NYE

31 December 2015

Ok it is New Years Eve and you can feel the expectation mounting, all of the changes that are going to be made.  The build up to the party, finding somebody to kiss at the stroke of midnight, the hope that you are standing by a policeman at midnight so you can plant a kiss on them ( it is supposed to be good luck to kiss a copper at NYE).
This year I am going to top all of that, the family and I are going out for fish and chips at the beach and then will be home tucked up in bed by 9:30, now you may say that is a pretty sad NYE but master 9 and miss10 don't cope with staying up after 8pm, I don't drink - two drinks is my limit, hubby and I  can't stay awake till midnight anymore - we require a full 8 hours of sleep otherwise we are wrecked the next day.
I am spending it with the people I love and that trumps any party, drinking session and policeman any day, for those who are working on NYE thankyou for giving up your chance to be spending it with the ones you love to look after us, thankyou for keeping us safe.  To all of the military personnel who are deployed, have just been deployed may you stay safe and enjoy your NYE celebrations wherever you are and however you do it.

I have a short shift today which is good, because I would like to be home early so that I can come home and take a breath.  This year has been a whirlwind of changes and while I have enjoyed everything that has come with it it is time to just top and take a breath.  So once I have done that it will be back into it in a big way and I am relishing the challenge, I have told you of my goals for the New Year, I even bought a goal journal so that I can write down what I want to achieve and how I am going to achieve them.  I fully believe that if it is written down that I am held accountable and it will happen, yes goals change which is why I write them in pencil - it also means that I can re-use the book because I just have to rub out the goals from the year before.

ok I must go to work, talk to you in the new year xxx

Back to work

30 December 2015

Well it was back to work for me yesterday, and it was 37c and humid.  I think I had drunk half a litre of water before 11am, then the weather turned and it cooled down to 27.  That is good because you were not sweating but then it started to get warm again so that we had to put the aircon on last night.
I think it is going to be another warm one today but don't think it is going to be as warm as the ones we have had - we have had days of 38,41,37 and 39.  There have been many power outages because of the heat ( the use of aircon), trains have been stopped ( because the tracks have warped).

So we are not far from New Year and I have to admit I will be happy to see 2015 behind me, we have faced many challenges and I am ready for a new start. I have started making some changes already - they say it takes28 days to make a new habit so I am getting a start early, for 2016 I plan on being more organised, cook and bake more, be around more for the kids because lets face it they are not going to stay young forever.  So as a consequence of that I am going to be asking for time off from Tupperware so that I can be home for the kids and as yet I have not decided if I am going to go back. Don't get me wrong I love the product and believe whole heartedly in it I have just have lost the energy for going out and doing parties, I think this has been a progressive event and I am not surprised to be honest because I just don't have the energy after work and on the weekends I am so busy with the kids.

Not quite a New Year but a new start.

26 December 2015

Hello I hope you had a great Christmas, we have just come out of our food,present and visitor coma and I am starting to feel ok.
I am glad yesterday wasn't hot because I don't think I could have survived you see master 9 was jumping up and down beside our bed at 5:30 in the morning telling us that it is time to get up, its Christmas,its Christmas.
By the time we left to go to lunch ( its is a 1.5 hour drive), I was on my third coffee and feeling a bit tired, I didn't eat to much at lunch this year and lunch and desert were cleaned up fairly quickly before we had to leave.


Ok I am now going to share with you something I don't share ( other than my immediate family know), my daughter has a condition which means she still has "accidents", her tummy will be all bloated to the point where she will throw up because there is no room in there for food.  When she is at her worst she will be angry, moody and she will even throw up because the food has nowhere to go.  She has to be constantly reminded to go to the toilet which is met with anger and us being told that she doesn't need to go and she can't smell it because she is so used to it.
Some days I just want to go and cry because  I am tired of dealing with it and don't know what to do, I blame myself because I am the one who is responsible for the food that is eaten and mostly I blame myself because I should have been able to prevent this and should have seen it happening.  I have done the getting angry,bribing her to go to the toilet, medication, a hospital visit to get flushed out, telling her that she smells, been brutally honest with her.
 
Today I decided that I have to be at the table to make the changes, today is the day we go forward and get rid of this once and for all.  This means that I go back to cooking decent meals, I make their snacks for school and for home doing cooked breakfasts in the morning, and more importantly limiting the amount of junk food and soft drink ( soda) they drink.   So I will be going back to planning a menu for the fortnight, and yes there will be some nights where left-overs are eaten or they may be turned into bubble and squeek.  I am going to have to learn how to be a bit more frugal and make the food budget stretch a bit further. No I may be slightly taking this a bit to far but it is time to get back to basics and be a bit more engaged with what my family are eating and what chemicals they are putting in their mouths, I am not going to the extent of no sugar because I don't think that is entirely realistic and it would be to hard to control.  So it will be bringing out the cook books ( Betty Crocker, CWA cook book, Good House keeping) and doing things from scratch.  I am also going to try some of the "cleaning" products - bicarb soda, vinegar, Eucalyptus oil and see how much that reduces my grocery bill.

As a mother,wife it is my responsibility to look after my family, now I can hear you all say it is not 1950, you don't have to be a slave to your family, well I am sorry to say but the pendulum has swung and I am adopting a great deal of things that the housewife of the 1950's did.
Not only will I be doing a great deal more cooking and baking but I am going to start learning to sew, knit, crochet because lets face it all of these things are dying arts and well I am going to join the movement and help bring them back.  Things that my Mum and Grand-mothers taught me, so as you can see by the title I am not waiting for the New Year to come I am going to start doing this now.

GSD Day

24 December 2015

Its Christmas Eve, and well you can feel the the energy in the air, I will be checking in with  NORAD soon to give the kids a countdown on when Father Christmas leaves and so that we can start tracking him, might even see if we can skype.

It is a GSD day today, before you ask I will tell you GSD is Get Stuff Done Day, so we have been busy in the Smart household getting stuff done and well I am just about done with the stuff that I had planned to do.  I will be looking forward to sitting down tonight and having a rest - but it would probably be better if I did the ironing and got ready for tomorrow.  The presents have been loaded into their carrying device, the portable fridge is in the back of the car, car has been filled up with fuel.  The last minute bits and pieces have been taken care of - I think, but I am sure something will crop up that I need after the shops are shut!!!.


Today is so much cooler than yesterday, it got to 41c yesterday and was 25c overnight - I don't think the aircon went off from Tuesday.  I am glad it is going to be cooler on Christmas Day because a stinkin hot Christmas is not fun but this weather changes are affecting master 9 and hubby's asthma and well the last place I want to be on Christmas Day is in ED.  Speaking of hospital spare a thought on Christmas for all of those people who have to work Christmas Day it must be hard being away from family and friends, we usually make biscuits for the police, firemen, ambo's and to have in ED but this year I didn't get there and it is one tradition I don't like having missed.

