What I Love about me....

I found this over at Daisy, Roo and Two, I so often think and talk about all the things I hate about me, in the spirit of positive thinking I thought I would try and join in. So here goes....

I ❤ that I am on top of my Domestic Goddess game at the moment! I am flying through the washing and tidying and cleaning..... please leave your white gloves at home, my home is by no means perfect but pretty good on Moodi Mumma standards!!

I  ❤ that I have been able to create not 1, not 2 but 3 beautiful little girls... with a little help from hubby of course ;o)

I ❤ that I am always seeking to better myself and my life for my little family and I

I ❤ that I am learning to love myself and look for the positives in life

I ❤ that I am kind, helpful and caring

I ❤ that I am beginning to believe in myself and am ready to prove to myself I'm worth the effort I always dedicate to everyone other than myself!

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I am studying Community Services Work and have some questions that I need to gather different opinions on, I would love if my Blogging community could help me out :o)

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The questions are about values, belief and attitudes. Be honest and open, there will be no judgement from me & any judgmental or rude comments relating to anothers answers will not only be NOT tolerated but deleted.
Here we go....

1. Manners - are they old fashioned? Do they hold a high or low value in your life?

2. Pride - are there things you need to be proud of? Do you value pride or humility?

3. Clothes - how important are clothes, at work? At play?

4. Behaviours on the sports field - What behaviours do you value? Sportsmanship? Winning? Team Spirit? Individuality?

5. Family life - Do you value family life? What do you value about family life?

Thank you for your input, I'm looking forward to reading about your different values and beliefs.

Hmm I guess it's only fair I share mine considering I'm asking you to share with me, yeah?

1. I don't believe Manners are old fashioned. They hold high importance & value in my life.

2. I believe there is a time an place for both pride and humility, both can be 'used' positively and negatively. I am more comfortable with humility, but am finding pride a little easier these days :o)

3. I believe clothes to be a necessity & whilst I appreciate and wish I could own more lovely items, I don't hold too much value in them. I like them to be clean, comfortable well fitting and suited for the climate. I think society puts a lot of value on clothing, styles, fashion etc which causes me to worry about it more than I care to.

4. I believe in sportsmanship, I really despise bad sportsmanship and bad sideline parents. I don't think winning is important, but everyone likes to from time to time, and I think team moral needs a win every once in a while. While I think Team Spirit is very important, I also believe that indiviual achievments and progress should be acknowledged, supported and celebrated.

5.My family life is the thing I value most in my life. I value having that partner in life who loves you, accepts your Love and who you are as a person. Children to love, teach, guide, enjoy and adore. People to share the world and its events with, that will face the world and it's challenges with you.

Family Life to me = LOVE, FUN, HAPPINESSS, SHARED SADNESS, KINDNESS, UNDERSTANDING, A SAFE PLACE IN LIFE.

Things I Know

* The cost of Grocery shopping when planning to have dinner guests is HUGE.... but is far cheaper than going out to dinner or ordering in.

* It's lovely having dinner guests and getting the opportunity to try new recipes and put on a yummy spread ~ my family are picky eaters and putting out a spread for us would be wasted!

* I don't hang my washing on the line half as often as I should, but I feel so good when I do :o)

* 'Home Readers' are a great way to spend one on one time with my twins and make me so proud of each of their learning achievements

* It's not a great idea to blog while waiting for the oil to heat up in the fryer or for the kettle to boil, your cuppa to cool down etc, etc.... way too distracting!!

* As good as I am becoming at dealing with the 3 shift roster and the week of Dogwatch, I cannot wait for this week to be over! Bring on Friday!!

What's for Dinner Wednesday

Last year I created a 30 b4 30 list, my number 11 was cook a cookbook meal at least once a week. To help me achieve this and become more organised in my kitchen and grocery shopping I am dedicating Wednesdays to my weekly meal planner. Our pay falls on Wednesday one week and Thursday the next, so I feel Wednesday's a great day to plan ahead :o)

Roast Chicken & Veggies, trying out the new 'Cook in a Bag' by Continental in a Classic Roast Chicken seasoning. You can cook the chicken and the veggies in the bag, all within an hour! This makes a roast something I can achieve on a weeknight, even after getting home from Ballet Lessons :o)

Rigatoni Pasta served with a rocket salad & hot bread stick. Trifle for dessert :o) I have my Mum and Dad coming over for dinner and to spend some time together, so I have picked out this meal from my 'Jamie Oliver ~ 30 min meals' cook book. This kills 2 birds with 1 stone on my 30 b4 30 list as I am making a cookbook meal as well as having guests over for dinner :o)

 BBQ Meats served with a Roast Pumpkin & Sweet Potato Salad, a Potato bake and a Ciabatta Loaf, with a chocolate Bavarian for dessert. We are having guests over for dinner on Saturday night too, always the way don't have any visitors for weeks on end and then end up with two lots on the one weekend!

Chicken & Spinach Risotto, something warm & filling for a Sunday night that will also make good left overs for Woodi to take to Work the next day for Dine on afternoon shift.

Spiral Bolognaise served with Garlic Bread ~ easy to make when I am on my own and leftovers that heat well for Woodi the next night at work.

 My Mumma's Special Mince & Rice dish, a yummy and hearty dish that also makes a good leftover meal for Woodi.

