hey!
so today it was raining againm which makes me in the mood to do nothing. luckily i didn't have enought clothes to do washing, and the house was clean, so i didn't do anything. besides tidy up blah blah.
the kids went to school, i had porridge then went back to bed, had lunch, watched khloe and kourtney take on miami all afternoon, packaged a present...
then harrison got home, so i sat with him while he did his homework and read my book.
the other kids got home and we did homework, i made tomorrows lunches, we played in the basement and on the computer, and then i cooked dinner.
three toilet breaks each, a cup of spilt milk, talking with mash potato in their mouths and not listening to a word i say, later, dinner was done.
it has been a loooonnnnngggggggg afternoon though. so glad to be alone right now again.
so i don't think i have told you about the movie ratings here. they arn't the same as in australia.
pretty much every adult movie is rated 'R' and our 'M' movies are their 'PG'... its super weird. i have no idea what their pornos would be rated if 'R' is already taken.
also when the kids and i drive in the car we plug my ipod in and each take a turn in choosing a song. and whenever 'dynamite' is on, they know all the words as well, so i turn it up super loud and we all sing, and i wish i could video it, because its so super cute.
well i am going to shower, eat and relax now.
night xxxxx
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
rainy day.
hey!
so today it rained.. and rained and rained...
and it was only about seventeen degrees, so a little chilly.
i was up and doing everything at 7:15, made lunches and breakfast, packed bags, made beds, put on a load of washing, took the kids to the bus stop and then all i had to do for the rest of the day was fold the washing and sweep the floor. good thing i'm so speedy.
so i read some of my book, went back to sleep for a little while, had yogurt and granola for lunch, showered and washed my gross hair and then the kids were home.
so they did their homework and i made them snacks and then two of them went to ava's across the road and harrison was writing an essay, so i revised G's spelling words with him, and it was hilarious. i can't even explain what he was doing, but i could not stop laughing at him.
and then we dropped harrison at tae kwon doe, came home and i started dinner, went and picked him up, we had dinner, rachel was being naughty and throwing bits of chicken at matt.. and so i was relieved when they were done.
then they all had showers, and desert, and then we played monopoly, brushed teeth, and now they are all in bed reading their books. and karen just got home, so now i might catch up on the lying game that i missed last night.
oh and americans like to eat whipped cream on ice cream.. is it just me, or is that strange?
night x
so today it rained.. and rained and rained...
and it was only about seventeen degrees, so a little chilly.
i was up and doing everything at 7:15, made lunches and breakfast, packed bags, made beds, put on a load of washing, took the kids to the bus stop and then all i had to do for the rest of the day was fold the washing and sweep the floor. good thing i'm so speedy.
so i read some of my book, went back to sleep for a little while, had yogurt and granola for lunch, showered and washed my gross hair and then the kids were home.
so they did their homework and i made them snacks and then two of them went to ava's across the road and harrison was writing an essay, so i revised G's spelling words with him, and it was hilarious. i can't even explain what he was doing, but i could not stop laughing at him.
and then we dropped harrison at tae kwon doe, came home and i started dinner, went and picked him up, we had dinner, rachel was being naughty and throwing bits of chicken at matt.. and so i was relieved when they were done.
then they all had showers, and desert, and then we played monopoly, brushed teeth, and now they are all in bed reading their books. and karen just got home, so now i might catch up on the lying game that i missed last night.
oh and americans like to eat whipped cream on ice cream.. is it just me, or is that strange?
night x
Monday, 5 September 2011
happy labor day!
hey!
well today is labor day in america, which means everyone gets the day off work, including me! because the kids stayed with their dad until late this afternoon. sweeeeeet!
so keisha and i slept until about 11am, got up and had smoothies for breakfast, then got ready to go shopping.. because we figured there would be labor day sales on.
we went to west farms mall - it was packed - and it took us a good fifteen minutes to get a park.
and this is what i brought -
a super soft cream coloured "sweater" and a navy blue with horizontal stripes and a little top pocket t-shirt from american eagle, because the whole store was 40% off! bargain.
