Millie Bobby Brown surprised everyone when she announced that she had adopted a baby girl with her husband, Jake Bongiovi.
The actress’ decision to become a mother at the age of 21 immediately sparked curiosity among fans, who flooded the couple with congratulatory messages.
However, Millie has made it clear that she intends to protect the little one’s privacy and has shared no information about the baby aside from her gender.
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“This summer, we welcomed our sweet baby girl through adoption. We are beyond excited to embark on this beautiful next chapter of parenthood in both peace and privacy,” the young couple announced in an Instagram post on August 21.
They signed the post, “And then there were 3. Love, Millie and Jake Bongiovi.”
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Whenever she steps out with the baby, the Stranger Things star always carries her with her back to the paparazzi or keeps her in a stroller to shield her from the cameras.
But during a recent outing, fans caught a glimpse of the baby’s head—-and began drawing conclusions based solely on her straight, black hair.
“That’s an Asian baby,” @parkervrse wrote on X in a viral post that received almost 150,000 likes.
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“So? Why do we need to speculate and try and out details about them,” one user countered.
“LIKE I AM ASIAN BABY THATS MY COUSIN!!” @parkervrse later clarified in the comments, poking fun at the concept of “outing someone as Asian.”
“100% and I don’t know why people are mad at you for making an observation ffs,” another user chimed in.
“I thought that too, I was like d*mn, that baby hair silky” added someone else.
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“FIRST ASIAN BON JOVI LETS F**KING GO,” celebrated another fan.
Others questioned why so many people were speculating about the girl’s ethnicity, stressing, “That’s none of your business.”
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In another viral thread on X, one user wrote, “That’s an Asian baby but I just can’t prove it yet,” to which someone replied, “No, she’s Vietnamese.” An additional user then joked, “No, she’s gay.”
The interaction referenced a famous scene from Modern Family in which Lily, the young adopted daughter of Mitchell and Cameron, is taken to a Vietnamese restaurant to connect with her roots.
While interacting with the server, who was also Vietnamese, she corrected everyone at the table, insisting that she actually wasn’t Vietnamese, but gay (she later told her fathers she believed orientation worked like ethnicity and was inherited).
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Fans have previously come up with theories about the baby’s name after Millie was photographed with a smartphone case featuring bold “RWB” initials. Many believe the name begins with “R” (possibly Ruth, like Millie’s late grandmother) and that her middle name starts with “W.”
Millie and Jake, a model and the son of rocker Jon Bon Jovi, tied the knot in May 2024. The couple first connected through Instagram and “were friends for a bit” before they started dating, Millie revealed in an interview with Wired.
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The Enola Holmes actress publicly expressed her desire to become a young mother during an appearance on the SmartLess podcast in March.
“My mom actually had her first child at 21, and my dad was 19. This has been my thing since before I met Jake,” she explained.
“I wanted to be a mom just like the way my mom was to me. Of course, I want to focus on really establishing myself as an actor and as a producer, but I also find it’s so important to start a family for me personally.”
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The British star also discussed the possibility of adoption, saying, “I don’t see having your own child as really any different as adopting,” and that “the energy in our house is the door is always open.”
Millie revealed that her 23-year-old husband wanted to wait until they were married before starting a family.
She told Glamour that meeting the former Syracuse student changed her perspective on relationships after being in an “unhealthy situation” with someone else.
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“He listed all these things that I hated about myself. I was like, ‘You see good in those things?’ And he was like, ‘Of course I do,’” she shared. “Those are things that I love about myself now. He was a really big, huge part of me loving myself and becoming a woman.”
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Additionally, Millie explained that both she and Jake have three siblings, so she sees them building a “big family” in the future.
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Desperate times call for desperate measures, and anyone who has ever been in dire financial straits knows this. You live well within your means while meticulously deliberating over your needs and wants. As a result, you end up making the necessary sacrifices.
Someone on Reddit described it as a “poor person hack,” and the discussion opened. People shared their most efficient money-saving tips during difficult times. And even if you’re doing well, many of these nuggets of wisdom are nonetheless worth noting.
Scroll through, and maybe you’ll pick up something new and valuable. If you have suggestions of your own, feel free to share them in the comments!
