hello australia!
so i get the kids ready for school, harrison leaves, G is out the front waiting and matthew and rachel were in the bathroom brushing their teeth. i was in the boys room doing something then this is what happened -
M - uhmmm danielle
D - yeah?
M - you better come see this
D - okay?
i walk into the bathroom and rach is standing there dripping wet
D - what happened?
M - she fell in the toilet..
D - you fell into the actual toilet!?
R - well yeah. i backed up because matthew was hogging all the space and i fell in backwards (with a sad look on her little face)
so i am trying not to crack up laughing, and had to rush to get her wiped down and into new clothes before she missed the bus. it was hilarious. i was just super grateful that there was anything in the toilet. gross.
anyways.. today i didn't wash one single item of the kids clothes because i did it all last night! yay! but i did wash the sheets, and re-make the beds, wash the towels, un pack the dishwasher and do the housework in general.
between all of that i was waiting for mum to come on skype.. but she never did. she got the times wrong, i didn't get the message, sooo we skyped just then instead.
she is in brisbane about to board a three night cruise for lisa's 40th, which stevie and i were supposed to be going on, but you know, now i'm in america and all, so no cruise for me (or stevie, she was my tag along lol)
so then i went to the gym, have worked out that if i read a magazine while jogging on the treadmill, the thirty minutes flys by. same with the crosstrainer.
went and vaccumed my newly cleaned out car, which was so annoying because there is this giant arse tree next to the car wash that has these fluffy white things that blow off it, straight into the car your trying to vaccum. hopeless.
picked up some milk, came home and made a chicken and salad sandwich.
then i had a shower, got out, moisturised, then NO i did not blow dry and straighten my hair, like i ahve been doing for the past five years.
i left it curly. actual natural curls. and i wore them in public. big step, i know.
the product i told you about the other day though that i brought, made my hair too crunchy, so i took it back (because they said i could if i wasn't satisfied) and got a different one, which i will test tomorrow.
so then we went to baseball, three of the four kids had a game. we were there for almost three hours, god help me. i get super bored.
came home, made dinner, got the kids showered, and finally into bed by 9:30. thank god.
i am super tired now.
bye! xxxxxxxxxxxx
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Monday, 30 May 2011
memorial day..
hey!
so today is memorial day, pretty much just the same as anzac day, but for america.
so when i woke up its was pouring rain and there was thunder and lightning, so the parade/march got cancelled which the boys were supposed to be in (for scouts) so we went to a wreath laying at the community centre instead.
the boys wore their cute scout uniforms and rach wore a blue and white stars with red bows dress, with a red, white and blue hair thing, soooo cute! & i have photos.
at the ceremony, when the guys came in with their big flag pole things, one of them almost belted down the disco ball that was hanging from the roof, i had to stop myself from cracking up.
and when their national anthem was sung, no one else sung along like we do in aus.
then we came home so the kids could put on play clothes, and have a snack before we went to skips for a "cook-out". which is different to a barbie because its hotdogs and hamburgers and chicken, not steak and sausages..
went to skips, and it was just a really relaxing afternoon.. eating, mucking around, chatting.
so at around 6, i brought the twins home in the van and karen took matthew and harrison to baseball for harrisons game.
so we are driving home and this is mine and rachels conversation, just when we are about to get home -
R- danielle can you please pull over?
D - uhm why?
R - because i need to un buckle..
D - how come?
R - because my undies have gone up my bum and i really need to pull them out
D - hahahahahahahahahaha! so you have a wedgie?
R - noooo, my undies are up my bum.
D - yeah, thats called a wedgie. but i can't pull over so you will have to wait till we are home.
R - nope, dont worry, i got it!
and that was the funniest thing that happened all day.
so we got home, the kids helped me clean out the van (i might vaccum it tomorrow), and then they showered and watched tv. while i started my three loads of washing, unpacked from this afternoon, made their lunches for tomorrow and had a shower. because i was sweating like a pig. it was super hot today.
and three police cars just zoomed past my house.. something is going downnnn.
oh and thsi morning karen was telling me what time we were going to the memorial and she said "20 of 11" and i'm like what, is that like 20 to 11, and it is, and thats what they say here..
and an esky is a cooler..
and a stubby holder is called a koozie..
so thats all a bit funny.
anways i am exhusted, and because i missed out on doing all the housework today i have to do it tomorrow, need to get my rest.
miss you! xxxxxxx
p.s i scored a perfect round in footy tipping on the weekend!
so today is memorial day, pretty much just the same as anzac day, but for america.
so when i woke up its was pouring rain and there was thunder and lightning, so the parade/march got cancelled which the boys were supposed to be in (for scouts) so we went to a wreath laying at the community centre instead.
the boys wore their cute scout uniforms and rach wore a blue and white stars with red bows dress, with a red, white and blue hair thing, soooo cute! & i have photos.
at the ceremony, when the guys came in with their big flag pole things, one of them almost belted down the disco ball that was hanging from the roof, i had to stop myself from cracking up.
and when their national anthem was sung, no one else sung along like we do in aus.
then we came home so the kids could put on play clothes, and have a snack before we went to skips for a "cook-out". which is different to a barbie because its hotdogs and hamburgers and chicken, not steak and sausages..
went to skips, and it was just a really relaxing afternoon.. eating, mucking around, chatting.
so at around 6, i brought the twins home in the van and karen took matthew and harrison to baseball for harrisons game.
so we are driving home and this is mine and rachels conversation, just when we are about to get home -
R- danielle can you please pull over?
D - uhm why?
R - because i need to un buckle..
D - how come?
R - because my undies have gone up my bum and i really need to pull them out
D - hahahahahahahahahaha! so you have a wedgie?
R - noooo, my undies are up my bum.
D - yeah, thats called a wedgie. but i can't pull over so you will have to wait till we are home.
R - nope, dont worry, i got it!
and that was the funniest thing that happened all day.
so we got home, the kids helped me clean out the van (i might vaccum it tomorrow), and then they showered and watched tv. while i started my three loads of washing, unpacked from this afternoon, made their lunches for tomorrow and had a shower. because i was sweating like a pig. it was super hot today.
and three police cars just zoomed past my house.. something is going downnnn.
oh and thsi morning karen was telling me what time we were going to the memorial and she said "20 of 11" and i'm like what, is that like 20 to 11, and it is, and thats what they say here..
and an esky is a cooler..
and a stubby holder is called a koozie..
so thats all a bit funny.
anways i am exhusted, and because i missed out on doing all the housework today i have to do it tomorrow, need to get my rest.
miss you! xxxxxxx
p.s i scored a perfect round in footy tipping on the weekend!
Sunday, 29 May 2011
chillin'..
hey!
so lets begin from the early hours of this morning.
as you read last night, i saw the hangover two last night and didn't get home until midnight.
now before i went to bed i left my laptop on, with skype on, so that dad could call in the morning whenever and i wouldn't have to set my alarm at a certain time.
so just after i get into bed, skype rings, and its mumma bear. so we have a chat, at 12:45 in the morning. then i say goodbye and go back to sleep. 3:00am skype rings.. its grandma. she said that something must have been wrong if i was online so late, or early in the morning. so we chat. turns out dad had already left town and wouldn't be on skype in the morning anyways. i turn off skype and my laptop so no one else can call.
i go back to sleep, until the reasonable time of 10:30am.
so i get up, have breakfast, watch jersy shore and then i went to starbucks.
just by myself to chill. i took my laptop (free wi-fi) and my book and had a caramel frappachino.
then i went to ulta beauty and spoke to the hairdresser about the best curl creator for my hair. he showed me one, without hesitation, so i figure it must be good, but told me that if i use it and my curls arn't how i want them to look i can return the product, i just have to have the receipt even though i have used it. sweet.
then i came home, watched the kids in their little pool, and tanned a little (not that i ever tan naturally anyway).
so then we had dinner - steak and potato in the jacket with salad, was super nice.
now i am waiting to watch titanic, which is on tv, and eat a popsicle, haha
might go and have a shower first though.
bye! xxxxxxxxxxxx
so lets begin from the early hours of this morning.
as you read last night, i saw the hangover two last night and didn't get home until midnight.
now before i went to bed i left my laptop on, with skype on, so that dad could call in the morning whenever and i wouldn't have to set my alarm at a certain time.
so just after i get into bed, skype rings, and its mumma bear. so we have a chat, at 12:45 in the morning. then i say goodbye and go back to sleep. 3:00am skype rings.. its grandma. she said that something must have been wrong if i was online so late, or early in the morning. so we chat. turns out dad had already left town and wouldn't be on skype in the morning anyways. i turn off skype and my laptop so no one else can call.
i go back to sleep, until the reasonable time of 10:30am.
so i get up, have breakfast, watch jersy shore and then i went to starbucks.
just by myself to chill. i took my laptop (free wi-fi) and my book and had a caramel frappachino.
then i went to ulta beauty and spoke to the hairdresser about the best curl creator for my hair. he showed me one, without hesitation, so i figure it must be good, but told me that if i use it and my curls arn't how i want them to look i can return the product, i just have to have the receipt even though i have used it. sweet.
then i came home, watched the kids in their little pool, and tanned a little (not that i ever tan naturally anyway).
so then we had dinner - steak and potato in the jacket with salad, was super nice.
now i am waiting to watch titanic, which is on tv, and eat a popsicle, haha
might go and have a shower first though.
bye! xxxxxxxxxxxx
Saturday, 28 May 2011
late, again..
hello aus!
yes i realise that this is another late post, but i'm a busy person haha
so after i got home this morning at around 8:30 i had a quick bowl of special k and went to bed. remembering that i didn't actually sleep last night.
woke up around one, and looked after the boys for a couple of hours while karen did some things with rach. they had to have a rest in their rooms anyway, so i just read my book.
when karen got home, i had another nanna nap then woke up and got ready for the carnival in burlington. it is kind of exactly the same as the rides that they have next to number one oval in tamworth during country music. just small, but pretty fun. and i won a giant blow up purple alian. we named him al, and hes fairly cool. just chillin' in the corner of my room at the moment. i will take a photo so you can see him.
then we went to the movies to see hangover two. i laughed the whole time. although i did like the first one better. nothing will ever beat finding a baby and a lion in your hotel room.
and so now i am home and ready for bed, for the third time today.
hope you have a good afternoon! x
yes i realise that this is another late post, but i'm a busy person haha
so after i got home this morning at around 8:30 i had a quick bowl of special k and went to bed. remembering that i didn't actually sleep last night.
woke up around one, and looked after the boys for a couple of hours while karen did some things with rach. they had to have a rest in their rooms anyway, so i just read my book.
when karen got home, i had another nanna nap then woke up and got ready for the carnival in burlington. it is kind of exactly the same as the rides that they have next to number one oval in tamworth during country music. just small, but pretty fun. and i won a giant blow up purple alian. we named him al, and hes fairly cool. just chillin' in the corner of my room at the moment. i will take a photo so you can see him.
then we went to the movies to see hangover two. i laughed the whole time. although i did like the first one better. nothing will ever beat finding a baby and a lion in your hotel room.
and so now i am home and ready for bed, for the third time today.
hope you have a good afternoon! x
sorry!
hello!
yes i know, i know, you all probabley think something terrible has happened because i haven't posted anything yet. sorry about that. i will explain what happened in a second.
so yesterday i got the kids ready for school, started the washing, skyped (unsuccessfully) with grandma and sharon, dad was asleep and i am guessing pa was too. and then i went to the gym for just over an hour, came home and all the kids had a half day at school which meant that they were home at 12. greaaattt.
so i had to think of things to occupy them with for the additional 4 hours that they are not usually here.
so we watched tv, had lunch and then played outside. in the sandpit, chalk on the driveway, soccer, "familys", swings, monkey bars, you name it, i was doing it. and might i add that it was 33 degrees yesterday! so hot. and no breeze. two days ago it was 11 degrees during the day, but i am told that the weather here is always super crazy like that.
