Category: march2013

#30 lists // 26. Last year at this time, I was…


I have lots of good memories of this time last year! We spent two months (Feb-Mar) in Italy visiting our families with our 2 month old baby girl. It was good to have a lot of attention and support while we were still trying to figure out our new role as parents.

In case you can’t read my handwriting…

26. Last year at this time, I was…
  • In Italy visiting my in-laws
  • Breastfeeding my daughter
  • Tired and sleep deprived
  • Enjoying our daily walks
  • On maternity leave (bliss!)
  • Trying to adjust to my new life of being a parent

If you are curious about this challenge and want to know more, check the 30 days of lists website.

All my previous lists can be found here. 

#30 lists // 23. 24. 25!

I’m playing lists catch up again! 

My lists for prompts 23 and 24 are a bit boring; I wish I could say more, but this is really how things truthfully are and there is not much I can do about it.


In case you can’t read my handwriting…

23. Past injuries
  • 2 stitches at the back of my head
  • A cracked front tooth
  • And fortunately I can’t think of anything else!

24. Pets (past & present)
  • A white cat for only a week when I was about 3 years old. We were fighting all the time and my parents decided to give it away. That was the end of me having a pet!

List 25 made me thinking; the way I deal with things is really not the way I would like it to be. I normally have a really good start when trying to make a decision, evaluating all the pros and cons, making lists, thinking it through. But then when it’s actually time to choose, it seems that all the hard work done before to make an informative choice goes out the window and the irrational part of my brain takes over and does the rest. Uhmm…definitely something to work on!
In case you can’t read my handwriting…

25. When faced with a tough decision, I…
  • Ask my mister for advice
  • Think about it too much until my head hurts
  • Procrastinate
  • End up making an irrational choice (most of the time!)

If you are curious about this challenge and want to know more, check the 30 days of lists website.

All my previous lists can be found here.

#30 lists // 22. Roadtrip playlist

I’m not the one in charge of playlists when we travel, my mister is. He’s the one spending a good 10 minutes getting the music up and running before we even switch the engine on. 

In case you can’t read my handwriting…
22. Roadtrip playlist
  • Lagwagon
  • All systems go
  • Filastrocche per bambini (for little Miss O, only!)
  • Steven Egerton
  • Lemonheads
  • Weakerthans
If you are curious about this challenge and want to know more, check the 30 days of lists website.

All my previous lists can be found here.

#30lists // 21. Today’s weather remind me of…

Oh the weather! If you live, or ever lived in England, you sure know that the weather is #1 topic of conversation here. People are always complaining about it, rightly so, and it changes so many times during the day, that really you could talk about it non stop. I’m not really impressed with the English weather at all…growing up in southern Italy I’m not used to grey skies that last for more than one day; and being today the first day of spring I was expecting the sun would make at least a shy appearance. No luck so far!

In case you can’t read my handwriting…

21. Today’s weather remind me of…
  • I really wish I could say ‘Spring’!
  • Afternoon tea
  • The last stretch of winter
  • A B/W film
  • One of the reasons why I can’t live here
  • Last year’s holiday in sunny Italy

If you are curious about this challenge and want to know more, check the 30 days of lists website. There’s still time to register!!

My previous lists can be found here.

#30 lists // Catch up!!

My baby girl and I have been sick for a week now! It has been hard for our family of three, but we made it almost to the end (almost!). So I’m playing a catch up here, with a summary of the eight latest  lists. I did made the list on the day, just didn’t manage to post about it.
13. My causes
  • my family
  • a simple life
  • love of nature
  • healthy heating

14. My role models
  • my mum
  • my partner (who is taking care of her two sick girls just now!)
  • anyone  who can reach success without losing their true self

15. Ways I save money
  • paper-less bills
  • charity shops
  • car boot sales
  • SALES
  • online shopping
  • don’t buy if you don’t need it (no excuses!) 

16. This month’s soundtrack (aka Olivia’s soundtrack)
  • Postman Pat
  • Bob the builder
  • Torero camomillo
  • Volevo un gatto ner
  • Il gatto puzzolone
  • In the night garden
  • Madama dore’
  • Il grillo e la formica
  • Il coccodrillo come fa 


17. My biography would include tales of…
  • How I met my mister
  • me living abroad
  • the nine months I was pregnant
  • me being a mother
  • all the amazing things awaiting for me in the years to come

18. So far this year, I…
  • started two challenges
  • started two new projects
  • completed one challenge
  • finished a book
  • had the flu!
  • watched series 2 of ‘Up all night’
  • baked 4 cakes

19. In the next year, I will…
  • start painting again
  • complete one sketchbook
  • turn 37
  • attend my friend’s wedding
  • have a summer holiday
  • move house
  • have another baby (maybe!) 

20. I do not regret…
  • moving to London
  • become a parent
  • buying a house
  • taking time off work to do the stuff I like
  • the career I have chosen (some aspects of it!)
…but now it’s time for a change.

If you are curious about this challenge and want to know more, check the 30 days of lists website. There’s still time to register!! 
Previous lists can be found here.