Walking boy, and the cat that couldn't

Hey Longtime no post, I have been meaning to but with Christmas fast approaching I feel like there aren't enough hours in the day.

Anyway here is a direct cut and paste from a post I made in EB and it sums up my day yesterday

Got a biiiig fright today...
Hadn't seen Sophie my cat all night last night, usually she appears for dinner at least. I went to her usual rooms and called and no appearance. I thought that she might have been caught in someones garage and that she would appear in the morning. I call again this morning and nothing, I went to the garage to call in there and nothing.
I pack the kids into the car to head off to playgroup and as I pull the car back I see Soph clawing her way out from under the car, her back legs weren't working and they looked broken, she was labouring her breathing and a real gutteral growl coming from her belly.

Thinking that I had trapped her under the car and I'd run over her I start crying. My neighbour comes over hearing my distress and helps me load her into a box and they follow me to the vet to keep Nate and Josh calm while I race her in.
They take me straight in and a vet takes a look at her. Goes straight to her collar, takes it off and looks at her legs and says "She has a tick somewhere" Goes straight to where her collar was and there the little b*st*rd was. So now Sophie is in hospital and undergoing treatment. Won't know till about 9am about whether she will pull through but the prognosis is good. I phoned this afternoon and she is calmer but the breathing is still laboured, she'll be in there for about 3 days! I am so glad she came inside the garage and didn't just go off into the bush to die or she would be dead by now. OMG I have had an awful day.

But on a better note Josh took about 12 steps between Raz and I tonight and he did it back and forth 4 times too. Won't be long....

Birthday Party aftermath

We survived the Jet & Josh birthday extravaganza. Between the two of us it looked like we knew lots of people. The kids all had a ball on the jumping castle and Jackie did a great job with the decorations and party games. Oh and he started clapping hands today too for the first time
Took a couple of great shots

Happy Birthday My Beautiful Miracle #2

Joshua you are just such a joy to watch, your cheeky smirk and your absolute determined wilful way when you insist on doing things without any help. My baby boy you are not quite walking but if you trusted in yourself you would already be running. You can do it and it won't be long and you will be and then I can see I am going to get busier!

Nonna and Nonno arrived on Wednesday to celebrate your first birthday. We put off the party for a week so we could combine it with Jet's 2nd Birthday too. We are having a jumping castle and I have made a cake with clinker spiders on it, nothing fancy just a little bit different.

You have already received so many parcels over the past week with presents from everyone. Nonna and Nonno brought lots more with them. Very spoilt you are and you deserve it. Your easy going way makes every day with you a delight.

Happy Birthday little man
Love Mummy -xx-

Proud of my boys

Today Josh took his first conscious step towards me tonight. He was standing at the couch and I showed him his bottle and you could see on his face that he was determined not to drop and crawl to it. He went down as soon as he realised that he wasn't holding on to anything. It won't be long!

Also tonight after Nathan went to bed I was sitting on the floor with Josh and he had this small vinyl soccerball with a bell inside. He kinda threw it and it hit his leg and rolled towards me, so we played this rolling game back and forth. I was blown away, I didn't think he was ready for things like that. He was laughing and laughing everytime he caught it and then passed it. I can't wait to try it all again tomorrow. He has the ball in bed with him tonight as he wouldn't let it go.

Nathan was doing a great job with a tennis racquet and ball today too, I think he may be a left handed racquet holder though. I look forward to seeing if he has any interest in playing a little more tennis or ball sports.

Very proud of the boys today.

Murray Wiggle

For some reason I couldn't edit last post to add a couple of photos of my favourite Wiggle.
There is something charismatic about Murray and while he might not be the most gorgeous looking man on this planet there is definitely something about him that makes me smile.
so here are some pics of Murray Cook in action.

A Wiggly Friday

Today Nicky, Daniel, Nathan, Josh & I headed to Dreamworld yesterday to see The Wiggles. We headed there about 11 armed with a picnic lunch took the kids on a couple of rides and then picked a great possy right beside the stage behind where the Roadies were set up.
Greg was sick so they had some imposter Tony there. He did Greg's part very well, sounded very much like him but Nate knew it wasn't right and kept asking for Greg.

My boys loved it. We did Rock a bye bear and I was helping Nate do the actions and he told me "No Mummy! I can do IT myself!" From that point I let him go. Murray was killing himself laughing watching Nate boogy on down, we had front row spot around the side of the stage. It was at Dreamworld yesterday to celebrate 3 things

• Dreamworld's Wiggles World 1st Birthday
• The Wiggle's 15th Birthday
• The opening of the Dorothy's Rosy Teacup ride

Oh funny little story this morning...

