After 3 weeks of staring at the brown dirt of my mushroom growing kit , I’m starting to wonder if I’ve been duped out of my $20! Where are my mushrooms that should have grown last week?
The instruction says they will start growing after 5-10 days. Maybe I have dud mushrooms that have decided to stay in the dirt and not pop up.
I have been spritzing the dirt every 2-3 days and keeping it in the cool dry room that is my laundry like what the instructions says… Hold on, after careful inspection, I see small white moldy lumps in the dirt. Is that where mushrooms come from?
Does anyone out there know anything about growing mushrooms? I think I need help…
I don’t consider myself a seasoned traveller, but before Jeremy was born, I clocked up my share of airtime for work and pleasure. During those flights, it was all about ME. My wants, my needs, not my travelling partner, not fellow passengers. I watched what ever movie I wanted, when ever I wanted to. I relaxed, slept, read and basically did as I pleased to pass the long long hours.
I used to look at passengers with kids with dread and hoped none would sit near me. I found the babies crying annoying at best.
This was before, Jeremy. After Jeremy, ALL this has changed. They say, you have to walk in other people’s shoes to understand what they are going through. This is true. I understand now how difficult it is to travel with a child. It is no longer all about me. I cannot eat when meals are served unless my child is quiet, I cannot sleep or watch movies unless my child is a sleep, when my child is a sleep, I cannot relax in fear that he will fall off his seat. When my child is crying on a flight, I am stressed and almost in tears myself. Minutes of him crying in a small confined space feels like hours and hours. But unless you have travelled long haul with a child, you cannot understand this.
We have been told to settle our child because his crying was disturbing other passengers (by a hostess) and I’ve been given unwanted advice as to why my child was crying on a flight. All of this did not help. Most parents do the best they can to quieten their child so they are not deliberately trying to annoy you by using their child as a tool.
For those of you out there who find being in a plane with children annoying, remember that you too may be blessed with a child one day and have to travel with your child on a plane.
With all this said, I don’t expect a lot of people without children to understand unless they have walked in our shoes and experienced what we have experienced. I was one of those passengers too, once upon a time.
Hi everyone -
Sorry it’s taken so long to put pen to paper, but things have been a little hectic in our household lately. You see, we’re building a new house, hopefully moving in three weeks, and expecting a baby in around 6 - 7 weeks.
Sitting down tonight after i put Sam to bed, I started thinking about how different things are when you’re pregnant the second time. I look back fondly on the days of my first pregnancy, taking long baths, sleeping in, reading baby books, and generally trying to prepare myself for the onslought of parenthood.
This time round, life has been consumed by too many other things - work, house decisions, raising my 2 1/2 year old son and generally trying to keep my head above water. Even for those who arent silly enough to try and build a house when they’re pregnant, i think most would agree that it’s just not the same ‘2nd time around’.
It makes me wonder, what will life be like with a newborn for the 2nd time? What should i be doing to ‘prepare myself’?? Hmmmm…time will tell…
We recently returned from France. It was the first big trip we took Jeremy on. I was a little apprehensive as to how Jeremy would fare on the flight and in transit. After doing some research, I came across the Trunki. Yes, it is a trunk for kids. I swear that it was the best thing we bought for him this year. It’s lightweight and we were able to bring it on board as carry on luggage. Jeremy helped pack all his favourite toys in it and we stowed it away under the front seat, ready to use anytime needed on the flight.
Jeremy riding his Trunki in Heathrow Airport
When I bought it, I actually stood on it, sat on it and gave it a kick (when the shop assistant wasn’t looking, ahum!) and it stood firm. I decided on the Towgo Trunki (unisex blue, green and pink) because I was hoping to be able to get a bit more use out of it for a second child.
Jeremy LOVES his Trunki. On our trip, he mainly used in at the airports, train stations and bus stations. At home, he drags it around the house, riding it and pushing it. Basically, it gets a heap of use! There is rarely a day since we purchased it that he hasn’t been on it.
If anyone is considering travelling with young kids, I highly recommend the Trunki. Although, with the popularity of the Trunki, it’s hard to get it at a heavily discounted price, but I have seen them sell for 10-20% off.
Oh, one more point, it’s not recommended as check in baggage and hasn’t been designed to be as such…
