No Dessert June

So I'm going to have a 'NO Dessert June'.

No desserts, treats with coffee for the whole of June.  I don't do it every night, but 3 or 4 out of 7 i do.  My husband is a man who can eat anything, blessed with a good metabolism that man, just like his father.  So he tempt's me & then i'm swayed.  It's not a good thing.

I'm currently searching for a pretty printable calender i can print and put on the wall next to my bed and cross of the days as i've done it.  I need that visual accoutability.

Post Sickness.

So i feel so proud of myself, as this is a great 1st for me.  Might be small to others but big for me so i need to put it out there.

We had fish and chips, from our local shop.  The kids and husband love it. I make Veggies or a salad to go with it &  I usually get the fish grilled for me and i splash out and eat some chips too.  But i passed on the chips and steamed a potato instead.  I felt so proud of my decision & i felt good knowing i wasn't eating the deep fried chips!

Since my bout of sickness last week i've been feeling a bit cleansed and  feeling a bit nervous to eat all foods again, so i'm so i'm turning it into a postive and going as 'clean eating' as i can.  I lost 5 kilos last week, so i'd love to work with that and watch my food really carefully, particullarly this week as i'll give Gym a break still and might go on the weekend and start next week back to normal gym workouts.

It was not fun being sick :-(

TV Shows I Love!

I love TV, it's my time.  Although i can never sit still, i have to be doing something while i am watching, like riding excercise bike, folding, ironing, cardmaking, scrapbooking, Norwex jobs, or any other random job.
Like now i'm blogging while watching Mr & Mrs Murder.  I have missed blogging.

My Favourite shows are

• MKR
• The Block
• Mr & Mrs Murder
• Private Practise
• Greys Anatomy
• Packed to the Rafters
• House Husbands
• Offspring
• Underbelly
• Cheers
• Mad about You
• Becker
• Family Ties
• Fraser
• Unlightened
• Spirited
• Ace of Cakes
• Better Homes & Gardens
• Scrubs
• Home & Away Early Years
• Big Love
• The Librians
• Bikie Wars
• Party of 5
• Sex in the City
• Sea Change
• Redfern Now
• Thankgod your here

We're growing a Pineapple.... Update 1

I did a blog post on January 2011 and now I"m updating on the progress of the growing of my pineapple.

Look at it now.....

It's been interesting to watch something plant like grow for such a long period of time.  Wow how 2 years has really gone quite quickly and with soo much happening for us in that 2 years.

Look at Ryan since my last pineapple blog post, Wow He's 3 now!  Started swimming lessons this year and he's into his last full year at home with Me.  Meanwhile Bella is in her Grade 4.  When we planted this pineapple she said we would be able to eat it when she is in Grade 5.  OH gosh. 

Look forward to sharing the next pineapple update...... :-)

Angry Birds

Today was fun, i helped my Norwex bestie make some Angry Bird Cupcakes!!  They are for her Boy's 5th birthday tomorrow!

We found a  cool video on you tube that helped with the inspiration on decorating them, you can see it here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5pxW4YOUwE

We love Angry Birds, it's a fun game for young and old, boys or girls :-)  How cute are these cupcakes, i can't wait to see the reaction from the kids, including my own at his party in the park after school tomorrow!!

I haven't blogged in ages, but i was really happy to do set the time aside for myself and acutally do one!  I have many more plans for lovely posts so i am looking forward to more sharing soon!

Amy xx

Baking with Bella

  Bella has a wonderful Book of Billie B Brown http://www.billiebbrown.com and in this book is a recipe for Gingerbread.  We finally had the time to have

 fun in the kitchen and bake some!

 

 For her birthday she got a Junior Master chef apron/hat pack, she was very excited to finally wear them to cook in!

 Adding in the golden Syrup!

 Cracking the Egg :-) 

 Sifting the Flour!  That Tupperware sifter is so easy for her to use :-)

 Cutting out the gingerbread shapes, she chose flowers, hearts, stars, mini gingerbread men and a large gingerbread men cutter.

 Now for the icing.  Chocolate of course! :-)

Taa Daa ..... Gingerbread cookies all finished!  They tasted so yummy.  Bella did a great job in the kitchen!


Try Billie's Super-Dooper recipe for
GINGER BREAD BISCUITS

Day 5 - Organize-athon

Day 5:   Organize Your Household Information Centre




I'm going to get back on track with this challenge (After some inspiration from a friends blog - http://busymumslife.blogspot.com.au/)  I need to 'start over'  in getting organised.

I have no photos from today's challenge.  But I have have a more organised pin board and I have printed out new pages for my Sunny Mummy Assistant.

It feels great to do a clean out of papers like this and really assess what is important and what is just random information that is just at the end of the day clutter.

The down side is to this task, I have added about a dozen little jobs to my To Do List.  :-(