then i made them some dinner after playing for hours on end outside.
karen came home, and then harrison had a late baseball game, so they went to that and i went to stop and shop to get one of those little sorbet tubs and a dvd and thats when lauren text to see if i wanted to go to an ice cream and movie night at christinas. so of course i did.
i came home first, ate dinner and then left just before nine. so we hung out for a bit and then watched 'the girl with the dragon tattoo', sooooo much better then expected. so we decided that, "what the hell we may as well stay up all night and watch the rest" and this is why there was no post. so we stayed and watched the second and third movies, slept for maybe two hours then i came home at 8.
whilst driving home though, i have to say, i almost died.
well not really, BUT christinas house is in this little estate thing so when you go in, the in and out sides on the road are seperated by a big island with trees and plants and stuff.
right, so i am driving home this morning and just drove down the wrong side! so casually! got half way and realised, had a heart attack, thanked the lord it was early on a saturday and no one was around, and reversed back to then continue on the right side.
and i hurt my foot last night. fell down the last two or three steps in the staircase. god it hurt. now i walk with a limp. attractive.
so i am going to have a nanna nap now.
have a good night! miss you! x
yes i know, i know, you all probabley think something terrible has happened because i haven't posted anything yet. sorry about that. i will explain what happened in a second.
so yesterday i got the kids ready for school, started the washing, skyped (unsuccessfully) with grandma and sharon, dad was asleep and i am guessing pa was too. and then i went to the gym for just over an hour, came home and all the kids had a half day at school which meant that they were home at 12. greaaattt.
so i had to think of things to occupy them with for the additional 4 hours that they are not usually here.
so we watched tv, had lunch and then played outside. in the sandpit, chalk on the driveway, soccer, "familys", swings, monkey bars, you name it, i was doing it. and might i add that it was 33 degrees yesterday! so hot. and no breeze. two days ago it was 11 degrees during the day, but i am told that the weather here is always super crazy like that.
then i made them some dinner after playing for hours on end outside.
karen came home, and then harrison had a late baseball game, so they went to that and i went to stop and shop to get one of those little sorbet tubs and a dvd and thats when lauren text to see if i wanted to go to an ice cream and movie night at christinas. so of course i did.
i came home first, ate dinner and then left just before nine. so we hung out for a bit and then watched 'the girl with the dragon tattoo', sooooo much better then expected. so we decided that, "what the hell we may as well stay up all night and watch the rest" and this is why there was no post. so we stayed and watched the second and third movies, slept for maybe two hours then i came home at 8.
whilst driving home though, i have to say, i almost died.
well not really, BUT christinas house is in this little estate thing so when you go in, the in and out sides on the road are seperated by a big island with trees and plants and stuff.
right, so i am driving home this morning and just drove down the wrong side! so casually! got half way and realised, had a heart attack, thanked the lord it was early on a saturday and no one was around, and reversed back to then continue on the right side.
and i hurt my foot last night. fell down the last two or three steps in the staircase. god it hurt. now i walk with a limp. attractive.
so i am going to have a nanna nap now.
have a good night! miss you! x
Thursday, 26 May 2011
routine..
hey!
so i didn't feel as homesick today, which is good.
i did all the usual cleaning etc and then went to the gym.
which is where i am starting my routine. so i am doing the same amount of time on the same things every day. i feel like i real gym person now haha
then i came home and read outside in the sunshine, it was so nice and hot and sunny today. and when i got home there were two squirrals and a few chipmunks were just chilling next to the drive way. they didn't even run away when i got out of the car.
so the kids came home, we did homework and then went to matts baseball training. i took the other kids to the park and we played for a couple of hours.
came home and cooked dinner. the kids ate and i had a cup of tea because i felt really sick for some reason. it helped. then i had a message from dad on the machine, so i called him back using my phonecard and he said he would pullover and call me back (obviously driving the truck, and its hard to hear him on hands free) but he still hasn't which is weird.
so now i am just watching so you think you can dance, deciding whether to go to bed or not.
so thats about it.
goodnight! x
so i didn't feel as homesick today, which is good.
i did all the usual cleaning etc and then went to the gym.
which is where i am starting my routine. so i am doing the same amount of time on the same things every day. i feel like i real gym person now haha
then i came home and read outside in the sunshine, it was so nice and hot and sunny today. and when i got home there were two squirrals and a few chipmunks were just chilling next to the drive way. they didn't even run away when i got out of the car.
so the kids came home, we did homework and then went to matts baseball training. i took the other kids to the park and we played for a couple of hours.
came home and cooked dinner. the kids ate and i had a cup of tea because i felt really sick for some reason. it helped. then i had a message from dad on the machine, so i called him back using my phonecard and he said he would pullover and call me back (obviously driving the truck, and its hard to hear him on hands free) but he still hasn't which is weird.
so now i am just watching so you think you can dance, deciding whether to go to bed or not.
so thats about it.
goodnight! x
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
upset..
hey!
so today i really felt the homesickness. like alot. just thinking about australia makes me want to cry.
i miss being at home. i miss all of you so much. and i skyped with mum twice which i love but i hate saying goodbye.
so i moped in my room for a while and then decided i should still go to the gym, dedicated i know.
worked out for an hour, didn't see the boob lady again, thankgod. came home and read my letter from my best friend, which came in the mail today! i was so excited!
then harrison came home - the other kiddies had cub scouts and rachel tagged along with them so i only had one person to look after which was extremely quiet...
until he fell off his bike and grazed his arm although anyone would have thought his arm actually snapped off with the amount of crying going on, so i just went along with it, being the nurse that fixes everything.
so we made kool-aid, yes kool-aid. how american right? and it just cracks me up because i think of the youtube video. (for those of you who haven't seen it type into youtube.. julian smith - koolaid) and while your there watch the one called 'malk' as well. bloody hilarious.
then i dropped him at baseball came home and the other kids got dropped off here.
so we mucked around for a little bit, then i made dinner, the kids ate and we went to pick up harrison.
then i got my second piece of mail for the day, from grandma, which was unexpected, and i loved it.
oh and i cooked rice how aunty serena told me. didn't EXACTLY work how she said it would, but i'm guessing thats because its brown rice not white, and takes a million years longer to cook. its either that or i just can not cook rice to save myself.
now i am watching americas next top model.
well thats all for today. hopefully tomorrow won't be so emotional.
miss you all! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
so today i really felt the homesickness. like alot. just thinking about australia makes me want to cry.
i miss being at home. i miss all of you so much. and i skyped with mum twice which i love but i hate saying goodbye.
so i moped in my room for a while and then decided i should still go to the gym, dedicated i know.
worked out for an hour, didn't see the boob lady again, thankgod. came home and read my letter from my best friend, which came in the mail today! i was so excited!
then harrison came home - the other kiddies had cub scouts and rachel tagged along with them so i only had one person to look after which was extremely quiet...
until he fell off his bike and grazed his arm although anyone would have thought his arm actually snapped off with the amount of crying going on, so i just went along with it, being the nurse that fixes everything.
so we made kool-aid, yes kool-aid. how american right? and it just cracks me up because i think of the youtube video. (for those of you who haven't seen it type into youtube.. julian smith - koolaid) and while your there watch the one called 'malk' as well. bloody hilarious.
then i dropped him at baseball came home and the other kids got dropped off here.
so we mucked around for a little bit, then i made dinner, the kids ate and we went to pick up harrison.
then i got my second piece of mail for the day, from grandma, which was unexpected, and i loved it.
oh and i cooked rice how aunty serena told me. didn't EXACTLY work how she said it would, but i'm guessing thats because its brown rice not white, and takes a million years longer to cook. its either that or i just can not cook rice to save myself.
now i am watching americas next top model.
well thats all for today. hopefully tomorrow won't be so emotional.
miss you all! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
saving..
hello!
so this morning, after doing ten tonnes of washing yesterday, i had no washing to actually do, so i was done with my jobs pretty early and hit the gym, sigh. i really don't like the gym. i just feel like i should be doing something during the day and a couple of hours working out makes me feel better about the day at night.
so anyways, went there, worked out, sweated alot.
then went to the change rooms to get my stuff and bam, old lady, with her old saggy wrinkly boobs hanging there in front of me. literally, she was bent over trying to find her bra in her bag. it truely was a lovely sight. (sarcastic) at least she had undies on i guess.
then after trying to get that imprint from my mind i came home and watched tv for a little bit, had a nanna nap and then the kids got home.
so while they were playing outside matt fell off his skateboard and hurt his thumb. thankgod it didn't break. its just super black and sore.
i made dinner, whilst reading my book. it is so good, so addictive. i can barely put it down.
oh and i finished watching greys anatomy last night and am where its up to on american tv so of course i need something else to keep me occupied so i might start 90210 from the beginning.
but i did just start watching hellcats tonight - it is doing reruns from season 1 and i never got a chance to watch it in aus - and now i love it. its on the CW, a channel here, which is quite possibley the best channel ever made. they have three new shows coming out in fall, can't wait.
oh and i forgot to tell you that G rode a big bike all by himself the other day (he had a smaller one) so he taught himself to ride the bigger one. so cute.
and tonight harrison dressed up in this basket ball uniform, and the shirt he was wearing was the smallest size and was huge. i took a photo of him being all gangsta so you can see.
hm what else. well i stopped biting my nails! they are fairly long again now. and i braided my own hair into one braid for the first time ever last night. it was pretty great considering mum or chloe always did it for me.
and i am also considering leaving my hair curly. like actually going to this beauty place, ulta, and asking which products to buy so its not frizzy and stuff. i just really want it to grow.
so other then all of that, i have nothing else to tell.
except that i did skype with stephyg for a little bit tonight.
and i decided not to go to starbucks tonight because i am trying to save my money and i will be way to tempted to buy something.
talk to you tomorrow. bye! xxxxxxxx
p.s nsw will win origin.
p.p.s i don't know if its out in aus yet but there is this new strawberry lemonade frozen thing at maccas and the ad for it is so freakin funny. its this lemon talking about how everyone hates lemons and then hes all like "yeah! how do you like me now?!" hahaha
& tanya, i am thinking of you. stay strong. love you.
so this morning, after doing ten tonnes of washing yesterday, i had no washing to actually do, so i was done with my jobs pretty early and hit the gym, sigh. i really don't like the gym. i just feel like i should be doing something during the day and a couple of hours working out makes me feel better about the day at night.
so anyways, went there, worked out, sweated alot.
then went to the change rooms to get my stuff and bam, old lady, with her old saggy wrinkly boobs hanging there in front of me. literally, she was bent over trying to find her bra in her bag. it truely was a lovely sight. (sarcastic) at least she had undies on i guess.
then after trying to get that imprint from my mind i came home and watched tv for a little bit, had a nanna nap and then the kids got home.
so while they were playing outside matt fell off his skateboard and hurt his thumb. thankgod it didn't break. its just super black and sore.
i made dinner, whilst reading my book. it is so good, so addictive. i can barely put it down.
oh and i finished watching greys anatomy last night and am where its up to on american tv so of course i need something else to keep me occupied so i might start 90210 from the beginning.
but i did just start watching hellcats tonight - it is doing reruns from season 1 and i never got a chance to watch it in aus - and now i love it. its on the CW, a channel here, which is quite possibley the best channel ever made. they have three new shows coming out in fall, can't wait.
oh and i forgot to tell you that G rode a big bike all by himself the other day (he had a smaller one) so he taught himself to ride the bigger one. so cute.
and tonight harrison dressed up in this basket ball uniform, and the shirt he was wearing was the smallest size and was huge. i took a photo of him being all gangsta so you can see.
hm what else. well i stopped biting my nails! they are fairly long again now. and i braided my own hair into one braid for the first time ever last night. it was pretty great considering mum or chloe always did it for me.
and i am also considering leaving my hair curly. like actually going to this beauty place, ulta, and asking which products to buy so its not frizzy and stuff. i just really want it to grow.
so other then all of that, i have nothing else to tell.
except that i did skype with stephyg for a little bit tonight.
and i decided not to go to starbucks tonight because i am trying to save my money and i will be way to tempted to buy something.
talk to you tomorrow. bye! xxxxxxxx
p.s nsw will win origin.
p.p.s i don't know if its out in aus yet but there is this new strawberry lemonade frozen thing at maccas and the ad for it is so freakin funny. its this lemon talking about how everyone hates lemons and then hes all like "yeah! how do you like me now?!" hahaha
& tanya, i am thinking of you. stay strong. love you.
