hello australia!
so i get the kids ready for school, harrison leaves, G is out the front waiting and matthew and rachel were in the bathroom brushing their teeth. i was in the boys room doing something then this is what happened -
M - uhmmm danielle
D - yeah?
M - you better come see this
D - okay?
i walk into the bathroom and rach is standing there dripping wet
D - what happened?
M - she fell in the toilet..
D - you fell into the actual toilet!?
R - well yeah. i backed up because matthew was hogging all the space and i fell in backwards (with a sad look on her little face)
so i am trying not to crack up laughing, and had to rush to get her wiped down and into new clothes before she missed the bus. it was hilarious. i was just super grateful that there was anything in the toilet. gross.
anyways.. today i didn't wash one single item of the kids clothes because i did it all last night! yay! but i did wash the sheets, and re-make the beds, wash the towels, un pack the dishwasher and do the housework in general.
between all of that i was waiting for mum to come on skype.. but she never did. she got the times wrong, i didn't get the message, sooo we skyped just then instead.
she is in brisbane about to board a three night cruise for lisa's 40th, which stevie and i were supposed to be going on, but you know, now i'm in america and all, so no cruise for me (or stevie, she was my tag along lol)
so then i went to the gym, have worked out that if i read a magazine while jogging on the treadmill, the thirty minutes flys by. same with the crosstrainer.
went and vaccumed my newly cleaned out car, which was so annoying because there is this giant arse tree next to the car wash that has these fluffy white things that blow off it, straight into the car your trying to vaccum. hopeless.
picked up some milk, came home and made a chicken and salad sandwich.
then i had a shower, got out, moisturised, then NO i did not blow dry and straighten my hair, like i ahve been doing for the past five years.
i left it curly. actual natural curls. and i wore them in public. big step, i know.
the product i told you about the other day though that i brought, made my hair too crunchy, so i took it back (because they said i could if i wasn't satisfied) and got a different one, which i will test tomorrow.
so then we went to baseball, three of the four kids had a game. we were there for almost three hours, god help me. i get super bored.
came home, made dinner, got the kids showered, and finally into bed by 9:30. thank god.
i am super tired now.
bye! xxxxxxxxxxxx
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Monday, 30 May 2011
memorial day..
hey!
so today is memorial day, pretty much just the same as anzac day, but for america.
so when i woke up its was pouring rain and there was thunder and lightning, so the parade/march got cancelled which the boys were supposed to be in (for scouts) so we went to a wreath laying at the community centre instead.
the boys wore their cute scout uniforms and rach wore a blue and white stars with red bows dress, with a red, white and blue hair thing, soooo cute! & i have photos.
at the ceremony, when the guys came in with their big flag pole things, one of them almost belted down the disco ball that was hanging from the roof, i had to stop myself from cracking up.
and when their national anthem was sung, no one else sung along like we do in aus.
then we came home so the kids could put on play clothes, and have a snack before we went to skips for a "cook-out". which is different to a barbie because its hotdogs and hamburgers and chicken, not steak and sausages..
went to skips, and it was just a really relaxing afternoon.. eating, mucking around, chatting.
so at around 6, i brought the twins home in the van and karen took matthew and harrison to baseball for harrisons game.
so we are driving home and this is mine and rachels conversation, just when we are about to get home -
R- danielle can you please pull over?
D - uhm why?
R - because i need to un buckle..
D - how come?
R - because my undies have gone up my bum and i really need to pull them out
D - hahahahahahahahahaha! so you have a wedgie?
R - noooo, my undies are up my bum.
D - yeah, thats called a wedgie. but i can't pull over so you will have to wait till we are home.
