TGIF

hey!
yayyyy friday! sleep in! yayyyyyy!
i get overly excited about sleep in's these days, because for five out of seven days of the week i have to be up at 7:30, ugh.
and i know i can go back to sleep once the kids are at school, but its just not the same.
and also, my definition of a sleep in, is when i dont have to set an alarm, and i just wake whenever the hell i feel like it.
so the kids went to school - we just walked out the door when the bus pulled up, and it was POURING down rain, so they had to run to the bus so they didnt get soaked.
then i did the washing and cleaning, and went back to my room to chill.
okay so i had to take some of the kids clothes to the consignment and i get in the car and.... nothing. the freakin battery was dead, AGAIN!
lucky for me though, i paid attention yesterday and knew how to charge that baby back up.
so i charged her up and off i went.
dropped the clothes off, got back in the car and prayed with all my might that it would turn back on again, and it did! yay. so i didnt end up being the dipshit in the car park with their hood up, on the phone, waiting for someone to come and rescue me.
picked up some milk.
came home and ate grapes for lunch - mmmm appetising.
(thats a funny word isn't it? appetising... the more you say it the more not like a real word it becomes)
had a shower, kids came home and all they wanted to do was watch tv.. so i let them, because they all did super well on their math and spelling tests today.
harrison and rach went to their dads, i sropped the other boys at a cub scout movie night and came home to make scrambled eggd for dinner. love a bit of protein.
skyped with mum, watched my new favourite youtuber.
and now i should probably go to bed - its 12:18am.
goodnight. xxxxxxx

a little better..

hey!
stupid cold - getting better..slowly.
once the kids were gone, i got back into bed, and stayed there. i fgure the more resting i do, the quicker my cold will leave.
and yeah, thats it, thats all i did, all day.
i found this hilarious vlogger on youtube though.. http://www.youtube.com/user/JLovesMac1
she is hilarious. you know when you see someone and think, they would be an awesome friend? well she is one of these people.
so this afternoon the kids came home, did homework, mucked around, had dinner, and then we got into the car to take matt to scouts and get harrison from tae kwon do anddddd the car wouldn't start. just excellent.
so karens dad came over, taught me how to recharge the battery, and we were off.
came home, and i had dinner, watched vampire diaries - which is insanely good - now i have a hot choclolate, and am watching greys anatomy. its a good night.
well have a good day. xxxxxxx

getting better..

hey!
well i am on the road to recovery.. tissue usage is down to about a quarter box per day, although i have a nasty cough now that hurts soooo much.
update on my nails - they look sooo good! i love them. i don't know why i ever bite them.
well this morning the kids went off to school, i made a cuppa, then went back to bed.
and i pretty much stayed there all day.
had a nice hot shower to wake myself up, the kids got home, did all the afternoon stuff, i made stir fry for dinner - aunty serena your way of cooking rice worked perfectly!
and then karen came home and took the to get pumkins to carve for halloween.
now i am watching "i didn't know i was pregnant" and just being amazed. have you ever watched it? its insane. these women literally don't know they are pregnant until they are in labour.
oh and i have decided on my halloween costume - red riding hood. yay.
also, check this out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7hTAp6KrGY
this little girl is awesome.
night! x

still sick..

hey!
last night i had soup for dinner, and it was resting on my lap, and then it tipped, and some spilt onto my lap, and it burnt sooooo bad. that'll teach me.
and my sickness is getting worse. my throat was so sore today. i couldn't even sleep because the pain was so intense.
i dropped the kids off this morning because matty had a bag full of hay to take in for his scarecrow project.
then i went to the chemist, after sitting in peak hour traffic for about 15 minutes, which would normally take 15 seconds. i got tablets to "dry me up" and throat lozenges as well as vitamin c lozenges to help my immune system. seems as though i will need to keep it in tip top shape living with four little kids over a mighty cold winter.
then i came home and tried to rest, impossible, did three loads of washing, tried to air all the germs out of my room, showered and washed my gross hair and then the kids came home.
we did homework, rach went to gymnastics, harrison to tae kwon do and the boys to soccer, all when it dinner time. so early dinner it was. did i mention i hate tuesdays? it is so rushed and stressful.
now i am home, finished, in bed, with a cuppa, watching 90210. fingers crossed i can sleep tonight.
goodnight! x

sick as a dog..

