Had quite a nice Mothers' Day. I received a Whipper Snipper!!!! (as requested LOL I maintain the lawns around here... the majority of the time).... can't wait to get out there and do the edges!
Thankyou for the sms too Mel Good to hear you had a lovely day too. I agree, child-made gifts are the best. Wade made me a lovely drawing... and it was given with so much affection... I pray that he never loses his ability to display affection... Verity has gone a bit arms-distance with her outward displays of affection over the past few years But she has been better since returning from camp. I made her a home-coming cake and put it in her room to find when she returned (a safe place from the boys as well!)... I think she knows how much we missed her.
Went to Doncaster shopping centre for the first time since their renovations on Sunday too (with Wade and Verity on the new Smart Bus)... was the closest place that sold the AFL jumper Wade wants for AusKick. Was easy to get there so if Mel/Maya ever want to meet up there let me know.... bit closer than coming all the way over to my place.
Off to read Amanda's thread HERE before I better log off and get some work done!
Bath you are so up with the technology!!!! Twittering. Is it fun? I know about it, but have no idea how it works. Fill us in? How is the whipper snipper going? I bet your edges are extra neat now. I haven't been to Doncaster for years. Would love to catch up there on day. Wade sounds like Chelsea, loves to cuddle and say I love you Mum. I have to work a bit harder with Marley!
Maya - how is your David Boreanz fascination going??? Watching tapes episodes of Bones all day lol!!! Sorry to hear your Mothers Day wasn't what you expected. DP has a bit of sucking up to do
We went to our first Holy Communion on Sunday for a friend of Chelsea's. It was beautiful although some of the parents did go a bit overboard with their daughters. I think simple but pretty is the way to go - not the beauty pagent look! It was such a great service and Chelsea's friend actually sang a solo and did an amazing job - we were all dabbing at our eyes. We decided to leave Marley with MIL as she wouldn't have lasted very long at church - patience is not her strong point at the moment.
Pool still not started - about 2 weeks away, hopefully! I just want to get it started.
Still no real action on the TT front. I am getting a bit frustated with it, she is nearly 3 and not really doing anything on the toilet/potty. Any suggestions?
Just listening to lectures to start my massive catch-up campaign before heading to Brisbane in a few weeks (just a few days with a close family friend)!
Been very quiet in here, you're right, Mel! I've actually not watched Bones since the first night We've either had stuff on or I've been tucked away in the study...sad, really! Will have to schedule in my Bones time
Doncaster is doable, though so is where you live, Bath - I've been down Northcote and Nth Fitzroy way a bit in the last couple of months, and it seems easier to drive to your place than to do the train thing. And we got an Eastlink tag earlier this year, so it's easy to just hop on that
Tali - I'm hoping my assignments are in by end of this week or early this week and hoping you're around next week! I have a homebirth meeting in Berwick next Wednesday in the morning and could drop in after that if you're home
Something terrible is happening to me lately and I've been coming to terms with it all week...I'm into the footy season...it snuck up on me and because it was so sneaky, it's stuck! DP has the radio on all weekend and on Friday nights and I've been brainwashed this whole time...now I'm just aware of it! I'm having a hard time with an aspect of it, though. DP was telling me I have to stick with the club I liked as a kid (before I decided that my first love was the round ball...and still is, that's not changed!), which is Richmond (make sense now, Tali? ), and now he's telling me that as there is no family history of that allegiance (being that I'm first generation and there were no allegiances in my family anyway) I can choose now that I'm back into the 'fold'...and I have to concede that in this slow gestation of footy brainwash Carlton has been the team I've developed an affinity for. Sorry to have to say that out loud, but it's just becoming apparent and undeniable! So, there you have it. I'm a kind of Carlton fan. And I'm hoping the upcoming A-League season can help alleviate the shock if this other recent realisation!
Holy Communion - having gone to Catholic schools, I'm not surprised by your description, Mel!! It's a nice sense of belonging the kids get. I get uneasy with the whole 'bride-like' thing about Communion...not to mention the outfit costs!
Bath - just haven't broached the Twitter scene...it's bad enough I'm a FB tragic! I'm trying to wean myself a bit from FB, unsuccessfully so far.
Oscar is coming to terms with there being a baby in my belly...but only cos last week I started to pop out and it's become more tangible for him. And they've been talking about it at childcare. Speaking of which, I'm a bit sad that he only has about a month left at the centre He is so damn comfortable there and he will be missed from there. He'll also miss the centre, I reckon, in his own way - he talks about 'having fun' with various individuals there, kids and carers alike. I've got him on a waiting list for the Shire's centre, which is just up the road from me. I have to take a tour and speak to someone from there, and they tell me there are some vacancies. Just wish I could move SWiCh to the hills - they're just so good and caring and qualified, and well resourced. But MiL will go away for a month or so in August and I'll need the time and headspace that those two afternoons a week provide. I do have friends who can help, but it's handy to have a scheduled time that isn't subject to other things coming up. I can't help feeling a bit peeved (ok, a lot peeved!) when MiL either can't do one of the half-days or can only have him for a few hours instead. Hopefully that's because of the pressure of uni and the other stuff going on in my head, and that once I finish up the semester (and take my intermission), that resentment will diminish. We'll see. I walk past this shire centre all the time and it does seem very good. And MiL lives about 50 mtrs away from it and could collect him from time to time if I'm going out of area. Oh, the conundrum! Think-typing again...