R - nope, dont worry, i got it!
and that was the funniest thing that happened all day.
so we got home, the kids helped me clean out the van (i might vaccum it tomorrow), and then they showered and watched tv. while i started my three loads of washing, unpacked from this afternoon, made their lunches for tomorrow and had a shower. because i was sweating like a pig. it was super hot today.
and three police cars just zoomed past my house.. something is going downnnn.
oh and thsi morning karen was telling me what time we were going to the memorial and she said "20 of 11" and i'm like what, is that like 20 to 11, and it is, and thats what they say here..
and an esky is a cooler..
and a stubby holder is called a koozie..
so thats all a bit funny.
anways i am exhusted, and because i missed out on doing all the housework today i have to do it tomorrow, need to get my rest.
miss you! xxxxxxx
p.s i scored a perfect round in footy tipping on the weekend!
so today is memorial day, pretty much just the same as anzac day, but for america.
so when i woke up its was pouring rain and there was thunder and lightning, so the parade/march got cancelled which the boys were supposed to be in (for scouts) so we went to a wreath laying at the community centre instead.
the boys wore their cute scout uniforms and rach wore a blue and white stars with red bows dress, with a red, white and blue hair thing, soooo cute! & i have photos.
at the ceremony, when the guys came in with their big flag pole things, one of them almost belted down the disco ball that was hanging from the roof, i had to stop myself from cracking up.
and when their national anthem was sung, no one else sung along like we do in aus.
then we came home so the kids could put on play clothes, and have a snack before we went to skips for a "cook-out". which is different to a barbie because its hotdogs and hamburgers and chicken, not steak and sausages..
went to skips, and it was just a really relaxing afternoon.. eating, mucking around, chatting.
so at around 6, i brought the twins home in the van and karen took matthew and harrison to baseball for harrisons game.
so we are driving home and this is mine and rachels conversation, just when we are about to get home -
R- danielle can you please pull over?
D - uhm why?
R - because i need to un buckle..
D - how come?
R - because my undies have gone up my bum and i really need to pull them out
D - hahahahahahahahahaha! so you have a wedgie?
R - noooo, my undies are up my bum.
D - yeah, thats called a wedgie. but i can't pull over so you will have to wait till we are home.
R - nope, dont worry, i got it!
and that was the funniest thing that happened all day.
so we got home, the kids helped me clean out the van (i might vaccum it tomorrow), and then they showered and watched tv. while i started my three loads of washing, unpacked from this afternoon, made their lunches for tomorrow and had a shower. because i was sweating like a pig. it was super hot today.
and three police cars just zoomed past my house.. something is going downnnn.
oh and thsi morning karen was telling me what time we were going to the memorial and she said "20 of 11" and i'm like what, is that like 20 to 11, and it is, and thats what they say here..
and an esky is a cooler..
and a stubby holder is called a koozie..
so thats all a bit funny.
anways i am exhusted, and because i missed out on doing all the housework today i have to do it tomorrow, need to get my rest.
miss you! xxxxxxx
p.s i scored a perfect round in footy tipping on the weekend!
Sunday, 29 May 2011
chillin'..
hey!
so lets begin from the early hours of this morning.
as you read last night, i saw the hangover two last night and didn't get home until midnight.
now before i went to bed i left my laptop on, with skype on, so that dad could call in the morning whenever and i wouldn't have to set my alarm at a certain time.
so just after i get into bed, skype rings, and its mumma bear. so we have a chat, at 12:45 in the morning. then i say goodbye and go back to sleep. 3:00am skype rings.. its grandma. she said that something must have been wrong if i was online so late, or early in the morning. so we chat. turns out dad had already left town and wouldn't be on skype in the morning anyways. i turn off skype and my laptop so no one else can call.
i go back to sleep, until the reasonable time of 10:30am.
so i get up, have breakfast, watch jersy shore and then i went to starbucks.
just by myself to chill. i took my laptop (free wi-fi) and my book and had a caramel frappachino.
then i went to ulta beauty and spoke to the hairdresser about the best curl creator for my hair. he showed me one, without hesitation, so i figure it must be good, but told me that if i use it and my curls arn't how i want them to look i can return the product, i just have to have the receipt even though i have used it. sweet.
then i came home, watched the kids in their little pool, and tanned a little (not that i ever tan naturally anyway).
so then we had dinner - steak and potato in the jacket with salad, was super nice.
