Clothes Shopping

25 November 2017

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Yesterday I went clothes shopping - I needed to buy office attire as I don't have any, well it wasn't the easiest experience and I remembered why I hate clothes shopping.  Now I am not average height ( thats the first problem), second I am now classed as a average size ( 16) now with that being said every size 16 isn't cut as a 16 and some are bigger some are smaller.  So after many hours of wandering around the shops and with a pounding head-ache I came home.  Yes I did find some clothes and I also got some shoes.......shhhh hubby doesn't know about that as I didn't show those bags.

 But I have to say the shop that I thought would have the most work wear didn't, the store that I thought would have heaps of good sales didn't and the clothes that I did get have made me want to join a gym so that I can fit into the mould that has been pushed by fashion designers and the clothing buyers for the stores.
 I now understand why many people shop on the internet - so they don't have to go to the shops and try and fit into clothes that are made for ladies who are tall and slim. I would like to see the designers take models of many sizes and body shapes  into account when they put a collection together, but then if that was done they would loose money and would go out of business.  I guess that is why I have started wearing more and more rockabilly dresses - there are some companies who dresses specifically for us plus size girls.

So on Monday I start my full time job, this will be my first ever full time job - unless you count staying home and looking after the kids.  Now I am excited but I am also terrified, I am terrified because it is unknown, I am going to be taken out of my comfort zone and I am going to have to let the reigns ( on the kids) go and trust them to get themselves sorted. Now being that my 2 can't remember to brush their teeth in the morning ( I have to remind them) I think that I have cause for worry.

So on my last weekend as a lady of leisure I am getting all of the laundry done and trying to have some time off - its not working. Yes I am getting the laundry done, but time off I guess I am never really off duty.  So as I type this I remember that I have washing in the machine that needs to be pegged out and school uniforms to wash.

I will try and post during the week but please be patient if I don't - the weekend is looking very good for posting.

Toodles XXXXXX

UMMMMMMMM

23 November 2017


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Proud Mummy Moment, I found out yesterday that Carrissa's reading and Comprehension age is 15 she is reading 3 years above her actual age - now that is bloody brilliant  and I couldn't have been prouder of her.  She is in the top three at school in that area, maths on the other hand well we won't discuss that as it is kinda disappointing but learning is hard and not everybody gets it.  The switch will flick for her one day and then all of the concepts she struggles with will become so much clearer.

OK so here is the deal, about a month ago I applied for a Full time job, went for he interview was told I had the job and then there was nothing - it is a Government Job.  So I rang them last week and well the contract had changed but I still had the job and I start on the 27 of this month - that is on Monday.

   First of all I am freaking out cause I am going to be working full time, secondly I am freaking out because I am not sure how I am going to be able to mange to do the following - keep up with the laundry, ironing, keeping the house clean, the baking, cooking of the meals. I have never worked full time before - it has always been part time so that I can be home for the kids, and still do everything.  So for all of the Mum's out there that do work full time how the hell do you do it? I have been getting up earlier than I usually do so that my body is in the routine and is able to cope with the fact that I am starting work at 8am - will have to be out the door by 7am because of the traffic.

So I am rushing around trying to get stuff done this week so that come Monday morning I can leave the house knowing that I have left Hubby and the kids with not much to do.  My head is in a fog, I don't know where to start and I need to start thinking logically about it all.  So with that being said, I am going to start the laundry write my shopping list and menu plan.

Toodles Kylie XXXXXX

I'm not ready for this

22 November 2017

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This morning I have had to do something that I new would happen but honestly wasn't prepared for it.  I had to take Carrissa to High School today, she is doing a bridging class ( there is a huge difference between Western Australian and Victoria Education standards, and WA is behind) now this is going to be going on in the school year - it gets put in her timetable.
So dropping her off ( I hung around for as long as possible) I kinda had the thought she is soo little, I can't believe that she is going to high school next year, Oscar is in his last year of Primary School next year and then he will be off to high school and before I know it they will be Graduating and going off into the big wide world without me.

They are not going to need me to help them as much, won't need me to tie shoe laces, pack their lunch and that is kinda scary.  Now I am not a helicopter parent if the kids fell over I would pick them up dust them off give them a cuddle and then send them off to play - and they generally did what caused them to tumble.  I never wrapped them in cotton wool, I let them play in the dirt, l let them try things I didn't wish the time away but now I am wishing that I could wind the time clock back just so I could have more time with them.

After reading that it makes it sound like I am heading into a mid-life crisis, I don't think it is.  I am just not ready for the next chapter of my life, now I don't plan on becoming mutton dressed as lamb, getting a sports car or doing anything like that but I am left to wonder how I am supposed to deal with the kids growing up so fast, them not needing me as much.  Yes they still need me but now it is going to be different I am going to have to transition to being a friend and not the boss.......how do I do that?
I think my first step is realising that I have kept the little humans alive this long and to relax the reins, it is now time to guide them and hope that they go the right way instead of dragging them along.

So now I am going to have a coffee and quietly sob in the corner as I look at baby photos of the kids

Toodles xxxxxx

When it rains it pours

20 November 2017

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What a week we have had, last week I had Oscar at the Drs because he was complaining that his ears were sore ( he has a history of ear infections), Hubby told me that he has to fly back to Perth for a couple of days - he left on Sunday, Oscar is complaining of constant nausea, I was awake at 2am this morning and then up at 5:30 and I have made two loaves of bread and neither has turned out.  The first didn't rise properly, the second did rise but didn't cook properly in the middle.  So I am going to have to throw both of those out and start again.

