Ms Fifikins

MIML™ has always been one who appreciates his own space. I have not been used to the concept and it has taken me some time to figure out what it is all about.

I know it is not rejection, but more a time when he needs to be by himself to collect his thoughts and chill.

My space time tends to lead me to just being lazy. I faff online, or lie in bed, or watch the cooking channel. Yes, I zone out, but I don’t use the time to my advantage.

One of my tasks I set for myself on my 101 in 1001 days (too tired tonight to link it in, but it is up there somewhere for you to click!) is to find 5 indulgences that aren’t food related. I think this ties in with space. I need to find things that refresh me. That reinvigorate and re-energise me. That help me be a better person for me. Perhaps I do need to be selfish at times and say no.

So tomorrow (er today now!) when MIML™ has his space I will be cleaning and decluttering upstairs and down. And I will be involving the kids! I think maintaining an ordered house will help me maintain an ordered mind.

And if anyone can think up any indulgences for me, I would be grateful!

Figure I might as well join in this week’s noicities that recap last week. You get that, right?

See last week was a noice week, despite everything! See parts of last week were good…

1. I turned 38. See. I admit it. I had a lovely relaxing day. I was spoilt by MIML™ with a gorgeous bracelet and ring*. And dinner at our favourite restaurant!
2. Also received some awesome gifts from my mum including some tea (always goes down well!) a bag, some lavender hanging thingies to make my wardrobe smell noice and some drinkbottles.
3. My brother sent me a voucher which I will use to buy a book (should have gone to Myer whilst the stocktake sale was still on…)
4. My ‘MIL’ sent me a gorgeous charm/bead bracelet she had made herself and also a book of her favourite recipes! I suspect MIML™ is more excited about some of the recipes as they are those of his childhood!
5. It was noice that I ate really well all week. I really feel I am back on top of the eating thing at the momrnt!
6. I burned 1143 calories at boxing at the gym yesterday! And I didn’t blow it on chocolate or cakes or anything
7. Both kids are home after trips interstate to see their grandparents! So glad they got to go, but it is noice having them home.#

Yes, I suppose there are some not so noice, but bearables…

1. MIML™ was on nights. Say no more!
2. *My ring isn’t back from being resized yet and I want it like yesterday!
3. # Yes, the kids are home which has meant the constant peace and quiet of the last 2 weeks has been interrupted with bickering…

So onto this week! I’m sure it will be as noice as the last one, even more so that MIML™ is no longer on nights.

Perhaps I should have posted a warning… This week’s My Place and Yours theme is ‘What you look like when you get out of bed…’ I did choose a morning when I needed to wash my hair and I have 4 huge pimples on my face, but still, this is about normal!

Must admit I am loving wearing my dressing gown in the mornings!

So there you have it… I dare you to post a pic of yourself first thing in the morning.

Thanks to this kind soul for sharing this which will be the awesomeness for today…

For added effect, I suggest you click here

Yeah. Another wordpress theme. Not sure I am 100% happy with this one, but meh, at least it is a slight improvement on the last with tabs for the different pages.

I do have a totally customisable one that I should make time to edit and make my own at some stage. But until then, you have this, complete with the silly yellow in the header. Might look into changing that…

I did plan to spend the weekend faffing. Slept most of this morning, went to gym and burnt 911 calories in 1.5 hours of boxing and came back here and napped. It’s what I needed I keep telling myself. Will try and update my 101 in 1001 tomorrow…

But until then…

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April edibles

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An interesting month. Some good food memories and also a lot of reminders that I’m not eating very well at times. This is affecting both my health and my hip pocket! Let’s see what May brings…

March Edible365s

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As part of my aim to photograph something every that that I eat…these are the things that went into my mouth in March. Perhaps not the healthiest of months. Will see what April brings!

I really like commenting on blogs and when Blogger first started I was known to click ‘Next Blog’ over and over and leave random messages!

But I no longer have a blogger account. And to be quite honest, when I comment, I don’t really want to have to sign in with google as they know too much about me already! Plus I have an old google account linked to an old blog that I would rather not alert people too!

On some blogger blogs there is the option to leave a comment with your name and URL, but not all. There must be a button somewhere in there to change settings to make it more comment friendly?

I did like this I stumbled across this evening when I was trying to leave a comment…

Yeah, that’s what I think of your unhelpful platform blogger- it’s faucked!

My top drawer

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Er… It’s not messy, it’s just disorganised! This is my top kitchen drawer and I present it as part of My Place and Yours for this week.

I thought about using bedroom drawers, but the top drawers there contained intimate stuff, like bras and knickers! My office top drawer contains receipts and warranties- very boring!

So here is my kitchen top drawer. Please note the mix of old and new! A couple of corkscrews, microplane, crinkle cutter and glass swizzle stick at the top! I must organise it sometime!

February Edible365s

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Er… Yes, I know it is almost the end of March and it has taken me a long time to get this up, but still, better late than never! Plus it means I have gone back and re-tasted it all in my mind! Yum!