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yes there's a bit of burnt yellow glass around here too LOL
i can't believe the prices around there clare, that's just crazy. we could never afford it.
can you guys please give me some dinner ideas for lewis...we're running a bit flat on ideas around here.
Clare is that an academic article or are you going for something a little more popular in nature?
hey everyone,
congrats gypsy!!! wonderful news! sending sticky vibes ur way!
rainy - glad l enjoyed daycare :) Asha is restarting next monday and i too am starting to feel the guilt creeping in.. im sure shell have a better time there tho than climbing the walls at home haha!!
clare - love the new av!!
md - i would love a little sewing spot of my own too! atm our spare room is a toy room/storage room and my sewing stuff is on the dining table haha we just eat infront of the tv anyway!!
falguni - weve had major word explosion here too :)
well ashas doing much better, she actually slept through the night last night with no wake ups at all!! in her own bed!! ofc i got up 4 times just to pee tho grrr such is life!!
anyways gotta go coz shes screaming in her bed.. was really hoping shed have a nap coz shes only had half hour today and dinner time etc is gonna be such a nightmare with a tired cranky girl!!
Thanks girls for all the congrats. When should I go to the doc, is this week too early? I am re testing on Wednesday to hopefully see that darker line, as I must admit, DH is a bit unsure with the whole faint line thing. I've made him read all your posts to show him. He is a bit put off by the digital test I think. Doesnt matter, I know how I am feeling, I am def utd.
Clare - WOW not cheap. Is that for an inner city suburb?
Noni - No way dont you feel guilty about daycare, you know A will love it. And it will be time out for you, which all mothers need. Enjoy it hun.
Rainy - Dinner ideas, I am soooo uninspired with cooking atm, however I have found M to love omlets, vege slices, pasta or cannelloni/lasagne, spag bog, risotto etc. Also the other night we went out for a buffet dinner at a seafood restaurant (whoops just realised I ate prawns lol) & she devoured the fish pie, it was soooo yum I must admit, so I will hunt down a recipe and pass it your way if interested. So glad daycare went well.
MD - Thanks to my ignorant posts the last couple of days, I havent even responded to your post about your first chemo treatment & the idea of the henna tat. I wish you all the best with your first round, as for the henna tat, awesome idea. Love your new do as well, it really suits you. Must say your sister is an absolute champ, what a support.
Hi to everyone else, I hope everyone is doing well. I am off to bed, exhausted, had a little monkey jumping in and out of our bed alllll night last night :rolleyes:
H, I was always superstitious about going to te Dr too early LOL, so I waited till I was sure I was around 8-9 wks. I had a +ve test so I didn't need to worry about havng it confirmed kwim?
HOLY MOLY Clare!!!! We didn't even pay that much money for our farm!! And we can make money off of it. It still blows my mine when I hear what some people are willing to pay just for an average 3 bedroom home. So what is the article about?
Hey Noni, nice to see you pop in :)
G, great to hear that he had such a lovely first day. It will be easier for you each time and before you know it he will be telling you it's time to go and pushing you out the door LOL.
MD, it sounds like the same glass out light fittings were made of before we got the new ones LOL. I hate burnt yellow anything.
Hey Ange! Is G still spraying? (I think that's what you said he was doing) We are finished all we are doing for now and just praying that it rains at the end of the month or we are snookered well and truly :(
All well here. Late yesterday Alister discovered the tap on the water tank in the backyard and flooded the yard - he'd seen one of the other kids turn it on and OMG he is like a sponge and you can't do anything if he's around because he watches you and learns how to do it right away. Luckily there wasn't much water in it so it was turned off so the lack of pressure stopped too much getting away. DH also has to be careful about what he does too now for that reason. Alister was in the shed the other day with the oil can trying to put some in the mower like he had just seen DH do earlier that day and DH caught him just in time before oil went everywhere. I didn't know this till last night when I was telling DH about the tank episode :wall: The joy of having a very switched on and inquisitive little boy.
AFM, doing some more cooking today, found a packet of bacon this morning that goes out of date today so I am making mini quiches.
hi everyone - long lost PAP here!! i wont even make excuses it is the sameold same old with massive pelvic pain thrown in the mix (which i must admit has gotten me down a bit...)
