Whilst sitting back and relaxing last night and getting the ankle biter ready for his bath, we surprisingly found out that our wee bundle of pooh can now actually crawl! Oh fantastic! The joys of crawling..
And here I was thinking that he could be lazy and miss the whole crawling stage and go straight to walking! But no as we found out and so did Benjamin that he is not as steady as he thinks he is! In the space of an hour he fell over three times and did perfect head butts with the wooden floor, of course with Irish luck an all he would have to be half on and half of the mat that we bought specially for him! It was rather funny to watch him go for gold, and then fall over, needless to say we laughed while he cried. ( I know sadistic parents are we!) However he has now advanced to crawling and spitting up his milk. He just doesn't know that he should sit for ATLEAST 10 mins for his formula to go down! Though I don't mind cleaning the floor, it's when he does it on you just as your about to leave for work you just wanna scream. Though silly daddy had been playing rough with him and he puked all over daddy's face and shirt and pants.. good boy ( just like when we went to the wedding!!)
So now begins the joys of vacumming everyday and moping the floor and finding kiddie rails and locks and dusting and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh more house work for me!
Though tonight while making daddy some Kimchi jigae Ben was in his wee stroller race cart thing running into my archilles heels and having a great time doing it, and me being PMS I had an epiphany.. That I am lucky to have a hubby even though he tends to ring 5 mins before he finishes work and tells me he aint coming home for dinner, after I had spent the last hour cooking for him.... I couldn't even begin to imagine what life would be like as a single parent, just you and the wee bundle of joy/horror/pooh/screams/ insert word of choice. I get ansty ( usually when I am cooped up all day) with Benjamin for the evening! I like spending time with him, but trying to get dinner organised, washing done, doing the dishes, vacumming, cleaning, getting ready for work etc doing all that single handedly and having to keep constant tabs on your bundle, it's tough work an I have the uptmost respect for single parents.. not just mum's but dad's as well! I don't know how they do it! They should write books about time management for us folk who have a partner and a baby, cos I sure as hell have no idea where all my spare time goes to and I know I have shit loads of it, I just piss arse around too much!
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Sunday, 11 April 2010
Working on a Saturday, what a dirty word!
Ok since I have lived in China for 2 years and everyone works pretty much every Saturday and it is not un common to work on a Sunday and living in Korea where the work life is similar, since having a small son there is a thing called money which one desperately needs, so now I have no qualms about working on a weekend.
However if I was back in good ol New Zealand working on a weekend is blasphemy, unless your in the retail or food industry, once it hits 5 pm Friday it's offically the weekend. ( My hubby is going to be pleasantly surprised by that fact when we move back theresometime in the future!)
But I digress, working on a Saturday poses one little teeny weeny problem.. Benjamin. Normally cos I work mornings my wee bundle of pooh goes to daycare for about 4 hrs everyday ( my daycare rocks by the way) But they are not open on the weekends.
So I am really thankful to my Mother-in-Law fr being on holiday from Jeju Island, and living about 40 mins drive from our place! She kindly agreed to babysit said bundle of pooh on the morning. So in gratitude I made her some awesome semi healthy muffins ( from a cake recipe) but tweaked the recipe as I didn't have sour cream.. shall I share or be greedy and keep it to my self..
Coffee Cake by Alison & Simon Holt - Meals without Meat
150 g butter 1 tsp baking powder
1 cup brown sugar 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
2Tbsp instant coffee ( I used Irish flavoured) 2 tsp cinnamon
2 eggs 1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp Vanilla 1/4 cup walnuts -chopped
2 cups wholemeal flour 2 Tbsp lemon juice
250 g sour cream * ( I have used both yoghurt and cream cheese as substitutes and both have worked fantastically)
Cream butter an sugar. Add coffee to mixture and beat well.
Add eggs and vanilla and mix till all lovely and smooth
Mix dry ingredients together.
Had half dry ingredients and half sour cream* to buttery goodness, mix then repeat with the other half.
Add nuts and lemon juice at the end, then slap it into a ring tin or a 23 cm paper lined cake tin. Or do what I do and bung it in a well oiled cake tin and any left overs slap them into a muffin tin.
( I used a muffin tin for this)
Bake at 180 for 40-45 min if a cake or 20 mins for muffins.
(Be warned muffins tend to sink in the middle so great for addig a scoop of yummy velvety vanilla ice cream.)
However if I was back in good ol New Zealand working on a weekend is blasphemy, unless your in the retail or food industry, once it hits 5 pm Friday it's offically the weekend. ( My hubby is going to be pleasantly surprised by that fact when we move back theresometime in the future!)
But I digress, working on a Saturday poses one little teeny weeny problem.. Benjamin. Normally cos I work mornings my wee bundle of pooh goes to daycare for about 4 hrs everyday ( my daycare rocks by the way) But they are not open on the weekends.
