hey guys!
well today i didn't have to work, so i slept in until 10, got up chilled then got ready to go to the canton walm for hunger.
it was a 2.7 mile (4.3 km for your convienience) walk that you donated $10 to do and all the money went to people with no food. not as many people turnt up as i thought, only about 60 or so, and then after that was done we went to the movies, again. butttttt I GOT TO SEE FAST FIVE! sooo worth the wait. it was so fantastically great.
then to chilis for dinner. i tried the $14.99 rib eye, it was alright considering the price.
then to ben and jerry's, got the best banana icecream.
and then we were going to go bowling and clara was supposed to be following us because she didn't know how to get there but then she got stopped at traffic lights and lost us so we were trying to call her but her phone had convieniently died, so we went to the bowling place, she had gone home, called us and said she wasn't coming so then we didn't go either.
and now i am home, completely worn out, and so ready for bed.
goodnight! x
p.s my heart hurts for you tanya. i am so sorry for your loss. your dad was one of the greatest i have met. love you.
Saturday, 14 May 2011
Friday, 13 May 2011
yay its the weekend.
hello!
well this morning rachel didn't miss the bus, hurrah. although when she was putting on sunscreen she did manage to get it all through her 'bangs' as they call a fringe here..
then after all the chores were done i went back to bed for an hourish, before i watched greys anatomy.
then i contemplated going back to sleep, didn't because then i wouldn't have slept tonight, so i folded the washing and went to the gym.
nothing exciting happened there unfortunetly. i got all sweaty, came home and had a shower. washed my hair. did my hair, and then got dressed in shorts and a T because it was pretty warm today. and when i say warm it was maybe 22 degrees celcius. which is warm considering how cold it has been.
so then the kids got home, but two of them are with their dad this weekend and he pretty much shows up as soon as they get off their bus, so they left, and harrison and G watched tv so i just chilled with them.
i got d'angelo's for dinner, its a sandwich place, pretty good.
then i skyped with dad and sharon. he still thinks hes the funniest man alive.
and now i am waiting for lauren to pick me up and we are going to see either 'something borrowed' or 'bridesmaids' they are on at the same time so we can decide when we get there.
hm thats about it for today.
bye! x
well this morning rachel didn't miss the bus, hurrah. although when she was putting on sunscreen she did manage to get it all through her 'bangs' as they call a fringe here..
then after all the chores were done i went back to bed for an hourish, before i watched greys anatomy.
then i contemplated going back to sleep, didn't because then i wouldn't have slept tonight, so i folded the washing and went to the gym.
nothing exciting happened there unfortunetly. i got all sweaty, came home and had a shower. washed my hair. did my hair, and then got dressed in shorts and a T because it was pretty warm today. and when i say warm it was maybe 22 degrees celcius. which is warm considering how cold it has been.
so then the kids got home, but two of them are with their dad this weekend and he pretty much shows up as soon as they get off their bus, so they left, and harrison and G watched tv so i just chilled with them.
i got d'angelo's for dinner, its a sandwich place, pretty good.
then i skyped with dad and sharon. he still thinks hes the funniest man alive.
and now i am waiting for lauren to pick me up and we are going to see either 'something borrowed' or 'bridesmaids' they are on at the same time so we can decide when we get there.
hm thats about it for today.
bye! x
stupid blog site..
Hey!
Well today i actually wanted to get out of bed. The sun was out, thankgod. I am already sick of the ever changing weather here, like freezing, overcast and miserable yesterday and bright, hot and sunny today.
So anyways, Rachel missed her bus this morning. Why you ask? Because she was outside waiting to go to the bus stop with the boys and i realised she didn’t have any socks on and the wrong shoes. So i told her to run upstairs and grab some. Five minutes later she was still up there so i go up and she was putting on her toe socks.. really? Toe socks, that take you ten times as long to put on because you have ten toes to individually place inside of the sock. Typical. Went back outside and the others had already left.. and no, they don’t ask the bus driver to wait for her. So i dropped rach at school, came home, had breakfast then went to the gym. Oh before that though i chatted with g’ma on facebook. She is hilarious. Like she didn’t know how to do a smiley face, and asked whether or not the chat was between us or for everyone to see haha love you grandma.
Anyways worked out for an hour and a half, with the enthusiasm of the eighty year old on the treadmill next to me who thought it was terrific that i could jog for 15 minutes without having an aneurism.. yes sir i am about 60 years younger then you, i can handle it.
After that i went to the sushi place a few shops down. Walk in and here i am in my gym clothes, sweaty, stinky and starving and in an actual resteraunt. I was under the impression taht it was a little cafe sushi bar and it would be acceptable for me to go in there like that. How wrong was i. I got take away, enough said.