a baggy t-shirt with a nice kind of tribal pattern at the top from macys
a pair of pink patterned highish waisted material shorts from H&M
a new pair of havianas, silver/gray ones from nordstroms.. the ONLY place we could find that sells them
and an awesome something that i can't tell you, because its a present, and its just awesome, so it must remain a suprise :)
and that is all. considering i wasn't going to spend a cent, i think i did reasonably well haha
so after our shopping adventure, i took keisha to the airport, drove home and unpacked my stuff and then i watched 'hes just not that into you' which i still ahve to finish the end of because then lauren picked me up and we went to dinner at betuccis an italian resteraunt for dinner. then to frozen yogurt for desert.
lauren and i also went to the drive thru bank on our way home.
speaking of, she thinks it hilarious when i say scrumdidilyumptious, so we say it often, and it just cracks me up the way she laughs...
yeah so, now i am home, and showered and ready to finish my movie and sleep.
goodnight xxxx
p.s i didn't tell you about the one spot in grand central station where the acoustics work so that if you are whispering in one corner about thirty feet away from someone else in the other corner, they can hear you. its super cool. (this is the reason the picture of me on facebook looks like i am talking to a wall)
well today is labor day in america, which means everyone gets the day off work, including me! because the kids stayed with their dad until late this afternoon. sweeeeeet!
so keisha and i slept until about 11am, got up and had smoothies for breakfast, then got ready to go shopping.. because we figured there would be labor day sales on.
we went to west farms mall - it was packed - and it took us a good fifteen minutes to get a park.
and this is what i brought -
a super soft cream coloured "sweater" and a navy blue with horizontal stripes and a little top pocket t-shirt from american eagle, because the whole store was 40% off! bargain.
a baggy t-shirt with a nice kind of tribal pattern at the top from macys
a pair of pink patterned highish waisted material shorts from H&M
a new pair of havianas, silver/gray ones from nordstroms.. the ONLY place we could find that sells them
and an awesome something that i can't tell you, because its a present, and its just awesome, so it must remain a suprise :)
and that is all. considering i wasn't going to spend a cent, i think i did reasonably well haha
so after our shopping adventure, i took keisha to the airport, drove home and unpacked my stuff and then i watched 'hes just not that into you' which i still ahve to finish the end of because then lauren picked me up and we went to dinner at betuccis an italian resteraunt for dinner. then to frozen yogurt for desert.
lauren and i also went to the drive thru bank on our way home.
speaking of, she thinks it hilarious when i say scrumdidilyumptious, so we say it often, and it just cracks me up the way she laughs...
yeah so, now i am home, and showered and ready to finish my movie and sleep.
goodnight xxxx
p.s i didn't tell you about the one spot in grand central station where the acoustics work so that if you are whispering in one corner about thirty feet away from someone else in the other corner, they can hear you. its super cool. (this is the reason the picture of me on facebook looks like i am talking to a wall)
Sunday, 4 September 2011
six flags and sushi.
hello!
well the scary movies we watched last night - insidious, scary as ever, i was actually screaming and almost crying, forget me not, lame and not worth it.
so we went to bed at about 4am, i had a half dream half awakeness thing where i saw some demon thing hovering over lauren (who was in the same bed as me) and i was screaming at her to watch out, although apparently she doesn't remember it happening at all.
and we woke up at 11am, robyn made us bacon and eggs and bagels with coffee for breakfast which was lovely then we went home.
all got ready for six flags, and we were off.
which is when i saw my first deer! he was dead. on the side of the road. looked just like bambi. so sad.
then google maps - the unreliable piece of rubbish that it is - got us lost on the way. it took us some stupid back way instead of the way normal people go.
so by the time we got there it was just past three and the weather was pretty shitty, it looked like it was going to rain all day, and even though it was busy, we still got to go on all the rides we wanted too because the lines weren't that long.
so we left at about 7:30 and decided we would go to black back square in west hartford and have sushi for dinner... wellllllllll we got lost. of course. in the ghetto. of course.
stopped for directions at roughly five different petrol stations, because everyone was you know, useless and had no idea what they were talking about.
then just as we were about to give up and find the highway to go home, we found it!
