wedding invitation

Our invite to a Spring wedding in the Italian Lakes

We have been invited by one of Bear's friends to their wedding, in Lake Como. I've always wanted to go and it's on my bucket list, as the surroundings are breath taking. The weather should be perfect in late May - the only thing is that as the wedding is a 'no children' one, so we need to find a baby sitter for Sean! Pictures of the venue below:

Soldier of Love

Weehee - the long anticipated return of Sade (Nigerian father, English mother, raised in England)! She is releasing her first new album in 10 years and I can't stop listening to this very powerful, sexy and seductive track! I predict it will go high in the charts. Well, let's see :-)

Fun filled week and life's little luxuries

Morning, and welcome new week! I am feeling really positive and we have a fun-filled seven days ahead of us!

Tomorrow it's Bear's birthday, so he has taken the day off to spend it with Sean and I (love it!). And as we all know, on Sunday it's Valentine's Day, and Bear has told me to arrange a baby sitter for Saturday night because he has got a surprise in store. I am really excited and have no idea what sort of thing he has come up with. Watch this space! :-)

Tonight at 7 pm I've booked Anabel, a masseuse that I used during my pregnancy. She will be coming to our flat with her whole kit, including a massage bed.

Massage is according to me one of life's little luxuries - its just sheer indulgent pleasure where I'm able to escape and completely relax. She will give me a full hour's back massage, and hopefully all my tension, stress and fatigue will hopefully melt away :-) Jealous? LOL

tips on how to start your spiritual journey

Good morning! I had a question from one of my readers re spirituality and if I could recommend some sites/books for those looking to develop their own spirituality and explore the power of thought and just in general about body, mind and soul.

For many years I had heard from others about the concept of spirituality, and knew quite a lot about it - but it just didn’t flow for me. I wasn’t ready. I believe it’s discovered mainly through self exploration in combination with a teacher/mentor. And as they say “when the student is ready, the teacher will appear” – and that is exactly what happened to me when I met Bear, who gratefully is spiritual and has taught me a lot.

For me, there is no real definition of spirituality as it means different things for different people, but what I do know is that it controls our purpose, driving force, relationships and well being (and I suppose all other areas of our lives). Basically, if I was asked to describe a highly spiritual person, he/she would be HUMBLE, HONEST, COURAGEOUS, KIND and have INTEGRITY.

Here are 10 books (that either Bear or I have read) to start your spiritual journey:

1. The secret – Rhonda Byrne

2. The monk who sold his Ferrari – robin Sharma

3. Awaken the giant within – Anthony Robbins

4. The Tibetan book of living and dying - sogyal rinpoche

5. Heal your life - Louise Hay

6. The Invitation – Oriah Mountain Dreamer

7. Feel the fear and do it anyway – Susan Jeffers (which we btw have on cd that we uploaded on the ipods, and it’s great for when ur too tired to read)

8. The four agreements - don Ruiz

9. Ask and it is given – Esther hicks

10. Loving What Is - Byron Katie

PS Veronica – thank you for trusting me to advise you

Friday night at the children's A & E

Sean's been suffering fr a stomach bug for several days now and its been getting progressively worse.

So far we've been here a couple of hours and are doing some tests on him. Hoping to b back at least before midnight *yawn*


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Skiing holiday booked! :-)

Spring skiing 2009 - Here at our friends house in Boulder, Colorado - truly beautiful scenery

Vail, Colorado

Walking through Vail Village with our (then) 4 month old baby

So we have now finally booked this year's skiing holiday, - 1o whole days, hooray! :-) Last year we went to Colorado, USA, when Sean was only 4 months (and slept most of the journey), and I think I speak for Bear too, that it was one of our highlights since getting together.


However, after discussing back and forth, and speaking to other mums, we have now come to the conclusion that, now that he is older, flying long haul with Sean is simply not worth the hassle!


Nevertheless, I am still ecstatic, as we are going to rent one out of six beautiful ski chalets which form part of a newly renovated, absolutely gorgeous hotel, Le Portetta, in Courchevel in the French alps.
I love the fact that the apartments, located on the top floor of the hotel, are more spacious than the hotel rooms and have a kitchen, living room with fire place and balcony.


It is right on the foot of the nursery slopes at Courchevel (so convenient for me as I do not like walking very far with my ski equipment)


There is also a lovely sun terrace which will be great for lunching on the sunny days and for Apres-Ski. And as you might have read in my previous post, my Mum is flying in from Copenhagen to meet us there and will be Sean's favourite baby sitter whilst Bear and I are skiing :-) Can't wait! Below are some pics from the hotel and apartment where we will stay:

The lobby our bedroom

lounging area and the balcony

Gratitude

Good morning Wednesday! This picture really inspires me! :-)

Following on from my previous The little things post, here are the little things I’m thankful for this week:

Having escaped nasty bugs when my both my boys are feeling under the weather

Friends who understand that my weekends are sacrosanct, i.e. - quality time for me and my boys (with some exceptions of course LOL), but that I’ll see my friends any week day

hair treatment "Absolut Repair" by Loreal Professional

Bear is taking the day off work on his birthday on Tuesday, to be with Sean and I

My ongoing magazine subscriptions

Becoming more spiritual and learning more and more about the power of the mind and that I myself can choose how to feel

the best ever hand cream, Aveda's "hand relief"

That Bear has a surprise in store for me for Valentine’s day

Smooth FM, a fave radio station playing both new and old music, that always manages to cheer me up with a song that brings back good memories

Chanel’s Rouge Noir nail polish, my current obsession

My mother, who is coming with us on our skiing holiday, as our own Mary Poppins, to look after Sean when we are up on the slopes

Waitrose’s organic blueberries

The additional one hour or so I get in the mornings, when Bear takes Sean when he wakes, changes him and give him breakfast

Me, a proud new mum, in my over the knee boots, one year ago today

morning duty

this morning I got two coffees (I opted for our local cafe instead of Starbucks, because of the shitty weather) as Bear left for work later than usual.