Monday, 23 May 2011
a little tired..
hey!
well its monday here, so the usual house cleaning day. sheets, towels and clothes washing. eh.
but i did do a big clean of my own room, so its all nice now.
hm so after that i went to the gym for just over an hour, came home, had a glorious hot shower, it is so bloody miserable and cold here.
uhm then the kids got home, we played on the computer for a bit and then had an early dinner because matthew had to go to watch harrisons school concert and the twins were supposed to have t-ball but because of the shitty weather, it was cancelled.
so i stayed home with the twins, we went and picked up some dry cleaning. everyone was looking at me as if they were my kids when we walked in..
i made stirfry for dinner, decided to make some rice as well, and lets just say i'm not the best rice cooker on the planet.
i skyped with mum, talked about what went wrong with the rice, but then she had to go do some things.
so im about to watch greys anatomy and drink my cuppa tea, whcih might i add i was just dunking a biscut into and the whole thing fell in. fail.
so thats about it for today. oh! i saw the cutest chipmunk in our driveway today! i swear they get cuter everytime i see them.
bye! x
well its monday here, so the usual house cleaning day. sheets, towels and clothes washing. eh.
but i did do a big clean of my own room, so its all nice now.
hm so after that i went to the gym for just over an hour, came home, had a glorious hot shower, it is so bloody miserable and cold here.
uhm then the kids got home, we played on the computer for a bit and then had an early dinner because matthew had to go to watch harrisons school concert and the twins were supposed to have t-ball but because of the shitty weather, it was cancelled.
so i stayed home with the twins, we went and picked up some dry cleaning. everyone was looking at me as if they were my kids when we walked in..
i made stirfry for dinner, decided to make some rice as well, and lets just say i'm not the best rice cooker on the planet.
i skyped with mum, talked about what went wrong with the rice, but then she had to go do some things.
so im about to watch greys anatomy and drink my cuppa tea, whcih might i add i was just dunking a biscut into and the whole thing fell in. fail.
so thats about it for today. oh! i saw the cutest chipmunk in our driveway today! i swear they get cuter everytime i see them.
bye! x
Sunday, 22 May 2011
sleep..
hello!
well since this moring, i stayed in bed and was either sleeping or watching tv.
i didn't even get up to eat i was so tired.
then this afternoon the kids got home from their dads, i went downstairs and made their lunches for tomorrow and helped rachel make a bookmark.
had soup for dinner and now i am watching greys anatomy. its the episode after the car crash and kallie's in hospital and its so sad. but its like a musical episode as well which is strange.
so thats all today everyone. sorry its so boring.
night! x
well since this moring, i stayed in bed and was either sleeping or watching tv.
i didn't even get up to eat i was so tired.
then this afternoon the kids got home from their dads, i went downstairs and made their lunches for tomorrow and helped rachel make a bookmark.
had soup for dinner and now i am watching greys anatomy. its the episode after the car crash and kallie's in hospital and its so sad. but its like a musical episode as well which is strange.
so thats all today everyone. sorry its so boring.
night! x
new york city..
hey guys!
so i am writing this the day after instead of on the night because i have been in new york. yes, be jealous.
i slept until eleven, got up and the started getting ready for that night straight away. it was super weird. i curled my hair, did my eyes with my new pretty eye stuff, and wore a purpley blue dress with a black jacket and gold jewellrey. then lauren picked me up and we met jens and clara at her house and all took jens' car to hartford where the bus station is and left it in the locked parking overnight..
caught the two oclock bus and got there at four thirty. was extremely bored though because we only had our little sling bags with us and couldn't bring anything to entertain ourselves.
side note - we couldn't get a motel/bed and breakfast/hostel or anything! possibley because we left it until three days before we were supposed to go to book, but still. so hence the reason we had to get ready at lunch time, catch a later bus, only have a sling bag with essentials in it, and stay awake all night long to catch the four in the morning bus home.
so we got to new york, it is still as amazing as last time i was there, walked to the pier where the cruise was and got to see all the other au pairs from all over america.
the cruise was sooooo good! it went for about four hours and we pretty much just danced the whole time.
so after it finished we went to a 24 hour diner, classic new york, and got some food. they made the best omlettes i have ever eaten.
then we started walking to times square, got side tracked on the way there at the movies, because get this right, they are like a 24 hour movie joint. and we were at the one in the morning session so you would think that it would only be a couple of people in there, but no, it was your average session, the place was full. and people were actually sleeping in there. not just 'whoops i was tired and closed my eyes' sleeping, full on laying across the seats, using coats as pillows and blankets and not even watching the movie, just there to sleep.
so we saw bridesmaids, absolutely hilarious! oh my god, it was so funny. you all need to go and see it. i pretty much wet myself with laughter.
oh and its true the whole 'city that never sleeps', we came out afterwards and anyone would think it was the middle of the day.
so we went back to the bus station, i brought two bottles of water i was so damn thirsty, i could have drunk a river, and then i slept the whole way home.
so the bus got here at like six thirty, i got dropped home and then pretty much just got into bed. and have been asleep ever since.
will let you know tonight how my day has been/will be.
bye! xo
so i am writing this the day after instead of on the night because i have been in new york. yes, be jealous.
i slept until eleven, got up and the started getting ready for that night straight away. it was super weird. i curled my hair, did my eyes with my new pretty eye stuff, and wore a purpley blue dress with a black jacket and gold jewellrey. then lauren picked me up and we met jens and clara at her house and all took jens' car to hartford where the bus station is and left it in the locked parking overnight..
caught the two oclock bus and got there at four thirty. was extremely bored though because we only had our little sling bags with us and couldn't bring anything to entertain ourselves.
side note - we couldn't get a motel/bed and breakfast/hostel or anything! possibley because we left it until three days before we were supposed to go to book, but still. so hence the reason we had to get ready at lunch time, catch a later bus, only have a sling bag with essentials in it, and stay awake all night long to catch the four in the morning bus home.
so we got to new york, it is still as amazing as last time i was there, walked to the pier where the cruise was and got to see all the other au pairs from all over america.
the cruise was sooooo good! it went for about four hours and we pretty much just danced the whole time.
so after it finished we went to a 24 hour diner, classic new york, and got some food. they made the best omlettes i have ever eaten.
then we started walking to times square, got side tracked on the way there at the movies, because get this right, they are like a 24 hour movie joint. and we were at the one in the morning session so you would think that it would only be a couple of people in there, but no, it was your average session, the place was full. and people were actually sleeping in there. not just 'whoops i was tired and closed my eyes' sleeping, full on laying across the seats, using coats as pillows and blankets and not even watching the movie, just there to sleep.
so we saw bridesmaids, absolutely hilarious! oh my god, it was so funny. you all need to go and see it. i pretty much wet myself with laughter.
oh and its true the whole 'city that never sleeps', we came out afterwards and anyone would think it was the middle of the day.
so we went back to the bus station, i brought two bottles of water i was so damn thirsty, i could have drunk a river, and then i slept the whole way home.
so the bus got here at like six thirty, i got dropped home and then pretty much just got into bed. and have been asleep ever since.
will let you know tonight how my day has been/will be.
bye! xo
Friday, 20 May 2011
my good deed, apparently..
hello aus!
so straight after the kids got on the bus i came inside got ready and met lauren at her seven year olds school for there multicultural, learn about another country day, and of course we had to be the guest speakers for australia. well lauren was, but she dragged me along because she is a scaredy cat.
so we get there and this teacher shows us to the classroom we would be in.
so here i am under the impression that we were just going to be talking to keinan's class and then going home, but ohhh noooo, we had to talk to every grade one class, for about forty five minutes each, about the same thing, every time from nine until three.
we read the story 'magic possum' to them - its so cute, and grandma used to read it to chloe and i.
then we had a bucket full of paper with questions on them for the kids to ask.
then we went through some "aussie slang", it was such bull. like half the "slang" we supposedly use i hadn't even heard of.
then we showed them pictures of aussie animals, passed around aussie money (they were amazed that it was unrippable) talked about vegemite and then they sung the kookaburra song.. kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry merry blah blah you know the one, but anyway, then after that one verse they kept singing another two sections, and i am quite fairly sure that america just made it up, because i am also fairly sure that we didn't even learn it when we were young and we are from australia.
so it was a loooong and tiring day but it was more fun then expected. and it was my good deed for the week, and karma should be good to us and make for a super weekend.
then as soon as i got home the kids pretty much walked in the door and we went to swap our cans and bottles for money.
you know in south australia the five cent refund thing? well its the same for connecticut.
and so we took our hundreds of cans and went to the machines at stop & shop where you put them in and then when your done it gives you a ticket which you then go and switch for money.
well it took bloody forever to put them all in the machine and the kids were going stir crazy but eventually i got it done. and a couple of hotties turned up which made it a hell of alot better ;)
so then we came home, the kids went to their dads and i am now chilling in my room.
i skyped with mum too.
oh and tomorrow will be my 50th post! can you believe it has already been 50 days.
but i won't be posting since i will be partying in new york city babyyyyy!
i shall catch you all up on sunday morning.
love you all! miss you! x
so straight after the kids got on the bus i came inside got ready and met lauren at her seven year olds school for there multicultural, learn about another country day, and of course we had to be the guest speakers for australia. well lauren was, but she dragged me along because she is a scaredy cat.
so we get there and this teacher shows us to the classroom we would be in.
so here i am under the impression that we were just going to be talking to keinan's class and then going home, but ohhh noooo, we had to talk to every grade one class, for about forty five minutes each, about the same thing, every time from nine until three.
we read the story 'magic possum' to them - its so cute, and grandma used to read it to chloe and i.
then we had a bucket full of paper with questions on them for the kids to ask.
then we went through some "aussie slang", it was such bull. like half the "slang" we supposedly use i hadn't even heard of.
then we showed them pictures of aussie animals, passed around aussie money (they were amazed that it was unrippable) talked about vegemite and then they sung the kookaburra song.. kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry merry blah blah you know the one, but anyway, then after that one verse they kept singing another two sections, and i am quite fairly sure that america just made it up, because i am also fairly sure that we didn't even learn it when we were young and we are from australia.
so it was a loooong and tiring day but it was more fun then expected. and it was my good deed for the week, and karma should be good to us and make for a super weekend.
then as soon as i got home the kids pretty much walked in the door and we went to swap our cans and bottles for money.
you know in south australia the five cent refund thing? well its the same for connecticut.
and so we took our hundreds of cans and went to the machines at stop & shop where you put them in and then when your done it gives you a ticket which you then go and switch for money.
well it took bloody forever to put them all in the machine and the kids were going stir crazy but eventually i got it done. and a couple of hotties turned up which made it a hell of alot better ;)
so then we came home, the kids went to their dads and i am now chilling in my room.
i skyped with mum too.
oh and tomorrow will be my 50th post! can you believe it has already been 50 days.
but i won't be posting since i will be partying in new york city babyyyyy!
i shall catch you all up on sunday morning.
love you all! miss you! x
Thursday, 19 May 2011
not exactly pleased..
hey!
well this morning i went to the hairdressers at 10 for a full head of foils.. and this is how it went.
got there, all is good, my hairdresser gave me a coffee and then asked me what colour foils i wanted, just blonde like usual, and then she started.
first difference - she didn't tell me her name, she didn't make conversation, she seemed very hostile i guess? which in australia has never happened before.
then i had my wash, took like 5 minutes, she didn't even massage my head when she conditioned.
then came the 'not exactly pleased' part...
