I live for weekends, even though I don't 'work'...I still look forward to having hubby home to hang out and spend some family time together. It was just the kids and I last night as hubby went to the footy & stayed at a hostel near there rather than train it home late at night. I was surprised to hear that rather than take advantage and have a big night, he only had a few drinks and was back to the hostel by 11pm. Although I couldn't imagine anything worse than having to deal with kids while being hung over, probably wise of him to take it easy.
Yesterday my son didn't end up having a day sleep (I gave up in the end), I was interested to see how things would play out and whether he would turn feral. He ended up crashing at 5.45pm, I was worried it would bite me in the butt with an early wake up. He stirred once at midnight but stayed asleep, didn't wake up until his sister was being noisy at 6.45am (although she's been up off and on since before 5am), not a bad result at all. I don't think he's ready to give up his day sleep yet but it's good to know that he will still sleep overnight if he goes down earlier than usual. Since hubby was out I just brought my daughter in to bed with me and let her 'free range' (so unwrapped), which was fine except for when she woke up this morning...she takes great delight in grabbing/pinching my face and pulling my hair and occasionally slobbering on me. I wasn't able to ignore that, so even though we stayed in bed till close to 7am, we were awake well before that!
So I started watching 'Offspring' this week. This goes against my normal policy of refusing to start watching a show when it is a few seasons in. I usually prefer to start watching a show from the beginning, in an ideal world I would have liked to have gone back and done a marathon session of watching the past two seasons before this one started. My curiosity got the better of me as everyone always raves about the show, so I decided to check it out. I have seen the first two episodes, so far so good. I still need to go back and watch the other two seasons as I feel like I'm missing important back stories for the characters. Confession - I have also never seen 'Packed to the Rafters' *gasp*. I know everyone loves that one too. (These are both Australian shows so won't mean anything to those of you in international locations, unless you are an Aussie yourself) ;)
Everyone is having a snooze at the moment except me. I really struggle to sleep during the day, even if I'm tired. I should try and take advantage myself but knowing my luck, one of the kids would wake up once I fell asleep. It takes me so long to fall asleep that there is nothing worse than having to wake up when you have only been asleep for 10-15 mins, it just makes you feel worse.
I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend wherever you may be.
Till next time xo
Saturday, 1 June 2013
Thursday, 30 May 2013
Now we're cooking with gas
It's fixed, finally...a week after it was supposed to be but it's finally fixed (the internet that is). Even though I had my phone's 3G to use it wasn't the same and I was going a bit stir crazy without my wifi. I have also for the first time ever managed to burn through my free data with my phone plan, I don't think I went over but it would be close. I clearly have issues with how attached I am to my internet, I honestly don't think I could be one of those people that logs off and has a break, I would miss it too much.
Hubby has taken our son to kindy today as he needs the car for work meetings (so I'm stuck at home, it could be worse though...I could be stuck at home with no internet!). Is it just me or is there something extra sweet about a dad taking their child to kindy? Plus he's dressed in his suit so I'm sure he will give the girls a bit of eye candy this morning (I have a thing for when he's dressed in a suit, sexy). Actually the first time I ever looked at my husband in that way was at a fancy dress school dance when we were 17 in high school and he came dressed in his brother's suit & I remember thinking to myself 'damn, he looks good'. That was the seed that started it all...
We have a family dinner at my mother-in-laws place tonight as hubby's aunty & uncle are in town. Hooray for not having to cook ;) Plus it is good company, they love the kids and are great with them so it will be a nice evening. Plus my mother-in-law is a mean cook so I'm sure it will be something yummy, result.