So I am really thankful to my Mother-in-Law fr being on holiday from Jeju Island, and living about 40 mins drive from our place! She kindly agreed to babysit said bundle of pooh on the morning. So in gratitude I made her some awesome semi healthy muffins ( from a cake recipe) but tweaked the recipe as I didn't have sour cream.. shall I share or be greedy and keep it to my self..
Coffee Cake by Alison & Simon Holt - Meals without Meat
150 g butter 1 tsp baking powder
1 cup brown sugar 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
2Tbsp instant coffee ( I used Irish flavoured) 2 tsp cinnamon
2 eggs 1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp Vanilla 1/4 cup walnuts -chopped
2 cups wholemeal flour 2 Tbsp lemon juice
250 g sour cream * ( I have used both yoghurt and cream cheese as substitutes and both have worked fantastically)
Cream butter an sugar. Add coffee to mixture and beat well.
Add eggs and vanilla and mix till all lovely and smooth
Mix dry ingredients together.
Had half dry ingredients and half sour cream* to buttery goodness, mix then repeat with the other half.
Add nuts and lemon juice at the end, then slap it into a ring tin or a 23 cm paper lined cake tin. Or do what I do and bung it in a well oiled cake tin and any left overs slap them into a muffin tin.
( I used a muffin tin for this)
Bake at 180 for 40-45 min if a cake or 20 mins for muffins.
(Be warned muffins tend to sink in the middle so great for addig a scoop of yummy velvety vanilla ice cream.)
Friday, 9 April 2010
Why 5!!!???
Why 5!? Why not 6 or even better 6:30! But no it's always around 5 fecking o'clock that my small bundle of joy wakes up and makes too much noise! But wait it's not only at 5, but also 2 and alittle earlier 11!!
He's 7 months an 2 weeks old, surely he knows by now that mummy and daddy like to have a wee bit of a sleep in! He was so good before going to sleep at around 7:30 waking up at 6 and that was that for a few months, then all of a sudden everything has gone up the whop. And don't give me this teething business, it's not like he has been teething for the last 2 months!!!! Sometimes even though I love the little bugger, I wish I could palm him off to someone else!!!
Right now I hav to go and rescue him from whatever he has gotten himself into and can't get out of!
He's 7 months an 2 weeks old, surely he knows by now that mummy and daddy like to have a wee bit of a sleep in! He was so good before going to sleep at around 7:30 waking up at 6 and that was that for a few months, then all of a sudden everything has gone up the whop. And don't give me this teething business, it's not like he has been teething for the last 2 months!!!! Sometimes even though I love the little bugger, I wish I could palm him off to someone else!!!
Right now I hav to go and rescue him from whatever he has gotten himself into and can't get out of!
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Am I saaaaaaavy enough for a blog?
Well bugger me.
I think I am now technicologically advanced enough to start a blog! But is my spelling up to scratch? (This is yet to be proven)
And will I be bothered to continue to write funny and witty comments( or lame arse monologues), or will they turn into bitchy snarly comments directed towards all the evil people in my life ( haven't got any..yet)at least I know I wont be talking about politics cos I have no interest in that what-so-ever and live in a country that I can not vote in, and if I could, I so wouldn't. Because everyone knows most politicians are as cunning as a weasel, and not as nearly competent or house-trained.
Many of my mates probably wont be arsed to even think about creating a blog, let alone reading the damn thing, so I guess in this day and age it's ok to blab your heart out to the millions of faceless spectators hovering around out there. So if I say something to offend you then tough cookies, you don't need to continue to keep reading my blog, and don't slag me off just because I decide to shar my opinions, people are allowed opinions and no one can mark them wrong for having one. So if you voice your opinion I will duely note it and a) agree with you or b) value your insight but think you're a complete muppet if I disagree.. but I wont ever slag off another person unless your my mother^^
Though I have a question to pose to you.. Is it weird that my husband just kissed a can of beer? ( This after not having a beer for about 3 weeks?)
I think I am now technicologically advanced enough to start a blog! But is my spelling up to scratch? (This is yet to be proven)
And will I be bothered to continue to write funny and witty comments( or lame arse monologues), or will they turn into bitchy snarly comments directed towards all the evil people in my life ( haven't got any..yet)at least I know I wont be talking about politics cos I have no interest in that what-so-ever and live in a country that I can not vote in, and if I could, I so wouldn't. Because everyone knows most politicians are as cunning as a weasel, and not as nearly competent or house-trained.
Many of my mates probably wont be arsed to even think about creating a blog, let alone reading the damn thing, so I guess in this day and age it's ok to blab your heart out to the millions of faceless spectators hovering around out there. So if I say something to offend you then tough cookies, you don't need to continue to keep reading my blog, and don't slag me off just because I decide to shar my opinions, people are allowed opinions and no one can mark them wrong for having one. So if you voice your opinion I will duely note it and a) agree with you or b) value your insight but think you're a complete muppet if I disagree.. but I wont ever slag off another person unless your my mother^^
Though I have a question to pose to you.. Is it weird that my husband just kissed a can of beer? ( This after not having a beer for about 3 weeks?)
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