H - congrats and sticky vibes to you sweetie - whoa that was quick, how exciting!!! welli am one of those who a) doesnt believe it and b) gets too excited to wait - so for me i go to the dr the day after i get a positive... i say do it, if you are lucky maybe s/he will send you for a dating scan!
Rainy - yipppeeee that L did so well at kindy.... it will only get easier and i like your plan with the nearby bakery for some time out. i am looking fwd to that when this one is here (or even when my mat leave starts FINALLY)
Clare - bummer on the houses, the right thing wll come up. i am also looking in melb at the moment and am not sure how we will afford what i want! LOL! wtg on the article, and on the PHD progress!
Ozstar - hope all is ok and it is a good reason not bad that you havent been around.
Ange - so nice to see you on here, v jealous of the pure baby... i was in melb yest and i am there gain this thu for work, but missed out on the sale which is such a bummer.
Sherie - so much cooking! you have me inspired! i need to do some too....
AFM all is well. i am pretty busy at work, going back to melb on thu and this is my last trip down which is great... then i have 3 more weeks of work - waaaaaaaaaaah hooooooooooooooo!!! N is great - has a cold (again) which i guess will be status quo for winter and still wakes in the night but the big boy bed has been a hit and it makes the resettling so much easier. had my best friend here this weekend with their twins (my godsons) which was wonderful - sh eis v early stages preg again, so will have 3 under 2.... wow!!!am starting to think about labour bag, getting essentials for bub etc etc... exciting. i think that will be my 1st week of mat leave sorted. my housekeeper starts today - cant wait!
anyway better go get some work done, will be around more the next few days...
xxxx
PP I am absolutely green with envy at your housekeeper - not that I need one of course, not working, but let me be envious anyway! You will have to tell me how it goes, I can live vicariously through your paid help! lOL WTG on the big boy bed, sounds like it was the perfect time!
Trill - far out at A's skills there - ok when you're doing something cos you can wait until he's not looking, bit harder with the kids. Poor H gets told off all the time for doing things that H will copy! LOL
Clare - I think I read the house prices but it didn't quite penetrate into my understanding. How can a House cost that much??? It's not like it's made out of hand carved ivory or anything!
MM - yeah I reckon just go to the dr when you want to! LOL
Noni you sound like you've been busy with the sewing! What have you made that you haven't told us about? Soooooo don't feel guilty about the daycare, you know it's best for everyone!
Rainy, hmm, dinner ideas - things that E likes: corned silverside (cos it's both soft and tasty and we always have it with potato bake yum or cauli cheese), any pasta - with or without sauce, *loves* fish/crumbed fish/oven chippies, etc; mini pizza; roast chicken, roast veggies, scrambled egg, soup with cubes of buttered bread in it. I basically just serve her a small portion of whatever we're having/had the previous night. She eats what she wants and there's always fruit with custard or yoghurt to fill her up afterwards and that way it's easy.
thanks MD I am feeling a bit guilty about the paid help but lets face it i will get over it LOL!!
great dinner ideas, i still generally cook sep for N and that has to stop - but here are some ideas:
Risotto - he LOVES this, it is usually a baked risotto that we all have with tomato and tuna (yum)
Mini pizzas - i make these on pita bread or english muffins - just with tom puree, cheese and then whatever veg we have - corn, pineapple and mushroom is his fave
pasta of any sort
chicken or veal schnitzel and roast veg
fried rice - make brown rice, stor fry with vegies and egg and chicken or tuna
a picking plate - lots of diff veg, cheese, crackers, tuna etc
shepherds pie
noodles with veg - ramen noodles are good, udon are a huge hit
chickn, salmon or tuna patties and veg
jaffles
eggs - hard boiled, scrambled or an omlette
quiche or veg bake
israeli couscous with veg or casserole
soup (like a thiick one, more like veg puree)
pasta sauces he loves - bolognaise, pumpkin and ricotta, cheese sauce with tuna and veg, cheese sauce with salmon and corn is current fave
WOW Pap I am now reinspired when it comes to cooking suitable toddler food! I can especially imagine M loving the mini pizza's, might give them a go tonight. You are so good at cooking!
