Thursday 31 July 2014

Parents and their sense of identity

A couple of comments about parents and how can lose their identity after having children.

1) You post hundreds of pictures of your kid on your facebook profile. You even replace your profile picture with a picture of your kid/s. Your cover picture is also a picture of your kid/s. You define yourself as a mother, but where is the old you? You know, the old fun you? I get the 'my kids mean everything to me' point, but does your kid really absorb all your personality and identity? In am certain that this is the case. As for your hobbies and free time... well... forget about them for the next x years!

2) You update your status on facebook, to mention (for the x-th time) that you are proud of your kid, because your kid is potty trained, and the likes. Frankly, your FB friends doesn't give a dam about how your kid poops. It's only your business, nobody else's. What would you think if I updated my facebook status to tell you how many times I pooped today and how I wiped my bottom? Disgusted!? Then, why do you do it? 

3) You have not done well in life and now you place your hopes on your little ones. Do you think that your kid is a special snowflake? Frankly, this is not the case. I have worked with many talented and gifted children in the past, and unless your 2 year old can speak like a lawyer, play the piano like Mozart or do high-school maths, I don't think that your kid is special (I have met and admired such kids and their amazing abilities).

4) When you are asked to mention your profession, you tell others that you are a 'full-time mum'. Well, is a 'full-time mum' a profession? I don't think so. 

5) So, you go on money saving experts forum and create a nick name as 'Pricsilla's-mum' or 'mummy-of-two-angels' ? Frankly, nobody cares!

6) Grammar police:

You can call yourself a Mommy... yes...by all means.

But 'mummy'? 

This is a mummy....




Well, do you define yourself as a mummy? ^
Unless your little one has dehydrated you and kept you awake at night, to the point of zombie-ness. 

Sunday 27 July 2014

Lavender frozen yoghurt recipe

It's dead simple and you can't go wrong. 

Step 1: Mix 3 cups of full fat Greek yoghurt with 1/2 pot Elmlea double cream (full fat is better).  

Step 2: Add 2.5 tablespoons of honey and 3 tablespoons of brown sugar. 

Step 3: Add 2 teaspoons of dry lavender flowers or 1.5 teaspoon of fresh lavender flowers in the mix.

Step 4: add 1 teaspoon of lemon zest (this step is optional). 

Step 5: Place the mix into the freezer. Steer well every 30 minutes, until the right consistency. 

Step 6: Decorate with fresh or dry lavender. 

A tip

If you add 3 tablespoons of Baileys into the mix... well, obviously, you will sky-rocket the flavour of this delicious desert. Also, alcohol prevents the yoghurt from becoming a block of ice. 

Comments

I would love to try this with the addition of white or dark chocolate next time. 

Wednesday 23 July 2014

...Lavender infused...

Lavender infused...

Vodka? 

Syrup?

Lemonade?

Oil? (as a beauty product)

Strawberry sauce

Milk or cream (for your sweet tooth)

ice cream

water

Lavender is everywhere (in England). Make the most of it and enjoy it while it lasts!

Friday 18 July 2014

My great escape

I have just resigned from my (latest) job. I am very happy I left, as that job was a dead end, and I didn't enjoy it at all. I am not going to get into detail, but the job wasn't for me. I was overqualified for the role, and I had hidden all my university qualifications in order to get it. In the end, I ended up being miserable as I didn’t enjoy working there. Plus, it only paid national minimum wage. I can do much better, I am sure.

So, now what? 

A two month travelling abroad, to start with. Because I can.

When I get back I will start searching for a new job. This time I will only apply for jobs I would love doing. I won't compromise. 





Sunday 13 July 2014

...Welcome to Breederville!...

Welcome to Breederville! 

The Great British Summer! Full of barbecues, great nights out, meet-ups with friends, and me-time. 

Summer Festivals take place across the country. 

My favourite festivals are the music ones. If they play rock or heavy metal music... even better! 

I went to a festival this weekend...  and it was full of crying and misbehaving kids and annoyed parents. It seams that the Great British Summer is not that great for parents after all. Now that school is out, every day at home with the kids is a bit of a nightmare. 

Yeah... Take your children to rock and heavy metal festivals! Yes, ruin yours and someone else's day!!! And ruin the artist's performance too!

Music festivals + kids = a recipe for disaster.

Luckily I can go home and have a great time. You have to go home and deal with the trouble... Remember, you chose to have kids. Now it is time to face the circumstances. 








Thursday 10 July 2014

...No way...


Bathroom guest book....

They really do sell everything nowadays!

Saturday 5 July 2014

...Lavender chocolate...

A recipe idea...

I have been thinking about this recipe for a while. Lavender has bloomed in the garden. Maybe I should mix cooking chocolate, double cream, and lavender flowers and make chocolate truffles with the mix. I don't want my chocolate to have chunks of flowers. Right now I am drying out some of the flowers. I may powder them in the blender before using them in this recipe.