hello!
so today is know as 'black friday' when everything is reduced. and by reduced, i mean, a sale on steroids. everywhere! doors open at 12am friday morning and the sale in some cases, goes until 12pm friday.
these are the type of sales where people are trampled when the doors are opened and get severely injured because no one has time to help you if they are going to get their hands on one of the $200 laptops or someone shoots you because you took the last $90 mix master - okay so that one is a bit of an exaggeration.
i however did not and will not be going to these sales - one, because there is no way in hell i am getting up in the middle of the night while its freezing to get a good deal and two because the sale is pretty much still on tomorrow, anddd people wont be as crazy, so i am going to go then and do my christmas shopping.
back to todays household events - the kids had no school so they slept until nine. score.
and then we sat around and watched tv, then played cards and yahtzee - the pokemon version, and animal soup and zingo - like bingo but wayyyy cooler.
and by the time the kids owned me in each and every one of those games their dad had come (at 1pm) and they left for the weekend.
so i heated myself up a big juicy turkey wing and watched tv, before having a nanna nap.
showered and got ready for dinner, and then skyped with grandma and pa! and elana and luke were there as well! grandma just got a new laptop and now has skype!
http://contiki.com/destinations/north-america/tours/23-southern-adventure-start-los-angeles# and grandma that is the link for my travel month tour, once again. (if you hold the 'ctrl' button and click it, it should open in a new window for you.)
so then i went to ulta to buy a nail file for my handbag while waiting for our table at bettuccis.
had a delicious dinner, went to barnes and noble to have a look and now i am home and sooooo ready for bed.
goodnight xo
Friday, 25 November 2011
Thursday, 24 November 2011
happy thanksgiving!
hello!
today is thanksgiving! and i am so full, it is unbelieveable.
i dont think i could fit a single crumb into my stomach right now.
this morning the kids got up before me, even though they didnt go to bed until 11!
we had cinnamon rolls for breakfast and then watched tv before getting ready for the feast.
the kids and i cleaned up the house and the basement (that was trashed) then all put our "church clothes" on and did our hair etc..
once i had the kids ready we watched the macys thanksgiving parade on tv - you know the one with all the gigantic balloons thats on movies - and then i started my share of cooking - mashed potatoes.
it was the most i had ever made before - a whole bag full :O
oh and on the turkeys they have a 'pop up' button that pops up guess when the turkey is ready. and karen couldnt find it on ours, so she thought they didnt make them like that anymore.. but then when we turned the turkey over in the oven we realised she put the turkey in upside down haha
in the meantime matt cracked his foot down on the handle of the cheese and crackers dish and smashed it, handy lol
by the time we ate it was around three and there was turkey with gravey and cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, butternut pumpin, corn, salad and bread rolls.
and then pumpin pie (delicious!).. i had never had it before.. well i dont think i have, and my pavlova! which was perfect. but the berries for the top were still frozen because we forgot to get them out of the freezer so i was trying to thaw them in a pot of hot hot hot water while still in the bag, but that was taking too long, so i used the microwave, resulting in them being very saucy so when i put them on the pav it looked like it was "dying" - according to rachel.
then after we cleaned up we sat around watching monsters inc and eating pistachios.
now i have had a shower, made a cuppa and am ready to watch an apisode of slide and then go to sleep.
i am so tired. goodnight xo
today is thanksgiving! and i am so full, it is unbelieveable.
i dont think i could fit a single crumb into my stomach right now.
this morning the kids got up before me, even though they didnt go to bed until 11!
we had cinnamon rolls for breakfast and then watched tv before getting ready for the feast.
the kids and i cleaned up the house and the basement (that was trashed) then all put our "church clothes" on and did our hair etc..
once i had the kids ready we watched the macys thanksgiving parade on tv - you know the one with all the gigantic balloons thats on movies - and then i started my share of cooking - mashed potatoes.
it was the most i had ever made before - a whole bag full :O
oh and on the turkeys they have a 'pop up' button that pops up guess when the turkey is ready. and karen couldnt find it on ours, so she thought they didnt make them like that anymore.. but then when we turned the turkey over in the oven we realised she put the turkey in upside down haha
in the meantime matt cracked his foot down on the handle of the cheese and crackers dish and smashed it, handy lol
by the time we ate it was around three and there was turkey with gravey and cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, butternut pumpin, corn, salad and bread rolls.
and then pumpin pie (delicious!).. i had never had it before.. well i dont think i have, and my pavlova! which was perfect. but the berries for the top were still frozen because we forgot to get them out of the freezer so i was trying to thaw them in a pot of hot hot hot water while still in the bag, but that was taking too long, so i used the microwave, resulting in them being very saucy so when i put them on the pav it looked like it was "dying" - according to rachel.
then after we cleaned up we sat around watching monsters inc and eating pistachios.
now i have had a shower, made a cuppa and am ready to watch an apisode of slide and then go to sleep.
i am so tired. goodnight xo
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
half day..
hello!
i finished all the home videos today. i wish there were more. super entertaining.