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Need boxes for moving or organizing? Don’t ever buy a cardboard box, EVER (unless you need really big ones, I guess). Go to your local liquor store and ask for boxes, they’ll happily give you as many as you’d like, and they’re pretty sturdy since they’re made to hold heavy objects.
Keep old things as a back up pair. Shoes, glasses etc. Often I wouldn’t have money for new things if something broke, so if a pair shoes fell apart I would at least have a crappy pair until I could afford some new ones.
A 20-50 pound bag of rice in your pantry will pick up a lot of slack in your diet when you’re poor… I’m not poor anymore, but I always have a ton of rice at home.
Rice and rice, rice and eggs, rice and ground meat, rice and a can of chili, etc. I wasn’t always eating good, but I was never hungry.
$5 costco whole chicken 1x week, top ramen, rice, beans and eggs. This got me through months of low income months. It was like $50-60 for a month of 2 meals/day.
Google the fix for something that is broken and if you think you can do it try, the amount of crooks in appliance repair is insane.
Shop thrift stores. And when that doesn’t work shop tj Maxx, Ross etc. Can generally find quality without a huge cost.
Carry a reusable water bottle everywhere, don’t buy drinks out. Look for free days at museums and free passes for entertainment/education, like the zoo or symphony, from the library. Check into the health department for free vaccines, testing and other health care.
There are some exceptions, but for the most part, store brand is just as good or the same as name brand. In the case of kirkland, it might be superior.
Beans are a magical food. Even better if you make them yourself – buy a 1lb bag of dry beans for $1.25 and that is a good amount of protein and fiber.
“No dollar days” see how many days you can go without spending $1. Then try to beat your previous records.
Also $3/day = $1,000/year.
Help out your neighbors, without asking for payment, when they’re in need and when you are able.
I’ve been showered with free food, things, and acts of service from grateful neighbors.
Freezing day-old bread. Keeping bread refrigerated. Always. Lasts forever.
Learning to love my crock pot and eating the same meal for an entire week. An amazing money saver, and I still do it because it was an ingrained habit for years.
If you are absolutely, for sure, going to overdraw and there’s nothing you can do to prevent it, go buy a grocery store gift card before the overdraw hits.
Now you have access to food and gas without having to get dinged for multiple overdraft fees before your next paycheck comes in.
Just make sure that the total overdraft (including the big bill plus the gift card) doesn’t exceed your maximum overdraft.
Better still is to not overdraft in the first place, but when you’re po’, s**t happens.
I stopped eating meat. Lentils, chickpeas, beans, other legumes, and nuts are insanely cheap. Meat is a splurge at this point even though we can definitely afford it.
Learn and be willing to break down your meat and produce yourself.
99c head of lettuce vs 2.49 for 10oz of pre chopped and washed lettuce
99c/lb for whole chicken vs 3.99/pound for breast.
I grew up in central Africa where my parents worked at a rural mission hospital. We shipped a lot of canned and dried food from the US and the hospital received donations of medicines through Compassion. The food was always out of date by the time we got it, and the medicines at the hospital were already expired when they were shipped from the US. Everything got used. We ate the canned foods even when they tasted a little tinny. The medicines never made people sicker. I think so much gets wasted here.
Add an egg for nutrition. Got rice and veggies? Those are sides. Fry it with an egg and that it is a good meal. Add a hardboiled egg to instant ramen for a gourmet experience. A piece of toast with a fried egg is now an open-faced sandwich.
Toilet paper is less expensive than tissues but works just as well.
When your batteries run out on your remote, just take the batteries out, rub them in your hands for 30-40 seconds to make heat friction & bam they work again. Not for long though but enough to get where you need to go on the TV.
Invest in spices. Learn how to cook differnt types of food. A lot of East Indian, middle eastern and Asian, South American food is made up of basic ingredients with spices. If you depend on pre made/cooked food you will always starve. If you learn how to cook you will never be hungry or poor.
I crumble crackers into my tuna salad to add volume and found i enjoy the taste.
Spaghetti aglio e olio can be made with noodles, garlic, olive oil, and some seasoning for about $1.50 per serving, is so easy to make, and tastes like a gourmet meal. It’s better with parmesan but doesn’t need it.