along the way we noticed that where we were lost, we had been lost before. the exact same spot.
and we saw a street called 'hooker lane'.. interesting... i wonder what happens down there.
so we have our delicious sushi - so worth the stress of finding it - and i tried to teach keisha and lauren hw to use chopsticks, lauren did well, even though she used them to eat her meal and not sushi.
then we got some cheesecake to take home, came home and showered.
skyped with stephyg while she was on her iphone, with her earphones plugged in, whilst walking around coles, looking like she was talking to herself haha
and now i am going to sleep i think.
goodnight. xxxxxx
p.s the fathers day in america is a different date, hence the reason i MAY have forgotten about it. but...
p.p.s HAPPY FATHERS DAY DAD! you are the best dad ever. i couldn't have asked for a more amazing father. i love you. and i hope you had a fantastic day. also to my grandfathers and uncles, i love you guys too.
oh and i forgot to tell you - GRAND CENTRAL STATION IS AMAZING! absolutely amazing. and i have been there :) be jealous. also i have added photos to 'lets hear it for new york' and 'america, two' on facebook.
well the scary movies we watched last night - insidious, scary as ever, i was actually screaming and almost crying, forget me not, lame and not worth it.
so we went to bed at about 4am, i had a half dream half awakeness thing where i saw some demon thing hovering over lauren (who was in the same bed as me) and i was screaming at her to watch out, although apparently she doesn't remember it happening at all.
and we woke up at 11am, robyn made us bacon and eggs and bagels with coffee for breakfast which was lovely then we went home.
all got ready for six flags, and we were off.
which is when i saw my first deer! he was dead. on the side of the road. looked just like bambi. so sad.
then google maps - the unreliable piece of rubbish that it is - got us lost on the way. it took us some stupid back way instead of the way normal people go.
so by the time we got there it was just past three and the weather was pretty shitty, it looked like it was going to rain all day, and even though it was busy, we still got to go on all the rides we wanted too because the lines weren't that long.
so we left at about 7:30 and decided we would go to black back square in west hartford and have sushi for dinner... wellllllllll we got lost. of course. in the ghetto. of course.
stopped for directions at roughly five different petrol stations, because everyone was you know, useless and had no idea what they were talking about.
then just as we were about to give up and find the highway to go home, we found it!
along the way we noticed that where we were lost, we had been lost before. the exact same spot.
and we saw a street called 'hooker lane'.. interesting... i wonder what happens down there.
so we have our delicious sushi - so worth the stress of finding it - and i tried to teach keisha and lauren hw to use chopsticks, lauren did well, even though she used them to eat her meal and not sushi.
then we got some cheesecake to take home, came home and showered.
skyped with stephyg while she was on her iphone, with her earphones plugged in, whilst walking around coles, looking like she was talking to herself haha
and now i am going to sleep i think.
goodnight. xxxxxx
p.s the fathers day in america is a different date, hence the reason i MAY have forgotten about it. but...
p.p.s HAPPY FATHERS DAY DAD! you are the best dad ever. i couldn't have asked for a more amazing father. i love you. and i hope you had a fantastic day. also to my grandfathers and uncles, i love you guys too.
oh and i forgot to tell you - GRAND CENTRAL STATION IS AMAZING! absolutely amazing. and i have been there :) be jealous. also i have added photos to 'lets hear it for new york' and 'america, two' on facebook.
Saturday, 3 September 2011
new york city baby..
hello everyone!
so we woke up this morning, not too worse for wear, waited what seemed like a million years for chris (the guys house we were at) to wake up so we could get showered and start doing something.
got ready and then decided we would pop on down to new york city for the day.
got on the train, and about an hour later we were at the city that never sleeps.
went shopping and just strolled around pretty much.
went to go to do a tour at the national library, buttttt we couldn't find the door to get in. there were doors all the way around the giant building but they all seemed to be fake lol
and we went to forever 21, after trekking around the four floors, we went to get some lunch.
so i ordered a burger. and it was MASSIVE! the tomato was clearly on steroids as it was as round as the actual burger bun. i took photos so you can all see it.
and it had two big onion rings on the side - which are gross. do not try.
