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Hiya Julie :) Hey don't you mind about those weeds! It's winter and with all the rain it's just impossible to keep up with it with 2 littlies. Pffft to them! Our landlady doesn't mind weeds just as long as her precious rose hedge out the front is still alive.. it's over 50years old... I've just given it it's winter pruning. Why don't you go buy some cheap plants that will suit the garden so next time she comes around you can say that yes, there are weeds, but you have bought a nice (whatever) for the garden. My landlady was so thrilled by the succulent garden I planted under the date palm we have here that I swear she didn't feel it was right to comment about the length of the lawn which was about 40cm in some places but we have a huge 1/4 acre block... soooo hard to keep under control!
Hi Mel :) I never got around to checking out the paintings in Marley's room when I was over... i'll have to check online... I'm quite envious of having the time/energy to be creative... I just can't seem to get into that mind-set... I'm such a highly strung person in that regard LOL I remember loving my time at uni for that reason... total absorbtion in creativity: bliss. ok...here's me checking them out...i meant to say what i really liked about your paintings was that they have been placed so well in your home with that gorgeous feature wall in plum etc. BBL phone ...back: anyhow I think that a good painting can look even better in the right surroundings, maybe that's why I don't attempt it: the surrounding here (chaotic mess) wouldn't do them justice anyhow!
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Ohhh Happy Birthday Bath.:confetti: Both my sister's are July Babies (6th and 17th)
:hug: Ali it hard being pregnant and still having to cope with a baby/ toddler. I hope you get some good sleep tonight. Breeze was about 15 months old when I was pg with maky and so sick and tired, working full time shift work anyway there were a few occassions that I barracaided(sp) ourselves, her and I in her bedroom, turned on the story tape and slept, some might think that's bad but you got to get it if and when you can. We were safe in there together.
Okay this boys about finished and I really need to go back to sleep,
Night all
catch you tomorrow
Dee
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Happy Birthday Bath.
Well here it is another freezing day in Rutherglen and I'm finally back online!
We bought one of those i-com computers from Target and have finally set it up.
Hello to everyone and thanks for all the support that you all have given me over the past couple of months. My life is finally starting to turn around, I joined up for my Doula course last night and I'm starting to feel more confident about changing my life.
Pat is now cruising the furniture but has no intentions about taking that first clear step without falling on his face.He stands up alot by himself but grabs onto you as soon as he realises. As for sleeping, Pat doesn't sleep for more than 1 hour and a half at night, so every couple of hours I'm awake!
Better go and get Bella and Pat ready to go shopping.
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Jess its so good to hear from you again :) Glad things are looking up :)
(ETA: One of my baby's EDDs is your birthday!)
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HEllo Everyone..
I have been lurking and reading away but thought that it would be time to catch up and write properly...
Happy birthday Bath.. Hope you have a nice day and that diner out went well last night..
Nic yeah for the offer on your house... Fingers crossed it all goes through smoothly.
Dee your poo story had me laughing , glad Caitlyn has not worked out how to take her nappy off yet..
Okay better get back to work.. ( It is darn cold here in Canberra too..)
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Happy Birthday Bath for yesterday!
Mel- Yes Nixon was getting up to no good when he was being quiet the other day, we were at my mums house, he opened the cuboard that has the photo albums in it (all the lovely creative memories she spends hours on) fortunatley for me he didnt open the albums and just pulled the names off the side of them!
Hi Jess- good luck with your doula class im sure you'll do really well
Emma- its been FREEZING in canberra! how do u stay warm lol
about to uload a new belly pic and a few more of Nixon to their sites.
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Good morning Girls,
Well I did the whole Toy sale thing this morning, couldn't help myself, lol Went early and got everything I wanted, It was run really well, fast lines and great service.
Big hugs :hug: and waves to old familiar faces great to see you Jess and Emma. Glad things are going great, would be great to see more of you around.
Nic...About to check out your new shots
Weather
OMG it has been freezing here, going down below 0C at night Last night apparently was warmer at 3.2C so I can feel your cold, Glad my house is realively warm compared to outside.
