busy..

hey!
well i was woken up this morning by a phone call from dad, at 7:40.
so we chatted for a while, and plan to skype on the weekend. oh and we talked about how his package hadn't come yet, and then later this morning, it did! and i love it. incase you didn't see my facebook status it had tim tams, nescafe coffee, papaw ointment, a little bottle of cointreau and midori (because they are my favourite) and a pair of washing up/cleaning gloves - because he is hilarious.
so the kids went to bible school, and harrison went to his dad's last night until friday, soooo i had no kids for three hours! i went to kohls and brought a dress and an american t-shirt to wear for 4th of july - which was only $5! - and then i got a coffee and wandered around the book store, but restrained myself from buying ANOTHER book. crazy right? i never read books! ever. and now i love them.
then i went to walmart and got matt's birthday present, he is eight on saturday, like grandma, although she will be just a few more birthdays older then that ;)
then to the "geek squad" which no i didn't make up myself, they actually call themselves that, at best buys which is like harvey norman, to see if they knew how to fix my ipod because the menu button is broken and instead of scrolling through the songs list i have to press 'next' a thousand times (literally) to find a sing i want to listen to.
butttt they said it was no use trying to fix it because it would cost more to do then just buying a new one. (the new ipod nanos, that are touch, but only tiny, are $150, hint hint daddy)
and then i came home for a little bit, which is when my package came, and then picked up the kids, we came home and had lunch, then went to the library...
which i love! it is huge. and the kids place kept the kids entertained for about two hours! so i just chilled, read a book that i borrowed, called beauty queens, that i was going to buy this morning for $18. so i'm glad i didn't in the end.
then we went to the pool. but the sun wasn't out, so i couldn't work on my "kind of but will never really be" tan.
came home, made dinner, ate dinner and then racha nd i started to watch a movie in my room and karen took the boys with her to do some stuff in town.
so i took rach with me, because she asked so nicely, to starbucks. she loved it. and was extremely good.
and there is a new aussie girl here now, she came on friday. yay!
and now i am going to sleep, like a log, because i am THAT exhusted.
goodnight australia. xxxxx

lovely weather!

hey!
so this morning the three youngest kids went to bible camp from 9 until 12 and i had harrison at home with me, but his cousin was over so they hung out while i cleaned and cleaned and tidyed and tidyed some more, and then washed clothes and sheets and towels..
and then i was finally done. phew.
so i went and picked up the kiddies (we listened to jesus songs on the way home, AND on the kichen radio when we got home, lucky me), we all had lunch and then lauren came around with zoe who is four, and she played with rach in the basement for an hour or so, while i folded washing and chatted with lauren.
then the kids had a rest and i started to watch true blood.. but while i was sitting there i decided i wanted to chnage my room around, so i did. i love it. there is "so much more room for activities" now.. you will only get that if you have seen step brothers.
then we went to the pool! finally! and it was so nice. with an excellent view, if you get my drift.. hot as lifeguards. i could sit there all day.
we were there for about two hours, came home, kids watched a movie while i made dinner and now i am finished and watching tv.
i also think i may have gotten a slight bit browner today! yay! ima work on that.
oh and that animal i almost hit, its called an opossum. nothing like a possum in aus though.
and i got mail today, from grandma. i love suprise mail.
well goodnight! x

great day..

hello aus!
well this morning we woke up at christina's and lazed around watching tv for a while but then she had to go and do some things, so we left and i came home, showered, watched true blood and then got ready.
lauren and clara picked me up, we went and brought a salad from stop and shop and then to elizabeth park in west hartford, which is sooo pretty.
and when we got there, we got lost (in the park) and then when we finally found where we were supposed to be going there was this squirral on this rail and then it jumped like 5 metres across to another rail, and i was amazed lol it so little and it can jump so far!
then after the park we went to blue back square which is a chilled out little outdoor shopping place and we went to the movies to see 'bad teacher'.. funny, but not that great. i would recommened waiting for it on dvd.
then christina met us for sushi (the same one as last sunday). oh and lauren hates sushi so she ordered some chicken thing, but she can't use chop sticks and it was so funny trying to watch her eat until she finally asked for a fork.
and then the girls dropped me home and i am ready for bed. exhusting day.
love you all! x

chillin all day..

