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hello australiaaaaa!
guess what? it's been 365 days. three hundred and sixty five days! oh. my. god.
i remember my first ever post.. like it was yesterday.
and now i have been here for a year, and i will be home in twenty two days.
and i'm not an au pair anymore.
and today was my last ever day as "official" au pair.
woah.
so i will see you all soooooooon! so very very soon!
today, was busy.
kids went to school, we had breakfast, got dressed and then went to micheals - to buy feathers for rachels project, to staples - to return grace's diary, to stop and shop - to buy eggs, to the liquor depot - to buy supplies, to old navy - well just because we could, and we were lost looking for target, so the obvious thing to do in that situation is to shop (i brought chloe a shirt, me some cute peachy coloured shorts and some blotting papers for my face haha) then to target (once we found it) - to buy another diary, and finally to starbucks - to buy an iced coffee, which i paid for out of my coin purse.. don't you hate it when people do that? lol
so we got home and finished rachels dinosaur.. we put in all the feathers, red and purple ones, and now it looks awesome.
then grace went for her second and last driving lesson with ed while i ate lunch and watched criminal minds.
then the kids got home and three of them went straight with their dad so we only had harrison and he watched youtube all afternoon so grace and i baked my going away dinner cake for tomorrow night.
it took about three hours altogether - and that included a trip to stop and shop to buy more chocolate to melt and icing, which convieniently didn't come in the packet - and now it is a two tiered cake with chocoalte shards around it and its just beautiful.
oh and we had this awesome frozen dinner, watched say yes to the dress and i tested out my 'space saving vacuum sealer bags' thats came today and they are bloody great! they actually work! best $40 i have spent all year.
then we went to the movies to see 'mirror mirror' which was hilarious.
came home and discovered that i have the new internet explorer because my computer updated last night, so yay for that.
and now i am waiting for dad to call me back - he called when i was about to go into the movies - and i am hoping its soon because i didn't even nanna nap today and i am extremely tired.
goodnight! xo

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hey!
this mornign the kids went to school and grace and i met aluren at the gym for spin class.
and it was wayyy extra hard today. the weight lifting was insane.
then we left there and decided that we wanted fruit salad for lunch so grace practiced her driving and we went to stop and shop, got fruit salad, as well as 20 single yogurts because it was 20 for $10, got milk, grace got a diary which we need to take back because it doesnt have the day on the pages which is stupid.
dropped off some clothes at the consignment, then came home to eat and watch tv.
i had a shower and then a nap while grace went for a driving lesson with karen's dad and then by the time she got home the kids were home.
so then we had to help rachel and garrett both make dinosaur hats for their projects that are due on monday..
got those finished and dinner done and now were done and watching vampire diaries.
goodnight xo

24.

Hello!
I am on my iPod right now because I just got home from eva's going away dinner and it's late and I am too lazy to turn my laptop on. So if there are any mistakes (more than usual) that is why.
This morning grace and I got the kids off to school and then waited around watching tv until Ed was supposed to come around to give grace a driving lesson but he was taking forever so I took her instead. We just did a few blockies and practiced reversing out of the driveway a few times. Got home and had a nap which was first interrupted by the fed ex guy who did a 'ding and dash' and just left the package at the door. So we go back to sleep then the doorbell rings again and it was some guy who came to the wrong house and was supposed to be at our next door neighbours. Go back to sleep AGAIN and then the phone rang and it was Ed calling to say that because it was raining he would come tomorrow instead. So by then we just stayed awake and had lunch, watched tv and waited for the kids to come home.
Got homework done, Harrison went scout camp shopping with his dad, rach went to ice skating and the boys played upstairs.
Then so we could get ready for Eva's dinner I started dinner and watched he kids while grace got ready and then we switched and it is just brilliant having two of us - every family with an au pair should invest in two of them.
Then we went to stop and shop to buy ingredients for the cake grace is making for my going away dinner. Drove to the mall, had the best pork chops with an artichoke batter on them for dinner and then we came home.
Ready for bed now - goodnight xo

25.

