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Productivity 2007-10-23 04:30:00 My brian still isn't together. I think an early night is in store for me, or maybe it is just an uninspired day?
Maybe not.
I did however manage to function quite well in spite of things. I made the doctors appointment that I have been meaning to make for 3 weeks and Amy has been booked in for her immunisations at the same time. I am not looking forward to that!
I spoke to my friend for an Read more:Productivity
Dribs and Drabs 2007-10-23 00:10:00 Due to unforseen circumstances (Amy being awake every 40mins last night) and general not-togetherness (I have blocked ducts in my left boob and hand expressing is a bitch) I have nothing to blog about.
So yet again I give you recipes. YAY for recipes.
Also if anyone wants to see me write about anything in particular or you want a specific recipe feel free to email me (over on the right there)
Do's and Don'ts of Cooking with Raspberries 2007-10-21 20:38:00 The things I have learnt today, I am passing onto you so that you can learn from my mistakes.
Do keep at the forefront of your mind that raspberries stain like a mofo.
Do wipe EVERYTHING as soon as raspberry juice gets on it. This includes your hands.
Do wear an apron, or dark clothes, ie: black clothes ie: NOT grey trackpants.
Do make sure that the kitchen is semi tidy before you start. Read more:Raspberries
Problems 2007-10-21 15:55:00 I'm still having major internet problems, I keep getting server not found messages when I'm trying to view blogs. Most other pages show up though.
It's very strange and very annoying. It could be the work going on at my exchange to enable it for broadband, or it could just be my service provider.
Whatever it is, it is severly hampering my access of everyones blogs. So forgive me if I haven't
Amy's New Trick 2007-10-21 00:04:00 I just went to put my shoes on and inside one of them I discovered
A library card
A piece of pear
Half a tuna sandwich
A slice of roast pork
A teaspoon
And a christmas decoration
Can you guess what Amy's new trick is? Read more:Trick
For Lack Of Anything Better 2007-10-20 18:17:00 I was up with Amy every 90mins last night, so for lack of anything better I give you recipes.
I have 2kg of raspberries in my freezer at the moment and I plan to do all kinds of thing with them, but knowing me, I will probably end up eating them with icecream. This recipe makes yummy sauce however.
Raspberry Sauce (otherwise known as Raspberry Coulis)
500g raspberries
juice of 2 lemons
1 cup
Has Anyone Noticed 2007-10-20 04:52:00 Has anyone noticed how rude some adults are to small children? And to Mothers and Fathers of small children?
I say this because we went out today. It was a sunny day and at the shopping centre Amy wished to walk. So I let her. (She doesn't walk properly yet, she still holds onto my hand)
As we meandered along, because Amy isn't very fast yet, I was astounded at the number of people who rudely Read more:Anyone
Darling Girl 2007-10-19 18:54:00 I kinda feel like my head has been stuffed with cotton wool. My nose is streaming and my eyes are a little blurry.
I think Amy must have subconsciously known about how awful I was feeling, because we had the best night's sleep last night in a long time. Darling girl.
She went to sleep at 8pm (very late for her) after crying, grizzling and generally complaining about going to bed. I didn't hear
Sugary Goodness 2007-10-19 03:03:00 Ok I have received some bloggy bling from around the place lately.
Dawn from Alex Year One gave me this -
The Nice Matters award is for people who are just, well, nice!
I am passing it onto
- Kim from FROG PONDS ROCK...
- baby~amore from My Little Drummer Boys
Tiff from Three Ring Circus handed me this -
It was created by Hootin Anni to be Read more:Goodness
How To Cook... 2007-10-18 18:42:00 ...Choc-Coconut Slice (from a packet)
1. Buy choc-coconut slice mix from the supermarket. You can find them in the reduced section for $2. Don't question too closely why it is reduced.
2. Decide that the chocolate cravings aren't going away.
3. Convince yourself that cooking something will help warm you up. Unfold self from the chair and start hunting for mixing bowls.
4. Read the back of the
Grottiness 2007-10-18 16:53:00 Amy is grottiness personified this morning. I think it is a combination of her coming down with my cold, some more teeth coming through and needing some more sleep.