Canned vegetables from the dollar store are exactly the same vegetables as the ones from the supermarket and are often half the price. Same with dried pasta.
Volunteer somewhere that rescues food. There’s usually surplus due to storage issues and it’s short time span before spoilage. Rescued food is about keeping food out of the landfill and is not exclusively for low income people.
Split the cost of the cheapest Costco membership with a few friends (one person is on card but can bring “guests”) and buy bulk items to split.
Participate in mutual aid.
This one is dependent on having a car or a ride and what’s available in your area, but if you have pets, go to a “farm” vet. Basically any vet outside a metropolis area. They often have much cheaper rates and are just as qualified to care for cats and dogs. I drive an extra 15 minutes to a vet just on the otherside of my city’s perimeter, and consistently pay $100s less in comparison to the vets on the otherside of the perimeter.
Start a jar collection. I haven’t used plastic baggies in years. Everything goes into the jars.
Buy unsold frozen thanksgiving turkeys. Batch cook and freeze. I’ve done this several years where I’ll buy 12 turkeys, smoke them over a few months, and have meal portions in the deep freeze. It lasts all year even with trying to keep 2 boys full.
I grew up in upper middle class family but still was an Eagle Scout , but both my dad and wife grew up dirt poor. Here’s what they’ve passed on to me (including my father in law)
– Honey and salt never go bad
-smoke any meat before it expires, or be sure you have the ability to freeze it.
– most canned food tastes okay even in the 5-10 yr range
– don’t throw out construction materials, especially older ones, especially older wood. But even still, any fastener can always be repurposed.
– always take the sweeteners and bread rolls home from a dinner
– always have a stash of cash that could get you thru the next week or two if something were to happpen
– always stash a carton of cigarettes, grain liquor, and ammo away as those are the most traded items in an economic collapse
– your most important resources are your neighbors and make sure to treat them well. Physical labor for their needs goes the longest way.
– keep seeds on hand for any produce that grows well in your area. Even easier if you keep seeds from the plants you’ve grown. I grow a lot of tomato, cucumber, peppers, etc.
– recycle fats and greases, they can also be used for fuel
– new age one: solar generators can save your life
– keep a rifle, fishing pole, strong blade, and net around. These can be used in many different fashions, but are key for harvesting and capturing proteins.
– shovel – you can create your own irrigation systems if done correctly.
– Be nice. Probably the top thing. My grandparents generation wasn’t called The Greatest Generatjon for no reason. Care for your fellow man, and it will eventually pay itself in multiple dividends
– get a dog if you don’t have one. They feed off scraps and willl protect you.
– remember MASLOW’s rules. That model prioritizes survival
I understand I gave survivor type of instances, but when you’re poor, you’re always on that borderline.
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Put spinach in everything. Eggs. Soup. Salad. Fiber with a protein makes you full longer.
Slide meals. Buy a meat that is on sale first day and a handful of Versitike ingredients. Then turn each nights leftovers into the start of the next meal. Tacos > Taco Soup > Cheese Dip > Mac and Cheese > Casserole.
Made a website to automate meal planning for it that I’m working a major overhaul but if anybody needs it, slidemeals.com.
Buy food in bulk and meal prep. It’s better for your wallet and health.
Take a spin the night before trash day in the rich neighborhoods. Buy Nothing Groups has made this even easier.
Shop for your groceries online. You can stay within your budget every time, no impulse buying and focus on whatever is on sale. And if you pick it up yourself there’s no delivery fee.
Peanut butter oatmeal is really cheap calories and nutrition.
Chug water with every meal to feel full.
Irish Spring body soap lasts an exceptionally long time.
Crack an egg into a pot of ramen at the end= gourmet meal
VPNs are always cheaper than streaming services
That’s about all I got.
Ooh, I used to hate pizzas from the supermarket but since air fryers they taste SO good, exactly the same as take out pizza. I save so much just buying a pizza from the supermarket, adding my toppings to it (olives, more cheese) and man, it tastes soo good (don’t forget to drizzle oil for the crispiness).
Save (and plant) your seeds. Compost, and turn your compost regularly. Grow whatever you can, and can whatever you can’t eat soon.
