Lazy Girl's View on Pregnancy

Yes I am pregnant, so yes I look like I have gained weight because that's what happens when you are pregnant. And yes, my bump is big because there is an 8 month old baby in there and yes, I get out of breath walking upstairs because my body is working for two. And yes your boobs do grow to larger proportions (yes perhaps bigger than Jordan's) and yes I am bad tempered and not 'glowing' because of all the above and partly because of all the annoying comments people keep saying.

And no, I am not giving birth without pain relief, because it's painful. And no I don't want to change what I am calling my child just because you went to school with an X who was vile and keep thinking of a celebrity with that name. And finally no, I am not making a DVD of the birth because I am pregnant, not insane!

More sleep zzzzz...

Our kids need more sleep or so says a new study but let's face it it's not only the rugrats that need more zzz time, but us adults too. Apparently we're all getting one hour less sleep a day, that's a 7 hour deficit by the end of the week and a 48 hours by the end of the month (and I won't even tell you how much that is by the end of the year because it's too depressing by far).

Aside from being a slow form of torture, lack of sleep makes you gain weight (probably because you're having a snack when you should be sleeping), ages you (skin needing down time to rejuvenate) and makes you viciously cranky with loved ones and colleagues. The lazy answer is simple but not so easy - go to bed earlier, don't watch TV in bed and wind down for 20 minutes before bed so you're relaxed enough to sleep.

Ridiculous study alert

Ridiculous study of the day says middle- class mothers have turned the countryside into a no-go zone for their children because they are worried about them getting dirty. Apparently they are scared that day trips into the great outdoors could end with their children getting lost, hurt or muddy.

Mmm.. having a three year old who can find a way to get dirty in her bedroom, lost at the supermarket and hurt just walking across the room, I think this study is a load of old guff. If most mums don't want to go to the countryside it's not because they are worried about their precious darlings but because it's a disaster in the making to bundle kids into the car and take them further than 20 minutes without world war three breaking out in the back.

It's not the great outdoors that worry us but being trapped in traffic with raging under 5's!

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1252703/Middle-class-mothers-make-countryside-zone-fear-children-getting-dirty.html#ixzz0gG6Y4nQw

Wedding tips for the lazy girl

LAZY TIP OF THE DAY

Go seasonal - choosing seasonal flowers, and  seasonal food will save you hundreds on your wedding budget and stop you having to spend hours/days deciding what you want.

The recessionista vibe

Someone I know has decided she is planning a recessionista wedding. Her invites were sent by email. Her wedding dress comes care of a friend who borrowed it from a friend, who restyled it after buying it from a charity shop auction.

 

Her flowers are cut from her garden. The venue is her parent’s house and the food is being made by all her friends, with the cake being created by her mother-in-law to be.

 

All well and good except the recessionista vibe hasn’t filtered down to her wedding present list, her hen party, which is in Paris, or the wedding shower (she’s American).

 

Meaning it’s not much of a money saving event for her guests who so far have had to cough up money for a wedding gift, a shower gift and pay 150 pounds for lunch in Paris.

 

I’m wondering if the bride can see the irony or if like all those MPs erroneously claiming their expenses she’s pretending she’s done nothing wrong!

Exercise for the lazy girl

I'm about to go to the gym and be killed by my trainer for the next 90 minutes. My choice but one I like to whinge and whine about. Friends often ask why I put myself through it and the answer is I love it (and as those who know me also know I love to whinge and whine about it). However, after speaking to many personal trainers I also know that all you actually need to do if you want to get fit is 20- 30 minutes a day. So:

LAZY TIP OF THE DAY IS: Interval train. Power walk for 1 minute, sprint for 30 seconds, power walk or a minute and sprint again for 30 seconds - repeat for 20 - 30 minutes. You should feel like you're about to keel over (you won't) but raising your heart rate this way burns calories, increases your cardiovascular strength then gives you a good excuse to lie down!

New blog hiccups

Ha - just to show even the laziest of girls can set up a blog in half an hour I have done it! However, apologies for hiccups if you're trying to send me a comment and you're being told my credentials haven't been verified by the blog powers that be. 

I actually have no idea what this means but my IT team are on the case (or at least they will be when I beg, plead and bribe my techno savvy friends to sort this out).

Thanks x