Monday 18 July 2011

My facebook business

A couple years ago i started buying pretty hairclips and headbands for my daughter and she loves them. I then earlier this year started making them for her and her friends and they all loves them so a week ago i decided that i would start selling them on facebook, so far i am yet to make a sale but it has only been a week, but i am up just over 90 likers which is awesome.

anyway here is the link to my page:

Pretty accessories; Pretty girls

Tuesday 12 July 2011

Toddler in a Toddler bed

Tonight is Mr 23 month old William's first night in his toddler bed. He went to bed at 8:15pm and is currently still awake. I have had to return him to his bed 4 times so far, but with no screaming or crying which is a massive deal as my william screams and cries over EVERYTHING.

He is currently laying in bed watching a dvd on the portable dvd player but its the only way i can sort of get him to stay, we will work on one thing at a time, at the moment its getting him to settle himself in his new bed, then we will get rid of the movie.

Monday 11 July 2011

School holidays - start of week 2

So week 2 of school holidays are here. And we are all still sick. Blah.

We thought this would happen we took the chance and went out to a party Saturday night. A family friend's 50th. It was a good night. I was cowboy/girl theme. So everyone had to dress up. Which was fun and funny lol.

But the result of taking me and the little 2 out who were still a little sick is that not we are very sick again, but that was the chance we took.

So today will again be spent at home recovering, washing clothes, doing dishes and doing the baking i had planned for last week that i still haven't managed to get to yet. I also need to put the toddler bed together for William as he is too old for the cot now.

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Anyway something different, I have got heaps and heaps of hair accessory making supplies and i am going to make a heap of them and do a market stall, i am also thinking bout selling them online. Meredith loves mummy's hair clips lol. And everyone liked the headband that she wore Saturday night that i made.

Friday 8 July 2011

School holidays - end of week 1

So today is friday we are one week into the school holidays and we have so far done nothing all holidays as we have all been sick with colds and feeling awful.

But we have had some progress on the development fron of the baby.

He can now commando crawl, it takes him a while and he gets exhusted very fast but he can crawl yay. My little 8  1/2 month old is growing up.

As for Mr 23 months i cant believe he will be 2 next month and is still not talking. Mum, dad and bub is just not enough for a nearly 2 year old if you ask me, but none of the health professionals are concerned they have said that a lot of kids this age dont say much, so i guess i should stop stressing about it. I think by spring we will be able to start toilet training him which will be very good, cause he has a massive tantrum everytime i change his bum.

On wednesday i picked up my tupperware order, wasnt a big order but cant wait to use it all the same. I got a muesili bar maker and some bar keepers. It came with a recipe book with some really great recipes in it. Fun fun fun.

i am also going to make some biscuits today from an awesome new recipe i came across. I got it from a website called the Stay At Home Mum, http://www.stayathomemum.net.au/.

Here is the recipe:

120 cookies for $4!

Make over 120 cookies for just $4.00! This fantastic basic cookie recipe is terrific value, makes loads and has lots of room for variations:

500g margarine
1 tin condensed milk
1 cup sugar
5 cups self-raising flour

Cream sugar and margarine. Add condensed milk and flour. Roll into teaspoon sized balls and press down with a fork. Place on greased trays and bake in moderate oven until golden brown (approximately 10-15 minutes).

Before baking I divide the mixture into five and add the following ingredients for different flavoured cookies:
1.Chocolate chips and glace cherries (chopped)
2.Cornflakes and sultanas
3.Hundreds and Thousands
4.Jam drops
5.Milo and coconut

You could add any number of other things like Rice Bubbles, Smarties, nuts, cinnamon and other spices and so on. The raw mixture can be frozen in balls, just thaw slightly before baking.

From this one batch we made 123 cookies and by my calculations using the cheapest possible ingredients the whole batch cost just over $4.00 to make!


I will post some pics later with a review.