hey!
the plan was to go to boston for the day but it was shitty weather so we decided to wait until another weekend.
so instead this morning i woke up and had some breakfast and then watched true blood for a little while before deciding to go back to sleep. then i woke up at about 4, had a shower and packed my stuff to go to christina's house.
so we went out to ruby tuesday for dinner which is pretty much the same as sizzler in australia.
and now we are all at home, chilling out the back, an we are going to watch movies and then stay here the night.
oh and just a random fact - about germany - instead of asking for a lighter or a match they say "do you have fire?" hahahaha how funny is that..
yeah so anyway, thats about it.
bye! xxxxxxxxxxx

weekend thankgod.

hey!
its the weekend. hallujah!
i am exhusted. and i can't wait to sleep in, in the morning.
sorry its so late by the way, i went out and got distracted and so i didn't come home when i was planning on it.
so anyways, today, it rained. shocker there.
so we stayed inside most of the morning then after lunch we went to recycle all the cans and bottles from the garage, popped into the gym to freeze my membership for the next two months because the kids are home so i can't go, and then i took the kids to maccas to get a treat.
so we are sitting there eating our icecreams, and of course rach got hers in her hair, so before we left ii took her to the bathroom to clean most of it out. and when we walked in there was this african american person standing over the basin drinking the water out of the tap. then they stood up and it was a man and it was the most awkward situation ever. i thought we had gone into the wronf bathroom, and so did he, and rachel was completely shocked, and so we all stood there looking at each other not knowing what to do, then he left and rachel cracked up.. because he was the one in the wrong. what an idiot.
then we came home, played in the basement, i made dinner and then karen got home.
so i got changed and went to chilis for dinner with lauren and then to christina's house to eat ice cream and watch "just go with it" for the second weekend in a row. such a funny movie.
then when i was driving home i almost hit a (you know on 'over the hedge' the animal that is the one with the mum and baby? its grey, with a long thin tail, kind of long nose and walks on all fours, its a bit stretched out) well anyways whatever animal that is, is the animal i almost ran over tonight lol
so now i am home, its 2am, i am on skype with mum and i am so ready for bed.
this is the second time i wrote this too, because tonight of all nights my blog didn't save it.
goodnight! xxxxxxxxxxxx

please make the weather sunny!

hello!
so again, it was cold and raining, all day long.
not happy.
so we spent all day inside again. having four kids in the house going stir crazy and not being able to do anything about it, is not fun.
i won't bore you with the details. nothing exciting happened at all.
oh i did get carpet burn from chasing G around on my knees, so that hurts.
and the boys went to scouts this afternoon, so i cooked dinner, then the boys came home, we all had dinner (spag bol) and then i cleaned up and we watched tv until karen got home.
now i am sitting in my room, listening to pandora radio (thankyou lauren!) which i am in love with.
so i will write again tomorrow.
now praying for sunshine!
love you all. xxxxxxxxxx

off to a not so great start..

hello!
well today was my first FULL day with ALL FOUR kids at home.
and of course, it rained, all. day. long.
so our plans to have a  playdate with lauren and her kids at the park in the morning and then go to the pool all afternoon, were cancelled.
so i woke up at 8, went and got the kids breakfast and got them to get dressed. then i cleaned the house, washed their clothes and then we did nothing.
mainly because we couldn't go outside, but alsso because the kids didn't actually want to do anything.
so they have literally been either watching tv or playing the computer all day long.
which i didn't want them to, but since school only finished yesterday, i figure its okay if not every day they are doing something productive.
then i explained how we will all eat lunch together at the same time so i don't have four kids telling me they want lunch over a three hour time period, and they seemed fine with that.
then at about 3 the kids dad came and took them to the library, but rach had a fever and was super angry and upset, so she stayed home and i made her have a nap.
then after the boys got home i started dinner, the kids ate (well mostly mucked around and didn't eat) but in the end, all worked out.
and so when karen got home, i cleaned up from dinner, had a shower and i am now relaxing in my room.
its going to be a loonnggggg summer.
my finger and toes are crossed for glorious sunshine tomorrow.
i'm going to have a cuppa.
bye! x