so she drys my hair with the towel then starts blowdrying, and blowdrying and blowdrying... and being extremely particular.
so i start thinking, ah why is she wasting her time when she will have to straighten it anyway (i had mentioned earlier that i had curly hair, but NEVER wear it curly, most hairdressers pick up on this and straighten it for you) but no, not this one. she just blowdryed it to extremes.
so it was straight but with curly hair you have to either leave it curly to begin with or blowdry, and straighten, its a must. so when she said "okay all done" my heart sank because i looked like i had just had my hair done for an 80's cafe photoshoot or something. it was horrible.
i paid, $125 then $25 tip, which i probably shouldn't have considering she did a bad style and they had quoted me $95 a week before. not impressed.
and so i quickly went home to straighten it.
and you are most likey thinking 'blah blah stop whinging danielle', but when i go somewhere and pay them for their services i expect them to do a good job.
then i went to the book store and bought a book called royally crushed, went to kohls to switch a couple of bras i got (i didn't try them one because one, they arn't really bras, just bandeu type things and two, its too cold to get undressed) then to panera bread for lunch - brocolli soup, soooo good!
i came home, kids got home, we played, i made dinner and then they got ready for bed and i finished for the day.
oh and i brought my train ticket for saturday!
skyped with lauren about tomorrow.
skyped with mumma bear who was cleaning.
and then had a tim tam :)
so im going to watch greys anatomy now, i'm almost caught up to it on american tv.
night! x
well this morning i went to the hairdressers at 10 for a full head of foils.. and this is how it went.
got there, all is good, my hairdresser gave me a coffee and then asked me what colour foils i wanted, just blonde like usual, and then she started.
first difference - she didn't tell me her name, she didn't make conversation, she seemed very hostile i guess? which in australia has never happened before.
then i had my wash, took like 5 minutes, she didn't even massage my head when she conditioned.
then came the 'not exactly pleased' part...
so she drys my hair with the towel then starts blowdrying, and blowdrying and blowdrying... and being extremely particular.
so i start thinking, ah why is she wasting her time when she will have to straighten it anyway (i had mentioned earlier that i had curly hair, but NEVER wear it curly, most hairdressers pick up on this and straighten it for you) but no, not this one. she just blowdryed it to extremes.
so it was straight but with curly hair you have to either leave it curly to begin with or blowdry, and straighten, its a must. so when she said "okay all done" my heart sank because i looked like i had just had my hair done for an 80's cafe photoshoot or something. it was horrible.
i paid, $125 then $25 tip, which i probably shouldn't have considering she did a bad style and they had quoted me $95 a week before. not impressed.
and so i quickly went home to straighten it.
and you are most likey thinking 'blah blah stop whinging danielle', but when i go somewhere and pay them for their services i expect them to do a good job.
then i went to the book store and bought a book called royally crushed, went to kohls to switch a couple of bras i got (i didn't try them one because one, they arn't really bras, just bandeu type things and two, its too cold to get undressed) then to panera bread for lunch - brocolli soup, soooo good!
i came home, kids got home, we played, i made dinner and then they got ready for bed and i finished for the day.
oh and i brought my train ticket for saturday!
skyped with lauren about tomorrow.
skyped with mumma bear who was cleaning.
and then had a tim tam :)
so im going to watch greys anatomy now, i'm almost caught up to it on american tv.
night! x
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
who knew..
hellooo australia!
hm today.. well i woke up, overcast yet again, and raining. so not motivational weather.
anyway, i went and got the kids ready, waited with them for the bus and then got the key to the neighbours place, because the dogs are keep inside during the daytime, and i am going to walk their dogs when i go for a walk during the day, that is when its not raining.
then started the endless washing. i swear there is some sort of machine that just spits out clothes into the wash basket. like i will be doing the washing from the day before and i'm like how the hell did they manage to wear this much clothing in one day.
i met tanja at the gym, she started her free trial, and we worked out for just over an hour before i went to redbox (the $1 dvd hire machine at stop & shop) and hired
the roommate - extremely similar to single white female, but i did have alot of young famous people in it and the hottie from twilight and burlesque in it.
never say never - this movie needs alot more detail, i will explain in a moment.
summer eleven - pretty stupid, about this bunch of kids that are 11 during their summer vacation, i only got it because after i got the first two it said i could get another for 50 cents, counldn't argue with that.
okay so back to never say never, for those of you who don't realise what this movie is (yes you, grandmas) its justin biebers movie. and i have to say that before i watched this movie i didn't love him, i didn't hate him, it was just neutral, i would listen to his music. but now, i have bieber fever! yes i have it. i am in love with justin bieber.. and i hate to admit it. i haven't even finished the movie yet, only half way through, thats how good he is.
so what else happened.. nothing really.
kids came home, we played forts in the basement, i made dinner and then the kids went with karen to the book fair at their school.
and now the kids are in bed asleep. so peaceful.
well thats all.
bye! miss you! x
hm today.. well i woke up, overcast yet again, and raining. so not motivational weather.
anyway, i went and got the kids ready, waited with them for the bus and then got the key to the neighbours place, because the dogs are keep inside during the daytime, and i am going to walk their dogs when i go for a walk during the day, that is when its not raining.
then started the endless washing. i swear there is some sort of machine that just spits out clothes into the wash basket. like i will be doing the washing from the day before and i'm like how the hell did they manage to wear this much clothing in one day.
i met tanja at the gym, she started her free trial, and we worked out for just over an hour before i went to redbox (the $1 dvd hire machine at stop & shop) and hired
the roommate - extremely similar to single white female, but i did have alot of young famous people in it and the hottie from twilight and burlesque in it.
never say never - this movie needs alot more detail, i will explain in a moment.
summer eleven - pretty stupid, about this bunch of kids that are 11 during their summer vacation, i only got it because after i got the first two it said i could get another for 50 cents, counldn't argue with that.
okay so back to never say never, for those of you who don't realise what this movie is (yes you, grandmas) its justin biebers movie. and i have to say that before i watched this movie i didn't love him, i didn't hate him, it was just neutral, i would listen to his music. but now, i have bieber fever! yes i have it. i am in love with justin bieber.. and i hate to admit it. i haven't even finished the movie yet, only half way through, thats how good he is.
so what else happened.. nothing really.
kids came home, we played forts in the basement, i made dinner and then the kids went with karen to the book fair at their school.
and now the kids are in bed asleep. so peaceful.
well thats all.
bye! miss you! x
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
extremely unproductive..
hey!
so today i did my usual work and then nothing. literally.
i went to the gym for an hour or so but other then that, diddley squat.
the kids got home and matt made this awesome robot made from things out of the recycling. then they decided to all tackle me to the ground and half beat me to death. its all fun and games until someone gets hurt, which suprisingly wasn't me, it was harrison. and so we stopped playing that little game. then we played a bit of indoor cricket in the basement. they had to be inside all arvo because it has been raining non stop all day.
i made italian inspired dinner for the kiddies and then went to starbucks with the other au pairs. made plans with lauren, clara and jens about our new york weekend. which i don't think i have mentioned yet.. there is this new york city disco cruise on for au pairs and friends this saturday night so we are going down on saturday morning and then satying the night and coming back sunday afternoon. sooooo excited!
oh and i skyped with mumma bear tonight which was hilarious. she pulled this face, impersonating me when my end of skype froze, and it was so funny.
hm and i just thought i would mention that i don't recall having seen a cat AT ALL since being here. not one. wierd.
anways thats all. have a great day! x
so today i did my usual work and then nothing. literally.
i went to the gym for an hour or so but other then that, diddley squat.
the kids got home and matt made this awesome robot made from things out of the recycling. then they decided to all tackle me to the ground and half beat me to death. its all fun and games until someone gets hurt, which suprisingly wasn't me, it was harrison. and so we stopped playing that little game. then we played a bit of indoor cricket in the basement. they had to be inside all arvo because it has been raining non stop all day.
i made italian inspired dinner for the kiddies and then went to starbucks with the other au pairs. made plans with lauren, clara and jens about our new york weekend. which i don't think i have mentioned yet.. there is this new york city disco cruise on for au pairs and friends this saturday night so we are going down on saturday morning and then satying the night and coming back sunday afternoon. sooooo excited!
oh and i skyped with mumma bear tonight which was hilarious. she pulled this face, impersonating me when my end of skype froze, and it was so funny.
hm and i just thought i would mention that i don't recall having seen a cat AT ALL since being here. not one. wierd.
anways thats all. have a great day! x
Monday, 16 May 2011
trying not to get sick..
hello!
so i woke up this morning and went downstairs, as usual, and then when i was cutting a bagel in half to toast for matt i sliced my hand open. oh the joy. so i went upstairs and put a bandiad on it and then the 'im going to throw up/faint feeling kicked in. not good. so a layed down for about 5 minutes and drank a whole heap of water till i was better.
then the kids went to school, except rach because she was still really sick this morning and barely slept last night. and karens car wasn't working this morning, and we had to take it to the mechanic this arvo so she worked from home today.
i did my usual five loads of washing and cleaning that i do every monday then rach and i watched tv in my bed. then she played games on my laptop, went and got her toy tub and brought it up to my room and then used items from it to "massage" my feet, cute right? then we took the car the the guy to fix it, came home and watched tv again.
and i am trying my best not to get sick because rach is around me so much breathing her little germs everywhere. so i disinfected my laptop and aired out my room tonight too. i really don't want to get sick.
the other kids got home, we did homework and snacks then had to pick up the car again.
had tacos for dinner and then karen took the three younger kids to buy G new joggers so harrison and i stayed home and we roasted mini marshmellows in the fire (yes, karen put the fire on today! its so toasty and warm. its not freezing weather but its just nice to have it on because we have turnt the heating off now in the house). then harrison got some m&m's so we toasted the marshmellow put it in our mouths then put in m&m's so it was like a smore haha
then the others got home and we watched some awesome cake making show and then they went to bed.
and right now i am watching a show on tlc called extreme couponing, it is absolutely insane. so in america in the newspaper they have pages with coupons on them, like buy one get one free, $2.00 off etc, we get them as well, but these ladies are crazy and stock pile food because they get for so cheap after organising and spending hours and hours a week working out shopping lists and then they go shopping and the total will come to like $800 and after they use all their coupons it costs them like $2.00. blows my mind.
so thats about all for today. hope your all having a great day and that mum and tanya are having a safe flight.
bye! x
so i woke up this morning and went downstairs, as usual, and then when i was cutting a bagel in half to toast for matt i sliced my hand open. oh the joy. so i went upstairs and put a bandiad on it and then the 'im going to throw up/faint feeling kicked in. not good. so a layed down for about 5 minutes and drank a whole heap of water till i was better.
then the kids went to school, except rach because she was still really sick this morning and barely slept last night. and karens car wasn't working this morning, and we had to take it to the mechanic this arvo so she worked from home today.
i did my usual five loads of washing and cleaning that i do every monday then rach and i watched tv in my bed. then she played games on my laptop, went and got her toy tub and brought it up to my room and then used items from it to "massage" my feet, cute right? then we took the car the the guy to fix it, came home and watched tv again.
and i am trying my best not to get sick because rach is around me so much breathing her little germs everywhere. so i disinfected my laptop and aired out my room tonight too. i really don't want to get sick.
the other kids got home, we did homework and snacks then had to pick up the car again.
had tacos for dinner and then karen took the three younger kids to buy G new joggers so harrison and i stayed home and we roasted mini marshmellows in the fire (yes, karen put the fire on today! its so toasty and warm. its not freezing weather but its just nice to have it on because we have turnt the heating off now in the house). then harrison got some m&m's so we toasted the marshmellow put it in our mouths then put in m&m's so it was like a smore haha
then the others got home and we watched some awesome cake making show and then they went to bed.
