a boring cold day.

hey!
yes, its still cold.. and guess what?
there is a snow storm forecast for tomorrow afternoon. i hope its pretty white snow! how exciting would that be! today, i did washing, and thats it.
oh and i am addicted to hgtv. its a home designing show/ house hunting etc channel.. i could watch it for hours on end. so as soon as the kids got home, they went with their dad, but rachel stayed because she had a halloween party to go to.
so her costume is a japanese girl (geisha) and she needed her face to be made up.
boy oh boy, i had noooo idea what i was doing. but in the end we got the white face, little pouty red lips.. she looked super cute!
so i dropped her off at the party, came home and remade my bed with clean sheets, facetimed with mum, had eggs for dinner, and now i am sitting in bed doing nothing, being lonely.
night! x

tonight, it snowed.

hey!
it is cold. cold cold cold.
didn't get past five degrees today, and it was raining. woo.
so the kids got all rugged up and went to school, and then i went to take harrisons lunch to school because he forgot it. but i am half way down the road right, and then realise i didn't actually have his lunch. stupid.
came home and run upstairs and into bed, because i was so cold.
and then i stayed there. i seriously don't know how people who live in snow areas every year find the strength to do anything BUT sit in bed for the majority of the day..
so i did my thirty minutes inside workout, but there was no way in hell i was going outside to jog.
the kids got home and took around an hour and a half to do homework, then G and i played an intense game of battleship, i made dinner, harrison went to tae kwon do and the boys went to scouts.
i finished, showered, talked to grannie annie, watched vampire diaires and now greys anatomy.
goodnight! x

not alot.

hey!
well after the kids left this morning i put on the washing and then went back to sleep.
woke up and was planning on going to give blood, buti decided to call first, good thing i did, because they didn't have any spots until three.. which is right before harrison gets home. so i am going to save three lives on the 12th instead.
so i read my book, got dressed, harrison came home and then bwtween 3:30 and 6:30 this is what i did -
folded and put away everyones clothes, made four lunches, got ready four snacks, helped with four different homeworks, went to the library and helped choose five books for each child, came home, cooked dinner, washed up and made a salad for myself.
phew. it was a busy three hours.
oh and today i watched columbiana - GREAT MOVIE!
just had a shower and am about to make a cuppa.
also, my face is really dry lately so i am slathering on moisturiser in hope that it goes back silky smooth.
where my rash was is still dotty too.
and the roof of my mouth still hurts like a b****.
and now you are all caught up.
night! x

plane is booked!

hey!
so today i booked my flights to seattle for my vacation! yay!
i am going for two weeks over christmas.. i am super excited!
after the kids went to school i jumped back in bed and read my book until 12 when lauren and jessie came over to exersise.
so that was all good, then i showered and waited for the kids to get home.
harrison came and then again, with his dad to the library. so i started making lunches and i was eating grapes and throwing them in the air to catch in my mouth, when the little kids got home and they saw me doing it so then they wanted to do it.. and grapes were fling everywhere but their mouths.. it was hilarious. but dont worry we washed them off and they ate them anyway.
oh and they learnt a song on the bus.. it goes like this -
a b c d e f g
gummie bears are chasing me
one is red, one is blue, one is peeing on my shoe
now i'm running for my life, cause the red one's got a knife.
catchy right?
so after homework they had an early dinner and then it was off to soccer, rach went to gymnastics and harrison to tae kwon do.
at soccer i was watching from the car because its gotten so cold, and there was a girl about my age there wearing her pajama bottoms.. in public. i guess anything goes when its freezing.
so we came homeat 6:30, thats when it gets dark now, and i had leftover dinner from last night.
heated it up, put a piece of pork in my mouth and burnt the skin off the top of my mouth.. and i had to peel it off, and now its raw. and it hurts. really really bad.
that will teach me.
went to starbucks, got some apples from stop and shop, and now i am home ready for bed.
goodnight! x

monday.