and we saw ten tonne of characters walking around. elmo, cookie monster, dora, shrek sponge bob, mickey mouse...
and this one huge creepy crazy tall thing, that i got a photo with, it was freaky as.
and we went to a souvenir shop and i got all these postcards and magnets, and i love new york pj pants, and presents that i can't mention.
oh and all the sleeping people in new york! i am not entirely sure if they are homeless or not but there are people just sleeping anywhere and everywhere. on the ground, on a bench...
and we saw the naked cowboy!
and people getting money to buy weed.
there is no amount of photos i could take, or words i could use to describe just how amazing new york city really is. you all HAVE to go there once in your life.
i love it there.
so then we caught the train back, drove home to connecticut and now we are at the mansion! hurrah!
going to watch scary movies and eat popcorn now.
goodnight! xxxxx
so we woke up this morning, not too worse for wear, waited what seemed like a million years for chris (the guys house we were at) to wake up so we could get showered and start doing something.
got ready and then decided we would pop on down to new york city for the day.
got on the train, and about an hour later we were at the city that never sleeps.
went shopping and just strolled around pretty much.
went to go to do a tour at the national library, buttttt we couldn't find the door to get in. there were doors all the way around the giant building but they all seemed to be fake lol
and we went to forever 21, after trekking around the four floors, we went to get some lunch.
so i ordered a burger. and it was MASSIVE! the tomato was clearly on steroids as it was as round as the actual burger bun. i took photos so you can all see it.
and it had two big onion rings on the side - which are gross. do not try.
and we saw ten tonne of characters walking around. elmo, cookie monster, dora, shrek sponge bob, mickey mouse...
and this one huge creepy crazy tall thing, that i got a photo with, it was freaky as.
and we went to a souvenir shop and i got all these postcards and magnets, and i love new york pj pants, and presents that i can't mention.
oh and all the sleeping people in new york! i am not entirely sure if they are homeless or not but there are people just sleeping anywhere and everywhere. on the ground, on a bench...
and we saw the naked cowboy!
and people getting money to buy weed.
there is no amount of photos i could take, or words i could use to describe just how amazing new york city really is. you all HAVE to go there once in your life.
i love it there.
so then we caught the train back, drove home to connecticut and now we are at the mansion! hurrah!
going to watch scary movies and eat popcorn now.
goodnight! xxxxx
Friday, 2 September 2011
heading to new york..
hello!
so i did alot of washing today whent he kids left for school.
washed all five bed sheets and everyones towels and clothes, so all is nice and fresh now :)
then i watched 17 again, just because its so funny.
disinfected the kitchen - because we have awesome cleaning wipes, so i gave them a go.
and then the kids got home and we played in the basement...
gave them an early dinner because we had to go to the airport to pick up keisha - an australian friend from training school in new york when i first got here.
so i get the kids snacks and books and entertainment for the car trip (only about 40 minutes worth) and then as soon as i got them all buckled in, karen pulled up early and so they stayed with her instead.
stopped at dunkin' donuts - after asking for a caramel mocha twice to the speaker box, then i get to the window and he still didn't know what i was saying, so i repeated it AGAIN and then he hands over some chocolatey drink, which was not right. so i just gave up. geeeez.
so i had my google directions wrriten down of how to get there - and they were wrong. so i had to stop and ask twice how to get there.
get to the airport and i couldn't see her, so i had to do a loop, then i stopped in the 'no parking' to wait and the security guard made me do another loop because no one was "actively getting in or out of the car" so another three loops later, keisha was finally there and so we were off.
and we made it home without getting lost. yay!
so now we are waiting for lauren to pick us up and we are going to new york.. the state not the city.
for a little "get together".
i will let you know if we end up going to the city tomorrow.
night. xxxxx
so i did alot of washing today whent he kids left for school.
washed all five bed sheets and everyones towels and clothes, so all is nice and fresh now :)
then i watched 17 again, just because its so funny.
disinfected the kitchen - because we have awesome cleaning wipes, so i gave them a go.
and then the kids got home and we played in the basement...
gave them an early dinner because we had to go to the airport to pick up keisha - an australian friend from training school in new york when i first got here.