Nathan was lying in our bed next to Raz, I was getting dressed and Nathan was sitting there with both hands in his pj bottoms. I said what are you doing Nathan? He says "My Pisolino (Italian for penis) is being naughty"
I asked "Why is it being naughty?"
Nate replied "Becooooze it's not standing up Mum!" in this real exasperated voice.
At which point Raz absolutely dissolved in gales of laughter

Riverphwoar!

Hey long time and I've been meaning to come in and just post some stuff that the kids are doing I know I will kick myself later if I don't.
Tonight we went to Riverfire. Took the kids and Nicky and Russell and kids and headed in about 4.30 with no expectations of finding a carpark nor a good spot. We found both! We parked near the Gabba and walked up with the pram laden with cold chook and salads and a few beers to help us unwind. We managed to jag a great spot across the road from the radio station that was doing the simulcast. The absolute highlight of the night was the F111 plane doing their dump and burn. (Pic courtesy of a very talented photographer Marty Pouwelse)

There was a moment of terror as it went over and I kinda felt glad that they were only there for display and not for the business that those planes were built for. The speed they came past was phenomenal and to actually feel the heat from the flames as they went past was enough to get the adrenalin going. Nathan was terrified and Josh was fine until he saw Nate's reaction and went out in sympathy. Josh was gorgeous though, everytime the fireworks went up he would burrow into my chest and snuggle. It was so gorgeous, not easy to video the night but cuddles beats some half pie footage anyday!
I luckily overheard someone in the crowd say that they planes would go over again after the fireworks so this time I had my video camera ready. I just had a look at it and its not the best but it was enough to show my dad who will be drooling when he sees it :)

Josh isn't quite walking yet but you can see him try and see if he can get to places without having to drop and crawl. Its great watching him thinking his way thru a problem now. Also on Friday we took the kids to the BBQ area and were playing cricket. Josh would join in the cheering when one of the kids hit the ball. He is so cute he throws his arms up above his head and says Yeeeeeee. Its gorgeous

Ok thats enough for now I will put up some pics I have taken in the past month or so when I can get enough time on.

Detoxing after the folks have been for a visit

I haven't been to WW since I got back from Vic because something was happening every Wed morning so I never made the meetings. I am definitely needing some help and support after 2 weeks with mum around here.

Of course I helped her demolish our bodyweight in chocolate and sundry and my size 26 stuff is getting snug again. I am too afraid to stand on the scales because I just know I will have put the best part of my 10kgs lost, back on again. Now that mum has gone I have drunk all my water and am back to eating normal portions of healthy food so I just need to increase the exercise. I want to get back to the gym here again. I just need to get my house in order. (excuse I know)

After living here for the past 3 months I was not happy with the way things were arranged here so yesterday when I got back from the airport I put Josh in the portacot so he wasn't underfoot and I dismantled the spare bed and the cot and swapped rooms. Josh is now down our end of the house and the spare room is at the front. It means that Josh isn't woken early with the sun on the front room plus he isn't woken by the kids playing in the street and the only place in the house we can get mobile reception is the front of the house so we were always talking on the phone at the front of the house. I am sleeping a lot better knowing that if there was a fire in the house that my children are close to me that I could get them out. How paranoid is that?

Plus now that I am no longer breastfeeding I can get fair dinkum about it all with no fear of supply problems. I have been trying Josh at various times of the day and he still won't have a bar of me. Last night he bit me deliberately twice.

On a happier note Josh does this cute little thing where he scrunches his nose up and kinda snuffles in and out thru his nose. It has become a joke where I can do it to him and he does it back to me. So gorgeous. He now has 2 bottom teeth and 4 top teeth and has started babbling, he says mum mum and bub bub as of a few days ago. My baby is growing up.

Nathan is just my little star at the moment. His speech is becoming more and more grown up, he pronounces his words so particularly now and will attempt to copy the correct announciation when I show him how.

We got an egg tray on tuesday and filled it with dirt and planted carrot, broccoli, spring onion, silverbeet, lettuce and roma tomato seeds. He loves his little garden. Oh and his latest funny is to fart and then point at you and say "You did it" and flat out deny that it was him.

New Camera

Loving my new camera, pity the kids are sick and look as wretched as they feel. But here is one that I just love.