Trill - Oh no lol, what a little terror! That could have been a huge disaster!!
MD - We give M fruit & yoghurt for dessert as well, like you said if they dont eat their dinner at least yogurt & fruit is decent & filling.
Well M is loving banana's atm. She keeps opening the pantry door, searching for them. The other morning I woke up to a crinkling noise, & there's M eating a caramel slice. Little piggy, was so cute though.
So I will try see the doc this week or the following. I'm too much of an impatient person who just has to know, just want that doctors confirmation lol.
also i have been buying those latina kids ravioli - so good for a quick meal - takes 5 mins
i usually do the beef and veg ones, then cook some peas and corn or carrot and stir that through maybe with some tomato chutney or puree. he loves it. whole dinner cooked in 5 mins, great after work.
gnocci also a hit - with something similar
Ok I have missed way to much to catch up on, sorry! I will try and keep up from now on.
Not much happening here, pg going great I have my scan next week and cant wait to see the baby. We wont be finding out the sex though. L is great, he is refusing to sleep in his big bed though. We try each arvo and night but he usually ends up in his cot. I figure its not worth worrying about and he will start to like his bed again. He isn't talking a lot, well he is you just cant understand any of it lol. He repeats everything though, we now are very careful what words we use lol. he seems to have shot up a few feet in the last few weeks also. He really is such a joy at the moment, he always has us laughing.
I hope that your all well, like I said I will try to keep up from now on.
hi girls! just a quickie as miss l has the beginnings what appears to be a mega cold...arrghhh!
Sherie: i know! i thought that once we had this extra bit of ommph money that we would be able to buy something decent. but looks as though if you want to live inner suburbs you are dreaming. that said our new 'dream' house is a big old deceased estate with 4 rooms LOL! they say 590+ but i guess we are dreaming for this area!! such a shame we work in town otherwise i would head out rainy's way...absolutely love it up there.
Oz: we are in the same boat with the TT. she seemed to be going great guns for ages there, then she got scared of it, so we have pulled right back. only now is she starting to curious again...i guess these things (like sleep) will just happen when they happen.
PP: oooh i didnt know latina did kids stuff! you know what i am getting now LOL!
MD: we do the yoghurt and fruit for 'yummies' after dinner too. that way the guilt doesnt seem too bad if most of dinner ends up as 'wall art'.
the article is at this moment 'academic'. i am hoping to chuck it into some international journal (less nepotism and dramas than the oz ones). but if it turns out ****e then i might sell it to 'the australian' LOL!
Gypsy: i also went straight to the drs LOL! she didnt confirm it though as she told me that a +tve test is +tve! ah well, luckily she was right that time! would have loved to have known about dating scans though!
Sherie: :o eek! about the water tank and oil! it is so true that they are really going nuts with the imitating now. oohhh mini quiches!!! my favourite.
Noni: we had a similar experience on saturday. leila only did 40 minutes and she was nightmarish that evening. ended up giving her a bath with lavender oil to calm her down. kinda worked (well at the very least it calmed me down LOL!).
AFM: i know. the house prices here are bananas. i cant quite believe it. i think that prices this year have, contrary to the media reports, gone up. the first home buyers market is through the roof with ppl quickly getting in before the grant 'ends', and i heard from a solicitor friend of mine that investors are doing the dodgy down here and putting the new investment properties in their kids names, claiming the grant money and then using a loophole to change the terms of contract so they dont have to live there. i didnt think it was possible, but according to him it is everyday practice. makes me so mad. ah well. what can you do??
i'm trying to convince DH of the joys of just buying a lovely holiday home down the coast instead LOL!