The weather is  glorious here at the minute and I am loving it.  The sun is out, there is a gentle breeze its not to hot - I think it is going to get to 28C today my type of weather. The birds were singing very early this morning I think that is why I was awake so early. Daylight saving is good in this regard - it is still sunny later and we are less inclined to sit in front of the telly and we are eating later so we are not snacking - I have found that my clothes have been shrunk!

Well Christmas is just around the corner and for once I have actually started getting organised, I have most of my Christmas cards written, I have the food that we are having planned,I have most of my decorations sorted and have planned out how I want it to look,  I am still struggling with what to get the kids - Carrissa wants Lego but the one she wants is $150 but it will keep busy for ages, Oscar wants a fit bit.  I did tell them that this year it will be one big present and lots of little bits and pieces, the thing is I don't know what bits and pieces to get and I don't want to go over board because I want the kids to realise that its not about presents but about being together and remembering the true meaning of Christmas. They need to realise that there are people who are not able to be with their loved ones on Christmas and there are those who can't afford to have a Christmas meal or presents so I think that I will have to get then to figure out how they can make somebody's Christmas a bit more special.

Ok that is all for today, Toodles xxxxxxxx

Should we be worried.........

November 10 2017

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You may be wondering what this post is going to be about and it is about a topic that is more than likely going to cause some discussion.  Now normally my stance on Politicians is that they  all lie, the the only way they can get a lie straight is if they had a pine board strapped to their back.

As those who read this blog know that read this Blog know I am in Australia and we are Allies with the United States of America we watched the electoral race - I remember where I was when they were counting the votes and making projections.  When it was announced that Mr Trump had been Elected my first instinct was to cry, my first thought was the world has just changed and we will never recover.  The day after the results the world felt - well my part of the world felt different and then all of the news reports of the protests of people holding signs saying he is not my President, immigration websites of Canada and Australia crashing seemed to bring home the reality of the situation.

As time went on I became more upbeat, I understood why he got voted in and I sincerely hoped that he would do a good job.  Then as time went I started to wonder if this man  who cannot seem to control what he says on twitter, in speeches to Scouts, doesn't seem to be able to negotiate his way though some high profile meetings of foreign leaders was the one for the job.  There were brief moments where there was a glimmer of hope and then he manages to say something and the light dies.  As this squabble with North Korea escalates I can't help but think that he has done more to add fuel to the fire than to hose it down  to the point where my son is terrified  that Australia is going to be bombed and for a 11 year old to be thinking that instead of wondering if Batman is better than Superman is not good.  You see North Korea's biggest supporter is China which is on our doorstep, it used to be that Australia was so far out of the way that there would be no chance of us being attacked but that has changed and well it is very scary.

So Mr Trump please please pull your head in, stop inflaming the situation by tweeting rants, going off script that the speech writers have spent many hours working on.  Please be the President that I know you can be, one that is uniting the world not one who is trying to tear the world apart.  I know you want to make the USA great again but do it by being proactive - embrace changes in the many different colours that make up America, yes start producing things in America again but remember those people that make the products you use come in all shapes, sizes, colours, religions, economic backgrounds and gender.
Please remember that you work for the government you don't run the government, get out onto the street, talk to the people - not just as their President, not as a Billionaire but as their neighbour somebody that they can respect.


I promise that this is going to be my last foray into the political areena, and on Monday I will be back to my normal self.

Toodles XXXXXXX

Adoption

9 November 2017

Hi and Welcome to Kylie's Life, todays post is going to be something out of left field, you see I have always know that Hubby and I were meant to have more children than we do.  At the time of having my two - they are not even 12 months apart, I was struggling badly.  Sleep was hard to come by, I wasn't eating properly - I just didn't feel hungry I needed help ( the Dr wanted to put me in hopsital but I said "no because then people would know there is something wrong) and by the time help had arrived I had gone in search of my own , found a routine and stuck to it - which helped greatly, I was able to control certain things and that made it so I didn't feel like my world was going to spin out of control, I joined a plagroup so that I was out of the house talking to other Adults and my kids got to play with other kids around the same age and so  it was then that we made the decision that we weren't going to have any more children.  It was through going to playgroup and my routines ( some of which I still do to this day) helped me get out of the black hole that I was in, now this is not going to work for everyone and if you feel like you can't cope please get some professionl help, talk to somebody.
I have always had in the back of my mind about adoption and I have broached the subject with Hubs at first he was dead against it but now I think he is starting to warm to the idea and give it a great deal of thought.

So I have ben researching it, finding out the process and at the same time wondering what the hell has gotten into me and if I am doing the right thing.  The rate of infant adoption are so low and the need for permanent care places a huge amount is needed.
 The difference between permanent care and adoption is the birth certificate thats it, and when the child is 18 he or she can then decide if they want their birth certificate changed.  The financial responsibilities are the same, the care is the same, the love for the child/ren is the same  I guess for me I am finding it harder to get my head around the fact that the child/ren are not going to have my last name.  Now you may think in todays day and age that is not going to make much difference but it is the sense of this is my family, our last name kinda connects us all together in one small way - a sense of belonging kinda like being part of the wolf pack for Mowgli ( Cub Scout reference sorry), so for the time being I am going to leave it up to the 7 gods ( GOT reference ) .  Am I wrong in this?  The kids keep asking for another baby brother or sister and being that I am unable to have any more children am I being selfish?  These are the questions that have been going around and around in my head, along with how is this going to affect the kids, how is this going to affect our extended family, how is this going to affect our immediate family, am I going to jump every time the phone rings, how am I gong to feel when we are matched and then the birth mother says she wants to parent her baby.  I guess the emotional side was never considered and that is something that I am going to have to really think on.