Ok I will chat to you after Christmas, so whatever you are doing and wherever you are Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight. xxxxxx

Christmas is just around the corner

22 December 2015

Well the slide towards Christmas is gaining momentum, while I am in utter disbelief that it is three days way miss 10 and master 9 are just jumping out of their skins in excitement and are discussing if they can open their presents early before we go to my Mother In-Laws house for lunch and how early they can get up.  I am going to be taking Patterson for a walk before we go so there will be no present opening before I have done that.
I think the kids should have to make their beds before presents because otherwise there will be know way that any jobs will be done after presents have been opened but I will cave and let them open them before anything gets done - they know that I am a soft touch.

Yesterday we went on the Amazing Swan Valley Chase, and just between you and me I had a great time.  We did do a couple of stops - to a winery,chocolate factory and to a ice-cream shop, so it probably took us a bit longer to complete but we had a great time.  Miss 10 and Master 9 were very tired last night and in bed early.
We went to places that I didn't even know were there, and we got to see some great scenery, spend time together and we never left Perth and was only 20 minutes away from where we lived.  I did walk away with a couple of bottles of chocolate liqueurs and let me tell you I am having a hard time which bottle to open first!!!

Today is a big cleaning day, I want to get it all done so that Christmas day I don't have anything to do but get my coffee in the morning.  The best part of getting everything done in one day is that it is over and done with the bad thing is it is 8am the aircon is on and it is going to be 38C today. I think the forecast for Christmas Day has changed to being hot, it was going to be spring day temps last week.

I am now starting to procrastinate about the house work and that is not a good sign - I can't be defeated before I start!!!!.  So the only thing for it is to put on some music and get started, all I need to figure out is what sort of music to play and what to start with.............hmmm this is going to require another cup of coffee.

Soooo Tired

17 December 2015

I had my final Christmas Party last night and I left early - the others kicked on as I was leaving and I am soo tired.   For me late nights during the week are a disaster because I am up at 6am getting ready for work and getting the kids ready for school.  Speaking of school, today is the last day of the year and then it is 6 weeks of holidays for the kids.   I finish tomorrow and get just over a week off, hubby finishes today and gets just over 2 weeks off - oh to be a kid again with the long summer holidays, your biggest concern was what was for lunch and dinner and if you would be able to squeeze it in between playing with lego and playing under the sprinkler.
I actually said to hubby this morning as we dragged ourselves out of bed was the thing I was looking forward to the most on my days off was getting a sleep-in, now I know that is not going to happen but the thought of it is soo nice.  Maybe I could try playing with Lego, and under the sprinkler and get somebody else to worry about the adult stuff for that day and in saying that I am going to get myself another cup of coffee ( kids aren't allowed to drink coffee which makes it taste sooo much better!!!!!!!)

Ok I am back, did you miss me???

So on my time off I am going to be able to get this house organised and decluttered, I am really looking forward to it.  Now coming from me that is a really big earth shattering statement, I will be able to take my time and not have to rush through it. I have started forming plans of what I am going to do and how to do it.  The first room I am going to start with is the Master Bathroom, while it only has a small cupboard I am sure there is going to be a better way of using the space, then it is on to the master bedroom there has to be a better way of using the space. I will be posting updates and I will post before and after photos.

ok I have to go to work and get the kids off to school, chat soon xxx

Its starting to to feel like Christmas

15 December 2015

It is starting to feel like Christmas, it is warming up here in Western Australia and I am somewhat glad because it has been a cooler than normal start to the festive season. The Christmas temps have been published and it is going to be a very pleasant 33 centigrade so not to hot which will be great.  It will be warm enough to have the aircon going but not hot enough that it just gives up and burns out.
I am lucky that I am not over a hot stove or oven for Christmas lunch, for us we have a mix of hot and cold food - the meat is hot and it is cooked in the webber so the house doesn't heat up, I often wonder what it would be like to sit down to a hot meal at Christmas lunch and then have the Christmas pudding then I realise where I am and thank goodness for aircon because you try and park under the vents so you get this nice cool air wafting over you.

We are one Christmas party down 4 to go, the kids are having one at school on seperate days so I am going to be spending tonight doing some cooking for it, then I have another one on Wednesday night - the dress code is little black dress and I hate to say I don't own one.  I do however own a black dress that has blue with it will that count? I am not going to go and get the dress to wear for one night and I can be pretty sure I wouldn't find one this late in the game anyway.  My hubby's Christmas Party is on the 23rd - no partners allowed this year, I can understand why they do that but it would be nice to see some of the people he spends a heap of time with during the week.

I am counting the days till get to go on my holidays - it is a massive3 days away and I don't go back to work till the 29th.  I guess with Christmas day, Boxing day and the public holidays in between it stretches my break out then I have two days of work and a day off.  As a SAHM I never took much notice of Public Holiday's because it was never a day off for me but now oh I am loving it.

Home Management Binder

14 December 2015


I have finished my binder, it has been streamlined, tweaked and it is working well so far but there is always room for improvement.
I used a couple of binders I had at home so it cost me very little to do ( which is good this close to Christmas) and here are the people who kindly put up their printable on the web for us to use

alainaann.com ( recipe section cover)

lifeyourway.net ( Children's wardrobe checklist,calendar,symptom/medicine tracker)

household management 101.com ( cleaning checklists,Christmas budgeting form,Christmas card list)

the organizedhome.com ( Birthday party guest list)

Now all I need to do is make sure it is in a spot so that the kids and Hubby know where it is and are able to use it.

All my visitors are gone thank goodness, I love seeing them but I have become very bad at having people spend time in my home.  I feel like they are judging me actually I know they are.  Yes they say they are here to see me and the family but what they are really saying is we are here to see you and we are going to talk about how the house isn't tidy and there just happens to be a slap up meal that has had no thought put into it.  Ok the meal I will stick my hand up and say yes to because generally I can't be assed to cook but I don't need to be criticised for it.  I didn't wait on anybody, consider my house a self serve  or you don't eat.  I tried to have time off yesterday but I ended up doing stuff and being exhausted at the end of the day, it is the same with Saturday I tried to have time off but that didn't work out too well being that I had to brave the shops twice.

So I have finished work early and I am going to be doing some cooking for tonight as I have to take something to a Christmas party.  I am trying not to go over board and I am only going to use what I have here in the pantry.  It is either going to work out well or really bad and at the minute I am laying bets on the fact that it will turn out bad!!!!!!