Leila is also getting pretty crook. she spent the whole night trying to cough her lungs out. doesnt have a temp and is active, although she is not eating. so always a good sign that things are not great in Leila-land.
our quick meal that is always a winner is fish curry. white fish fillets cut up with some sprinkling of garam masala fried with garlic and onion and coconut cream then towards the end some spinach or bok choy (or similar thrown over the top like a blanket and the lid of the frypan put on top for 5 minutes and voila in about 10-15 minutes it's all done. Miss L loves it and so do we!
yummo clare that curry sounds delicious! ia lso make a goan fish curry but it is more complex so doesnthappen that often, might give that a try...
i also find tagines a good stand by, you jus shove it all in and it is done - they look kinda impressive so good if ppl are coming over mid week...
i hope you find a house soon - i too am a fan of the holiday house idea personally - you could buy somethng pretty s****arama on the penninsula for that.... writing a thesis up there would be ok...
I hope the beautiful Miss L doesnt get too sick, i think N now just has a cold and will be generally unwell all winter. great! i have been using the brauers recovery tonic just kida to boost the immune system. w
Oz - glad all is well with you. how is your BIL?
well my housekeeper is at home now working her way through my washing - i love it! she seems like she will be fab, works at a creche nearby with the 14-24 month olds too so that is perfect! IF she gets through the washing she is going to clean out my fridge - waa hoo. i am happy! next session is on friday... so looking fwd to my life being in order. i am one of thos really untidy people.. but i get stressed by mess (go figure ladies!) so this is a big help. whata wonderful mum i have!
Pap- i can definately identify with that last statement! I'm the same. very jelous of your cleaner. If i was working i'd have one in an instant. Oh btw, purebaby have a factory outlet shop open all the time in collingwood. So next time you have a spare 5 min in melb go check it out.
Clare- i'm going to cook that fish curry. sounds sensationally easy!
Lulu has now been asleep for almost 4 hours. She has never, never, never had a day sleep this long. i wonder if i should wake her?!
All these kids in big beds. I have the bed ready to go, but am too chicken to start! oooo speak of the devil lulu is awake.
That reminds me....... talk to me about your discipline tips..... i need some help! ;)
thanks for all the food tips ladies. having vegie stir-fry tonight, then gonna give some of the other ideas this week. wish my dh would eat risotto- he's such a pita!
clare-you could buy an amazing house up here for 600k. there's some lovely old mansions- people from the city's holiday houses from the 1950s. just divine.
ange- i need discipline help too..
gypsy- i'm gonna save you a dr's appointment and tell you what a wise woman once told me. a positive is a positive.
is anyone else having a few dramas with day sleeps? some days he just is exhausted by 9am and wants to sleep then- will fall asleep in the car or pram if given the opportunity and then won't want another sleep in the arvo. some days he just competely refuses to have his day sleep at all. doing my head in.
pap- are you still thinking of getting a mountain buggy?
PAP Bil is great, he has a MRI tomorrow and hopefully the brace can come off next week. Lucky you having a cleaner, we are thinking about getting once a week after this bub is born just for a few weeks.
Rainy thankfully L is still having a sleep at lunch time, I think I will go mental the day he decides he doesnt need a day sleep. If he falls asleep in the car I have a hard time putting him from the car to bed though.
Ange we try everything and anything with discipline lol, if he has done something really naughty or repeatedly then we put him on his bed for time out, he usually sits there crying and then we go in and ask him to say sorry and give us a cuddle.
Clare I think they get excited about something being "new" then they get bored lol. I hope L doesnt get to sick, its a horrible time of year.
Gypsy I agree with Rainy, a positive is a positive.
Just re tested and got the darkest of dark positive line. SO thats it then!! DH is now convinced lol. I am going to the doc late next week just to get the ball rolling.
PAP - Yep love the kids ravioli, M had it for tea tonight actually. I do the same with adding extra veges to make it more nutritious.
Clare - YUM the fish curry sounds SO good. Can you post the recipe? I wish you all the best with your house hunting. Dont worry prices are through the roof here as well. I doubt we will be moving from our place for many years, we would only be getting a bigger mortgage no thanks!
Oz - Like your idea of time out in the bedroom. I might have to start this as well. I hope L catches on and starts loving his bed soon, how could he not, come on L its so huge & cool looking!
Falguni - Thats a huge sleep. Is she coming down with something, or just very tired? Ah well 4 hrs of peace huh?
Hi Girl
We were 6 days late with 3 acct + they cut me off. Opps. Now I am back online.
I am watching Lie To Me. Bbl