Parenting is hard....

Parentign is such a scary huge responsibility. With so many different parenting guides out there and different theories on how to gro a great human being how on earth can you feel confident that the decisions you make are the right ones.

My big issue right now is financial, I have savings but have to decide how to use them, is it best to put my money towards a house and lead a frugal but safe life paying off that mortgage, should I be investing $100,000.00 sending Flynn to the school of choice or should I use the money that we do have on family holidays and days out to make life fun.

What priorities make a good childhood and what things that I miss out on will cause him to resent me as an adult....

Need to focus

I've let myself get a crush on an unnattainable person again. This is a huge flaw I need to sort out. I could have ten guys chasing me and am only ever interested in the guy who shows the least interest.
I am making a concerted effort to concentrate on my friendships, family and study for the rest of this year.
I am absolutely banned from chasing boys because the ones I chase generally arent worth chasing.

Weekly goals 30/3/09

Ok I havent done any weekly goals in such a long time and I really need to restart this.

Goals for this week are:
- Clean house every night before bed.
- Spend time with a girl friend every day this week.
- Do first tafe module.
- Do an exercise Video atleast 4 times.
- Pick up mobile phone.

Bec's words of wisdom

People who say you need to earn their trust ill never learn o trust fully. Trust should be given and only distrust can be earnt. Otherwise you are blaming new people for sins of others.

New Hair

I've gotten far too boring in the last few years with having nasty boyfriends and nasty office jobs so I've decided to take a giant leap backwards and find the person I used to be. That of course is best done with fashion :)
Here is my new hair:

Catch up on my baby

Since I'm so incredibly slack at updating here is a quick update of Flynn's life until now:

Flynn was born on the 27th of June at 3:30pm by Ceasar after a 26 hour labour. He was in distress and was born very sick (blue and not breathing) and was rushed away by four paediatricians. I also went into shock during the operation and was in recovery for a long time then they took me to my room and I did not get to see Flynn until 1:30 am. In that time noone really told me what was going on and I was very scared. It was horrible but then they brought my baby to me and he was fine.

We were in hospital for 6 days, he was on an antibiotic drip for the first 3 and then needed no help after that. Unfortunately he had very bad reflux which eventually turned out to be a lactose intolerance so we swapped him to soy formula raher than breastmilk and he was thriving.

This is Flynn at 3 months, he was a very quiet baby at this stage and would just sit and watch everyone. Always very smiley until a camera would be brought out.

This is Flynn 6 months old on Christmas day propped up on his cousins new bike. He didn't learn to sit until 8 months although he could crawl by 6 and a half so this photo had to be taken very quickly.

And this is him now, crawling, smiling and beautiful. He has also now learnt to pull hmself up to standing so it won't be long until he is running everywhere.

Back to blogging.

I cannot believe I have neglected this blog since before I even had a baby. I have internet at home once more and will try get my blog back up and running.

Quick update on me:
- I had a baby boy on the 27th of June 08 named Flynn.
- I seperated from Andy last Sept, there was alot of bitterness and fighting but we are getting to a point where we can get along quite well.
- I moved to Katoomba and have a cute duplex all to myself (and Flynn obviously), I've been decorating and will post some pics soon.
- I'm still off work but have gotmy website up and running and have a bit of work from m business.
- Can't think of anything else right now but will update later.

Cool New Zealand Vodka Ad

The progression of my belly...

The beginning

34 Weeks

36 Weeks

38 Weeks

Hrmm and I thought I was getting good at this

-12 As a 1930s wife, I am Very Poor (Failure) Take the test!

God I'm Crap

I just realised I haven't done a post on this thing for over 3 months now.  That is not at all living up to my new years resolutions is it?

I have 14 days until my due date and have stopped working so hopefully I'll make some more time to update on here.  Plus soon I'll have some cute baby photos to post.

Quote of the day

Go either very cheap or very expensive.  It's the middle ground that is fashion nowhere.

 - Karl Lagerfield

Diet starts now

The picture didn't turn out very well but this is my lunch today.  I am officially starting to eat healthier.  I've been giving into my cravings way too much recently and I'm worried I'm going to be one of those women who gain fifty kilos during pregnancy and then take forever to lose it again.

Now don't get me wrong; this doesn't in any way mean I'm planning to not eat any chocolate or ice cream or junk food.   Those are definitely necessary to keep me sane and make the baby happy.  I'm just going to try and make sure I'm getting enough serves of fruits and veggies and all the protein and stuff that I need.  then pig out on chocolate as snacks rather than as meals (yes I have been doing that sometimes).

I also really have to start forcing myself to exercise as all my muscles have disappeared and been replaced with flab lately.  It's very scary.

I thought I'd include the recipe for the salad I had for lunch today in case any of you want to try it (it was really filling)

Tuna Salad:

95g tin of tuna w/ tomato and onion (wrapped in paper towel to squeeze off the extra oil)

150g Coles Salad Mix (contains lettuce, carrot and cabbage)

handful of pitted kalamata olives (rinsed and sliced)

handful of grape tomatoes (cut into quarters)

Half a handful of grated cheese (need to put some fat in there)

drizzling of balsamic vinegar

I would have really liked to put some avocado in there as well but I didn't have any.

Feel free to send me recipes guys.  (easy recipes)

My favourite site of the day

Go check out Garfield Minus Garfield which tells the tale of Jon Arbuckle and his eccentricities....

Hrmmm

well I appear to be having trouble embedding the video into the previous post. Anyone wanna give me some tips?
If not you don't get to see the video :-p

This made me cry (at my desk at work how embarassing)

Things I love Thursday

• Writing up my business plan. I’m getting a great feeling from doing this and am discovering skills I didn’t even realize I had.
• Bread rolls with gravy – Maybe this is just a pregnancy thing but it tastes so good. Normally I hate salt but I think my baby likes it 
• Being back in Recruitment – I worked for an IT recruitment agency for four years as my first “real” job and now I am temping for the next month in a different IT Recruitment agency. It’s nice to be back in the industry that I learnt so much in, and to see that not much has changed, especially for such a fast moving industry as IT.
• LinkedIn. I’ve never really used it before but now that I’ve decided to start a business I’ve discovered how great it can be as a networking tool. I’m currently building up my network and getting referrals. Feel free to add me to your network: http://www.linkedin.com/in/officemagic
• My boyfriend > Kisses for Andy xoxoxo

Is this the most beautiful smile ever..... (you better say yes)

This is my neice with my beautiful patient cat Mack.

The next frame she is licking him to see how he tastes but this moment here is perfect.

Quote of the day

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else.

I only try to dance better than myself."

--Mikhail Baryshnikov

Step 1

I now have an ABN (Australian Business Number) how exciting.

Next step is to register the business name and domain name and then I can really get under way.

I've nearly completed my business plan as well.  And I think I've done a pretty good job for my first time.  I'm just a bit confused as to if my pricing and short term goals are realistic.