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
Saturday, 7 May 2011
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.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)