hey!
oh mondays.. how i hate them.
it is super cold. last night when i went to sleep it was 5 degrees. when i took the kids to the bus stop it was 8 degrees. and its only fall. winter is coming people, winter is coming!
so i did all the house work, washed sheets and towels, and three loads of clothes, and then lauren came over and we did our hour workout. almost froze on our walk - even running didn't heat us up.
had a shower and folded the washing, then when harrison got home we went to the library.
so i called them before we went and said that i wanted to put the next book in my series on hold with another one that is already on hold (i finished 'gone' and the next book is 'hunger' and 'the book of spells' is the second prequel to a private series). so we got there and harrison ran in because he seems to like doing things like that, and only came back with one book, and said that the other one wasnt available, so he went back and said that it is because i called, and then came back out and told me i had to go in.
so i parked and went in with still wet hair and in the clothes i wear as pj's, looking mighty fine, and had to go upstairs and get the book myself because they obviously couldn't handle my simple request.
then we got milk, oh and across the road at the shell servo there were about 10 cops and three police cars all surrrounding a car that seemed to be stolen and dumped there, and they were taking photos and doing finger print samples and everything...
got home, and the other kids came home, and we did homework, made our way through a few tantrums, i made dinner, and now G and matt are with karen getting halloween costumes so i ahve rach and harrison, who are both in bed reading because they were suppperrrr tired and snappy this afternoon.
gossip girl soon!
goodnight! x

sunday - silver bay.

hey again!
well we got up again at 7:30am..
packed our stuff and went to breakfast.
then we had tips for travelling in USA which was very helpful.
oh and i forgot to tell you! we have all these different instructors and two of them, the lady who taught to travel class and the guy who taught the politics class are together..
and so last night they were walking along the path and it was getting dark and he said to her 'whats the time?' and she said 'its 6:40" and he is like 'oh, thats a good time' and got down on his knee and proposed!!!!
how freakin cute!
so when they came to the disco later they told everyone and had a song dedicated to them while they danced!
yeah, just thought you should know.
then we had social media, which just told us how to use all the settings on facebook, twitter, youtube etc properly. then watched youtube videos... there is this one called "real life songs" watch it.
then we had lunch, and got our stuff from upstairs, and got in the car and drove the four hours home.
i slept pretty much the whole time which was great.
and i got home an hour ago, unpacked, i am writing this, and then i think i will go and have a shower.
hope you all had a good weekend!
love you! x
p.s you know how i got my eye brows waxed? well i am not happy jan. i must have been allergic to the wax because i woke up saturday morning with a rash! a freakin rash! can you believe it!? goddddd. but it is slowly getting better.

saturday - silverbay.

hello!
yes, there was wireless at silver bay, and i did have every intention of writing my blog last night, but after we got home from the disco it was 11, and we had to shower etc, and then we had to catch up on vampire diaries.. so i gave it a miss.
this weekend was so much fun!
we got there at around 11pm on friday night, i am quite sure we were the last to arrive, and got our room key and pretty much just went straight up stairs after choosing which classes we wanted to take. and because we were last there, alot of classes were already full and we just had to do whatever was left.
anyway, the room had a single and queen bed in it and a seperate bathroom. woo hoo, no communal showers! so it was like a mini motel room, minus a tv and fridge.
on saturday we had to get up at 7:30.. ugh. and went to breakfast - they had reallllyyyyy good food. there was hot and cold breakfast and a yogurt with granola and fruit station to choose from.
so our first class was games and activities, which was so much fun. they were all guess the rule games. an example is the 'he likes coffee but not tea, what else does the emperor like?' and you had to work out why he liked laying but not sitting, and new york but not connecticut, and vanilla but not chocolate. and the rule is that he doesn't like the letter 't' not the drink... get it?
then we had native american story telling, and we had to amke up a story using symbols and then act it out.
then lunch - chicken enchiladas and rice with salad.
and then th big downer - american politics.. obviously it was the only class in that section left to choose, so we had no other choice. and it went for almost three hours!!!!!
but, i had my amazingly good book, so i read it instead. because believe it or not, american politics is even more sleep-inducingly boring than australian politics.
oh we had free time after that! so we went back to our room to nap for an hour, then had dinner - forget what that was.
hmmm, and after dinner was the drama performance, which was hilarious.. they used au pairs for the actors and they had to do whatever then guy reading the script said.
then we went on a haunted house tour. dear god i swear i was almost crying the whole time.
so its this house right near where we were staying and apparently the husband and wife and their child lived there and they all died in the house which is why their spirits are still there.
i am yet to google it to see if they were bullshitting us or not, but at the time i was shitting myself.
like we were in there and he was telling us what happened and then a fan turned on by itself (probabley had a timer or whatever, but thats besides the point) and there was this creepy shadowy lady like standing around the place and it was pitch black and we were in a group of about 10, and we wouldn't stop screaming and then froze, and the tour guy is like come down here, and we are all like 'NO! come back and take us with you!' haha
so after that awful experience, we had ice cream to calm our nearves - would have been better if they gave us vodka, but ice cream just had to do.
went and got ready for the disco, there were another two red riding hoods! which sucked.. but i liked mine better anyway.
it was really fun, considering it was just girls.
and the dj was good too.
then we went back to the room, i had a cold shower because i couldn't get the hot water to work, watchec vampire diaries and went to bed.
please proceed to the next post :)
x