I have been trying to be good with the theory of 'start as you mean to go on' (that's a saying, right?). I said that when we moved in to the new place it would be like a clean slate and a chance to try and make some positive changes in all aspects of life in general. One of those being cleaning and maintaining the house. My house is usually pretty clean on a whole, but more of a surface clean than a deep clean if that makes sense? I am not a fan of the more intense jobs that are labour intensive and time consuming so they didn't get done as often as they should, which really just made it more work for myself when I did do them because I hadn't done them frequently enough. So I have been making a point of trying to stay on top of things and be more pro-active. There is a website a girlfriend shared a while back called The Organised Housewife, which is a great site in general with lots of tips and what not. On it you can buy different lists and documents to help you get more organised in different areas of your life, there was a cleaning one that is like a checklist of daily, weekly, monthly and annual tasks that you need to do around the house. I have that stuck to the back of my pantry door to try and remind me to do items on the list, I'm not perfect by any means but it is a good reminder. Here is the link if you want to check it out for yourself: http://theorganisedhousewife.com.au/
I also have some photos to share that I haven't be able to since not having the net, so they might seem a bit random now but here you go.
Hubby has taken our son to kindy today as he needs the car for work meetings (so I'm stuck at home, it could be worse though...I could be stuck at home with no internet!). Is it just me or is there something extra sweet about a dad taking their child to kindy? Plus he's dressed in his suit so I'm sure he will give the girls a bit of eye candy this morning (I have a thing for when he's dressed in a suit, sexy). Actually the first time I ever looked at my husband in that way was at a fancy dress school dance when we were 17 in high school and he came dressed in his brother's suit & I remember thinking to myself 'damn, he looks good'. That was the seed that started it all...
We have a family dinner at my mother-in-laws place tonight as hubby's aunty & uncle are in town. Hooray for not having to cook ;) Plus it is good company, they love the kids and are great with them so it will be a nice evening. Plus my mother-in-law is a mean cook so I'm sure it will be something yummy, result.
I have been trying to be good with the theory of 'start as you mean to go on' (that's a saying, right?). I said that when we moved in to the new place it would be like a clean slate and a chance to try and make some positive changes in all aspects of life in general. One of those being cleaning and maintaining the house. My house is usually pretty clean on a whole, but more of a surface clean than a deep clean if that makes sense? I am not a fan of the more intense jobs that are labour intensive and time consuming so they didn't get done as often as they should, which really just made it more work for myself when I did do them because I hadn't done them frequently enough. So I have been making a point of trying to stay on top of things and be more pro-active. There is a website a girlfriend shared a while back called The Organised Housewife, which is a great site in general with lots of tips and what not. On it you can buy different lists and documents to help you get more organised in different areas of your life, there was a cleaning one that is like a checklist of daily, weekly, monthly and annual tasks that you need to do around the house. I have that stuck to the back of my pantry door to try and remind me to do items on the list, I'm not perfect by any means but it is a good reminder. Here is the link if you want to check it out for yourself: http://theorganisedhousewife.com.au/
I also have some photos to share that I haven't be able to since not having the net, so they might seem a bit random now but here you go.
This is my son's 'big boy bed', nawww.
This was a sunrise taken on the first morning of moving in to our new place, how's the serenity? :)
Confession: I'm a full grown woman that likes Hello Kitty. Don't judge me ;)
This is our fantastic new rug that we brought for the kids play area, I love it.
This is my gorgeous son in his awesome new superhero pants that we had made. These were done by the awesome Emily of https://www.facebook.com/FunkyLittleMonkeyClothing. Check her out.
Well that was a longer post than I expected but I was just so damn excited to not be doing it from my phone.
Till next time xo
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Still no Internet...
Sigh...Telstra fail. Their level of incompetence knows no bounds, so frustrating.
Anyway, in other news today my son started kindy on Tuesdays so will now be going twice a week. I have mixed emotions, I will miss him (even though he can drive me a little nuts sometimes). Then on the other hand it gives me some more spare time to get sh*t done! Ever since he moved up to the bigger room he has regressed & gone back to crying/getting upset at drop off. I'm hoping that once he gets used to going two days he will be more used to kindy & going more frequently will help him adjust. It's awful leaving them there when they are crying & clinging to you, although when I pick him up in the afternoons he always tells me he had a good day at kindy. I guess time will tell how he goes...