Colouring Books

13 December 2015

I went and finished the Christmas shopping yesterday, well when I say I did it was a family effort and well I am putting it out there,,, next year I am doing it all on line so that I don't have to deal with the hoards of people which I have narrowed down to the following three categories A: The exasperated parent - we are trying to find that perfect present because if we don't there will be hell to pay.  B: Kids - they have been dragged from store to store they are tired,hungry,bored,my feet hurt, when can we go home and on the verge of tears. C:  I have left the shopping to the last minute and I am trying to get through the whole two families without slapping somebody in the shops because I am sooo stressed and if you get in my way I will mow you down with my shopping cart.
Now in yesterday's case I was two of these and so I bought myself two colouring books, now my kids have great amusement in the fact that I sat and coloured yesterday afternoon after I had been to the shops again to carry out C, because the presents I had bought were not age appropriate, the silver lining to that is they are going to get donated to charity so that some children are going to have presents to open on Christmas Day.

So last night while watch TV I was knitting and colouring and came to the realisation that we are now no longer in ratings season so the people that control what program goes on TV can put any rubbish on and get away with it.  I know it is Christmas time and we need to have some christmas movies ( my personal favs are White Christmas and Miracle on 34 Street the remake though I hear the black and white version is pretty good, and there has to be others but I just can't think of them at the minute) but really the ones we have had of late are really bad.

Ok so that is my Christmas whinge over and done with and it feels good to get it off my chest, now if I only had milk I could make myself a cup of coffee.

One visitor gone and the other one is descending tonight, which is really inconvenient considering I still have to go to work tomorrow and the kids are going to school.  I did consider saying that we are not going to be home , but I need a decent why we are not going to be home and well I wasn't quick enough to come up with one.  Which means I will be back at the shops to buy in extra food and will once again come face to face with the hoard of people, is it rude to serve cereal up for dinner?

Family

11 December 2015

So I have some family members descending on me this weekend, one expects the house to be in showroom condition the other will expect me to wait on them hand and foot. I do love my family and I do enjoy seeing them I just don't want them at my house giving me a critic and to become the servant because I have nothing better to do.  I guess it is a common complaint that family bug you and you put up with it because well they are family.  I am not able to say that you have made me feel inadequate, miserable and wanting to move to another country so I don't have to deal with you. Which is why I have been up for a hour already and it is only 6:20 am and I still have to put in a day's work - I am going to be worn out before I even get there.  The worst part of this I am not able to go and do my usual Friday night thing because I am going to have people here, but I guess I can always change it to Saturday night.
So before I go to work I have to peg out some more washing, I don't understand where it all comes from, the kids wear a uniform to school, I wear a uniform ( of sorts) and my husband is the only one who is able to wear what he pleases.

This is going to be a quick chat because I do have to get on and get this house in show room condition ( I bet you can see the eye rolling and me beating my head against the wall huh!!!!) ok will chat to you tomorrow or later tonight after I have got rid rid of one lot of guests

Noodles xxxxx

A week and a bit

9 December 2015

Yesterday I received a letter from my workplace and when my son had bought in the mail it was given to me.  He then asked if I had been fired to which I replied No, then it was have you been promoted to which I again replied No, he then asked if I had quit to which I once again replied No.  After going through all of that I asked what is going on and why he doesn't want me at work - his response was "I don't get to see you anymore and I want you to do Tupperware full-time so that I get to see you", again today after I had picked him up after school he asked if I had quit because he doesn't want me working because he never gets to see me. I don't think he understands that if I stop working all of the little extras that get bought well they are not going to be happening, I would love to stay hoe but I like working I feel like I am contributing to society and I am valued.  If you are a stay at home Mum you are not valued by society because you don't earn a income and that is what makes me sad.


In a week and a bit I am holidays YAY,  when I applied for leave it seemed so far away and now it is soo close I can almost touch it.  Thing I am looking forward to the most is being able to spend time with the kids and Hubby, to be able to chill, might even be able to get some Christmas snack cooking done. I can't believe that the year is almost at an end it seems to go by faster and faster the older I get
the rounds of Christmas parties will soon begin and then before we know it Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year will be upon us.  Then we start sliding towards Australia Day then the kids are back at school - I keep looking for the pause button just so I can stop and catch my breath but I can't find it, if anybody knows where it is please let me know.

Noodles xxxx

Kids and the internet

8/12/2015

Hello in there it is me out here

Ok so we are giving miss 10 a laptop ( a old one from work) for Christmas so I am now going to be wading into the Internet Safety for Kids.  My Hubby is pretty computer literate and can set it up so that there are certain sites she can't access and can monitor her browsing history but I still worry about the fact that there are so many people out there seem to get a great deal of pleasure in hurting kids in one way or another. I understand that we have to let our kids go out into the world and explore and make their own mistakes and learn from them ( I hope they do learn from the), and I certainly don't want to be a Helicopter Parent so how do I keep her and master 9 safe in a world when there is danger lurking in every nook and cranny?

Last night was the last nigh of Scouts for the year and I was lucky enough to see master 9 get his silver boomerang and his pet badge, he has put in so much hard work to achieve this ( he is Dyslexic and left handed) and I have seen him struggle with the things the other kids can do soo easily,  As most of you would know from my posts long ago master 9 found it difficult to do even the simplest of things like tying shoelaces, throwing a ball,buttoning his shirt up and now through a great deal of hard work on his behalf, his teacher he is now able to accomplish these things.  You may say why wasn't he able to do these things and I am being dramatic but I saw the frustration on his face, I saw the tears - when he was told he was stupid, couldn't tie his shoelaces.  I have seen him struggle in class because he doesn't know how to write,spell or read, this year alone he has come so far and I couldn't be prouder of my son and the best part is because of his teacher he now looks forward to going to school and is itching to get out of the house in the mornings to get there.

Miss 10 is doing well in school, I am so proud of her.  She has developed a love of books - which is a big surprise , considering last year it was such a big deal for her to read!!.  She has discovered that she likes to draw, sing.  She is not overly keen on sport and well I am ok with that, I do want her doing a sport and I am trying to find one that does grab here interest but we have not had any luck so far.
I think with her she is going to be one with a gentle nature but she is stubborn so I am not sure how that is going to work!!, she does have something that I could never teach and that is compassion and empathy intact with kids do and for that I am very grateful.

Well that is all for now

Toodles xxxx

The Christmas countdown

7/12/2015


Today's blog is going to be a short one because I have been at work so there is nothing really to tell.
Tonight is the last night of scouts so I am going to see master 9 get his silver boomerang - I have no idea what that means so if there is somebody out there that reads this and knows what it means please let me know.

The Christmas count down is on in earnest now, the kids have been counting down to the days until they finish school and I am counting down to when I go on holidays which just happens to be a couple of days before Christmas.  It seems the older you get the quicker the year goes and then it hits a certain point in the year it is on fast forward and the weeks just start to blur into one and I loose days!


Project Home Management Binder is well under way and I have a dew things to get sorted out and it will be complete.  I am looking forward to showing off what I have done and where I found my pages.   I will have to make sure that the photo's are not wobbly - I have a really bad habit of making them look like they were taken on a leaning slope and are slightly blurry!!!