Then again that last bit could be wishful thinking on my behalf.
She slept - not badly. I think she woke up tired though, poor little pet.
Nurofen has been administered, cuddles have been given and hopefully the day is gonna get
We've Come A Long Way 2007-10-17 23:48:00 When Amy was born she was a needy baby. She wanted holding, feeding, cuddling constantly, which I was fine with. I figured in the scheme of things she wasn't going to be little for long, I could do it.
She spent her first 6 mths attached to me. I didn't use a sling because she didn't like it. She hated me putting her down and screamed when anyone who wasn't me or Nathan picked her up. She spent
How It's Going 2007-10-17 17:29:00 The new beedroom is still going well. Amy hasn't come to bed with me to sleep once! I do bring her into my bed to do her first feed of the morning and have a snuggle, but that doesn't count 'cos we are playing, not sleeping.
She is still sleeping badly, but she isn't staying awake for half the night. She isn't waking just for a cuddle. She is learning to resettle herself in the middle of the Read more:Going
Woe Is My Internet 2007-10-17 03:59:00 I have been having huge issues trying to use the internet today.
I jumped on this morning, as I always do, to check which wonderful people had written blogs while I was sleeping.
I checked my emails - all was good. I went to Google Reader and looked over the very very long list of things I had to catch up on, I started clicking.
First - I couldn't get any blogs on the blogger platform. So I Read more:Internet
Is Anyone Else Having Trouble? 2007-10-17 02:59:00 I am having bucketloads of trouble with my feedburner.
My question, is anyone else having problems?
And how do I go about fixing them? Read more:Anyone
, Having
, Trouble
The Wild Animal 2007-10-16 19:59:00 I have come to the conclusion that I am not longer breastfeeding a baby. I am breastfeeding a little wild animal.
I have just come from the bedroom where I snuggled the small one and gave her a feed lying down.
She pushed me onto my back, pulled up my top, plucked at my bra until I unclipped it and proceeded to hoover over my boob, mouth wide open, until she found my nipple.
She then rolled, Read more:Animal
Is Blogging Work? 2007-10-16 01:13:00 Do you consider blogging akin to work? Good fun work, but still work?
Most of us are getting paid for adclicks. Does getting paid mean it's a job? Are we as bloggers actually self employed, supplementing our regular incomes.
Personally I don't consider it work. If I did, I would have a legitimate reason for Nathan to watch Amy while I blogged.
Scenario 1:
Veronica: 'Uh, Hun...can you watch Read more:Blogging
Clearing Up Some Stuff 2007-10-16 00:41:00 I fear my last post may have given some of you the wrong idea about my standards of housekeeping.
I am a non-housekeeper.
Here is my house, after I spent one and a half hours tidying, I was also looking after Amy, doing the washing, lighting the fire and composing blogs in my head.
See the toys? See the clutter? That's Nathans computer you can see. He is as messy as I am.
The Loungeroom Read more:Clearing
Photo's! 2007-10-14 22:43:00 Okay as promised I have taken photo's of the new bedrooms.
Here is my room. Notice the lovely cleaness of it? It probably helps that all my clothes are downstairs still.
Here is Amy's room. She objects rather violently to a fully enclosed cot, hence the three sided one. The single bed next to her is great for doing the night feeds in. She is really good and doesn't try to climb out of bed. Read more:Photo
My Very Second Meme 2007-10-14 17:23:00 I was tagged by Tiff from Three Ring Circus to complete a meme. Yes Lotus I know I haven't completed your meme yet, but it's saved in a draft and I am adding to it as I think of people.
I have to take a screenshot of my computer and put it up here for the world to view.
So here are the rules: My Desktop Free View Instructions: A. Upon receiving this tag, immediately perform a screen capture of Read more:Second
It's a Sunny Day 2007-10-14 16:07:00 We were up at 6am this morning, slightly less civilised than yesterday, but still good.
She didn't come to bed with me at all again last night. There was still alot of waking up, but less than Saturday. We even had a few 2hr sleeps.