My daughter is getting a bit clever, she is starting to try & pull her self up on things and instead of sitting up she sort of lays on her side like she's posing & lifts up her top half like she's working on her obliques, ha ha. Can't believe she will be 6 months next week, where has the time gone?! Crazy. I have been introducing more solids to her diet (which she enjoys), the resulting solid poos are another matter (hope no one was eating) ;)
In other random news that probably isn't all that exciting to anyone else...we have planted a little herb garden & some flowers in our new place. We always wanted to do it but never got around to it, we did it the first weekend we moved in & added to it the weekend just gone. We have - Basil, Coriander, Mint, Rosemary, Chillis & Roma Tomatoes. Our plants/flowers are - Carnations (for mum), Roses, Chrysanthemums & Lavender. Neither my husband or myself are what you would call green thumbs but here's hoping we can keep them all alive.
Till next time xo
Anyway, in other news today my son started kindy on Tuesdays so will now be going twice a week. I have mixed emotions, I will miss him (even though he can drive me a little nuts sometimes). Then on the other hand it gives me some more spare time to get sh*t done! Ever since he moved up to the bigger room he has regressed & gone back to crying/getting upset at drop off. I'm hoping that once he gets used to going two days he will be more used to kindy & going more frequently will help him adjust. It's awful leaving them there when they are crying & clinging to you, although when I pick him up in the afternoons he always tells me he had a good day at kindy. I guess time will tell how he goes...
My daughter is getting a bit clever, she is starting to try & pull her self up on things and instead of sitting up she sort of lays on her side like she's posing & lifts up her top half like she's working on her obliques, ha ha. Can't believe she will be 6 months next week, where has the time gone?! Crazy. I have been introducing more solids to her diet (which she enjoys), the resulting solid poos are another matter (hope no one was eating) ;)
In other random news that probably isn't all that exciting to anyone else...we have planted a little herb garden & some flowers in our new place. We always wanted to do it but never got around to it, we did it the first weekend we moved in & added to it the weekend just gone. We have - Basil, Coriander, Mint, Rosemary, Chillis & Roma Tomatoes. Our plants/flowers are - Carnations (for mum), Roses, Chrysanthemums & Lavender. Neither my husband or myself are what you would call green thumbs but here's hoping we can keep them all alive.
Till next time xo
Friday, 24 May 2013
Bloody Telstra!
Grrr, still no Internet! It was supposed to be connected yesterday, I rang & was told there'd been a problem with the programming & it would be connected today. I rang again to check just before & I have now been told it won't be happening until Monday. Gah, I'm so p*ssed at their incompetence.
Also I may be going senile in my old age ;) I went to the shops today (local shopping centre) & when I came out & went to to where I thought I'd parked the car...I couldn't find it anywhere. I went up & down & side to side down the car park isles. I called my sister (they were both at my place watching the kiddiwinks) & said I can't find the car, I've looked everywhere...what if its stolen? She came to get me & drove me up to the next lot over & bingo...there it was *cue face palm*. Yup I zigged when I should have zagged when I came out of the entrance. I looked like a crazy lady wondering the car park with the clothes drying horse I'd just brought. A highlight of my day, ha ha...not.
So my son is driving me bonkers, he has the most frustrating habit that makes me so cross...he takes a mouthful of his drink & spits it everywhere...if I don't catch him out at the start it results in quite a mess. He just did this before with his cordial all over the floor, the tv cabinet & remotes. It drives me nuts, I've lost count of how many times I've told him not to do it. He knows its naughty yet he still does it, how toddlers survive toddlerhood I'll never know.
Thank-god it's the weekend & thank-god I'm just an idiot & my car wasn't stolen after all.