silver bay weekend.

hey!
so today is friday, yeaaaahhhhh budddyyyyy.
but i am going to silver bay. remember the weekend course i need for my credits as a part of my visa requirements? yes, that.
not sure if it will be good or not.. hopefully it is fun. but i get to wear my costume tomorrow night for the disco, yay!
anyway, today the kids went to school and i had the day to myself. so i slept until 11, after i did the washing and cleaning, and then went and got my eyebrows waxed. $9, cheap. and they did such a good job.
then came home and showered, washed, blowdryed and curled my hair with my awesome curler.
lauren came over so i could do her hair for a birthday she is going to tonight at a bar, and then i packed.
kids came home and then went with their dad and rach went to gymnastics, so i was kidless once more.
so i kept reading my book, facetimed with mum, went to stop and shop, and now i am waiting for robyn to come and pick me up so we can drive for almost four hours. joy.
i dont know if there is wireless internet at the place we will be so i dont know if there will be a blog tomorrow. i will catch up on sunday if there isnt.
have a good weekend! x

so happy!

hey!
why am i so happy? because i love my halloween costume!
okay so i will have my hair newly re done, nice and blonde, and then out and softly curled, with red lipstick and nice long black lashes, i am also thinking eyeliner (but not gothic looking), with a black dress, just above the knee, a little white half apron, with my long red hood and a woven basket to top it all off?
are you as excited as me? because i am super excited. my first halloween here i come!
today i left the house at 9:30 with rachela nd didn't come home until 3.. busy day.
rachel and i went to moto photo again to put in the photo order for joanne, then we went to the dentist, i drooped rachel to school, stopped by home to get changed - this morning i was freezing, by lunch i was about to die of heat exhustion - then i went to at&t to top up my phone, then to marshalls, tj maxx and walmart to look for winter boots and a jacket and scarves and gloves.. no such luck. but i did buy a super warm comfy dark grey zip up hoodie.
then i went to ulta - it was two 2 get 1 free maybelleine, so i got my lipstick, concealer and mascara, all for $15...gotta love america.
then i picked up the photos and took them to joannes where i put together the frame with all the photos and hung it.. and it looks freaking awesome. even hanging and everything. if anyone needs nails, nailed into the wall, i'm your girl ;)
i posted my registration for silver bay in november and was home in time for harrison's bus.
the kids had no homework (because they did it all yesterday) so we played all afternoon.
i made marinated steak, mash potato, carrots and brocolli for dinner then played mastermind with harrison. have you ever played it? its hard. it actually makes my brain hurt.
then i finished and facetimed with mum, making me miss vampire diaries so i will have to catch that up tomorrow.
watched greys anatomy and now the finale of jersey shore italia is on.
also my book is going quite well.. i am very into it.
well i'm off. night x
p.s does anyone know how to make dried banana bits? becasue i love them, and i want to make them.

another miserable day.

hello!
all day it was cold and raining.. ugh.
rachel was sick with a fever last night so she stayed home again.
and while she watched tv i cleaned up did the washing and then we both hopped into my bed and watched tv together.. well she watched and i napped because cartoons these days don't really do it for me.
oh and i read more of my book - it is really good, very suspensful.
and did i tell you i am going as red riding hood for halloween? wellll i am, and my red hood came today!
it is a nice red, and it is long enough (just above the back of my ankles) and i am very happy with it.
so i am wearing a black dress that i already own with a white half apron, and i am thinking my hair out and curled, with red lipstick? what do you think about the red lipstick? and i mean red red...
kids did homework when they got home i made dinner, made perfect perfect eggs on toast for dinner, about 1000 less calories then what the kids had lol cheeseburgers and fries.
so now i am waiting for the pretty little liars halloween special. yay.
goodnight! x