and right now i am watching a show on tlc called extreme couponing, it is absolutely insane. so in america in the newspaper they have pages with coupons on them, like buy one get one free, $2.00 off etc, we get them as well, but these ladies are crazy and stock pile food because they get for so cheap after organising and spending hours and hours a week working out shopping lists and then they go shopping and the total will come to like $800 and after they use all their coupons it costs them like $2.00. blows my mind.
so thats about all for today. hope your all having a great day and that mum and tanya are having a safe flight.
bye! x
Sunday, 15 May 2011
stayed at home..
hello!
woke up at 10 and the plan was to go to the mall at 11, but then the girls text me to see if i could pick them up because their host parents were using their cars, but because they live so far away and in the opposite direction of the mall it wasn't worth it because i had to be home be three anyways to work.
so i watched greys anatomy instead. am just about to finish season six. you know, the episode where the guy goes on a shooting rampage in the hospital. when i watched it on tv, mum watched it too, and she was getting right into it and crying when main people got shot/died, and i was like, uhmm you don't even watch this you big baby.
anyways then everyone got home, i unpacked the grocerys and karen brought me tim tams! i was saying that i miss aussie food just because i know i can't have it, so she got me some. they arn't the ones by arnotts but they do taste exactly the same. well done america.
so then i had the kids from three and we played in the basement, then tidyed it up. came upstairs and watched tv. then we played hangman and did some pictures.
i made pizza for dinner, the kids had showers, brushed their teeth (with my supervision, because i swear they never do them properly) and then bed. rach the poor little thing is super sick, she coughs non stop, so she had some medicine beofre bed which i think helped and made her drousy.
and now its just on 9pm all the kids are asleep and i am quite pleased with myself..
i shall talk to you all tomorrow! night x
woke up at 10 and the plan was to go to the mall at 11, but then the girls text me to see if i could pick them up because their host parents were using their cars, but because they live so far away and in the opposite direction of the mall it wasn't worth it because i had to be home be three anyways to work.
so i watched greys anatomy instead. am just about to finish season six. you know, the episode where the guy goes on a shooting rampage in the hospital. when i watched it on tv, mum watched it too, and she was getting right into it and crying when main people got shot/died, and i was like, uhmm you don't even watch this you big baby.
anyways then everyone got home, i unpacked the grocerys and karen brought me tim tams! i was saying that i miss aussie food just because i know i can't have it, so she got me some. they arn't the ones by arnotts but they do taste exactly the same. well done america.
so then i had the kids from three and we played in the basement, then tidyed it up. came upstairs and watched tv. then we played hangman and did some pictures.
i made pizza for dinner, the kids had showers, brushed their teeth (with my supervision, because i swear they never do them properly) and then bed. rach the poor little thing is super sick, she coughs non stop, so she had some medicine beofre bed which i think helped and made her drousy.
and now its just on 9pm all the kids are asleep and i am quite pleased with myself..
i shall talk to you all tomorrow! night x
Saturday, 14 May 2011
long day..
hey guys!
well today i didn't have to work, so i slept in until 10, got up chilled then got ready to go to the canton walm for hunger.
it was a 2.7 mile (4.3 km for your convienience) walk that you donated $10 to do and all the money went to people with no food. not as many people turnt up as i thought, only about 60 or so, and then after that was done we went to the movies, again. butttttt I GOT TO SEE FAST FIVE! sooo worth the wait. it was so fantastically great.
then to chilis for dinner. i tried the $14.99 rib eye, it was alright considering the price.
then to ben and jerry's, got the best banana icecream.
and then we were going to go bowling and clara was supposed to be following us because she didn't know how to get there but then she got stopped at traffic lights and lost us so we were trying to call her but her phone had convieniently died, so we went to the bowling place, she had gone home, called us and said she wasn't coming so then we didn't go either.
and now i am home, completely worn out, and so ready for bed.
goodnight! x
p.s my heart hurts for you tanya. i am so sorry for your loss. your dad was one of the greatest i have met. love you.
well today i didn't have to work, so i slept in until 10, got up chilled then got ready to go to the canton walm for hunger.
it was a 2.7 mile (4.3 km for your convienience) walk that you donated $10 to do and all the money went to people with no food. not as many people turnt up as i thought, only about 60 or so, and then after that was done we went to the movies, again. butttttt I GOT TO SEE FAST FIVE! sooo worth the wait. it was so fantastically great.
then to chilis for dinner. i tried the $14.99 rib eye, it was alright considering the price.
then to ben and jerry's, got the best banana icecream.
and then we were going to go bowling and clara was supposed to be following us because she didn't know how to get there but then she got stopped at traffic lights and lost us so we were trying to call her but her phone had convieniently died, so we went to the bowling place, she had gone home, called us and said she wasn't coming so then we didn't go either.
and now i am home, completely worn out, and so ready for bed.
goodnight! x
p.s my heart hurts for you tanya. i am so sorry for your loss. your dad was one of the greatest i have met. love you.
Friday, 13 May 2011
yay its the weekend.
hello!
well this morning rachel didn't miss the bus, hurrah. although when she was putting on sunscreen she did manage to get it all through her 'bangs' as they call a fringe here..
then after all the chores were done i went back to bed for an hourish, before i watched greys anatomy.
then i contemplated going back to sleep, didn't because then i wouldn't have slept tonight, so i folded the washing and went to the gym.
nothing exciting happened there unfortunetly. i got all sweaty, came home and had a shower. washed my hair. did my hair, and then got dressed in shorts and a T because it was pretty warm today. and when i say warm it was maybe 22 degrees celcius. which is warm considering how cold it has been.
so then the kids got home, but two of them are with their dad this weekend and he pretty much shows up as soon as they get off their bus, so they left, and harrison and G watched tv so i just chilled with them.
i got d'angelo's for dinner, its a sandwich place, pretty good.
then i skyped with dad and sharon. he still thinks hes the funniest man alive.
and now i am waiting for lauren to pick me up and we are going to see either 'something borrowed' or 'bridesmaids' they are on at the same time so we can decide when we get there.
hm thats about it for today.
bye! x
well this morning rachel didn't miss the bus, hurrah. although when she was putting on sunscreen she did manage to get it all through her 'bangs' as they call a fringe here..
then after all the chores were done i went back to bed for an hourish, before i watched greys anatomy.
then i contemplated going back to sleep, didn't because then i wouldn't have slept tonight, so i folded the washing and went to the gym.
nothing exciting happened there unfortunetly. i got all sweaty, came home and had a shower. washed my hair. did my hair, and then got dressed in shorts and a T because it was pretty warm today. and when i say warm it was maybe 22 degrees celcius. which is warm considering how cold it has been.
so then the kids got home, but two of them are with their dad this weekend and he pretty much shows up as soon as they get off their bus, so they left, and harrison and G watched tv so i just chilled with them.
i got d'angelo's for dinner, its a sandwich place, pretty good.
then i skyped with dad and sharon. he still thinks hes the funniest man alive.
and now i am waiting for lauren to pick me up and we are going to see either 'something borrowed' or 'bridesmaids' they are on at the same time so we can decide when we get there.
hm thats about it for today.
bye! x
stupid blog site..
Hey!
Well today i actually wanted to get out of bed. The sun was out, thankgod. I am already sick of the ever changing weather here, like freezing, overcast and miserable yesterday and bright, hot and sunny today.
So anyways, Rachel missed her bus this morning. Why you ask? Because she was outside waiting to go to the bus stop with the boys and i realised she didn’t have any socks on and the wrong shoes. So i told her to run upstairs and grab some. Five minutes later she was still up there so i go up and she was putting on her toe socks.. really? Toe socks, that take you ten times as long to put on because you have ten toes to individually place inside of the sock. Typical. Went back outside and the others had already left.. and no, they don’t ask the bus driver to wait for her. So i dropped rach at school, came home, had breakfast then went to the gym. Oh before that though i chatted with g’ma on facebook. She is hilarious. Like she didn’t know how to do a smiley face, and asked whether or not the chat was between us or for everyone to see haha love you grandma.
Anyways worked out for an hour and a half, with the enthusiasm of the eighty year old on the treadmill next to me who thought it was terrific that i could jog for 15 minutes without having an aneurism.. yes sir i am about 60 years younger then you, i can handle it.
After that i went to the sushi place a few shops down. Walk in and here i am in my gym clothes, sweaty, stinky and starving and in an actual resteraunt. I was under the impression taht it was a little cafe sushi bar and it would be acceptable for me to go in there like that. How wrong was i. I got take away, enough said.
So i took my sushi home, sat out on the back deck, in the sun, with casey (the dog from next door) and read instyle, $3.99 at the chemist. Sushi was deliscious by the way. Although i got a tuna one.. yeah it was actual tuna. Not the mushed up stuff. Like raw purple fish. I ate it. Wont get it again though.. too authentic for me.
Uhm so the kids came home, played outside, garrett filled the sandpit up with water, got his school shoes saturated, fingers crossed they dry by tomorrow, and Rachel fell into the muddy water. So after a quick clothes change we went to baseball. Matt played, so Harrison scored, G played with his baseball and glove, and Rachel sat with me and coloured in. Then it turnt mighty cold, i nearly died. And then we came home and the kids skyped with alanna, the old au pair, which was nice, then bed time, finally. So now i am about to go to sleep.
Hope you all had a great morning! Miss you x
p.s read this as if it was when you normally read it. I wrote it last night, and posted today because the server was down..
p.p.s the blog before this one, as in wednesdays, has disappeared. not sure where it went.
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
lazy day..
hey everyone!
well when i woke up my whole body felt like i had been hit by a semi.
i'm guessing its normal after using muscles that you never usually use at the gym.
so i got up, did all the kids stuff, came back to bed and watched the movie frozen, wasn't as great as expected, or as great as the critics made it out to be.
then i slept. i was just so tired. got up, contemplated going to the gym, decided not to, for fear that i might actually cry whilst pedelling on the bike. lame i know, but i WILL go tomorrow.
i made my dinner for the week, chicken stirfry again, just because i still had enough frozen chicken and veges to make it and i didn't want them to go to waste.
kids came home and went to play outside.
then when dinner was ready i went to tell the kids who were playing in the sand pit to come in. they were covered in sand so i dusted them off and told them to just wash their hands because they could have a shower straight after dinner. then im standing in the kitchen and i hear G going "ewwww matthewwwww" so i go in there and he has washed his feet, IN THE BASIN, and then dried his feet, ON THE HAND TOWEL! i was like oh my god are you freakin kidding me. ratbag.
so after i discussed with him the reasons we don't use the basin and hand towel to clean our feet, we had dinner. (don't worry, i did clean the basin and put the towel in the wash)
then we had to rush off to drop harrison at scouts, get some milk, then we got home, i had dinner and the kids are about to go to sleep.
other then that, nothing else to tell.
oh and a big happy birthday to my cousin brett! finally eighteen! yay!
bye! x
well when i woke up my whole body felt like i had been hit by a semi.
i'm guessing its normal after using muscles that you never usually use at the gym.
so i got up, did all the kids stuff, came back to bed and watched the movie frozen, wasn't as great as expected, or as great as the critics made it out to be.
then i slept. i was just so tired. got up, contemplated going to the gym, decided not to, for fear that i might actually cry whilst pedelling on the bike. lame i know, but i WILL go tomorrow.
i made my dinner for the week, chicken stirfry again, just because i still had enough frozen chicken and veges to make it and i didn't want them to go to waste.
kids came home and went to play outside.
then when dinner was ready i went to tell the kids who were playing in the sand pit to come in. they were covered in sand so i dusted them off and told them to just wash their hands because they could have a shower straight after dinner. then im standing in the kitchen and i hear G going "ewwww matthewwwww" so i go in there and he has washed his feet, IN THE BASIN, and then dried his feet, ON THE HAND TOWEL! i was like oh my god are you freakin kidding me. ratbag.
so after i discussed with him the reasons we don't use the basin and hand towel to clean our feet, we had dinner. (don't worry, i did clean the basin and put the towel in the wash)
then we had to rush off to drop harrison at scouts, get some milk, then we got home, i had dinner and the kids are about to go to sleep.