So i took my sushi home, sat out on the back deck, in the sun, with casey (the dog from next door) and read instyle, $3.99 at the chemist. Sushi was deliscious by the way. Although i got a tuna one.. yeah it was actual tuna. Not the mushed up stuff. Like raw purple fish. I ate it. Wont get it again though.. too authentic for me.
Uhm so the kids came home, played outside, garrett filled the sandpit up with water, got his school shoes saturated, fingers crossed they dry by tomorrow, and Rachel fell into the muddy water. So after a quick clothes change we went to baseball. Matt played, so Harrison scored, G played with his baseball and glove, and Rachel sat with me and coloured in. Then it turnt mighty cold, i nearly died. And then we came home and the kids skyped with alanna, the old au pair, which was nice, then bed time, finally. So now i am about to go to sleep.
Hope you all had a great morning! Miss you x
p.s read this as if it was when you normally read it. I wrote it last night, and posted today because the server was down..
p.p.s the blog before this one, as in wednesdays, has disappeared. not sure where it went.
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
lazy day..
hey everyone!
well when i woke up my whole body felt like i had been hit by a semi.
i'm guessing its normal after using muscles that you never usually use at the gym.
so i got up, did all the kids stuff, came back to bed and watched the movie frozen, wasn't as great as expected, or as great as the critics made it out to be.
then i slept. i was just so tired. got up, contemplated going to the gym, decided not to, for fear that i might actually cry whilst pedelling on the bike. lame i know, but i WILL go tomorrow.
i made my dinner for the week, chicken stirfry again, just because i still had enough frozen chicken and veges to make it and i didn't want them to go to waste.
kids came home and went to play outside.
then when dinner was ready i went to tell the kids who were playing in the sand pit to come in. they were covered in sand so i dusted them off and told them to just wash their hands because they could have a shower straight after dinner. then im standing in the kitchen and i hear G going "ewwww matthewwwww" so i go in there and he has washed his feet, IN THE BASIN, and then dried his feet, ON THE HAND TOWEL! i was like oh my god are you freakin kidding me. ratbag.
so after i discussed with him the reasons we don't use the basin and hand towel to clean our feet, we had dinner. (don't worry, i did clean the basin and put the towel in the wash)
then we had to rush off to drop harrison at scouts, get some milk, then we got home, i had dinner and the kids are about to go to sleep.
other then that, nothing else to tell.
oh and a big happy birthday to my cousin brett! finally eighteen! yay!
bye! x
well when i woke up my whole body felt like i had been hit by a semi.
i'm guessing its normal after using muscles that you never usually use at the gym.
so i got up, did all the kids stuff, came back to bed and watched the movie frozen, wasn't as great as expected, or as great as the critics made it out to be.
then i slept. i was just so tired. got up, contemplated going to the gym, decided not to, for fear that i might actually cry whilst pedelling on the bike. lame i know, but i WILL go tomorrow.
i made my dinner for the week, chicken stirfry again, just because i still had enough frozen chicken and veges to make it and i didn't want them to go to waste.
kids came home and went to play outside.
then when dinner was ready i went to tell the kids who were playing in the sand pit to come in. they were covered in sand so i dusted them off and told them to just wash their hands because they could have a shower straight after dinner. then im standing in the kitchen and i hear G going "ewwww matthewwwww" so i go in there and he has washed his feet, IN THE BASIN, and then dried his feet, ON THE HAND TOWEL! i was like oh my god are you freakin kidding me. ratbag.
so after i discussed with him the reasons we don't use the basin and hand towel to clean our feet, we had dinner. (don't worry, i did clean the basin and put the towel in the wash)
then we had to rush off to drop harrison at scouts, get some milk, then we got home, i had dinner and the kids are about to go to sleep.
other then that, nothing else to tell.
oh and a big happy birthday to my cousin brett! finally eighteen! yay!
bye! x
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
sore..
hello!
well today was fairly chill. like most days.
so after i took the kids across the road to the bus and they left i chatted with the grandma of one of rachel's firends for about half an hour, she is lovely.
then i did the kid related stuff, cleaning, washing, tidying blah blah and then i had some porridge.
watched an episode of greys anatomy and got ready for the gym. which pretty much just involves me getting dressed and putting my hair in a pony tail.
on my way to the gym i stopped to drop off cardboard boxes at the dump, and of course i got lost inside of the dump, had to ask some old guy for help. and the part i was looking for i had driven straight past, spaz.
anyways, got to the gym, did half an hour treadmill, half an hour bike, 15 minutes on the steps machine and then i decided i would try something a little more complicated then pressing a button.