200.

hey!
well it has been 200 days, today.
200 days since i last saw my mum. even more since i saw my dad and sister.
and even longer than that for everyone else.
i miss you guys.
today rachel was sick so she stayed home and i wook her to the doctors after i did all my jobs.
then i dropped rach home, and karen was here with her, and went to help joanne do up her australia trip photo frame to hang in her office.
so we went to moto photo to print the photos off, and it was so confusing and we didnt know which sozes they needed to be (the frame has all diiferent sizes) and which ones she needed, so we gave up and went back to her place to sort it all out.
got about 80% of it done and i have a list of photos with sizes to get printed tomorrow so we can finish it. it looks so good already!
then i came home and hung out with rachel all afternoon until the other three got home from school.
and being a tuesday - the day every child has some sort of sport on - it was hectic.
we rushed through everything and then i took H to tae kwon do and the boys to soccer.
stopped to get milk and a book from the library on my way to picking harrison back up (i pretty much have to leave soccer as soon as i drop the boys off to get harrison again) and then we went back to soccer to get the boys and came home.
then i watched 90210, started reading my book - gone, it like a mystery book - and now i am watching sanctom.
goodnight! x

never ending..

hey!
well the kids went to school and i did the housework.. fun.
then when it was done i went back to sleep because i didnt go to bed last night until midnight and i was exhusted..
it seems i am still sick too. i had a massive coughing fit! for a good fifteen minutes.
then lauren text and said she couldn't come over because she had something to do with the kids at school, so i lost motivation to work out and watched CSI instead.
oh and i was watching the home channel and it appears that houses are significantly cheaper here.
one family brought a four bedroom, two bathroom, double garage two story home for like $200,000.
that is cheap right?
so anyway, the kids came home, same old, and now i am finished and ready for gossip girl.
night! x
p.s i don't think i told you i am going to stay with cosuin lucy in seattle for two weeks over christmas.. sooo excited!

scared. to death.

hey!
well i didn't go to bed last night until about three in the morning, soooo naturally i slept until 1 this afternoon. waste of a day, i know lol
but i got ready and then went to lake compounce which is americas oldest theme park, for a october au pair meeting, at the haunted graveyard!
three words - scariest place ever.
so from 5 until 7 we went on rides and had dinner and then we went on the 45 minute walk through the haunted place..
so you couldnt tell who was real and who was fake, so the ones you think are fake would all of a sudden jump out and scare the crap out of you, and you are first in a dark corridor maze thing and then a graveyard, and a corn field, butchers place, vampire cave, wolverine place, chainsaw massacre, dead body house.... it was insane. for the whole 45 minutes you just scream your lungs out.
and it was quite cold tonight, but i was so scared and had so much adreneline pumping that i could hear my heat thumping and i was actually starting to sweat lol
and now i have a whopping head ache and sore throat.
so we left and i came home, talked to dad on the phone and now i am getting ready to sleep the scaredness off.
well goodnight! x
p.s i promise to post photos of the last few months outings soon. sorry i have been so slack.

love saturdays.

hey!
i had a fantasticly long sleep in this morning. i didn't get up until 11, it was awesome.
and then i stayed in bed all day, because if i were to go anywhere it would mean spending money - money that i dont have.
so i watched home improvement shows all day. whoopee.
then at about 3 i decided i should have a shower and get ready for dinner...
me, lauren, julia and linnea went out for dinner at max burgers, for a three course $20 meal because it is connecticut resteraunt week and there are a whole heap of places participating to choose from.
so we got there at 6 and there was an hour wait on a table, so we walked to starbucks and chilled there (because they have heating and it was cold outside) and then right around 7 we got a text saying our table was ready.
so we walk back, tell them we are there, and then they say that our table will be ready in a second..
about fifteen minutes later they let us sit down..
like why text us and say the table is ready when its not!? stupid.
so dinner was a tuscan salad, then a ribeye steak with mash and asparagus, then a chocolate sundae.. delicious.
then we went to the movies and saw footloose! and it was soooooo good! best movie i have seen all year pretty much. and i was smiling the whole time and it just makes you want to dance..
and i am so disappointed that i couldnt go out and dance, and drink, because america is stupid, with its stupid rules.
and now i am home, ready to go to bed, and skyping with mum.
goodnight! x

