filled day..

hey!
so this morning i woke up at laurens house after pretty much sleeping on the hard floor because the air mattress slowly seeped out air through the night.. not comfy.
it was 8:30 when i got up, i set an alarm and all, so i could skype with dad, because he said too, and what do you know, he wasn't even online.
so i hung out with laurens kids because lauren and clara were sleeping. we made mushie monsters or something on the internet, that was fun.
then they all went to soccor so i was the only one out of the girls actually up and it was getting closer to 12, so i left, went home and got ready then went to the hairdressers to get my hair cut.
not the one that coloured my hair by the way, she was useless.
so she just trimmed it but it seems a whole lot shorter now. everyone says they cant really notice and its not that much shorter but i think it is. i guess all the strangley dead ends make all the difference lol
then i came home and had some soup for lunch and went to get a manicure. my first one ever. $10. the best $10 i have ever speant in my life. it was so luxurious.
so you pick a colour, have your cuticles and the skin around your nails clipped, soaked, rubbed, waxed, set, creamed, painted, then you get a back massage and then another hand massage. then i decided to get a pedicure as well. first one ever. soooooo good!
then i met up with lauren and clara, we got snacks at stop and shop for tonight.
then we went to the river to wait for christina where lauren found a lover boy lol he just came over to us and started havin a good old chat. and he snow boards and blah blah, then asked lauren for her number so they could "get a bite" sometime this week haha i dont think she is too interested though.
so then we all car pooled to the drive-in, got there at 6:30, met all the other au pairs, there were about 30 of us, and we sat around and chatted and stuff for a couple of hours until teh first movie started, rango, some animated kids movie, borrrinnggggg. then hangover two was on but we had already seen it so we left because we had to pick someone up and it was freezing.
by the way the drive in was soooo american and awesome. there were cars everywhere and people set up in their "trunks".
and so now i am home, just had a shower and i am now talking to mumma bear on skype.
i should really sleep soon though, i haven't really slept properly for a while. and i have a big day tomorrow. but you will all have to wait and see as to what i am doing.
goodnight! xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

today i don't feel like doing anything..

hello!
so i felt like today my theme song was 'the lazy song' by bruno mars.
i did nothing. literally.
well i cleaned up the house, made beds, did the washing and packed the boys stuff ready for their dads house, but other then that, i watched tv, bummed around in my room and had a bath. lazy i know.
but most other days is go go go, so i wanted a break. don't judge me lol
so then matthew got home early in his super cute outfit - it was special persons day at school and they were doing speeches - so he wore nice pants, a long sleeve button up shirt and a tie. super cute!
then the other kids got home - G and matt went with their dad, and i took harrison to a birthday party at the cinemas, and then rachel and i went and did a bit of shopping.
went home and watched a kiddie movie and just hung out.
then i made some dinner and tried, but failed, at skyping with dad. we are going to give it another try in the morning.
oh and yesterday garrett and rachel were showing us how they do pushups, and G is like a super six year old. he was full pumping it.
so anyways, now i am at laurens with clara and christina and we are just chilling out the back, with a fire and some drinks and snacks.
so anyways, thats all.
goodnight! x

change..

hey!
so yesterday i was saying how hot and humid it was, well just like with the snap of someones fingers, its freezing again. well not freezing exactly, but definately not hot. the wind is really icy.
well this morning my alarm either didn't go off, or i didn't set it. not entirely sure. so i hear this little tap tap on my door and i told them to come in, and G is like, uhm danielle its time to wake up, at i look at the time and it was almost 8! i couldn't believe it. but all was good, and the kids were still ready on time.
so then i bummed around for a little bit, spoke to dad, who i'm skyping with in the morning. yay! and the phone kept ringing non stop, with indian people looking for lelani, who was an au pair for my family like three years ago.
then i went to the "drug store", the chemist, and brought some super intensive therepy shampoo and conditioner, a nail file and 'hair, nail and skin' vitamins - yes, i am serious about this healthy, growing hair thing.
went to the gym, went to stop and shop to get some toothpaste and soap, ran out of both essentials.
came home, showered, and then the kids got home.
harrison and matthew went and helped their grandpa do some gardening and i took the twins to baseball (yes, its the third day in a row they have had a game!) froze half to death because stupid me was wearing summer clothes because yesterday it was so hot there.
made spag bol for dinner. and then watched americas next top model because i missed it on tv last night.
so now i am ready for bed. setting my alarm as i type.
miss you all! xxxxxxxxxxxxx

its summer!