hello there.
seriously i love having grace here.
having two au pairs is the best ever. so easy. and i have someone to hang with during the day instead of being lonely. its awesome.
today matt and harrison went to school and then grace and i took the twins to the dentist, dropped them at school, went to re-new the boys library cards, showed grace how we get petrol here, went to cvs to buy thermal hair protector and then came home to have a good old nap.
kids came home and i went to stop and shop with harrison to get some stuff for dinner, then got homework done, dropped harrison at baseball while grace stayed at home and finished off dinner - fajitas.
got home and ate, cleaned up and then went back to get harrison, but took all the kdis with me because they were naughty for grace when i had left them to drop him off.
came home, got showers done, kids in bed and lights out by 8pm..
we should be finished soona nd then we can go to starbucks.
anddd i have 90210 set to record :)
night xo

26.

hey!
well monday - super easy with two au pairs..
got the washing done, then grace and i returned her phone that we brought yesterday at walmart and got a different one from at&t.
went to best buy and got a new ipod.. i brought he $80 accidental warrenty and so i wanted to use it beofre i went home, and they gave me a new one, and its white! which is awesome.
and grace brought a new ipod too.
oh and went to shop rite to get shampoo and conditioner - moroccan argen.. so i am excited to use it and see how soft it makes my hair.
and sushi for lunch.
came home and played with our new ipods, had a half hour nap and then the kids were home.
did the usual, had dinner and then started watching a movie when grace realised that we forgot about our au pair meeting tonight haha but it was too late to go anyway because it had already started and was 20 minutes away from our house.. oh well.
goodnight! xo

27.

hey.
sooo the sun came up before i went to bed last night, or should i say morning.
after a longggg night i got into bed at 6:45am.
and then slept until 12.
got up and sat around doing nothing and then grace and i left at about 2, and we went and got subway for lunch. which i went into in my pj's. and no one even battered an eyelash.. thats what i love about america - zero effort needed at anytime.
we got home, ate and watched 'say yes to the dress' then i read a bit of my book before falling asleep for a good couple of hours.
karen's mum came over for dinner and to meet grace, then after dinner, grace and i chilled (i am loving having someone to hang with) before she went to bed because she didnt nap today, and i had a shower.
now i am in my very comfy queen size blowup bed, ready to catch up on vampire diaries and greys anatomy.
goodnight xo

28.

hey!
yeah, sorry its late again. i was at the mansion - enough said.
so on friday night i ended up sleeping at the mansion.. grace stayed home and slept because she was really tired and robyn and i just watched movies and then i went to bed in the best bed ever.
woke up and came home, got ready and then we went to the movies to see the hunger games!
i was sooooooo excited! but then very disappointed afterward.
i realise that not every detail in the book can be put into the movie but there was so so so much that was left out. and things that were pretty important in the book too.
so i am pushing the movie from my mind and will just keep the glorious book in my head instead.
then we came back home and waited for robyn to go home and feed the dog, she came back and picked us up and then we went to an ice hockey game in hartford!
and it was better by about a million then the last ice hockey game we went to last time.
there were three fights too! so exciting. and the refs just let them punch it out and the crowd cheers them on hahaha
then off to the mansion we went. it turned out to be just me, grace and robyn because lauren and mikayla went to to a bar in west hartford instead.
next post. xo

29.

hey!
we enter the twentys! and grace is here! she is my replacement..
this morning there was no resting. at 6:30, father bear called for a chat insisting that i should have been getting up by then anyway..
then i got out of bed half an hour later, got the kids off to school and started getting ready.
went to stop and shop to buy bread and sprinkles, raced to laurens house to pick up her laptop, flew home and made two loaves worth of fairy bread and then got down to the school at 10am for G's heritage day..
so i had to do an australian presentation for seven different groups of kids and then we had a different countries food, lunch.
went home and the kids got there half an hour after i did because they had half days, and then about an hour later grace arrived.
so while she settled into her room i read some more of my book, went to the playground and met lauren for a playdate, came home and showed grace everything around the house that she needs to know and then when karen got home we were done.
so we hung out a bit and then grace was tired so she stayed at home, but i am now at the mansion watching one tree hill and vampire diaries that i missed during the week.
goodnight xo

30.