Chicken Supper Ready - 'Easy Slow Cooker Cookbook' recipe, I think after a week of full on cooking I will be looking forward to a slow cooker meal... chuck it all in and dish it up hours later for dinner, Nice :o)

Daisy, Roo & Two: One Lovely Blog :o)

One Lovely Blog Award

Wow!!! I am absolutely stoked and almost... almost speechless!!

 I want to say a huge Thank you to Daisy from  Daisy, Roo & Two for awarding me my 1st ever blog award!! I am so glad I found Daisy on her lovely blog (Twitter, Instagram & Facebook lol), we have a lot in common & she is an amazing and 'real' writer with interesting and heartfelt posts. Please go visit her blog with lovely posts and fabulous photos of her beautiful girl Roo & Two sweet boys!!

Now the hard part... 7 Fun facts about me..... eeek!

1 The four people in the world most likely to drive me nuts, make my hair go grey, drive me to tears and have me whining and moaning like a Moodi Mumma.........ARE the very reason for my existence, the light in my day, the smile on my face and my inspiration to be and do better

 My heart, my soul, my world <3

2 I giggle at odd times... when I'm over-tired -  for days on end when I found out I was having twins - when I'm nervous or scared about someones reaction to something,

 ie Whilst dating, Woodi & his Twin Brother were wrestling in his bedroom. Woodi picked his twin up and kind of, sort of, by accident... but not quite, threw his brother into the wall, leaving a back sized hole! Woodi told MIL she better come look at the 'little' hole they had made, I was nervously giggling like a school girl. Turns out she was more pissed of at my 'laughing' than the hole in the wall :oS

3 I am and have forever been in awe and love with faeries and magic. I am often described as being in my own little world or off with the faeries.... and honestly what better place to be when your not really here?? I love images of faeries from the cute, sweet and innocent, to the dark, secretive and seductive. My fave fairy artist is Amy Brown, here is some of her work:

I'm obsessed, it was soooo very hard not to add them all! Images from www.amybrownart.com

4 If I were financial I would be covered in tattoos, I'm not a lover of being overly tattoo clad, but I love individual tattoos of meaning and have around 7 works I am desperately eager to have on my body.

5 I love Mexican food, Woodi proposed to me on my 21st Birthday at my fave Mexican Restaurant on the Gold Coast..... mmmm Mexican

6 I am still such a teenager at heart, loving teen books and movies and memories

7 Despite the above I feel old preferring my Flannel PJ's, cups of tea & bed-socks to getting dressed up and having a night on the town or having a backyard party in the cold


Now I get to pass on the lovely gift to 5 Lovely Bloggers:

A little Green Blog of Calm - A new blog but so lovely
Wild Hope - I'm only new to visiting this blog, but am looking forward to reading more
Butterflies and Breezes - a lovely down to earth blog
Bogue Living - funny, real, down to earth
Life As Mummy Max - My besties new blog site, previously Daddy Mummy and Kiddie Max

Thank you Daisy for the award and the experience :o)

Nit picking

Nothing like waking up a little late, rushing around getting the kids fed and organised for school, make the lunches, pack the bags, do one hair and then...... brushing Moo's hair I find the dreaded eggs!!

Bloody head lice!!

Teeny tiny eggs..... her hair riddled with them :o(

And so it begins... I have to get the kids to get undressed, unpack their school, get into home clothes and pack their crap away while I call the school and inform our neighbors.

As if the nits alone aren't enough in a family with 3 young girls, I have the joys of stripping the beds the only sets of flannelette sheets we own and have the mission of trying to wash and get them dried whilst it is raining and our dryer is on the blink..... freaking awesome NOT! With teeth clenched I strip the freakin beds and try to ignore the overflowing washing baskets as i stuff the linen in the machine and pray I can get it dried. Trying to ignore the huge ass basket of washing that needs folding....

 and get down to the nitty gritty! Armed with a bottle of KP and a nit comb I make my way through Moo's hair... I douse her, let it sit, rinse her then attempt to comb the eggs out..... BUT

Super fine hair + Teeny tiny eggs = nit comb not working

resulting in me having to go through strand by strand removing eggs by hand - shoot me now!!

Thankful for small mercies, Loo & Boo didn't have the dreaded "eggs" but I decided to douse and comb Boo just in case and settled for rubbing some eucalyptus oil through Loo's hair as a preventative measure.

So with the girls having rest time, you'd think I'd be folding that washing.... but instead I'm blogging and scratching my head in nit-paranoia!!

Things I Know - Brought to us by Yay for Home...Thanks to Kate says stuff :o)

Things I know this week:

* I have Cervical Stemnosis and am in a fair amount of pain & need to have a mini op on Wednesday

* I have retreated into my own little world this week and have neglected blogger, Facebook & Twitter - most likely because of the above.

* I'm fortunate my hubby could have a couple of days off work to take care of me and the kiddies.

* My kiddies are loving and caring and are very sweet when they see their Mumma crying or upset <3 <3 <3

* You have to be very careful with the people you introduce your family to.... some people have weird stalker tendencies :os

* I have been struck by a huge dose of restlessness..... need to put my finger on why??

* I want soooo many lovely and wonderful things but have to remember that I am very blessed to have the wonderful things that many others don't have.

Link up and share what you know this week!

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Leah - Bogue Living

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Marita @ Stuff With Thing

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