Fashion fail

My thongs have broken, not just having blown out but they have actually developed holes under the ball of the foot plus being blown out. Maybe not that sad but when they developed holes I realised that they had become my only pair of open summer shoes. Then on reflection I realised that I am definitely going through a fashion fail phase. Maybe I can get my act together for next Spring/Summer and wear something other than thongs. Might be asking too much, we will see.

So far on my quest to be a little kinder to the planet I have purchased a re-usable water bottle and not done much more than that. Pretty slack, I know.

Dios is walking and climbing everything. Pretty cute watching him toddle around.

I have been doing my Grad Dip in teaching for four weeks now and its a bit of a shock to the system. My brain definitely ain't what it used to be. I have to do a Slow Motion project for one of my assignments which has got me slightly stumped at the moment.

Feeling blah

Well I've been feeling blah about pretty much everything lately, but I did find this awesome blog called little eco footprints-http://www.littleecofootprints.com/. Which is very inspiring but also remidns me how crap I have been at trying to reduce my eco footprint. Something I need to get a handle on, small steps will buy a reusable drink bottle this week and then build to trying not to buy things from the supermarket.
Dios had his 12 month check this week and during that check it made me wonder if people always tell the truth when they are being psychologically questioned. I had to fill in a depression scale question sheet and when the nurse was asking me some questions after I had filled it in I realised I was glossing over how I was feeling sometimes (nothing major just missing having friends , over house work and wondering how my life ended up being so white bread). But I didn't really feel like discussing it further, so got me questioning does anyone tell the truth, the whole truth?????

Perfect day

I was thinking the other day 'What would my perfect day be?'
So here is briefly what I thought, there are some censored bits.

• Sunrise run on the beach with the dogs;
• breakfast, no specifics on the type of food but I wouldn't be cooking or cleaning up;
• pilates session and then a swim at the beach;
• lunch with all my friends, once again I ain't cooking
• afternoon horseride;
• dinner with friends again;
• an evening spent dancing to my favourite dj's;
• watching the sun come up.

Thrown in there would be time spent hugging and playing with my little boy and time spent with his dad. Awesome food and beverages is a must as is the company I would keep on this journey. We can but dream, hey. My days aren't quiet like that. The other day which was memorable I managed to spill dog biscuits all through the kitchen, have wheetbix thrown on me and loose a botton on my shirt. When at work I discovered other crusty wheetbix, legs that needed shaving plus toe nails that hadn't been painted for god knows how long in shoes that displayed said legs. Got to stare at the computer for 8 hours then home to cleaning, dinner needing to be cooked and a lawn to mow.

Cake faces

First birthday cake face

Chase enjoying birthday cupcakes

Rosie

So the first birthday has come and gone and we celebrated by having a pub lunch with cupcakes. It was a lovely day and made more wonderful by all the people that came. Thank you everyone. Dios really loved his gifts, playmates and the cupcakes.

Initially I started out trying to find a sugar free cake recipe but as Kao pointed out birthdays only happen once a year so a little sugar isn't that harmful. The cupcakes didn't look that beautiful but they tasted pretty good. The recipe is as follows (or what I can remember anyway)-

2 eggs

125mls cream

1 cup of self raising flour

3/4 cup caster sugar

tspn vanilla

I added one cup of coconut

Mix all  this together place in cupcake casing and bake in a 180 degree C oven for 15-20mins.

I added lemon, coconut and cream cheese icing to the cupcakes when they cooled.

Things that make me happy

Lately I have been able to go for a few runs and also a few horse rides ( yay) which has made me extremely happy to be back in the saddle as they say. It seems the older I am getting the more I like doing the same stuff I did when I was younger. Riding again is a bit of a tease though as I drive further than the time I get riding.But hey beggers can't be choosers.

Someone buy me this pony? He is an andalusian that is at the place I go riding.

This is Libby, well her eye anyway.

Dios turned one yesterday, we got there. I'm sure there will be alot more to learn now but things did seem to get easier from the 6 month point. Still forget I'm a mum most days though (when I'm away from him that is).

He has four teeth at the moment aswell.

catch up

Once again I've managed to let the time slip away, so Bali, Christmas, New Years and my return to work have passed. It's seem all very quickly.
Bali was interesting, I managed to have about three days of not being sick and then got a horrible case of Bali belly from swimming in the ocean after a storm. The water was a lovely brown colour with heaps of floaty's.
I managed to stand up surfing and got two days worth of surfing in before the sickness took over. We did at least three hours of yoga a day which was awesome. The place we stayed at was pretty amasing, it belonged to a french family who only stay there two weeks of the year.
The Balinese poeple were lovely and apart from the sickness was a great holiday that I would recommend to anyone.
Christmas and New Years went without many hitches which was good. I ended up having to have a drip and some heavy antibiotics hours before we headed to Blah Blah Blah, that hydration sure helped me dance the night away:)

standing up, wahoo

I've been back at work for four weeks and it sure aint what I was imagining when I was doing the full time mothering thing. It's nice to leave the house and interact with other adults but the work is insanely boring so I've enrolled in teaching to get me away from planning (finally).
Dios turns one soon, no walking yet but that will come and then I'll regret it.

Not long now

Less than  a week till I go to Bali, feeling slightly freaked out but everything is booked and paid for. I haven't packed my bag yet but that will come.

 I'm sending a massive wish to what ever gods there are that my little boy is ok and enjoys the time with Dad and Aunty Bella.

I've found a horse to ride (sort of tick on my list of wants) she is a warmblood mare that is rather green but has lovely paces. I went for a ride on Sunday and am going again this weekend. Can't wait riding again reminded me how much I have missed it and that instead of kicking myself for not being crafty I need to remember the things I'm good at and have a passion for.

Dios and I went and visited my friend Peta today in Gloucester and met her new baby girl. So cute, it was funny though seeing a new born made Dios look huge when I consider him to be tiny.