hey everyone!
its summer here now, and boy oh boy you can feel it. its so hot and humid.
so this morning i had to drop karen at work because the other car died. it actually died. and had to be towed to the mechanics, who still haven't called back about what they are going to do about it.
okay, so all is good, i drop karen at ESPN and then started to drive home, BUT of course there were roadworks on one side of the road i had to turn down and the policeman there wouldn't let me make the right turn and made me go straight.. which was not good, at all.
i only had a map of how to get home, going down that street! so i just kept driving, pulled over into a random car park, called karen - voicemail - left a message and decided to keep driving in the direction that i thought home was.
stopped at a gas station, get out, looking oh so sexy with my pj's on, hair everywhere and no makeup..
asked for directions and then i was on my way home, and yes, i was going in the right direction.
so i finally get home, wash some clothes, make the kids beds and then i went into the basement, after psyching myself out, because i swear that the demon from paranormal activity lives down there, and i did some tidying. but then i somehow just fell asleep. like two hours later i opened my eyes and i was laying on the basement floor. weird. it was just so nice and cool down there, and i had a really bad sleep last night so i guess i was tired, tired enough to fall asleep while cleaning. which i didn't ahve time for because when i woke up it was 1:30..
so i quickly folded the washing, unpacked the dishwasher, had lunch, went to the post office and then to the gym and got home right on three ready for harrison to get home.
then it turned into "one of those days".. all the kids were grumpy, back chatting, fighting, screaming, arguing.. it was never ending.
so we went to baseball, came home and karen had made dinner, so then i left and met the girls at starbucks for some much needed chill out time.
now i am home, and alive - there was a tornado watch today and severe thunderstorm predictions for this afternoon, but no tornado here, fortunately.
oh and just thought i would let you know that take away pizza is called carry out, and a catalogue is called a circular. hahaha
well thats all for now.
bye! x

its hot..

hello australia!
so i get the kids ready for school, harrison leaves, G is out the front waiting and matthew and rachel were in the bathroom brushing their teeth. i was in the boys room doing something then this is what happened -
M - uhmmm danielle
D - yeah?
M - you better come see this
D - okay?
i walk into the bathroom and rach is standing there dripping wet
D - what happened?
M - she fell in the toilet..
D - you fell into the actual toilet!?
R - well yeah. i backed up because matthew was hogging all the space and i fell in backwards (with a sad look on her little face)
so i am trying not to crack up laughing, and had to rush to get her wiped down and into new clothes before she missed the bus. it was hilarious. i was just super grateful that there was anything in the toilet. gross.
anyways.. today i didn't wash one single item of the kids clothes because i did it all last night! yay! but i did wash the sheets, and re-make the beds, wash the towels, un pack the dishwasher and do the housework in general.
between all of that i was waiting for mum to come on skype.. but she never did. she got the times wrong, i didn't get the message, sooo we skyped just then instead.
she is in brisbane about to board a three night cruise for lisa's 40th, which stevie and i were supposed to be going on, but you know, now i'm in america and all, so no cruise for me (or stevie, she was my tag along lol)
so then i went to the gym, have worked out that if i read a magazine while jogging on the treadmill, the thirty minutes flys by. same with the crosstrainer.
went and vaccumed my newly cleaned out car, which was so annoying because there is this giant arse tree next to the car wash that has these fluffy white things that blow off it, straight into the car your trying to vaccum. hopeless.
picked up some milk, came home and made a chicken and salad sandwich.
then i had a shower, got out, moisturised, then NO i did not blow dry and straighten my hair, like i ahve been doing for the past five years.
i left it curly. actual natural curls. and i wore them in public. big step, i know.
the product i told you about the other day though that i brought, made my hair too crunchy, so i took it back (because they said i could if i wasn't satisfied) and got a different one, which i will test tomorrow.
so then we went to baseball, three of the four kids had a game. we were there for almost three hours, god help me. i get super bored.
came home, made dinner, got the kids showered, and finally into bed by 9:30. thank god.
i am super tired now.
bye! xxxxxxxxxxxx

memorial day..