hello!
oh my. today i packed up my room. dear god i have alot of crap.
i through out a whole garbage bag full of rubbish/useless things/things i havn't even touched this year.
good news - i am under my weight limit. by about point two of a kilo. handy, considering all the shot glasses that will be brought during my trip.
bad news - almost half of what i am packing does not fit. seriously. so i had to order space saver bags online. $40, buttt i have no other choice.
oh and guess what? i have two kilos worth of jewelry. yep.
so thats what i have done all day practically.
i did go to spin this morning though.
and i showered and washed my hair.
then after i finally moved all my stuff downstairs into my make shift bedroom (aka the loungeroom) the kids were home.
we got hoemwork done, the twins went and played on the neighbours trampoline while matt and harrison stayed home and played. then we dropped harrison to tae kwon do, the kids ate dinner, picked harrison up and then i was finished and i went to dinner with my lovely neighbour as a going away..
we went to the crown and hammer pub and had a really nice dinner.
now i am home and chatting to mum..
this is my last ever night in this bed. ever.
grace will be here at lunch time tomorrow - exciting!
well im gunna go to sleep now. night! xo

31.

hey!
one month to go. only one month.
having mixed emotions at the moment, but mostly i am stressed about lugagge weight and stuff like that.
packing up my room tomorrow so we shall soon find out if they will be over weight or not.
today the kids went to school and i went to the gym for two hours.
oh before i went to the gym though i cleaned all the crao out of the car so that when i was done at the gym i could vaccum it. so i did. and then when i got home i wiped down all the inside dash board etc so now its nice and clean for when grace gets picked up on friday :)
then i folded the washing, had a shower, ate lunch and started ready the second 'ivy' book - because i finished the first one last night at 11:30pm.
hm then what... oh i had a twenty minute nap - because i am the ultimate napper as well all know.
last night i didnt fall asleep until well past 1am, and so tonight hopefully because i am running on extreme low i will fall asleep straight away. i just cant stop thinking about things though - everything is so stressful right now.
i think once i have packed my room and grace is here that i will chill out a bit.
kids came home and they did homework while i wrote in the "au pair guide book" for grace.. just things she has to do during the day, everything about the kids she should know, good restaurants, good shopping etc..
i made spag bol for dinner, took harrison to tae kwon do and now i am done.
one tree hill tonight! and i will catch up 90210 from last night as well.
goodnight xo

32.

helllooooooo!
oh the weather just makes me so so happy.
it was 26 degrees today!
after the kids left i washed sheets, had a nap, ate lunch and the went for an hour walk along the river with lauren.
went to the library and got two books - 'the ivy' and book two 'secrets: the ivy'.. i got them at 2:30pm today and am almost finished the first one, it is so good!
the kids came home and we did homework outside, i actually got a tad sunburnt on my neck from sitting outside all afternoon.
then i cooked dinner and now i am finished and waiting for lauren to pick me up so we can go to starbucks.
goodnight xo

33.

hey!
well this time next month i will be gettin on a big jet plane..
get excited australia!
today rachel had a fever when she woke up so she stayed home from school..
and we did nothing all day.
the house was clean, and the bathrooms and floors because i did it all yesterday so all i ahd to do was one load of washing - only one! and its a monday. score!
so we watched tv, played the ipod and thats about it.
and the boys got all their homework done really quick this arvo so it was very relaxed.
we played outside in the 25 degree weather, i re heated leftovers from teh weekend for dinner and dropped harrison to tae kwon do before i finished.. too easy.
and now i am waiting for pretty little liars! tonight is the night 'A' is revealed!!! super excited!
andddd my contiki stuff came today - the tickets and all that jazz.. 15 days to go!
goodnight xo

34.

hello!
sleepy sunday..
yeah i satyed in bed until 11, pottered downstairs for some breaky, watched some tv.. oh speaking of tv, turns out i ahve seen 'the rebound' so while it was on last night i finished reading 'the hunger games'..
so excited for it to come out at the movies on friday!
then at 5 i started work and am still working now..
i babysat the kids while the adults went to a wake, as well as the cousins, so it wasn't four, no five.. not even six kids, but seven children.. oh the fun.
and we had to return the dvds to redbox and pick up pizza for dinner and i may as well have taken a whole class on a school trip.. they make so much noise and run everywhere and oh god, stressful to say the least.
but anyway we got home and they ate on the back deck, so there was no mess for me to clean up - we even got paper plates from the pizza place!
then they played in the basement until 7:30 when the cousins left then i started showering and getting my kids to bed. they were all tucked in by 9pm, now i am going to shower and go to bed.
goodnight xo

