Good morning girls.
Nat- i hope today dawns nice and happy for you and Em is an angel all day. I know those days, its so annoying cause everything seems to go wrong all day. Lucky you going to scrapbooking though, I haven't been for ages, I am soooooo behind, Erin's album is still barely started and Riley isn't at all LOL. A friend and I were creative memories consultants for a while so I have heaps of stuff in the garage just not the time or the motivation.
Sara- FOR GOOD???????? OMG thats heavy stuff, can I be rude and ask why? That would put a huge strain on the strongest of relationships, has he really thought it through? Sorry if I'm butting in when it none of my business but I worry for you.
Shazz- I hope Ryan forgets he wakes up during the night again and sleeps through. Then Iam sending Riley to your house to see how its done LOL. Riley had a spectacularly bad night last night and woke at 12, 2, 3.30, 4.30. 6 and got up at 7.30. All this aftr not goig to bed until 10.30pm NOT HAPPY JAN!!!
I think its going to be humid again today, yuk. Iam trying to budgt atm so Iam not going to tempt myself by going shopping!May just stay home and do school work.
Nat - Fingers crossed for a more lucky day today!!
Tania - OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought you were about to say you got a BFP!!! I was about to have a heart attack!! Never mind, it will happen when its meant to!
Christine - Well, to cut a long story short - They are currently caretaking a caravan park in Blackwater and investors brought it and everyone has to be out so they can build miners quarters. They have to be out by April. Olwyn (brent's mum) wants to travel round caretaking caravan parks but Ronnie (brent's dad) is PITA and does'nt want to. So part of the reason they are coming up here is cause Brent constantly tells them too and cause Ronnie wants to work and earn big money. So yeah.
I kinda want them to cause it will be good to have someone help take care of the place (they were once farmers) and Olwyn will be able to look after Briley and the new baby while i am at uni. We have 5 acres with over 100 mango trees and a sh*t load of other fruits and Ronnie is pretty cluey and if he takes care of it all we will be able to rake in a good profit this year from the fruit. So its a win lose kinda situation.
I don't mind if they stay, so long as they are do on the flat in the bottom paddock which is about 300m from the house. They are bringing a caravan up so we'd just have to run a lead down to give them power and there is already water down there. But no! Brent reckons they are going to be near the granny flat which is about 10m from the house!!!! I like my privacy. I like to be able to cruise round in the nude a lot (sorry if TMI) but i won't be able to if they are right there!!!
So yeah. Thats the reason. Sorry it turned into a novel!!!
Well Briley and I are about to head into town for the day. I have to get some ink for my printer, get a new dummy for Briley and a few other little things. Mostly i want to get out of the house for the day. I think we are meeting my sister too.
Oh and before i forget to ask, Is anyone giving their bubs cheese?? When did you start??? I have been giving Briley cheese sticks for about a week now. She loves them but i was'nt sure wether it was too early or not! I have to buy a book and what they can and can't eat.
Sara- at least they won't be in your house, I guess we need to look at the positives, built in babysitters at least! Wow all those mango trees, my mum would've loved that, she loved mangos, actually so do Erin and my dad- I don't like them at all. When we lived in Darwin there were heaps of people with trees so they would bring them into school to share.
The clinic sister told me the other day to give Riley cheese sticks and even start putting cows milk in some of his food (like mashed potatoes) to see how he went with uncoooked milk. He has thrown up yoghurt every time I have given it to him but the girls were eating it regularly by this age.
BTW Congratualtions on walking Emerson!!
Hope everyone has a lovely saturday.
Hmmmm I think I was in a really bad mood yesterday LOL. I mean I didn’t even enjoy shopping haha! There must have been something wrong with me!! I’ve had a hell of a morning as well. I seriously I’m not going to be up for any mother of the year awards lol. I have a TV in the study on the filing cabinet and normally my scrapbooking stuff is in the bottom drawer. Well that drawer was obviously empty as I took it all out last night. The empty draw made the whole cabinet wobbly and it only took a naughty little boy to start playing with it for the TV and cabinet to come crashing down on him!!!!!! I was horrified. Thankfully he is okay and only has a scratch and bump on his head but man was I scared. We rearranged the study though so the TV is up on the desk and will never fall again!!! So now he has a bump and scratch on his head and a lovely red bruise over the bridge of his nose!
Sara I haven’t tried Em on cheese because of his lactose intolerance. I wish I could though because the poor little buggar is missing out! I love cheese!
Vic Yep I am happy I don’t have to study for an exam. But at the same time I will be flat out for the next few weeks. And yes I was terribly grumpy hey! YAY for the new microwave. I couldn’t live without mine and wouldn’t even attempt to lol.
Christine I quickly checked out that website and it looks great. I will look more at it soon! Thanks I am trying to budget as well so I’m staying home ALL day hehe! Easier to resist the sales that way! Thanks for the congrats – I was pretty impressed after the screaming died down. I thought he would be slow and steady with starting to walk but it seems he gets excited and just goes. He’s down a few more times today though he barely takes a step and goes flying. I can see its gonna be fun with him learning how to walk…. I can already see the bruises!!