Never eat out.
If possible/reasonable walk to the grocery store. Basically if you can carry it you need it. No backpack. Keeps you busy for awhile walking then slows down your shopping to must haves only based on what you can carry.
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Hi friends, happy Friday! I’m so ready for this term break and the fresh spring vibes that come with it. It’s been a tiring term, and I’m so thankful that, as of 3:46 pm today, we have two weeks off—Ahhhh, big sigh of relief happening over here as I type this.
So, for today’s Friday Favourites, I thought I’d share a few of my favourite things about this time of year and why I’m so excited for the spring school holidays.
No rushing out the door, no packing lunches, or racing to hang out the washing so it dries while I’m at work. Just slow coffee and letting the day ease in. Bliss. Now, if only our cats would get the memo that I’m not getting up early. They love to show up at my bedroom door at 6 am sharp, meowing for breakfast.
I love walking to and from work in any season. Even if it’s cold, windy or rainy (thank goodness for my gum boots), I still enjoy it. But nothing beats walking in spring. I love the smell in the air and seeing people out with their dogs, even the little white fluffy one that barks and scares the life out of me almost every day.
Being able to sit outside without freezing is such a treat, especially at work when we are in the playground. I’m 100 per cent sure our playground is the coldest place on earth. I also love that the evenings are longer and I don’t feel like the day is over by 4.30 pm.
Hello berries, peaches, and mangoes! I haven’t seen a mango yet, but I’m sure I will any day now. After months of apples and oranges, I’m so excited that colourful fruit is finally coming back into season.
Swapping out heavy blankets for lighter bed covers, washing the sofa covers and knowing they’ll dry in the warm sun, and even just opening the windows wide. It feels good to say see ya later, winter!
I love that the term break gives me the freedom to catch up with friends! I’m lining up some shopping days, lunch dates, and a few coffee catch-ups.
I’d also love to catch up on blogging since it’s taken a real back seat lately with everything going on at work. But that ended today, and boy did it feel good tying up all the bits and pieces, turning off the laptop, and packing it away.
I also want my brain to rest! You won’t believe how, for the past few weeks, all I’ve been thinking about is preschool planning and those children’s songs going around in my head on loop… Larry the Lobster, Larry the Lobster digging in the sand all day… aaaaarghhh! Stop already!
So little old tired me is keeping it short and signing off. I’m still wearing my work clothes, so I’m off to have a shower, and because it’s Friday night over here, that means it’s time to relax. Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you have an amazing weekend.
Happy Friday!
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It’s great to be here today with the lovely ladies from the Share Our Lives link-up. This time, we’re chatting all about our go-to snacks. Thanks so much for stopping by 😊
Now, let’s see… what are some of my go-to snacks? Well, to be honest, I don’t really snack a whole lot during the week. I’m not sure if anyone else is like this, but I actually love feeling properly hungry before my main meals. It makes them feel like a real event!
I look forward to lunch and dinner (not breakfast—I’m never hungry first thing in the morning). And I love that when I finally sit down to eat, it feels like a major occasion. I even try really hard not to moan after every bite, because that would just sound too weird, right?
Although I don’t usually snack during the week, that all changes when Friday night rolls around. Because that’s when snack time is on like Donkey Kong!
Here are some of my go-to savoury snacks:
Nuts – I love all nuts, but these Kri Kri peanuts from our local fruit shop are just so delicious.
Chips – Salt and vinegar or plain are my favourites.
Cheese – with or without crackers.
Corn Thins – When I feel like I need to pretend that they are a healthier option. Are they? No, don’t tell me.
Seaweed – So deliciously salty and crunchy. Until two years ago, I avoided seaweed because it’s high in iodine and I had thyroid issues. Now that I don’t have a thyroid, I’m making up for all the times I had to say no to seaweed.
My go-to sweet snacks:
Cadbury Hazelnut chocolate – this one is dangerous because I buy the block and it’s so hard to stop at just a few squares.
Snake lollies – The green ones are my favourite, but I also love the orange ones because they remind me of the lollies I used to get as a super special, once-every-few-months treat when I was little.
Peanut M&Ms – Nuts all the way!