What are your thoughts? Have you been through the adoption process? Are you currently going through it?

Oh Lord please give me patience

8 November 2017

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Ok so here it is this morning Carrissa is crying, and we aren't talking the TV cry we are talking the ugly cry where your face is red, tears are rolling down her face and the snot is running out of her nose. She is very tired because she was up for most of the night because she kept going to the toilet - it seems she had tummy ache. But she is also at the age where puberty really kicks in, she has a little "period pack" in her bag and to be honest I am expecting a phone call from the school saying come and get her.

So Oscar is off his crutches - thank goodness, on the weekend he was out scooting up and down the street.  Hubby and I told him to be careful and go easy being that he has just hurt it and been on crutches for a week.  He didn't hurt it and was out for hours with the kids in the street.
He spent time out in the shed with Hubby building a seat out of wood pallets and he was having a blast - he figured out that he was doing school work ( he was having to measure angles and do measuring)  but he was having the best time.  I don't think he spent any time on his ipad for the whole weekend - which is great.

I really need to get my butt into gear and get back to menu planning and budgeting, I have kind gone off the rails and it is making me feel out of control.  I don't like not knowing what I am going to be serving for dinner, and what food I am buying for the fortnight.  I try and stretch the $$$ on the food budget - I don't have to buy bread now, I buy fruit and veg at the market - it is way fresher and last's longer.  I also need to take into account the fact that Oscar doesn't like some of the stuff Carrissa likes ( vice versa) Hubby doesn't like some stuff and doesn't really do left overs. This is going to be difficult.

Ok must away as I have a very busy day today - laundry needs to be folded, pegged out on the clothes line, bathrooms and toilets cleaned,ironing to be done.  It seems that the minute I finish, I have to start all over again!!!.

Toodles XXXXXX

Long Weekend

November 5th 2017


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This weekend in Melbourne is a long weekend for some, you see on Tuesday it is the Melbourne Cup - it is a horse race that stops the Nation.  It is 2 1/2 minutes where Australia stops, the day where ladies where new frocks fascinators and heels. The men are required to wear suits - to the track, office sweep stakes are run, lunches are held and it is generally enjoyed by most.  But  there are many who drink to excess, forget that they have to put rubbish in the bins that are provided and the race track is left looking like a rubbish tip.  I would like to go to Melbourne Cup whilst here but have ben told you don't get to see anything, the lines to the toilets are far to long, the lines to get food are far too long and the food is vastly overpriced.  Last year I was in Perth so I spent the day at a friends, the sun was shinning, lunch consisted of plates of nibbly bits and there were some alcoholic beverages if you chose to drink them - I took Ginger Beer and Lemon Lime and Bitters as I had children to pick up from school and the police were out in force doing RBT - Random Breath Testing.

So as I was saying that it is sort of a long weekend for those of us in Melbourne - you see on Tuesday it is Cup day and most people are taking the Monday off as well so for some it is going to be a very short week, and hubby is one of the lucky ones who has a 4 day weekend.

Toodles XXXXX

oh crap

3 November 2017


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Well today is going to be a warts and all post, as you know we moved across the country, now we took a hug financial hit doing that. You see I don't have a job  yet and my Hubby is having to cover all of the costs and well his wage is not stretching as far as it did in Perth - I had a job so it meant we had a little bit of a buffer.

This move was supposed to be the one that set us up so that we could get a little bit comfortable and not have to worry as much and well I have to say that so far it is not happening.  I can't help but wonder what I have done wrong in a past life to be getting all of this crappy luck that we have been having. I started my Vision Board with the things that I want to happen but at the minute I am not feeling positive about them because I am so stressed about not being able to stretch the $$$$ as far as they are supposed to - if I stretch them any further they are going to snap back and leave a huge welt on my ass.  As a mother and wife it is my job to make sure the wage stretches, do I swallow my pride and ask my Mum for a bit of help to get us out of the hole for this month?  I am a 40 something year old women who is looking at the prospect of having to run to her Mum for some financial aid and frankly that is not sitting well with me.  So other than selling my body or a kidney - my body has born two kids and had a heap of pizza so its not in the best shape and my kidney well that has had to filter a quantity of alcohol in its adult life so it probably wouldn't be in the best shape either!!.

Never having to ask for help I don't know if I can now, I have always managed to find a way to get through. Hindsight is proving to be a wonderful thing at the minute and I can't help wonder what if at this present moment in time but it was once pointed out to me that living in the past never gets you anywhere because you always have to keep moving forward.
 So that brings me to my next thought how can we move forward and what can be done so that we are never in this position again? Do I buy a Lotto ticket and hope for the best along with every other Lotto buying adult in Australia? or do I pick myself up by the bootstraps and really start playing to my strengths and stop this woa is me?  Well I am going to do both, I am going to make sure that we are never short of money again- see positive thinking already,  and that we have have the life that we deserve.  I don't mean fancy cars, overseas holidays and a fancy house I mean enough money behind us so that we don't have to stress, enough money so that I can say to the kids yes we can go and get that instead of saying no you are going to have to wait till next pay day and to be able to go out for dinner once a fortnight without having to worry if there is enough money in the account to be able to pay for it.

