January Day 18

The category for today's photo is "something you bought"

Due to lack of funds the only thing I bought today was lunch and fuel for my car. I have so many things i would of liked to have bought and places i would like to have gone today. Today is my daughters birthday and would like to have bought her a birthday present or taken her to the zoo(she loves animals). I have never been one to struggle with money as i have always been pretty good at budgeting. There are a lot of things I have had to adjust to since becoming a mum, living without my income and relying on what money the husband brings home is one of the hardest adjustment I've had to make.

Unsure of how to photograph the fuel I bought I decided to put a photo of some owls i saw at the wildlife sanctuary which is where i went today with the fuel i bought. This worked out a lot cheaper than it would of  to go to the zoo because it is closer so less fuel to get there and it is free admission.

January Day 17

Day 17 "Water"

Today was pretty hot where I am and today's category being water it was tempting to go for a visit to the river or one of the near by beaches to take today's photo. However I decided to stay at home in the air conditioning instead. So today's photo is of my  backyard pond.
The origin of our pond dates back to the honeymoon. On our honeymoon there were some really nice ponds at one of the places we stayed. My husband asked if he could build a pond at our house, I agreed. About a week after we arrived home and I was back at work I received a picture message with the hole he had dug for the pond. My first thought was "oh no, what have I agreed to?". It was a bit larger than I had imagined as we don't have a huge back yard. When I saw the beginning of it I was a bit worried, now I think it is looking good. Still a little more work to do but it's getting there.

January Day 16

Day 16 "Morning"

I really could not be bothered getting up this morning, but my husband was at work and my daughter needs to be supervised or she would probably end up eating everything she could find small enough to fit in her mouth and more. So tired and feeling pretty horrible I had to get out of bed. I took my daughter into the lounge room to play with her toys, while i had a lay down on the floor next to her for about half hour and watched. I occasionally had to get up to stop her from causing too much mischief and I also got climbed over a few times, but I really had no energy to be do anything.

My girl made the most of this opportunity and explored my purse while I lacked the energy to tell her otherwise. My thoughts this morning was if it's not dangerous to her then I'm not moving.     

January Day 12-15

So I've been a bit slack lately on the blog post as I have been keeping myself busy preparing for my daughters first birthday, and also trying to adjust to the husband being back at work after holidays. 

Here is day  12 through to 15:

Day 12 "Close-Up"

 This is a close-up of my daughters eyes. Lots of people comment on how long her eye lashes are. I think every part of her is just perfect.


Day 13 " In your Bag"

My handbag doesn't contain much since my little girl has got to that stage where she moves quick and gets into everything. For some reason she seems obsessed with carrying around my bag and emptying the contents.

Day 14 "Something your reading"

This is all I ever seem to get time to read these days. My Favourite of the bunch is colour me happy

Day 15 "Happiness"

Well this photo isn't one i took as that is me lifting my daughter, but i feel this sums up happiness to me. Enjoying a beautiful day of birthday celebration for my little angel. These moments are precious and I'm grateful for every smile.

January Day 11

"where you sleep"

Like most people I sleep in a bed. That's my hubby in the photo on the other side of the bed playing my DS. Even though this is a queen size bed it never feels big enough when i'm trying to get comfortable.

I want a king size bed

January Day 10

"Childhood"

This a doll from my childhood holding my preschool photo album.

You can see me pictured in the left of the album using a hula hoop, something that seemed so easy as a kid but when I tried it a few weeks ago with my nieces I was absolutely hopeless. Perhaps the pregnant belly didn’t help.

In the photo on the right hand side of the album I am playing with play dough, which is something I will be attempting to make this week for my daughter birthday party.

The doll holding the album is not the first cabbage patch doll I received as a child. This was one that was bought to replace my first cabbage patch doll after my younger sister left it at somewhere at a shopping  centre. This is just one of many toys that my sister borrowed without permission and lost or broke. It made me very angry as a kid, but I know now she only wanted to play with my toys because she loved me because I am her big sister.

January day 9

"daily routine"
I'm not very good at sticking to a routine as my life always seems to be all over the place. I am getting a bit better at sticking to a routine since becoming a mum. However one thing I have done routinely even before having a baby was make an effort to brush my teeth twice a day.