Cadbury Flake – crumbly and yummy
Picnic bars – I clearly just can’t get enough nuts.
Now, I know I said I don’t snack much during the week, but when my work buddy is rostered on for a casual day, she usually brings me some kind of delicious treat. She’s introduced me to some of the best snacks ever, and every time she’s called in to work, I just know it’s going to be a fun day. And no, it’s not just because she’s my snack supplier… haha!
My healthy snacks:
Plain yoghurt with honey and berries
Fruit – Usually grapes when they are in season. At the moment, I’m enjoying the small mandarins I buy from Woolworths. They remind me of the ones I saw on our trip to the U.S, called Cuties.
So there you have it, my go-to snacks. I sure do look forward to Friday nights and the weekend when it’s open season on snacks. What about you? Are you more of a weekday grazer or a weekend snacker?
Linking up with Adrienne, Dara, Joanne, Jen and Sarah.
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Every year, when Christmas rolls around, I have the same thought. I really wish I lived in the northern hemisphere. I can’t help feeling a bit of Christmas envy when I picture snow, winter coats, Christmas markets and mugs of hot chocolate with marshmallows. It all looks so cosy, and it just makes sense. It matches the idea of Christmas I have always carried in my head. But I live in Australia, and my Christmas is very different. And even though that winter fantasy never truly goes away, I have realised there are things I do love about the season here. So come with me as I share about some of the things that make Christmas in Australia special to me. And no, it’s not the beach, or swimming, or spending the day at Bondi Beach. Haha, this non-beach lover has other favourites!
It’s summer over here, yep, we have opposite seasons to most of the world, and I know it blows some people’s minds. While half the globe is bundling up in scarves and coats, we have our air conditioners on full blast. I have to be honest, I don’t love that Christmas is in the middle of summer. But I do love summer itself. Hello, long evenings, bright sunshine, and cold drinks. Yes sir, summer is my favourite season, and I’m lucky I can handle the heat pretty well. This afternoon, I walked home in mid-30ºC temperatures, and by the time I got home, I was a sweaty mess but a happy sweaty mess. I guess there’s a reason a friend used to call me Sahara. Christmas probably makes winter more fun, but I still love our quirky upside-down version. Quirky is good.
One of the things I love about this time of year is that I feel like I get two Christmases. At preschool, we’re wrapping up the school year and getting ready for the end-of-year concerts and graduation. Our school year ends in December and starts again in the last week of January. The kids are so excited (not always in the best way, yikes!), and there’s just this general buzz in the air. It also helps that I work with some of the most fun people on the planet. This time of year is definitely my favourite, and even though it’s chaos, it’s good fun chaos. Then, once school’s out (ten days to go but who’s counting?), we kick off round two of Christmas prep at home, making sure everything is ready for the “real” Christmas. Two Christmases in one. I love that.
For Christmas lunch, it’s often the custom to go for food that suits the weather. Things like prawns, oysters, cold ham, turkey and salads.
I enjoy all of that, but I also love the traditional Christmas food like turkey, glazed ham (I have the most amazing glazed ham recipe), roast potatoes and gravy, always lots of gravy. So I do what a lot of people who celebrate Christmas in summer do and combine both. We start with seafood as an entrée and then tuck into the more traditional Christmas fare. It’s the best of both worlds!
One of the things I love about Christmas in Australia is Carols by Candlelight, like the one held in the Domain in Sydney (and similar events in other cities). I’ve never been to the Domain myself, but it’s televised, so I watch it every year while I’m wrapping presents. The audience is always in summer clothes, and there’s no snow, no frosty air, but it still looks very Christmassy to me.
We have pockets of streets where decorating houses with Christmas lights is a real thing. It kind of moves around from year to year, depending on how the decorating fever hits. You know how it goes: one house goes all out, then the next one gets inspired, and before you know it, the whole street becomes famous for it. Not everyone decorates their house, but those who do really go for it.
I don’t know if it’s the same overseas, maybe in the northern hemisphere it is, or maybe that’s just a Hallmark movie thing, you’ll have to let me know. The funny part is, because it’s summer, it doesn’t get dark until after 8 pm, so the lights can’t really shine until then. The news often runs a segment announcing the best streets to see, and suddenly everyone rushes over. I used to decorate our house, it was me and the neighbour across the street. Now it’s just the neighbour across the street. I got tired of untangling the lights and acting like a cranky Grinch. How do people even keep their lights tidy?