All I need to do now is figure out how I am going to do this.

Toodles XXXXX

Not again

2 November 2017

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Wow so much has happened since I last posted first of all I had my birthday yes it is official I am now 40 something - you all thought I was going to reveal my age but sorry not going to happen!!!
So we all went out to dinner and it wasn't to a flash restaurant it was to the local one pub that has a buffet and I enjoyed that more than any meal I have had. The best presents I received was a book of Christmas stuff from Kikki K - from the kids, and a Christmas planning workshop at Kikki K from hubby.  Now I can probably hear you say why the Christmas stuff well as you know we have moved across the country so this is going to be the first Christmas where I have to do everything - usually we all descend on my In-Laws and chaos ensues with the ripping of paper, food being pulled out of the oven, dishes being done, food on the BBQ, the aircon being on so the table decorations are fluttering to the ground - it is a really great day.

So this year I have to get my butt into gear and get Christmas cards written and posted, the house decorated, the gifts wrapped, food cooked - I am going to be doing trials of the things I have never done before so that I don't poison anybody!!!!.   While it is only going to be Hubby and the kids I need to make this Christmas extra special.

Oscar fell off his scooter and is on crutches - it just happens to be the foot that he broke last year, then sprained when he was out of his moon boot and off his crutches.
So they are thinking that it may just be soft tissue damage but if he still can't weight bear next week he has to have a CT scan to find out what is wrong.

I was offered a fulltime job but don't have a start date yet, I am starting to get the feeling that I am never going to start there and the universe is trying to tell me that I am meant to stay at home .  Now if that is the case I have no objection and I can use the time to get the house in order, improve my cooking and crafting skills because honestly that have become so bad that even Patterson - 4 legged fur baby looks at some of the food and is "I'm not eating that", my scones lets just say if I had been alive in WW11 and they shot them out of a cannon it would have been a short war!!! now being that I am from farming stock and grew up in the country being able to make scones is pretty much in necessary skill - so glad I didn't marry a farmer!!

I have started wearing my 50's inspired dresses again, I feel normal in them, over here people don't stare at you and make you feel like you are the odd person out now if my house looked like I dressed then I would be very very happy.  I would love to have a phone attached to the wall, a big free standing oven - the one that I have picked for my house has two oven's in one and a gas cook top, a cottage style garden, a white picket fence, lemon tree in the back yard, sheets flapping on the line.  I think I was born 20 years to late - I would even change my name if I could, I remember telling my Mum that I would have made a better Rose than Kylie.  I think that if I had the chance I would dress the kids and decorate the house in the era I really belong in, is that wrong or am I just somewhat slightly strange?

Toodles XXXX

Is it hot or is it me?

16 October 2017

Hi and Welcome to Kylie's Life, today the hot weather arrived.......finally but we are not going to have it for long.  In a couple of days we will be back to cold weather and rain :(.
So it will be getting the pasty white legs out so that get a bit of sun, might have to get out some dresses and skirts.  I am not looking forward to putting them back untill the weather gets warmer again.

Ok so it is my birthday in 7 days and while I am glad it is my birthday I feel like there is something going on, I think here is something being planned and it is starting to send me mental wondering what it could be.
I have no issue with getting older, I am not one of those women who is going to start denying her age, I may start putting a colour in my hair because I find the odd grey but other than that I am cool with it.

The kids are fighting......again and its not even over anything important, its over what to watch on TV.  I swear that they are the ones that are giving me the grey hair!.

Its a new day

13 October 2017




Hi and Welcome to Kylies life, as most of you know we have been unwell.  I was over my cold in two days, Hubby took longer and Oscar is still having the lingering effects.  He did end up in ED but once he got some Prednisilone  ( Redipred, it is a steriod that opens up the broncial tubes so that he can breathe easier) he was fine.

Yesterday I bought a bread maker, the first loaf of bread has been made and we are 4 slices into its consumption!!! I bought a bread maker because I spend a fortune on bread, I want to try and cut down on what I have to buy at the grocery store and I figure that making my own I can add ingredients - fruit, nuts, chia seeds, psylium husk and so forth.  This is going to go hand in hand with my menu planning and becoming a more effective house wife and mother, I am working on the theory that it is a new city a fresh start.  I would like to say that I am going to be able to be a SAHM but the reality of the situation is I need to work - unless I win lotto! So I need to look at ways of making my life a wee bit easier. Now I can hear you say if you want your life to be easier why did you buy a bread maker so here is the plan, on the weekend I want to get at least four loaves of bread made and if I get one made every second day then we are not going to run out of bread, I have been able to control what goes into the bread and I have made it myself.


Making it myself is becoming more important to me, so I am knitting a scarf , I am not a fast knitter so I figure if I start it now that it will be ready for winter, my goal is to make scarves and beenies for troops that are serving overseas and for babies in hospital - hospitals can never have enough beenies and booties for babies.  I also wouldn't mind learning how to sew, I really like the 50's and buying clothes that are reproductions from that era are very expensive so sewing them myself will be cheaper and I will get a great sense of achievement.
But first is to get the scarves and beenies knitted, and to figure out how to get them to the appropriate place I guess the first place I should contact is the RSL they should be able to help they may even be able to put me in touch with the local CWA.

