SOMETHING COOL

Its so very hot here and no end in sight as yet ... tonight we all got really hot and bothered by 5 o'clock so we ran Ari a cool bath which he splashed in enthusiastically for a while. Half of me kinda ended up in the bath as well and it was delightful. We all cooled down. Yum. If only water wasn't quite so precious I would quite happily have jumped in and out of a cool shower all day.

So now nothing to do but try to sleep. Lots of water. No ice cream (bummer). And try to get my head around any number of hot hot hot days to come. Peeeeee-yoo.

Also, these are cute and I want them.

HEATWAVE.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHH!

Forecast for the rest of Tuesday

Sunny. Winds east to northeasterly averaging 10 to 20 km/h tending north to northeasterly during the morning. Temperatures in the lower 40s during the day.

Bendigo
Sunny.
Max 40

Maximum Fire Danger: Extreme
UV Alert from 9:40 am to 5:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]

Forecast for Wednesday

Sunny. Winds north to northeasterly averaging 15 to 25 km/h tending north to northwesterly around midday. Overnight temperatures falling to in the mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the lower 40s.

Bendigo
Sunny.
Min 22 Max 41

Forecast for Thursday

Sunny. Winds north to northwesterly averaging 15 to 25 km/h, reaching 30 km/h at times. Overnight temperatures falling to in the mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the lower 40s.

Bendigo
Sunny.
Min 24 Max 41

Forecast for Friday

Sunny. Light winds tending north to northwesterly up to 20 km/h during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to in the mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the lower 40s.

Bendigo
Sunny.
Min 22 Max 42

Currently in a cool room in a cool house (I meantemperature, not style) that will soon heat up in the BIGGEST HEAT WAVE SINCE 1908 PEOPLE.

Will I make the journey home to an even hotter town, but to a house with cooling (that will admittedly struggle in this heat)?

Meh. Meh.

Goose Pimply All Over

Sorry - on a YouTube stint. Really hot days always remind me of The Seven Year Itch. Something else that gives me endless joy. I really wanted to find the scene where Marilyn talks about various ways to possibly stay cool (perfection) but alas the video has been removed... So it had to be Rachmaninov. Not a bad second in the favourite scene stakes. It shakes me. It quakes me. Every time I see it I go to pieces. Miss Piggy I love you, but I will always love Marilyn more.



That's enough from me, I'm tired and my Mad Men obsession awaits (along with some fresh raspberries....).

Oh P.S!! My boy has a fair dinkum tooth coming through his cut little gum! *ouch*

Ukulele Piggy

I've said it before I know. But seriously, this is one of my all time favourite things and it warms my heart and puts a big goofy smile on my face every single time. If you ever need cheering up, seriously, go watch this. It works for me. Miss Piggy, how I love you.

The Divine Miss K.

My beautiful Miss K came to visit today and played with my little boy. It was so lovely. There is little more I love than seeing the most important people in my life bonding with him. It was insanely hot - it got to over 40°C. We stayed in the cooling all day which even struggled in the heat. I miss just hanging out with her. She brought fresh raspberries and blackberries with her. YUM.

We sat him up on the bed with a pillow. What a cutie.



So am going to finish all my fiddly little jobs and because there is nothing at all on tele, I'm going to grab my laptop and head to the comfort of my mattress. I just can't decide whether to go to bed with Don Draper or L. B. Jefferies.

Sock ears

Look at my little man with sock ears. Just a day or so old...

I will never forget the night Katie and Alexamia came in to see us. It was the day after my birthday when the "baby blues" had come a day early. Two shiny girls came in looking so beautiful, smelling of the outside world. Came in to our hospital cocoon to see little Ari. He was tiny and yellow and the most freakishly beautiful thing I'd ever seen. I kept wondering "where did this perfect creature come from"? They came in with treasures they had made for Ari that rendered me speechless. And they also had personal gifts for just me which was really special at that time. I love the gentle placement of Katie's hands in this photos, holding the wee socks up. Those hands had been massaging me not long before in the labour room. That visit was a special one, Ari's aunties.

silly clothing post

Ari has this top - I bought it recently on a whim. It is so flipping cute.

On another notre, we planted coriander & rocket today, and found yummy garlic in the garden. Now I just need to figure out what I'm supposed to do with it - I think you're supposed to dry it before you use it? Tomorrow I'm potting up mint and APPLE MINT. YUM. It just sounds like the perfect thing, doesn't it? Espiecially with all this hot weather on its way next week - mojito anyone?

So N freaked out about this blog being a public document and all, with photos of us in it. It doesn't seem weird to me at all because I have been following online journals for years, some people I have been watching through massive life changes - births, deaths, moving across the world as well as little day to day vignettes that make me smile, laugh, sniffle etc...

I offered to take it down but he seems ok now. I suppose I just want to document things as they happen because it all goes by so fast (cliche alert!).

He's back to work again next week so its just Ari and me here which could be interesting.

Side note: am completely addicted to Mad Men. Currently on to season 2.

Giggle fever

Yesterday Ari had his 6 month immunisations and the poor little pumpkin has had a bit of a fever. This (along with a little dose of panadol) hasn't stopped him from having fits of giggles with mum and rolling around on the floor, grabbing his toes and for the first time having a real conversation and proper chuckle with himself in his little round mirror. He lay there for quite some time actually just looking at himself, making sweet little cooing noises and the odd gentle giggle.

So far its made for a pretty cruisy day while I sat and got this little blog together. Right now he's checking out his hands and reaching for the crinkly butterfly. Little darling.

I love this photo of him and Natty with the Massey's teddy bear.

Us.

This is about us and our days.