hey!
well i spoke too soon, my throat is sore, and the cough is beginning.. yay.
i have almost used a whole box of tissues today as well.
and to top things off, its columbus day, sooo the kids get a day off.
and no we didn't stay home and watch movies like any normal sick au piar, we went to nomads, the place we went to a week or so ago but it was closed.
with the arcade games, pool and air hockey tables, rock climbing, mini golf, bummer cars, laser tag, tea cup and saucer rides.. with seven kids - the kids three cousins, against me and joanne, the kids grandma.
but before we went i cleaned all of downstairs and the kids rooms, got them dressed and fed, and then me ready and we went.
it was quite fun at nomads though. we all had a card each with about 130 points on it (most games were around 4 points to play, and the bigger things like laser tag about 20).
and then at the end you tade in all the tokens you won for toys.
so we were there for about three hours, the whole time i had a whopping headache and the place was full of screaming kids, yeah it hurt alot.
and when we were in the car, the d***head drivers were obviously out and about today and making we want to kill something.
first theres this idiot who wouldn't pull over for an ambulance - with its siren and lights on - who was right behind him!
then the car who was infront of the car infront of me took a good 15 seconds to go when the light turned green at the traffic lights.
anyway, we stopped at maccas on the way home so they could have ice-cream, stayed at joannes for about hour, then came home.
i put dinner on, cleaned the bathrooms, vaccumed upstairs and the staircase, fed them dinner, did more homework catch up with rachel and started the showers.
now i am finally done. and ready to curl up into a ball and die.
i think a hot shower, bowl of soup and some gossip girl will help.
goodnight! x

yale!

hello again..
well when we woke up, we had breakfast and got ready and then drove to yale university!
which is new haven, about an hour and a half south of where we live.
and it is gorgeous! i like it better then harvard.
it is so pretty, and big, and hot guys are lazing around, and its just fabulous.
we did a tour which was really actually quite interesting.
and we saw the dog 'handsome dan' from gilmore girls.
oh and did i mention how beautiful a day it was today?! 28 degrees, not a cloud in the sky.
we wore shorts and singlets and lapped up every single second of it.
because after tomorrow its all down hill... kill me.
so after the tour we went to the gift store, i got a yale shot glass for my collection, we shopped - i did not buy one single thing, and you should be proud because there was a 50% off items that were already on sale to begin with, in american outfitter.
did i tell you about my $50 a week limit? well every thursday when i am paid i take out $50 cash and that is all i am allowing myself to spend, because otherwise i wont be able to do any travel in my thirteeth month, which i would much rather do then buy clothes.
and i still have $15 left this week. yay!
then we left, i slept the whole way home, we got caught in the biggest traffic jam ever on the highway about 5 miles before our exit, so what should have taken 3 minutes took about 30.
now i am home, unpacking, and going to shower, have some soup, and sleep off this cold.
goodnight! x

and i forgot..

hey!
yes, i forgot, two nights in a row. sorry about that.
so i woke up (this is yesterday) from my sleep in my luxious hotel like bed, and came home to watch the kids for a few hours.
rachel caught up on more of her homework which took up a good hour of the time.
then when i was done i went to bed, because i felt like shit, because i am deathly sick.. with a head cold. the coughing and sore throat has not started (touch wood) i just have a clogged up head and cant hear a word anyone is saying and use half a box every half hour.
then i got a wake up call from lauren and robyn telling me to get ready because they were on their way to pick me up. i bounded into the shower, tried to cover up my tired looking face with makeup, and got dressed then i went back to the mansion with them..
we picked up julia and linnea met us there and we made hamburgers for dinner and watched 'something borrowed' and 'in her shoes'...
the burgers however took absolutely FOREVER to cook, so robyn said they were done, took a bite into it and it was still raw, gross.. so we had to cook them again, took them off, still raw, third time was a charm though.
went to bed in the same luxurious bed, and then this is what happened today...
x