Thunderstorms and no hubby.

19 March 2016


Hey Folks,

Well it is Saturday and I was thinking that I would get to have a nice carefree Saturday........that sounds funnier written down then when I was saying it in my head!!!!!! My Saturday will consist of the following things - doing the mountain of washing ( will almost need a oxygen tank and some climbing boots to get over it), you see I stupidly thought that Tuesday would be my day off.  Yep I know I get the day off of work and I am still expected to do the stuff at home talk about being not bloody funny, so I did have the day off and well lets just say it went as well as a pair of new lead boots in a swimming pool - I digress so I have to do all of the washing today and yep today is the day we get a thunderstorm and it means I will be putting clothes in the dryer, why couldn't it rain on Tuesday after I had washed the car - they did forecast it, I swear the people that are in the Met department throw a dart at a board and say yep that is the weather for today and then piss themselves laughing as we all scramble to get stuff done and it doesn't rain.  In all fairness they did mange to get it right today and I did have a bit of fore warning - there were black clouds in the sky and I did hear thunder.

So this is what I have to achieve today - get the washing done, clean both bathrooms and toilets, pack the caravan up for our holiday, go and get the present for tomorrows party - Miss 10 is going to a birthday party, make sure the kids scout uniforms and mine are ready for the hike tomorrow, get the ironing done and the dusting.
So far I have managed to have a cup of coffee and look outside at the clouds, the rain and wish I had a maid so that I didn't have to do housework.

As I mentioned in the title Hubby is away and the worst part of that is this trip seems to be on a weekend when we have a shit load of stuff happening.  Last night was a school disco, busy as today and tomorrow and I have to deal with the kids on my own, yes I know they are my kids and I do love them to death but you know what they drive me bat crap crazy some days - I am sure they figure out how to push me so close to the edge without actually going over it.  It is all a ploy to get me to let them watch TV so that I get peace and I have to admit most of the time it works.
But today I am going to be strong and not weaken...............that is even funnier than a carefree Saturday, I think I might try doing stand up!!!!!!!!
So while he is away doing whatever it is that he does I am here doing battle with two kids, a thunderstorm, scout uniforms, birthday present and my addiction to coffee and chocolate - I have recently discovered the addiction to chocolate and from the research that I have done I have a feeling that I am well on my way to becoming a chocaholic, so I am going to leave you now so I can go and have another coffee, scale the mountain of washing that needs to be done an with this thought of the day - Chocolate shrinks your clothes.

Toodles XXX

WTF

15 March 2016

Hi there, you are probably wondering why I am typing this on a Tuesday morning well as I mentioned in the last post I am dropping down to 4 days at work and Tuesday is my day off YAY - I seem to have a full day of stuff to do.

Ok you are probably wondering about the title and trust me I mean WTF, so on Sunday the aircon shit itself and it was once again bloody hot and yesterday it was hotter than a snakes ass in a wagon rut -it was 40c and dropped to 226c last night.  To make matters worse we were getting a thunderstorm - we got a couple claps of thunder, a couple bits of lightning, and a few drops of rain.  So I text the landlord ( first time), the second time I rang them, then third time when hubby got home and had a look at the problem ( the aircon isn't working and it is hot it doesn't need any explanation) so we are chatting away and then the words are said - I know you work so I will have to come and let myself in with the repair man, now I am used to getting the what do you do all day speech when I was a SAHM but to get the you work and well it is a problem because you can't be there to do the job that I have to do speech is a little hard to take.  In Australia if you are a SAHM you seem to be a second class citizen, you don't work so there for you are not contributing to society in any way.

When did being a SAHM become some sort of disease rendering isolation, judgement and generally loss of respect?, I used to think it was in the 60's when women started burning bra's and hating men.  It then hit me it wasn't then - Germain Greer once said "I never said women could have it all ( and your a bloody fool to believe it if they can) I was saying they should have a choice, a choice to work or a choice to stay at home. Yes society has changed and yes women have a great many choices and we have a damn long way to go to get to the equal work equal pay, and the rate at which we are payed but as a person who has been on both sides of the fence when is being a SAHM or housewife going to become respected once again or has society slid to far down the rabbit hole of not offending, political correctness that if we dare have a opinion we are likely to be trolled, have death threats, and be shamed on social media or the world to see?.

This didn't start out to be a opinion about feminism - I do believe that women should be payed equally and have better representation, I do believe that women should be able to choose weather she wants to have the career or be a SAHM ( if funds permit), what I don't believe in is women bitching at other women because they are a working mum or a SAHM.  What I don't believe in is being made to feel like I am not a member of society because I chose to contribute by raising two children who are going to carry my legacy of being contributing members of society, I do believe women have a choice, a choice to be able to do what they want to , a choice to dream, a choice to decide who they love and a choice to be themselves.