now i am waiting to watch titanic, which is on tv, and eat a popsicle, haha
might go and have a shower first though.
bye! xxxxxxxxxxxx
so lets begin from the early hours of this morning.
as you read last night, i saw the hangover two last night and didn't get home until midnight.
now before i went to bed i left my laptop on, with skype on, so that dad could call in the morning whenever and i wouldn't have to set my alarm at a certain time.
so just after i get into bed, skype rings, and its mumma bear. so we have a chat, at 12:45 in the morning. then i say goodbye and go back to sleep. 3:00am skype rings.. its grandma. she said that something must have been wrong if i was online so late, or early in the morning. so we chat. turns out dad had already left town and wouldn't be on skype in the morning anyways. i turn off skype and my laptop so no one else can call.
i go back to sleep, until the reasonable time of 10:30am.
so i get up, have breakfast, watch jersy shore and then i went to starbucks.
just by myself to chill. i took my laptop (free wi-fi) and my book and had a caramel frappachino.
then i went to ulta beauty and spoke to the hairdresser about the best curl creator for my hair. he showed me one, without hesitation, so i figure it must be good, but told me that if i use it and my curls arn't how i want them to look i can return the product, i just have to have the receipt even though i have used it. sweet.
then i came home, watched the kids in their little pool, and tanned a little (not that i ever tan naturally anyway).
so then we had dinner - steak and potato in the jacket with salad, was super nice.
now i am waiting to watch titanic, which is on tv, and eat a popsicle, haha
might go and have a shower first though.
bye! xxxxxxxxxxxx
Saturday, 28 May 2011
late, again..
hello aus!
yes i realise that this is another late post, but i'm a busy person haha
so after i got home this morning at around 8:30 i had a quick bowl of special k and went to bed. remembering that i didn't actually sleep last night.
woke up around one, and looked after the boys for a couple of hours while karen did some things with rach. they had to have a rest in their rooms anyway, so i just read my book.
when karen got home, i had another nanna nap then woke up and got ready for the carnival in burlington. it is kind of exactly the same as the rides that they have next to number one oval in tamworth during country music. just small, but pretty fun. and i won a giant blow up purple alian. we named him al, and hes fairly cool. just chillin' in the corner of my room at the moment. i will take a photo so you can see him.
then we went to the movies to see hangover two. i laughed the whole time. although i did like the first one better. nothing will ever beat finding a baby and a lion in your hotel room.
and so now i am home and ready for bed, for the third time today.
hope you have a good afternoon! x
yes i realise that this is another late post, but i'm a busy person haha
so after i got home this morning at around 8:30 i had a quick bowl of special k and went to bed. remembering that i didn't actually sleep last night.
woke up around one, and looked after the boys for a couple of hours while karen did some things with rach. they had to have a rest in their rooms anyway, so i just read my book.
when karen got home, i had another nanna nap then woke up and got ready for the carnival in burlington. it is kind of exactly the same as the rides that they have next to number one oval in tamworth during country music. just small, but pretty fun. and i won a giant blow up purple alian. we named him al, and hes fairly cool. just chillin' in the corner of my room at the moment. i will take a photo so you can see him.
then we went to the movies to see hangover two. i laughed the whole time. although i did like the first one better. nothing will ever beat finding a baby and a lion in your hotel room.
and so now i am home and ready for bed, for the third time today.
hope you have a good afternoon! x
sorry!
hello!
yes i know, i know, you all probabley think something terrible has happened because i haven't posted anything yet. sorry about that. i will explain what happened in a second.
so yesterday i got the kids ready for school, started the washing, skyped (unsuccessfully) with grandma and sharon, dad was asleep and i am guessing pa was too. and then i went to the gym for just over an hour, came home and all the kids had a half day at school which meant that they were home at 12. greaaattt.
so i had to think of things to occupy them with for the additional 4 hours that they are not usually here.
so we watched tv, had lunch and then played outside. in the sandpit, chalk on the driveway, soccer, "familys", swings, monkey bars, you name it, i was doing it. and might i add that it was 33 degrees yesterday! so hot. and no breeze. two days ago it was 11 degrees during the day, but i am told that the weather here is always super crazy like that.