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Geez, Dee, I don't even think it was that cold up here!! Reminds me of when I went to Honduras in 2003 and you think I could find a blanket on the Caribbean island I was on, for love or money? No...normally there is NO need for blankets because it never got as cold as it did the one and only time I get to wake up and say to myself "wow, I'm in the Caribbean"!! But I hope you have a stash of blankets!
Great to read from you Emma!!
Jess - wow, sounds really promising :) Change always starts in your head and heart :hug: I can just see you channeling all your nurturing into being a doula when the kids have all left home, too! Meanwhile, I feel that there is plenty of nurturing in you to look after your brood AND expectant mummies, too.
My dad came round to look after Oscar here while I went out to an appointment and he did really well. Things are looking up for him now that he is officially retired.
I'm going to attempt an osteo appt soon and hope like hell that Oscar falls asleep in the car on the way and stays asleep.
I've just been drinking a Fair Trade hot chocolate that I bought yesterday ($16!!)...it's very worth it! It's got chilli and cinnamon, and it's awesome. There I was thinking 'geez, this is a little picante', and it was having a great effect, then I got to near the bottom and realised that some of it didn't even dissolve...so there's a lot more picante (I'm using the spanish spelling, cos that's the word I have in my head - using more spanish with Oscar has me thinking in Spanglish!) where that came from in my mug! So, if you see a Fair Trade drinking chocky that matches this description, it's worth taking home and drinking when the kids have gone to bed...I reckon it would work as an aphrodisiac ;)
Mel - how's work, first week back into semester? I was at Clayton earlier and the market was on...next time I'm gonna buy me another hat that I have my eye on, if it's still there. I love the market.
Bath - how was dinner last night?
Nic - how was it waking up to this new reality about the house and the rental? Did you have to remind yourself that it was real?
Julie - do you still have velcro baby?
Uh oh, I hear noises in the kitchen, need to supervise...
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Lol Maya, mmmmmmmm the carribean geez I hope we go, Yeah it does get cold up her just not for as long as south as you guys are. We have had many many nights where it has gone below 5C at night, days have been lovely but we haven't seen above 20C in a while now. It is 15.6C right now and windy. Apparently we have warm weather coming. It's so different to North Qld and even Central Qld. Can't wait to thaw out, lol. Our house isn't fully Air con'd only the one reverse cycle split in the lounge. The kids and I just have double blankets at the moment and socks, lol.
worth taking home and drinking when the kids have gone to bed...I reckon it would work as an aphrodisiac hehehehe no good to me, lol
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Hi girls :) Just briefly: last night was ace! All went to plan, ordered our meal before we left arrived 15 minutes later, waiter and owner greeted us as we arrived and our meal was on the table less than 5 minutes after that. Our booking was at 6.30pm and there was only 1 other small group there. Our kids were perfect angels :) They all like spicey food but we ordered only mild dishes (Indian). DH and I had a glass of wine and almost had enough calm to smile at each other across the table before Wade asking for a sip! Niall loved the naan bread and made a huge mess with the papadums but we left a large tip to say "sorry and thankyou" for the great service. Wade learned how to allow the waiter to place a napkin over him and Verity's company was also good as she went into "adult" mode. DH and i said we could definately do it more often. Who knows, if we go o/s there could be public dining almost daily until we establish a proper kitchen... so this kinda makes me feel ok about that... still, kids can change, and I don't expect them to be as good every time... but it certainly was a lovely part of my b'day gift to be so proud of them :)
back after i fetch another snack for Wade, and put the kettle on.
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Glad your night went well Bath!
I am planning a night out for my Mum and Dad's Anniversary when they come back from Queensland in about 2 weeks time, but I'm not game enough to take all 6 kids out just yet! They will be in Euroa at my Aunts place and we'll let them have a little party just for them here at home.
Rory- I noticed that when you first mentioned it! Wow, I might have a baby born on my birthday...how cool is that!
Dee- How's it going without DH there? I bet you miss him terribly. Can he take my hubby next time he goes away? I am getting sick and tired of his mood swings!
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Maya - yes, I will be doing gender neutral canvases. I never found out the sex of either baby so I am sure there are more people out there like me (such as Rory lol!!!). Hopefully you might get arty once semester is over. Work is wonderful, love being back. Semester has started and so far so good. Still entering plenty of results as lots of our units run really close to the end of semester so still lots to do! I love the Clayton markets they have such good stuff and not expensive. We have ones at the hospital but they have different stall holders each Thursday and some a bit crappy! Love the sound of the hot chocolate, apparently chilli helps bring out the choc flavour - at $16 it would have to be used as special treat only lol!