Well I chose to be a a SAHM and I chose to go back to work, did I choose to miss out on my kids school events, sports days, not being able to spend time in class with them before the bell goes? In a way I did and that was my choice, would I choose to be a SAHM once again if I could hell yes, would I choose to make my opinion heard probably not but it is my choices in my life that shape my life and the lives of people around me.  So it comes down to this ladies, gentleman, the choices we make are going to affect lives but at the time of making those choices we are doing the best we can for us and the people who we are connected with, don't be afraid to make a choice and don't be afraid to dream big - if you don't reach for the stars then you will be too afraid to climb.  So with that being said my friends climb and make choices, if you choose to work while having children or stay at home remember you are doing the best you can right here right now.
I am now off to wake up the kids, have my second cup of coffee and enjoy my day off.
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I am so sorry and living in planer decision hell

12 March 2016

Hi there,

I am so sorry that I have not posted in ages, life has become exhaustingly busy, it seems that I fall into bed at night barely able to keep my eyes open and then before I know it morning has arrived and I have to get up and start all over again.

There have been some big changes that have happened, first of all I have stopped being a Tupperware Consultant, I love the product and believe in it but I was finding it hard to to go out and do a party to the point where it was becoming a chore.
I have dropped down to 4 days a week at work, I found that I couldn't keep up with the housework and it was getting to the point of where I was cleaning all weekend and never got to do anything.
I have become a Cub Scout leader, this year I have decided that I am going to get out of my comfort zone and my first outing as a leader had me doing something with heights and it was not till I was halfway ( I was on a zip line) across that the though of what happens if this breaks entered my head and then before I new it the ride was over and I had Cubs coming towards me with big grins on their faces eager to do it again.
My hair is a different colour - it is redder than it normally is.  In fact it has started to fade a bit and blend in with my chocolate brown hair.

One of the things that has happened since I posted last was two rounds of forced redundancies at the company where my husband works, he still has a job but he is now doing the work of 7 people and is stressed out to the max. So I am taking on extra things to help him out - going to scout meetings, do scout work for him.

I am on the hunt for a new planner, I have a Kikki K at present, and I am finding that the binder rings get in the way.  Now I have had a Erin Condren before and have been looking at the Plum Paper Planner and the Lime life Planner.  From Lime life I also considered getting the inserts that you can get for planners that are ring bound, so I am a bit of a pickle because I don't know which one to get.  I had also considered buying a Plum Paper/Lime life/Erin Condren and cutting them down to size so that I can fit them into my Kikki K planner  then with that thought in mind I was why would I spend all of that money to get a beautiful planner and pull it apart.  I think it was Plum Paper that you can order it but not have it bound so that you could put it in to a Kikki K/Filofax if you so desired. Now I don't decorate my planner I use it to plan my weeks and so that I can make sure that I don't miss appointments.
 I take it to work with me so that if I get a personal call that means I have to make a appointment or am asked what I am doing I can have a look and give answer.
The thing I like the most about the planner I have at the minute is that it lays flat when you open ( the pages don't bunch up), it has sections for me to take notes at meetings and the fact that it is a really pretty blue and is padded.  What I don't like is the fact that I can't buy ( in Australia) different layouts, dividers or little bits to go with it unless you spend hours walking from store to store having surly shop assistants say we don't have that in but we can get it from tis store and we will ring you when it comes in.

So last week Miss 10 and Master 9 bring home a note saying they are having a school disco and they have to come dressed as something begining with P.  Master 9 said he wanted to go as a Punk thats cool we can cobble together a costume that does not require me to sew,hot glue what so ever.  Miss 10 decides she wants to go as Poison Ivy red wig and all.  Now I thought that i could make it and then reality set in.  I would have to try and find the following items : green dance shorts, green tights, green/black ballet flats ( that could be worn after the event so I was kinda going for black), a red wig, green lipstick, green glitter for the mask and also a mask, fake ivy ( I would have to cut the leaves off the garland).
Try as I might I could not change her mind - I would also like to point out that the week before Miss 10 came home and said that she needs a purple tutu,wand,shirt,wings for her assembly, so we went to a costume shop with the thought in mind that we could hire the costume as it would be much cheeper.  Well the costume shop didn't have a childs costume they only had Adult costumes - she looked like a right slapper in the hire costume and it was about then I started to loose my grip on reality and started to tell her that she can go in her PJ's ( it starts with P), and that it might even be better if I went and bought a costume.  So this morning we drove to spotlight got the wings, the tutu so that she could be atired correctly for her assembly when I snapped and told her that she is wearing that to the disco because she is going as a purple pixie.
Then it was off to Kmart to see if we could get a purple leotard ( it was at this point I started to swear under my breath, curse the person who decided on this theme - I have since found out that the original theme was going to be you tube stars, miss 10 watches mine-craft, cat and dog videos on you tube) so kmart does have a purple leotard unless you are under the age of 4, so we went and got a white singlet from the ladies section for her to wear.  We get home and she turns to me and says I think I might go in my PJ's to the disco, now before we go onto the fact that I was considering having a stiff drink and the fact that it was 11am.  So instead of having the drink I am here to announce that I quit....I quit being a adult, I am going back to being a child so from now on all arguments will be settled by me sticking my tongue out, I will be back after recess and if you smelt it you dealt it.