Countdown to 30!

Ello you gorgeous lot!

How’s it going?? Everybody cool? Enjoyed those 3 days of summer we had this week?

Some of you may not know, I am a newly single mama. I see my new self as the JLo of motherhood (y’all gonna let me ride with that & not kill my vibe ok!!) Hahaha aaaah life *big sigh*

Ok so I may not yet have all the confidence of our latino bombshell – but I will work on it. It’s still a very fresh & new adventure for me. But an adventure all the same! And who doesn’t love adventures?! So to help me on my way to becoming as fierce as Miss Lopez I’ve made myself a ’30 before Thirty’ list of some things I’d like to try out & decided to share it with you lot so you that when a day inevitably comes when I don’t feel like dragging my sorry butt off my sofa you can say Oi Rach get on with it!! (I would seriously appreciate that.) *

*My mum hates the word Oi. Like seriously used to be in so much trouble when we ever said Oi when we were younger and got the whole mum "THERES NO SUCH WORD AS OI!!" telling off. So maybe just be like, Excuse me Rach, can you get a wriggle on? But Like I’ll leave it up to you. It’s cool.

 

 

Ok here we go:

Run the Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon. This one is something I am already signed up to. I don’t know how far I’m going to get with my training now my schedule is all changing around but I would still really like to give it a go.


Get back into my pre pregger clothes. I know. Not realistic. But hey I’m gonna give it a good damn go.


Try contact lenses. I have worn glasses every since I was 8 years old. So this is big. But I’m gonna give it a go and see if I can deal.


Host a swanky dinner party. Probably another Thanksgiving Feast. Ooh I do love Thanksgivng.


Create a time lapse photo thingy. Of something. This is vague. I know.


Paint a canvas. ALWAYS wanted to paint. I think Kitty is gonna need to help me here.


Do yoga every damn day. Oh god I used t love yoga. And I dunno I just topped doing it. I’m gonna start again.


Write a childrens story. Get Kitty to illustrate.


Learn to vlog. ALWAYS wanted to vlog. I am actually hilarious. You need videos of me.


Read more. This is also vague.


Go 24 hours without iphone or ipad. Maybe one for holiday. That still counts though right?


Learn how to use my camera properly. I think maybe Kim is the best person to help me with this. Her photos are AMAZE.


Start speaking French again. Like yoga, used to love the French language. Now? It’s all gone out of my brain!


Host an afternoon tea. Love a bit of cake.


Go to an Aerosmith concert. I haven’t seen the Rolling Stones and I haven’t seen bon Jovi. I WILL see Aerosmith.


Do something for charity. Also vague.


Plant, cultivate and KEEP ALIVE a plant.


Make a bedspread. This is quite a big ask.




Learn to French plait my hair. I DID THIS!!! I did it this morning!! Last night I watched youtube video tutorials (because I can do that and nobody can judge me and I only have my damn self to blame if I’ve forgotten to do the ironing or some crap) and yes I tried it this morning and I succeeded!! Woohoo 1 down already!!


Learn to do my make up properly. Again I tried to find a tutorial that I liked last night. But like, I like all the Kim K tutorials. And they do look amazing but they’re all girls with like olivey skin and dark hair and dark eyes and I’m like hmm would that look the same on me. So then my search goes from ‘make up tutorial’ to ‘make up tutorial for blonde hair and blue eyes’ but then they’re all like very pink. And I love pink y’all know I do but not for my face because I’m actually very red in my skin tone. So then I’m searching like ‘make up tutorial for blonde hair blue eyes and a bit of rosacea but not too much’ I’M A NICHE MARKET PEOPLE!!! Ah. Still working on this one.


Cook through a cookbook. Julie & Julia styley.


Make a beef wellington. I tried it once. Hideous. Must try better.


Pay off debt. Anybody who wants to help me that is so welcome.


Buy a Burberry mac coat. Only if achieved 23.


Have a facial. Like a nice spa treatment fancy one.


Spend time outside everyday. Maybe come the winter just running to my car will count?


Go away for a spa day / overnight. I have NEVER done a spa day. But I think I would like it.


Have a girly trip. Even just for a day. Like a really fun, silly girly trip. This is sort of vague.


Go back to The Lion or The Red Lion or whatever it's called in Farningham with my family and have a meal by the fire. Love this place. I’d like to go back please. And maybe learn the name.


Have professional photos taken of me & my chunk. Because he is gorgeous & I love him.

Looking forward to this new chapter :)

Love & light always.

Mx

Fastest Cake in the World?

Scone. 

Haha. Aaah I major heart bad jokes. 

Of course if you're the kind of person who pronounces scone like stone then it kinda doesn't work. Ya gotta work with me here people.

 

Anyhoo. 

I promised my darling Samantha that I would do a post dedicated to our Bank Holiday shenanigans. 

This is not that post. 

My brain is conflicted. Half of it is like HOW IS IT FRIDAY ALREADY?! THIS IS THE FASTEST WEEK IN THE WORLD!! (Not cake, week.) 

And the other half is like OMGGGGGGG FRIDAY WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN BABY?! (You have to say that in the voice of Cookie from Empire. Otherwise you're not gettin it.) 

So. I'm not fully sure how I feel about this week. But I am definitely sure that it IS Friday. 

Which means Fridays Fab Five. 

This is that post. 

And maybe some more brain rumbles. 

But not the Bank Holiday Bonanza. 

That's still to come. 

Ok lets start with this weeks five alive: 

1. We have a bed!!!! No more sleeping on a mattress on the floor, rocking 'squatter chic'. And it is gooooorrrrrrgeous. It's like a Princess bed. And it's high. And it's lovely. And I love it. I'm not sure how BNF feels about the Princess-ness. But I think he secretly loves it. 

2. I have had the most wonderful evening. Well. Kinda. BNF had to unclog the shower and I had to clean Bubs' neck. Honestly, I don't know who had the grosser job. But after that I had a big bubbly bath by candlelight. Yes, I had a pile of Bub's toys next to me. No, I'm not entirely sure he didn't pee in the bath before I got to it. But hey, you gotta take what you got people. It was nice. And now I'm sitting with a cup of tea watching BNF play FIFA. All is lovely. 

3. Bubs has started on his baby rice :) it is so adorable to see him sitting in his Bumbo or his high chair. He actually makes my heart melt. 

4. I got to make my darling Miss Kitty dinner on Tuesday night. She never lets me cook for her. She's always like ooh noo I've got dinner at home. But not this time! And it was gluten free especially for her. She deserves it though she's the bestest. Ok enough gross talk. 

5. We got to Vote! And BNF and I took a lovely long walk to the Polling Station with bubs and it was just all very lovely :) I love the smell of the Village Halls. Is that weird? Potentially. But it reminds me of like Sunday School and Brownies and all the fun times. I love it I don't care if it's weird.

Now, my tea is getting cold and BNF is getting increasingly stressed at FIFA so I'm about to pull the plug and restore calm...

Ciao bellas, enjoy the weekend!

Mx