Sunday, June 27, 2010

Photo shoot and DIY kid's stove

O.K. so I did a shoot with a lovely photographer this weekend, two shoots actually. The first concept was an avant garde concept shoot inspired by a midsummer's night dream, I forgot my camera so I don't have any behind the scenes of it. The second was fab! It was based on the concept of 'Amish Vixens' and it was way too fun to style. The results are no doubt going to be fab and I will post them and the photographer's links once I get the post-eds.

If you know me IRL you know I am artsy, that said I am not 'crafy'. I suck a big one at crafts. My mannequin arrived this week and she came in a big old box. Catarina is in love with kid's play stoves (but they are hella expensive). So I figured why not just make her one with said box? I stayed up all night making it out of bits and pieces lying around our place and I think the final product (though yes in no way gorgeous) is a lot of fun. Rina loves it!!! She spends the whole day 'cooking' and doing dishes. She is soooooooo cute!

I have a shoot on the 9th, another on the 12th, and maybe one next Thursday/Friday...who knew there was such a big market in Toronto for vintage stylists?

Lots of love,

Cat

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Menu Planning!

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I find that menu planning saves a lot of time and money! You know what you are making, you know what you need (and what you don't need), you can plan healthier meals, you eat out less etc...

That said here is my menu plan for the week along with some household items I NEED!

Thursday - Chicken Fajita (chicken, lime, red pepper, green pepper,sour cream, fajita)
Friday - Perogies (perogies)
Saturday - Chicken Dumpling Soup (chicken, Broth, dumplings, carrots,peas, cheese)
Sunday - Beef steak (beef, lemon)
Monday - Veal Parm (veal, eggs, cheese, pasta noodles, mushrooms)
Tuesday - Home-made pizza (pizza crust, pineapple, ground meat, sauce)
Wednesday - Mac & Cheese (Mac noodles)

Grocery list:

Meat:

Chicken (2)
Veal (1)
Ground beef (1)
Beef (2)

Produce:

Banana
Watermelon
Lemon
Lime
Berry or cherry

Carrots
Red Pepper
Green Pepper
Mushrooms
Peas
Tomatoes
Lettuce

Dairy:

Milk
Butter
Eggs
Cheese (brick cheddar)
Cheese (for veal)
Sour Cream
Yogurt
Cream Cheese

Breads:
Bread
Pasta
Mac
Fajitas
Pizza Crust
Dumplings
Bagels

Other:
Perogies
Tomato sauce
Canned Pineapple
Rice cereal for Riley
Canned Tuna

Snacks:
Juice boxes
Raisins
Nut-free cookie

Crap:
Coke
Diet Coke
Chips?
Juice

Household:

Toilet paper
Toilet cleaner
Batteries (for the chair, for her ball, for her piano)
Universal Remote (Catarina destroyed the last one with saliva)
Toilet seat (ours is broken)

Lots of love,

Cat

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Shafting

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I want to take this opportunity to apologise to anyone who may feel 'shafted' by me at the moment. In my defence I am beyond busy at the moment and totally swamped!

I have a whole bunch of photo shoots coming up in the next month (one tomorrow and one Saturday as well), I have two babies under two (that in and of itself is like having 2 full time jobs), I have over 200 items that NEED to be added to my shop, I have 8 loads of laundry that are begging to be done, I haven't done the floors in two weeks, I need to menu plan and shop for the next two weeks, I tutor a kid in English two days a week, my father is in failing health and to boot I have been kinda sick for the last week.

If it makes you feel any better I had to cancel my appointment with the plastic surgeon today (no I am not getting my titties did, trust me they are beyond ample!) I have a suspicious mole in my hairline that needs to get removed. I also had to resched Riley's 5mos doctors appointment because there just isn't anytime.

A night where I get 5 hours of sleep is a restful one. I keep telling myself that this pace is not permanent and that it will all payoff in the end (hell whatever lie we need to feed ourselves to keep on trucking and what have you).

Running a house, raising babies, and trying to start up a business is at least three plates full to be fair. By September the business should be rolling, the photo shoots should slow down, Catarina should be potty trained, and Riley will be on foods instead of just breast milk and rice cereal all the live long day (breastfeeding is draining both literally and figuratively.

Guys I am sooooo tired! But yah know what, we gotta do what needs to be done right? I mean no one is gonna do it for us.

Lots of love,

Cat