So today Carrissa gets home from camp, Oscar has missed her so much but I am pretty sure that within a hour of her being home they will be fighting.....it will be like she had never left :(.  I do wonder when they will get to the stage when they don't fight and do actually get along I am getting worn down with their constant bickering and the fact that they can't entertain themselves - without watching a electrical device. It makes me wonder if there is a way off the slippery slope and if I can turn it around before it is too late?, is it to late once they have already become so used to using electronic devices for entertainment?.  Maybe if we start with some little changes so that they don't go into elctronic device withdrawl and go bat crap crazy.

The weather has changed again, we had a week of spring and now we are back to winter, I knew that the weather changes heaps in Melbourne but this is not funny.  I feel like I am in long pants all of the time and I am desperate to get into my dresses, skirts and summer shirts. Maybe I should just wear them and put cardigans and stockings with them.

Ok thats all for now toodles xxxxxxx

You have got to be kidding me

9 October 2017

Hi and Welcome to Kylie's Life, ok so this week has started not great Hubby is sick - he has a bad cold, Oscar now has it and I am starting to get it and to top that off there are warnings out for Thunderstorm Asthma.  Now I hear you asking what Thunderstorm Asthma is well it is when there is a Thunderstorm and it whips up the pollen and it somehow breaks it down so that the pollen is finer, so it enters the airways easier and causes the reaction - both Oscar and Hubby both have Asthma. So having a cold and Asthma is not the best but then throw in the Thunderstorm that makes it even worse.

Oscar and Carrissa are going on a camp this week - well Carrissa is, Oscar is not going anywhere.  Carrissa is excited to go but is kinda worried about Oscar at the same time, they  fight ( like normal siblings) but when you seperate them they will be sitting cuddled up and Carrissa will be mothering Oscar and he will be lapping it up.

I have been offered a job that will in essence mean me working full time, I have yet to sign the contract.  It will mean a quiet alot of changes and I am trying to figure out how I am going to juggle it all.  I am sure that if I have a specific routine and stick to it that I will be able to keep everything happening.

Ok that is all for today - I am feeling in need of a cup of tea and a lie down and it is only 9:40 am, sleep was not a thing that came easily last night.

Toodles xxxx

Oh the places you will go

4 October 2017

Hi and Welcome to Kylie's Life, yes I know it has been a while since I sat and did this blog and to be honest I did fall out of love with it for a long time and I think that is because in a way I did not have anything to say - which for me very rarely happens.

Ok so I will catch you up on what has happened, as you know I started working, we had moved to Perth, then the owners of the house wanted to sell it now we looked at buying it and it was just to far out of our budget so we did find a house to buy.  It meant that the kids had to move schools - which was hard on them but to soften the blow we bought a house with a pool.  So 5 days before Christmas 2016 we moved into our new home, the kids started at their new school in the new school year- the school only had 150 students, I was still at my job, had become a Cub Scout Leader, completed a Certificate 3 in Business and was just about to start a Certificate 4 in Frontline Management.  So everything is travelling along nicely.

I had finished work early one day and asked if Hubby wanted to meet up for a late lunch, while at this lunch he mentioned that he had a rather interesting conversation with his boss, it was at this point my heart started to race and pound in my ears - yes I feared the worst, believe me when he said the next thing I was stunned.  He said there was a job opening in head office and that the boss asked if he was interested in the role ( I was so excited for him) the problem was head office is in Melbourne Victoria - which is on the other side of the country.

Now that was a problem we talked about it for ages without letting the kids know what was going on, I looked at houses to rent - I didn't want to buy in the wrong area and if we didn't like Melbourne and wanted to go back to Perth we would have a house that we would either have to rent out or sell.
Looked at schools and to be honest the more I looked the more confused I became, to the point where I said "I  just can't look anymore, you decide where we are going to be".  So eventually the day came where we told the kids, and the family. My Mum was so excited and encouraged us to go for it, my Dad was not happy about it at all, and even said "When are you going to stop moving", it wasn't until a month later that he said "I think it is a good move and give you my blessing" to which he was told " We are going weather you give your blessing or not.  Hubby's family were accepting of the idea of us leaving, but in reality I don't think the fact we were moving to the other side of the country really set in until the day it came to pack the Sea Container.

So the 2nd of July we left Perth to drive across the country to start our new lives, now it took 2 days to get out of Western Australia - and they say Texas is big!!, now they were days where we drove between 8 and 10 hours. Driving across Australia well the most uninteresting part is driving across the Nullabore - it is a road that is straight, and nothing to see either side of the road.  There were Semi's, Caravan's and they didn't come along with any regularity, there was even a point where my back became sore, my butt became slightly numb and I started making up the words to a song that was on.
So after driving through South Australia - that took 1.5 days, then into Victoria - our first night in Victoria was spent in a town called Dimboola, when we left in the morning the temp outside outside was -1 and ice on the windsheild.  So we drove into Melbourne and for me it was a white knuckle ride as I lost Hubby, now that is not as easy as you think considering he was towing a caravan but the fact of the matter is I wasn't prepared for the traffic and the trams. So we made it to the house - without me causing a accident, and wanting to turn tail and head back to Perth.  Besides the fact that the kittens had just spent the last 5 days in the back of the car and were desperate to get out, I had listened to the same 6 CD's for the last 2 days, I was actually excited to start the new adventure.

So after a day the sea container arrived and we got unpacked, so hubby went back to work and I was taking care of the things at home - school uniforms, getting dentist's, Doctors organised, getting winter clothes.  Now you may think hmm she is in Winter and they don't have winter clothes and I will explain why- you see Perth in Winter is not as cold as winter in Melbourne, the need for flauffy sheets, thick jackets, and beenies is not really an issue in Perth in Melbourne - even the locals were complaining how cold it was.
On the plus side we did get to do something that you would never get to do on the west coast and that was to see snow.  So now it is school holidays, school goes back next week for the final term, I am trying to find a full-time job, and we are experiencing daylight saving ( for the first time) and a Melbourne spring.