other then that, nothing else to tell.
oh and a big happy birthday to my cousin brett! finally eighteen! yay!
bye! x
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
sore..
hello!
well today was fairly chill. like most days.
so after i took the kids across the road to the bus and they left i chatted with the grandma of one of rachel's firends for about half an hour, she is lovely.
then i did the kid related stuff, cleaning, washing, tidying blah blah and then i had some porridge.
watched an episode of greys anatomy and got ready for the gym. which pretty much just involves me getting dressed and putting my hair in a pony tail.
on my way to the gym i stopped to drop off cardboard boxes at the dump, and of course i got lost inside of the dump, had to ask some old guy for help. and the part i was looking for i had driven straight past, spaz.
anyways, got to the gym, did half an hour treadmill, half an hour bike, 15 minutes on the steps machine and then i decided i would try something a little more complicated then pressing a button.
so i went to the machine things that you push your legs up, squeeze your arms together, all that kind of stuff. but then on one of them i couldn't get the adjustment part to work, because of how tall i am it wasn't in the right spot, so i asked the girl next to me and she couldn't do it so we had to get the owner, and his face looks all like "ahh stupid woman" pfft, what a douche.
then i came home, got lunch - chicken stirfry - and went and layed outside on the grass to read my book, because it was hot and sunny.
then next doors dog casey came and layed next to me, my guess is that she could smell the chicken, so i shared with her. shes so cute. like a big poodle.
then showered, watched another episode of greys until the kids came home.
then we had baseball practice for harrison and matthew. i went to the park with the twins where rachel fell off the slide and got a puffy lip, poor thing. and G and i played soccer for a bit.
oh and i will just tell you that when we got there my drink bottle in my hand bags lid fell off and drenched EVERYTHING in my bag, including my book, so upsetting. lucky my camera is an underwater one.
i have to blowdry the pages of the book now.
oh and its called monkey in the middle here, not piggy in the middle.
and at stop signs, say a four way one, which there are alot of, its first in best dressed. you get there first, you go first. no giving way to your right or anything like that. its sooo confusing. and sometimes awkward because no one knows whether or not to go.
and i have been meaning to tell you that spring has finally sprung. it is gorgeous here at the moment. all the trees have leaves again. and the flowers are out. its so pretty.
and my arms are sore from the gym. its the first time they have ever been worked out lol
okay well i will chat to you all again tomorrow!
goodnight x
well today was fairly chill. like most days.
so after i took the kids across the road to the bus and they left i chatted with the grandma of one of rachel's firends for about half an hour, she is lovely.
then i did the kid related stuff, cleaning, washing, tidying blah blah and then i had some porridge.
watched an episode of greys anatomy and got ready for the gym. which pretty much just involves me getting dressed and putting my hair in a pony tail.
on my way to the gym i stopped to drop off cardboard boxes at the dump, and of course i got lost inside of the dump, had to ask some old guy for help. and the part i was looking for i had driven straight past, spaz.
anyways, got to the gym, did half an hour treadmill, half an hour bike, 15 minutes on the steps machine and then i decided i would try something a little more complicated then pressing a button.
so i went to the machine things that you push your legs up, squeeze your arms together, all that kind of stuff. but then on one of them i couldn't get the adjustment part to work, because of how tall i am it wasn't in the right spot, so i asked the girl next to me and she couldn't do it so we had to get the owner, and his face looks all like "ahh stupid woman" pfft, what a douche.
then i came home, got lunch - chicken stirfry - and went and layed outside on the grass to read my book, because it was hot and sunny.
then next doors dog casey came and layed next to me, my guess is that she could smell the chicken, so i shared with her. shes so cute. like a big poodle.
then showered, watched another episode of greys until the kids came home.
then we had baseball practice for harrison and matthew. i went to the park with the twins where rachel fell off the slide and got a puffy lip, poor thing. and G and i played soccer for a bit.
oh and i will just tell you that when we got there my drink bottle in my hand bags lid fell off and drenched EVERYTHING in my bag, including my book, so upsetting. lucky my camera is an underwater one.
i have to blowdry the pages of the book now.
oh and its called monkey in the middle here, not piggy in the middle.
and at stop signs, say a four way one, which there are alot of, its first in best dressed. you get there first, you go first. no giving way to your right or anything like that. its sooo confusing. and sometimes awkward because no one knows whether or not to go.
and i have been meaning to tell you that spring has finally sprung. it is gorgeous here at the moment. all the trees have leaves again. and the flowers are out. its so pretty.
and my arms are sore from the gym. its the first time they have ever been worked out lol
okay well i will chat to you all again tomorrow!
goodnight x
Monday, 9 May 2011
underwear coming out my ears..
hello everybody!
so this morning after i did my monday morning housework i did washing. loads and loads and loads of washing. three of clothes, one of towels and two of sheets. it took forever.
and then when i was putting away G's underwear, i noticed, like i do everyday, at how full his underwear draw is. i usually just jam the stuff in there but today i decided to do some serious culling.
i took everything out, and my god. its like his undies and socks had babies, five hundred times over.
i have never seen so much underwear belonging to one person before let alone a six year old boy.
then once i put it all back in neatly i still had a pile left of odd socks. absolutely amazing.
so after that i put on my cheap and cute gym clothes and went to sign up for my free two week trial.
the gyms here are pretty similar to the ones back home. although they don't have the "towel" rule, which is kinda gross, especially after you use the sitting down pedelling machine after a sweaty, hairy old man.
speaking of old people.. it was pretty much just me and the oldies. considering it was 11 in the day on a monday my guess is everyone was at work and it was just the retirees and au pairs left with nothing to do but work out.
so i gymed it for about 2 hours, came home and yep thats right.. i did more washing.
had a shower and washed my hair, re-made all the beds with clean sheets, made tomorrows lunches, supervised homework when the kids got home, made dinner and then off to baseball.
harrison had practice and the twins had a game.. i was with the twins because they are younger and thei games are so freakin cute! little six year olds chasing the balls and stuff. some are really good though. like super good. like major league baseball good when they are older. its crazy.
and the i came home with matthew. we unpacked the grocerys and then the rest of the family came home and it was time for showers and bed.
i was going to go to the movies tonightinstead of yesterday, to see fast five, like yesterday, buttt lauren has to start early, so we are waiting. i am determined see this movie. eventually.
oh and i got mail from mumma bear today. and skyped briefly but i had baseball to attend to so i couldn't talk for long.
oh and karen told me tonight that everytime she says my name G corrects her and says "no mum, its dan-i-elle" because they pronounce it like dan-yell. like kirsty mears' mum always did. and so karen thought that he was just doing it because thats how it looks but i told her that he is the only one that actually says it the right way lol
alrighty, well have a good day australia! miss you! x
so this morning after i did my monday morning housework i did washing. loads and loads and loads of washing. three of clothes, one of towels and two of sheets. it took forever.
and then when i was putting away G's underwear, i noticed, like i do everyday, at how full his underwear draw is. i usually just jam the stuff in there but today i decided to do some serious culling.
i took everything out, and my god. its like his undies and socks had babies, five hundred times over.
i have never seen so much underwear belonging to one person before let alone a six year old boy.
then once i put it all back in neatly i still had a pile left of odd socks. absolutely amazing.
so after that i put on my cheap and cute gym clothes and went to sign up for my free two week trial.
the gyms here are pretty similar to the ones back home. although they don't have the "towel" rule, which is kinda gross, especially after you use the sitting down pedelling machine after a sweaty, hairy old man.
speaking of old people.. it was pretty much just me and the oldies. considering it was 11 in the day on a monday my guess is everyone was at work and it was just the retirees and au pairs left with nothing to do but work out.
so i gymed it for about 2 hours, came home and yep thats right.. i did more washing.
had a shower and washed my hair, re-made all the beds with clean sheets, made tomorrows lunches, supervised homework when the kids got home, made dinner and then off to baseball.
harrison had practice and the twins had a game.. i was with the twins because they are younger and thei games are so freakin cute! little six year olds chasing the balls and stuff. some are really good though. like super good. like major league baseball good when they are older. its crazy.
and the i came home with matthew. we unpacked the grocerys and then the rest of the family came home and it was time for showers and bed.
i was going to go to the movies tonightinstead of yesterday, to see fast five, like yesterday, buttt lauren has to start early, so we are waiting. i am determined see this movie. eventually.
oh and i got mail from mumma bear today. and skyped briefly but i had baseball to attend to so i couldn't talk for long.
oh and karen told me tonight that everytime she says my name G corrects her and says "no mum, its dan-i-elle" because they pronounce it like dan-yell. like kirsty mears' mum always did. and so karen thought that he was just doing it because thats how it looks but i told her that he is the only one that actually says it the right way lol
alrighty, well have a good day australia! miss you! x
Sunday, 8 May 2011
mothers day,.
hey!
today was mothers day in america, so even though i don't work sundays i got up and helped harrison make pancakes for his mum and then at nine we woke karen up to eat and get all her presents. then they hung out and so i chilled in my room.
and they went to see their grandmas for a few hours, i decided to stay to give them family time. watched tv, had lunch, just the usual.
then they got home and G and i played soccer outside for a bit and then rachel and i watched tv in my room until dinner.
i was going to go to the movies this arvo with lauren to see fast five but she still has food poisioning or something nasty from a burger in new york yesterday so we didn't end up going.
and thats about all today. sorry it wasn't very exciting.
maybe tomorrow will be!
night everyone. x
today was mothers day in america, so even though i don't work sundays i got up and helped harrison make pancakes for his mum and then at nine we woke karen up to eat and get all her presents. then they hung out and so i chilled in my room.
and they went to see their grandmas for a few hours, i decided to stay to give them family time. watched tv, had lunch, just the usual.
then they got home and G and i played soccer outside for a bit and then rachel and i watched tv in my room until dinner.
i was going to go to the movies this arvo with lauren to see fast five but she still has food poisioning or something nasty from a burger in new york yesterday so we didn't end up going.
and thats about all today. sorry it wasn't very exciting.
maybe tomorrow will be!
night everyone. x
Saturday, 7 May 2011
a pretty great day..
happy mothers day australia!
i would first of all like to say - mum, i love you. you are the best mum that i could ever ask for. i am so grateful for everything that you have ever done for me. i love you so much.
and to my grandmas and auntys and cousins and all the other mums reading this, i hope you have a glorious day, you deserve it. and you too nanny, i hope you have a glass of whiskey, a fag and a deck of cards, wherever you are now.
okay, moving right along..
this morning i was supposed to work because all four kids are here and they all play baseball on saturdays, but karen decided last night that i could sleep in and do whatever for the day. woo.
but i got up at 8:15 anyway to help get them all dressed, breakfasted (not even a word), and out the door.
when they left i had porridge, which i absolutely love, and watched tv for an hour or so before i went back to bed until about 11.
then i went shopping. and i know, its weird that i went alone, but i enjoy the time to myself. its nice to walk around at your own pace and not feel like your burdening anyone else with how long you take to try on fifty different tops.
so i went to the shoppes at farmington valley, quick side note - its a little like village of shops and they are perfectly landscaped with trees that have fairy lights in them for night time, and the soft music as you walk around between shops, and the warm sun, plenty of parking - its just nice, and i love being there.
so first i brought a book, yes a book. i know i don't read and all that unless its for english class, but today i went to a bookshop and got peace, love and baby ducks by lauren myracle. its about two sisters who are complete opposites but still bestfriends. its pretty good so far.
so then i got a chai latte from the starbucks, conveniently located inside the bookshop and sat and read for a while. then i brought a stunning necklace and a pair of earrings from franschesca, two t-shirts from american eagle, a dog play toy for izzy from some pooch place, side note - the place sells little bakery items for dogs that are completely human and dog friendly. so you could totally eat them if you wanted to.
oh and i also went to kohls and got a jumper, $30 reduced to $6. didn't really need it but who can say no to a bargain like that right?
