My LIfe in Pictures.

Open field mushroom 'pizza'

Breakfast @ Samudra (Yoga retreat Dunsborough) - Live Muesli. BEST muesli ever.

Buckwheat pancakes w banana and honey/lemon syrup. 

Anniversary dinner - Pistachio crusted salmon and sweet potato/greens salad.

My first attempt at a poached egg! SUCCESS! A delicious success.

Sushi Salad - this is the chicken version of the dish but I love the marinated tofu dish too! I even got a few 'yummies' from carnivore David!

Just a lazy 12km run. No biggie. Haha. I was SO proud - my longest run to date!

Easter Thursday bake off. One of four dishes - Healthy Hot x Buns. Made w spelt flour, soy milk, raisins, currents, coconut oil, vanilla extract and piped chocolate crosses. 

Dave's adorable baby cousin @ Baba's on Good Friday.

Dave and his little bubba cousin.

Easter :)

It must be Easter! Canollis (ala Nanny); bowl of eggs (ala Nanny); pink birthday cupcakes (ala mama); 'Carrots in dirt' cookies; Easter bunny cookies and Easter basket cupcakes (ala me!).

My little Easter basket cupcakes.

Breakfast @ Moore&Moore Fremantle on public holiday Monday (yay!)

And now,

the girl who turned our lives upside down and all around...

Little Miss Izzie (Isabella)

So innocent and allegedly wouldn't hurt a fly...

... just Emily's juicy calve.

Chubba.

Note my mama's slipper under her belly. There was no chance mama was getting that back.

Sunrise @ Capel Crib.

Another pictorial nutshell proudly brought to you by mle.

There are HUNDREDS of other things I have done over the past few weeks but not all of which i have photos for AND I also have not yet asked permission to post pictures of my darling friends' heads! But get togethers such as teppanyaki, 'cocktails and canapes' and breakfast dates w the girls; Ball Park Music's concert w Shanny poos; lunch w my darling cousin; brekkie w a dear old friend; lunch w Miss Emily O; Easter thurs @ the Claremont w my lovely ladies (planning our inevitable and freakin exciting Hanson reunion tour!) and coffee catch ups with Josie, Hannah, Ola, Emily B, Jenn; runs w my daddykins every day over the Easter break; seeing ALL of my family (bar a few individuals :( )... it has been an amazing month/two. I apologise profusely if I have forgotten anyone or anything off my list of activities!! Please let me know if I have so rudely forgotten our date. It's Saturday morning and my coffee hasn't yet kicked in and I have left my diary at work - so this is all my memory! I love you all!

So now you will forgive my lack of posting yes? Yes.

Mle xxx
 

I am a terrible human being.

I am acutely aware of my abysmal efforts in keeping this blog running. I don't pretend to think I have any avid followers but I do apologise to anyone who has checked back a few times only to be disappointed with the same old blog post sitting there - not updated!! *Please note I am also aware that there is probably only one person reading this and I should instead target my apologies solely to them - sorry Mummy! :)

Anyway - with apologies and acknowledgement of my terrible complacency - on to more exciting things!

As I write this I am in my final week of work within the Bunbury Health Service - my contract ends on Tuesday next week and I have opted not to renew it. If there are any keen speechies out there though who are looking for a change - I am fairly certain the southwest will be advertising soon and are keen to get some staff on board! Excitingly I am pursuing a bit of a different avenue and doing some private work and working for myself three days a fortnight*! *Note - my boss is awesome.

I will be basing myself at a local school and working with the teachers and EAs to implement a speech and language program for all the little Busselton chic grommets and chikitas! I am really looking forward to this and although I imagine the path will be riddled with challenges and difficulties - I think that nothing will help me to mature and refine my skills better than an opportunity such as this so WATCH THIS SPACE! I'm also hoping to start up another little branch and trial a bit of private work seeing clients at my own home. This is in the very very very early stages but exciting to think it might come together in the coming months. It's really hard to see that services aren't available for a lot of clients due to current wait lists and lack of services in the rural settings, so hoping to chip in and do my bit to help out!

Another reason for my very delayed postings is the new arrival of a little bundle of joy (slash terror). David bit the bullet and bought a doggy! Although he is yet to meet her (coming home this wknd) it is technically his dog, but I have had the pleasure of raising and rearing for the past 5 days! I might take this opportunity to do a shout out to my amazing mother who trekked down to Capel and 'doggy sat' for the first few days while I was at work. Her duties included but were not limited to: cooking for her daughter (barley risotto and salmon quiche, freakin yum); playing w pup; feeding put; yelling at pup when her pants were almost torn to shreds; cleaning up messes and of course poopy scoopin.

That's about all the words I can squeeze out at the moment - being nanny to an 8 week old rotty pup is bloody exhausting but I PROMISE there will be an entry soon w photos chronicling the past few weeks. Including catch ups; Easter break; puppy fun and culinary creations!

Love and lots of cuddles from your favourite SouthWest resident.

Mle x