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Good morning!
A rather long, chatty post today sharing what’s been going on over the past few weeks! It’s been crazy with moving house, a surprise baby shower and a hen party! I also chat about pregnancy and some honest thoughts and fears I’ve been having, finishing up work before going on maternity leave and also share about the Perth Pregnancy, Babies and Children’s expo!
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Today I felt like doing another little apartment update and sharing some photos of our home office/study room before it gets a big makeover and is turned into a nursery for our little bubby who will be arriving later this year!
We live in a two bedroom apartment and this space has been our study for the past 4 years (can’t believe how fast time has flown!). To be honest it is also the room where we hang our laundry and leave the ironing board out most of the time, so it’s not usually this neat or spacious! (Just being real!! #apartmentliving)
Despite the fact that it does become a bit of a storage space, I absolutely love this room because it is so bright because of the beautiful light from the north facing windows. Lots of natural light was such an important thing for me and one of our non-negotiables when we were searching for a place. That’s one of the reasons we fell in love with this apartment - both this room and our bedroom have lovely big north facing windows and it makes such a difference to a space!
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Hi friends!
So today’s post is a rather exciting one… we’ve been keeping a secret for the past few months and I’m so excited to finally be able to share that Tom and I will be having a baby in September this year!
This pregnancy announcement is a little delayed considering the fact that I’m already 23 weeks pregnant (over half way!!!) but there were a few reasons we wanted to keep the news quiet and offline for a bit longer….Now though, as you can see from the photos, it’s pretty obvious that I haven’t just eaten too much chocolate and that I do in fact have a rather sizeable baby bump, so I’m super happy to be sharing the news!
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Welcome to Cooking With Nonna Episode 3 - How To Make Tortellini (or cappelletti as we call it!)
In today’s video Nonna shows us step-by-step how to make her traditional, homemade tortellini - walking us through what goes into the filling, cutting the pasta into little squares and finally how to tie up the little parcels to turn them into cappelletti ("little hats")
My Nonna and Nonno have been making cappelletti with their friends Nino and Clara for the past 36 years! They all get together and have a little production line going so they can make big batches for all their family. We eat cappelletti (as the first course!) for special occasions like Christmas, Easter and birthdays, and they are so delicious (way better than the tortellini you buy from a store!)
We hope you enjoy the video and would love to hear it you give it a try yourself!
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Who else love the fresh start that a new year brings? There’s something so motivating and inspiring about the start of the year and today I wanted to talk to you about a way of setting intentions that you’ll actually be able to keep and continue to practice throughout 2019 (and beyond!) so everything isn’t completely forgotten come February!
Ezzie Spencer, in her book Lunar Abundance teaches a different way of setting intentions to create a life you love - one with more “peace, joy and abundance”.
Rather than setting goals/or a long list of things to achieve, the Lunar Abundance practice that Ezzie created for herself and now shares in her book is about working with the phases of the moon, setting an intention for how you want to feel and embodying that throughout the rest of the moon cycle (which is approximately one month). It involves constantly checking in and readjusting, taking action and resting with the natural ebbs and flow of the moon as it moves through its different phases.
Moon cycles??!! At first I thought this was a little out there for me, but Ezzie’s book is incredibly well written, grounded and practical. The big takeaway essentially is that you’re using the moon as a natural timekeeper, reminding you to stay connected, check in with how you’re feeling and set an intention that you work with and constantly check in with everyday, with the opportunity to refocus and reassess what you need and want to work on every month (not just setting a a bunch of resolutions that are then forgotten by the end of January!)
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