Tooodles xxxx

I love my children, I love my children, I love my children...............

2 March 2017



Hey Folks,

As you can probably tell by the title the kids are starting to see how far they can push me before I loose my shit completely.
So as you know Master 10 is unwell, and the fact that it is humid, with thunderstorms today isn't helping so yesterday he said that his chest is feeling tight and as the day wore on he said it was getting worse.  So about 3pm I went ok we will go to the hospital, I was delaying before then because I have a thing for taking up bed space only to be told it is nothing. True to form the wheeze that he had all day was gone by the time we actually got to see a Dr, and we were put in before people that had been sitting there for a great deal longer than us.
Now I am not angry at Master 10 for getting ill, I am angry at the situation because I new that hospital was not going to be needed but I could also see that he was getting distressed by the whole thing.

Now while we are sitting in hospital and driving to hospital Miss 11 is crackin the shits, I am not talking the usual 11 year old pre-puberty tanti I am talking a full on loosing her shit tanti.  Now I am trying to stay calm through the whole thing, then I snapped I told here unless she cut it out I would give her such a ass whoopin that her teeth would rattle and that she would be whooped into Sunday.  When I get to that stage she knows she has pushed me to far and stopped for a while  Then she started again, then Master 10 started it was there in the hospital I considered asking the Dr to give me something to drown out the the little humans that are whinging and giving me the shits ( he did ask if there were any questions, or anything else that he could help with) being that I missed my chance I went to KFC instead and that shut the kids up.

So it was then come home feed the kittens, the dog, get the kids in the shower, eat my food then it was time to go pick up hubby.  Now he wasn't at the normal terminal...oh no it was at the new one and well my car didn't know that and turned off to where he normally is, then it realised it had gone the wrong way so it was round the round-a-bout to the terminal he said he was at, he wasn't there he was at the one further down.  Meanwhile once again the kids are starting to get shitty in the back seat and I was tempted to pull the car over, tell them to get out and that I would pick them up on the way back but I didn't I gritted my teeth and continued on, picked up hubby and came home.

So today I am going to try my best to stay off the computer,get all of the stuff I want to achieve done and maybe just maybe have a bit of time to myself -   I have heard it can happen.

Toodles XXXX

Sick Child

1 March 2017

Hey Folks

How ya doin? I would like to lie and say that we are all well but given the tile of this post you could probably see that it isn't true.....and my pants just burst into flames!!!
Ok so Master 10 is unwell, he has been put on a steroid to keep his lungs free of infection - we got it started early so hopefully it doesn't develop or we will be in hospital and that is no fun.  His ears are starting to go red but are still clear and he has a good cough, he is needing his ventolin a bit more than normal - which is a concern as we had been doing so well at keeping Asthma Attacks at bay.  He said to me yesterday that he didn't want to end up in hospital and that he is scared that we will. I responded with well if we do end up in hospital than you know what is going to happen and I will be there with you, and the more you worry the worse it is going to get. I don't need him to be making himself worse by worrying about it, the logical part of me is already making a list of what I have to pack incase we do end up there and what I can take to keep myself and him amused if it does come to that.

Ok so I wormed the kittens this morning, getting the tablet down their throat is really hard and one of them left a tooth sized hole in my finger, why can't they be as easy to worm as the dog.  He is a case of tell him to sit and just give it to him no fuss no muss, the kittens well you pry open the jaws of steel being careful not to catch your fingers on the razor wire as you shove the tablet in, let the jaws spring back, rub the tablet down the neck Yay success....only to have them spit it out and have to go through the whole process again, and again, and again, and again and again till finally you do have success then you lay in wait hoping that they don't spit it out because the process was so enjoyable the first 50 times we did it.

Ok so hubby gets home tonight, he was away on another business trip I swear he is going to have enough frequent flyer points for all of us to go to Europe soon  - I have been  informed it wont even get me to Melbourne for the weekend so I guess my European family holiday is a nonstarter :(
Oh well there is always the hope of me winning lotto..........oh wow a pig just flew past my window, have never seen that before.

I must away as I have a child that needs pain meds, I need coffee - wonder what would happen if I gave him the coffee me the meds????

Toodles XXXXXX

Fighting children

23 Feb 2017

Hi Folks,

How are we today?

Well here it is heating up again, today it 35 Celsius, tomorrow it's going to be 37 Celsius  and Saturday it is going to be 39 Celsius before it cools down to a chilli 🌶 35 Celsius. We are back into spring weather on Monday .

On Tuesday Master 10 is being invested as a scout, I will be able to have my proud mummy moment but hubby is going to miss out on seeing this because he will be away on a business trip that had been planned before the linking ceremony was. For those who have been a scout or have children were scouts you will understand the change in a child moving up from Cubs to Scouts.  Miss 11 has changed a great deal since she moved up - not sure if her being more stubborn, argumentative with selective hearing is a good thing.
I am hoping it will make Master 10 a bit more independent and able to amuse himself without me directing him.

