Life of a schooling mum

  This article was written by Samuel Osho One of my best-kept secrets is my love for beans. I don't mind having beans at least once every day. You can imagine how frequent "cook beans" pops up on my to- do list. Well, it's not much of a bother, it's one of the easiest foods to prepare. I was one of those kids that believed in the law that portends a direct variation between beans in-take and increase in height.  I recently decided to cook yet again another pot of beans. I poured the beans into the pot and mistakenly overrated the capacity of my pot. I thought to myself, "It's just a few cups of beans and this pot should be able to handle it."  Unfortunately, I was wrong. About twenty minutes into preparing the meal, the uncooked beans started pouring all over the place from the pot, causing fumes to fill the kitchen. I had to stop and look for a bigger pot.  And then it dawned on me how I was tricked by the pot. I was also reminded of ho

Hi people, It's been a minute here. I don't want to promise to do better but seriously, I should do better. It's been a very busy couple of months - blame it on being a Ph.D. candidate, mummy and wife (whew).  I've been struggling with my weight post baby number 2 and I kind of know what's responsible. Apart from my love for food ( a constant by the way), breastfeeding seemed to make me hungrier and resulted in me eating more. Baby Tee is almost 9 months old now and he's started on solids for a few months. This means he doesn't get as much breastmilk as he used to in the earlier months. This equals my excess food not been let out through the milk and just storing up in my body. What is the point of this epistle you may wonder, well, I want to put it out there that I am trying to control my portions and include some regular gym time to my schedule. Putting it out there may increase my commitment to going the whole 9 yards.  To be fair to me,