TGIF

hey!
yayyyy friday! sleep in! yayyyyyy!
i get overly excited about sleep in's these days, because for five out of seven days of the week i have to be up at 7:30, ugh.
and i know i can go back to sleep once the kids are at school, but its just not the same.
and also, my definition of a sleep in, is when i dont have to set an alarm, and i just wake whenever the hell i feel like it.
so the kids went to school - we just walked out the door when the bus pulled up, and it was POURING down rain, so they had to run to the bus so they didnt get soaked.
then i did the washing and cleaning, and went back to my room to chill.
okay so i had to take some of the kids clothes to the consignment and i get in the car and.... nothing. the freakin battery was dead, AGAIN!
lucky for me though, i paid attention yesterday and knew how to charge that baby back up.
so i charged her up and off i went.
dropped the clothes off, got back in the car and prayed with all my might that it would turn back on again, and it did! yay. so i didnt end up being the dipshit in the car park with their hood up, on the phone, waiting for someone to come and rescue me.
picked up some milk.
came home and ate grapes for lunch - mmmm appetising.
(thats a funny word isn't it? appetising... the more you say it the more not like a real word it becomes)
had a shower, kids came home and all they wanted to do was watch tv.. so i let them, because they all did super well on their math and spelling tests today.
harrison and rach went to their dads, i sropped the other boys at a cub scout movie night and came home to make scrambled eggd for dinner. love a bit of protein.
skyped with mum, watched my new favourite youtuber.
and now i should probably go to bed - its 12:18am.
goodnight. xxxxxxx

a little better..

hey!
stupid cold - getting better..slowly.
once the kids were gone, i got back into bed, and stayed there. i fgure the more resting i do, the quicker my cold will leave.
and yeah, thats it, thats all i did, all day.
i found this hilarious vlogger on youtube though.. http://www.youtube.com/user/JLovesMac1
she is hilarious. you know when you see someone and think, they would be an awesome friend? well she is one of these people.
so this afternoon the kids came home, did homework, mucked around, had dinner, and then we got into the car to take matt to scouts and get harrison from tae kwon do anddddd the car wouldn't start. just excellent.
so karens dad came over, taught me how to recharge the battery, and we were off.
came home, and i had dinner, watched vampire diaries - which is insanely good - now i have a hot choclolate, and am watching greys anatomy. its a good night.
well have a good day. xxxxxxx

getting better..

hey!
well i am on the road to recovery.. tissue usage is down to about a quarter box per day, although i have a nasty cough now that hurts soooo much.
update on my nails - they look sooo good! i love them. i don't know why i ever bite them.
well this morning the kids went off to school, i made a cuppa, then went back to bed.
and i pretty much stayed there all day.
had a nice hot shower to wake myself up, the kids got home, did all the afternoon stuff, i made stir fry for dinner - aunty serena your way of cooking rice worked perfectly!
and then karen came home and took the to get pumkins to carve for halloween.
now i am watching "i didn't know i was pregnant" and just being amazed. have you ever watched it? its insane. these women literally don't know they are pregnant until they are in labour.
oh and i have decided on my halloween costume - red riding hood. yay.
also, check this out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7hTAp6KrGY
this little girl is awesome.
night! x

still sick..

hey!
last night i had soup for dinner, and it was resting on my lap, and then it tipped, and some spilt onto my lap, and it burnt sooooo bad. that'll teach me.
and my sickness is getting worse. my throat was so sore today. i couldn't even sleep because the pain was so intense.
i dropped the kids off this morning because matty had a bag full of hay to take in for his scarecrow project.
then i went to the chemist, after sitting in peak hour traffic for about 15 minutes, which would normally take 15 seconds. i got tablets to "dry me up" and throat lozenges as well as vitamin c lozenges to help my immune system. seems as though i will need to keep it in tip top shape living with four little kids over a mighty cold winter.
then i came home and tried to rest, impossible, did three loads of washing, tried to air all the germs out of my room, showered and washed my gross hair and then the kids came home.
we did homework, rach went to gymnastics, harrison to tae kwon do and the boys to soccer, all when it dinner time. so early dinner it was. did i mention i hate tuesdays? it is so rushed and stressful.
now i am home, finished, in bed, with a cuppa, watching 90210. fingers crossed i can sleep tonight.
goodnight! x

sick as a dog..