Why is it at a certain age, kids fight and we are not talking about anything important, we are talking about the boring, mundane stuff- emptying the dishwasher, who left the door open, who's turn it is to get in the shower first.
If they are going to fight at least let it be about important stuff like the cause of childhood obesity, weather the internet has robbed children of their innocence, weather the Westminster system is relevant in this day and age or if you want to get really controversial who gets control of the TV remote when dads away

Toodles xxxxxxx

Telephone companies

Monday 20 Feb 2017

Hi folks, how are you today?

Hmm where do I start?. I know I will start with Saturday night, as you know miss 11 and master had a friend sleep over, well miss 11's friend stayed over. Master 10's friend went home and it is not because he was sick. Mum and Dad only live 5 minutes away so that was ok they came and got him.

So Sunday after my DD friend had been picked up, we went to IKEA ( my happy place 🙂), because I decided that I needed new dinner plates - and yes they fit in the dishwasher!!!!, so we are halfway around IKEA- we stopped for a drink and something to eat when DD asked to  come home and is getting fairly teary at this point. Now she had been saying that she had a really sore throats and me being a Mum have gone yeah yeah, you'll be fine. So I grabbed the plates- bypassed all of the other stuff and headed for the car 🚗- when we got there the car park was empty after 30 minutes inside the car park was choccas.

By the time we got home her nose was blocked,she was pale and looking like death warmed up, she didn't eat dinner and went straight to bed.  She was sound asleep by 6:30 then she woke up about 7:45 so she had to sit up ( I was nodding off at this stage), I finally got her to go back to bed around 8:30- that didn't last long because she couldn't breath through her nose.

Ok now to get to what this blog is about, phone companies. There are a couple of big telco's in Australia 🇦🇺. Now the one we are with is the one that has been around for that long it's not funny. They do mobile phones, internet,tv and Foxtel ( pay tv 📺), so anyway when we moved house they said the internet up and running - it wasn't, they got it sorted only for it to fail- no internet for 6 weeks, we are paying for a high speed - it would be quicker with dial up and they have no solution, get the bill not only have they double charged us but also we are still paying for a service we don't get and will never get and they haven't done what they said they were going to do and have the internet portion removed off the bill since we didn't have it on. So my question is why are they able to get away with this and why are we not getting internet speed that was promised? We are paying for a service and not getting it, should we be charged for it?

Toodles xxxxxxxxx

Somewhat mental

18 Feb 2017


Hiya how is everybody today?

It is hot here, it is a sunny 34celsius, it didn't feel like that was going to get there this morning - I even said that. That was my first mistake, the second one was going to Bunnings. Bunnings is a warehouse hardware store and the car park was packed and the sausage sizzle was in full swing - fundraising for a school netball trip.
I digress, as I said going to Bunnings was my second mistake of the morning, it was a family outing so Miss 11 started crackin the shits because we were taking to long to pick out plants (we bought two in the end) then we picked out paint so that we could paint the fence and she started to crack it again because we took to long to pick out a colour.

You are probably wondering why we wanted to paint the fence, it was this disgusting green that is all patchy so we decided that we would paint over the top of this revolting colour- don't get me wrong I like green but not that much and it was all faded, so we have painted it a colour called momentum - it is light black - is there such a thing as light black? So as I was saying we painted the fence - not all of it, just the pool area now do you remember me say that it was 34 Celsius, well there are hubby and I out the back in the hottest part of the day painting the fence.
Miss 11 and Master 10 were nowhere in sight, at one point hubby asked me to go and check to see if they were alive, miss 11 chose to appear at that point. She was asked if she liked the colour of the fence and in true teenage fashion she shrugged her shoulders and said "it's alright", master 10 appears and tells hubby that fence looks great and that he did a good job on picking the paint colour - I picked the paint colour not hubby

So tonight is sleep over night( I had considered having a drink but being that I have other children here I better not) I have been on and on at Miss 11 to clean her room and low and behold it is still it done - not sure where her friends bed is going to go!! Master 19 cleaned his room, made his bed and has pulled out the camp stretcher - but unable to get it together, I have trouble doing it so I am not sure how he is going to get it done.
So I am doing tacos for dinner, I figure they are easy somewhat healthy and if you don't want meat in it you can stuff it full of salad and black beans.

Toodles xxxxx

EWWWWWWWWW

Friday 17 Feb 2017


Hey Folks

Hows ya day been? I am having a cider cause well its Friday night and I think I deserve it.

Ok so I guess you are wondering about the title of this post so I am going to explain but it is not going to be drawn out and long cause it really is EWWWWWWW.

We recently adopted two kittens, and well with the cute fluffy little kittens comes the gross stuff.  So our dog not only has been eating the kitty cat food ( and putting on weight, but we don't discuss that with him in ear shot because it will cause body issues) but today he ate kitty cat poo - like I said EEWWWWWWWWWW.
Now I do have a really flash litter tray with a lid, that fits nicely in the corner of the laundry, but they happen to do a poo in the office and well like I said EWWWWWWWW.


Master 10 received a merit certificate yesterday, and this wasn't your standard merit certificate it was one that is decided by the student leaders.  Now a student leader is head boy/girl, prefect etc and they don't do it for a year, it is rotated through the year 6 students so that they all get a chance of responsibility - I happen to think that it is a great idea that it is rotated through. I was worried that he wasn't going to make friends - we moved house so the kids had to change school.  Now if you knew Master 10 you would be a little concerned that it took him a while to make friends and Miss 11 made friends very easily.


Netball season is about to start once more so thee will be cold rainy days spent sitting at the courts while training is on and the games are being played.  Miss 11 is playing but she was trying to choose between Cheer and Netball, I have a feeling that this will be her last season of Netball and another sport is going to win out next year.