It's improving! I am excited!
Amy is currently bothering Nathan while I write this. We have played outside already, climbed the stairs 4 times, crawled around the Read more:Sunny
Rich Chocolate Mousse 2007-10-14 03:42:00 Rich ChocolateMousse
This is my favourite recipe for chocolate mousse. Maybe because I experimented and came up with it myself? It is also very very simple.
Ingredients-
600ml thickened cream
250g dark chocolate
1 tbsp of kahlua or similar (if you like)
Method-
Whip 540ml of the cream along with the kahlua (if using). Set aside.
Melt the chocolate either in the microwave or in a double
What Happened 2007-10-13 15:56:00 I am not too tired (yet) just slightly foggy. Hence the dot points. Please forgive me.
Amy woke often, but settled okay with a quick feed. At some points she was waking every 10-20mins. Just long enough for me to fall back asleep.Most of her feeds were comfort feeds, we only had 2 real feeds at 2am and 5am.She stayed in her own bed all night. I would have been happy with her staying there until
The Big Move 2007-10-13 05:43:00 We moved our bedrooms upstairs today.
It was quite an undertaking, with Amy underfoot the whole time. The stairway isn't really big enough for our mattress to fit up it, so we had to do a bit of push, pull, strain, to get it up here, but it worked eventually. Luckily the bed and cot etc. all pull apart.
The best bit? Amy now has her own bedroom.
I don't know how well it is going to work. I
Shiny Bloggy Love 2007-10-12 19:12:00 I received this award
From Karen at MiscMum. It was created by Cellobella, to reach out and say, 'this person makes my blogging community a better place.'
It's a nice award to get and WOW it's from MiscMum! Do you have any idea how special that make me feel? Thanks a bunch.
And so, in award tradition I am handing this award on to -
Lotus from Sarcastic Mom
Dawn from Alex Year One
and Tiff Read more:Shiny
I'm Thinking Out Loud 2007-10-27 05:06:00 There is a lot of stuff inside my head, but sometimes I feel a little funny posting it. I feel a little odd talking about sex (my mum and Nathan's mum both read my blog. Hi guys *waves*) even though I have mentioned that we are trying to conceive.
I feel a little odd talking about things that involve other people (I don't want to upset anybody). I feel a little odd talking about my childhood (I
Onwards! 2007-10-26 22:18:00 Ooooh, I'm nearly up to my 100th post. I shall have to draft a 100 things about me.
Okay anyway on to the point. The small revolutionary, has somehow lost her edge. 13 1/2 months of sleeplessness is seeming to catch up with her because we got a 6hr sleep again last night! YAY!
She is grotty and grumpy today though, her thighs (where her needles were) are red and swollen. The heat coming off of Read more:Onwards
Jabs 2007-10-26 03:31:00 The little revolutionary is down and out for tonight. I have managed to smuggle my laptop back out of her cot and I have successfully logged in.
Amy had her immunisations today. The nurse that did it wasn't as good as the local GP who did the last batch. Not only did she scream, but she is going to have a nasty bruise on her leg. She did wiggle a good deal before the first jab though, that could
12 Steps To Teaching Your Parents That Sleep Is Unnecessary. 2007-10-25 04:07:00 By Amy
(Mummy thinks I am sleeping at the moment. Little does she know)
A good baby knows that long sleeps are unnecessary, I myself can survive another 2-3hrs on as little as 10mins sleep. I have, however, been training for 14mths. The sole idea though, is to keep your parents awake as long as possible. The average mummy cannot survive on the amount of sleep that we can, so I have come up with Read more:Parents
, Sleep
The Revolution 2007-10-24 20:33:00 It's Amy here, Mummy is busy working for her dinner and can't blog right now. I will let her at her computer later. Maybe.
Recently I sent this email to Alex. It was sent to me by another baby I know (thanks Z). Braden has heard about it and slowly we are getting word out.
Sleep is BAD okay?
Do NOT under any circumstances let your mummy's and daddy's sleep. It will ruin them forever. If you so
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