35.

hello!
first of all i forgot to tell you about my gifts from karen and the kids - i got this beautiful necklace with four little stone things on them that have each of my kids first inital on them.. and also a four pack of american stubby coolers - hell yeahhhhh. they will come in handy when i am home and drinking up a storm ;)
so today, well i slept until 11, had breakfast, well brunch really while reading 'the hunger games' then i got dressed and went to karen's mums house to help her clean up ready for her six guests tonight.
went to stop and shop and got a coupe of dvds from redbox, came home and watched 'footloose' even though i have already seen it, its just such an awesome movie.
then i had a shower and got ready for our st patricks day night dinner with karens family.
now thats over, i have talked to mum, brought a neck pillow for travel, an adaptor for my american hair curler, a pack of travel size containers for the plane, a pack of clear ipod screen protectors and an ipod case for mum and i off of amazon.. it will all arrive during this week - excellent.
now i am going to put my pj's on and watch 'the rebound' which i dont think i have seen before.
goodnight xo

36.

hello!
wow, its friday, again.. already. this week went so fast.
all the kids went to school this morning - i dropped them off because matty had to take in his robot and i didn't want him to break it before he even got to his classroom.
then i came home and got dressed and went to get my massage!
so i leave at 9:20am, google maps on my ipos said it would take 20 minutes, so i had plenty of time to get there.. at 10:10am, i STILL wasn't there.. know why? because i couldn't find the place to save my life!
it was number 452 right, so i find 450 - a sushi place - but next to it is a road and then on the corner lot, where 452 should be was some tarot card reading place..
so i am driving and driving, i tried to call robyn who had been there, but of course my phone has no money on it, so i am trying to recharge it and it was taking forever! and i was running late.. so i end up getting onto robyn, she was no bloody help, so i kept driving around where 452 should be and then i finally see this tiny sign - it was the size of a freakin piece of A4 paper for crying out loud, stuck on this tiny green doorway at the back of the tarot card place! jesusssssss! so then i really needed a massage.
and it was really good - a full body swedish massage, but the lady just would not shut up! like i wanted to just listen to the music and fall asleep and be completely relaxed but she kept on talking and talking! because i'm from australia and i'm an au pair and its just sooooo interesting to everyone lol
anyway, after it finished i came home and the kids were home about 20 minutes after that - they had a half day again.
so because it was cold and rainy outside we just watched tv, had lunch, had an hour and a half nap (yes, all the kids slept, cause i am just that good) and then chilled out.
then for dinner we went to the 'outback steakhouse' for dinner - the aussiest place in america apparently..
haha you should see the menu, and everything is called like "walkabout soup" "sydney sirloin steak" and they have the crappest bear ever "fosters aussie beer" the bathrooms are labelled "blokes and sheilas" its so funny.
oh and i ordered steak and when it came it was too rare for me so she took just the steak back and while she was gone and i was waiting i pretty much ate all my sweet potato fries and brocolli, but then when they brought back out the steak it was on a full plate again - like a new meal! so i pretty much ate two meals.. appart from the food that i shared with the kids - mostly matt because he is an eating machine.
now we are home, i am showered and ready for bed.
goodnight xo
also, this is my last weekend in my room.. so am i going to make that most of it? hell yes! i plan on doing alot of napping in my bed ;)
and ths time next week, grace will be here! holey moley.

