Ups:
1. I am officially an agent for Purebaby!
2. Had a fantastic client meeting today with a client that has changed companies and asked me to meet with him and his new boss as an “Industry specialist”
Downs:
1. Monday is going to be fun.
2. A good friend of mine had a second miscarriage and she is devastated. I don’t know what to say to her, my heart goes out to her 🙁
Thanks for making me think of this Camilla, well worth it!!
My list:
1. Wander around my favourite bead shop in Willowbridge
2. Take a soak in my special Ahava bath salts from Israel I was given as a gift today
3. Read my Daniel Silva novel whilst doing this
4. Have an uninterrupted conversation with my best friend
5. Have a girls’ night (not strictly me-time, but good for the soul)
6. Sit in my garden at night and look at the stars
7. Attend that Nia class I have been meaning to go to for ages
I have to confess, I have fallen off the diet bus. In a big way. I’m not even going to make excuses or flagellate myself about it – I do enough of that for being a working Mom.
BUT, as of Monday, I am back on the bus.
I also have to go to a really good friend’s baby shower next Saturday and all her other friends are really skinny, rich, good looking Mommies that mostly don’t have to work. I break out in a sweat just thinking about it and know that I’ll feel like I’m 10 years old with no-one to play with. But I’ll hide it well.. I sometimes think that if only I were thin I would probably feel better interacting with those types of people, but I know that’s just BS. They all have their own problems!
Camilla will probably have a field day with this post…
When Daniel was born we only used Pampers and paid about R120 per pack of nappies (jumbo pack). I remember thinking at the time jeez, that is a lot of money for nappies.
When the girls arrived we put them on Cuddlers during the day and Pampers at night as we had 3 kids in nappies and it was just way too expensive.
This means that I don’t often buy Pampers, but I have been watching the price go up and up and up. And they are clever. They will push the price up by about R20.00 per pack for a week and then have “a special” the following week at the same price as before.
So, the next time they just put the price back up to the higher price as consumers have been desensitized to the price.
It really pisses me off that THE SAME thing that was R120 almost 3 years ago is now R212 at Pick and Pay. What’s up with that??
1. If you could say anything you wanted to say to Jacob Zuma , what would you say?
Do you not think of the bad example you are setting? Don’t get me started…
2. If you had to be the parent of Britney Spears or Amy Winehouse, who would you choose and why?
Britney, she’s just common.
3. You get to be Ruler for a day. The kids are all taken care of, and you can spend as much money as you want. What do you do all day?
I will pop over to Kingston (upon Thames) for some serious shopping!
4. Is there a song that brings tears to your eyes every time you hear it? If so, which one?
Sattelite – Dave Matthews Band and More than words – Extreme.
5. A fairy taps you on the shoulder and tells you that you can either have a perfect face or a perfect body for the rest of your life. Which do you choose?
I would tell him to choose, appearance is not that important to me.
6. If you could live any place in the world and money was no object, where would you live and why?
Vienna, Austria. Even the beggars are friendly.
7. What is your biggest regret in life?
That I never completed my degree.
8. If you could go back and visit one person in your life who is now dead, and ask one question, what would that question be and why would you ask it?
My Grandmother. I want to know why she just gave up when my Grandfather died.
9. If you had the choice to age forward (like we are now) or aging backwards (think Benjamin Button) which would you choose and why?
Forward, I want to see how my kids turn out.
10. What will the epitaph on your headstone say?
Fabulous Mom, fun Gran, loving Wife and wonderful Friend
Had a great day on Saturday, it went really, really well!
Check out the glitter
I am SO chuffed, made the cupcakes myself!
The girls with their wings and cake. They had a BALL!
Daniel and his mate with the wings. I had to eventually pry them off his back just before bedtime. We took some great pics of him with the wings, wand and crown and will keep them for bribery when we need to. hiehiehie
Above: everyone attack!
Mignon hanging on to the window and Isabel using Dad as climbing frame
Dad and Mignon tickles Daniel
Isabel
Daniel having a laugh with Dad
So I had a cake glitter crisis today. I finally managed to find cake glitter (that is not green) at a little shop in Bellville as I just don’t have time to drive to the Baking Tin in Ottery.
Please can someone explain why all those baking shops are so dusty?
On the upside, if you are looking for a baking shop in the Northern Suburbs of the Cape Town area, please let me know, I have spoken to them all. And don’t think it is as easy as 1 2 Google, nooooo, I had to go and find an actual PHONEBOOK.
Then I also had a chat to my boss today and it went down quite well, lets see.. I also had a call from a potential employer today, it was like Karma or Someone realised I was serious and my mind really is now open to the possibilities. I am feeling SO positive about the future now! Scared, but positive.
I seriously need to get one of those happy supplement thingymajigs, because soon I might be locked up due to PMS. And believe me, its not really my thing.
I had a monumental meltdown this morning that started last night when I realised that I couldn’t remove my nail varnish because the nannies finished the remover, but graciously left me the empty bottle. And found dirty sippy cups in the drawer (clean on the surface inside, but the thingy inside not taken out and washed from last week’s Milo. Yuk)
The one nanny was at the clinic this morning, which means that the live-in takes care of the girls whilst we try to get out of the house with Daniel. It was diabolical to say the least with 3 (screaming) kids attached to my legs whilst hubby disappeared to fark knows where and the nanny was doing the dishes after she came in in a bad mood. Lord knows why this time, she is the moodiest person I have ever laid eyes on, myself included. Ever try to apply liquid eyeliner whilst having your clothes yanked?
So, I just had enough and a nice little hissy fit with hubby and out came all the stuff such as:
I don’t want to work full day, the kids are hysterical every night. I seriously cannot do this anymore.
Don’t be so stingy with money!!
Please try at least to understand how I feel, I might not lament about it constantly, but it doesn’t mean that I don’t think about it a lot.
Thanks for offering to help with the party this weekend – NOT
I am NOT my mother and I don’t want my kids to be latchkey kids, I am responsible for them, more than he is.
So I had a day of self flagellation and analysis after canceling my first client meeting and snikking on the N1 during the usual hour stint and having to re-apply all my make-up.
This evening I was presented with a budget of our expenses, not exactly flowers, but hey. I think he finally gets what I am saying, so I now have the go-ahead to negotiate with my boss about reducing my hours a little. I don’t know if I’m going to be able to pull it off, but then I also have been given the go-ahead to quit if that doesn’t work. It will mean getting rid of the live-in and really tightening our belts and I still would have to find something else to keep me out of trouble, but it is a start.
Wish me luck!
I am taking a day’s leave on Friday so I can sort out the girls’ party for Saturday properly. When Daniel turned 1 I was overseas at a Conference until 2 days before his birthday and my Grandmother passed away the day before his birthday, so I postponed his party to go to the funeral.
So, I promised myself that if I ever have more children, I would plan their 1st party better. For some reason this concept has also not taken in my hubby’s head. He doesn’t understand why you even want to have a party when they turn 1. He forgets that they will ask and want to see evidence when they grow up. AND I really want to give them a party!
So, the fairy party has now become a hybrid fairy/princess party and I really have to stop myself when I go into the shops to buy party stuff, it is SOOO much fun!
I have also caved in and enlisted my mother’s help this time around. I am always the unhappy recipient of unsolicited advice (parenting, cooking, religion, life in general) and mostly I block the useless info out, so we’ll see how it goes on Saturday! It must be the only downfall of having both sets of Grandparents around. All the advice. 24/7/365. Shame, my Mom must think I am a bit like a prickly cactus, but she is about as subtle as one, so hey.
Any other Mom’s get too much advice??