28 February 2017
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
22 February 2017
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
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
19 February 2017
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
18 February 2017
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
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
17 February 2017
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
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
16 February 2017
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
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
11 February 2017
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
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?
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