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Arte, 24 candidates, 3-5 positions. Argh I don't want to think about that! LOL at your terrible interview, I had a shocker while I was on mat leave, didn't help that it was a phone interview either.
Trill good on you for getting organised and getting in and doing some research. You're not committed until you pay the surgeon and climb onto the operating table LOL. I'll admit I'm more open to plastic surgery generally and tummy tucks specifically since it was one of the options for a new boob last year (one of the recon types uses a flap taken from your tum, so you get a complimentary, if somewhat radical, tummy tuck at the same time). I'd love to hear more about it as it happens, if you're happy to share.
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hi everyone
trill- well done on your fantastic marks, you must be so happy. do you have to do teaching rounds soon?
md- my fingers are crossed for you
i am catching up with jm tomorrow so i'll make sure i take my camera. i am the world's worst photographer though so i'll get her to take the photos LOL
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Yeah, I have mixed feelings about cosmetic surgery - I don't like it when someone takes something that is perfectly fine and then goes and alters it, but I can totally understand the emotions behind it. Pregnancy was not kind to my stomach and I have stretchies all over the lower half, up to just past my belly button so I guess it's already scarred in a way. And that's not including the delightful overhang I got after Alister because he was so big and I carried him quite low. I have always had a pot-belly - one of the bonuses of the curvy figure I have :rolleyes: but I was always able to hide it kwim? But now it's terrible. Thankfully I think I will only need the half tummy tuck, where they only do from the navel down and not the whole lot, which means a quicker recovery time and they wont have to reposition the navel at all so there will be less scarring.
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trill- feel good about it hun :)you're doing it to fix a problem, not because you want to look like miranda kerr. i would be excited if it was me :)
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thanx so much for the support ladies.. its so hard being told ur not doing the right thing when it comes to something like surgery i mean i know its minor but ofc its still worrying.. i know its hindering him, he tries to pull himself up but he just doesnt have the ballance, his speech is going backwards and like i said he cant hear us from behind him.. i feel really sad for him.. but then part of me does worry about the money we are borrowing from our very generous family as we are in a lot of debt already... i hate being questioned on it why cant people see hes the most important thing not the money?? argghh anyway...
trill- congrats on the marks woohoo!! and i agree with ginger, feel good about the tummy tuck.
md - good luck with the interview results.. love that ur converted to eyebrow waxing! nothing like a good eyebrow wax to make you feel good about yourself!!
arghh gotta go winging snot monster at my feet.. will try and come on later
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Noni - sounds to me like you are definitely doing the right thing. Having to wait a year would be terrible for little W and would take him so long to recover from. Are you back doing childcare work or something else now?
Trill - good luck with the tummy tuck, sounds good to me!
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Oh my goodness, lots of sad news at the moment!
Cassius - Sorry to hear about your oma, I think your funeral arrangements were perfectly appropriate regardless of what the family had to say. I hope it was a day filled with lots of smiles as you remembered your oma and the happy times you had together. I am sorry to hear of your friends baby also, what a terrible situation, I hope the little baby pulls through.
Cally - Terrible news about your dad, all the best to him and your family.
Arte - Oh what a shame to hear your foster sisters news, thats my worst nightmare :(
Noni - We wouldnt wait around to get a spot in the public system either, its just not worth it. You needed to get this sorted asap and you have done, even if you had to borrow money. I am surprised your family is giving you a hard time about this. Hopefully it should be onwards and upwards for W now. I know with M she became a brand new little person, she could understand us, we could understand her, and language wise she has not looked back. Also no ear aches thank goodness for that!!!! I thought keeping her ears dry would be a huge mission but it has been very simple really.
Trill - Congratulations on your HD's!!!!!! That is a huge achievement in your first yr of uni. I am envious of your tummy tuck, and I must say you have done so well to carry 4 babies and keep yourself reasonably intact on the insides! M gave me one nasty looking hernia which has since become even worse. I am hanging for it to be fixed. I am not a cosmetic surgery person either, but honestly my boobs have been so fantastic lately that i think I could even one day consider a boob job! They are usually non existant sad sacks
Ange - Dont you just hate those annoying passengers on planes, she could have at least noticed you were on your own with two young children, that is not easy!! Obviously never had kids herself or has forgotten what its like.
Hello to everyone else! MD well done on the job interview all the best.