Till next time xo
Also I may be going senile in my old age ;) I went to the shops today (local shopping centre) & when I came out & went to to where I thought I'd parked the car...I couldn't find it anywhere. I went up & down & side to side down the car park isles. I called my sister (they were both at my place watching the kiddiwinks) & said I can't find the car, I've looked everywhere...what if its stolen? She came to get me & drove me up to the next lot over & bingo...there it was *cue face palm*. Yup I zigged when I should have zagged when I came out of the entrance. I looked like a crazy lady wondering the car park with the clothes drying horse I'd just brought. A highlight of my day, ha ha...not.
So my son is driving me bonkers, he has the most frustrating habit that makes me so cross...he takes a mouthful of his drink & spits it everywhere...if I don't catch him out at the start it results in quite a mess. He just did this before with his cordial all over the floor, the tv cabinet & remotes. It drives me nuts, I've lost count of how many times I've told him not to do it. He knows its naughty yet he still does it, how toddlers survive toddlerhood I'll never know.
Thank-god it's the weekend & thank-god I'm just an idiot & my car wasn't stolen after all.
Till next time xo
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Moving does a body good...
After all the running around & lifting heavy boxes and what not, I was pleasantly suprised when I weighed in on Monday morning. Especially seeing as we had eaten nothing but take-away in the week leading up to moving day. I am down to 67.5kg, some of you may remember my husband & his incentive (a 'new' family car when I reach my goal of 60kg)...I'm pretty happy with how far I've come so far, when I accepted his challenge I was just over 73kg. My next mini goal for myself is to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight of 66.6kg.
The move itself went as well as a move can go, it was a long and exhausting day but I'm glad it's behind us. I didn't realise just how much stuff we actually had, and how little storage the new place has. I'm going to have to get creative with figuring out where to put everything & do an even more critical cull (despite my hoarder like tendencies) ;) I'm going pretty well with the unpacking thus far, there is one room that is my dumping ground for all things that I don't know where to put it yet that is a bit if a bomb site (thankfully for now I can just close the door on it). I'm also a bit of a control freak when it comes to unpacking & setting up the house, hubby isn't allowed to do much as he just wouldn't do things how I would like them, ha ha.
So my son went in to his big boy bed as of Saturday night, it went surprisingly well. He wasn't overly fussed about the bed but just didn't want to go to bed/sleep in general (what's new). Once he was in bed he stayed there & slept all night, result! He has been good for his overnight sleeps but yesterday was the first time I'd tried to put him down for a day sleep & it was a massive fail. He just kept coming out & I gave up in the end as I had to go & return the keys for our old place. However, because he was so tired he fell asleep in the car on the way home & I was able to successfully transfer him to his bed (where he then slept for 2hrs, huzzah).
I have started my daughter off in the cot for her day sleeps & the evening until she wakes once I go to bed, then I have been bringing her in with me because a) it's too cold to be getting out of bed & b) she wakes far too much for me to be getting out of my warm toasty goodness. I will bite the bullet eventually & just suck it up but for now what little sleep I do get is precious.
Right well that will have to do for now as more unpacking awaits me.
Till next time xo
The move itself went as well as a move can go, it was a long and exhausting day but I'm glad it's behind us. I didn't realise just how much stuff we actually had, and how little storage the new place has. I'm going to have to get creative with figuring out where to put everything & do an even more critical cull (despite my hoarder like tendencies) ;) I'm going pretty well with the unpacking thus far, there is one room that is my dumping ground for all things that I don't know where to put it yet that is a bit if a bomb site (thankfully for now I can just close the door on it). I'm also a bit of a control freak when it comes to unpacking & setting up the house, hubby isn't allowed to do much as he just wouldn't do things how I would like them, ha ha.