It is still cold and well that is starting to annoy me, I hate it being cold but I also hate it when it gets really hot - Perth Summers are hot and long, the air-conditioning really does get a work out!! The beach becomes a popular place to hang out especially if there is a fish and chip close by because that takes care of dinner ( it is too hot to go to the beach before 3pm)

BRRR

6 December 2015

It is supposed to be summer here in Perth Western Australia, and well we have rain its cold and windy while other parts of the country are sweltering in 40C.  It is so bad they cancelled the Christmas Pageant now that may not sound like a big deal but the Pageant is the start of the count down to Christmas ( for me anyway), it means there are 20 days till Christmas Day and the frenzied shopping can begin.  I always say that I am not going to leave the shopping to the last minute and every year I am there playing the game of parking bay stalk and my favourite standing in long lines and listening to tide kids wail/scream/cry.  Now I am a fairly patient person when it comes to shopping but even I want to randomly slap people around christmas time for doing stupid stuff in the shops for example - stopping in the middle of the aisle and making it impossible to get past, stopping and talking to people you haven't seen in months and disrupting the flow of traffic going past the shops, and my favourite going the wrong way past the shops when you can clearly see that one side the traffic is going one way and the other is going the other way ( I probably haven't explained that well).

Yesterday I had to play carbay stalk twice and I didn't get what I wanted so I am thinking I will have to go today, which puts me in a flap because today I wanted to start on my new and improved home management binder. So I will have to go and get some paper because I can be almost certain that the paper will run out while I am printing out pages!!, I need a new binder(s) and post-it-notes, plus file dividers.  I am pretty sure I know what sections I want to have in the binder I just need to figure out how I am going to get it to work and where to keep it so that everybody in the house can use it as a reference point.

As I type this it is bucketing down with rain, the washing that I have on the line is getting re-rinsed and I am facing the reality that whatever gets washed today is going to have to go in the dryer, I don't have a issue with the dryer it just feels wrong to be using it in summer.  But with all my grumbling comes with the small hope that this rain might top up the dams so that we are not on water restrictions for all of summer, living in such a dry climate you would think that we would be used to it but every year it takes us by surprise that we have water restrictions.  Yesterday was our coldest December day since 1960 something - yes I did a bit of research on that.  Instead of being 35C like expected I think it only got to 23C so out came the jeans and sweaters while I know that doesn't sound cold to those in the Northern Hemisphere here in Perth we are kinda in bushfire season so to get it was cold.

I may get my wish of having a white christmas yet!!!, have been told that it isn't cold enough to have snow and that I would like it for the first 5 minutes until I can't get warm then I will complain about how cold it is!! Have been informed that snow is great when it first falls because it is white and fluffy, it then turns grey and slushy and doesn't look so nice and you don't want to play in it.  I guess I have always had a romantic view of snow as I have never seen it - and on TV doesn't count, and have never been in a cold enough climate to experience it, my romanticised view of snow is sitting by a roaring fire, a big real christmas tree, the snow falling outside, kids building snow men, and snow ball fights, the big white fluffy snow - I watch way to many movies andTV shows that involve snow!!, I guess the part that I haven't thought about is the fact it is soo cold that the car is covered in ice, the ice on the roads and the other stuff like not being able to get food or the fact that the water in the pipes might freeze and you have no water!!!.

On that note I am going to go and look at the rain, bundle up in jeans and a sweater and get on with my day
Toodles xxx

I am back

December 4 2015

Hello World I am back, There has certainly been a great deal of changes in my life.  

I am now a working Mum, I work 5 days a week and needles to say after work I am shattered but I somehow manage to keep going - I am not going to tell you what I do as it would breach client confidentiality.

I also have started working with Tupperware Aus/NZ, I started working with them the same time I started in my other job so I am busy trying to balance those two while keeping the kids, hubby and fur baby happy.

The kids have had birthdays so they are now Miss 10 and Master 9, which means I have also had a birthday and I am closer to 40  than I would like!! but life goes on - I will have a mid-life crisis when I have a spare two weeks to myself.

The kids are sick and off school at the minute, master 9 has a ear infection and miss 10 has a chest infection and this all stemmed from a sore throat. So they are on Anti-biotics again - this is probably the 4th time this year they have been on Anti-biotics now I know that doesn't seem like a great deal to most people but when both kids have Asthma you kinda pay more attention to illness, colds, weather changes because well it could land us in hospital and that is not fun at all.

I have decided to re-do the Home Management Binder so that it fits with the fact I am now working because the one we have had for many years is not not practical anymore.  While I was a SAHM it worked fine but I have come to realise that I just can't fit everything in and do it to the standard I used to.  I hear you all screaming 'the kids should be helping out, why isn't everybody doing stuff to help you out?", to be honest it is quicker for me to do it on my own - the kids do have jobs that they have to do and well that was a battle getting those done but we are finally there.  I am finding that I have one day to do all of my house work and I don't get a chance to spend time with the kids or hubby on the weekend because of it and well weekends should be for having some down time not working more so the Home Management Binder should help me work smarter not harder

So when I get my binder finished I will put up photos to show you what I did,  I understand what works for me may not work for you and if it does that is great but please don't take what I say as the be all and end all to household management.  I have spent many hours trawling the internet looking at blogs, you tube  on household binders and I have pulled bits from each and tweeted it to fit our family.

With Christmas right around the corner ( 20 days to be exact :/) the tree has been put up, have done some decorating, haven't done any Christmas cards and haven't even contemplated cooking I am wondering when I am going to get the presents bought and wrapped.  Time seems to be on fast forward and I can't find the remote to press pause, I think I am going to have to pretend I have a meeting on one night and go and get the shopping done.  I am looking forward to the break that comes with Christmas and Boxing Day, time to stop and sit and do as little as possible, possibly watch some of the cricket and stay out of the heat - mind you it doesn't feel like summer today it is more like early spring when they forgot to turn the temperature up!!, the wind will help get my washing dry and the fresh air flowing through the house makes me feel like the bugs that are causing the kids to be sick are being blown out.

A Time to say Good-bye

29 March 2015

Good Morning wonderful world

Well as you can see by the title of this blog, there are going to be good-bye's said.
It is time to say good-bye to this blog, I find myself getting busier and busier in my life and well this is one of things that I am giving up.
I am not sure if anybody ever read it and well if I didn't have any readers nothing ventured nothing gained. To say that I am not sad to see the blog go is a lie because I have enjoyed the journey we have taken.

So with that being said, I bid you a fond farewell and it may get picked up later but at this point it is going to stop.
Toodles Kylie XXXXXXXXXXXX

Tupperware

12/3/2015

Good Morning and how are you today?

I have a thing for Tupperware, my cupboards are overflowing with it and I want more.  My "thing" has even got to the point where I am considering becoming a demonstrator.
Now I have been thinking about this for a while and well it kinda does make sense being that I have two children - so the need to work school hours is important, weekend work is somewhat a bit difficult but it could be arranged so that it is at night so that there is not much disruption to family life and well the goal would be to get enough money each week to be able to keep me dressed in the style I prefer ( I would much rather be dressed like I just stepped out of a magazine from the 1950's).