M is still growing fast and saying more and more funny things where DH & I look at each other in suprise wondering how she even knows certain things. Toddlers are smarter than we give them credit for. I am fast approaching the 12 week mark and feeling very happy about it. I have my 12 wk scan next Thursday so reallllllly looking forward to it. Barely any morning sickness, but very tired all the time and I have a fantastic set of boobs if I can say so myself, so thrilled lol.
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hi everyone
isadora- yah for your 12 week scan!!! How exciting!!!! are you going to find out the sex?
md- when will you find out any news about the job?
arte- how is everything going? how is A's sleep now? any better?
well i had a lovely catch up with JM. it was lovely to see the girls as well. S has grown up so much, i couldn't believe it. the kids had an absolute ball, i just wish we could do it more often :(
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Hi ladies, I hope everyone's having a lovely weekend, looks like the sun's just started shining outside so I won't linger long.
Isadora :hello:. Yay for your gorgeous preggy boobies...gotta say now that I've got one implant it's definitely rounder and perkier and bigger than the other one. I now understand the allure of a boob job LOL. Though under better circumstances than mine was :lol: Good luck for your scan on Thurs!
Cass, how is your friend & bub going?
Ginger - so pleased that you got to catch up with JM and the girls. Photos on FB were gorgeous.
Arte - I sat the family down to watch a reeeeeally old Getaway NZ DVD. Just stoking everyone's else's interest. I'm one step closer to my masterplan of getting over there for a holiday now LOL.
Noni I saw B is standing better already - bet you didn't expect to see such quick improvement. I love that you're getting instant confirmation that you have absolutely done the best thing. :D
Cally have you had a chance to spend any more time with your parents? Is your dad able to talk about it all yet? :hug:
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hello everyone!
MD - when will you hear re the job? I am so impatient, i hate when these things drag out. h0w did the family react to the getaway vids? we are thinking of another trip tyo NZ jan next year, we had such a great time last time. it was a fab holoiday.
G - will have to go check out those pics. i got ypur PM btw, will respond soon - been v busy!
JM - what a horrible woman to sit next to. i dont get some ppl
ISadora - WTG on the boobs! and yay for 12 wks... always a good feeling!
Noni - sounds like the op went well - YAY!
Cally - how are you?
Anyone heard from Jaz - hope all is well with her! and Ozstar too...
AFM all is well here. Boys are both terrific - life is its usual hectioc self. i have been sick and still getting rid of it. havent fed onight npow for about a week so thats a bonus. have had a few good nights and oneamazing one where he slept through til 4.45! i am still doing a feed around 5and then he sleeps til 7 - so i thoink thats what he needs. we are generally getting 1 - 3 wake ups a night still, but i think it is getting quicker to settle him... and no feeds...
tthinking will transition to cows milk soon. i have stopped expressing at work which is great!
N is doing well. we have gone way backwards on TT sop i am now back to not mentioning/trying... i'd love it to happen sppon though
better go - J awake..
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hey everyone =)
yes very happy to report little mister is a brand new baby!! standing up the day after the op (he would wobble and cry before making it to fully standing before) hes happier, chattier back to saying asha and making noises he had stopped for a while, hes more responsive when we speak to him and hes cheeky too! im sooo glad we didnt wait hes so happy!! we have his follow up appt today and im going to get him a card this morning, i feel a little lame about it but some specialists will wait when bubs are so young and with him there was no mucking around and look at the result!! no dramas here with ear plugs for bath time or anything =D
working- im working for a photography company its office work, typing and packing photos etc im really enjoying it =D
im really concerned about Asha atm.. shes always been an emotional child but lately its terrible! shes waking with screaming nightmares if she sleeps in her own bed.. shes very difficult to calm down after them.. shes very whingy and demanding. her behaviour is all over the place.. im worried shes a bit stressed but i really have no idea what to do about it? yesterday she had so many toileting accidents at school that they had to put her in a nappy and thats just not her.. im thinking about seeing a dr but im really not sure what they can do.. we are trying to be very gentle with her atm.. letting her sleep with us and trying not to get too angry with her staying calm etc but im really concerned =(
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noni: that is great news to hear about little W!
give A a few days i reckon. no doubt she has been a bit shaken up by the whole op with W??? or are your mummy instincts telling you something deeper is going on?