I laugh on the inside when I stop and think about the mismatch of winter decorations in a hot climate. Snowflakes on windows. Reindeers in 30-degree heat. A fake fireplace on the TV while you’re sitting there in shorts. And then we have Christmas cards that try to represent us better, with Santa in shorts surfing. Too funny!
So that’s what I love about Christmas in Australia. It’s hot, sticky and sweaty, but a picture-perfect traditional winter white Christmas is only a long-haul 14 to 24-hour plane ride away, depending on your destination. Lucky us, right?
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Happy Friday, friends! I’m wrapping up the week by sharing a few things that made it feel extra bright. Here are this week’s favourites.
This lollipop brought me so much joy the other day! I was craving something sweet and found this little treasure in my work bag. It was a Halloween treat from my fun, treat-supplying friend and colleague I’ve shared about before. She’s such a cravings lifesaver. I’m so glad I deliberately carried it in my bag for a day when I really needed a sugar fix.
You know, when you wish you could go back in time? That’s me, every time I look at this little bottle of room spray from the Hearth & Hand with Magnolia range I picked up in LA. Why oh why did I buy just ONE? What was I thinking?
In my defence, it was only day two of the trip and I didn’t want to overload my suitcase too early. We were at Glendale Mall, I walked into Target, and just about lost my mind when I saw the Magnolia range I’d only ever seen on Instagram.
The scent is like nothing I have ever experienced before. It’s pomelo and smells fresh, warm, a little fruity, and I absolutely love it. Every time I spray it, I instantly feel like I’m back in that Glendale Target aisle. This room spray is basically my LA trip in a bottle. Luckily, my travelling cousins recently came back from Ohio and brought me another one, so I’m rationing it like it’s liquid gold.
My aunt hosted an early Christmas get-together last weekend, and you should see her house all decorated for Christmas. It is AMAZING! I shared some photos on my Instagram if you’d like to have a look. My Christmas spirit has been a little dim this year, but after seeing her place, I think I got a spark back. I love how much my aunt loves Christmas, and I do too, but for some reason, up until last weekend, I just wasn’t really feeling it yet.
We had a delicious charcuterie board followed by dinner, and by the time we got to desserts, we barely had any room. After dinner, some cousins headed off to the Metallica concert, and the rest of us listened to music and painted Christmas rocks. We used a cute kit my aunt had bought that’s meant for kids, which was perfect for us “big kids.” It came with paints and Christmas-themed instructions. Do you like my Santa rock? Haha.
I’m feeling more excited now, especially after we started planning our Christmas Eve get-together that night. Since then, my aunt has sent me a bunch of Instagram reels on how to decorate for Christmas, which has helped a whole lot, too.
I love Canva and have the paid version, which I use for this blog as well as for preschool resources and other preschool-related projects. I’m still discovering all the incredible things you can do on this app.
I’ve been trying to figure out how to bulk-create things like end-of-year certificates for the preschool children. I could type each name out individually. But I figure that since we do these certificates every year, it will be a really useful skill to know.
I also started working on the children’s Christmas cards using Canva at work today, but I’m not completely happy with them yet. Once I get going, I just can’t stop because I want them to be perfect. I really need to calm down!
Steve and I went to IKEA yesterday to “find out” how to get a replacement light for our oven we bought about four years ago. Haha, I could have found this info online or over the phone easily, but I totally agreed with him that these things are better done in person. 😉
It was so fun wandering around, and it was amazingly quiet for a Thursday night. The best part was the Christmas section, where I bought some wrapping paper, cards, a Christmas-scented candle, the VINTERSAGA mulled fruit drink and a big star lamp for our window. Oh yes, and we also picked up frozen meatballs. You can never leave IKEA without the meatballs.
Tomorrow the Danish Christmas markets are on, and I’m going along with a group of friends. It’s a tradition now, and something I look forward to every year. I’m sure the markets will give me a great big boost of Christmas spirit!