hey!
well i spoke too soon, my throat is sore, and the cough is beginning.. yay.
i have almost used a whole box of tissues today as well.
and to top things off, its columbus day, sooo the kids get a day off.
and no we didn't stay home and watch movies like any normal sick au piar, we went to nomads, the place we went to a week or so ago but it was closed.
with the arcade games, pool and air hockey tables, rock climbing, mini golf, bummer cars, laser tag, tea cup and saucer rides.. with seven kids - the kids three cousins, against me and joanne, the kids grandma.
but before we went i cleaned all of downstairs and the kids rooms, got them dressed and fed, and then me ready and we went.
it was quite fun at nomads though. we all had a card each with about 130 points on it (most games were around 4 points to play, and the bigger things like laser tag about 20).
and then at the end you tade in all the tokens you won for toys.
so we were there for about three hours, the whole time i had a whopping headache and the place was full of screaming kids, yeah it hurt alot.
and when we were in the car, the d***head drivers were obviously out and about today and making we want to kill something.
first theres this idiot who wouldn't pull over for an ambulance - with its siren and lights on - who was right behind him!
then the car who was infront of the car infront of me took a good 15 seconds to go when the light turned green at the traffic lights.
anyway, we stopped at maccas on the way home so they could have ice-cream, stayed at joannes for about hour, then came home.
i put dinner on, cleaned the bathrooms, vaccumed upstairs and the staircase, fed them dinner, did more homework catch up with rachel and started the showers.
now i am finally done. and ready to curl up into a ball and die.
i think a hot shower, bowl of soup and some gossip girl will help.
goodnight! x

yale!

hello again..
well when we woke up, we had breakfast and got ready and then drove to yale university!
which is new haven, about an hour and a half south of where we live.
and it is gorgeous! i like it better then harvard.
it is so pretty, and big, and hot guys are lazing around, and its just fabulous.
we did a tour which was really actually quite interesting.
and we saw the dog 'handsome dan' from gilmore girls.
oh and did i mention how beautiful a day it was today?! 28 degrees, not a cloud in the sky.
we wore shorts and singlets and lapped up every single second of it.
because after tomorrow its all down hill... kill me.
so after the tour we went to the gift store, i got a yale shot glass for my collection, we shopped - i did not buy one single thing, and you should be proud because there was a 50% off items that were already on sale to begin with, in american outfitter.
did i tell you about my $50 a week limit? well every thursday when i am paid i take out $50 cash and that is all i am allowing myself to spend, because otherwise i wont be able to do any travel in my thirteeth month, which i would much rather do then buy clothes.
and i still have $15 left this week. yay!
then we left, i slept the whole way home, we got caught in the biggest traffic jam ever on the highway about 5 miles before our exit, so what should have taken 3 minutes took about 30.
now i am home, unpacking, and going to shower, have some soup, and sleep off this cold.
goodnight! x

and i forgot..

hey!
yes, i forgot, two nights in a row. sorry about that.
so i woke up (this is yesterday) from my sleep in my luxious hotel like bed, and came home to watch the kids for a few hours.
rachel caught up on more of her homework which took up a good hour of the time.
then when i was done i went to bed, because i felt like shit, because i am deathly sick.. with a head cold. the coughing and sore throat has not started (touch wood) i just have a clogged up head and cant hear a word anyone is saying and use half a box every half hour.
then i got a wake up call from lauren and robyn telling me to get ready because they were on their way to pick me up. i bounded into the shower, tried to cover up my tired looking face with makeup, and got dressed then i went back to the mansion with them..
we picked up julia and linnea met us there and we made hamburgers for dinner and watched 'something borrowed' and 'in her shoes'...
the burgers however took absolutely FOREVER to cook, so robyn said they were done, took a bite into it and it was still raw, gross.. so we had to cook them again, took them off, still raw, third time was a charm though.
went to bed in the same luxurious bed, and then this is what happened today...
x

i was cooking..

