Life is funny, when you want friends around or need friends around, the barrel of friends is relatively empty...Then you make a consertive effort to make friends and it feels like your'e on the dating scene again. Then you have an abundance of friends and life gets a bit busy. You grow up, partener up and have kids...
You don't mean to neglect friends but as you progress through life...it becomes super busy. You mean to connect, you mean to update, you mean to email, visit, text, and any other form of communication to keep the line of friendship open. But, life gets busy!
I was saying to my husband the other day, its funny this very kind, friendly lady suggested we get together and have a play date with the kids...in my head I was like where were you when I needed you...but my friendship quota is full now so I don't actually have time for a new friendship...hmmmm
That does sound mean, but its really maths in a way. You add another couple to the friendship rota and you have to take away time from your current friendship rota, which is already quite thin, this is irrespective of the very little time you have to be just the family.
I know alot of people love to have a multitude of friends, but quite frankly I like just enough to keep me busy for the next couple of weekends and allow a weekend or two inbetween for family time.
Not to be a bad friend, but rather to be a good friend...my quota is full...for now.
Does that make me a bad friend?
Serene Motherhood...
Sunday, 7 October 2012
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Boss Nuit...
If you have seen a few of my blogs, you would have noticed I'm a bit of a fragrance fundi.
I have been very lucky to have been introduced to a gorgeous fragrance called Boss Nuit. It has been a long time coming that the Hugo Boss range should introduce a new female fragrance, and thank goodness its arrived.
The new face of the Boss Nuit fragrance is the beautiful and elegant Gwyenth Paltrow. With her beauty and success she will bestow a radiance and energy onto this fragrance that no other would have been able to.
The bottle is a fantastic representation of the Little black dress and with one spray of the fragrance the anticipation of the night starts to stir.
Serene Motherhood...
I have been very lucky to have been introduced to a gorgeous fragrance called Boss Nuit. It has been a long time coming that the Hugo Boss range should introduce a new female fragrance, and thank goodness its arrived.
The new face of the Boss Nuit fragrance is the beautiful and elegant Gwyenth Paltrow. With her beauty and success she will bestow a radiance and energy onto this fragrance that no other would have been able to.
At first glance the bottle is sheer elegance, timeless and classic, like your LBD(little black dress). Every woman has a little black dress in her wardrobe somewhere, and if not they should be getting a new one, or at least the new Boss Nuit in its place.
The bottle is a fantastic representation of the Little black dress and with one spray of the fragrance the anticipation of the night starts to stir.
The fruity floral fragrance is subtle and with its top notes of peach it produces the most elegant of introductory flavours to the nose. Leaving it to settle the body of the fragrance, the heart note, starts to present itself with its bouquet of white flowers...mmmm...feminine lingers as it slowly envelopes you with its base note of creamy woods. The combination of all these ingredients is a true reflection of the classic iconic little black dress, revealed within a fragance.
Looking forward to it being on counters on the 15th October 2012 in RSA.
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Birthday party pinks...
The heading is my way of doing a play on words...instead of Birthday party blues...lets be optimistic and say Birthday party pinks...
It also has a double meaning in that today my little girl has turned two...how fantastic! I can't believe I brought a human being into this world 2 years ago to the day...Yeah for me! So of course the pink is for the girl part of this equation...
So this past weekend I threw my littley a birthday party and the theme was a little different to most toddlers birthday...you know...its either a Barney theme, or a Pooh bear theme or a Tinker bell theme. Well my theme was "pretty party". I think the world of my little girl and she is so pretty, so the theme was based around her.
I am no event planner but I'm going to let you into a little secret as to how I pulled it off.
1. Decide your theme and your date(then send save the dates out at least 2 months in advance) - a must, you can't build a house without a cornerstone!
2. Google and Pinterest your theme, another great site for ideas is www.theprettyblog.com - other parents have most certainly documented their parties and you can get amazing ideas from their successes
3. The trick is to invite the same amount of children as to the age the child is turning - 2years old=2 friends - I know sounds a bit min, but remember for every child there is at least 2 parents, that is not counting aunts, uncles and grandparents from your family. So if you are worried you won't have a crowd, you can bet your bottom dollar you will have plenty on the day.
4. Test any new recipes beforehand - nothing like a flop to add to the stress of the day.
5. Collect all party decorations, food(non perishables) and presents at least 2 weeks before hand, this gives you plenty of time to assess what is missing.
6. Draw up a plan of how your area is going to look, as well as the table set up...it does not have to go according to plan but it gives you a great idea as to where things are gonna be and what you still need to get.
7. Rope people into help - yes granny and grandpa need to get your littley out from under your feet, hubby needs to do the last minute grocery shopping and picking up of balloons, you need to stay at home and keep calm.
8. Last but by no means least, do what you can in the time you can do it and do not panic if something is forgotten, your guests will never know.
9. A great parting gift for adults is cupcake in a jar, and don't forget the kids - don't go through all the expense of taking the easy pre made gift packs, buy plastic buckets with lids, get stickers to stick all over the outside 3 eats and 2 treats and bobs your uncle you have a goodie pack for kids to reuse at home.
We had a lot of fun, and with a minimal amount of stress, largely due to preparation and a great deal of help on the day.
Good luck and enjoy your birthday party planning...
Serene Motherhood
It also has a double meaning in that today my little girl has turned two...how fantastic! I can't believe I brought a human being into this world 2 years ago to the day...Yeah for me! So of course the pink is for the girl part of this equation...
So this past weekend I threw my littley a birthday party and the theme was a little different to most toddlers birthday...you know...its either a Barney theme, or a Pooh bear theme or a Tinker bell theme. Well my theme was "pretty party". I think the world of my little girl and she is so pretty, so the theme was based around her.
I am no event planner but I'm going to let you into a little secret as to how I pulled it off.
1. Decide your theme and your date(then send save the dates out at least 2 months in advance) - a must, you can't build a house without a cornerstone!
2. Google and Pinterest your theme, another great site for ideas is www.theprettyblog.com - other parents have most certainly documented their parties and you can get amazing ideas from their successes
3. The trick is to invite the same amount of children as to the age the child is turning - 2years old=2 friends - I know sounds a bit min, but remember for every child there is at least 2 parents, that is not counting aunts, uncles and grandparents from your family. So if you are worried you won't have a crowd, you can bet your bottom dollar you will have plenty on the day.
4. Test any new recipes beforehand - nothing like a flop to add to the stress of the day.
5. Collect all party decorations, food(non perishables) and presents at least 2 weeks before hand, this gives you plenty of time to assess what is missing.
6. Draw up a plan of how your area is going to look, as well as the table set up...it does not have to go according to plan but it gives you a great idea as to where things are gonna be and what you still need to get.
7. Rope people into help - yes granny and grandpa need to get your littley out from under your feet, hubby needs to do the last minute grocery shopping and picking up of balloons, you need to stay at home and keep calm.
8. Last but by no means least, do what you can in the time you can do it and do not panic if something is forgotten, your guests will never know.
9. A great parting gift for adults is cupcake in a jar, and don't forget the kids - don't go through all the expense of taking the easy pre made gift packs, buy plastic buckets with lids, get stickers to stick all over the outside 3 eats and 2 treats and bobs your uncle you have a goodie pack for kids to reuse at home.
We had a lot of fun, and with a minimal amount of stress, largely due to preparation and a great deal of help on the day.
Good luck and enjoy your birthday party planning...
Serene Motherhood
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