I have decided that I need a new dining table and chairs, so that we can actually have more than one person over at a time to eat and so that there is room at the table to sit.  We have one that seats 4 so there is no room.  Anyway I am looking on Gumtree ( because I am going to try and not buy new this year) and now that I want a table there is not one to be found - this is what normally happens to me!!!!!
I am also looking for plates that are smaller - so that we don't eat as much but more importantly so that they fit in the dishwasher properly!!!

Ok I can hear the cricket, the chips are just about cooked and so is the fish and the token salad has been prepared.

Toodles XXXXX

Thank God it's Thursday

16 Feb 2017

Hi Folks


16 Feb 2017


I am so glad it is Thursday, why I hear you ask well it is one day closer to Friday which means I can relax but being a mother do I really get time off?
I am looking forward to the weekend, sleep ins, soothing on the lounge - oh that sounds even funnier written down. This weekend miss 11 and master 10 are having a friend for a sleepover, so I am going to have to get snacks in, soft drink, panadol ( for my headache!!!!) I have a feeling that it is going to be a long night on Saturday night.

Watching goggle box with the kids and they are loving it, there was a bit called bride and prejudice- when the marriage is opposed, they had a gay couple and the parents of this man refused flat out anything to do with it.  Now I can't understand as a parent how you can turn your back on your child, even the kids were saying how cruel that was. Master 10 said that I ever did that to him I he would never speak to me again. My response was I don't care if you love a boy or a girl I don't care as long as you are happy. I want to be the MIL that is not a pain the ass, by being around all of the time, I don't want to be a MIL that is a interfering cow, I want to be the MIL like mine, doesn't interfere, is there to help look after the kids, gives good advice when asked and has always been in our corner.

Now with that being said, I am going to eat some ice cream with sprinkles - the kids are in bed !!!!!!!

Toodles xxxx

Sucky Sunday

sunday 12 Feb 2017

Ok so as you can tell by the title today is Sunday and it sucks because of the crappy weather and the fact I haven't achieved a damn thing. I have done stuff but not what I wanted to get done and now it is 3:00pm I can't be assed trying to do what I wanted to get done. Instead I want to sit have a cuppa, some biscuits- that I haven't made yet!, I would like to get some more of  my knitting done, and get started on my cross stitch- I have it in the hoop but nothing further.

Tonight I decided to make pizza 🍕, I am not doing it from complete scratch- I bought pre-made bases but everything else is going to be done by me. If it do enough there will be enough for miss 11 to take some to school for lunch tomorrow and possibly enough for breakfast, it is probably not the best thing for breakfast but if she eats it then I am happy.

Here in Western Australia we have had rain, and I am talking shit loads. Bridges have been washed away, paddocks are underwater, somebody was caught in the flood water and lost their life. All of this us because of a tropical low that didn't turn into a cyclone and it is the middle of summer! On the east coast they are experiencing heat waves - total fire bans and cancelling events, events over here were canceled because of the rain ☔️, I heard there was even snow ❄️ falling in Tasmania- talk about a country having so many extreme weather patterns. So with all of the rain we have been getting also comes the wind - has taken down some power lines, trees are being blown over and there is debris on the roads. I noticed on Friday driving to work that people were driving slower, now Perth drivers are notorious for not merging, driving bad in wet weather but they were letting people in, on the way home was a different story it was raining ☔️ and the amount of people who were in grey, black cars driving without their lights on - Oi Dumbass we can't see you in the rain, you are in a dark car put your lights on. They are on the lever on your steering column, they help you be seen in the rain, dark and the fog.

Well hubby is home, he got home last night, I hope this is his last trip away for a while. It sucks being mum and dad, I know military families experience this for longer periods of time and their loved ones are in dangerous places and to the families YOU DESERVE A MEDAL 🥇, YOU DESERVE HERO STATUS, I don't know how you do it. It was easier when he did FIFO because I had a roster to work with and I new when he was away, now I get a weeks notice that he is going and it generally is no phone contact because of the location and the equipment they are dealing with.

Ok I am going to have a coffee ☕️, get a cake in the oven before I have to start on dinner,
Toodles xxx

Working Mothers Guilt

11 Feb 2017

Hey Folks

Well as you can see by the title I am still working - I am working 5 days a week.
We have bought a house, hubby has changed jobs.  The company hubby is working for head hunted him, and he is loving this role and the challenges that it is providing.

I have just found a post-it note that my daughter wrote to my hubby, it says that she wants him to be home during the holidays ( he had to go away) and me to be home all of the time so that we can be a whole family.  Now I feel more guilty than I normally do, as a SAHM I was looked down on by working mothers and by society now as a working mother I have experienced because I am a working mother the guilt that is associated with it.  Taking time off when the kids are sick, guilty because I am not being payed because I am not working and it is falling to my husband a and the guilt that I am not at work.

In my ideal world I would love to go back to being a SAHM, have the house decorated in a shabby chic/50's style, my daughter and myself dressed like they were in the 50's.  When did it become such a despised idea to be a housewife, look after the children and hubby go out to work?  Why do we feel the need to impress our friends by having the latest and greatest toys, big house.  As a society have we lost our innocence and values or has it come down to technology moved to fast to soon and now we are suffering for it?
Don't get me some advances in technology are great - I wouldn't be able to post this for the world to see this without it, and my children would be constantly ill without medical technology but the internet has a great deal to answer for.  So I pose this question to you all would we have been better without the advances in technology or better with it?