so i went to the machine things that you push your legs up, squeeze your arms together, all that kind of stuff. but then on one of them i couldn't get the adjustment part to work, because of how tall i am it wasn't in the right spot, so i asked the girl next to me and she couldn't do it so we had to get the owner, and his face looks all like "ahh stupid woman" pfft, what a douche.
then i came home, got lunch - chicken stirfry - and went and layed outside on the grass to read my book, because it was hot and sunny.
then next doors dog casey came and layed next to me, my guess is that she could smell the chicken, so i shared with her. shes so cute. like a big poodle.
then showered, watched another episode of greys until the kids came home.
then we had baseball practice for harrison and matthew. i went to the park with the twins where rachel fell off the slide and got a puffy lip, poor thing. and G and i played soccer for a bit.
oh and i will just tell you that when we got there my drink bottle in my hand bags lid fell off and drenched EVERYTHING in my bag, including my book, so upsetting. lucky my camera is an underwater one.
i have to blowdry the pages of the book now.
oh and its called monkey in the middle here, not piggy in the middle.
and at stop signs, say a four way one, which there are alot of, its first in best dressed. you get there first, you go first. no giving way to your right or anything like that. its sooo confusing. and sometimes awkward because no one knows whether or not to go.
and i have been meaning to tell you that spring has finally sprung. it is gorgeous here at the moment. all the trees have leaves again. and the flowers are out. its so pretty.
and my arms are sore from the gym. its the first time they have ever been worked out lol
okay well i will chat to you all again tomorrow!
goodnight x
well today was fairly chill. like most days.
so after i took the kids across the road to the bus and they left i chatted with the grandma of one of rachel's firends for about half an hour, she is lovely.
then i did the kid related stuff, cleaning, washing, tidying blah blah and then i had some porridge.
watched an episode of greys anatomy and got ready for the gym. which pretty much just involves me getting dressed and putting my hair in a pony tail.
on my way to the gym i stopped to drop off cardboard boxes at the dump, and of course i got lost inside of the dump, had to ask some old guy for help. and the part i was looking for i had driven straight past, spaz.
anyways, got to the gym, did half an hour treadmill, half an hour bike, 15 minutes on the steps machine and then i decided i would try something a little more complicated then pressing a button.
so i went to the machine things that you push your legs up, squeeze your arms together, all that kind of stuff. but then on one of them i couldn't get the adjustment part to work, because of how tall i am it wasn't in the right spot, so i asked the girl next to me and she couldn't do it so we had to get the owner, and his face looks all like "ahh stupid woman" pfft, what a douche.
then i came home, got lunch - chicken stirfry - and went and layed outside on the grass to read my book, because it was hot and sunny.
then next doors dog casey came and layed next to me, my guess is that she could smell the chicken, so i shared with her. shes so cute. like a big poodle.
then showered, watched another episode of greys until the kids came home.
then we had baseball practice for harrison and matthew. i went to the park with the twins where rachel fell off the slide and got a puffy lip, poor thing. and G and i played soccer for a bit.
oh and i will just tell you that when we got there my drink bottle in my hand bags lid fell off and drenched EVERYTHING in my bag, including my book, so upsetting. lucky my camera is an underwater one.
i have to blowdry the pages of the book now.
oh and its called monkey in the middle here, not piggy in the middle.
and at stop signs, say a four way one, which there are alot of, its first in best dressed. you get there first, you go first. no giving way to your right or anything like that. its sooo confusing. and sometimes awkward because no one knows whether or not to go.
and i have been meaning to tell you that spring has finally sprung. it is gorgeous here at the moment. all the trees have leaves again. and the flowers are out. its so pretty.
and my arms are sore from the gym. its the first time they have ever been worked out lol
okay well i will chat to you all again tomorrow!
goodnight x
Monday, 9 May 2011
underwear coming out my ears..
hello everybody!
so this morning after i did my monday morning housework i did washing. loads and loads and loads of washing. three of clothes, one of towels and two of sheets. it took forever.
and then when i was putting away G's underwear, i noticed, like i do everyday, at how full his underwear draw is. i usually just jam the stuff in there but today i decided to do some serious culling.
i took everything out, and my god. its like his undies and socks had babies, five hundred times over.
i have never seen so much underwear belonging to one person before let alone a six year old boy.
then once i put it all back in neatly i still had a pile left of odd socks. absolutely amazing.
so after that i put on my cheap and cute gym clothes and went to sign up for my free two week trial.
the gyms here are pretty similar to the ones back home. although they don't have the "towel" rule, which is kinda gross, especially after you use the sitting down pedelling machine after a sweaty, hairy old man.