With the kids doing their sports and the training I need to be able to work around them plus I have a regular cleaning job so I want to be able to keep that up plus my P&C commitments. All logic is pointing to the this being a great idea, but there is the thought in the back of my mind "What if......" hmm maybe I need to think about it some more before I commit.  I never used to be like this I would always make a decision and then do it, act first think about it later, it would be very nice to be able to pay for a holiday or have the credit card payed off.  It would be nice to have a job that is three days a week and I know that I can drop the kids off and pick them up, not miss the sports practice.
After reading that it is clear that doing this would allow me to do all of those things but I just can't get past the " What if I get no parties" and that is the bread and butter of Tupperware - of all party plan, it is getting parties to keep the "business' going.

What do you think?  I have these great ideas, and they just don't seem to work out even when it is a product that I love or something that I enjoy doing.
I am going to go and have a coffee and clean my house, a clear head will help and I may come up with the solution without really trying

Toodles Me XXXX

Does absence make the heart fonder???

9?3?2015

Hello in there it is me out here,

Yes I have been gone for a while, did you miss me?

Hmm I better explain why I have been gone for so long.

I have been trying to gain employment now that is not as hard as it sounds but I will put it this way I was even turned down by McDonalds.
Yes it is true I think the fact that I could only work Monday - Friday during school hours has something to do with it and while I accept that what I don't accept is the fact being a mother, Darren and I decided that I would stay home and be the primary care giver.

 Now running a house, looking after two children ( who are not even 12 months apart) doesn't seem to qualify me for much, what is even worse when I went online to see how much I would be worth pay wise, I was asked to check my spelling and make sure it was a real job. Now at this point being that McDonalds didn't want me, the website asked me if being a mother and housewife was a real job I did what any self respecting person did.  I had a damn good cry, picked myself up and set to work printing out resumes and handing them out, I had one place suggest I go back to TAFE ( junior college) and get a extra qualification, I had we will keep it on file and the we are not looking for anybody right now but when we are you will be the first on our list. The applications that I sent in on-line, well I haven't heard back from them what would be nice is a response to say yes we received your application but at this time we don't have any positions available.  I even advertised on Gumtree to do house cleaning, so far I have had three people contact me two cancelled and I haven't heard back from the third person. So it is not like I am not applying for work but even then I still feel like I am not making a contribution.

Yes I know I am looking after two kids and a house, but I like working, I like being able to talk to different people and have my day change and present some challenges to me. I have loved being a stay at home mum but is now time for me to claim back my identity and not just be Carrissa and Oscars Mum.  I know it sounds like this is one big whinge session and please do understand that I am grateful for been able to have to opportunity to stay home and look after my children and not have to work until they are in full-time school.
I am not going to give up on finding work, just keep wondering when I am going to catch a break

Not enough time

19/2/2015

Good Morning

Well you may have noticed that I have been absent for the last couple of days and that is due to me deciding that I spent to much time infant of the computer so I had Darren change the pass word.  Not that was fine till I realised that I couldn't come here and chat to you all and I have been finding that very frustrating.  So I got him to lock the computer between 9am and 3pm so that way I can get on here early and still let you all know what is going on in our lives.

So here is a brief rundown have had Carrissa at the Orthodontist, she doesn't need a plate or a spacer YAY, however she does need two teeth removed otherwise she is going to have problems later down the track.  Oscar had a mild Asthma attack so we spent a good 5 hours in hospital we were in the Peadiatric ward which is good but it is nice to people watch and well it was kinda uneventful in there.

Ok I must go as I still have to get the kids breakfast, lunches made.
Will try to come back tonight.
Toodles Kylie XXXXX

Never Ending.

12/2/2015

Good Afternoon and how are you?

Well I had a rather eventful day yesterday, Oscar had a Asthma Attack in the morning and we got out of hospital at 1:00, it was early closing so Carrissa had to be picked up at 2:30.  So raced up there to pick her up, came home prepped dinner ( it was really bad by the way) and then took Carrissa to the Dentist so that she could get the tooth extracted before she goes to Orthodontist tomorrow morning. Under her supervision this morning I had to sit here and type a letter explaining to the tooth fairy while she didn't loose the tooth herself she would like to be compensated for it, so being that it was taken out by the dentist and we don't actually have the tooth I think 50c should do it. Inflation has not hit this household with the tooth fairy if they are lucky they might get $2.


So last night I sort of managed to catch up a bit, got all of the washing done, stripped the kids beds and did all of the dishes.  Was going to stay up and bake but was to tired.
So this morning I was busy applying for jobs, did some baking.  So now before I go and get the kids I have to get the kitchen cleaned up, the washing folded up and put away.  Tomorrow it will be get some baking done, strip my bed, clean the bathrooms vacuum the floors and mop them.  Yes I know I am a Mum but it is never ending, I just finish cleaning and then I have to turn around and start again. At some point does it ever end or is it never ending?  Is there some magical creature that will come in and clean my house for me?

Must go as I have a bit to do
Toodles Kylie XXXXX

Private vs Public

10/2/2012

Good Morning everybody and how are you today?


Firstly before I fill you in on what has been happening I must apologise for not stopping and chatting.
Ok so the first week of school has come and gone, and the kids are loving it.  We are able to walk to and from school, they have made great friends and have settled in.  Carissa is having a friend over on Friday after school and she is very excited, Oscar is asking if he can have friends over as well which is great.   Oscar starts his new sport tonight - BMX bikes riding, now I am not going to lie I did have a few concerns about him doing it, being that he is so little and that he has trouble riding a bike because of his co-ordination issues but he went and had a go a week ago and under his helmet he was grinning from ear to ear. Now it wasn't the best day for him to have a go being that it was 40C ( 104F) and he had also done a 7Km ( 4 miles and 615 yard) bike ride with Darren that morning so he was a bit tired!!!

Carrissa is upset because she hasn't found a sport that she wants to do, she does not want to do Dance, Cheerleading, Gymnastics, Tennis, Softball, Soccer, Netball, Basketball, Badminton, Squash, Baseball.  So as you can see the list is long and I am running out of things to suggest, I did think about Karate but that was turned down.  She did ask what sports I did as a child and well my list is about as long as her rejected list so here goes I did Gymnastics, Netball, Horse Riding, Tennis, Badminton, Indoor Cricket, I also did Rollerskating for fun, rode my bike and swimming.  I know she wants to play T-Ball but the season is over so it is now something that can be done until that season starts up again.  I think she would be good at Netball being that she is small, I also thought that about Gymnastics but she quit after her friend came late and wasn't there to start with her.

So do any of you my lovely friends have any suggestions?


