Tag: warmth

#2529 The Christmas tree light

Tonight I put a Christmas light on in baby’s room. 😍🎄

It’s actually been there for a while, I just haven’t lit it up. I’ve been putting new baby stuff into the room this week, and as the room was filling up with things, I decided I wanted to add a glow to the room, which was the whole point of the light in the first place… I just hadn’t gotten around to it yet.

Truthfully, I’ve been putting Christmas things in baby’s room, before baby was even in my tummy. Christmas year after Christmas year. This year I decided, it wasn’t just a little wooden reindeer that would go in there… it would be something shiny and bright and reminiscent of the life growing in my belly.

And it’s a little thing, but it instantly added a warmth to the room. Atmosphere, presence, like someone inhabited it… or was going to, very, very soon. 🙏💖

It made me really happy. 🥰🥰🤰🤰

#2498 First beach day of the ’22 season

It finally happened!

Look, a bit disappointingly late, I might add. Last year we had our first beach day for the spring/summer season on September 28th…

This year, November 8th!

Sooo late.

But that’s ok. It only means we will spend more time making up for lost time over the next few months.

Actually, I need to spend all my days at the beach, because then when baby comes, my summer solitude will temporarily be halted. 😆

And here’s baby girl, saluting the sunset tonight after our post-dinner walk.

I just love this time of year. 🥰😍🌅🌞

#2477 Must move

I made the decision that I’m going to walk more.

I stopped all workout activities as soon as I found out I was pregnant. I know some people keep doing it, whether it’s low-intensity workouts, or running… but I just didn’t feel comfortable. Considering me, and my journey, I could give a rats arse about workouts.

I’ll workout later.

But I still need to do something, and for many reasons. The weather is getting warmer now, and walking is such an easy thing to do. Plus, the days are longer… yippee!

We did our first family walk this evening after dinner. It was about 20 minutes, and it’s especially rewarding getting snippets of water as you get out and about.

Then at home… more.

I plan to do a bit more than just walking, but all in due course. For now, I am enjoying moving my body, moving baby, and enjoying the feel of Spring air and sunshine on my face. 😁😁🌞🌞

#2359 Comfort in both

This was warming.

This was cooling.

Both I haven’t had in a while. Well, the chai latte I haven’t had in literally years, but it was what I craved most on this cold morning.

And though our absence from the beach doesn’t quite match the chai, we have been away from its immediate views for weeks now. We headed down after our brunch, as the wind whipped first the waves, then us.

Both were oddly comforting, in completely different ways. It also felt new again. We had been away from them both for a while, so it was like seeing them in a different light, from different eyes.

All because of time, and distance. The adage is true – it does make the heart grow fonder. 💞

#2357 The new nightgowns

Along with the new shoes we got yesterday, baby girl and I indulged in some much needed new nightgowns. 🥰😍

Here we are tonight, loving them and ourselves sick in the hoodies, all cuddly and warm and we never ever ever ever ever wanna take them off.

Mine says at the back, “Peter says relax.”

Peter, I love ya mate. I will do as you say, I have to, after all IT IS PRINTED ON THE NIGHTGOWN! 😆

#2343 The 6th day of Winter

As I write this, the wind is squealing outside.

Forecasters predict that temps will be 2 to 5 degrees cooler than the average June Winter temperature.

🥶🥶🥶🥶

But we are here. In Winter. Dealing with it.

And I’d much rather be in it and dealing with it, because, I hate the process of approaching Winter.

Summer is fantastic. Summer is Saturday. Summer is the party. 🥳🥳

Spring is great. Spring is Friday. Spring is when you plan your weekend. 😁

Even Winter is somewhat bearable. Shit and freezing cold, but bearable.

Winter is Monday. Yeah Monday is hard, but when you get up on Monday, you are able to somewhat get by with a super strong extra large coffee. Then you breathe out, and ahhh.