speaking of old people.. it was pretty much just me and the oldies. considering it was 11 in the day on a monday my guess is everyone was at work and it was just the retirees and au pairs left with nothing to do but work out.
so i gymed it for about 2 hours, came home and yep thats right.. i did more washing.
had a shower and washed my hair, re-made all the beds with clean sheets, made tomorrows lunches, supervised homework when the kids got home, made dinner and then off to baseball.
harrison had practice and the twins had a game.. i was with the twins because they are younger and thei games are so freakin cute! little six year olds chasing the balls and stuff. some are really good though. like super good. like major league baseball good when they are older. its crazy.
and the i came home with matthew. we unpacked the grocerys and then the rest of the family came home and it was time for showers and bed.
i was going to go to the movies tonightinstead of yesterday, to see fast five, like yesterday, buttt lauren has to start early, so we are waiting. i am determined see this movie. eventually.
oh and i got mail from mumma bear today. and skyped briefly but i had baseball to attend to so i couldn't talk for long.
oh and karen told me tonight that everytime she says my name G corrects her and says "no mum, its dan-i-elle" because they pronounce it like dan-yell. like kirsty mears' mum always did. and so karen thought that he was just doing it because thats how it looks but i told her that he is the only one that actually says it the right way lol
alrighty, well have a good day australia! miss you! x
so this morning after i did my monday morning housework i did washing. loads and loads and loads of washing. three of clothes, one of towels and two of sheets. it took forever.
and then when i was putting away G's underwear, i noticed, like i do everyday, at how full his underwear draw is. i usually just jam the stuff in there but today i decided to do some serious culling.
i took everything out, and my god. its like his undies and socks had babies, five hundred times over.
i have never seen so much underwear belonging to one person before let alone a six year old boy.
then once i put it all back in neatly i still had a pile left of odd socks. absolutely amazing.
so after that i put on my cheap and cute gym clothes and went to sign up for my free two week trial.
the gyms here are pretty similar to the ones back home. although they don't have the "towel" rule, which is kinda gross, especially after you use the sitting down pedelling machine after a sweaty, hairy old man.
speaking of old people.. it was pretty much just me and the oldies. considering it was 11 in the day on a monday my guess is everyone was at work and it was just the retirees and au pairs left with nothing to do but work out.
so i gymed it for about 2 hours, came home and yep thats right.. i did more washing.
had a shower and washed my hair, re-made all the beds with clean sheets, made tomorrows lunches, supervised homework when the kids got home, made dinner and then off to baseball.
harrison had practice and the twins had a game.. i was with the twins because they are younger and thei games are so freakin cute! little six year olds chasing the balls and stuff. some are really good though. like super good. like major league baseball good when they are older. its crazy.
and the i came home with matthew. we unpacked the grocerys and then the rest of the family came home and it was time for showers and bed.
i was going to go to the movies tonightinstead of yesterday, to see fast five, like yesterday, buttt lauren has to start early, so we are waiting. i am determined see this movie. eventually.
oh and i got mail from mumma bear today. and skyped briefly but i had baseball to attend to so i couldn't talk for long.
oh and karen told me tonight that everytime she says my name G corrects her and says "no mum, its dan-i-elle" because they pronounce it like dan-yell. like kirsty mears' mum always did. and so karen thought that he was just doing it because thats how it looks but i told her that he is the only one that actually says it the right way lol
alrighty, well have a good day australia! miss you! x
Sunday, 8 May 2011
mothers day,.
hey!
today was mothers day in america, so even though i don't work sundays i got up and helped harrison make pancakes for his mum and then at nine we woke karen up to eat and get all her presents. then they hung out and so i chilled in my room.
and they went to see their grandmas for a few hours, i decided to stay to give them family time. watched tv, had lunch, just the usual.
then they got home and G and i played soccer outside for a bit and then rachel and i watched tv in my room until dinner.
i was going to go to the movies this arvo with lauren to see fast five but she still has food poisioning or something nasty from a burger in new york yesterday so we didn't end up going.
and thats about all today. sorry it wasn't very exciting.
maybe tomorrow will be!
night everyone. x
today was mothers day in america, so even though i don't work sundays i got up and helped harrison make pancakes for his mum and then at nine we woke karen up to eat and get all her presents. then they hung out and so i chilled in my room.
and they went to see their grandmas for a few hours, i decided to stay to give them family time. watched tv, had lunch, just the usual.
then they got home and G and i played soccer outside for a bit and then rachel and i watched tv in my room until dinner.
i was going to go to the movies this arvo with lauren to see fast five but she still has food poisioning or something nasty from a burger in new york yesterday so we didn't end up going.
and thats about all today. sorry it wasn't very exciting.
maybe tomorrow will be!
night everyone. x
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