67.

hey!
well happy american valentines day!
i drove back home this morning, and the kitchen was full of love heart healium balloons and the kids had love heart shaped waffles for breakfast - i restrained myself though, and had multi grain cherios instead - they got all their valentine gifts together and then went to school.
america makes the biggest deal out of valentines day - the kids all get a secret valentine at school that they have to buy a present for and then they take a small valentine card with some sort of candy to give to everyone in the class. it isn't like that in australia right? we never did that at school? the only time you gave gifts was if you had a boyfriend/girlfiend and you were over the age of like 14... and i cant ever remember waking up and it being any different to any other day..
anyways, when the kids left i cleaned up from breakfast, swept, had a nanna nap, made myself and the kids (for afternoon snack) chocolate covered strawberries, had lunch, went to the gym for an hour and a half, came home and showered and then the kids were home...
my guess is that they ahve been eating suagr all day ling and so they were as hypo as ever and homework was a major headache.
then we took harrison to tae kwon do, i made dinner, picked harrison up, and then finshed at 7pm.
came back to laurens and now i am eating my chocolate strawberries, having a cuppa, with a face mask on and watching gossip girl from last night..
goodnight! xo

68.

hello australia!
well when i woke up this morning - at 6:50am - gah. because i have to drive to work at the moment, i gatehred all my weekend things up, fed the dog, let her out to pee and then i drove back home.
got there, made lunches, did breakfast, got the kids ready and just on the bus in time. swept the floors, started three loads of washing, tidyed up from the weekend, did the dishwasher, had a nanna nap, came back to laurens to let her outside to run around for a while and pee, went to the gym for an hour and a half, went home, showered, folded laundry, helped with homework, played mastermind, made dinner, watched the kids for an extra hour and then back to laurens i came... but i did miss the first five minutes of pretty little liars.
i also got redbook in the mail today and harrison and matty told me they liked my nails today.. they actually notcied that i had just gotten them done - how cute.
goodnight xo
p.s happy valentines day!

69.

hey!
and we enter the sixtys!
... with a question, for anyone really.
whenever i get out of the car and touch the edge of the door to close it i get an electric zap.. just a little one, but what the hell? does anyone know why?
oh and by the way, today i did nothing. i woke up to complete and utter silence. rare, very very rare. so i enjoyed every second of it.
and i watched 'texas killing fields' whuich i only got because it was cheaper to get four dvds than three from red box, and sam worthington was in it. wasnt that great though.
and i watched 'dolphin tale' which was great! such a nice movie. i even went on the website afterwards to watch the real dolphin on the webcam lol
quickly went down to stop and shop to return the dvds and now i am watching law and order..
well, goodnight xo

70.

hello!
the movie last night - it was beautiful. i recommend it to everyone. although it wasn't as sad as i thought it would be (i was expecting to be sobbing the entire time) it was very romantic. and not to mention channing tatum was as magnificent looking as ever!
oh and before the movies we had a late dinner at bertuccis, i got lemon pepper chicken wings and a side of grilled tuscan vegetables, which was delicious.
got home at midnight, couldnt sleep.. i was cold then boiling hot because of the electric blanket, and the dog was taking up the whole freakin bed! izzy at home on tuesday mornings (my day off school) was bad enough and she is the size the dog i am looking afters head. so i put up with the dog for a while and then at some early hour of the morning i woke up and made her a bed on the lounge - which is where she will be sleeping from now on.
then my alarm went off at 7, i got up, had breakfast and drove back to my house to get ready and switch cars, then went to the dentist. i did get lost though, shocker, and stopped at a dunkin donuts to steal their
wi-fi so i could get a map on google. anyway, i found the dentist, got a full clean for free (today was free dental for under 21's) then i went to marshells to use my gift card i have. i got a really nice red calvin klein bra and a pair of pj pants. went to starbucks for a while and got a chai latte while i read my book..
went to kohl's to spend my 'kohl's cash' i got at christmas time for spending over $50. and i got a gold ring and a stack of gold, brown and green bangles..
then got my nails done, sexy sexy red! they look wayyyy hotter than the blue nail polish i have at home.
went to stop and shop to get some fruit and stuff..
came home to laurens, watched 'final destination 5' which was exactly the same as the last four.
had a shower, watched 'contagion' which was pretty good.
made dinner (i put a frozen spinach ravioli in the oven) and now i am watching the lion king. all by myself, being lonley. but, on the plus side, it is peacefully quiet here. the only noise other than me typing is the tv.. bliss.
well goodnight! xo

