Hourly Instagrams ~ A Coastal Road Trip

We went to the coast for my youngest sister’s birthday this Saturday, so I thought I’d do a picture diary of the day.  ᵔᴗᵔ 

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Our outfits for the day and a sneak peek at my outfit that I am posting about later. ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Rolly~polly baby and of course, the never~ending~baby~blanket~of~doomed makes another appearance!  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  We stop at Braidwood Park to feed the baby; I took the photo while Theodore is nursing, and then driving down the Clyde.  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Crossing the bridge into Bateman’s Bay and first sight of the sea!  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Sour gummy worms galore; yummy! and feeding Theodore.  Again.  His little toy Scruff came with us.  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Husband building sandcastles with a friend and my sandy toes.  ~ * ♥ * ~

   
~ * ♥ * ~  Lunch was at 3 o’clock, late but good, with ginger beer, chips, potato scallops and a tandoori chicken wrap.  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  The shore’s sentinel {a beach pine} and a view of Surf beach.  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Saying goodbye to the sun, surf and sand as we cross the river and pretty sunset on our way home.  ~ * ♥ * ~

It was Theodore’s first ever trip to the beach, but I don’t think he was that impressed as it was rather windy!  > o <  Still the sun was nice, and it was a lovely spring day.  A fun way to start the summer season don’t you think?  
^ ᴗ ^

xox,

bonita

Christmas and Candy ~ Yum!

 ~ ♥  My half finished ginger bread house ♥ ~

Christmas is coming and I am so excited!  I do have to admit that this is a change to my usual feelings however….

I guess I was always excited as a child for Christmas ~ all the bustle of people, presents and pretty decorations?  Who wouldn’t be?   And as a teen I loved hoarding my money, saving every cent for the perfect gift for each of my family members.  I remember my sister and I would have secret Christmas conferences that would last all afternoon where we would calculate how much money we needed, who we needed to buy for and what we would buy them! 

Of course, there would be the sneaky entry under each other’s name and stern warnings not to look at each other’s notebook!

I guess as I got older, the feeling that I missed the most was that excitement of expectation.  Oh, the day was fun, and I enjoyed spending it with my family, but the thrill was lacking….  Christmas was just Christmas. 

 ~ ♥  House complete with candy dripping from every available spot!  ♥ ~

Then, all of a sudden there was a whole new world of possibilities!   I was married, my husband and I were starting our own family and our own family traditions.  Plus, maybe, just maybe, we might be in our new house for Christmas.

Well.  That did it.  I was all excited for Christmas and all the fun things I could do for it.  Decorating the house, cooking, Christmas cards ~ the list of ideas was endless! 

 ~ ♥   The back view  ♥ ~

Now, although the purchasing of the house has progressed {what a relief…}, we won’t be in it for Christmas.  But I am still excited anyway.  Last week I decorated a ginger bread house to share with my in~laws, and this week I sung with a church choir for their community carols concert which was so much fun! 

I am planning to have my Christmas cards sent out by the end of the week; I am also planning to actually send them this year….  > O < 

Last year with all the hectic end of year fuss {wedding, honeymoon, getting sick. graduating ~ all that in the end of November/December!} I wrote the cards out but never sent them.  So some of our relatives will end up with two Christmas cards and a Christmas letter this year!   The more the merrier right?

 ~ ♥   Close up ~ I love how the front path turned out with pink stars scattered in the ‘crazy paving’  ♥ ~

How are your Christmases shaping up?  I hope they will be lots of fun for us all ~ a fantastic celebration.

xox,

bonita

Another Award?

