What's Playing in my ears and what's tasting in my mouth

My sis and I are avid runners, joggers, power walkers .. ... We run whether we loose weight or not, We don't do gyms. We hit the road and run. We may slack for 2 months but the spirit of running will enter us and we start running again. When i was preggies i walked and walked and walked. The spirit of keeping fit is in us i guess. We don't do well on diets, we can try portion control but we still try to be active. So right now im on another running and portion control binge, i run in the mornings and try to take a walk with T-boy while pushing T-girl in her stroller in the evenings. I figure ever little bit helps. My goal? a celebratory photoshoot in January to mark my birthday.... hmm fingers crossed. I'll probably add a trainer in december to help out.So, I'm always on the look out for hot music to listen to while i run and my sis didn't really give good reviews for marvin (Don Jazzy and His crew)'s album but i'm really really really feeling Tiwa Savage and Don Jozzy's

I also run to Seyi Shay- Loving your way and .Ms Jaie-  Kilon poppin

Now on to food, whether you like it or not, it's easy to get into the rut of serving the same dish every day at dinner and packing boring lunches for the kids to school.. so i'm always looking for simple easy recipies to try at home, who wants to get home at 6pm to start cooking a very long and tedious meal. Besides T-boy has a mind of his own, if he looks at it and doesnt like the look .. then it's off the menu. Well since we got back from Frankfurt i've been cooking up a storm! From caramel popcorn to Ila asepo, mini puff to wild rice and its been ...delic!Bobo can testify... the menu for the ila asepo i got from 9jafoodie.com
Unfortunately i haven't been taking pictures but i'm really looking forward to trying more recipies besides i'm still looking for my party trick (more on that later) So any recipes for a bizzy mom on the go you want me to try and let me know what's playing in your ear when you run, jog or do whatever it is you do

Reworking my wardrobe

Shameless splurge... the internet. internet junkie. That's me. The internet has been a trusty adviser and a very good friend, music, fashion, style, work, life .. and if i don't like what i see? I just close the page!  When i returned back to work 3 months after having T-girl and i wanted to continue bfeeding, i found a site for that ...something like 'work and pump mums' or so. I really really like the internet. I've found so so many great sites, the 33 project (that didn't work for me) and now www.puttingmetogether.com... really? it's like she's just gone into my head and put it on her site. After leaving the bank to have my babies, two things i wanted from my next jobs asides from the regular stuff was 1. be able to wear anything to work (well anything within reason) and 2. go back to engineering. Now i work in engineering, but i had been in a style rut especially since i was coming from a bank plus being at home  its two very different worlds, yes i had shed the suits and the blazers but how to work the new casual look without looking to casual. Being the only female in an all male organization probably doesn't help either. So yes i will be taking on her 'challenge', following her lead.... I already have two lessons from her.

Lesson: Make a list.

Hmm... easier said than done for me because my life transitions a lot with the kids, work, church, hubby, my crafts, but I will do it. I will write a list of what i  want to get. 

Lesson: Define my style

Because i want easy grab and go styles, i tend to stick to basics. Even though I still get to rock a skirt once in a while when i know i'm not going to site,For now i wear a lot of jeans and flats which will probably not change but i'm looking forward to infusing my wardrobe with colored jeans and accessories. I know i'm getting tired of the jeans and flats look but there's pretty much nothing i can do about that. I also like ankara prints a lot but still having a challenge of how to infuse it into my work wardrobe.

Really looking forward to my 're-working my wardrobe' project and will definitely post pictures as i go along. First stop... my wardrobe of course

To Fra and Back

After a 10 day vacation with kids, i had to take a 5 day sick leave before resuming back to work... whether i want to admit it on not, travelling with kids is ......a delight (ha!).... But its so good to be back on my feet again! Unfortunately, i can't find one single vacation picture that i wasn't looking utterly ridiculous and stressed. I had to swap my handbag for a ridiculous shopping bag because i had to take 2 sweaters, 2 jacket, an umbrella in case it rains, a bottle of water, a bunch of bananas in case they got hungry, and we had  to take their strollers.. Bobo and i started to feel like we were groupies and they were the stars! At one point i had to give Bobo a get of of jail free card for a day, so he took off, shopping, site seeing and all. I'm sure that was a high point for him, probably the highest point! One of the highest points for me will probably be, Angela and Francois, our wonderful friends.... mmmwah!!

I think i need to pat myself on the back, I packed everything possible, I just kept tripping myself! I mean E-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g! Food for the kids, their Drugs and of course my list!.... I need to give myself some props abeg, Zansi-Mother of Two, Wife of One, Engineer, World Class Traveler!

And of course my list! I always have a list when i travel. A list of where to go and what to do. Unfortunately, we didn't get to got the the museums and the carnival but i found a beautiful craft store and  got myself some fabric paint. Really looking forward to some crafting. Will definitely post pictures of my 'creations' ...

Dubai was a dream.... whether we care to admit it or not, we need to do something about our infrastructure in Nigeria.

First weekend back in Lagos, We were off to an owanbe, Bobo's niece's wedding. with gele and asoebi and all.

I don't really mind travelling with the kids again but its good to be home.