Gratitude Project - 4th April

Because of the dreary weather today, Mac and Warrie spent most of today. So after work Mr M, the boys and I went to a tunnel near a local park to kick a ball in.

We had a such a great time :)

Things I'm thankful for today:

1. Getting my exercise in before the rain - even though I went swimming, it meant I didn't have to walk back to the office in the rain ;)

2. Takeaway - thank you Mr M!!

3. It's Friday! Hip hip hooray!

What are your weekend plans?

Gratitude Project - 3rd April

Just so you know, the assumption for my gratitude list is that I am always grateful for my two healthy, adorable, rambunctious, funny, irritating, happy, loving boys. Every day. No matter how much they tick me off, or make me long for the days when I could afford nice clothes/shoes...

Yes I can imagine life without them; but I don't want to ever be without them.

They might make me want to punch walls with their constant "Mummy. Mummy. Mummy. Mummy." But then something like this happens:

Today was Mac's swimming lesson, so I dropped Warrie off at day care before hand. As we were walking in, he stops, looks over his shoulder and says, "Where Mac? Mac gone?"

"Yes darling, Mac has a swimming lesson. He'll be back in a little while."

Cue a devastated face, tears and clutching my leg from my normally very independent little boy.

After swimming, as I pulled back up outside the centre, I turn to get Mac out of the car. He has a very sad expression. "Sweetheart, what's wrong!?"

"Mummy, I miss Warrie. Can I give him a cuddle when I go in?"

My heart melts with the love these to boys have for each other. And I know that I am blessed to have them.

And so it is a given that at the very way far top of my gratitude list is my two boys.

{Seriously, these kids break my heart with their gorgeousness. Every. Single. Day}

So, apart from my babies, the things I am grateful for today are:

1. Running with my bestie today. Well run-walking really, and mostly lots of chatting :)  We've decided to make it a weekly thing, and I'm already looking forward to next week!

2. My slow cooker; so little effort for so much delicious reward!!

3. A decent TV series. A few of my favourite shows are: Rake, The Moodys, Offspring, Walking Dead, The Spoils of Babylon. 

I am currently obsessed with the show Vikings... Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) really floats my boat. 

We don't watch a lot of TV (mostly because there's never anything good on!) but thanks to Mr M, we're up to date with this fab series, and I am loving it!

What's your current favourite tv show? Do you have any recommendations?

Gratitude Project - 2nd April

It was a gorgeous warm sunny day today, the kind that makes it hard to believe that winter is on its way. The kind where all you want to do is find a little quiet patch of grass and lay on a blanket all day long with an awesome book and delicious picnic. Snoozes optional ;)

But despite the glorious weather, I somehow forced myself to be more productive today; still can't quite work out the secret. Why is it some days so bad and others it's so easy to power through??

Things I am grateful for today:

1. Mac sleeping in until 6.45am! That's  a whole hour longer than usual!

2. Today was hump day, so yay for the approaching week end!!

3. Picking Mac and Warrie up early from daycare and taking them to the playground. I had to time them racing around all of the equipment and going down the slide (high fives on the way downwere not optional!)

{Warrie}

What was the weather like where you are today? 

Gratitude Project - 1st April

Today was a good day; I completed two big items off my work to do list, and rewarded myself with a cuppa and a homemade muffin.

I'm struggling with procrastination at the moment, so that was kind of a big deal :)

I have so many things in my head that I want to action, but I think I'm getting lost in the overwhelmingly BIG "big picture". I'm going to have to set aside some time to write everything down and start to break them into bite size bits. Maybe then I'll actually feel like the tasks will be achievable, or even better maybe I'll actually start doing something!!

Things I am grateful for today:

1. Having prepped daycare lunches the night before. Starting this habit has really relieved some of my morning stress!

2. Hitting the gym. I used it as a reward for completing a boring task today, and it was worth it! I felt so much better and was more proactive in the afternoon. 

3. Autumn. I'm loving the cooler nights and snuggling under the doona!

What are you grateful for today?

Do you have any tips for beating procrastination??

What's in a name?

Well, as I've decided to make a concerted effort to be better about posting on this blog, I think I'm going to have to rename a few things....

Firstly, my Little Monster and Even Littler Monster will be changing.
I was SO convinced that I was going to have a girl the second time around, that I thought Little Monster and Little Princess would make referring to the kids so easy. Yup, cue two boys and the original monikers are not so easy.
From now on (until I decide to change them again!), they will be referred to as Mac (my oldest) and Warrie (my youngest)

Husband has become Mr M - its just so much easier, down from 7 letters to 3 letters plus a space! Result!

I shall remain Melissa or Mrs M - unless I can come up with something better!

Looking forward to starting my Gratitude Project tonight!