Shazz Buggar about getting up to Ryan twice! Hopefully it was just an unsettled night for him and he’ll go back to sleeping through. Disrupted sleep sucks!
Sara I am a .75 load. So classified FT but only doing 3 courses. My first assignment is due on the 27th! Your IL’s coming actually doesn’t sound too bad now that you’ve explained it. I like the part where they live in their caravan away from the house Not that I’m cruel or anything but my privacy is so important to me and I’d hate to feel like I had ‘guests’ in my own home permanently. It would be great to have something to help out on the farm and with the kids though especially with Brent being away for work now. Enjoy your trip into town.
Tania Buggar about getting AF! A BFP would have been great lol. Did Jayden stay asleep all night?
Em is asleep and I’m just catching up on some posts and then will probably study again. I am going to sound like a broken record soon enough hehe! We have an engagement party tonight which should be alright. Have a great Saturday girls!
afternoon all
No such luck Ryan has decide he didn't like me being asleep at all and spent 90% of last night up oh the joys even with the air con cranked up to high speed it was an uncomfortable sleep for us all even the older 2 were up at 2 am i could have knocked them all on the head but i got through work and now i'm praying for a better night tonight
Yay on the walking Em
Last edited by Lea13; March 3rd, 2007 at 12:28 PM.
: Double Post
Sorry Shazz, I am here now! Erin had a friend over to sleep but the friend panicked at 7.30 so I had to drive her home! This is the 2nd time (the first was 2 yrs ago) we have had to take her home. Apparantly she's only had one successful sleepover so far.
Riley has 3 naps today of 40 minutes each NOT happy! I am hoping he sleeps better tonight cause I have a splitting headache and sore throat.
Its still hot here, we have the aircon on but its only in one room downstairs so our bedrooms will be hot still.
I must get onto msn so I can talk to you guys, do we have to spell badly like Jess and her friends do??? I can't understand what she is saying in the 2 seconds I get to look at her typing before she hides it from me LOL. I feel old!! Jess asked today if she could go to Mardi Gras with some friends WTF?????? Hello you're 15!!! She wasn't surprised when I said no LOL.
Hope you found something to do Shazz since we had all abandoned you.
I was bored too Shazz but no-one was round! I ended up taking Briley out in the yard for a while. She likes it when i do that. Plus i normally get distracted and it makes time go quicker.
Christine - Yeah that is the up side of the situation! That they wont be in my house!
When we went into town today i thought about getting Briley's ears peirced. Has anyone else with girls thought about that??? Mum has been asking me for ages when i am going to get them done but i just can't. I don't want to put her through the pain. I did a test by pinching her ear lobe a little hard and seeing how she reacted. Well.....she looked at me, then my sister and then my brother and back at me and started screaming!!! I thought i can't do it to her. Her gums are playing up at the moment too so i did'nt want her to have sore gums and ears!!! I should have got it done when she was only a few weeks old!
Oh and i also forgot to tell you's that i got Briley's photos back!!! They are pretty good. I got 12 photos all up and its only going to cost $250!!!! I thought it would be way more. I know your not allowed to but i am going to try and scan them and put them on her webpage. I will let you all know when i go so you can have a squizzy!
Well Briley is sound asleep. She has been changing her bedtime the last few days. I think she might be trying to cut out her afternoon nap too. Is this normal??? I mean she still likes to have a 20min nap but its was like a couple of hours. An hour at least. So cause of this she has been going to bed earlier. Her normal bedtime is 8pm and she has been going down at 7-7.30ish. I don't mind, i just did'nt think she would do that at her age.
I don't think crawling is far off at all. She is moving about so much now. She can sit up without a hitch and is trying to do the half stand/half crawl thingy IYKWIM. I think she will definetely be crawling by the time Brent gets back. Sad that he will miss it but nevermind.
Speaking of Brent, he got to call me lastnight. There are no phonelines out there yet. Cause its a new mine nothing is really established as yet. I was a bit dissappointed that i was'nt going to be able to speak to him everyday but thats how it is i suppose. He said he is liking it. Its really hot though. His donga has an ensuite with AUSTAR!!!! And the food is beautiful. I thought he's not going to want to come back! I think he is missing us cause when we were ending our call he told me he loves me quite a few times. Something he has'nt done in ages. The call cheered me up big time cause i really did'nt expect it. Even though it was short cause he was on the satillite phone it was good to hear his voice. Really good.
Well this has turned into a giant post!!! Sorry girls. Just needed to talk i suppose.
Sara- so glad Brent called, happy he said he loves you too! How funny seeing the word "donga"- when my dad worked at Stony Point (out of Whyalla SA) he lived in a donga too. Where is Brent's mine? My cousin and his wife lived in Middlemount QLD for 3 years when Pete worked in a mine there. His wife had to go to Rockhampton to have a baby. (this was 8 years ago) Now he works in a mine in the Hunter valley.