My Baby Turned 3 Today

After a whirlwind return to sunny but very bloody cold Victoria we arrived back last night. And of course today is Nathan's 3rd Birthday. Took him shopping with his loot from the Nonna, Nonna and various Zia's and Zio's. We spent almost the entire day out shopping and came back with a car garage with all the bells and whistles, another item from Little People (the Castle) which ensured tantrums tonight at bedtime because all he wanted to do was play. It was very cute watching him tuck his king and queen up in their beds before he went off himself. Tomorrow should be a good day. We have a budding photographer coming to take some snaps of the boys to flesh out her portfolio. In return we will get a disc with all pics taken of them that we can use to our hearts content and she gets full license to use the pics of the kids in her portfolio. I can't wait to see what another photographer can take.

I tried to get my new camera working tonight but it turns out the dickhead from Harvey Norman has sold us the wrong freakin memory card. FFS! You'd think he would know what kind of card goes in the damn camera wouldn't you? So now I face the prospect of having to drive all the way to bloody Mt Gravatt again in the next day or so if I actually want to take pics this century.

Oh well..... Life's too short to be bothered by stupid people

Josh is a rascal, poor kid has been dragged everywhere today without a decent sleep in a comfy place, it has either been in the car or in the pram. Tonight when we got home he was everywhere. He'd only just started crawling the day before we left to go to Vic and now 2 weeks later he is so much more curious and agile so tonight being the first time he has spent longer than half an hour on the floor he was everywhere. He is getting too good at getting up to standing in the most inappropriate places, I can't follow him around the house with a beanbag at the ready to plop down behind him for when he overbalances and comes a'tumblin down. I don't think he will wait long before trying to walk, something I am NOT ready for. (Nor is the cat! Sophie hasn't a clue about how determine he is to catch her I don't think)

Also we got home at 4.30 to find daddy's car parked in the driveway, he had left work early to surprise us and here we are we weren't even home yet. It was a lovely surprise and it was wonderful to watch Raz and Nate trying to put his toys together with Josh trying to climb over both of them.

Ahhh I keep looking at the clock and thinking yep 9.15pm I would have been still out to it and Raz would have just been handed his son. Ahh nostalgia!

Good week following the bad one

Ok maybe it was because it was my birthday but it was a better week for all of us.

We managed to make the Playgroup on monday this week and it was really good, a lot of really lovely and friendly women there with plenty of kids there for Nate to play with, even Josh got to have a little play. One of the women there told me about a group that meets at the Uniting church in Vicky Point that will look after your kids while you spend 2 hours doing a craft. I was there with bells on! Wednesday night we went to the local pub for dinner for my birthday. Got home and was inundated with phone calls from everyone. Raz threw a silly hissy fit at nothing but I refused to even discuss his issues till it wasn't my birthday anymore. Just told him he was a selfish shit for doing it on my birthday. All was worked out the next night however.

This weekend we went to the Eumundi Markets. I cut up a heap of salad sandwich stuff and we bought a loaf of bread at the local bakery and sat on a picnic blanket and made sangas, I think all we spent was for a loaf of bread and the tolls to and from (coz Raz's toll tag wasn't working :( ) Would have loved to have bought a million things there but the funds were short but we definitely have it earmarked for another visit when we have better cashflow. Took a quick drive to Noosa just to say that we went and had a toilet stop and then drove home.
Today we cranked up the music and cleaned house, got another half dozen boxes unpacked and 3 repacked. Raz found a 5 bedroom house in Thornlands on a 1000m2 block for $385k which is totally unheard of, we took a drive, couldn't see too much but it looked too good to be true. Pity we aren't ready to buy just yet. Thats why I don't want to look for houses until we have an unconditional contract in place on Torquay.

Anyway this week has been a lot better, no dark thoughts. I guess because I had places to be where people were expecting me and I had some adult company. Even friday at the Chemist was good, Belinda was there and we just lost 2 hours chatting away. I definitely have to call and make a time to catch up with her.

Have a full week planned this week too which is a relief. Monday Playgroup, Tuesday Nate's Docs appt, Wednesday is WW, Thursday is Daycare and Friday is Chemist Coffee morning

It was a Tough Week

Ok so this is a whinge but we can't be sweetness and light all of the time hey?