Carys of La Ville Inconnue  is totally awesome ~ she’s so sweet and this is the third award she’s bestowed upon Depict This!!   It’s so nice when all your hard work is recognized, and I really appreciate it.  Thank you Carys.  ^__^

I am going to pass it on to:

~ ♥ Amber Rose from Laughing with Broken Eyes ♥ ~

~ ♥ Jennifer from Jennifer’s Blog ♥ ~

~ ♥ Katie from Katiefoolery ♥ ~ 

~ ♥ L. from Only Half Dressed ♥ ~

~ ♥ Lulu from Lulu and the Locket ♥ ~

~ ♥ Miruku from Milk Tea  ♥ ~

~ ♥ Violet from Tales of an Ingénue ♥ ~

 

I really enjoy reading your blogs and I hope you don’t mind if I call some of you ‘friend’.  I like getting to know you all through your blogs and also through some of the lovely comments I get at Depict This!.  Isn’t the world wide web fantastic at promoting communities of people that would never otherwise meet? 

I think so!

xox,

bonita

Baby Talk Part II ~ The Trials and Tribulations of Being the First Mommy in your Circle.

So you’ve done it.   Out of your artsy, singleton, cool hipster circle you are the first to settle for the Husband, House and 2.5 Children.

You’ve crossed the line to official adulthood, even if you still feel like you’ve got a long ways to go until you get there.  {When I grow up, I’d like get a novel published!}

Now what do you do?  

I’ve read quite a few stories about Moms who are the last of their circle to get with the baby program, and how awkward they found it.

“Little Jimmy has pink eye…”  

“Oh, um, that’s not good.”

*silence*

“And Chelsea is getting to be such an excellent ballet dancer, I am sure she’ll get a part in the end of year production.”

“How wonderful.”

*more silence*

“……”

“I think I’ll go get another drink.”

*escapes*

Just like that invisible lines are drawn in the metaphoric sand.   You vs. Them.   Married vs. Single.  Children vs. The Goldfish. 

Want to know why?   Baby Talk.   That’s why.  Being the last ~ being the first, it seems to be much the same boat.   The one christened “The Only Equals So Lonely”.  Because when you are the only one in your circle to be that stage of life you are pretty much stuffed when it comes to conversation.

Yeah, my girlfriends are so not dying to hear about my indigestion issues {These days I am relying heavily on Mylanta which is an Antacid.  ‘Nother words ~ OLD people medicine!}, or that I had to buy a bra TWO sizes bigger than my regular size and it’s only been three months!!

And all this new found knowledge that I have on the female body during this time?  Oh, you can definitely keep THAT to yourself!!  When Sister number Two, who is studying human biology, and I got into a friendly discussion about *mumble*  cervixes *cough* and their nature all I heard from Sister number Four was “EEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!   Can you NOT!???” 

Mind you it turned out I was right {Google is good for something!} but in the meantime I found out that Sisters Two, Three and Four pretty much do not want to know all the scintillating facts that I have uncovered through hours of trawling the Wide Webs for information.   {Well, my doctor wasn’t coughing up the goods ~ I had to find out this stuff somehow!}

So what do we talk about? 

The topics that they know.  Single boy dramas, runs in with the local Lady Loves to Make You Miserable, uni trouble, travel, work ~ all the things that used to be the centre of my conversations oh, about a year ago?

It’s not like I have forgotten what life was like at that stage, and of course I love hearing about all the things that are important and even the not so important to them.  Basically because if they didn’t share this stuff then I’d be really upset because we don’t talk anymore!  Ugh.  Don’t want to even go there.  It is not a happy place to be.

But it’s also hard because the things that are important to me now, like babies and houses and housekeeping ~ not so much on the conversation role.

So I guess I kind of feel like it ends up being one sided sharing….   What do I do?  Wait until they catch up to my stage of life and then share all the stories? 

Or just start another blog so I can share all that stuff there without totally disgusting you guys?

Of course I talk to my Mom a lot more these days, and it’s great because One: she’s interested in that stuff being a Mom herself {even to three adults and one teen} Two: she’s a first time grandmother, just like I am a first time Mom so that definitely exciting!