and speaking of kohls, everything was on sale, absolutely everything. i was going to buy chloe these really hot heels, vera wang of course, that were 80% off so they were only $13.98!!!!!!!! vera wang people!
butttt i didn't know her size, and my guess was an 8 but they only had 8 and a half so i couldn't get them.
and i know your all thinking why didn't she get them for herself?! but now think back to the last time you saw me and remember how tall i am.. without an added 3 inch stiletto. and that is why i buy heels for my little, and substantially shorter, sister.
so after all my shopping i had worked up an appetite so i went to panera bread, a little cafe place. sooooo bloody good. i got a juice and a chicken panini (don't you just love that word? panini haha..cracks me up everytime i say it) and it was devine. and only cost $6.99. gotta love a cheap lunch.
so then i came home, read a little, had a shower and skyped with mumma bear. i tried to show her a couple of squirrals playing outside my window but she couldn't see them through the flyscreen and they kind of blend into the tree trunks.
and then i watched a couple of episodes of greys anatomy and now i am writing my blog before i get too tired and don't feel like writing in any great detail.
oh and yesterday i forgot to tell you that i have been with my host family for a month now! time flys.
umm so thats about it.
have a great mothers day.
love you all! x
i would first of all like to say - mum, i love you. you are the best mum that i could ever ask for. i am so grateful for everything that you have ever done for me. i love you so much.
and to my grandmas and auntys and cousins and all the other mums reading this, i hope you have a glorious day, you deserve it. and you too nanny, i hope you have a glass of whiskey, a fag and a deck of cards, wherever you are now.
okay, moving right along..
this morning i was supposed to work because all four kids are here and they all play baseball on saturdays, but karen decided last night that i could sleep in and do whatever for the day. woo.
but i got up at 8:15 anyway to help get them all dressed, breakfasted (not even a word), and out the door.
when they left i had porridge, which i absolutely love, and watched tv for an hour or so before i went back to bed until about 11.
then i went shopping. and i know, its weird that i went alone, but i enjoy the time to myself. its nice to walk around at your own pace and not feel like your burdening anyone else with how long you take to try on fifty different tops.
so i went to the shoppes at farmington valley, quick side note - its a little like village of shops and they are perfectly landscaped with trees that have fairy lights in them for night time, and the soft music as you walk around between shops, and the warm sun, plenty of parking - its just nice, and i love being there.
so first i brought a book, yes a book. i know i don't read and all that unless its for english class, but today i went to a bookshop and got peace, love and baby ducks by lauren myracle. its about two sisters who are complete opposites but still bestfriends. its pretty good so far.
so then i got a chai latte from the starbucks, conveniently located inside the bookshop and sat and read for a while. then i brought a stunning necklace and a pair of earrings from franschesca, two t-shirts from american eagle, a dog play toy for izzy from some pooch place, side note - the place sells little bakery items for dogs that are completely human and dog friendly. so you could totally eat them if you wanted to.
oh and i also went to kohls and got a jumper, $30 reduced to $6. didn't really need it but who can say no to a bargain like that right?
and speaking of kohls, everything was on sale, absolutely everything. i was going to buy chloe these really hot heels, vera wang of course, that were 80% off so they were only $13.98!!!!!!!! vera wang people!
butttt i didn't know her size, and my guess was an 8 but they only had 8 and a half so i couldn't get them.
and i know your all thinking why didn't she get them for herself?! but now think back to the last time you saw me and remember how tall i am.. without an added 3 inch stiletto. and that is why i buy heels for my little, and substantially shorter, sister.
so after all my shopping i had worked up an appetite so i went to panera bread, a little cafe place. sooooo bloody good. i got a juice and a chicken panini (don't you just love that word? panini haha..cracks me up everytime i say it) and it was devine. and only cost $6.99. gotta love a cheap lunch.
so then i came home, read a little, had a shower and skyped with mumma bear. i tried to show her a couple of squirrals playing outside my window but she couldn't see them through the flyscreen and they kind of blend into the tree trunks.
and then i watched a couple of episodes of greys anatomy and now i am writing my blog before i get too tired and don't feel like writing in any great detail.
oh and yesterday i forgot to tell you that i have been with my host family for a month now! time flys.
umm so thats about it.
have a great mothers day.
love you all! x
Friday, 6 May 2011
look-a-likes..
hey guys!
well hm i can't even remember this morning..
oh yes, i watched greys anatomy, ate porridge and then showered and washed my hair.
after that i decided to tidy the garage, which i did, and now you can get from the garage door to the house door without having to walk over the top of things. its quite glorious.
and then the kids got home, and we had to go get milk because i forgot to during the day, whoops, and then skip came over, bearing heaven on a plate might i add. he brought cheesecake for desert, on a big plater, and different slices of all different flavours. delicious.
anyway, he stayed at home with the twins and i took harrison and matthew to their baseball games. they were at the same field so i just had to walk in between each pitch to feed and water them and take the occasional photos.
while i was there this kid on matt's team came up to him in front of me and was like 'is that your mum?' and i'm like, 'uh his mum?! noooo, how old do you think i am? i'm his au pair.' i could have died.
oh and there were these two coaches, one looked like the freaky guy off desperate housewives, dave, and the other i can't quite put my finger on but he reminded me of someone famous.
so then we came home and heaps of the family were over for dinner, so i ate and then had the glorious cheesecake for desert, and then cleaned up after everyone so they could all relax and enjoy their time together..
and then i chilled with karen and skip, and karens brother and his wife. they were hilarious.
and now i'm here. exhused and ready for bed.
so goodnight everyone. x
well hm i can't even remember this morning..
oh yes, i watched greys anatomy, ate porridge and then showered and washed my hair.
after that i decided to tidy the garage, which i did, and now you can get from the garage door to the house door without having to walk over the top of things. its quite glorious.
and then the kids got home, and we had to go get milk because i forgot to during the day, whoops, and then skip came over, bearing heaven on a plate might i add. he brought cheesecake for desert, on a big plater, and different slices of all different flavours. delicious.
anyway, he stayed at home with the twins and i took harrison and matthew to their baseball games. they were at the same field so i just had to walk in between each pitch to feed and water them and take the occasional photos.
while i was there this kid on matt's team came up to him in front of me and was like 'is that your mum?' and i'm like, 'uh his mum?! noooo, how old do you think i am? i'm his au pair.' i could have died.
oh and there were these two coaches, one looked like the freaky guy off desperate housewives, dave, and the other i can't quite put my finger on but he reminded me of someone famous.
so then we came home and heaps of the family were over for dinner, so i ate and then had the glorious cheesecake for desert, and then cleaned up after everyone so they could all relax and enjoy their time together..
and then i chilled with karen and skip, and karens brother and his wife. they were hilarious.
and now i'm here. exhused and ready for bed.
so goodnight everyone. x
Thursday, 5 May 2011
so frustrating..
hellloooooo!
so as most mornings, i cleaned, washed, got kids ready and then lazed around for a little bit. then after i watched hereafter - not recommended - wasn't that great, i got ready and went to marshells. it was fantastic. i could have easily spent a long time in there. my purpose was to get gym clothes which i did and with not alot of money.
what happens is that you pick up some shorts right, say the ones i got, new balance, and it has the actual new balance tag on it that says $44.00 and then it has the marshells tag on it that says $14.99. can you say bargain!? and thats what its like for everything. like brand or designer names for really cheap prices.
so i got a couple of t-shirts and a couple of shorts and then had to stop myself from buying ten tonne of other stuff.
then i went to wal-mart because marshells didn't have the joggers i wanted in my size, and got the ones that tone as you walk for $22.00. i love america.
hm what after that.. i went to staples (american version of office works) and got mothers day and birthday cards that the kids made, laminated. and went to stop and shop to buy eggs and return my dvd.
then i came home, unpacked my glorious bargains and then harrsion came home...
the rest of the kiddies came home and the two youngest boys got ready for cub scouts (so cute!) and harrison got ready for baseball training. then the boys got picked up and went and i took harrison to practice and then rachel and i went and ran a few errands before going to macdonalds for dinner. i decided she was being really good and could have a treat.
so we are standing at the counter and i'm trying to find something healthy, didn't happen. i even asked the guy if they had the heart tick approved healthy choices range and hes like uhhh we have salad, with a stupid look on his face. so i got a ceasar salad, anddddd guess how many calories were in the dressing? 240! two hundred and forty calories! just in the dressing! i almost died.
oh and i will just add in the the maccas here is so out dated, the actual resteraunt i mean. ours is wayyyyy better. just so you know.
soo then rachel wanted her favourite ice cream so we went to the ice cream place and while we were choosing the two girls behind the counter were like, oh my god are you from australia?! because they had heard my accent. and i was like yeah i am. and they were absolutely amazed. and thought it was so cool that i was an au pair and wanted to know all about aus and blah blah. it was amazing at how interested they were.
so anyways, we came home the kids played and now they have gone to bed.
oh and the frustrating thing i am talking about in the title is american driving. argh! my god. its called a blinker! use it america! they just don't indicate. and they pull out in front of you so you have to slam on the breaks and it is driving me insane (no pun intended).
^ i think i used the whole 'no pun intended' thing right?
might go shower now.
goodnight! x
p.s knowing the calories in everything is horrible. consider yourselves lucky that we don't have them printed on EVRYTHING that you eat in australia.
so as most mornings, i cleaned, washed, got kids ready and then lazed around for a little bit. then after i watched hereafter - not recommended - wasn't that great, i got ready and went to marshells. it was fantastic. i could have easily spent a long time in there. my purpose was to get gym clothes which i did and with not alot of money.
what happens is that you pick up some shorts right, say the ones i got, new balance, and it has the actual new balance tag on it that says $44.00 and then it has the marshells tag on it that says $14.99. can you say bargain!? and thats what its like for everything. like brand or designer names for really cheap prices.
so i got a couple of t-shirts and a couple of shorts and then had to stop myself from buying ten tonne of other stuff.
then i went to wal-mart because marshells didn't have the joggers i wanted in my size, and got the ones that tone as you walk for $22.00. i love america.
hm what after that.. i went to staples (american version of office works) and got mothers day and birthday cards that the kids made, laminated. and went to stop and shop to buy eggs and return my dvd.
then i came home, unpacked my glorious bargains and then harrsion came home...
the rest of the kiddies came home and the two youngest boys got ready for cub scouts (so cute!) and harrison got ready for baseball training. then the boys got picked up and went and i took harrison to practice and then rachel and i went and ran a few errands before going to macdonalds for dinner. i decided she was being really good and could have a treat.
so we are standing at the counter and i'm trying to find something healthy, didn't happen. i even asked the guy if they had the heart tick approved healthy choices range and hes like uhhh we have salad, with a stupid look on his face. so i got a ceasar salad, anddddd guess how many calories were in the dressing? 240! two hundred and forty calories! just in the dressing! i almost died.
oh and i will just add in the the maccas here is so out dated, the actual resteraunt i mean. ours is wayyyyy better. just so you know.
soo then rachel wanted her favourite ice cream so we went to the ice cream place and while we were choosing the two girls behind the counter were like, oh my god are you from australia?! because they had heard my accent. and i was like yeah i am. and they were absolutely amazed. and thought it was so cool that i was an au pair and wanted to know all about aus and blah blah. it was amazing at how interested they were.
so anyways, we came home the kids played and now they have gone to bed.
oh and the frustrating thing i am talking about in the title is american driving. argh! my god. its called a blinker! use it america! they just don't indicate. and they pull out in front of you so you have to slam on the breaks and it is driving me insane (no pun intended).
^ i think i used the whole 'no pun intended' thing right?
might go shower now.
goodnight! x
p.s knowing the calories in everything is horrible. consider yourselves lucky that we don't have them printed on EVRYTHING that you eat in australia.