Started out on Monday, all ready to head off to a new playgroup in the hopes of finding some adult company and also to give Nathan some 'let off steam' time. Lately it has been hard for him cooped up in the house with nobody to 'visit' When we were in Torquay our weeks were so structured. Here I am yet to find any of that plus because we are paying rent and a mortgage at the same time most of Raz's pay is putting a roof over our head. Have learnt to shop at Bi Lo and Aldi and it has made a small impact on the food budget. Anyway had the kids all packed up in the car and I was quite excited at the prospect of meeting new mums too. Of course the car doesn't start. I was in such a rage. Sick and tired of the electrical problems the car has been plagued with, isolated because I didn't even know where to start and find an Auto Elec to fix the problem once again and also scared because the funds didn't allow for a new battery or hell even the battery charger was an unexpected amount.
The next 2 months are going to be really tight, we have rego on the car, need a roady on the car too to get it registered in QLD and also all the yearly insurances are due. Plus the $2500 a month we are spending on rent and mortgage the ass pucker factor is creeping up. Also flying to Melb for Nate's specialist appointment has cost another $500. Thankfully food and accomodation is covered!

Ok so with all the money stress, I have been less tolerant of Nathan and his usual 'almost 3' can do but get sidetracked attitude. He was accidentally rough, forgetful, clumsy but otherwise helpful and adorable but last week I had zero tolerance. All I felt like doing was yelling, screaming, even terrorising him to make him scared of me. At a couple pf points I wanted to just put him through a wall. Thankfully he listened to me and left the room when I asked him ever so quietly to leave mummy be for 5 minutes. It saved both of us a lot of tears.

I hate Cars

Just wanted to have my little Tanty in here, why is it that the car battery dies just when I most need to get out of the house? I'd just packed Nate and Josh into the car to go to a new playgroup because Nate is just driving me nuts with no activities to do during the week, try to start the bastard and all I get is that infernal ticking... SOOO not happy
It's all well and good having all these mod cons in the car (Car kit, GPS and DVD player) but somewhere in all the installation there is something draining the Battery, have already forked out for 2 new batteries since we got the car and that was less than 12 months ago. Now of course I am in a strange city with no idea where to take the damn thing to get it fixed once and for all!

Not HEPPY JEN !

Nothing in particular

Post about nothing, just wanting to add some pics that I got off the camera that I had forgotten I'd taken.








Josh is just growing up WAY too fast. I expect him to take off crawling any minute now.


Can't half tell these two are brothers hey? Check out that profile!












I can't wait till Nate grows out of this "Say Cheese" or more prominently SHEEEEZE.
Hopefully by then Josh will have learned to smile too!

Mothers Day, Mountains and Milkshakes

My Mothers day started really well. Josh woke and joined Nate Raz and I in bed for the ritual sunday morning tickle fight, I got up with them and got breakfast started, Raz has been wonderful but there was no way he would have handled breakfast on his own. Josh is far too needy at breakfast time. I have to make Josh a piece of vegemite toast to get him started or he just screams the place down), while I wait for the kettle to boil to make up the formula for Josh's weetbix I make Nate's toast and can usually make my toast too and a cup of tea if I am lucky. I got all that started for Raz and then left him to it while I went back to bed. About half an hour later eggs & bacon and kisses arrived for breakfast. I was left in peace to read my book and eat my breaky when another knock came at the door with Nate and Raz bearing gifts and cards. I got a wonderful Willow Tree piece to go with the other pieces I have. I just love every one of them and this is no exception. This afternoon after the boys had had their sleep we went into Mt Coot-tha ( http://www.brisbanelookout.com/index.html) for a milkshake.
Extremely greatful for the Navman coz there is no way we would have found it without it!

I visited there when I was first in Brisbane in 2000, it was heaps busier than when I was last there and there was a group of roudy Brazilians having a good time taking photos etc. Nate had fun being king of the castle and he loved his pink milkshake. Headed home about 5pm in time for Fish and Chips and a long overdue bath. Nathan rang both Nonna and Grandma and it was cute hearing him wish them a Happy Mothers day and listening to him explain to them that he had a milkshake on a big Big BIG Mountain.





This time last year we went to the Melbourne Zoo and I stewed the whole time that Raz had put in no effort whatsoever to make my day special but today instead of expecting the worst I told him what I would like and he surprised me which is all I ever wanted and it cost less than $50 for the entire day. How special is that?

Undies Drawer Logic

Had an epiphany while I was cleaning out my undies drawer.
AS I was sorting the undies I wear every day and the optimistic undies that I know I will never wear no matter how pretty they are I realized that this downsizing of the house should in theory help us financially. I am of the opinion that the less stuff I have to try and keep tidy and clean the more control I will have over the shit left. My pantry is the perfect example, I could feed a village of Ethiopians for a year on the crap I have in my pantry. I have to change my thinking that when I see a bare-ish pantry doesn’t mean I go out and buy tins of ingredients and packets of that. A simple menu plan with the contents of the freezer should mean that I can go shopping once a fortnight or once a week, and just have to pick up fresh fruit and milk and bread during the week instead of taking a half assed shopping list every 2 days and then coming home with a trolley full of impulse items we “Need” to have.