then i made them some dinner after playing for hours on end outside.
karen came home, and then harrison had a late baseball game, so they went to that and i went to stop and shop to get one of those little sorbet tubs and a dvd and thats when lauren text to see if i wanted to go to an ice cream and movie night at christinas. so of course i did.
i came home first, ate dinner and then left just before nine. so we hung out for a bit and then watched 'the girl with the dragon tattoo', sooooo much better then expected. so we decided that, "what the hell we may as well stay up all night and watch the rest" and this is why there was no post. so we stayed and watched the second and third movies, slept for maybe two hours then i came home at 8.
whilst driving home though, i have to say, i almost died.
well not really, BUT christinas house is in this little estate thing so when you go in, the in and out sides on the road are seperated by a big island with trees and plants and stuff.
right, so i am driving home this morning and just drove down the wrong side! so casually! got half way and realised, had a heart attack, thanked the lord it was early on a saturday and no one was around, and reversed back to then continue on the right side.
and i hurt my foot last night. fell down the last two or three steps in the staircase. god it hurt. now i walk with a limp. attractive.
so i am going to have a nanna nap now.
have a good night! miss you! x
yes i know, i know, you all probabley think something terrible has happened because i haven't posted anything yet. sorry about that. i will explain what happened in a second.
so yesterday i got the kids ready for school, started the washing, skyped (unsuccessfully) with grandma and sharon, dad was asleep and i am guessing pa was too. and then i went to the gym for just over an hour, came home and all the kids had a half day at school which meant that they were home at 12. greaaattt.
so i had to think of things to occupy them with for the additional 4 hours that they are not usually here.
so we watched tv, had lunch and then played outside. in the sandpit, chalk on the driveway, soccer, "familys", swings, monkey bars, you name it, i was doing it. and might i add that it was 33 degrees yesterday! so hot. and no breeze. two days ago it was 11 degrees during the day, but i am told that the weather here is always super crazy like that.
then i made them some dinner after playing for hours on end outside.
karen came home, and then harrison had a late baseball game, so they went to that and i went to stop and shop to get one of those little sorbet tubs and a dvd and thats when lauren text to see if i wanted to go to an ice cream and movie night at christinas. so of course i did.
i came home first, ate dinner and then left just before nine. so we hung out for a bit and then watched 'the girl with the dragon tattoo', sooooo much better then expected. so we decided that, "what the hell we may as well stay up all night and watch the rest" and this is why there was no post. so we stayed and watched the second and third movies, slept for maybe two hours then i came home at 8.
whilst driving home though, i have to say, i almost died.
well not really, BUT christinas house is in this little estate thing so when you go in, the in and out sides on the road are seperated by a big island with trees and plants and stuff.
right, so i am driving home this morning and just drove down the wrong side! so casually! got half way and realised, had a heart attack, thanked the lord it was early on a saturday and no one was around, and reversed back to then continue on the right side.
and i hurt my foot last night. fell down the last two or three steps in the staircase. god it hurt. now i walk with a limp. attractive.
so i am going to have a nanna nap now.
have a good night! miss you! x
Thursday, 26 May 2011
routine..
hey!
so i didn't feel as homesick today, which is good.
i did all the usual cleaning etc and then went to the gym.
which is where i am starting my routine. so i am doing the same amount of time on the same things every day. i feel like i real gym person now haha
then i came home and read outside in the sunshine, it was so nice and hot and sunny today. and when i got home there were two squirrals and a few chipmunks were just chilling next to the drive way. they didn't even run away when i got out of the car.
so the kids came home, we did homework and then went to matts baseball training. i took the other kids to the park and we played for a couple of hours.
came home and cooked dinner. the kids ate and i had a cup of tea because i felt really sick for some reason. it helped. then i had a message from dad on the machine, so i called him back using my phonecard and he said he would pullover and call me back (obviously driving the truck, and its hard to hear him on hands free) but he still hasn't which is weird.