As most of you know the kids came from a private school and are now going to a public school, I have to admit I did have some fears about it which is odd considering Darren and I both attended public schools and did well out of it.
Now in the first week it was bought to my attention that Oscar was not where he was supposed to be in some areas of his Education, I was no I still am very very angry at the fact that A: Even though he was in a private school they didn't organise the extra help for him.  Before you all say well you are his Mum you should have organised it with the amount I was paying in fees, I would expect that there would be the extra help there and available without me having to jump up and demand it.  B: What was I actually paying for?
 Looking back I could see that the kids were not happy and maybe we should have done this move earlier and Oscar Dyslexia would have been picked up earlier, Carrissa's medical condition may not have been bought on more by the stress she felt through the fear of not being able to perform or the the person that bullied her.

I am not saying that Public are better than Private or vice versa because they both have outstanding qualities, I made the mistake of being stubborn and not moving earlier because I didn't want to disrupt the kids.  Hindsight is 20/20, and there are so many shoulda woulda questions.
But right now the kids are happy, Oscar is getting the help he needs and for that I am thankful. Carissa is happy to do her homework and so is Oscar - at their other school it was a battle to get them to do it.

Ok I must go as I have to organise my pantry because well I can't find a thing and it is driving me nuts.

Toodles Kylie XXXXX

Summer Rain

3/2/2015

Good Morning and how are you this morning?

I have just read the title of this blog and have had a chuckle, only because of the GNR song with the same title and oddly enough I have the bits that I remember of that song going around in my head.
We are having another storm and there is going to be more rain, yes we need the rain and it is doing good things with dampening down very dry grass but give me a break, just rain at night please. Just so that I can get my washing dry and can you kinda make it cooler so that we don't need the Aircon on at night, I love the light show, the sound of the rain but the heat is starting to get a bit of a joke. Yet I can be sure that when Winter comes I will be wishing that it will be summer so that we can get be without the cold and the rain!!

The kids have settled into their new school well, they were so excited when they got home yesterday because they had so much to tell me.  Carissa is happy because as a grade 4 she gets to do Drama, Music, Japanese.  Oscar is able to do Music,Drama but not Japanese, I would like to get him doing music because as you know he is Dyslexic and well reading a sentence and words off the board are so much harder for him. With them learning a instrument it helps with concentration, tracking ( able to copy what is on the board and write it on a paper word for word), it also helps with relaxation.  I just hope that if he does music it is a instrument that does not require me to wear ear plugs when he is practicing!!!!!.


We had brief sunshine, it was enough to get my hopes up that I will be able to get my washing out and dry today so I am going to be brave and peg it out and hope for the best, I am certain that I will be repeating this sentence when it is winter and I am praying for a semi warm dry day so that I can get washing dry!!! might even get to take Patterson for a walk - wish me luck

Toodles Kylie XXXXXXXX

Happy but sad.

2/2/2015

Good morning and how are you today?

Well today here in Western Australia is the first day of school, for many kids it is their first time at school and for many (like us)  it is a different school.  My two were up at 6....school doesn't start till 8:30, the excitement was just to much for them, they are in classes next to each other so that is good.  Oscar was very teary when we got into class and when I left he was still crying a bit.  Carissa was fine - she is the one who I thought would be crying and upset, just hope they have got people to sit with at lunch time and at recess otherwise it is going to be a really long hard year.

We had a big thunderstorm last night and with it came a heap of rain, we are supposed to be getting another one today hope we get a bit of rain out of it because well we need the rain and well it will wet the ground a bit - we have had a few bushfires and the wetter it is the harder for the fires to take hold. Speaking of fires on the weekend there was a big fire in Waroona, this is where my In-Laws live, and it is where I lived when first married and bought Carrissa home.

 When I heard about the fires the first thing I did was turn on the TV to get updates and to my surprise none of the channels had anything about it - free to air and foxtel.  I understand that because all of the channels are controlled over east so what is programmed over there we watch, but the fact that there is a big fire bearing down on a town and the town was evacuated doesn't make for news.  They had 150 firefighters, helitanks, water trucks, volunteers on farm equipment pushing over trees digging containment lines.  Police shut the town you could get out but not in, St John Ambulance staff there ready to render assistance and still this didn't make the the TV stations interrupt the broadcast and have the breaking news. On channel 7 it would have meant interrupting the Tennis, on channel 9 it would have meant interrupting Ellen and on 10 well it was DrPhil, the ABC did have something- it was the writing across the bottom of the screen but they were more interested in the QLD election.
Since when did people stop thinking for themselves and become a collective?  Are we becoming like the Borg ( Star Trek reference) because as a collective it isn't our sole responsibility if something goes wrong, we can't think for ourselves and we certainly can't make a decision by ourselves.  So to programmers of radio,Tv GROW A BACKBONE think for yourself.  If there is something happening in your state put that on instead of what is happening in other states that has no relevance to us here in WA.

I have all of this time now and well I am not sure what to do with myself , it is so quiet with no kids fighting,yelling.  I am going to have a coffee in peace then I guess do the boring stuff like housework and get some baking done.  I expect the kids will be hungry when they get home so if I have afternoon tea ready that will make the afternoon a bit easier for them.
Tomorrow they will be able to walk to school, the first week I will walk with them and then they can walk on their own. Its not far and well it will be good for them, give them a bit of independence.

Toodles Kylie XXXXX

MIA

30/1/2015


Good Morning and how are yo all today????


I firstly want to issue an apology due to the fact I have not posted in a while, have been a bit busy with get school stuff sorted, birthday parties ( for my niece and nephew), I have been walking twice a day with Patterson - he is loving it!!.  My day generally starts at 5:30 so come 9pm I am ready for bed


Now I plan on doing a house tour and getting the kids first day Vlog, I know that the kids will be kinda excited about that one .......tee hee.  We went and got their uniforms yesterday, it is going to be great.  The uniform colours are a pale yellow and grey, so we have pale yellow polo shirts, grey shorts ( for the boys) and grey sports ( for the girls), a black hat with the school logo on it -in yellow. For sport they have a faction/house shirt and black shorts.  I am thinking for Carrissa I will get the little Netball skirts that have the built in shorts, shoes well they are allowed to wear sneakers/trainers, sandles, or appropriate footwear might even see if I can get caress to wear Mary Janes with little ankle socks especially in winter.
We are going to be going through the stationary and getting that labeled, school bags have been bought so they have to have names put on them, will get little suncreams to hang off the side of their bags same with mozzie repellent.
After 8 weeks of holidays the kids go back to school on Monday and truth be told I am going to be lost without them, I expect tears from one of the kids only because of being very shy and worried about not knowing anybody.  So I better pack some tissues!!!!, I am going to have all of the extra stuff so I will have to have a couple of carry bags to put it in wonder if Darren will be able to start work later so that he can help me and  be with the kids on their first day.