Hmmm will have to work on this theory and I just know I’m right, I am sure I read it in Flylady somewhere…. That reminds me I had better bring Flylady off no mail, I need the discipline right now…

Ciao

Things I've Learnt about Brisbane

The cockroaches are bigger than mice here no matter how clean or empty the house is...

The flies are fewer but they are impervious to anything but a fly swat.

Indicating to turn when driving is optional... it is also ok to drive 70kms on the freeway in the right hand lane

My mum came online tonight after being away for a week at her sisters place. I have missed her so much, I love being able to chat to my mum online and send pictures and stuff. She is like a best friend and she is always there, I really missed her while I was offline and then I had to wait nearly a week for her to come home. There is talk of mum and dad flying back with me when we go back in June. I would LOVE it if I had an extra couple of hands on the plane plus it would mean I would be with mum on her very first plane flight and the kids might keep her distracted from being scared.
Ok its late and I was up at sparrowfart.

Just thought I would add a couple of pics, Nate found a swimmer nappy in amongst Josh's stuff and was playing pirates with it on his head. You can't help but laugh really...
Josh is just getting the hang of this solids caper, but even after 2 weetbix he sooks until we share our toast so now he gets his own piece. He gets so grubby now though!





Ok so thats really enough now

Exhaustion, Boxes and sore feet but smiling babies make it all worthwhile

I have been cruising past the computer all day in the hopes that someone would entertain me and save me from the mountain of boxes I am yet to unpack. Josh is doing really well, he is practicing his get up and go motions, I don't think it will be long before he is mobile. I just hope that I have this place semi unpacked before that happens or I might lose him amongst the paper and boxes. I am hoping to be able to get the car into the garage sometime in the next week.

I am off to the local chemist tomorrow to join in on a coffee morning, I had asked at the daycare centre about what passes for MCHN up here, she told me that there wasn't anything and that I just take the kids to the local chemist to be weighed and that they have a nurse on staff to answer any questions.
I have been feeling isolated this past week and have really struggled, I want to get the house organised so I can start to get out and around to meet more people. So anyway I called into the chemist today and met the midwife they have there and explained that I had moved and I didn't know where to start looking for some help.
She was so lovely, she weighed Josh and measured him, checked him over and filled me in on what I needed to do and she invited me for a coffee morning tomorrow morning. I think I might go if only to get out of this place for a little while. Retail therapy gets expensive and I am just looking for any excuse to get out to buy bread or milk etc just to get out of the house, anything to sit down somewhere and not look at boxes.
I am yet to find the box with my WW books in it, I am hanging out to get back to WW. I reckon with my absentminded lack of food and all the exercise I am getting I am hoping I have lost weight.

I promise tomorrow I will post something positive and nice. This blog was started just to chronicle the kids but all it has been has a whinge for me.

That's enough for now

Finally here and Online!

Ok so we have been here for about 10 days, we arrived in Brisbane on Sunday about 5pm. We collected the keys for the new house on the monday and moved right in. We bought some blow up beds and our wonderful Landlord lent us a bar fridge and some sheets etc. The furniture arrived FINALLY on Sunday night at 6pm just as the pizza had arrived. 5 hours later the truck was unloaded and we got to sit down and have dinner. I will recap more later but for now I am just thankful for having my net connection restored. I have felt really isolated from my family and friends. It has all been very exciting but without having anyone online to chat to about it I have really felt homesick. Glad to be back online. Not that I will have much time for being on the net, the house looks like a bomb hit it. The house is a lot smaller than I expected and I am having a hard time fitting all our crap in. Both rubbish bins are full and I have SO much more to go in it.

Anyway that is more than enough for now there is so much I need to do online.