hey!
so today is memorial day, pretty much just the same as anzac day, but for america.
so when i woke up its was pouring rain and there was thunder and lightning, so the parade/march got cancelled which the boys were supposed to be in (for scouts) so we went to a wreath laying at the community centre instead.
the boys wore their cute scout uniforms and rach wore a blue and white stars with red bows dress, with a red, white and blue hair thing, soooo cute! & i have photos.
at the ceremony, when the guys came in with their big flag pole things, one of them almost belted down the disco ball that was hanging from the roof, i had to stop myself from cracking up.
and when their national anthem was sung, no one else sung along like we do in aus.
then we came home so the kids could put on play clothes, and have a snack before we went to skips for a "cook-out". which is different to a barbie because its hotdogs and hamburgers and chicken, not steak and sausages..
went to skips, and it was just a really relaxing afternoon.. eating, mucking around, chatting.
so at around 6, i brought the twins home in the van and karen took matthew and harrison to baseball for harrisons game.
so we are driving home and this is mine and rachels conversation, just when we are about to get home -
R- danielle can you please pull over?
D - uhm why?
R - because i need to un buckle..
D - how come?
R - because my undies have gone up my bum and i really need to pull them out
D - hahahahahahahahahaha! so you have a wedgie?
R - noooo, my undies are up my bum.
D - yeah, thats called a wedgie. but i can't pull over so you will have to wait till we are home.
R - nope, dont worry, i got it!
and that was the funniest thing that happened all day.
so we got home, the kids helped me clean out the van (i might vaccum it tomorrow), and then they showered and watched tv. while i started my three loads of washing, unpacked from this afternoon, made their lunches for tomorrow and had a shower. because i was sweating like a pig. it was super hot today.
and three police cars just zoomed past my house.. something is going downnnn.
oh and thsi morning karen was telling me what time we were going to the memorial and she said "20 of 11" and i'm like what, is that like 20 to 11, and it is, and thats what they say here..
and an esky is a cooler..
and a stubby holder is called a koozie..
so thats all a bit funny.
anways i am exhusted, and because i missed out on doing all the housework today i have to do it tomorrow, need to get my rest.
miss you! xxxxxxx
p.s i scored a perfect round in footy tipping on the weekend!

chillin'..

hey!
so lets begin from the early hours of this morning.
as you read last night, i saw the hangover two last night and didn't get home until midnight.
now before i went to bed i left my laptop on, with skype on, so that dad could call in the morning whenever and i wouldn't have to set my alarm at a certain time.
so just after i get into bed, skype rings, and its mumma bear. so we have a chat, at 12:45 in the morning. then i say goodbye and go back to sleep. 3:00am skype rings.. its grandma. she said that something must have been wrong if i was online so late, or early in the morning. so we chat. turns out dad had already left town and wouldn't be on skype in the morning anyways. i turn off skype and my laptop so no one else can call.
i go back to sleep, until the reasonable time of 10:30am.
so i get up, have breakfast, watch jersy shore and then i went to starbucks.
just by myself to chill. i took my laptop (free wi-fi) and my book and had a caramel frappachino.
then i went to ulta beauty and spoke to the hairdresser about the best curl creator for my hair. he showed me one, without hesitation, so i figure it must be good, but told me that if i use it and my curls arn't how i want them to look i can return the product, i just have to have the receipt even though i have used it. sweet.
then i came home, watched the kids in their little pool, and tanned a little (not that i ever tan naturally anyway).
so then we had dinner - steak and potato in the jacket with salad, was super nice.
now i am waiting to watch titanic, which is on tv, and eat a popsicle, haha
might go and have a shower first though.
bye! xxxxxxxxxxxx