hey!
sorry its late again!
i was busy cooking up a storm last night and totally forgot.
yesterday G stayed home with a cough so i did all the daily chores, and we just hung out watching tv, but with a good distance between us so i didn't cath any of his nasty germs.
then the school called and rachels teacher wanted me to drop in a text book that she kept leaving at home.
so G stayed in his pj's i got changed and we went in... such a hassle.
and then when harrison got home we went to the younger kids school where they were waiting for me, so i could have an 'au pair teacher' meeting about rachel and what she was supposed to be doing for homework and now needs to catch up.
then we went to drop clothes off at the consignment store - closed, went to borrow books from the library - closed, sooo we came home and watched tv instead while dinner cooked.
then i packed some things and went to the mansion.
first stop - stop and shop.
my plan was to make pavlova for desert (we were having an international cooking night) so i needed cream and fruit for the top, caster sugar and passionfruit pulp.
everythings going great and then i had to ask where the passionfuit would be, and the guy has no idea what i am talking about. so we are walking around and he is like oh it could be here, or here, or here and there was none.. because apparently america doesn't use it. and passionfruits arn't in season so i couldn't even get a fresh one. i pay and leave, get in the car, turn it on, and remember i didn't get the sugar.. back out of the car, and into the store.
the same guy that helped me bfore was stocking shelves in the sugar aisle and i old him i forgot sugar and he asked what type and when i said caster he asked me what that was.. i am like oh for god sake.
so i tell him what it is and he says all they have is brown, raw, confectioners (icing) and granulated (white), and then i left and i blended up white sugar to use instead.
so i got to the mansion and started cooking, put it in the oven, had german potato salad and swedish chicken for dinner and then when i took my pav out it was perfect! by that stage it was 11:30pm, and so i just threw on the cream and fruit, but it was delicious.
then i facetimed with mum, watched a bit of fast five and went to bed.
now everytime i sleep at the mansion i sleep in one of the guest rooms, so last night i slept in a different one, and oh my god the bed is like a cloud. it is huge for starters, perfect mattress, big fluffy pillows and doona that you cant even see over when your laying on your back... i was in heaven, and slept like a baby..
i shall tell you what happened after that, tonight.
bye! x

i need sleep..

hey!
so i think im not getting enough sleep.. i am always tired. maybe i am anemic? my iron could quite possibly be low due to my lack of red meat consumption. i am going to give blood either saturday or wednesday and then that way i can get it checked for free.. gotta love freebies.
this morning the twins went to school and the older boys had a dentist appointment, so i got ready and off we went.
we were there for about an hpur, i caught up on the lastest from US magazine, drove through the atm to deposit a check (i got the money back for the drugs i needed for my wisdom tooth, yay) extra convienient, dropped the boys to school.
oh when i dropped of harrison, we were walking in the front doors and an alarm went off and then the speakers said it was a code yellow, so i'm all like, argh what the hell is a code yellow mean?! harrison is like, geeez not again! (it is the third time this week apparently) and when i took him in, the teacher is like, you have to leave, now. so i left and harrison later informed me that it means a child may have gone missing... strange. i guess all was okay in the end though.
i came home and got a text from lauren saying she couldnt come over today, so instead of nanna napping like i wanted too, i did the workout and jog by myself.
by the way - i can not emphasise just how freakin cute chipmunks are. i see them when i am jogging, and they like bounce along when they run, well more like scamper, and their tails stick up in the air.. its like a super small, mini kittten. all i wanna do is catch one and keep it haha
came home and showered, cleaned my room, did some washing, kids came home, rachel and i sat and caught her up on about a months worth of homework that she didnt tell me she was supposed to be doing, made tacos for dinner, i ate pb&j on rice cakes, now i am catching up on last weeks vampire diaries, while waiting for greys anatomy.
oh and do any of you have a good pavlova recipe? if you do, fb message me asap. thanks!
love you all! x

feelin' the burn..

hey!
harrison slept through his alarm this morning, so he was rushing, forgot his viola and empty milk bottle for science and after the other kids got on the bus i had to go to his school to drop it off.
came home, had porridge - which i realised only this morning that for the last few mornings i had been putting the opposite amounts of milk and oats in the bowl... so too much oats not enough milk.. and here i was wondering why it kept turning out so weird..
had a nap, folded the washing, lauren and i went for an hour jog, and it was up a hill, my butt is killing me - once again.
i showered, made tomorrows lunches, kids came home, did homework, made chicken rice and butternut pumpkin for dinner, got the kids showered and teeth brushed, and now i am finished.
going to take a couple of pills for my super head ache.
goodnight. x
p.s i miss you all. wish i could see everyone.

wet, again..