Bath - glad you like my artwork (I take you comments very seriously coming from an expert), I really love doing them and its my de-stressing time. I usually do them when kids are asleep and DH at work. Nothing better to do lol! So glad you had such a nice birthday dinner. You should be very proud of your kids, they sound like they had a good time too. Wade is so grown up letting the waiter put the napkin on him and glad Niall loved the Naan bread (well it is delicious!) and pappadums. Marley likes them too they just make an awful mess.
Nic - I am sure Nixon would have had lots of fun with Nana's photos lol! Going to check out your pics now.
Dee - well done on the toy sale! I have circled what I want to get but I am sure I will miss out on stuff as I can't go till Sunday. I really want to get Chelsea the Fisher Price camera (she is a budding photographer!) and I bet that goes quickly. You are nearly as cold as us which means you guys must be freezing!
Jess - great to hear from you and glad things are going well for you. Hope the doula course goes well for you. My GF has completed her course and had her first client a few months back and she said is was amazing. She has her first paying client in March. I am sure after being a mum to 6, you will be able to impart alot of wisdom to these new mums.
Emishka - us Melburnians shouldn't complain about the weather, Canberra is heaps colder. Did you get snow too?
Work today. Had a really good productive day and feel like I know things again. Doesn't even feel like I have been away for so long. Went to visit a BB GF in hospital tonight and see her little boy. He is just adorable and so perfect. The shape of his head, his skin, everything looks so perfect. Got me very clucky I must say. Got to have a good long cuddle which was lovely. I stayed past visiting hours and snuck out only to find they had locked the carpark! I had to buzz to get back in and ask the security guard how to get to my car. Finally got to my car and thankfully had enough coins in my purse to pay - otherwise I would have been running back to maternity ward to scab some money!!!! Finally made it home, starving as I had no dinner. Oh well, coffee and a chocolate might have to do. I missed my girls today as I didn't see them for very long this morning, hopefully more time to spend with them tomorrow.
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Morning all,
Well I am pleased to announce that sanity and order have returned to my household. I switched Tori back to 2 day sleeps and a later bed time and she has returned to sleeping through the night, she went down at 9 last night and is still asleep now just after 6, which is much more acceptable than wanting to get up to play at 3 am.
DH and I were going to go out for dinner this weekend and have SIL come over and baby sit, but we have decided that our hearts arent really in it and so SIL is coming over for takeaway indian instead and maybe bringing her new boyfriend............woohoo I cant wait to meet him.
Jess- Great to hear from you again, looks like things are all coming together for you. Sometimes, like I have said before, all things happen for a reason and maybe having to move towns, even though it seemed a pain at the time, has worked out for you. Good luck with your course.
Bath- I hoep you had a wonderful birthday. How nice to have a nice family dinner out. I really like the idea of ringing your order through before you arrive, so you dont have to entertain the kids for ages while waiting for your food, especially when they are hungry.
Mel- I had a sticky at your artwork, it is really good. My MIL is a bit of an artist as well and she painted a pic for Tori when she was born, I will have to take a picture of it and put it up on her site (along with a mountain of others I have been meaning to upload)
Nic- maybe Nixon was just getting in touch with his creative side rather getting up to mischeif with the photos! Tori is obsessed with photos at the moment and always wants to be picked up so she can look at pictures on the wall. I am going to get one of those cheap plastic photo albums and fill it with pictures of family and friends for her.
Anyway I must go, I may even get my mornign coffee in before the rest of the household wakes up.
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Morning Girls,
Everyone is too cold and busy to post, lol
Ali that's fantastic, I'm so glad she slept for you, thats a great idea about the photos. Nathan obsesses over my screen saver as it flicks through our albums, lol so funny when they recognise people hey.
Nathan doesn't shut up he is constantly babbling, he is so intense to at times with his babbling like he really wants me to know something.
