Five little piggies

Blech! Last night, for the first time in almost two and a half years, I drank enough to get me drunk. I think I drank a bit over two bottles (9 standard drinks) of Moscato and two glasses of another not so sweet white wine, so I am a bit seedy today.

My Wifey and I dressed up all pretty

  Yesterday two high school friends of mine got married, YAY! They are such a cute couple and I feel ridiculously happy for them considering it doesn't affect me in the slightest (it's possible that this is a normal reaction to weddings but I don't go to enough of them to be sure). they had a beautiful ceremony outside next to a creek in a secluded camp in the middle of the bush and the unreliable May weather held out until they had signed the papers. the reception was held at the local race course and after the first bottle of wine I didn't even feel the cold any more. the food was quite amazing, appetizers of prawns and risotto balls and savoury tarts, mixed platter for entrée, feta and spinach stuffed chicken or steak for the main and a ridiculously exciting lolly bar for dessert (the excitement may or may not have been fuelled by alcohol). I had a wonderful time, although it was quite nerve racking at one point when I realised that every man I had ever slept with was in attendance (small towns 'eh?) and that all four of them were happily chatting around the table.

the Bride and Groom's rings, fell the love people.

     The down side to that wonderful night was that  in one short night I put on all the weight I had lost the previous week, a little disappointing but I am no less motivated. I no longer go for my runs at 3.30 in the morning but I switched them out for wiifit-ing at 5am and run/walking at 7pm. my wiifit routine consists of 14 minutes of yoga every morning (excluding the hung over ones) and alternating 20-25 minutes of aerobics or muscle workouts, they leave me feeling quite refreshed and ready to take on the day although they have turned my already high hunger rate into something quite shocking, but I guess breastfeeding and excersise will do that to you . If there is one thing I learnt about making routines in the last two weeks it is that you may need to try many different versions before you find one that fits, and you should always have flexibility as an option, especially with tiny humans involved.
    this week has been extremely laid back, I was even inspired to make a 'Meme', because Hazel went on a little holiday, she is getting back tomorrow after spending the week with my grandparents. she visits them every other month and while it is a long time I feel really good about it. Up until the age of five I spent a great deal of time with my grandparents, they worked days and my mum worked nights so they baby sat a lot and having emigrated from Germany they spoke German to me, my age and the frequency of the visits meant that I picked up a great deal of the language that I don't think I'll (or want) to ever lose. I want this a crazy amount for my children because having that extra advantage helped in school (German was my 'bludge' subject, much to my German teacher's disgust) and I have no doubt I will use it later in life. Unfortunately I am just not confident enough in my German skills to pass it on to my children, when Omi and Opi (my grandparents) are there I have no problem conversing with them in German, but I always feel like I am saying it wrong when I speak to Hazel or Briar (plus Jimmi's German skills are limited to asking for a coffee). Hopefully, all this time away from Hazel (and Briar too when he is weaned off breast milk) will pay off and and I will have two multi-lingual children and all the benefits that will come with.

our new little boy

    On a much cuter note, we are getting a new kitten tomorrow, Jimmi wants to call him Barry but I am leaning more towards Bruce. My house is slowly turning into a zoo, we already have a dog and four chickens, Jimmi's brother is trying to get us to take a pair of some strange looking fish off his hands and I wanted to get Hazel a pair of goldfish for her fish themed birthday party, Jimmi almost had me convinced to get her a bunny for her birthday too but (I think) I managed to put my foot down and say no to any more animals ( although admittedly all previous animals we acquired by me, sometimes without Jimmi's agreement or knowledge....)....... YAY! KITTEN!

fleeting fourth

Just a short one this week, it's Mother's Day and it's been a pretty good one considering I had to remind Jimmi this morning, and I only had one 'bad' day this week, yay me.