so i get the kids snacks and books and entertainment for the car trip (only about 40 minutes worth) and then as soon as i got them all buckled in, karen pulled up early and so they stayed with her instead.
stopped at dunkin' donuts - after asking for a caramel mocha twice to the speaker box, then i get to the window and he still didn't know what i was saying, so i repeated it AGAIN and then he hands over some chocolatey drink, which was not right. so i just gave up. geeeez.
so i had my google directions wrriten down of how to get there - and they were wrong. so i had to stop and ask twice how to get there.
get to the airport and i couldn't see her, so i had to do a loop, then i stopped in the 'no parking' to wait and the security guard made me do another loop because no one was "actively getting in or out of the car" so another three loops later, keisha was finally there and so we were off.
and we made it home without getting lost. yay!
so now we are waiting for lauren to pick us up and we are going to new york.. the state not the city.
for a little "get together".
i will let you know if we end up going to the city tomorrow.
night. xxxxx
Thursday, 1 September 2011
seeya' summer.
hey!
so today is the first day of 'fall' for us. no more stinkin' hot, humid, gross days. hopefully.
the kids went to school and i did the usual morning chores, then ran some errands..
went to the charity store and the consignment to drop stuff off, went to the library - i have started on a new author, hailey abbott, because she has an awesome last name, obviously :)
and then i came home and watched 'black swan' for the second time, just because it is such a good movie.
then the kids came home. rachel lost her tooth at school so she ahd it in the little tooth shaped container that teh school nurse gives you.
so anyway i went upstairs to get something then i hear rachel crying, so i run downstairs and this is what happened -
me - whats wrong? why are you crying?
rach - he made me loose my tooth (pointing at matt)
me - how and why did you do that?
rach - he punched me twice and my tooth flew out of my hand somewhere
me - matt why did you punch her?
matt - BECAUSE SHE STUCK HER HAND IN MY GLASS OF MILK!
hahahaha (not that i was laughing whilst taking to them)
so that was the end of that conversation.
i did find her tooth though.
but she lost it again anyway. because she was swining around the tooth thing it was in, and it opened and the tooth flew across the room somewhere. so that will be an interesting find when i am sweeping one day...
then i made dinner, we put the radio on while we ate, which seems to keep the quieter then the normal zoo level noises they make, and they actually stayed sitting in their chair. woo!
then i went to have frozen yogurt with robyn and lauren.
came home and showered ready for JERSEY SHORE!
its so great. best show ever made.. well reality anyways.
its still on now. so i'm off.
goodnight! xxxxxx
so today is the first day of 'fall' for us. no more stinkin' hot, humid, gross days. hopefully.
the kids went to school and i did the usual morning chores, then ran some errands..
went to the charity store and the consignment to drop stuff off, went to the library - i have started on a new author, hailey abbott, because she has an awesome last name, obviously :)
and then i came home and watched 'black swan' for the second time, just because it is such a good movie.
then the kids came home. rachel lost her tooth at school so she ahd it in the little tooth shaped container that teh school nurse gives you.
so anyway i went upstairs to get something then i hear rachel crying, so i run downstairs and this is what happened -
me - whats wrong? why are you crying?
rach - he made me loose my tooth (pointing at matt)
me - how and why did you do that?
rach - he punched me twice and my tooth flew out of my hand somewhere
me - matt why did you punch her?
matt - BECAUSE SHE STUCK HER HAND IN MY GLASS OF MILK!
hahahaha (not that i was laughing whilst taking to them)
so that was the end of that conversation.
i did find her tooth though.
but she lost it again anyway. because she was swining around the tooth thing it was in, and it opened and the tooth flew across the room somewhere. so that will be an interesting find when i am sweeping one day...
then i made dinner, we put the radio on while we ate, which seems to keep the quieter then the normal zoo level noises they make, and they actually stayed sitting in their chair. woo!
then i went to have frozen yogurt with robyn and lauren.
came home and showered ready for JERSEY SHORE!
its so great. best show ever made.. well reality anyways.
its still on now. so i'm off.
goodnight! xxxxxx
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