Ok must away as I have to get the usual housework done plus get some muffins and biscuits made

Toodles Kylie XXXXX

Am I horrible?

21 January 2015

Good Afternoon how are you today??

Today I discovered something about myself that I never thought was there and I am having a bit of a dilemma.  Now before you think it is something seedy it is nothing like that, I had a friend come over with her children and I realised I don't like her kids. I don't know why I don't like them, there is not one particular thing which is odd because I work with children.

23/1/2015

Hell my lovelies,

Sorry I stepped away ( I was called in to referee a argument) and didn't get back to you.

I guess I had better fill in what has been happening the last couple of days, it has been cooler ( thank goodness) because another day of mega heat and humidity and I think I may have really lost my temper with the kids.  They are so bored, they have been on holidays now for 8 weeks, yes 8 weeks. That is way to long for holidays, they are now doing things to antagonise each other and they are starting to get serious cabin fever.
The hard part is they want to be doing all of this stuff but it is now down to we have to cram it all in before they go back to school and most of the days are filled up with different appointments for all of the things you do before school goes back e.g.: eye tests, Dentist, Haircuts and we still have to go to the twins birthday which is on Australia Day traffic is going to be horrible coming home because of the Fireworks that are going to be happening. Thank goodness Darren is going to be driving because I would not be able to keep my cool, yes I tend to tell people when they are doing something stupid - like driving 10kms under the speed limit on the Freeway and you can't get in the next lane because the convoy that has built up behind you is doing the same thing.

The kids go back to school on the 2nd of Feb so I will get to enjoy the peace for a few hours till they get home, it will be nice to be able to drink a cup of coffee without hearing MARM, Leave Me Alone, Get out of my room and somebody - usually Oscar because Carrissa has hit him.  To be able to go and wander around the shops without hearing Mum I'm bored, Can I have that, I'm hungry/thirsty, I'm tired,I need to go to the toilet.

Well I am going to go to bed, because it has been one of those days and I sooooo tired
Toodles Kylie XXXXXXXXXXXX

Family Command Centre

20/1/2013

Good Morning and how are you today???

Ok you are probably wondering about the title, you see I like to think I am organised but in fact I am not.  So I figure since we are in the year of big changes for all of us we may as well get more organised and having a place for everything so that I don't fall over school bags all of the time and that is where they get put when they come from school.  I will also have a thing for mail, stuff to be posted there swell.  I have been paying attention how they are done on Pintrest ( I still don't know how to use pintrest properly and spend many hours looking at the photo's, so if you know how to use it please let me know!!!).
So today I am going to try and get some sort of plan together for getting the command centre operational, what I need and if I can use what I have already, if I need to buy some stuff it will be at the discount stores because I don't want to make this a expensive thing. The biggest thing I need to work out is location, now there are two locations and they are both good it is now a case of picking which one is better.

I am sitting here eating Salt and Vinegar chips and it is only 10:55 in the morning, I have forgotten how good they actually taste.  I couldn't eat a whole packet to myself in one sitting a handful is enough.   They would probably go very nicely with a Gin and Lemonade, is it wrong to be thinking about drinking this early in the morning?

Ok folks now I have to get heavy - seem to be doing that a great deal these days don't I?  In the following paragraphs I have expressed my opinion, and it is written with bias ( everything we write is with bias).
On Sunday night Darren and I watched American Sniper and I did enjoy it.  There was one laughable bit - where he is holding a doll pretending that it is a real baby.  Since seeing it there has been a great deal of talk about it and about Chris Kyle, I am going to add my two cents worth A: Unless you have been to War you have no right to say anything about what he went through, B: At some point everybody embellish's parts of their lives, C: At a guess the majority of what he did will never be public knowledge and D: From what I saw ( what was portrayed) he had a very hard time returning to "normal" life, he may/may not have had PTSD.
But it was clear to me that he was there to do a job, he seemed to do it well, the fact that he did four tours and then when he came home he also started working with other Veterans that shows a great deal of courage.
I guess it is the same with all "War"movies, there are those who think the "War" is being promoted and the way that the "Enemy" was spoken about, but it seems to me that they are forgetting that war is never nice and things are said and done that the public don't like.  I am not saying that it is ok what was said but that is only one side of the story what was the opposition saying about the troops that were there? I guess we will never know, but those with "expert opinions" will always be around to deliver their opinion with bias prejudice.

Chat to you later
Toodles Kylie XXXXXX

UMMM WOW

19/1/2015

Good Morning and how are you today???

Ok so yesterday I found out that a friend of mine is polyamorous not ever hearing of this I started asking questions and well it kinda spun me out.
You see she is married, has a boyfriend and she has a finance now other than the fact that it would get very complicated emotionally but I don't get how the whole thing works.  There must be a certain amount of jealousy involved, being that you are having sex with other people that you are not married to does that constitute cheating?  So I decided to a bit of digging and there is a heap of info out there on it.  Which leads me to wonder how many people in Australia consider themselves to be polyamorous, and how do they navigate the intricate details of having their other partners home and having their wife/husband go out.
I am of the theory that what people do behind their front door is their business and who am I to judge what people do with their lives, but I can't help wonder is there rules that go with it, is it the same as swinging?  If you have a relationship with a person of the same sex does that mean you are gay?
I felt so strange asking all of the questions but I had to know and I still have more questions, but how far do I go with it?  When do the questions go from being curious to plain creepy?
I get that not all people can be in a monogamous relationship but how is it any different to polygamy?

Sorry to get heavy but these are the things that have been buzzing around in my head since I found out yesterday and well I do kinda want to know.  So if anybody out there is in a polyamorous relationship and doesn't mind sharing their story please let me know.

Two weeks and the kids go back to school YAY, now I love my kids dearly but at this point they would test the patience of a saint, and that is due to them having being off for 8 weeks, so next week it will be going and getting uniforms, school bags and so forth.  I know the kids are looking forward to going to school they have had enough of being with each other and being that it has been so hot, they are stuck inside watching TV.

So life is pretty much back to normal after the move. I am quite surprised how quickly we have settled in and finding our way around.
Yesterday I had to go to Mandurah, because Carrissa was going to see a play - it was part of her Christmas present from her God-Mother.  She went and saw Alice in Wonderland, she said that it was really funny and she enjoyed it.  The drive well, the first thought was "Do I have to drive South'' then I did have a chuckle to myself we leave Mandurah and then the next week I am back there. Trying to get a park down there was hard, being that when it is hot people flock to the Foreshore and there were also markets on.  They drive so slow now I know I have only been in the "big smoke" for a week and you would think that you wouldn't notice a change that quick but you do.  Even the surroundings, I was able to see  Mandurah with fresh eyes and I noticed how tired it looked, normally when things change it is to make them look better but it seems that there is no change.

Talk to you soon
Kylie XXXX

Hot in the City

17/1/2015

Hello my lovelies and how are you today??

