A new royal start

QueenJess

Grogged said:

Glad someone is still taking biscuits seriously!😆
Hopefully DD will settle into a routine soon.
Still amazed at how much you're fitting in.
Soup and cheese sounds lovely.
ATB, G.

Ha ha! I was going to say on @South_coast  's thread I have a post with biscuits on if people were having withdrawal symptoms (plus happily will discuss biscuits as much as anyone likes on here!). But thought she wouldn't be impressed!

South_coast

No, I wouldn't 🤣🤣🤣!

QueenJess

Another while night awake with DD. I could hear her poor little tummy churning. No wonder she is uncomfortable. At least she slept well on me. I read a whole book overnight.. going to need to find some more free ones to download soon.

Did more cooking this morning. Vegetable chilli is cooking in the slow cooker for an easy midweek meal (obviously DH is already horrified that there is no meat in it). As I needed to roast some veg for it, I filled the oven with orange muffins. My freezer will be nicely fed this weekend! Everytime I put something in the freezer I am reorganising a bit of it. DH has made quite a mess - he literally opens the lid and throws in whatever is needed so you can't find a thing! I am still loving having a big freezer though as it's opened up so many opportunities with no worries about not being able to fit it all in!

Lunch was pesto pasta with veg, with iced buns for after (I love that they are in the Waitrose essentials range - obviously they are essential!). DH is making roast beef for dinner later with my Yorkshire puddings and we have some nice mini cakes for pudding courtesy of a neighbour. 

Packaged up my eBay sales and looks like I have two more that will sell tomorrow. Cleaning and washing and eBay listing still on the to do list, but maybe tomorrow... Time to play with DS whilst DH is holding DD.

Did some reviewing overnight of a few things I will need to buy, but putting them off until I use up the remaining supplies first.  So today will definitely be another NSD.

savingholmes

Well done on the family juggling act and baking... remain in awe... I could barely keep the plates spinning when I had my kids

QueenJess

savingholmes said:

Well done on the family juggling act and baking... remain in awe... I could barely keep the plates spinning when I had my kids

Thanks, although I don't feel like I'm going, just existing at the moment. The thing is that DD is sleeping on me in the day and as she sleeps so much, I have to do something to entertain myself. When she starts playing more and eventually moving around it'll all stop!

Hoping to get our luxury of a cleaner back in the late summer/autumn and will make it more regular (weekly), so I only have to cope with cleaning until then. Will be paid from the mortgage payment reduction that will come through in September/October due to our overpayments when we sign up for another 2 years.

QueenJess

Took advantage that it was still the weekend and got loads done:
- cleaned sinks and toilets
- helped DS clear up his room (we can now see the floor!)
- had two naps
- listed 5 things on eBay
- did my bit of the shopping list (the baking parts 😄)
- did two loads of washing

No baking/cooking today - just told DH what to make! Lunch was omlettes and salad followed by the last of the iced buns. Dinner was leftover beef stir fry and noodles and pudding was the last of the gifted mini cakes.

Not a NSD today. Trying to think ahead to the next "event" as I can't plan my days and these things creep up. Had a think about father's Day for DS and DD and decided to get DH some chocolate (which I will melt into car shapes) and some loose leaf tea with an infuser. Found an infuser to get and discovered there was one on sale cheap, so snapped it up. Only £4, so not going to break the bank!

Made 4 eBay sales today, so will need to package them up tomorrow. 

DS had been bathed and I've spent some time building Lego and making paper aeroplanes with him. Overall a successful weekend really. Now to survive another week on 3 hours sleep a night 😬. I'm currently getting through a whole book every night!

themadvix

Hey QueenJess, I started reading your diary ages ago, but got sidetracked (before you'd announced your pregnancy) - am now all caught up though. You're doing brilliantly with the mortgage and managing two small children, but do give yourself some slack on the cleaning - your house must be immaculate (the need to clean was the overwhelming message from reading back!). Love that you're looking for the ethical option too - it's really hard to find a balance though, isn't it?

QueenJess

themadvix said:

Hey QueenJess, I started reading your diary ages ago, but got sidetracked (before you'd announced your pregnancy) - am now all caught up though. You're doing brilliantly with the mortgage and managing two small children, but do give yourself some slack on the cleaning - your house must be immaculate (the need to clean was the overwhelming message from reading back!). Love that you're looking for the ethical option too - it's really hard to find a balance though, isn't it?

Yikes - that's a lot of reading! House is a total disaster area right now. I am the only one that can put things away and clean (apparently) and I am stuck under a baby 21 hours a day.. 

I wish I could do more on the ethical/zero waste stuff, but just don't have the time right now unfortunately. 

QueenJess

Just a food post today as feeling down and just totally exhausted and fed up right now.

Lunch was leek and potato soup (from a freezer batch cook) and soda bread (I made yesterday).

Dinner was a success considering it completely consisted of things DH doesn't like. We had vegan chilli with baked potatoes (DS had baked beans) and apparently it is acceptable to have again (just as well as I have another two meals worth in the freezer!). The chilli was non-meat (DH doesn't like that), with two type of beans (DH doesn't like beans) and a baked potato (DH doesn't like them much and doesn't consider them a meal). He ate it all and had seconds! Pudding was pear and raspberry crumble with cream.

Yesterday's lunch was a spicy carrot and chickpea salad with soda bread. DH even liked that one! It was a recipe which appeared in my inbox and was very fortuitous since I was looking for ways to use up too many carrots and some tahini! As I used a can of chickpeas I made more meringues today for the freezer. 

QueenJess

Not much happening. House is not clean and I am ignoring it today.  Did some cooking this morning to build back up my freezer.

Lunch was cheese, onion and potato pastry pie with cauliflower and peas (fruit for after). New pie dish was excellent 🙂. Dinner was a beef roast with more of the pear and raspberry crumble and cream for after. I also made a cottage pie (with quorn) for later in the week. I convinced DH to try quorn as although he is unconvinced about any environmental impacts of eating beef and dislikes no meat meals generally, he doesn't like eating too much red meat from a health perspective. Will see how it goes down next week.

Still got lots of baby clothes to list on eBay, but needs a wholesale sort out. Will have to do it a little bit at a time. Will try and list a couple of things tomorrow.

Been trying hard not to spend any money this week, but spotted my favourite chocolate is at a discount online, so will need to put an order in to stock up on that 🙂