My Husband

Is handsome non? Last post, I'm
Off To Pack for 2 day London speaker meeting. Yawn. Squeezing in cocktails Friday night tho :) I'll be boozy on the train...

Meadow Mog

Swinging in her sprucy little Zara scarf! A bargain in the sale for 99p!

Midnight in Paris

We both loved this little film. Go rent it!

My clever husband

Captured this at the weekend. How lucky they are. He was shooting in to the sun, which basically means you see nothing! It takes a LOT of skill to expose this correctly. I am clapping!!! I LOVE this
www.richardfordphotography.co.uk

Today

Is Wednesday! I've been away with work this week already, and away again tomorrow. One of my afternoons was spent listening to a life coach. He was pretty good and the best bit was he made me realise that I need to get goal setting again. A task I find so monotonous and I might do it, but never refer to it! He explained that is Pareto's rule (80% of people do the same 20% make the change) if you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got Well I want to be the 20%! He recommends an expensive journal to log it all. Now That Motivates Me :) Anyway, off for zzzzzzz but will post some glimmers of brilliance soon.....

Cozy

Floor cushions. Yes please.

Day 8

Orla Keily tote. £74.50 ( half price) for work.

Funniest video on New Yorkers ever!

http://kottke.org/12/01/shit-new-yorkers-say

Outfit inspiration: black and tan

Fabric invites

Awesome! Mine were nice but ah, do I wish Meadow had these as her 1st birthday invites.

www.100layercake.com

The Dollar

I have zero cash this month. The OBH needs skirting boards (!) and Meadow needs a new bedroom door (don't ask- but when I say 'buy cheap-buy twice' you get my drift), my chair needs recovered and I also need new jeans and a haircut. Fact.
Anyway.
I need to budget and stop spending £10 a day on ridiculous luxuries (Starbucks) and I actually 8/10 think their coffee sucks anyway....
So.
I am photographing everything I buy and logging it on a spreadsheet (and hoping as I HATE excel that in itself will stop me)
Wish me luck.

Sunday

Current obsession in our house. Dark chocolate rice cakes. We fight over them. Meadow usually wins. The cowhide rug does well too.

Today

Today I have been thinking about all the things I did not know about babies.
1 you literally never have any money spare. Weird for me as I have always bought what I want. Now I have to budget. Kind of.
2 they sometimes sleep and sometimes don't. No way to tell. And guaranteed the night before a big event, like shooting a wedding. They won't.
3 just how you can and do cope with sleep deprivation for so long, it is amazing. I have not slept continuously for more than 6 hours in 18 months. And never ONCE had a lie in past 7.30 am
4 how demanding babies are. You cannot send an email, read a magazine, cook dinner. I thought I would develop my website, finish off bits around the house, write more....in reality I just survived!
5 how much exercise drops off when you need it the most....tiredness, busyness time restraints...it is not possible to continue my 5 mile runs every other day!
6 how food gets everywhere. I find weetabix in my hair, applesauce on my shoulder, raisins in my shoes.
7 snot. Oh boy.where the fuck all that snot comes from is anyones guess
8 vomit. On my head. Twice.
9 baby spit up! Yuck! Not any more but when M was tiny she would spit up ALL the time. On me, on the sofa, on the floor and especially, on herself.
10 how changing a nappy on a 10 month old onwards is like some kind of torture. They are Wiley and crafty and quick and yell.
11 how any clothing change enrages M. She cries EVERY single time. Seriously
12 toys. I obsess over the lack of toys we have. But seriously. She prefers my bag or cupboards to anything!
13 naps. How I obsessed about naps. Meddie thankfully is a big mapper and will do 2 hrs easy.
14 sterilising. Holy shit. 6 bottles a day. Room temp water for formula. Holy shit that was time consuming beyond belief.
15 dummies. Love them. And she looks so ridiculously cute sucking furiously on hers.
16 wiping faces. Good luck
17 food on floor. Never not annoying when you stand on something squelchy, or get a raisin stuck on your sock
18 stairs, sockets, glasses, plates, knifes, oven, bin....all ENDLESSLY dangerous and super attractive. Every single day. Babies have an eye for danger I swear to god
19 stair gates. Leave it open for 1\3 rd of a second and she KNOWS.
20 how your life will change beyond anything you could ever possibly imagine, in every way. This tiny person captures your heart through hair pulls and weetabixy hands and you would not change a single thing. Every single second is precious and exhilarating from sleepy cuddles to sticky kisses and I am so honoured to have been blessed so much.

Oh yes I did

No I didn't!

This morning

Oreo face

Not cool with the Moglet to dare to wipe her Oreo cookie face! Outrage!

I love this note. Ahhh! Courtesy of Loveyourpompoms.blogspot

Christmas walk :)

Happy birthday to me!

My first of the day!

Christmas day candles!

I'm a bit loathe to use all my diptyques at once so mixing it up :)

Merry Christmas!

Fattening up

For wedding as such a long day! We never get to eat! Downside!

Part deux

I fear they may appear everywhere in The Old Bakehouse!

Pompom Pompom Pompom

Started making them and can't stop!

New toot boots!

£40!!!! Seriously? They are tiny! Look big in pic but are baby size 4! Teeny tiny expensive boots! Meadow can't walk in wellies so they are vital for rainy days...

Does Santa have one?

Sign at Uppark. We went to meet Santa ( meadow cried) and on the way to the stable, passed this sign! Haha!

Nice knocker:)

Leaf!

In petworth park! Cool!

Hello London

I've missed you! Bringing my Meadow next week!