Pssst…..
Guess what today is?
27 years ago today, my poor mother laboured for many hours in a hospital bed. Then I came into the world, all 5 lbs. 10oz of me. My older sister’s dreams of being an only child were shattered in those moments and life has never been the same.
That’s right, today is my birthday.
I look forward to painting my toenails a glorious shade of fuchsia, travelling into the “big city” with my growing family, eating the most delicious tuna tacones the world has ever known and then finishing it off with a double scoop ice cream cone. Chocolate dipped waffle cone please.
What could be a better way to say, “Happy Birthday” to me? I can’t wait to see our little guy’s face covered in his first ice cream cone experience, and I can’t wait to spend an evening by the ocean side, enjoying every minute this life has to offer.
I’m not getting older, only more beautiful and wise.
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It’s a busy time in the household this week. As the weather gets better, we are spending more time in our fledgling garden, learning as we go how things need to be done. It’s quite the trial and error system, but it’s the best way for us to learn. This will be our second garden in two years that we have started from scratch, literally digging up overgrown grasses and weeds that other people have left behind to turnn it into something that will provide us with delicious vegetables and fruits all spring, summer and fall.
Also, I’m hoping it will help in the picky eater department too. As we spend more time in the garden digging in the rich brwon dirt, we are also sharing this time with out two yeard old son. I hope that somehow all those rumours are true about letting your kids help at the garden level. Maybe he will become super interested in the vegetables that are growing right here in his backyard and maybe he’ll actually try one or two. One can only hope.
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It’s coming and I could not be any happier.
No, not the baby. That, I can say, is something I am waiting for extremely patiently. Unlike a first pregnancy, where you are in such a rush to get to the baby part (silly first timers), the second time around is a lot more easy going. I’m not counting the days until my next weekly baby update, or the next midwife appointment, nor am I impatiently decorating a nursery and hoping the days go by faster. Quite the contrary, really. If I can just stay in this state of pregnancy (just at the third trimester mark), no longer nauseous, but not yet uncomfortably huge, I would be a happy momma.
I can say this time that I am happy to wait, happy to have a few more weeks of just me and my precious little tornado.
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Just a quick entry today, as I am catching up on household chores after a week long visit with my sister and her utterly adorable daughter. I love babies but it only made me more apprehensive for what may be a coming storm to the Guilty household. We are about to be a family of four, four! I’m exhausted just thinking about it, but I know we’ll enjoy (almost) every minute of it when the time comes.
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Um….what?
Vegan Brownies? On Guilty Kitchen? What kind of guilty, purely indulgent treat is this?
Good questions. I’m not usually one for giving up dairy or eggs or meat, although I have done my fair share of vegetarianism/veganism, when I was a lowly single living with my grilfriends. Not only was it a great way to save money, but it kept me trim as a race horse and fit as a fiddle.
Nowadays, I am nary without eggs or giant jugs of milk (or cream!) to satiate the crazy little tornado running through the house. So why a vegan brownie? Because someone dared me to do it, dared me to make my own recipe for vegan brownies. And not just anyone…a fellow pregnant woman also nearing the end of this 9 month journey, and we shall call her “Phatty” (totally not derogatory). Someone with just as many raging hormones and ridiculous cravings as me. A dare set forth by a fellow pregger can only be responded to with an affirmative. Yes of course I will make you vegan brownies, because no one says no to pregnant women, not even another pregnant woman.
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