     I had a yummy porridge breakfast (not in bed because I had to get up to ask Jimmi if I was getting any breakfast made for me at all), and then my family came over for dinner and we had Noodle Tonight take-away (I had a rice box with tofu, which was very tasty, but I only got through half of it because it was super filling). I didn't get any presents today (except for a pretty pink flower that Hazel got from Kmart) because I was given all my presents earlier this week, I got a digital photo frame to display all the pictures I have of my pretty babies, a pretty bird shaped candle holder that I got myself and, my favourite, a steam mop. I love this thing, I have used it every day since I got it and my house has never looked cleaner, I never realised how much a clean house improves the overall visage of the house and every day the 'micro fibre' foot/sleeve/thingo picks up less dirt (goodness knows how long it had been since the carpet had been cleaned before we moved in). 

     I only went on one early morning walk this week, I've either slept through the alarm or Briar woke up at the same time, in fact the only time I did walk was because I stayed up until 3am and had a four hour nap afterwards. I will try and do better this week and I will start by giving you a round-about description of my weight (gulp). I have a goal weight, and I decided, if I reach my goal weight and stay within two kilos of that weight for twelve months I will (if it is there) get the extra skin removed (lets face it, bat wings are gross). unfortunately for me the amount of weight I need to lose to reach my goal is rather large, so I have a pre-goal goal, about 14 kilos higher than my goal and the weight I was pre-Hazel. I have 13 kilos to lose to to reach my pre-goal goal (it was 11 before Easter) but I am feeling rather optimistic this week so I hope to update you on weight loss, not gain, next week.

    my nails this week are very simple, a dry run design for my friends wedding next Saturday, my dress and shoes are red  and  my belt and stockings are black, I'm thinking some red lippy and a headband to complete my outfit, I might get you a picture.

Third time's a charm

I think my hormones have settled out this week, YAY, I had rather a rocky start to the week but I have been feeling a lot better in general. We crammed a whole lot into the last week; autumn festival, walking, hairstyling, all the while keeping my house in a reasonable condition (up to date on dishes and vacuuming up Hazel's mess every night), I even had my new oven installed.
   The most fun that Hazel, Briar and I had this week was going to the Steiner School Autumn Festival on the 1st of May. We go to the Steiner playgroup every Monday for stories and songs, fruit salad and bread making but this week on Wednesday we were invited down to the Port of Bairnsdale to have a picnic lunch and songs and a nature walk to celebrate the start of Autumn, one song was stuck in my head for days afterwards, I think I sung it when I was in kindergarten at a Steiner school (Hai ho the dairy oh, the farmer takes a wife), we opted out of the nature walk though as we had walked there and still had to walk home, plus it was absolutely freezing that day. I think Hazel really enjoyed being around all those kids and seeing her playgroup teacher though so it was worth the cold she caught and passed on to everyone else.
    Last week I mentioned that I wanted to go for a walk in the mornings but to do it without my kidlets it would have to be at 3.30am. I am proud to report that I walked on over half of last weeks walks (4/7) and two of the mornings I missed were because I had been out walking late the night before. I started out walking the block twice in 24 minutes and ended walking it twice in 23 minutes which pleased me a great deal. Unfortunately  for my walks, Briar has started waking at 3.30 for his morning feed instead of waiting until I got back like he did at the start. It means I have to either let him cry for 23 minutes (which wouldn't kill him but might wake Jimmi or Hazel) or set my alarm half an hour earlier again, I'm thinking of choosing the latter as I really don't see it working out with me waking even earlier. Also I have decided that starting tomorrow I will start slowly buildiing up to running around the block by running one house further each morning, I hope to report that I can run seven houses next week.

     The last four nights of this week (and a contributing factor to me not walking) is that I had been staying up  until 11 'dreading Jimmi's hair. If you don't know what it is think 'dirty hippie', it's purposely knotting your hair into chunks and can look very good on some people, the problem is unless you want to fork out hundreds of dollars at a hairdressers it is a very long and possibly unattractive process. I sped Jimmi's along by 'back combing' his hair so that the chunks formed but it will still take months for them to 'tighten and lock' properly. ( more information on dreads here --->http://www.dreadlocks.com/). I spent 20+ hours on his hair the past week and I think they look quite nice so he'd better keep them or I will not be a happy chappy.
     All in all I think I may be starting to doubt the conviction I had that I was going crazy, I also did my nails all pretty and 'ladybug themed'. I look forward to updating you all next week and hopefully reporting that I am getting more sleep.