Leaving Friends

Tonight was the girls night out for my farewell. We went to the Torquay Pub and for the first time the service was atrocious! We waited an hour and a quarter for our meals. One of the girls ordered something that had Risotto balls, her plate was put in front of her with no explanation and it wasn't until she queried the location of her risotto balls that the girl told her that the kitchen had run out of the risotto and that they were more than happy to supply her with another side dish of her choosing. Of course it was too late by then so she said she'd get a dessert. So she was stuck with her chicken breast sitting on a bed of measly lettuce leaves and was charged $20 for the priviledge just as well the lemon tart was good. The pub was packed with grommets from all over the world as the Rip Curl Pro is on in town. Easter week is always good for a perv...
Anyway the talk was mainly mundane girly stuff but it was nice. I think I have kinda of already shut myself off emotionally to everyone to avoid being teary. I really want Raz to know that I love the idea of the move and to show that I am sad to be leaving would maybe give the impression that I'm not.
I am going to miss all the baby news but they promise to keep me up to date. I understand that these things aren't always possible and it makes my heart ache to remove Nate from the kids that he has grown up with but I know that he will make more friends. I am more afraid that it won't be the same.
We took a photo of all the kids today Nathan looking like a storm in a teacup because he didn't get a truck like the other boys. Amelia just didn't want to have her photo taken so Jodi had to stay there with her but you can see she wasn't happy. I love looking at this pic and the one I took of them all for the 2005 Calendar pic, they have just grown up so much. I hope I get to return once a year to keep the picture up to date with the same kids. I guess I hope the group stays together so there is somewhere for us to come back to visit.
I can't say they are my best buddies but the girls have all shared an amazing time in my life with the birth of Nathan and they were all there for us during the operations, through the fertility troubles and then the birth of Josh. I can't say I could call any of them at 2am with a problem but if I needed someone to watch the kids then any one of them would jump. I don't feel like I will ever have a best friend like the ones you have when you are in high school. Just wish my high school friends were closer.

Took some cute photos of Josh today. For a change he was actually smiling in some of them, he has just been such a cranky thing I feel like I don't know what he wants/needs half the time.

Today he had a good day, I am waiting until we get up to the new place and settled in and I will get him into more of a routine and get Nathan to actually stay in his own bed for an entire night.









I just love this red stripey suit although he is starting to get too long for all the 00 stuff!

Ok that's more than enough for one night, I am knackered and I have the packers coming tomorrow, I just want to get Nate to Kinda nice and early so he is out of the chaos and get everything we need for the car in one place so it doesn't get packed into the truck. I hate MOVING!! I AM excited about QLD though.

Love ya Tash -xx-

Easter Survival, packing 11 rooms of shit

Ok so we survived the weekend. None of the IL's made any negative comments but my MIL didn't look very well at all. Apparently she is bleeding from somewhere but as they barely speak english I couldn't establish exactly where it was coming from. She apparently has cysts on her Kidneys that burst and cause a lot of pain. Feeling a bit guilty about taking the boys away from her but then again if we wait until she dies then Raz's opportunities could have past. I do feel awful that we are moving so far away from them but we will be back often. Nathan got WAY too much chocolate and Josh got lots of chocolate. What makes people buy chocolate for a 6 month old baby!?!? Fuckin idiots, Why couldn't they just get him a book about easter or toy rabbit or something? Raz and Nate's current word at the moment is Shammore (sp?) in Italian it means 'stupid' or something close to it. It seems fitting to call these well meaning relatives Shammore for giving a baby chocolate!

As for the move, the packers were supposed to arrive today but they apparently have changed their minds are are coming on Thursday, he reckons it will only take a day to pack everything. I guess this means I can sit back and relax for a little while longer. I want to do a practice run and actually pack everything that I want to get into the car BEFORE the day comes because if I find that everything doesn't fit then we are going to be in trouble because the truck will have left and whatever doesn't fit will have to be thrown out. Best that I practice packing the car before Friday huh?

Got a really lovely little present from the ladies at Mainly Music today. They knew it was our last day today so Nate and I both got a gift. Nate got a book about ducks with one of those party whistles that when you blow make a sound like a duck. LOL its going to be an outside toy! He also got a tiny little tin with 2 tiny tiny cows in it. He Absolutely loves it! I got a box of belgian chocs and a little scented pillow for the undies drawer. I like the Salvos for putting on Mainly Music, it is a cheap and friendly atmosphere and the kids both love the music. Even Josh had a ball. I am going to miss them.

Diary Neglecter extraodinaire

Ok so I have never been able to keep a diary past February but maybe this will be different. I can then just post to here and my mother can just look at the latest pictures of her grandsons on here and request copies at will.

There is something so voyeuristic about having a public blog that someone may or may not read.

ON that note I also wish to add that I am not interested in buying, signing up for or perusing anything I don't specifically ask for so please don't advertise your wares to me.

Ok lets see how long this takes for me to neglect... Watch this space hehe