What are you up to this weekend? I hope you get to enjoy a little festive fun too. Thanks so much for stopping by.
Linking up with Andrea and Erika
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Hi friends! Today I’m sharing something a little different: my anti bucket list. These are adventures and experiences I know I will never do or even be tempted to try. Some are way too terrifying for someone like me, who likes to keep both feet firmly on the ground, and others are simply a no, thank you.
Before I begin, I just want to say that this is purely for fun and not a judgment on anyone. Because if any of the things on this list are for you, then Yay!! Go you! These are just some of the things I’m happy to leave to everyone else. No FOMO here, I promise.
Free-falling from a plane? Yikes! I couldn’t think of anything worse. I’ve been working on my fear of flying, and I’m not as bad as I used to be. But I’m still that person who likes to keep an eye on things like the wings, the noises, and I scan the cabin to make sure the flight attendants look calm. Because if they’re calm, then that’s a good sign. But then again, they’ve been trained to look calm. So who can be sure? You get me, right? Yep, that’s how my brain works, so there is no way I would ever jump out of a plane. No way.
A couple of my brave cousins have done it and say it’s amazing. I’m happy to take their word for it.
Just thinking about jumping off a bridge, or whatever bungee jumpers jump from, even with a safety harness, makes my stomach flip.
Earlier this year, I had the best time hiking in Bryce Canyon, but only along the safe trails. The epic views were incredible, and I loved taking it all in without putting myself in danger. So I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw a few people who looked like influencers ignoring barriers and danger signs, posing on the edge of clifftops in gym clothes during winter in minus five-degree temps. I wasn’t sure if I was more worried about them catching pneumonia or falling off. I so badly wanted to yell, “Please come back where it’s safe and put on a jacket! What would your mother say?”
I don’t think I would like to wear something on my skin that’s so permanent, and it looks like a painful process, too.
I don’t love seeing lines, extra eye bags, and saggy parts on my face when I look in the mirror. I’m like, “Who is that… oh, it’s me! Haha, hello older me!” I also don’t really like the “I’m growing old gracefully” line. I’ll probably continue to grow old disgracefully, fussing and whinging the whole way because it was so much fun being young. And as much as I wish my face wasn’t slowly falling south, injecting anything into it isn’t for me.
There is a recurring theme here! I clearly don’t like heights, flying, or anything that might make me feel like I’m about to fall out of the sky. I’ve seen beautiful photos of colourful hot air balloons floating gently in the sky, but it’s still a no from me.
I have a lovely friend who let her hair go grey a few years ago, and she looks fantastic. Her hair is healthy, and she doesn’t have to worry about chemicals or regrowth popping up overnight. But I just can’t see myself going grey.
Maybe it’s because of my mum. She always said she’d never go grey, and as she got older, when she couldn’t colour her own hair anymore, I would do it for her. She made me promise I would keep covering her greys. I remember giving her a quick root touch-up the day before she went to the hospital for the last time. I was completely heartbroken because I knew she was very unwell, but I wanted to keep my promise. I’m glad I was able to do that for her.
I love parties, celebrations and fun events, especially when there’s dancing. But I really don’t like being the centre of attention. I even get super self-conscious when people sing Happy Birthday to me. That song seems to go on forever, or at least it feels like it does when everyone is looking at you while you blow out the candles.
I can cope with a minuscule amount of spice, like the gentle kind you get from sweet chilli sauce. I even add a few dried chilli flakes to my chilli con carne, maybe ten for the whole pot. But that is about as adventurous as I will ever get.
I just cannot do spicy food. If I ever accidentally eat something hot when I am out and feel my mouth or throat start burning, I immediately get anxious and think, Oh no… I am going to choke in front of everyone.
Like the time I made a huge mistake and thought the blob of wasabi on my sushi box was avocado and put the whole thing in my mouth. I was having lunch with people I didn’t know very well, and once I realised what I had eaten, it was too late. All I could do was pretend to be calm and swallow it. But for a minute there, I was sure I was going to die.
Thanks so much for stopping by today and reading along at some of the things I’m happy to skip. I think I’ve covered everything I’d ever want on my anti bucket list. What about you? Anything you’d never do? I’d love to know—maybe I’ll add them to my list 😉
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