So my son went in to his big boy bed as of Saturday night, it went surprisingly well. He wasn't overly fussed about the bed but just didn't want to go to bed/sleep in general (what's new). Once he was in bed he stayed there & slept all night, result! He has been good for his overnight sleeps but yesterday was the first time I'd tried to put him down for a day sleep & it was a massive fail. He just kept coming out & I gave up in the end as I had to go & return the keys for our old place. However, because he was so tired he fell asleep in the car on the way home & I was able to successfully transfer him to his bed (where he then slept for 2hrs, huzzah).
I have started my daughter off in the cot for her day sleeps & the evening until she wakes once I go to bed, then I have been bringing her in with me because a) it's too cold to be getting out of bed & b) she wakes far too much for me to be getting out of my warm toasty goodness. I will bite the bullet eventually & just suck it up but for now what little sleep I do get is precious.
Right well that will have to do for now as more unpacking awaits me.
Till next time xo
Friday, 17 May 2013
I'm so over packing
It's pretty much all done, bar some odds and sods that I will probably just throw in to boxes and deal with at the other end cause I'm over it.
We go & sign the lease and pick up the keys tonight :) My sister is watching the kids afterwards so that we can do a few loads of boxes tonight to get a head start on tomorrow. I have roped in both my sisters (who will watch the kids for us) and their lovely husbands who will be helping us move and lending us their ute and trailer (& muscles).
I just want to fast forward and have it be over with now, I am not looking forward to the next couple of days of hard work but I am excited about being in our new house.
I am looking at it as somewhat of a fresh start, getting it all set up just so and being better with our diets etc. This week has been all takeaway so I am actually looking forward to cooking a nice meal. Plus just being a better wife/mother/friend in general, god knows why moving in to a new place inspires me to do that but it just seems like a good time to start trying to improve things.
Turning over a new leaf so to speak.
I will see you all on the flip side of this move, fingers crossed it all goes smoothly!
Till next time xo
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Where did I pack the panadol?
Yesterday I had a headache accompanied by nausea and got bugger all done, the kids were lucky I was able to function enough to watch them...all I wanted to do was curl up and sleep it off. As us mothers know, there is no such thing as sick days. I was grateful that hubby cooked us dinner when he got home, I wasn't feeling up to it. I still feel a bit blah today and the headache seems to be lurking in the background threatening to strike again. Not great timing as I still have sh*tloads to do packing wise and I am not getting much accomplished.
Thankfully I did manage to find the panadol this morning but they don't seem to have perked me up all that much. I should probably be trying to pack more right now but I am struggling to find the motivation. I have managed to notify the phone/internet and electricity companies of our move so at least that's something. Also will be without internet next week until approximately Thursday, although I should check and see if I can still post from my mobile. That is very presumptuous of me, I am assuming that I would be missed...ha ha.
I got a call yesterday to say that my son's bed is in, happy days! I just need to buy a bed rail for it...although I am wondering whether to try the pool noodle trick. Apparently you put one of them under the fitted sheet and it acts as a buffer to stop them falling off the edge. Has anyone tried it?
I can't believe it is now only 4 days until moving day, where has the time gone? Ok well I will just keep it short today, I have laundry to hang out and crap to pack...sigh. Not long now.
Till next time xo
Thankfully I did manage to find the panadol this morning but they don't seem to have perked me up all that much. I should probably be trying to pack more right now but I am struggling to find the motivation. I have managed to notify the phone/internet and electricity companies of our move so at least that's something. Also will be without internet next week until approximately Thursday, although I should check and see if I can still post from my mobile. That is very presumptuous of me, I am assuming that I would be missed...ha ha.
I got a call yesterday to say that my son's bed is in, happy days! I just need to buy a bed rail for it...although I am wondering whether to try the pool noodle trick. Apparently you put one of them under the fitted sheet and it acts as a buffer to stop them falling off the edge. Has anyone tried it?
I can't believe it is now only 4 days until moving day, where has the time gone? Ok well I will just keep it short today, I have laundry to hang out and crap to pack...sigh. Not long now.
Till next time xo
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