I hope she was able to relax a little knowing that her big day wasn't going to be wet - it would have made for a very anxious bride to be I'm sure.
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I hope she was able to relax a little knowing that her big day wasn't going to be wet - it would have made for a very anxious bride to be I'm sure.
The timing was so lucky Cally! it reminded me of our wedding where brisbane decided to break the 14 year drought the week we got married lol. only sunny day in weeks lol.
Holy cow Cass, i just had to pop in to say CONGRATULATIONS!!! How exciting. :D Will it be a US born bub?
How is it going Cass? Any morning sickness setting in yet?
Cally, glad you had good weather for the wedding
MD, how is everything?
W had his first school visit today. He was a bit nervous but he was quite happy to see a couple of his kindy friends there, especially one kid that he just made friends with literally the week before he went to school at the end of last year. He thinks his teacher is nice and seemed pretty positive about it. They also have lego for wet lunchtimes which is a winner.
Lego is always a winner!!!
Great Arte!!!
(I tried to pm you but your messages are full)
Hope everyone has had q great weekend - long weekend here which was great
Crazy busy week here so sorry if i am not back in much for a few days
Trill - how are things w the rain/floods?
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hello lovely ladies!
JM: thanks babe! it was definitely quite the news to us lol. we are so thrilled...and a little bit insane hahahahaha.
Arte: taht is awesome that he was good at the school. it is a big thing...leila was quite reserved and shy when we were there but then once we got home she was super excited about 'big school' :)
Cally: lego a winner...i had to giggle! has it been having a work out lately with all the rain?
Trill: hope that the flooding isn't affecting you and your friends too much xx
AFM: all good here. we have had a week of mellowness with the girls which has been a great respite. alot of D&Ms with leila about her craziness, which has been forcing her to really try and vocalise what it is that is annoying her or making her angry. it has been quite good for all us, as it means that rather than get frustrated at her i am using that energy to really ask her what is wrong and work through her anger with her. i hope that i can maintain it :lol:
spent the day at the beach yesterday with a group of friends, saw loads of dolphins and the girls (and the other kids) built a massive sandcastle city, while we the adults partook of delish food and beer (for those that could!). also went to the brentwood farmers markets...mmm mmm mmm....i ate sooo many papusa it wasnt funny. i dream of them.
oh, and i saw someone famous at the beach and we exchanged a brief sentence....her son got soaked in the ocean and my girls thought it was awesome that he rolled in the sand afterward and wanted to do the same....i dont know who she was...blond, gorgeous, mexican nanny lol. gah, i suck at this. but the papparazi were having a field day. they blend in really well...spookily. basically they pick a large group of people and try to blend in (so one guy looked like he was with this massive family!).
Cally, my dear, yay for a spot of miraculously dry weather! I saw the pics you put up on FB, you girls all looked gorgeous! You scrub up good, dontcha?! LOL I bet you're you're having a huge anticlimax after all thsoe weeks of lead up.
Well we've just arrived home after nearly a week in the Gong. I spent most of the time drinking tea and chinwagging with my friend, which did me no end of good. We took the kids to see the Harry Potter exhibition which was TOTALLY AWESOME. Hey I know those things aren't really real but when you've got Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem in a display case along with a basilisk tooth and all the other horcruxes, well it's pretty special anyway. I can't beleive no one has done a similar exhibition with all the stuff from LOTR. I would sooooo cue for hours to get in and see that stuff.
Cass, you are hilarious, woman! Start reading some gossip mags so we know who you're schmoosing hey?! Or next time take a photo with your android (cos we know you've got one now) and then we can all guess! Sounds like you're making the most of your location, anyway. :)
JM!!! Darlink how are you going??
Arte, yay for school visit success! :clap:
MD - it's not really an anticlimax, but I'm getting into the spirit of not having to expose myself in a bridesmaid dress! Mmm, cookies and cream ice cream.....
That HP exhibit looks awesome, I'd love to go see that.