37.

hey!
well rachel was sick today so i stayed home with her all day and the otehrs had a half day because of parent teacher interviews so were home at 12:30.
and well the boys had playdates, i read the hunger games (again so i am refreshed ready for the movie next week!) and thats about it.
oh turns out rachel was chucking a sickie, she didnt actually say the words, but she had a huge grin on her face when i asked her if she was afetr she ate like a machine all day.
then i finished at 7:30, and went to bertuccis for jess' farewell dinner - she is going to a different family in colorado in the morning.
and when i did my hair, i did a waterfall braid but all the way around my head and it looks freakin awesome - took about 10 minutes and hurt my arms like hell, but well worth it ;)
i will post photos on fb.
well goodnight xo

38.

hello!
well my sickness is goooone!
so after the kids went to school and i had a couple hour nap, got up and went to the gym!
stayed for a good hour and a half, and then realised on my home that i ran out of soap yesterday so i stopped at the chemist and got some dove as well as a body wash for my two week trip because soap is way to inconvienient to travel with.
came home and made lunch with the best, ripest, tastiest avacado ever and sat outside on the deck in the sun while i ate.
had a shower, folded washing, did more washing, made tomorrows kids lunches, hung out while harrison did his homework, helped matthew build a robot for his project, dropped harrison to scouts, made dinner, got the kids showered and in bed and finished at 8.
oh and a filed my nails down today - they are still long but not very, because they just keep breaking and getting thin from the cold weather so i am starting from scratch.
one tree hill now!
goodnight xo

39.

hello!
holey guacamole we enter the thirtys.. time is going at lightning speed.
today i spent in bed, and i am feeling much better!
last night i was up for about three hours having a major coughing fit and so i was super tired when i woke up this morning.
and now with daylight savings it is so light outside when the kids get home that the kids do their homework really quickly so we can play outside.
we took harrison to tae kwon do, i made dinner and they ate, then we picked him up and i was finished.
spoke to dad, and am now thinking about broadening my uni selection for next year..
well 90210 is on soon,
goodnight! xo

40.

hello!
last night i fell asleep at 8:30 and then didnt wake up until 7:30 when my alarm went off - this is because i am sick. again.
and even after the kids left for school and i got the washing started i fell back asleep until 12:30.
then i got up and folded the washing, had a shower and then the kids came home.
so while harrison is outside on the deck doing his homework, he was eating a yogurt and then there was this huge gigantic bang - like a gunshot only five times louder - and he absolutely shit himself. he nearly choked on his yogurt and jumped half out of his chair.. it was hilarious.
so we got homework out of the way and then played outside because it was 20 degrees today.
i made dinner and while i was washing up some pots and stuff i could have the kids talking about taking a "wazz" instead of "wizz" lol
then i picked up harrison from tae kwon do and now i am watching pretty little lairs.
oh and my cosmo came today. yay.
goodnight xo

41.

hello!
firstly i forgot to tell you that i brought new sunnies yesterday.. just so you know ;)
the party last night was pretty intense. and i woke up this morning with the biggest headache of my whole life.
so i just sat and slowly died on the lounge.
with a throbbing head, a raw throat and a gurgling stomach - it was just great. truely.
and then i came home to work, the best hangover/getting really sick, cure ever..obviously.
i was like the walking dead. so as soon as karen got home i had a shower, i ate dinner, and now i am about to pop some nyquil and sleeeeeeeeep!
goodnight xo

42.

hellooooo!
saturday! yeahhhhh!
we went to the st patricks day parade in hartford - i wore my green t from old navy with a green braclet, and tattoos!
the parade was pretty crap though, it wasnt big floats with lots of music and people on them it was more marching bands and stuff like that - the usual parade.. it was no different from australia really..
so we left before it finished and went to west hartford at the cheesecake factory for a late lunch, i had fish and chips - the first since i left aus, and it was pretty good.
then i came home and showered, and had a nap which kept getting interupted because of the tickle in my god damn throat. and i have to wear thongs around upstairs because the carpets were cleaned today and it all damp and stuff.
skyped with chloe, and got to see jamie, sam, ben and brydon..
now i am all dressed up and ready to go to the mansion for a party babyyyy!
goodnight! xo

43.

hello!
its friday! so ready for the weekend! even if i dont think it will be too eventfu, but thats okay :)
today all the kids went to school and i went to the gym, for two and a bit hours today because of the two days i missed.
after i was done slowly dying there, i came home and showered and then harrison was home, at 12, because he had a half day because of parent teacher interviews.
we hung out and watched tv, until he went down to his friends, then the other kids were home, the boys went to their dads and then rachel and i read books until dinner.
now i am finished, just skyped with aunty elana & co, and now having a cuppa and watching tv.
goodnight xo
p.s this time in two weeks grace (my replacement) will be here!