Better pay attention to this lecture...hope everyone's doing well!
Hiya Mel and Maya I'm just waiting for the wife of the owner of a lost wallet to drop over and collect her husbands wallet then I'll come back and post!
Bath - how funny, I had the same thing the other day. DH was riding his bike down the bike track and noticed a small bag on the ground. He picked it up and it had a mobile phone and insulin in it! He was on his way home, so luckily the phone was on and he looked up the phone listings and rang "Home" and spoke to his wife. The guy was still out riding and hadn't even noticed it missing. She was extremely grateful and came around to collect it straight away. She was lovely and said it was the second time in recent weeks that he had dropped it while riding. Where did you find the wallet? I'm sure they will be extra grateful that you bothered to pick it up and call them.
Maya - Footy mole LOL!!!! I have always loved footy, my dad took us to the VFA when we were kids and we all supported Prahran. So VFL was a bit of a mystery for me. I enjoy watching but have never supported a team. DH is a Tigers fan although he says it rather quietly in crowds LOL!!! We have a new Coles supermarket opened near us and they had some Collingwood players doing a handball comp. DH took Chelsea and she did very well and won a little footy. It was given to her by Travis Cloke who signed a card for her and asked her who she barracked for. She said, Rrrrrr Tigers and Cats He said "you should go for the Pies", she says "no, my dad hates the pies". DH was laughing and so was Travis. DH said he was really nice and great with the kids (then his house was shot at the day after!). Whats wrong with Carlton?? At least they are doing ok and not as hated as Collingwood. I must admit the bride thing freaks me a little too. Many of the girls didn't have veils which is apparently ok now. I think I will be going that way - and definitely no tiara LOL!!! How sad that you have to move centres. Its a bit far away to be dropping off when not at uni. What will happen when you return to uni, will you be able to get back in? Hope the centre nearby you is just as good. I have been using my creche for 5 years and some of the staff are still there. Always a good sign. I would hate to move Marley as she takes so long to warm to people and even then she has her days. Back to your lecture!
Maya I have playgroup on wednesday morning but I will be back around 12 if you wanted to pop in... As for footy I know what you mean I was born into the bommers we had no choice who we supported, and my kids are just doing as nanny is telling them as she is the one who buys them the hats and scrafs... but I have notice that after been Born and bread AFL I never thought I would like the NRL, but after been with BHL for 12 yrs and living in NRL states for most of than, I do now " get " the game even though they pass the ball backwards ... but I do now support the cowboys and we hope to take the winkies to see a game one day soon... but I still cant watch ANY sport on TV find it way too boring...
we on the move very soon we will be leaving in about 2.5 weeks which is mine boggling when its said out loud...( God I didnt even believe that myself and had to re-check the calander!!! yep that it 2.5 weeks !!) our house is mostly in boxes and we applied for a house to rent were meant to be hearing something back today but as the day is almost at a close I guess we wont know today if its ours or not... its a lovely old QLDer ( rental ) which is right up our ally as we hate the new lego houses they are putting up everywhere now, so hard for us that we are excepted... funny thing happened though the real estate rang up today to ask if Barry Plant was a private rental rofl I told her know its a real estate agent and that they are quite big down here...
Hi guys!
well what a rough week i have had. this time last friday night i was getting home from work and feeling rather off. i was real cold and shivering and couldnt get warm. Then o/n the diarrhea started. Sunday i was bed bound and the stomach pains were worse then contractions. 5pm sat i went to medical centre and waiting curled over for 2hrs to be told there is nothing that can be done i have gastro. Sunday night at 11pm i told dh i couldnt do it anymore and needed to go to hospital.
i was hooked up to an IV drip and given some pain releif as i was dehydrating even though i was trying hard to keep up my fluids.
I spent the next 4 days in hospital, turns out i had food poisioning from a bbq chicken.....dh ate it to but was fine and i never vomitted.... i only got home from hosp yesterday. The kids wernt allowed to visit me becuase it easnt at that stage known if i had gastro. The nurses had to wear gloves, gowns and masks any time they walked into the room.
anyway i am on the rd to recovery now. it really knocked me around and im still not up to the same engery level. the AB and IV drip has now caused thrush so hopeing its all over soon.....
i will have to come back later and try and catch up a bit but tired and need to get to bed now
Good to hear you had a lovely day too. I agree, child-made gifts are the best. Wade made me a lovely drawing... and it was given with so much affection... I pray that he never loses his ability to display affection... Verity has gone a bit arms-distance with her outward displays of affection over the past few years
But she has been better since returning from camp. I made her a home-coming cake and put it in her room to find when she returned (a safe place from the boys as well!)... I think she knows how much we missed her.
... but I do now support the cowboys and we hope to take the winkies to see a game one day soon... but I still cant watch ANY sport on TV find it way too boring...
hard for us that we are excepted... funny thing happened though the real estate rang up today to ask if Barry Plant was a private rental rofl I told her know its a real estate agent and that they are quite big down here...
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