so now i am just watching so you think you can dance, deciding whether to go to bed or not.
so thats about it.
goodnight! x
so i didn't feel as homesick today, which is good.
i did all the usual cleaning etc and then went to the gym.
which is where i am starting my routine. so i am doing the same amount of time on the same things every day. i feel like i real gym person now haha
then i came home and read outside in the sunshine, it was so nice and hot and sunny today. and when i got home there were two squirrals and a few chipmunks were just chilling next to the drive way. they didn't even run away when i got out of the car.
so the kids came home, we did homework and then went to matts baseball training. i took the other kids to the park and we played for a couple of hours.
came home and cooked dinner. the kids ate and i had a cup of tea because i felt really sick for some reason. it helped. then i had a message from dad on the machine, so i called him back using my phonecard and he said he would pullover and call me back (obviously driving the truck, and its hard to hear him on hands free) but he still hasn't which is weird.
so now i am just watching so you think you can dance, deciding whether to go to bed or not.
so thats about it.
goodnight! x
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
upset..
hey!
so today i really felt the homesickness. like alot. just thinking about australia makes me want to cry.
i miss being at home. i miss all of you so much. and i skyped with mum twice which i love but i hate saying goodbye.
so i moped in my room for a while and then decided i should still go to the gym, dedicated i know.
worked out for an hour, didn't see the boob lady again, thankgod. came home and read my letter from my best friend, which came in the mail today! i was so excited!
then harrison came home - the other kiddies had cub scouts and rachel tagged along with them so i only had one person to look after which was extremely quiet...
until he fell off his bike and grazed his arm although anyone would have thought his arm actually snapped off with the amount of crying going on, so i just went along with it, being the nurse that fixes everything.
so we made kool-aid, yes kool-aid. how american right? and it just cracks me up because i think of the youtube video. (for those of you who haven't seen it type into youtube.. julian smith - koolaid) and while your there watch the one called 'malk' as well. bloody hilarious.
then i dropped him at baseball came home and the other kids got dropped off here.
so we mucked around for a little bit, then i made dinner, the kids ate and we went to pick up harrison.
then i got my second piece of mail for the day, from grandma, which was unexpected, and i loved it.
oh and i cooked rice how aunty serena told me. didn't EXACTLY work how she said it would, but i'm guessing thats because its brown rice not white, and takes a million years longer to cook. its either that or i just can not cook rice to save myself.
now i am watching americas next top model.
well thats all for today. hopefully tomorrow won't be so emotional.
miss you all! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
so today i really felt the homesickness. like alot. just thinking about australia makes me want to cry.
i miss being at home. i miss all of you so much. and i skyped with mum twice which i love but i hate saying goodbye.
so i moped in my room for a while and then decided i should still go to the gym, dedicated i know.
worked out for an hour, didn't see the boob lady again, thankgod. came home and read my letter from my best friend, which came in the mail today! i was so excited!
then harrison came home - the other kiddies had cub scouts and rachel tagged along with them so i only had one person to look after which was extremely quiet...
until he fell off his bike and grazed his arm although anyone would have thought his arm actually snapped off with the amount of crying going on, so i just went along with it, being the nurse that fixes everything.
so we made kool-aid, yes kool-aid. how american right? and it just cracks me up because i think of the youtube video. (for those of you who haven't seen it type into youtube.. julian smith - koolaid) and while your there watch the one called 'malk' as well. bloody hilarious.
then i dropped him at baseball came home and the other kids got dropped off here.
so we mucked around for a little bit, then i made dinner, the kids ate and we went to pick up harrison.
then i got my second piece of mail for the day, from grandma, which was unexpected, and i loved it.
oh and i cooked rice how aunty serena told me. didn't EXACTLY work how she said it would, but i'm guessing thats because its brown rice not white, and takes a million years longer to cook. its either that or i just can not cook rice to save myself.
now i am watching americas next top model.
well thats all for today. hopefully tomorrow won't be so emotional.
miss you all! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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