What are your plans for 2012?
For the last week I’ve been a bad blogger, but I’m back 🙂 with pictures from my ridiculously short holiday (a week and a bit)…
I have loads planned for the new year. (Ten for now)
. Home renovations
. Birth of baby
. Start writing my book
. Be a better blogger, no slacking off
. Eat healthier
. Exercise more
. Be kinder to myself
. Make others smile
. Surround myself with positive people
. Be a positive person
Here are some Dec pics:
I’m almost 27, I’m married and have a kid on the way, but really I’m just a big baby 🙂 my family (mom, dad, sibling, aunts, uncles and so forth…) left for a beach holiday this morning and as I said a groggy goodbye I couldn’t help but feel jealous and completely left out. It’s crazy really as I’m going up to see them for Christmas weekend, but I cant shake the feeling that it is JUST not the same, Rob and I will rock up with our own everything and actually just be neighbours to them for the trip (weird how things like not sharing the family sized sun block and shampoo can make you feel like an outsider). It’s to be expected, I’m starting my own family now and even though I will always be part of the Douglas clan, I took on the Meyers name and that means, sharing holiday’s between two families, and even though I’ll always be my daddy’s little girl, truth is I’m NOT a little girl anymore.
I think it all has to do with me having to be a grown-up, having grown-up responsibilities (I can’t join them today because I’m still at work and have a bunch of, why oh why did I decide to be an adult type things to do) Being a grown-up sucks, your washing doesn’t do itself and the fridge doesn’t magically stock itself, bleugh.
Funny thing is that when my parents invited us to the beach for Christmas (they go every second year) I was dead set against it. Swollen feet, and sensitive preggy skin are not beach friendly and neither am I (not being able to body board and drink wine by fire side also suck), but now I’m actually excited, I get to build sand castles with my nieces, get my teen cousins opinion on teen novel I’m attempting and just not be at work for a bit.
This morning as my brother teased me that I was gonna miss him, I told him to get over himself and as my sister coughed up a lung (she has a cold/or flu/or the plague – and I felt bad for her even though her teenage angst and my pregnant hormones have been clashing all over the place lately) I thought he was prob right, I do miss them, I miss helping to get them ready for school, I miss dragging them to Sunday school, I miss them annoying me with their constant questions and needing me to show them this, or help them with that. Truth is at 23 and 17, they really don’t need me that much these days, but that’s ok, I needed to make space for the someone who will be arriving soon and will prob need me 24/7 anyway, this just means I need to get used to my new role in the family, I’m out of the house, but not out of the family… but first things first I need to get the last day of work over with…..beach here I come (almost, here I almost come)
PICTURES FROM BEACH HOLIDAY 2009. . .
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| my mom and dad |
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| thea and tay napping in a giant plastic shark, as ppl do |
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| Taylor and her mom, omw! tay is still a baby here |
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| my bro |
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| my cousin, Desthea |
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| the husband |
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| my sister |
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| To think I used to think my thighs were big then, hahaha, I had no idea |
Almost four months into this pregnancy thing, I have a couple of points to make, share things I had no idea were involved in the procreation process…
Firstly I’m extremely happy to be bringing a little one into the world in just over five months!!!!!! seriously can’t wait to meet Logan/Gabriella (depending on gender and whether or not I go into my “I’m not feeling that name anymore” moods) but I’ve decided to come clean with things that bother me about this whole being pregnant thing…
1. Apparently the whole, your hair will grow lovely and thick when you are pregnant, does not only extend to your head… I am not a fan, I used to have to shave my legs every two months, haha, do that now and I can make a sweater
2. I’m not too big on the whole skin of a teenager thing, I never had a problem with my skin EVER even during the awkward teenager stage (figured it was my reward for having every other awkward teenage affliction, no boobs, not sporty and not exactly voted most popular), but now I’m oily and pimply-BLEUGH!
3. Swollen feet and swollen fingers are ANNOYING and painful 🙁 and I only expected it waaaay later- apparently , everyone is different, oh-yeah me
4. I’m a whale! not even 4 months yet and I’m a oompa loompa in most of my clothes-seriously caught my reflectionS in a fitting room mirror the other day and almost got arrested for shattering the mirrors, I always dreamed that when I got pregnant I’d stay my usual size with just a lil tummy HAHAHAHAHAHAHA NO! my everything is bloated and fatter, especially my arms! pretty sure
5. I’m always hungry! until I eat a little then I feel ridiculously full or need to barf 🙁 but even so I manage to have picked up tons of weight, double 🙁
6. I have now noticed cellulite creeping down to my knees, I used to be able to wear mini’s and shorts like no body’s business , but that seems to be a thing of the past, extensive googling says it should subside with birth PLEASE OH PLEASE BE TRUE
7. Im an emotional wreck, seriously EVERYTHING makes me cry, or more likely scream….
This being said I would not trade any of this for the world (OK i could trade it) but would not give up being pregnant for the world! Im extremely ridiculously out of my skin happy with the idea that I will soon have my very own bundle of joy and hey as all my mommy friends say, bad skin, bloating and all the other annoying things are temporary while the love of a child is forever 🙂 (well prob not when they are 16 but other times, yes)
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TO ENTER:
– follow me on twitter or on the blog and email me on edouglasmeyers@gmail.com so I can give you your code
Oooh! oooh! how would you like to be able to catch Father Christmas in the act? or maybe catch the Easter bunny or even the tooth fairy?
Well I “caught Santa” in my very own lounge with this really cool website and I was given 5 extra codes to give away, which will enable 5 of my readers the chance to do the same.
The guys at https://www.catchacharacter.com are giving bloggers a chance to share this fun Christmas experience with their readers and they picked me as one of the elves 🙂
The service usually costs $9.99 (about R83) but you can get it for FREE!!!!
I LOVE the concept!!! and think it would amaze little ones.
It’s a 3 step process
1- upload your pic
2- chose your Santa pose
3- then you can print, easy peasy!
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TO WIN:
follow me on twitter or right here on the blog
and then just email me at mailto:edouglasmeyers@gmail.com and tell me where you are following me and if you are the lucky winner I will send you a code right away, As easy as that… (if you already follow me, just drop me a mail) Winners announced on Wednesday that’s (Dec 21) just in time for Christmas
for more on the concept go to
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