammatical errors. Yes, I know what you're going to say, and I don't care. If you are an adult and you're using facebook or other social media where you're having to type your thoughts coherently, please do so using correct grammar at least most of the time. I admit, I don't always have things exactly right (but I'm pretty f***kin' close!), but I at least have the basics right - your/you're, two/to/too, their/there etc. It's not rocket science people. Learn it!

#3: Over manscaping. I like my dudes to be dudes. Now, again, don't get me wrong...I like a guy who looks after himself. You gotta smell good and not look as though you've been living in a trash can for the past few years, but other than that - Be a man! Grow hair! Have stubble! Be clean, but be manly.

#4: Using the word 'gay' to describe something other than homosexuality or happy. This poster pretty much sums up my feelings here. It makes you look dumb... when (most likely) you aren't.

#5:Facebookers that write mysterious statuses (stati... statee.... *insert plural of 'status' here) so that people will ask them questions. You know the ones 'Oh this is hopeless....', 'You're not going to get me down!' etc etc. I get it, you want some attention. Surely though there are better ways of getting it. Post a funny saying, a cute video, a provocative news story - SOMETHING ELSE!

And I'm probably guilty of all of these. Whoops! I try not to, I promise. I also try not to judge so please take the list in the nature it was intended. To make you laugh. We all have stuff that grinds our gears, it's how we react to it that makes us who we are.

xox

Things I'm Loving

I wholeheartedly believe that no matter what is happening in your life, there is always something that you can be thankful for... no matter how simple it is. 

Better late than never! Just sneaking in one day late here and it's been a busy week (or two).

I'm loving that the way my workplace chooses to get us back into school mode is to send us to beautiful places like this and give us time to work together as a whole staff and as teams. Great retreat this year ladies <3

I then loved spending the rest of the week getting my classroom sorted. It's not quite ready yet but it's a lot closer than it was 2 days ago. I love getting my classroom sorted at the beginning of the year. I sat down at my laptop to do some planing a couple of weeks ago and was completely at a loss. Now I've had the time to think and potter around the room I'm rearing to go!

Loved having some mummy and Leah time last Saturday seeing the new Dinosaur display at Butterfly Creek. This little girl is SUCH an independent explorer (I can say this now it's a week after the trip... it was very trying on poor mummy's patience, lol. Head strong... wonder where she gets that from?).

I was very excited to both find this next piece of information out and then to share it with my nearest and dearest on facebook in this way. Oh pinterest, you provide all my good ideas. Cute photo though. Trust me, you don't want to see the blooper reel. 

Oh and I loved catching this quick shot of somebody practising to be a big sister.

Linking up over at MNMs.

What are you loving this week?

Words for an ex

It is post #5 - Things you want to say to an ex.

I've heard stories about girls gone crazy after breaking up with someone  - drawing a penis in vivid marker on the wind shield of their car or scratching a giant dent down the side of the car with keys, putting something putrid in their mailbox or sabotaging new relationships. I was never one for this kind of behaviour. Oh I wanted to, I dreamed about doing something to really piss them off, but I'm not the kind of person who would ever go through with that. I was emotional. I cried, I felt sorry for myself, I was down in the dumps... for a bit at least.

But, as I posted a week or so back for my Fat Mum Slim Photo a Day Challenge photo for "words to live by"...

So, things I'd wanna say to an ex? Absolutely nothing... except maybe, have you seen my beautiful house? My gorgeous child and my lovely husband? Seen how happy I am? And possibly, thanks. Thanks for becomming an ex, cuz my ending turned out grrrreat :)

Another day in the life of me....

It's day 4! I always wonder why these challenges have a task that asks you to bullet your whole day... as surely it's boring? I've done this before when I was home with a small baby. But today I'm on holiday so really on the whole it's pretty boring stuff. Oh well, here goes!

• Woke up listening to Leah playing in her room over the monitor.
• Put weetbix in Leah's bag ready for Daycare and sent her off with Daddy while I went back to bed to read a few chapters of my current read, "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult.
• Put a photo of Jake snuggling on instagram - the real important stuff.
• Got up and had something to eat. 
• Began work on moving photo files around on the computer. We stated off with things looking like this...

 

• Tidied up around the place, put washing away, put a new load on, cleaned up the kitchen etc.
• Restarted the computer because it had a spaz and began moving files again (I set up a move then go away from the computer to do a few things).
• Swept up bark and rocks and bits and pieces outside.
• Walked around the garden with Damien and talked about what we want to do with the place.
• Rang mum and talked plants and garden with her for a bit.
• Began more photo files moving.
• Updated humourous facebook status update.
• Made strawberry muffins - in wicked cool pirate casings!

• Had lunch with lovely husband.
• Began more photo files moving.
• Cleaned up Leah's room which included a very thorough organising of her clip frame.

Before:

After:

• Cleaned up the kitchen
• Moved more photo files.
• Damien showed me around outside at all the work he's been doing. Pretty clever husband I have.
• Moved yet again more files and began to write this post.

The day went a bit wayward then and I can't really remember in what order I did things, but there was picking up Leah from daycare, making dinner, bathtime, watching big brother and then reading book before bed.

And for the record, my hard drive now looks like this...so I made almost 25gb worth of progress. Still going! And seeing I started earlier in the week with only close to 11gb free I'm pretty happy.

Jeez! Nerd, OUT!

 

Silent S....Monday

I don't know about you but I've been forgetting what day it is over the holidays, hence the title!

Here are some photos from our fin visit to The Waterworks in Coromandel yesterday. Great place.