G I saw your seachange thread and wondered if it was the looming fire season that has nudged you in that direction. I would *love* to live by the sea again, definitely a great lifestyle for active kids. Hope everyone is on the mend now, sometimes it just seems like the tag-team is never going to end. Are you doing anything with your Dad for your birthday?
Um yeah, I did come home with fabric - I've got a few coordinating pieces in a christmassy version of Cicely Mary Barker flower fairies (aaaaah I know how twee that sounds!!!). No idea what to do with it yet tho. Missy E was enchanted by it though.
MP - maybe all those good immune-boosting agents in your BM is protecting little J. Hope you feel better soon.
md- yes the looming fire season has freaked us out a little....we've committed to 2 more summers in the house and then it's on the market. i just don't feel like i can live there forever.....and dh is sick of the killer mozzies LOL
i have no idea what you're talking about, but the fabric sounds good LOL
um i'm going out to lunch tomorrow with all the family for my b'day, to a pub with a cool play area.
MP: oh dear! gastro has been going bonkers lately! everyone has or is having it!! hope that you guys fare ok and are back on the mend in no time xx
MD: oohhh noice....so jealous that you know how to sew and all that jazz. i drooled in this vintage fabric shop the other day and dreamt of overlocking something and butttoning everything else....one day...
G: hope you have a lovely day tomorrow celebrating your special day!
Kate: awesome that your DH is more on the ball with the PND JIC it comes back with another bub. so so important. we have taken quite a few steps in preparation of the JIC possibility...so worth it to not be starting at square one like we did last time IYKWIM.
MM: I AM SO JEALOUS!!! hope you have a ball and get to go backstage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AFM: all good here. spent the day doing the bunnings/ikea run...and not one marital argument!!! Although it does appear that we have to prepare ourselves for Leila dropping day sleeps....oohhhhh nooooooooo! it wouldnt be too bad if only for the 2ish hours where she would normally be asleep she is still not coping very well. i figure that i will use that time instead for quiet 'downtime' stuff. like books and a DVD...what do you guys think?? or more to the point...what did/do you guys do??
p.s. just watched the woman give birth live on the internet....amazing!
hey everyone,
well met the family yesterday and it looks like ill be starting work next thrusday.. bit nervous but the kids already like me and didnt want me to leave so i think im already off to a good start there.. they arent that out of controll in the grand scheme of things.. they do beat on eachother a bit (3 and almost 5yr old boys) the youngest boy had a black eye and the eldest was proudly telling me how he had caused it.. i think mostly theyre just bored and have alot of energy to be stuck at home all day with nothing to do and their mum, struggling with mental illness is struggling to entertain them.. i think ill be very tired but i dont think its anything i cant handle job wise
home wise everyone is bloody sick!! kids both have colds and ofc im going to catch it just before i start work!! ughh ahh well not much i can do about that.. money is going to be great will actually be able to pay off some debts and start putting away some money coz were currently getting the baby bonus payments and had planned to save and pay off debt with them too but just havnt been able to miks next pay will include his pay rise too and then im gonna start getting paid and doing 32 hours a week im going to be earning more than double what i currently get in centrelink benefits which i will get disconnected probably eventho we may still be entitled to a small amount because weve been receiving more at the beginning of the year i dont wanna incurr a debt to them so better to just get anything we may be owed at tax time if we can afford to do it that way.. ahhh lots going on atm thats for sure!
mm - wow good work with the dummy, im not game to go there yet with Asha shes VERY attatched to it, think ill be waiting till after xmas atleast, billy dosnt take one tho.. as much as i try with him (coz sometimes hes not easy to settle) hes just not everly interetsed, he has a good suck on his hands every now and then tho so i guess hes just not gonna be a big dummy boy..
clare - wow thats an achievement, dh and i can go to places like that without arguing lol its a nightmare! i avoid it unless absolutely necessary, more ikea than bunnings lol.. as for day sleeps asha still has them, she has the odd day every now and then where she just refuses so i think she may not be that far from starting to drop them.. i think making that time of the day quiet time/down time is the way to go, quiet activities like drawing or reading stories or dvds, anything to get them to sit still for a little while and unwind.. not always easy with a toddler tho!!
ginger - the sea change sounds great will be loveley living by the sea with the boys deffinately understand how the fire season could freak u out like that.. hope you had a great birthday!!
mp - oh no hope the gastro clears up asap!!
kate- my cousin had problems with ear infections, he got gromits put in because fluid in the ear wasnt draining which made him prone to infections.. once they put the gromits in he was heaps better his speech got better too because he couldnt hear that well due to the pooling of fluid in his ears..
hope everyones having a lovely weekend
Oz: i totally bawled when i saw it LOL! i am such a sucker! it was kinda cool to see an epi birth...in a way i can see the appeal, i *guess* that you can really gather your thoughts and maybe even be able to really be able to *know* your baby is coming and totally get ready and MEGA excited by that ITMS...gosh i hope that makes sense LOL!
Noni: bummer about your family being sick...fingerscrossed that you avoid it. so what you mean about c'link and not wanting to incur debt....you get made to feel like a real criminal if they overpay you. it's a glorious moment being able to disconnect from them, congrats!
Rainy: have a beautiful day today and sending loads of happy birthday wishes xx
AFM: well, my news isnt really my own but my friend's waters broke this morning!!!! it was meant to be her babyshower today!! i had been organising it and i got a call in the early morning with her telling me it had just happened! so happy for her. she was a bit nervous as she is a bit early (36 weeks), but i reckon she has done an amazing job growing that baby and that she (baby is a girl) will be just fine. can't wait to hear when that baby has arrived!! i am sooo excited LOL!
Hi everyone. W is starting to whinge so I will be quick.
Camping with a toddler and a 9 week old baby is a DISASTER!!!!
So glad to be home. William was tired and excited and silly. Amelia must have been overstimulated/overtired and lost the plot completely. She was hysterical and I couldn't settle her. In the end DH had to walk her around for over an hour to calm her. Then in the morning we went out on the boat. A screamed every time the engine was off so DH couldn't fish, then on the way back we ran out of petrol. Then the auxillery motor ran out of petrol. We made it back by the skin of our teeth after shaking the dregs of the main tank into the auxillery. William had fun though, but we won't be doing that again in a hurry. Camping plans for christmas have been postponed for a few years.
Are you doing anything with your Dad for your birthday?
miks next pay will include his pay rise too and then im gonna start getting paid and doing 32 hours a week im going to be earning more than double what i currently get in centrelink benefits which i will get disconnected probably eventho we may still be entitled to a small amount because weve been receiving more at the beginning of the year i dont wanna incurr a debt to them so better to just get anything we may be owed at tax time if we can afford to do it that way.. ahhh lots going on atm thats for sure!
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