hey!
it rained today. again.
and it is so cold. well for me. the kids were wearing t-shirts today and i had on a jumper and a hoodie. i have just accepted the fact that i will die of hypothermia this winter.
so the kids went to school - we were actually running ou the door so they didn't miss the bus - because rach tied her own shoelaces, so it took an extra five minutes.
then i went back to bed, because the house was clean, and well, because i could.
woke up and put my gym clothes on, lauren came over, we worked out, but it was raining so we couldn't go jogging.
i showered, watched law and order svu, then the kids came home.
an hour later homework was finished. rach went to her first gymnastics, harrison to tae kwon do and the boys stayed at home with me because it was too wet and cold for soccer.
then when all the kids were home we had dinner and now i am waiting to go to starbucks.
now - i need your opinions.
http://contiki.com/destinations/north-america/tours/23-southern-adventure-start-los-angeles#
this is a link for the tour i am looking at doing during my travel month.
from there i will go to washington dc, see anything i missed in nyc and then come back here before i fly home.
if you could all facebook me and tell me if you think it looks good, that would be awesome.
okay, well i am off, i will try not to freeze tonight.
bye! x

fast day..

hey!
today went sooo fast.
seems like i just got out of bed.
this morning the kids went to school and i did all the tidying and housework, i was still tired after saturday night, so i had a super doopa nanna nap - about half an hour - and then lauren came around.
because we are workout buddies now. without her i wont stick to doing it everyday, but if she drives all the way here to do it, then i can't not.
so we did half an hour of the dvd and then a half hour jog.
she left, i folded three baskets of washing and re made the kids beds and put out clean towels.. jumped in the shower, harrison came home, the others came home and then we did homework.. for an hour and a half. joy.
i made marinated steak and mashed potato for dinner (made a plate for me for tomorrow night) because then when karen got home i went to sushi for dinner.
i swear it gets better every time. then to the cheesecake factory for dessert because it is julia's last time ever before she goes back to sweden.
i got the carrot cake cheese cake. oh. my. god.
whoever thought of it is a genius. it is my two favourite cakes in the world, in one. could it get any more brilliant?
so now i am home and super tired. going to bed.
goodnight! x
p.s it is so freakin cold. i seriously don't think i can make it through winter. i really don't.
p.p.s my bum still hurts.

seedy sunday..

hello again!
so then i wake up this morning, slipped on the top stair, slid allllll the way to the bottom - about ten stairs - and i think i may just have broken my bum. it hurts like crazy!
when i sit, walk, move my legs! its insane. and i have bruises.
when it happened though i could not stop laughing, it was hilarious.
so then after cracking up for a good fifteen minutes i had a bagel and cuppa for breakfast and then we just sat around and watched tv, all day long.
and we watched a movie called "megamind" some kids movie, and god it was funny! you should all watch it.
then at about 6:30 we decided to go and get frozen yogurt, went to starbucks, chilled out on the lounges, and now i am home, washed and ready for pan am - a new show on tv based around an airline and air hostess'
well have a good day! x

pre occupied.

hey!
yes i realise that i forgot my blog, sorry about that.
lets start with yesterday shall we..
well i woke up to a completely silent, peaceful house around 11ish and had something to eat and then got ready for the mall.
and we shopped. and shopped, and shopped..
and i spent more and more money as the seconds ticked away.
it was horrible. i spent almost $240!
this is what i got - a pair of jeans, light wash instead of dark.
a really cute button singlet with a tie thing at the front down the bottom.
a silky kind of navy blue dress.
a necklace, stack of bracelets, six pairs of earrings and two rings.
and my big spend was on a hair curler..
i was just casually walking and then one of those annoying people from the sale stands in the middle of the aisle stopped me, anddddd it was his fault i brought it.. he talked me into it.
bu it was a bargain and i did want to buy one anyway. so it was $80, it has a lifetime warrenty and it works so well! and the curls (which look completely natural and beachy and very "i totally didn't spend anytime doing my hair") hold without hairspray and lasted even when i slept on them.
and yes, i know, i ahve a ghd and can curl my hair with that, but they look too "done" and promish.
also i do realise i have naturally curly hair, but now i might wear it out, and just curl the top layer because it is always too frizzy and some bits are straighter then others so i always wear it up.
so yes, it was a big shop.
then we had a quick dinner, and then went to the mansion to party.
we shall not go into the details..
there were about twenty of us, and it was a great night.
anyway, i will now do another post of todays events.
bye! x