44.

hey!
dear mother nature - thankyou for being so kind to me this winter, with minimal snow and today a top of twenty celcius! i loved wearing shorts and thongs!
today was the best weather ever!
after the kids went to school, minus harrison, i did jobs around the house, he watched tv and then we made some lunch and went out onto the veranda and played hangman while working on our tans.
it was just beautiful.
then the kids came home and quickly did their homework before playing outside all afternoon.
G went to scouts and harrison to tae kwon do, i made dinner, we ate, picked up harrison, the kids had dessert and now i have them showered and ready for bed in about 25 minutes. yay.
working until 8:30ish tonight, so they should be sound asleep by the time karen comes home.
goodnight xo

45.

hello!
well this morning i awoke to harrison having a vomit bug. just great.
apparently he was vomiting all night, so he stayed home from school.
so after the others went to school i did the washing and cleaning up and didnt go to the gym as planned.
but because i dont want to catch whatever he caught i stayed upstairs and he stayed downstairs for most of the day, so fingers crossed i dont get it - because i still have to work when i'm sick.. can you imagine me trying to cook dinner and running to the bathroom to throw up? it would not be pretty.
anyway, the day was uneventful, he was fine all day, so school should be on the cards tomorrow and i will be able to go to spin class!
so the other kids came home, usual arvo, made stirfry for dinner and finished.
watched 90210 from last night, then one tree hill, and now americas next top model.
on another note i only have like fifteen days left in my room! :O because when grace comes i have to move to the lounge room. so stressful with all my stuff though. and having to pack for my trip and stuff. argh.
goodnight xo

46.

hi!
well this morning after the kids went to school, i put on my gym clothes and went to sweat it out for a couple of hours.
then, because i knew if i came home i would shower and nap for the rest of the day, i got errands done - yes whilst in my gym clothes, looking oh so attractive, the boys were just dropping at my feet - because of the stench.. hahaha just kidding, i didnt stink lol i post gym deoderised and put on a jacket to keep the funk under wraps lol
so anyway, i went to 'the dollar tree' which is the greatest store on earth. its like the $2 store except everything is one dollar. everything! so i got gift bags for all the kids and brought little toys and puzzles and tonnes of lollies to fill them with so i can give them to them as a going away present.
i also got myself a three pack of socks because i had to throw out two pairs with holes in them and now i am low on socks.
then because i was on a roll, i went to marshells to exchange the bra and pj pants i brought for different sizes, then to the perfect toy to pick up some stuff for karen.
came home and put together the kids goodie bags, ate vegemite and cheese on english muffins for lunch for the first time ever and it was delicious!
had a shower, napped for an hour, and then the kids were home.
uneventful afternoon, made dinner, and now i a finished.
oh and i have set up my phone plan for when i get home, found an ipod case that i want to buy and now i am waiting for lauren to get me to go to starbucks.
goodnight xo

47.

hello!
oh monday, so much to do, so little energy.
got up and made lunches, did breakfasts, got the kids off to school and then started chores.
decided i didnt feel like going to the gym, watched tv, slept for half an hour and then knew i would regret it later, soo i went to the gym.
did an hour and a half, came home, showered, folded washing, the kids came home and we did homework, the harrison got bashed in the tummy with the corner of a chair from his brother while we were playing monopoly, so we ice packed it, then i cooked dinner - steak and mash with veges, kids gave me a ten out of ten stars for it.
then matthew made garret belt his head on the computer modem so i ice packed that as well, and now matthew is in bed early, any guesses why lol
oh and at the gym on friday, lauren nd i were doing sit ups on the gym ball and the gym behind us was lifting like 20 pound weights and doing pushups with one arm and then jumping up, jumping, going back down, doing them over and over, he was like a navy seal - biceps the size of my head..
anyway, im finished now. going to watch pretty little liars.
goodnight xo

48.