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cassius- i think it could be the shake up of the last 10mths even.. alot has changed.. im just a bit worried she seems to get worse and worse.. shes always been a very emotional child but idk something seems wrong =(
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Noni - what do you mean??? do you think it is just the adjustment to being a big sis and having your attention divided? has more changed that may be affecting her (sorry if too personal just trying to understand)... do you think it is a developmental stage?? there are so many options what it could be... N is also a v sensitive soul, but I must admit i have never really worried about it... he has also been through a lot of chg this yr (jacob, moving interstate, new cvhild care, family all around, Dh starting new bus, me in full on jopb.. list goes on LOL) and i do notice a bit of a lag affect to his reaction to the chgs, but it has never been something that WORRIES me iykwim? in my opinion if your instinct tells you she is not herself or somethng is up, get it checked.. speak to your GP/MACH nurse maybe to start? better to realise it is just the 2yo normal stuff than to always worry. i know that's me - i would think about it all the time if i was worried so better to get it out there and deal with it.
Anyway sorry that is a novel - hoe it doesnt worry you, i just know how i would be.
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Hi everyone. We went down to visit family over the weekend and Miss A has been sick since we got back so not much computer time. My goodness she is the worlds biggest sook - ever! We haven't slept the past two nights because she has a stuffy nose and grizzles the entire night if she is laying flat. In the end last night I gave up and tried to sleep sitting upright on the couch holding her. I think I have had maybe 2 or 3 hours of broken sleep in the last two days.
I have just taken W down the street to visit with the boy I look after sometimes, balance for the babysitting.
Tummy-tucks: my poor belly is so stretch marked that if I ever lose weight the normal skin will shrink and the stretchies won't so I will end up with that flabby puckered look. But for me I don't think it is worth bothering with the tuck since I don't really bother with my appearance ie I am still using my second bottle of moisturiser since I moved out of home 10 years ago lol.
MD and MP, yay! Come to NZ. The central plateau is very nice!
The toy sales have finally arrived here, so I have most of the birthday presents sorted out - I got A a little people barn set, DH is making her a pram and I am trying to find a Cabbage Patch Doll but I might have to settle for something else because I can't find them stocked here. W is getting a scooter, a v-tech laptop (will love it because he likes to play on our computer in notepad and we have to call out letters for him to type), an inflatable boat for the river/lake shore and maybe a hotwheels flinging thing. They are also getting a cozy coupe to share.
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Noni - so glad that Billy has responded so well to the operation. Not sure what to do about Asha, if you think something is up I'd talk about it with your GP as you know him fairly well and you've always found him good in the past.
Arte - you're well organised for presents. I've had a look at the catalogues, but there's not much that is jumping out at me.
Mp - well done for getting rid of some of those overnight feeds!!
We're heading up to Canberra on the weekend for 5 days or so. Looking forward to it. Dad saw the GP yesterday and had a big talk about it all, but they didn't really find out anything new. He managed to get an appt with some super prostate cancer doctor in Sydney in a couple of weeks for a second opinion. The main thing that mum seems to be struggling with is not knowing any sort of timeframe - how long can he keep the treatment going for, do they think it is going to spread, is this something that he can live with for 10 years (at which stage he will be 78) etc. At the moment he still feels completely fine and I suppose they want to know if they should just go ahead and plan their trips and everything else they have been doing. She was also a bit annoyed (to say the least) that when their GP reviewed Dad's file she found that his old GP (since retired) had recommended that he have blood tests every year to check that nothing funny was going on with his prostate (after a biopsy 5 years ago). Dad swears he doesn't remember that coming up in any appointments and she believes him (he's very good with colonoscopies every 2 years after his bowel cancer) and there have also been a couple of other things that the new GP has picked up both for her and my sister that the old GP never commented on. I seem to be going OK with it all, probably helps not having it in my face (ie living two hours away), so to speak.
Katie is very definitely looking forward to the trip though. She keeps talking about it 'me go Granny Pa's house after I finish my drink'. 'Mummy wear big jacket at Granny Pa's house, cold!!' 'Me go Granny Pa's house after school today'. That all came up this morning. She is pretty much fully toilet trained now. Has the occasional accident at school, but I think she just gets too busy. We don't have to remind her at home at all, although she is not at all fond of sitting on the toilet before we go out or before bed etc. I've also started doing the childcare trick of undies on top of nappy so then the nappy can come off quickly in the morning and we're not having to take pj pants and socks off as well.
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cally- have a great trip xoxox what's this childcare trick about the undies? i'm confused
arte- can i buy you a cabbage patch kid and post it over? i'm pretty sure i can get you one for cost price (i have connections) ;)
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Hey girls just popping in to say hello. I'm trying to catch up on everything so I will try and come back when I'm done.
