TGI Friday

Me and my shorts are out for the night.


A couple of bottles of wine in the Mitre in Holland Park with my friend Aga.


Now home and bed.

Run like the wind

After a poor nights sleep I still put my trainers on first thing this morning and went for a run. I have to admit, I hate running. It's boring. I much prefer doing exercise classes with music, partly because I find it much more motivating to try and keep up with a group, but also because I love dancing.


After showering and putting Una down for a nap, I could finally sit down and eat breakfast, my favourite meal of the day. I love Finn crisp topped with a mix of feta cheese and creme fraiche. Some chopped red pepper or spring onion sprinkled on top and a latte, yum.


Una is snoozing on the couch, this heat is too much for her.


Sensible city shorts suitable for a mum!

Who you callin' chicken?

Another boiling day today, I've barely been able to leave house in this heat. All I managed was a quick trip to high street ken to buy some shorts. I tried on a few pairs of super short shorts and was tempted, but then I thought better of it and bought some sensible city shorts instead. I got back to a very tired and hot baby. She definitely is more Irish than African, she is not a fan of the heat!


I cooked a roast chicken for the very first time this evening! Apart from thinking it had its head up it's bum (clearly anatomy is not my strong point) it all went very well and the chicken turned out moist and delicious.


I made potato salad for James and courgette salad for me. A great low carb substitute!


It's still so hot I am drinking my wine with ice. I couldn't resist popping an ice cube in my mouth like old times, I ate ice like mad when I was pregnant. It wasn't as nice as I remembered!

Then again, who doesn't?

Love summer. Love scorching 27 degree days. Love eating a chorizo and cannellini bean salad in the garden at 8 pm and it's still hot outside.

Little napper

I'm pretty lucky to have a park a stones throw away from our flat. I popped to the shop and Una fell asleep in the pushchair so we just strolled down to the park and I chilled while Una napped.

who's who?

Anna Wintour?

Una?

Good to the Morning

Good morning to one and all! Una slept in her cot ALL NIGHT! She did wake up quite a few times but settled back in her cot ever time. At 5.30 she seemed to think it was morning and time to get up. No chance I'm getting up that early, I'm afraid. She got the message in the end and went back to sleep until 7. All in all a great night, thank you very much. Unfortunately I didn't get to bed until midnight so I'm pretty knackered.


So far I've fed Una, cleaned the bathroom, got dressed and had breakfast. Amazing how much you can get done when you get up at such an ungodly hour! Now I just need to get myself and Una ready before we head out to Holland park to meet my friend Aga and her charge.