this morning the kids went to school and i went to the art and craft dtore - micheals - with karens mum to help her look for christmas decorations.
came home and harrison got off the bus at 12 (because it is thanksgiving tomorrow they only had half days) and then the rest of them got home at 12:30.
the middle boys went to joannes house and while harrison and rach watched a movie a caught up on 90210 from last night on my laptop.
and we pretty much just sat around all afternoon until i skyped with sister bear.
ordered pizza for dinner, ate, and now all seven kids (their cousins are here too) are playing, and i am done and ready for a shower and a cuppa tea.
oh and i cant get the second episode of the series steph sent me to work so i cant keep watching. i am going to see if i can find it on the internet.
and how could i forget! i made a pavlova! for thanksgiving tomorrow! a little bit of australia on the table..
it turned out well. i have put it in a container until tomorrow when i will top it with cream and berries.
sooo looking forward to tomorrows feast. i am fasting from now until 3pm tomorrow in preperation.
goodnight. xo
p.s my sister and her friend emily found a kitten. so they kept it. and it is the cutest freakin little kitten ever!
i finished all the home videos today. i wish there were more. super entertaining.
this morning the kids went to school and i went to the art and craft dtore - micheals - with karens mum to help her look for christmas decorations.
came home and harrison got off the bus at 12 (because it is thanksgiving tomorrow they only had half days) and then the rest of them got home at 12:30.
the middle boys went to joannes house and while harrison and rach watched a movie a caught up on 90210 from last night on my laptop.
and we pretty much just sat around all afternoon until i skyped with sister bear.
ordered pizza for dinner, ate, and now all seven kids (their cousins are here too) are playing, and i am done and ready for a shower and a cuppa tea.
oh and i cant get the second episode of the series steph sent me to work so i cant keep watching. i am going to see if i can find it on the internet.
and how could i forget! i made a pavlova! for thanksgiving tomorrow! a little bit of australia on the table..
it turned out well. i have put it in a container until tomorrow when i will top it with cream and berries.
sooo looking forward to tomorrows feast. i am fasting from now until 3pm tomorrow in preperation.
goodnight. xo
p.s my sister and her friend emily found a kitten. so they kept it. and it is the cutest freakin little kitten ever!
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
new years plans..
hey!
today it was super miserable.. it was overcast all day and cold and now it is raining and has been for the past three hours.
i did nothing all day.
except give joanne silverware to shine and take a turkey out of the freezer.
when the kids got home harrison went to tae kwon do and rach went to gymnastics and so the boys and i watched victorious before i made tacos for dinner.
and while we were watching the girl was wearing a sequined purple dress with stockings on underneath but they had a design on them. and G is like 'ohhh myyyy godddd look at all those tattoos on her legs!' hahaha
oh yes, today i watched more home videos, they just crack me up.
i went to starbucks tonight and we started to plan new years..
we are definately going to montreal in canada, becauseeeeee, i can drink and party and have actual fun! woo! it will be my first 'legal drinking' new years too.
so the plan is to get a bus there, stay at a hotel the night (well really just keep our things in there) and then party all night long, at a club with an open bar! an open bar people! and come home feeling like death the next day. this is all a package deal for $250, bargain i say.
and its so soon as well! i am super excited.
well i am going to bed. the kids only have a half day tomorrow so i will need my rest.
goodnight! xo
today it was super miserable.. it was overcast all day and cold and now it is raining and has been for the past three hours.
i did nothing all day.
except give joanne silverware to shine and take a turkey out of the freezer.
when the kids got home harrison went to tae kwon do and rach went to gymnastics and so the boys and i watched victorious before i made tacos for dinner.
and while we were watching the girl was wearing a sequined purple dress with stockings on underneath but they had a design on them. and G is like 'ohhh myyyy godddd look at all those tattoos on her legs!' hahaha
oh yes, today i watched more home videos, they just crack me up.
i went to starbucks tonight and we started to plan new years..
we are definately going to montreal in canada, becauseeeeee, i can drink and party and have actual fun! woo! it will be my first 'legal drinking' new years too.
so the plan is to get a bus there, stay at a hotel the night (well really just keep our things in there) and then party all night long, at a club with an open bar! an open bar people! and come home feeling like death the next day. this is all a package deal for $250, bargain i say.
and its so soon as well! i am super excited.
well i am going to bed. the kids only have a half day tomorrow so i will need my rest.
goodnight! xo
Monday, 21 November 2011
more mail!
hey!
i got a package from grandma! with a tamworth catelogue thing, a whole heap of old photos and a pink love heart breast cancer luggage tag!
and a package from mum with all our home videos burned onto dvds for me to watch!
today was boring. kids went to school, i had to go to the school at 11 to give G and rach clothes to swap in to because rach was supposed to wear blue and she had on pink and black and G was supposed to wear white and he was wearing a halloween shirt.. they were both in a performance.
i came home and had lunch then worked out, cleaned the bathrooms and vaccumed, which is when i almost sucked my whole head up the attachment piece while doing the stairs... i used the same hand i was holding the sucker upper thing in to scratch my cheek and then it grabbed my hair (which was hanging down from my pony tail) and started sucking it up hahaha but dont worry, i escaped unharmed and my hair is fine.