71.

hello!
mission sleep - success!
i closed my eyes at 9:30, and didn't open them again until my alarm went off at 7:30. wonderful nights sleep.
i got up, dropped the kids to school because i didn't want G's diorama to be destroyed on the bus.
came home and did the washing etc..
then at 11 i had an early lunch, went and did an hour workout, then a swim - and dear god, swimming after working out is exhusting. i would do two 25m laps and pretty much die. but i kept on swimming and swimming, for a whole half hour.
came home and showered, packed my stuff up to come to laurens - sidenote..
lauren and her host family have gone to ireland, as you know, and i am dogsitting. so everynight for the next two weeks i will be sleeping at laurens house so i can feed the dog in the morning and night.
then the kids came home, harrison and rachel went to their dads, i had the boys with me, and we just hung out all afternoon. no homework, no scouts, no sports, no anything. stress free afternoon.
karen came home and dropped me to laurens house (from now on i will be using laurens car to get too and from though).
i have connected to the internet, figured out the tv and am now facetiming with mum.
i forgot to tell you about the lady at the library yesterday. so i was at a computer bringing up the pages i needed to print and i look at the lady next to me and she had a freakin chin beard. like about two inches long, grey, on her chin only. now i understand the whole getting old and growing more hair than normal for a woman, but seriously! go to the chemist, or even the grocery store, and buy some face wax. you can even get them in pre waxed strips now for crying out loud, so there isn't even any mess. and that is my rant over.
you can all garuntee that i wont be a hairy faced old lady ;)
anyway, in about fifteen minutes, robyn and jess are picking me up and we are going to dinner and then the movies to see 'the vow'!!!!!! sooo excited. i ahev been waiting for this movie to come out for the last two months! will let you all know how amazing it is.
goodnight xo

72.

hey!
so last night i didn't go to sleep until about 1am. this is because my brain just will not stop thinking. i guess because it is so close to going home and there is so much to think about, but also because my daily nanna naps that are an average of two to three hours long, are affecting my sleeping patterns. therefore no nanna nap for me today, and boy am i feeling it right now.
so today i kept nice and busy, and far, far away from my bed, as to not be tempted into dreamland.
so the kids went to school, i went to the gym, did death class which is actually growing on me.. even though it is the hardest, sweatiest, sorest hour of my week afterwards i feel great. then once that was done i did a half hour workout in the gym.
came home and showered, ate my lunch while reading in the sunroom because it is about 10 degrees warmer then the rest of the house is.
then i went to the library, printed out the return label for harrisons birthday present, got three more books - all jodi picoult - went to stop and shop to buy face toner and more vita wheat things because they are delicious. dropped the return package to the ups drop box (when i asked the lady at stop and shop if it was on the other side of the complex she wasn't sure so practically the whole store was giving me directions to a million drop boxes - handy) then i went to karens mums to drop off a bag she left at our house, stopped and got milk at the petrol station, came home and watched criminal minds and by that time the kids were home.
G and i finally finished his shark diorama, which is freakin awesome by the way, we played monopoly AGAIN, i made dinner, the boys went to scouts and then i finished.
now i am having a cuppa, watching vampire diaires..
and my plan for ultimate sleepage tonight is to turn off all electronics at 9, read until 9:30, and then fall straight asleep. fingers crossed all goes to plan :)
goodnight xo

73.

hey!
well another uneventful day.
it feels like i am kind of wasting time in america, like i should be out doing things every day. but where i live, there really is nothing to do. so doing nothing at home is my day, pretty much every working day.
today, i washed clothes and read my book. oh and had a nanna nap.
i was going to go to the gym with lauren but she had to pack her kids stuff for when they go to ireland on friday, and i go as her guest, therefore i didnt go to the gym.
kids came home, G and i added stuff to his diorama, we all played monopoly, took harrison to scouts came home and had dinner, got every one showered, teeth brushed, and in bed by 7pm.
karen came home, i am finished and about to watch one tree hill.
goodnight xo