I knew I'd forget about this at some point, so here I am 6 days after my last post and feeling guilty about not being a good blogger. In truth though, I've been steering clear of the internet the past few days after a stupid argument with extended family. Never good when someone starts to threaten you online.
We've not been up to much anyway. Just the usual - Gymboree on a Tuesday, shopping on Wednesday, and today we went to Ikea. Dexter got his first ever shape sorter (I know, you'd think I'd have got him one before now!) and he loves it :)
Tomorrow we're off to get him new shoes, as his feet have had a sudden growth spurt and the shoes I bought him about a month ago are too small already. Then he's going to spend the night with his Granny, and I'm going to have a nice bubble bath and read a book in peace!
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Friday, 4 February 2011
Silver Vixen?
I'm properly going grey. It's not even funny. I've known about it for a while but I've been in denial, and ever ready with the tweezers to pull out the silver hairs before anyone else notices them. Today though I noticed that I've got a good three or four shiny silver hairs drawing attention to themselves right on the top of my head. Time to get the hair dye out! I'm annoyed. I wanted to go back to my natural colour for a while. I've been dying my hair for years (usually just a darker brown, but occasionally something like a bright red) and decided it was time to give it a break. Sorry hair, I'm going to attack you with dye again asap!
In other news I got my 12mm tunnels in this morning, yay! I taped for only 2 days and it only took 4 layers of ptfe/teflon plumbers tape to go up a mm. Definitely giing my ears a rest for a couple of weeks before I tape to 14mm. I've got new plugs on the way though in 14 and 16mm. Excited!
Nothing else of interest to report. The weather is properly SHIT, so I'm stuck indoors. Cue hours of kids tv and lots of trawling the internet. Boring!
In other news I got my 12mm tunnels in this morning, yay! I taped for only 2 days and it only took 4 layers of ptfe/teflon plumbers tape to go up a mm. Definitely giing my ears a rest for a couple of weeks before I tape to 14mm. I've got new plugs on the way though in 14 and 16mm. Excited!
Nothing else of interest to report. The weather is properly SHIT, so I'm stuck indoors. Cue hours of kids tv and lots of trawling the internet. Boring!
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
The bridge, the burn, and the babywearing Mummy.
Today after Gymboree we walked to Granny's (my Mum's) house and took some pictures along the way. We crossed over the 'Stuckie' bridge:
Which crosses the River Leven (so, not a burn, but I just enjoyed the allieration).
And of course, I was babywearing too, hence the title. I adore wearing Dexter. I can't be arsed with buggies, and I love having him close. I recently bought an EllaRoo wrap and I love it so much! Here's Dexter in a rucksack carry today on our walk:
I might be getting a bit obsessed with wraps though. I'm always trawling youtube looking for videos of new ways to tie them, and watching African women wear their babies in a Khanga cloth (which they don't tie at all! they just roll the top rail down and tuck/roll the bottom rail under). I think I'm beginning to bore people by going on about it though. Namely the lady at gymboree, and the aforementioned granny. Hi Mum!
And of course, I was babywearing too, hence the title. I adore wearing Dexter. I can't be arsed with buggies, and I love having him close. I recently bought an EllaRoo wrap and I love it so much! Here's Dexter in a rucksack carry today on our walk:
I might be getting a bit obsessed with wraps though. I'm always trawling youtube looking for videos of new ways to tie them, and watching African women wear their babies in a Khanga cloth (which they don't tie at all! they just roll the top rail down and tuck/roll the bottom rail under). I think I'm beginning to bore people by going on about it though. Namely the lady at gymboree, and the aforementioned granny. Hi Mum!
Arghhhhhh, vermin!!!
No blog yesterday - I'd love to say it was because I was super busy and didn't have a minute to write anything, but actually I did nothing all day, nothing remarkable happened, and so I had nothing to write about. We did go visit my Dad in the evening though. Dexter had an 'accident' and had to be brought home with my scarf tied round him like pants/shorts *facepalm* That was the highlight of my day!
I did make a discovery yesterday though. I have a balcony coming off my livingroom, which Dexter plays on in the summer. With the weather being so crappy at the moment (seeing as it's winter) I haven't been out there in weeks! I decided yesterday to go out and give it a tidy, and to bin the foam square things that I had down as a sort of 'flooring' for Dexter. They've gone all manky since they've been lying out there. So anyway, I go out there and start moving stuff about and I scare the shit (probably literally) out of a pigeon that was out there hiding in a corner. This seemed ominous. In the summer the same pigeon had a nest out there and it caused me no end of stress and I had to clean up a LOT of pigeon crap. I prayed there were no eggs. Cue me going 'Pleease no!' 'Awww crap!' :(
The pigeon Mummy is pretty though. Nearly all white. So anyway, for a split second I contemplated kicking her nest over the edge, but I couldn't do it. They may be vermin but they are cute (the chicks are UGLY though, as you will no doubt see over the coming weeks as they hatch). I'm NOT looking forward to cleaning up their shit though. I'm chucking that blue foam tile in the bin as soon as the chicks leave.
In other news, I got my 11mm tunnels in, yay! I'd been adding a layer of tape to my 10mm tunnels every day, and I tried my 11mm ones last night, and the right one went straight in. The left was being stubborn, but after another wrap of tape last night, I got it in this morning with no trouble. LOVING this stretching method!
I did make a discovery yesterday though. I have a balcony coming off my livingroom, which Dexter plays on in the summer. With the weather being so crappy at the moment (seeing as it's winter) I haven't been out there in weeks! I decided yesterday to go out and give it a tidy, and to bin the foam square things that I had down as a sort of 'flooring' for Dexter. They've gone all manky since they've been lying out there. So anyway, I go out there and start moving stuff about and I scare the shit (probably literally) out of a pigeon that was out there hiding in a corner. This seemed ominous. In the summer the same pigeon had a nest out there and it caused me no end of stress and I had to clean up a LOT of pigeon crap. I prayed there were no eggs. Cue me going 'Pleease no!' 'Awww crap!' :(
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| The offending eggs! |
In other news, I got my 11mm tunnels in, yay! I'd been adding a layer of tape to my 10mm tunnels every day, and I tried my 11mm ones last night, and the right one went straight in. The left was being stubborn, but after another wrap of tape last night, I got it in this morning with no trouble. LOVING this stretching method!
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| 11mm tunnel :) |
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