I remember when Daniel was in the army and went out bush how exciting it would be to get an unexpected phone call. I am so glad he doesn't go away anymore.
Boy that is the back of beyond!! We drove through that way going to Darwin when we moved there.
Erin had her ears pierced 6 weeks ago, she cried heaps!!!! Changing the earrings for the first time last week was a drama too, I couldn't imagine doing it to a baby but maybe they'd be less of a drama queen than Erin.
Just thought I’d post tonight as I’m not going to be on much tomorrow. I am getting my hair done in the morning YAY!! And then will be studying for the rest of the day so you shouldn’t see me here at all lol.
I went to my best friends engagement party last night and she asked me to be one her bridesmaids – whoo hoo!! I’m so excited! I’ve never been a bridesmaid before (well I was at my mums wedding but I was about 12 then lol) so I’m thrilled!
Shazz ~ Buggar at Ryan keeping you up. I hope you had a good day at work today! I was working as well!
Sara ~ I had my ears pierced when I was about 6 months. I’ve heard that its better to get them done at this age because they won’t play with their ears and they’ll heal fine. Where as toddlers will play with theirs IYKWIM. Otherwise you can just wait till she asks for them lol. I can’t wait to see some photos! I’m glad that you and Brent are missing each other! Perhaps the time apart will do you both some good. How did that assignment go?
Alison ~ Its good to see you! How are things?
Leanne ~ I’m sorry to hear you’re having one of those days! I had one of them last week – just ask the girls lol! That picture of Katy is just gorgeous! She looks so grown up!!
Jodie ~ Would you be able to post the recipe for the apple muffins? Em loves his finger foods and these sound fantastic for him! Em started off all messy with his but now he eats heaps of fruit really well and all without teeth too lol.
Christine ~ What is your MSN addy? I will add you pmsl @ Jess wanting to go to the Mardi Gra!!! And crap hair cuts can do the most horrendous damage to your self esteem I swear! I’ve cried over many a bad hair do lol. I am jealous of Jess working at maccas. Can she get you cheap food? Can you tell I have a fast food addiction lol?
To be honest I don’t really have all that much to say lol. I’m rather boring. I really don’t feel like studying at all right now. But I’m not tired either. I think I might do a bit of scrap booking and then head to bed!
2 cups plain flour
1 tblspn baking powder
1 teaspn ground cinnamon
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup milk
125g butter, melted
1 egg, beaten
2 green apples, peeled, cored & grated
1. Preheat the oven to 200c. Sift the flour, baking powder & cinnamon into a bowl. Stir in the sugar.
2. Make a well in the centre & add the combined milk, butter, egg & apple. Blend together, stirring no more than 15 times.
3. Spoon into greased mini muffin tins (I used ungreased silicone mini muffin one).. until 3/4 full. Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden. Cool on a wire rack & store in an airtight container.
Muffins can be frozen in a sealed bag for up to 1 month.
recipe said it makes 24... but I filled each muffin space & it made over 30!! After Yariv & I had a few... (they're yummy)... I've stored them in ziplock bags into the freezer. Shaun had one for breakfast and he loves it.
Yeah well i was 5 weeks when I had mine done so i think that kinda why mums was asking me when i was going to get Briley done. I want to get them done i just dont want to hurt her. Needles she has to have. Ear peircing are a want not a need. I just can't stand to see her hurting. I bawled enough when she had her needles!!!
Jess had hers done at 7 too and cried heaps and she isn't a drama queen, I felt like such a b#tch putting her through it and she was the one who wanted it done. Babies at least can't keep telling you how much it hurt, for days afterwards LOL.
Riley is still up its 9.20pm, he has had shocking sleeps today so I am hoping for better tonight. The FDC lady said he seems like he is nearly ready for 1 daytime sleep, its usually at about 1 they go to one sleep (i had forgotten how old they are )
Oh I missed the chat because Cooper decided he doesnt like his cot tonight, so he is sound asleep on our bed. I worry about him on there though, might try and move him back to his cot later. I'm sort of glued to the lounge so i can see him
I was horrified. Thankfully he is okay and only has a scratch and bump on his head but man was I scared. We rearranged the study though so the TV is up on the desk and will never fall again!!! So now he has a bump and scratch on his head and a lovely red bruise over the bridge of his nose! 
I am trying to budget as well so I’m staying home ALL day hehe! Easier to resist the sales that way! Thanks for the congrats – I was pretty impressed after the screaming died down. I thought he would be slow and steady with starting to walk but it seems he gets excited and just goes. He’s down a few more times today though he barely takes a step and goes flying. I can see its gonna be fun with him learning how to walk…. I can already see the bruises!!
Not that I’m cruel or anything but my privacy is so important to me and I’d hate to feel like I had ‘guests’ in my own home permanently. It would be great to have something to help out on the farm and with the kids though especially with Brent being away for work now. Enjoy your trip into town.
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