Cass - no, we managed to be in Canberra for pretty much the whole rain experience so didn't have to take any drastic action to combat 'stuck at homeness'.
No sign of my new niece/nephew. Due date was yesterday. We're up again in Canberra this weekend for niece's 4th birthday so hopefully it shows up soon! We're going to go check out the fireworks and the balloon launching too!
Cally, they have extended the HP exhibition until April. Wish we'd known as we could've gone a bit later and then also seen the How to Train your Dragon thing too. But I don't think I mentioned the most amazing thing of all - it just so happened that my sister was in Sydney too (!!!!) so we were able to see her for a v. brief catch up and meet her new GF, which was lovely, and a real bonus since neither of us knew the other was going.
Ginger, how is the TT going with J?
MD: that is SUPER awesome! is that one of the first catchups since she moved away??? how did you guys realise that you were both in town? that is so cool/
Cally: is there a baby yet?! aww a new baby to snuggle!!!
AFM: we are off 'camping' today...in a luxury safari tent with double beds, fine linens and hardwood floors...and a heated pool lol. my sorta camping! i reckon the girls will love it as the place is up in santa barbara on 300 acres of forest and canyons and beaches...i wish we were going for a week, but i think it will be a one nighter...watch this space lol.
wow cass, that sound alike my kind of camping. i hate tents and dust and dirt! yuk
md- awesome on seeing your sis. we were thinking of going to the dragon thing but juts so exxy! now I'm thinking maybe if taking them to scooby doo?
TT not going well at all. he will not wear undies. goes and gets a nappy all the time. i think i might have to take him and buy him some thomas undies as L's second hand diego ones just aren't cutting it.
yah had L's swimming lesson today and he is going up a level for next term. so proud of him! he's doing so well :)
Awesome Ginger.
My sister's waters broke this morning, but nothing else happened. They started her slowly on the drip this afternoon, they don't want to do it too hard because last time was a C-section. If it doesn't start happening tonight then she will end up with another one, there was a bit of meconium in the waters. Good thing is that it will happen before the big sisters birthday on Sunday so they won't have to share.
MD, that is great you got to see your sister! How crazy that you were both in the same place at the same time! The HP exhibition sounds good. I have very fond memories of going to Te Papa in Wellington when I was 16 with my mum and brother to see a Star Trek exhibition. It was the only thing we ever did together as a family.
MP, how is the new job going? Or the end of the old one?
Cally, hope your little niece/nephew has arrived. Is this the second bub for your sister that has a girl a bit younger than K? Both K and your niece are stunning little girls!
Cass, I would love to do that sort of camping! DH is dead keen for us to walk for a million miles with massive packs and then sleep in a tiny thin cold tent and he gets the craps with me when I don't seem enthused! ATM I am saying it is too cold to have Erin out at night, but I am going to run out of excuses soon. I didn't sign on for that!
Ginger, well done to L! If there is one thing I don't like about living here it is the lack of swimming lessons. Although they did organize something this summer just gone, but I can't manage 3 of them on my own in the pool. Hopefully W picks up swimming with the school lessons. I was too unco and never learned :(
Trill, how is the study going? How much longer do you have now? I got a nice surprise the other day - I put in a fee appeal for my paper that I withdrew from last year and they turned me down but the other day I got a letter saying they had randomly reassessed it and gave me a credit for my fees. So now I am doing it again for free. Except I am sitting on the computer surfing instead of actually doing it lol.
DH has to go up to Rotorua next week for the whole week and the kids and I are tagging along! The company are paying for the motel, they just upgraded his room for us. W is very keen to go to the buried village (from the Mt Tarawera eruption) and the Hell's Gate thermal park. I am also wondering how 10 pin bowling would go but it might be too hard with all three kids - DH will have to work most days. I have never been to Rotorua so I am quite excited.