Well I guess the title of this post is giving it away, it is hot 38 C or 100F, so we have been hanging out in the house under the aircon vents we are heading to the beach later it is just to hot to go there now.  I love summer but I don't love skin cancer, for those that are overseas Australia has a really high rate of skin cancer so the bronzed beach grower is becoming a myth.

It has been really hot for the last couple of days so we kinda have to get everything done by 9am before the Easterly wind stops and the heat rolls in, and we haven't even reached the hottest part of summer yet.
Ok so Australia Day is coming up,so what is everybody up to?  We have a first birthday to go to south of the river and after that I have no idea, I am thinking that we may go to the beach and see if we can catch the fireworks.  Even while living in Perth ( as a 20 something) I never saw the Fireworks not sure why I think it may have had something to do with the fact that there is heaps of traffic, people full of booze and bad manners that really put me off.  It is a different story now in that it has become such a family event, there are area's that you can have a drink and it is patrolled ( heavily) by Police.
I just don't think I could spend all day sitting in my spot waiting for the Fireworks to start, I will watch it on TV, it will be a bit more comfy and I don't have to put up with other people - yes the heat is affecting my happy disposition.

Next week I am going to the school to get the kids sorted - uniforms, classes ( hope to meet the teachers),booklists.  Then it will be off to the shops to get shoes,bags and school supplies, I am looking forward to it but I'm not only because the shops are going to be packed, the kids are going to be whinging cause they are bored.  What I might do is leave them with Darren and go on Thursday night if I time it right I will get there when most families are home having dinner.

Ok I better go as I have to get the food ready for the beach,
chat to you tomorrow
Toodles Kylie XXXXXXX

Arrival

15/1/2015

Hello my lovelies and how are we today?

This is only going to be a quick post because I am still putting things away and need to get done, it is driving me bonkers.

Well we have internet, most of the boxes are unpack and life is somewhat returning to normal, well my kind of normal.
The move went smoothly its the unpacking and trying to get things put away that I am now finding hard, even though we got rid of a heap of stuff we still have way to much and probably need to get rid of some more.

I have met some Mums and kids that go to the school, and they are all really nice my kids have made some friends - which I was worried about,yes it is silly I know but it is what it is. They were so worn out last night after they had played at the park for a couple of hours with their new friends.

I have to get used to driving in the city again, it is kinda scary I have to admit. I have not driven in the city since I got my license have always driven in the country and well they drive a bit slower and let you in when you want to get across into the lane.

The house is lovely and the backyard, Stimpy and Patterson love it.  Trees to climb and lay under when it gets to hot, hide-holes to explore, nice of grass to lay on.



I need to go as I have stuff to put away, kids to feed.

Talk soon
Toodles Kylie XXXXXXX

Viral Tonsillitis

6/1/2015

Good Morning my lovelies and how are you today?

As you can see by the title we are a hot bed of infection around here, not just with Oscar but Carrissa as well.  Oscar is on Redipred because it is causing a rattle in his chest and well at this point Carrissa is just on plenty of fluid and Panadol. If it starts getting bacterial then we are on antibiotics, which I am really not wanting and if it even thinks about going bacterial I will not be happy.

So Monday is moving day, and I don't mind admitting I am a little worried.  Not about the actual move more the drive up there and making sure that I am in the right lane and get off on the right exit.
Once I have done it once I will be fine, I do tend to panic about the smallest things and then when I have done it I scold myself for being so silly and not backing myself because I am more capable than I give myself credit for.

Today is so much cooler than yesterday, it was 44C/110F Summer has arrived Perth I think today is 36C/96.8F while we still have the aircon on it does need to be as high as it was yesterday I even think that there is a storm rolling in so that will make it fairly humid and sticky.  I had a look at how hot it is going to be on moving day, it is in the low 30's so it shouldn't be to bad we will probably need to get the aircon at the new house on fairly soon after we arrive.

Hmm it seems that I have run out of stuff to say,  I suspect that my posts up until moving day will be fairly short. When we get to the new house I expect that we will be without internet for a few days.

Toodles Kylie xxxxxxx

Unwell little boy

5/1/2015

Good Morning my lovelies and how are you today??

As you can see by the title I have a unwell little boy, as I have mentioned before Oscar has Asthma so when he says that his chest is hurting, not wanting to do anything, and easily takes on board the suggestion to lie down - after he has been asleep for nearly 12 hours you kinda do have to wonder what is going on.
I hope he doesn't require a hospital visit especially considering since I have been bragging that they haven't had a Asthma related hospital visit for a while. We shall see what the day brings.

Stimpy knows that there is something big going on, she is sticking very close to home and well I found her sleeping next to my bed - she never does that because she always sleeps on Darren's side as it has the window and it is the sun. Thats going to be a strange thing for her in the new house the master bedroom does not actually have a window - it has a door but we can't leave it open because it doesn't have a screen on it and well I don't want to be eaten by bugs.

On the moving front we are now just marking time till we leave, there is not much left to pack and well that is a good thing because I couldn't do any more.  I just want to be in there and getting on with it - as you can probably tell I don't do waiting very well.

I am going to go because I want to keep an eye on Oscar and I can't do it from here
Toodles Kylie XXXXXXX

Day Off

2/1/2015

Good evening my lovelies and how was your day?

We had a day off from packing today, we have got to the point were we are very much sick of it and have lost the will to do anymore.  I think that has come about because we have been packing for what seems a long time when in reality it hasn't been that long.  There is such a big buildup to getting moved that when we get thee we will probably collapse in a heap, but I have given myself a time frame to get un-packed and sorted because I can't live all of the boxes and disorganisation.

I have done my last shift at work, I worked New Years so all the next day I was dragging myself around, I started at 10pm and finished at 3am and it was a long hard 5 hours.  I am glad I din't have many people that were so drunk they couldn't remember where they lived - yes it has happened.

We took the kids to Bounce today - for those that don't know it is a indoor trampoline centre, the kids had a ball, and well they were sound asleep by 7:30.  I found Bounce to be great value and the fact that the kids were getting exercise and they didn't even know that they were. Carissa was very red faced by the time that she had finished, and Oscar well he needed to use his Ventolin a bit but it is nothing that we can't handle or even surprised by.  It is all taken in stride these days, it is good we haven't had a hospital ( Asthma related for either of them) for a long time so touch would it is starting to get slightly better.

Trying to find things for them to do in Mandurah is really hard, because all of the stuff is in the city so you spend a hour driving there or you have to get on the train to get to the city and then catch a bus to get where you are going.  We were going to go to Adventure World ( it is a water theme park, and it also has a couple of roller coasters), for a family of 4 it is $165 just to get in the gate then you have food to buy as well, you wouldn't get much change out of $300 for that day out.  I was thinking it was a great idea to go but the price really put me off.

I must go because well I am just about to fall asleep.
Toodles Kylie XXXXX