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
card day..
hey everyone!
yadda yadda you know how it is in the morning, same old same old.
so i watched the tourist, not that great, and then country strong, again not that great. then i made the templates for the kids to make mothers day cards and then harrison got home and i started to make lunches when the rest of the gang came home.
so this afternoon we had to make cards for karen, their two nannas and then a birthday card for their dad. and they were not happy about it. because it ment that they couldn't go outside to play. so it was tough to try and get them to sit and write a nice little message and draw a cute picture on each card. so after that was done i started on dinner while the kids played wars or whatever they were doing until in got a little out of hand and they were way to crazy for my liking lol so we had dinner and then i took harrison to scouts.
when i got home i had dinner, my delish chicken stirfry, and then daddy called. so i had a chat to him and he would like me to mention that he obviously loves me the most because he is the only one who has called me at home, apparently.
and i went to pick up harrison from scouts, i was wayyy to early and had to just sit and wait in the car. so boring.
and i hired a movie, here after, will let you know how that goes.
oh and i didn't tell you all about 'bed, bath & beyond' - the store on 'click' the movie!
and i'm just watching an ad for vampire diaries on tomorrow night, CAN NOT WAIT! its the season finale, and it will be hectic. im so pumped.
okay, thats all. i miss you all. x
yadda yadda you know how it is in the morning, same old same old.
so i watched the tourist, not that great, and then country strong, again not that great. then i made the templates for the kids to make mothers day cards and then harrison got home and i started to make lunches when the rest of the gang came home.
so this afternoon we had to make cards for karen, their two nannas and then a birthday card for their dad. and they were not happy about it. because it ment that they couldn't go outside to play. so it was tough to try and get them to sit and write a nice little message and draw a cute picture on each card. so after that was done i started on dinner while the kids played wars or whatever they were doing until in got a little out of hand and they were way to crazy for my liking lol so we had dinner and then i took harrison to scouts.
when i got home i had dinner, my delish chicken stirfry, and then daddy called. so i had a chat to him and he would like me to mention that he obviously loves me the most because he is the only one who has called me at home, apparently.
and i went to pick up harrison from scouts, i was wayyy to early and had to just sit and wait in the car. so boring.
and i hired a movie, here after, will let you know how that goes.
oh and i didn't tell you all about 'bed, bath & beyond' - the store on 'click' the movie!
and i'm just watching an ad for vampire diaries on tomorrow night, CAN NOT WAIT! its the season finale, and it will be hectic. im so pumped.
okay, thats all. i miss you all. x
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
its official..
hello to all my die hard blog readers out there. i appreciate it :)
so today.. well this morning, was just the usual and then i decided to have a nap for an hour and when i woke up i skyped with the one and only stephyg, what can i say, it was joyous, spectacular and sensational. not that she told me to say that at all. oh and i miss muffles alot. (her cat)
then after that i got dressed and went to stop and shop to get my grocerys and ingredients for my dinner this week which is chicken stirfry, its delicious, i had it tonight. and it has been my first real big serve of vegetables in a long time. felt so good.
karen gave me gift cards to buy it all with (thanks karen!) and so i was able to buy some healthy snacks and fruit as well. joy!
then i went to old navy which is a clothing store and exchanged some trackies i got a few weeks ago, i didn't try them on, because it was wayyy too cold and i didn't want to get undressed, and so they were too small when i got home. i didn't have the reciept or anything but the lady swapped them anyway.
so then i came home and cooked my dinner. which i might mention was fairly hard without a wok because there were so many veges and so little space for them all so i had major overflow going on.
and then the kids came home, we did homework and then went to matthews baseball practice. the other three played at the park and i was on patrol again making sure no one was crying, screaming, fighting, running away etc.
then we came home, had dinner and i went and picked up the new girl, izabell - shes from sweden - and we went to starbucks for our weekly catch up.
came home, karen and i chatted for agessss then we decided it would be best for her to go to bed and for me to chat to everyone in aus. so here i am.
oh and i mentioned street names one time - i forgot about johnney cake mountain road - no joke, thats what its called haha and speaking of street names, there is an 'elm street' in unionsville. also, no joke. freddy krugar eat your heart out.
oh and guess what? karen's going to buy cheese in a can! so excited. like cheese, in a can. seriously america? lol
okay thats about all. goodnight everyone! x
p.s and the 'its offical' title that your all probably wondering about is referring to me being here in america for one month today. one wholeeeee month. only 11 to go. cheer up mummy (:
so today.. well this morning, was just the usual and then i decided to have a nap for an hour and when i woke up i skyped with the one and only stephyg, what can i say, it was joyous, spectacular and sensational. not that she told me to say that at all. oh and i miss muffles alot. (her cat)
then after that i got dressed and went to stop and shop to get my grocerys and ingredients for my dinner this week which is chicken stirfry, its delicious, i had it tonight. and it has been my first real big serve of vegetables in a long time. felt so good.
karen gave me gift cards to buy it all with (thanks karen!) and so i was able to buy some healthy snacks and fruit as well. joy!
then i went to old navy which is a clothing store and exchanged some trackies i got a few weeks ago, i didn't try them on, because it was wayyy too cold and i didn't want to get undressed, and so they were too small when i got home. i didn't have the reciept or anything but the lady swapped them anyway.
so then i came home and cooked my dinner. which i might mention was fairly hard without a wok because there were so many veges and so little space for them all so i had major overflow going on.
and then the kids came home, we did homework and then went to matthews baseball practice. the other three played at the park and i was on patrol again making sure no one was crying, screaming, fighting, running away etc.
then we came home, had dinner and i went and picked up the new girl, izabell - shes from sweden - and we went to starbucks for our weekly catch up.
came home, karen and i chatted for agessss then we decided it would be best for her to go to bed and for me to chat to everyone in aus. so here i am.
oh and i mentioned street names one time - i forgot about johnney cake mountain road - no joke, thats what its called haha and speaking of street names, there is an 'elm street' in unionsville. also, no joke. freddy krugar eat your heart out.
oh and guess what? karen's going to buy cheese in a can! so excited. like cheese, in a can. seriously america? lol
okay thats about all. goodnight everyone! x
p.s and the 'its offical' title that your all probably wondering about is referring to me being here in america for one month today. one wholeeeee month. only 11 to go. cheer up mummy (:
Monday, 2 May 2011
super tired..
hello everyone!
today was housework day. boy oh boy did it take me a while today.
after doing the usual pick up and tidy i swept, vaccumed and mopped downstairs, cleaned both bathrooms, tidy the kids rooms, changed their sheets, vaccumed upstairs, did two loads of sheets, three loads of clothes and a load of towels.
it took from 9 till almost 1, but i did it. and now the house looks fantastic.
i have rearranged a few things in my bedroom too, it looks nice.
& i got my new tv today! i cute little flat screen one. skip, karens boyfirend, won it and so they gave it to me for my room.
so the rest of my day - when the kiddies got home i took them all, plus ava from across the street, to walmart so they could spend their pocket money. it was crazy. trying to keep an eye on five kids in seperate toy aisles.. it was like i was on patrol, just walking up and down up and down, for about half an hour until they finally chose something.
then when we get to the check out each kid went through and brought their toy and then it was ava's turn, she is eight but already has a keycard, weird right? anyways she 'forgot' her pin so i had to add it to my stuff and then the machine kept saying my pin was wrong, which it wasn't, and i'm fairly sure the lady that was serving us didn't delete the previous card swipe from ava so it picked up my pin on her card. stupid.
so i just left the stuff i was getting and ava's too and left because i couldn't have been bothered arguing and the kids were all complaining and whinging that they were hungry.
so we came home and the kids played while i cooked dinner and then we chilled, and now i am writing my blog, which i almost forgot about, whoops.
hope your all having a fantastic day. i miss you all. x
today was housework day. boy oh boy did it take me a while today.
after doing the usual pick up and tidy i swept, vaccumed and mopped downstairs, cleaned both bathrooms, tidy the kids rooms, changed their sheets, vaccumed upstairs, did two loads of sheets, three loads of clothes and a load of towels.
it took from 9 till almost 1, but i did it. and now the house looks fantastic.
i have rearranged a few things in my bedroom too, it looks nice.
& i got my new tv today! i cute little flat screen one. skip, karens boyfirend, won it and so they gave it to me for my room.
so the rest of my day - when the kiddies got home i took them all, plus ava from across the street, to walmart so they could spend their pocket money. it was crazy. trying to keep an eye on five kids in seperate toy aisles.. it was like i was on patrol, just walking up and down up and down, for about half an hour until they finally chose something.
then when we get to the check out each kid went through and brought their toy and then it was ava's turn, she is eight but already has a keycard, weird right? anyways she 'forgot' her pin so i had to add it to my stuff and then the machine kept saying my pin was wrong, which it wasn't, and i'm fairly sure the lady that was serving us didn't delete the previous card swipe from ava so it picked up my pin on her card. stupid.
so i just left the stuff i was getting and ava's too and left because i couldn't have been bothered arguing and the kids were all complaining and whinging that they were hungry.
so we came home and the kids played while i cooked dinner and then we chilled, and now i am writing my blog, which i almost forgot about, whoops.
hope your all having a fantastic day. i miss you all. x
Sunday, 1 May 2011
put put pro..
hello!
nothing exciting this morning.. got woken up at 10 by matthew and his friend tapping on my door and running away. so i got up and hung around the house for a bit and then at 2 i met lauren, clara, michelle and christina at put put golf.
it has an icecream parlour there so we had icecream first and then started. we had to be in groups of two sor less so we did australia vs europe. in the end we don't know who won because we gave up on the scoring.. it was pretty awesome, they had the windmill ones and the barns and water and everything that were obstacles. andddd i got a hole in one! yay me!
so after that we went to collinsville and found a little beachy part next to the river and we chilled there for a bit, in the sun! eating strawberries, because it was such a nice day!
then we went to chilis and had dinner. it is so cheap. a rib eye steak, $16.99! how cheap!
and then we went to the movies to see scream 4 but the cinemas we went to didn't have it yet so we saw soul surfer instead, based on a true story, it was so sad.
and then i came home, skyped with mum and now i'm here, writing to you all.
originally we were only going to go to put put so i had so many things planned to do this afternoon and now i have to do them tomorrow.. washing, clean my room, cook dinner for myself for the week. as well as clean the house and wash all the sheets because monday is housework day.
and the house is extra messy because it has been the weekend and the kids are here all the time playing and messing everything and i don't work so i don't tend to touch anything.. will be a loooooong day tomorrow.
anyway, i'm super tired.
have a good arvo everyone! x
p.s i got my first mail yesterday, from grandma, it was lovely. thankyou!
& i also saw my first skunk! it was dead in the middle of the road, but still.
nothing exciting this morning.. got woken up at 10 by matthew and his friend tapping on my door and running away. so i got up and hung around the house for a bit and then at 2 i met lauren, clara, michelle and christina at put put golf.
it has an icecream parlour there so we had icecream first and then started. we had to be in groups of two sor less so we did australia vs europe. in the end we don't know who won because we gave up on the scoring.. it was pretty awesome, they had the windmill ones and the barns and water and everything that were obstacles. andddd i got a hole in one! yay me!
so after that we went to collinsville and found a little beachy part next to the river and we chilled there for a bit, in the sun! eating strawberries, because it was such a nice day!
then we went to chilis and had dinner. it is so cheap. a rib eye steak, $16.99! how cheap!
and then we went to the movies to see scream 4 but the cinemas we went to didn't have it yet so we saw soul surfer instead, based on a true story, it was so sad.
and then i came home, skyped with mum and now i'm here, writing to you all.
originally we were only going to go to put put so i had so many things planned to do this afternoon and now i have to do them tomorrow.. washing, clean my room, cook dinner for myself for the week. as well as clean the house and wash all the sheets because monday is housework day.
and the house is extra messy because it has been the weekend and the kids are here all the time playing and messing everything and i don't work so i don't tend to touch anything.. will be a loooooong day tomorrow.
anyway, i'm super tired.
have a good arvo everyone! x
p.s i got my first mail yesterday, from grandma, it was lovely. thankyou!
& i also saw my first skunk! it was dead in the middle of the road, but still.
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