It’s just that I miss being able to connect with my friends.  I miss feeling like they get it.   I miss sharing what’s up with me and having them relate with stories of their own.   And that, everyone, is one of the downsides to being the eldest and being the first to doing almost everything.   It not always that fun.  In fact, sometimes it is down right lonely.

xox,

bonita

And today’s post is bought to you by the letter R ~

R for road trip that is!   I have spent today jaunting down to Jindabyne for the night ~ fun times, yeah!!  I love visiting my friends and family so it should be good to do some catching up. 

Anyway, for the interest I thought I’d do a photo dairy of the day.  

~ * 9:30am * ~

         

Breakfast time ~ apple juice & a carrot   ~ ♥ ~  Packing the bag ~ not quite done yet

~ * 10:30am * ~

         

Hair straightening time ~ I love my ghd  ~ ♥ ~  Outfit for the day ~ keeping it simple

~ * 11:30am * ~

         

View from my window ~ rain, rain & more rain  ~ ♥ ~  On my way ~ off to Jindy

~ * 12:30pm to 1:30pm * ~

         

Driving in the rain still  ~ ♥ ~  Snack time ~ I know it’s not the best, but it’s only a little bit…  >o<

~ * 2:30pm* ~

         

Afternoon tea ~ sharing a scone and a catch up with my bestie  ~ ♥ ~  The lovely rustic interior

~ * 3:30pm * ~

         

Whee!  Made it! Unloading  ~ ♥ ~  The gorgeous view from my window ~ complete with a cow

~ * 4:30pm * ~

          

Fire ~ oh yummy  ~ ♥ ~  Tea again ~ a delicious cup of Lady Grey

Well, that’s not quite the whole day as there is still dinner etc, to go, but I am on KP so I am off to cook said dinner!   Chicken Biryani oven bake is on the menu, and I am looking forwards to it.   So hungry.   x__x

Hungry, hungry I am starving, table, table here I come!

xox,

bonita

Boots ~ Outfit Seven

I actually wore this outfit on Saturday to a picnic with my life~long friends.  It was a really nice day for the middle of winter ~ the sun was bright and even better, we had pie!  My amazing sister decided a while ago to take up pie making as a hobby and we all benefit from that one!

She makes the most delicious pies from scratch.   Pastry, filling and all.  AND she uses her own recipes.  O.O  Her pies are so tasty and yummy….   Her Christmas Apple Pie is delightful and I adore the Pear and Lavender one she cooks.  Lucky us; we get to sample her delectable creations.  I swear cooking is such a great hobby. 

Mmmmm…… Pie. 

      

      

Okay, I will stop getting distracted with food.

Here is the outfit I wore!

            

    

 

Accessories  ~  Hair bows {Best & Less}     Scarf  {Thrifted}    Cuff  {Diva}         Top  ~  Primark {Scotland}        

Skirt  ~  Thrifted  {$7.00, good eh?}         

Tights  ~  SES         Boots  ~  FSW {years ago ~ can’t you tell by the worn heels?}

 

I love those boots.  The biker/cowgirl style is really sweet ~ not too girly, not too western.   I do not really wear western at all, so this is about as close as it gets.  {I figure that if I want to wear clothes that look like I should be riding in them, then I will ride.   Therefore, I won’t wear western as “going out” clothes, but actual yard gear.  It gets really dirty; as anything that goes near a horse will.  : / }

Unfortunately they really need re~heeling.  They are so worn down.  The problem is that even though I have a ton of shoes {please don’t ask the count, I don’t know and probably don’t want too….  That way I can stay in denial and keep acquiring new captives for my wardrobe} I wear them all to death.  I have at least three pairs that need new heels desperately.  I shall have to visit the cobbler asap.

One last piece of news ~ my camera arrived from Cannon finally!!  *does a dance*  I am soooo excited, so expect quite a flood of photographs.  I want to play with every setting until I know exactly what it can do.  

Oh, and sorry about the terrible lighting in the above outfit pictures ~ winter sun is really bright… 

xox,

b.