hey!
well i have been here for exactly eleven months!
only one month until my tour starts and then i shall be home!
so this morning i woke up, had breakfast and then started my lifetime channel movie marathon..every saturday and sunday they have back to back movies all day long. its great. and they arnt box office movies either.
so i watched a couple, napped for an hour or so, got up and had a shower and then lauren and jess picked me up and we went to hang at the mansion.
we watched 'the green lantern' on their new 3D tv, which was awesome.
ordered pizza for dinner, had a few sneaky beverages, and then watched 'hostage'.
now i am home, and ready for bed.
good weekend i say - very productive, have to make the most of the few weekends i have left :(
goodnight xo

49.

hey!
into the fortys! my oh my...
hm well after our terrifying movie last night we watched 'our idiot brother' to go to bed with happy thoughts although it was lameeeee so we just went to sleep instead.
this morning lauren got up and went to an appointment and i stayed in bed. then she came back at about 10.
we had breakfast and then i got ready and we went to the mall.
switched a pair of tights for a shirt and a necklace at H&M, switched my pj shorts for a diffferent size and returned a shirt at aeropostle, and brought dad a present from nordstrom.
then we came back to my house, lauren drove home.. i had a nap and then watched bring it on - all or nothing.
got ready again, and the julia picked me up and we went to west hartford for dinner with lauren, mickayla, linnea, emma, pauline and jess. but because no one called to make a reservation we had to wait 45 minutes for a table at umi sushi.
so we went to barnes and noble and i read a magazine and talked to mum on facetime for a bit.
then after that, laurena nd mickayla who are 21 were going to a bar so we thought we would go too and see if you only had t be 18 to enter. so we are in seperate cars and we are going to 280 farminton avenue... we turn left onto farminton and realise the numbers are going from 960 to 980 and we need to go the otehr way, so we turn around and drive forever, getting a bit into the ghetto, so we call lauren and i talk to mickayla and she says we need to go the other direction, and i am like whatttt thhheeeee helllll!? if we go that way the numbers get bigger. so we do it anyway and sure anough after about 1500 they start from the start again. seriously? seriously?! wtf america?
so we finally find it and the guy says we cant go in without id's saying we are 21. god i cant wait to be in australia again.
so home we came.
and i thik everyone is in bed so i turn out every single light and then come upstairs only to realise no one is in their beds and they arn't home.. sooo i had to turn alll the lights on again. no idea where everyone is though. i am just hoping that they are at a neighbours house and that the demon hasnt got them lol
okay, shower time then bed, its 11:33pm.
goodnight xo

50.

hey!
well the kids went to school - normal day today..
then i did the washing, and sheets, and cleaned up the house..
went back to sleep for a little while.
made myself feta, tomato and basil on an english muffin for lunch..
then i went to the gym for a couple of hours with lauren. after getting all the ice off the top of the car.. and it was coming off i huge chunks of ice, pretty much like the titanic iceberg lol
came home and showered and then emptied all the bins in the house, wiped down the kitchen, kids came home and harrison and rachel went with their dad, the boys and i watched tv and played monopoly, gave them dinner and then finished.
lauren came over and we went to stop and shop to get some movies and then some chinese for dinner.
now we are watching paranormal activity three and i am actually crapping my pants. i don't recommend this movie. it is way too scary. even for me.
...and now paranormal activity is over, and holey mother of god, it gets worse by the second.
going to watch 'our idiot brother' now so we think happy thoughts before bed.
goodnight xo

51.

hello!
well last night instead of watching one tree hill, i skyped with dad and grandma and pa. that was nice.
dad and i talked about the furniture and stuff for our new house. man i am excited.
can not wait to decorate. it will be like having my own little designer tv show. ha!
then a eventually went to bed.
woke up and started breakfasts only for the stupid school people to decide to have a 90 minute delay. seriously? there isn't any snow or ice on the actual roads, and, could you not have sent out the email half an hour earlier!? then the kids could have stayed in bed. geeezzzzz. and i missed my spin class that starts at 9:30..
so they were all finally off to school by 10am, i had already cleaned up, so i watched CSI for a few hours, had a nap, shower and the kids were home.
the twins played outside in the snow for an hour when they got home - even though its crappy now because it drizzled rain all day so now its more like slush.
then we got homework done, i made dinner, and now i am finished.
vampire diaries, greys anatomy and jersey shore tonight. yee!
goodnight xo
p.s hellooooo march! i will be home next month. how crazy is that?! and my replacement will be here in 23 days :O