Feb 4, 2014

How to lose weight and not lose weight and be happy and healthy anyway.

I haven’t done a post about my weight in a while. I don’t know how much I weigh, I’m not on any medication and I’m not super interested in what I do or do not eat anymore. You can read my initial post on this whole struggle here. I know that I have gained weight. I’ve been ricocheting between obsession and nonchalance over my body for a few weeks. In the end, my thyroid and full blood count results came back completely normal. There is no medical reason for my larger thighs. It’s all me!

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In an effort to establish the source of my sudden weight gain, my doctor prescribed what he calls a ‘mood stabilizer’ that has “anti depressant” labeled all over the packaging. I’m not a fan of medication, especially mind or mood altering things. I haven’t taken any of them and I don’t think I will … Read the rest

Feb 1, 2014

Dear Noah. Growing up is easy to do for a great and wonderful kid like you.

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It’s almost your fifth birthday. In four sleeps you will be five. I wanted to tell you about some of my favorite moments and memories with you real quick, while its still all fresh in mommy’s busy little head.

1. You love money. Being right. Being funny. Learning. Winning. Telling Benjamin (and me and dad) what to do. Taking photos. Drawing your family. Mister Maker ANYTHING. Chip n Dale rescue Rangers. Matilda. More Mister Maker.

2. You love macaroni and cheese. Hate brussel sprouts. Love sushi, jelly rings, rice and gravy, spaghetti bolognaise and mash. You don’t like meat and for a very long time you wouldn’t eat it at all. You still won’t eat hot dogs, sausages or chicken.

3. You’re affectionate. Curious. Hilarious (but you don’t like us laughing at you). You love sports and ball and frisbee and dancing and when you’re big you want to do … Read the rest

Jan 27, 2014

The woods are lovely, dark & deep. But I have promises to keep – R. Frost

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We cleaned and sorted out your room yesterday. Sharpened every pencil in your craft box and put all your favorite things together. I made you a ‘play pretend’ box with all your dress up things, a separate space for your transport toys, your ‘Mister Maker’ toys, your papers, your blocks, your train sets. It’s so neat in your room right now that I just want to be, work and sleep in there all day. You helped and really got involved, which made my mommy heart quite proud. We had a delicious lunch of roast chicken, butternut with danish feta, mielies with parmesan and cauliflower with cheese sauce. You ate it allll up. Later we went to the forest for a walk and a play. You climbed trees, collected rocks, swung sticks at each other and played hide and seek in the bushes. We stopped for ice cream cones on the … Read the rest

Jan 26, 2014

Bunny Forest Bedroom at the Raising Men Home. Filled with love & rabbits.

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I took a few quick Instagrams of my bedroom this morning! I really really love my room. I added a few girly touches, but it’s easy to make the room more masculine by putting on our grey throw and grey pillowcases with our twig scatters – but I’ll do another version of the room later! Just quickly on where all these little things are from… I’ve collected pieces throughout the years and added small touches as we went along. The bunny cushion covers were a gift from my friend in the UK, Monique. They’re H & M. The lamp is from In Good Company. The dressing table from Gumtree. Chair from Gumtree. Floral quilt from Mr P Home and the candy stripes with twig detail we did ourselves with Plascon “African Mud” paint. The bunny “Forever in Love” sticker is from Stickaroo and the Marilyn Fashion book was a gift … Read the rest

Jan 24, 2014

Two brothers re-create childhood photos as a priceless treat for their mom.

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I don’t usually share a lot of internet-stuff, but this was just TOO awesome. Boys, if you ever want to do this for your mom I would totally love it and if you didn’t then I would just nag until you agreed. How totally cool?! You can look at ALL the pictures over here. These photos suddenly made me realize that you really ARE going to grow up, no matter what I do or how I try stop it. Heartbreaking stuff really. This little find was spotted from Wendy and Cath on Twitter. Precious!