Ginger is there some kind of live Scooby Doo show? That's awesome about L's swimming. E is still in her beginner's class but she seems to be making progress... not sure though when exactly the actual "swimming" will kick in for her though. Definitely go for the thomas undies!
Cass, that "camping" trip sounds v. Santa Barbara! LOL I hope you're having an excellent time. Seems to be the season for short family getaways.
Arte - yay for your little family "holiday!" Rotorua is awesome, but very stinky :p. Can't believe I've been somewhere in NZ that you haven't!! I even have photos at Hell's Gate. The Star Trek exhibition must've made a lasting impression on you... Stuff like that is so important for kids. I remember when those Chinese buried soldier statues came out, we were visiting ADL and my dad took us - a few years later I had the opportunity to study Asian history and having actually seen all that stuff made it all 100% more relevant to me. BTW I have been meaning to ask you if E has settled back in with her night sleeps (am assuming she's mostly past her cold now?). Has she been taking extra feeds or eating more if you're offering since then?
Aunty Cally - how exciting! And how convenient she waited until the whole wedding was over :). I'm sure you'll be in to tell us all about it.
Ah my brain is soooo tired. It's only week 3 of the semester and already my frontal lobes feel like they've been steam-rollered. Hmmm, which bit of my thinking should I cut back on? :think:
G, definitely see if having new undies makes a difference. If he's not quite ready yet, it's OK - he's only just 3 and might need a little more time. L was about 3yr4mths before he was TTed - just wasn't ready before that and probably would have gone for longer had I not pushed him because I was nearly due iwth P and didn't want 3 in nappies. That is awesome about L's swimming too!
Cally, any baby news yet? We are waiting for DH's sister to have her baby too - she's due next week.
Cass, I'm loving the "I saw a celebrity but I don't know who it was" sightings LOL! There would be so many semi-obscure ones over there that we would have seen in bit parts that we know are familiar but we just can't place them. But it sounds like this one was the real deal if there were paps hanging around. Maybe this time you should google "blonde female movie stars' and see if you can pick her :lol:
MD, I love that it all worked out just right and you got to catch up with your sister and her DP! The world moves in mysterious ways doesn't it? So how are you going anyway? The trip sounds like it was great fun!
MP! How are things going with you and the new job?
Arte, that is fantstic they reviewed your application! How much does it cost per unit over there? Now the Govt reduced the discount we used to get, I have to pay nearly $700 per subject now! I can't afford to fail any :(
Study is going Good - 3 subjects are great, but one of them truly sucks ass! The lecturer is awful and there are so many of us putting in formal complaints over her. A few would drop the subject but it's too late to pick up anything else instead. One did drop it though and she's devastated. I'm just going to do the best I can and hope for a pass.
Things are pretty busy here - L had his selective school exams yesterday for high school next year. He was pretty down about it because he only finished one exam out of the 5 of them, but I told him that they are designed so you can't get full marks - which they state on the information about them. he's never not finished an exam and he took it as a sign he didn't do well, but for the 2 general knowledge tests they had 60 questions to answer in 40 minutes which is a massive task for anyone to do! I still think he would have done OK though.
P goes in for her surgery next tuesday! That time has just flown by! I have all her schoolwork organised so she can keep on top of it while she's home for 2 weeks.
Trill, if he's actually finished one that's a good sign that he's v. strong in that area and more significant than the ones he didn't finish, kwim? I hope you get through the semester with the terrible lecturer intact - I had one like that last year, but because it was my first back since chemobrain I thought it was all me. In the end I got really low marks but I think he might have penalised me because of taking extensions & disability status etc (which isn't supposed to happen AND he never returned the final work for me to see exactly how that had been graded :wall:) and I tell ya the proof will be in how well I do in all the other subjects - EAT THAT YOU TERRIBLE LECTURER. This semester the teacher I have is FANTASTIC :cheer: - I had him when I was at TAFE and he was fantastic there too - it's funny that it can make such a difference even int he distance ed setting, isn't it?