February style: Blue&Black

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

2 Comments

February style: Blue&Black

Coat: All Saints
Jeans: Topshop
Bag: Kookai
Boots: Jones*

There’s another new coat in my coat collection :) When I lived in Australia I only had cardigans of various thicknesses and one winter coat. Now I have 2 coats for very cold weather, 3 for semi-cold weather and 4 blazers for spring and summer! [...]

Link to full post

Peer pressure – Is it even possible to raise your kids so that they won’t be influenced?

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

9 Comments

Peer pressure – Is it even possible to raise your kids so that they won’t be influenced?

“You know what colours Tom likes? Pink and purple!!!! Bleerrrgghhh….!”
“What’s wrong with pink and purple?”
“Boys are not supposed to like them.”
“Says who?”
“Well….. I don’t really like them… I prefer red and blue.”
“So just like you prefer red and blue, someone else prefers pink and purple. They’re just colours and everyone can like whatever they like.”
“Ummmm….. but they are GIRL colours!”
“Says who?”
[...]

Link to full post

Brighton Half Marathon 2012 – 13.42* miles against the wind

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

1 Comment

Brighton Half Marathon 2012 – 13.42* miles against the wind

Brighton Half Marathon was hard.

Although the weather had improved from the day before and was sunny, it was still quite windy and running on exposed seaside was a challenge.

In addition, I had left my earphones in London so my run was only accompanied by the sound of the crowds cheering, which was very nice, and the sound of my feet pounding the pavement, which was not that nice. With music I’m able to tune out the pounding and just move with the music. Without music, however, my body felt so heavy and my legs so stiff. [...]

Link to full post

Papertoy Monsters – The perfect book for a 7-year old boy

Monday, 20 February 2012

1 Comment

Papertoy Monsters – The perfect book for a 7-year old boy

Last week when I was walking around Soho (as you do when you live in London), I popped into a little toy shop and walked out with this book of paper monsters. I thought it would be perfect to take to Brighton, since it means new toys but flatpacked to begin with.

I was correct – the book was a hit with Oskar (Oliver didn’t show much interest – he probably cannot get his 3-year old mind away from Ben10 or Lighting McQueen). We made a couple of new monsters every night when in Brighton and although some are really fiddly to get glued together, they do look kind of cute in the end. I had to make one for Oskar tonight as well, I suspect he won’t stop asking me until the whole book has been used up!

Link to full post

Long weekend in Brighton

Monday, 20 February 2012

1 Comment

Long weekend in Brighton

On Thursday morning we packed our bags and headed down to Brighton for a long weekend. Despite it being February, we had a lovely seaside mini-holiday: the kids loved sleeping in the same bed with us (we pushed a double and a single together to fit us all in, my mom had the other single); they loved going to bed late (as we were all in one room, we all went to bed at 9 or 9:30); they loved tossing rocks into the waves; they loved going to the swimming pool every day… [...]

Link to full post

He totally looks seven!

Sunday, 19 February 2012

4 Comments

He totally looks seven!

And we have a 7-year old. Complete with missing teeth and STILL nothing but total love for all things LEGO :)

Link to full post

Race season is about to start – I now know how to make my own sports drink

Monday, 13 February 2012

4 Comments

On Sunday I’m running my first half-marathon for this year. I would love to run a PB (personal best) at anything less than 1 hour and 50 minutes, but considering how long it takes my muscles to warm up in these temperatures, I don’t think it’s going to happen.

Instead, I will just take this first race as the opening of the racing season and a ‘warm-up’ to what’s to come in the spring and summer. So far I have registered for two 10k runs, three 15k runs and two more half-marathons. [...]

Link to full post

I got all crafty today and made a felt camera

Saturday, 11 February 2012

3 Comments

I got all crafty today and made a felt camera

I have a long way to go when it comes to my crafting skills, but the kids love this felt camera that I made this afternoon. Now I wish I had a sewing machine again, hand sewing is so time-consuming and painful :|

Link to full post

Sharing is caring: My favorite beauty products

Thursday, 9 February 2012

8 Comments

Sharing is caring: My favorite beauty products

The bad news is that without any make-up I look exactly like Cameron Diaz without make up – no eyebrows, no eyelashes, a bit blotchy and very pale.

The good news is that with make up I don’t look too bad – almost as good as Ms Diaz when she puts make up on :)

I am now old enough to say that I have tried MANY different beauty products over the years and I have finally settled down to using my favorites, not buying new stuff very often anymore.

Here are my tried and tested favorites… [...]

Link to full post

Third time Versatile!

Thursday, 9 February 2012

2 Comments

Third time Versatile!

The very cool Jude Wharton (she runs AND she has a digital media company = cool) made my day a few weeks ago by giving me my very third Versatile Blogger Award.

(My previous Versatile Blogger Awards are mentioned here).

Thank you Jude for giving me proof again that there are people out there who read my blog other than my mother. [...]

Link to full post

There is no need for Valentine’s Day

Monday, 6 February 2012

4 Comments

There is no need for Valentine’s Day

So the western world is in Valentine’s Day mode at the moment – shop windows are full of pink and red love hearts and every other marketing email I get is about the 14th of February.

I am the wrong audience for all of this – I don’t get Valentine’s Day.

Do men need the pressure of finding yet another PERFECT present for the lady in their lives? (they probably still haven’t recovered from Christmas)

And ladies – do we really think that men want a Valentine’s Day present? (well, they might, if it comes in a form of putting a ribbon on yourself, but THAT can be arranged at anytime, right? ;) [...]

Link to full post

Melting

Sunday, 5 February 2012

2 Comments

Melting
Link to full post

Living amongst the mutant race

Friday, 3 February 2012

16 Comments

Living amongst the mutant race

I think the British are some kind of a mutant superior race when it comes to handling freezing temperatures.

It’s been hovering around 0°C for the past week or two and this is what I see on the streets:

  • At least half of the people don’t wear hats
  • 90% of women wear the same shoes they would wear in the summer – ballet flats, etc.
  • 100% of men wear the same shoes they would wear in the summer
  • Teenagers do not wear coats
  • Teenagers do not wear scarves or god forbid – hats
  • An occasional adult walks by wearing a skirt and BARE legs
  • An occasional adult walks by wearing flip flops

The mind boggles. [...]

———————————-

Post updated at 19:45pm with proof to my Mutant Race Theory :)

Link to full post
Google Analytics integration offered by Wordpress Google Analytics Plugin