oh and i got up to the second episode of the series steph went but it stopped ten minutes into it and i cant make it go past it.. i will try it on the dvd player tomorrow.
usual afternoon, kids were very, shall we say, disruptive, but i am finished now, and dont care.
going to make a cuppa and watch gossip girl.. ahhhhh :)
goodnight xo
i got a package from grandma! with a tamworth catelogue thing, a whole heap of old photos and a pink love heart breast cancer luggage tag!
and a package from mum with all our home videos burned onto dvds for me to watch!
today was boring. kids went to school, i had to go to the school at 11 to give G and rach clothes to swap in to because rach was supposed to wear blue and she had on pink and black and G was supposed to wear white and he was wearing a halloween shirt.. they were both in a performance.
i came home and had lunch then worked out, cleaned the bathrooms and vaccumed, which is when i almost sucked my whole head up the attachment piece while doing the stairs... i used the same hand i was holding the sucker upper thing in to scratch my cheek and then it grabbed my hair (which was hanging down from my pony tail) and started sucking it up hahaha but dont worry, i escaped unharmed and my hair is fine.
oh and i got up to the second episode of the series steph went but it stopped ten minutes into it and i cant make it go past it.. i will try it on the dvd player tomorrow.
usual afternoon, kids were very, shall we say, disruptive, but i am finished now, and dont care.
going to make a cuppa and watch gossip girl.. ahhhhh :)
goodnight xo
Sunday, 20 November 2011
best weekend.
hello!
this morning we got up, well i got up first because didem sets her alarm for 7:30am and then presses snooze every five minutes until 8am. i really dont understand this? i figure you should just set your alarm for 8 and then sleep properly all the way through.
but anyway - we packed up our stuff and went to delicious breakfast.
had games with kids and american slang classes, which was hilarious!
had lunch and then we went home.
so on the way we go through these tolls and there are people in the booths, but we are in the middle of no where, so where do these people park?! and if not, how the hell do they get there? strange right?
we got home and 4:30, dropped didem off and then went to ulta (where i brought blush and face masks) before seeing breaking dawn! it was so good! can't wait for part two!
then to starbucks for a chit chat.
came home and unpacked, showered, opened my package from steph peters. thankyou! (an aussie movie called slide and all different aussie teas) and put a face mask on before writing my blogs.
oh and by the way, this time last year i had graduated and had my prom. right now i had just arrived at the best week of my life - schoolies. ahhhh. i am so jealous of every single person there right now.
goodnight. xo
p.s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBT4-EXqddo&feature=related
this is THE funniest thing i ahve EVER seen! watch it. you will crack up like me. and it never gets old. i watch it over and over again.
this morning we got up, well i got up first because didem sets her alarm for 7:30am and then presses snooze every five minutes until 8am. i really dont understand this? i figure you should just set your alarm for 8 and then sleep properly all the way through.
but anyway - we packed up our stuff and went to delicious breakfast.
had games with kids and american slang classes, which was hilarious!
had lunch and then we went home.
so on the way we go through these tolls and there are people in the booths, but we are in the middle of no where, so where do these people park?! and if not, how the hell do they get there? strange right?
we got home and 4:30, dropped didem off and then went to ulta (where i brought blush and face masks) before seeing breaking dawn! it was so good! can't wait for part two!
then to starbucks for a chit chat.
came home and unpacked, showered, opened my package from steph peters. thankyou! (an aussie movie called slide and all different aussie teas) and put a face mask on before writing my blogs.
oh and by the way, this time last year i had graduated and had my prom. right now i had just arrived at the best week of my life - schoolies. ahhhh. i am so jealous of every single person there right now.
goodnight. xo
p.s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBT4-EXqddo&feature=related
this is THE funniest thing i ahve EVER seen! watch it. you will crack up like me. and it never gets old. i watch it over and over again.
super fun day!
hey!
i have decided i love silver bay.
it is so relaxing and the classes are super easy and laid back, and the food is awesome! and its on a lake and everyone is so nice. i just want to stay there.
today we did our classes and then there was a performance and then the 'disco' with no guys and no alcohol.. cant get much funner than that people!
no, but it was pretty good. it was beach theme, but screw putting on a beach dress when its almost freezing outside. so like 90% of the au pairs we just kept our normal clothes on.
went back to the rooms, jumped on the beds - as you do - and went to sleep.
next blog. xo
i have decided i love silver bay.
it is so relaxing and the classes are super easy and laid back, and the food is awesome! and its on a lake and everyone is so nice. i just want to stay there.
today we did our classes and then there was a performance and then the 'disco' with no guys and no alcohol.. cant get much funner than that people!
no, but it was pretty good. it was beach theme, but screw putting on a beach dress when its almost freezing outside. so like 90% of the au pairs we just kept our normal clothes on.
went back to the rooms, jumped on the beds - as you do - and went to sleep.
next blog. xo
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