August Goals Review

• Start a new fitness routine - done!
• 2 letters - done!
• 2 recipes - done!
• Learn to play poker - done! (Though I need some practice.)
• Catch up with friends - done!

All round it's been a great month.

Messages to our daughters

This speech followed close on the heels of this post for me and made me think a lot about bringing up my girl, and boy for that matter.

Recipe: Mushroom Risotto

Ingredients:

• 1 onion
• 1.5 cups risotto rice
• 1 litre stock
• 500g mushrooms
• Olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic
• 10g butter
• Rosemary
• Thyme
• Salt & Pepper
• Parmesan cheese
• Lemon juice

Instructions:

1. Chop the mushrooms and fry in a pan until browned.
2. Meanwhile, fry the onion. Add the rice and begin to ladle in the stock, a bit at a time until absorbed.
3. Add the garlic, herbs and seasoning.
4. When the liquid is absorbed and the rice is no longer crunchy, add the mushrooms, butter, parmesan cheese and a good squirt of lemon juice.

Make it Monday- September Birthday Cards

I went with a bit of a theme this month, as you can see. For each recipient I chose a nice paper from either my stock or Mollie Makes and added a 'Happy Birthday' in relief on the front.

I like that each one is individual to the recipient and that it was easy to find suitable papers for male recipients too. They look simple and clean, and hopefully brighten up some birthdays.

Weekly Wisdom

Live with intention.

The Saturday Update

This week has flown by. On the whole it's been quieter than last week but somehow more tiring.

We took the kids to the fire and ambulance station open day on Sunday. It was great fun despite rubbish weather. Then we had corn on the cob with Isabella for the first time - fun!

On Monday I took Isabella to her dance class and then we did our usual shopping tour to Kirchweyhe.

I cycled to the townhall with the kids on Tuesday to buy our tickets for the children's theater at the weekend.

Wednesday was my taster session at Zumba. It was fast and difficult but good fun and I'll be going again. I cycled there and back too so lots of exercise this week.

I did a fair bit of garden work on Thursday with Isabella and mowed the lawn for the first time ever.

Yesterday was baby swimming again, followed by Joshua's first ride in a trolley and all the cleaning.

Another busy week coming up with children's theatre, visiting the in-laws and brunch with the yoga mums.

Links!

Stuck in my head.

I find this a bit strange.

This hurts my head.

Last days of Summer - no question.

I've seen a few stories like this lately.

Some good ideas here. (And some weird ones.)

This happened this week.

Glad to read more from this lady again.