Eggshell Green

Stuff I Luff

• The hubby baking me cakes. Oh yes, he’s a good man.
• Abby’s Jolly Jumper – so useful and Abby loves it.
• Fries with chicken salt – mMmMm chicken salt…
• The good weather holding up. I don’t want to believe that summer is over :(
• Frozen meals ready for reheating on days where you just can’t be bothered with anything else.
• Antihistamines – wonderful stuff that makes me feel less shit. Even better when your new three month supply doesn’t expire in one month (cheeky pharmacy!)
• Having the time to craft. I’ve been busy with lots of new cupcake paintings lately and a give away will be in order to celebrate that. Watch this space!
• Making baby food. It’s so satisfying to know you’re saving lots of money by cooking up your own fruit and vege (although Abby’s yet to try vegies but that’s next). I don’t love it so much when the Internet distracts me a little too long (20 minutes too long) and my pears burn…

Baby food fail

Stuff I Luff

• Abby settling herself to sleep. No more carrying her around to get her to sleep!
• Having eight hours of uninterrupted sleep again.
• Smoked fish. Particularly good in a green salad with blanched green beans and a simple herby sour cream and lemon dressing.
• Ice cream in a cone for a simple dessert. I’m loving vanilla ice cream at the moment.
• Forgetting to hang out the washing then hearing the neighbours curse as their washing gets wet in the rain – mwahahaha!
• Market Kitchen. That show has so many scrumptious and really do-able recipes. Just tried their Pan-fried Chicken Livers with Pears and it was yum. I’m going to try and turn that into a pâté. (And doesn’t Tom Parker Bowles look just like his mother Camilla?? He just needs a wig, lipstick and a few decades on him and he too could be bedding Charles – *shiver*)

Is it Tom, or Camilla? I dunno!

Tags: television

Stuff I Luff

• Sleep. I’ve mentioned this many times, but like someone said to me “You don’t know tired until you have a baby”.
• Sleeping Abby. Then I can do normal things like eat and shower.
• Sunny days. Wellington had some wintery days recently but touch wood that the summer weather has finally arrived and here to stay (for at least the rest of the summer).
• Remembering to charge my laptop and phone before it’s too late.
• Green Day. I’m an old school fan from the 90s with all their albums and I still love listening to them.
• Sandwiches. Love sandwiches.
• Fez not farting at night. We have him in our room and waking up to a silent-but-violent is not cool!
• The husband feeding me chocolate ice cream as I blog.

Stuff I Luff

• Lazy weekends
• Pink grapefruit juice. I could never have grapefruit juice while on the pill so this is one thing I’m taking advantage of while pregnant.
• Watching Fez sleep. He’s the cutest when he’s fast asleep, snoring and having puppy dreams
• Good yum char
• Nanna naps
• Sunny summery weather in Spring
• Knowing this is my last week of work!
• Making cakes. I made Ms Constantine’s birthday cake and it was so satisfying to see the finished product all pretty and ready for surprising (though I’m terrible at surprises).
• I also love eating said cake

White chocolate mud cake with Malteser-Baileys cream and white chocolate ganache... mmm!

Cachous and pale pink sugar crystals complete the cake

Tags: baking, cake