As you progress through Winter, it’s like you’re progressing through the weekdays…

July is Tuesday and Wednesday, and then August is Thursday. 😀

Hope springs forth. 🪄

So, Winter is a bit like a hangover. 😒

But Autumn… oh God. I am in a state of mourning come March. It also gets worse as the Autumnal months progress. And I love Autumn, for the trees, the falling leaves, the beautiful colours in nature abundant!

But damn it, knowing that Winter is coming, is just plain depressing.

You know what day of the week Autumn is?

SUNDAY.

Sunday is worse than Monday!

And so these are the times we’re in right now… we’re at Monday, rugged up with three layers, knocking back the warm drinks, reminding ourselves that we are here, we’ve done it before, it’s not that bad (it’s not that bad) and we have the opportunity to chill, stay indoors, catch up on reading and home projects, Netflix all the days, and do all those kinds of things that make us feel guilty at sunnier times of year, while hibernating like a bear and sleeping as much as we can too.

Cheers to Monday. ☕☕ It’ll be Tuesday before we know it. 😉😉

#2157 Making the most of home – interlude

When it’s summer…

When it’s warm…

Add to that, when you live near the beach…

The sense of obligation you feel to get out on those days that you are free, is IMMENSE. Throw in two years of covid, and you can understand why so many of us are feeling like we need to do everything and live every moment, while we can.

I’ve been playing catch up for a while, and I had all those boring house routine jobs to do, and yet a part of me felt like I had to, I wanted to do them. Like washing a billion loads, packing away the Christmas tree and decorations, tidying the house…

And yet, it was warm. I knew it would be a beautiful beach day. Other days during the week would turn stormy, and besides, those days I was both working and busy. Today I was free.

But no. I wanted to stay home. I wanted to do my stuff, catch up, breathe, and feel like I was getting a bit of a handle on life.

So we did. We stayed home. I had the air con on, we chilled, yet were productive. I did my washing. I got all the Christmas tree and decorations down, and baby girl and I watched Friends while eating ice cream for our afternoon snack.

But we had a small interlude before all of our stay-home business. I wanted to get out, if only for a little in the morning, knowing that we’d be home for the rest of the day.

Baby girl and I walked down to our local cafe, and sat down and indulged in some cheese toasties, a choc-chip cookie, and coffee and babycino.

I asked her a question that I ask often when she is on holidays: “what do you want to do, where do you want to go or visit on our holidays?”

First she said she wanted to go to Disneyland. 🤣

“Where do you wanna go that we CAN go to?” 🤦‍♀️🤣

She replied with things like shopping, beaches, and cafes.

“Oh honey. Such simple things?”

They are the best. 🙏💖

#2087 Beach Days no. 3

Last week when we were at the beach, I stepped in, forcing my feet to move through the freezing waters, but it was so icy my legs started to HURT.

Today when baby girl and I arrived, I stepped into the water… and very easily kept on walking.

Summer’s coming folks. 😉🌞🌅💖

#2044 Spring heater

Can I just say, re today’s weather…

WTF????

If you live in Melbourne, you will know my extreme confusion. But then again, living here my whole life, I shouldn’t really be surprised by Melbourne weather anymore, even in September…

Even in Spring…

Even when we’ve had warm days exceeding 20 degrees…

NONE of that matters, when you’re in Melbourne.

Today, FREEZING. I put the heater on so many times today, and got the rudest of cold blasts when I ventured outside to get my cat, Mister F.

He for some insane reason, wanted to stay outside! Despite wind, the rain, the freezing temperature…

Despite the stronger than Winter weather!

And I am so grateful for the heater. Brrr.

We had such a close call yesterday, we were nearly without the heater today. That would have been a nightmare and a half. At bedtime I switched on baby girl’s salt lamp, and the globe blew, resulting in a power surge flicking the safety switch off in our security box.

All of the lamps connected to electricity wouldn’t work in her room, and then we realised, shock horror, the heater also wasn’t working!

But a quick visit into the dark of night to flick it back again, and all was good in the world again…

PHEW. So, so close.

It made me that much more grateful for the electric warmth today, on this freezing cold Spring day.❄🔥💖