A few things on my mind...

I really would love to hear your opinions here.

this lady is the same one with the crazy high heels I posted a few weeks back. She's 54 - isn't she in great shape? she moved just as I took the first one, someone said "stand with your legs nicely" and I showed her and said, "nooooo, that pic is boring :)" so she did the angle again for me. Yes, I'm a bossy boots with photos!

1. I had an item on my goals list from last month to post 10 times on the babies' blog.

I managed 5 complete posts (don't be impressed - it's pics mainly and here and there a caption or line of text) and did the pics only (without moving them to the middle or spacing nicely) for the rest.

I thought I'd log into that account to quickly sort that out.

Gosh, I need to never get behind again.


(by the way, the 5 posts is not what I'm talking about when I say behind. I had pics from 2011 randomly dotted here and there)


(it was good to see the babies looking like REAL babies)


(ps sorry if you subscribe to that blog as there will be a feedburner update tomorrow with 20-odd posts. once I started I couldn't stop)

a pic of me by Connor. I love my red striped top.

2. Week one of pre-school is behind us and you were all right - after the first day, I really wasn't worried (much) at all.

Things I like - they keep telling me how well my kids eat and "do they really drink water like this all the time"? (yes, they do. I am STILL waiting for the "picky toddler eating stage" - in fact, that's another post because it's like 3 really hungry adults live here)

They actually bring home decent things, not rubbish. We have tie-dyed t-shirts and mosaic mirrors. And chocolates which I haven't yet allowed them to eat.

Things I don't like - the drive home mid-day. Oh, man, it does my head in. On Thursday, Connor was all "I want you to staaaaaayyyyy, Mummy" while wailing and what should have been a one-hour round trip took 1.5 hours with all the peeing, cajoling, herding, and then the unloading, peeing, kissing good-bye, crying, more kissing and hugging.

Also, I got a headache on Thursday from the driving around in the sun. Yes, I'm not meant to be out and about in the heat.

So Friday I worked from home in the afternoon... only because the boss is off sick. I have taken this and next Friday as half days so only 4 more days to do the drive home midday.

love the framing in this pic

3. D and I discussed all the party stuff last night. I told him the food I was thinking of and he came up with more creative names than "rolls with fillings" to fit our theme.

I'm really tempted to buy a lot of food but I have to keep reminding myself that kids actually don't eat a lot of anything. My kids do, but not most kids :)

I told the babies that their birthday is coming up and asked them what they want. Kendra said, "popcorn" and Connor said, "sweets and shokit (chocolate)" :) They are so easy to please.

this self-portrait was taken ages ago amidst lots of strange colleague stares. the theme was colour. I LOVE my nails :)

4. A lady contacted me about my book late last week. She picked up some formatting errors which weren't apparent when we tested it. Anyway, I have never in my life received feedback in such a nice way. I actually wrote her a lovely long email to thank her for telling me those things in such a kind way. Really, she has a way with words. I then went to scrounge around on her blog and she'd reviewed another of my products and wrote me SUCH a stunning review. I was tickled pink. That was the business highligh of my week.


Have you ever had really lovely (negative) feedback like this?

my standard start to the day in winter - an orange eaten over the sink

This week I am doing nothing except the basics because I want to research and decide on my city tours in NYC and Charlotte so I can put the poor Mandys and Deanna at ease with my plans :) Well, that and party planning.

(I need to start getting sorted because I had a nightmare where I arrived at OR Tambo and I couldn't find my passport or any flight info, and then another nightmare this week where I ran into a colleague while waiting to board and realised I didn't have my camera!!! This dreaming is always a sign that I'm not dealing with things in my life )

My goals for the week

1. newsletter and blogs
2. set july goals
3. blog review post
4. email 15 bloggers I've targeted to do a giveaway for me
5. charlotte city tour - decide
6. nyc city tour & other must dos - decide

What's on your list for the week?
Which is your favourite pic?

PS I'm sporting dark blue fingernails - went to have a manicure/ facial/ head massage yesterday.
PPS all pics taken with my Sony Cybershot - it still lives in my handbag