Well I"m going off to the shops this morning. DD1 drove me insane this morning with getting ready for school she had an early Band rehearsal (7.45am)and fart ars ed around, I seriously wanted to chock her. She had an hour the have breakie, get dressed and get in the car, How hard is it. At 7.50am I just lost it with her. I was yelling at her in the end. Not good, not good at all.
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Nevermind Dee... I have days like that (wanting to 'clock' and yelling)... all you can do is reflect on what pushed your buttons and work out a way of making the child (if they are old enough) deal with the fallout more than yourself. Also debriefing here in BB has been good for my temper. Cailin had a good thread about it last year where i confessed my sins LOL and ever since i have thought about that thread and Cailin's words of encouragement and i haven't gone over the top as bad since. Although having said that Wade kicked Niall in the face with his Doc Marten shoed foot this morning as I was dressing him, on purpose, and I nearly cracked it big time! Yes, i yelled once but then I took a deep breath, picked Niall up, left the room. I returned 5 mins later to finish the job. Wade is still a bit young to have priviledges removed etc but the fallout for him when he hurts Niall is that Niall instantly gets my one-on-one attention and Wade gets none until he calms down. If Verity acts out of line I have more scope LOL She gets herself to school each day by walking so she never wastes any time "fart @rsing" around LOL . If she dawdles then she's late and she has to explain to her teachers, it's got nothing to do with me. Maybe I'm too much of a dragon mummy but if Verity needed to be somewhere and she was dependent on me getting her there, and she dawdled I just wouldn't take her. I'd say "be ready by 7.30am and I'll take you... if you're not ready then tough". Verity doesn't have time management issues. Her biggest issue is talking back rudely... haven't worked out what to do about that yet. Maybe it's because I get snappy myself... I'm working on it! Anyhow, every day starts a fresh, confess your sins and move on i say ;)
Gotta help Niall with his brekkie...
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Well, this is the last silly week in our lives for a while. You might remember me telling you ladies that Kate is making her First Communion/Confirmation soon... well its next Sunday!!!!! So this weekend its a trip to Euroa to receive her "Lords Prayer', then next Thursday for her practise and then the big day. Its such a rush atm....better go and get the other kids dressed.
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good morning Junie's
Mel- just looked through your artwork and WOW! I love it, seriously, i was trying to pick out my fav which i found difficult but i think it's the geometric one! I would seriously buy them off you!
Ali- so glad to hear Tori slept through the night again, maybe it was just her teeth?
And i agree thats a great idea about making up an album for kids to look through. I should do that with all the left over pics i have and dont use in my creative memories stuff.
Jess- good luck with Kate's confirmation you'll have to post some pics after it!
Target sale- remember i told you whent he kmart sale come on my sister went at midnight and got half of my xmas stuff for me! well she also went to the target sae, got there at 5am and said it was much better at that time there was No one there!
i told her if there was anything she wanted me to get her girls for xmas she could get, so she did! So she has pretty much done most of my xmas shopping hehe
I went to Pumkin Patch yesterday and bought a few more items on sale for nephew/neices and my boys. All i have left is adults now all children are done as well as a few bdays in Oct & Nov!
Wasnt sure if Nixon is coming down with something again or just new teeth. Yesterday i had 2 exploding nappies that went through his clothing. One was while at a gf's lovely! Thankfully i had spare clothing but not for me and it seeped through onto my pants ewwwww. he was just agrivated most of the day only ate half of his breakie and hardly any dinner. He seemed ok when i left for work thismorning so hopefully he is not getting sick again. He has had enough in the last 3months to last him for the rest of the year i think!
Tomorrow we get the keys to the new place and start moving yay! well i wont really be doing anything tomorrow i have a tup party at 1pm and girls night later on. But DH has my dad BIL and mate coming to help and will just be transporting things anyway and getting back yard ready for dogs. I'll spend Sunday there starting to unpack.
I might be offline for a while as we will have to set up a phone ad internet connection once in there, but i'll jump on next week at work and let you all know how things are going.
Have a great weekend everyone
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Lol Bath you gotta love the BB confessional, lol. I haven't gotten out yet been on the phone a bit this morning, I'll wait now til I pick the girls up this arvo, we'll all go together then, hehehe might make up for being so mean this morning, hhehehehe
Nic Good luck with the move babe, how exciting.
Jess Yay for Kate,, is she excited?
