hello!
school went back today!
it was so weird being at home, in silence, not yelling, not breaking up fights...
so the kids went off to school, looking adorable.
and then i cleaned up the house and watched pretty little liars in bed, and then i stayed there, all day pretty much.
just hanging out, watching tv, playing my ipod... enjoying the aloneness.
so the kids came home and we went through the ten tonnes of stuff they brought home.. but most of it was for karen.
then the kids decided i wasnt good enough to play with lol so they went bike riding with the kids in the street, and i hung out with harrison inside (because he is older, he doesn't "play" with the street kids much)
i made dinner, got half the kids showered, and then i finished.
oh and i got a package from grandma today! with tim tams and coffee, crafty paper people, a photo of me and pa and a pen - so i will write her some snail mail lol
which i will now do, because i have a fancy pants pen.
well i am going to shower and relax now.. not that i really need it, but still lol
bye! xxxxxx
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
16.
hello!
so i made it! i made it through almost three months of summer holidays with four kids!
i'm brilliant right? haha
so this morning the kids decided they didnt want to do anything at all all day, so i let them, because it was their last day of freedom.
so they bummed around while i did the washing and cleaning etc, then we played in the basement and managed to trash it again, so i shall clean it tomorrow.
matt and rach had a playdate with the girl across the street while i watched a movie with the boys.
and then we picked up the sticks and small branches that were all over the front yard from the "hurricane"...
and it was a nightmare. talk about hard labour.
they were whining about doing it and throwing the sticks at each other and chasing each other with rakes lol
and then harrison snuck off with one of his friends back to his place, the little devil, so i called them up and got him sent back home, and i was so tired by the end of it. rach was the only one who actually did it, no questions asked. she was like a little stick picking up machine... doing it faster then i could rake them into piles.
and then i took them to maccas for dinner. they all sat with their eyes glued to the tv while eating - not even looking away to see their food. its insane at how robotic kids become when a tv is on.
so i just sat back and read my cosmo that came in the mail today.
then we came home and i went to starbucks..
lauren and i dropped by stop and shop to get some hair treatments and face masks, which i will test out tomorrow, alone, in a nice quiet and peaceful house...
well im off to bed. goodnight! xxxxx
so i made it! i made it through almost three months of summer holidays with four kids!
i'm brilliant right? haha
so this morning the kids decided they didnt want to do anything at all all day, so i let them, because it was their last day of freedom.
so they bummed around while i did the washing and cleaning etc, then we played in the basement and managed to trash it again, so i shall clean it tomorrow.
matt and rach had a playdate with the girl across the street while i watched a movie with the boys.
and then we picked up the sticks and small branches that were all over the front yard from the "hurricane"...
and it was a nightmare. talk about hard labour.
they were whining about doing it and throwing the sticks at each other and chasing each other with rakes lol
and then harrison snuck off with one of his friends back to his place, the little devil, so i called them up and got him sent back home, and i was so tired by the end of it. rach was the only one who actually did it, no questions asked. she was like a little stick picking up machine... doing it faster then i could rake them into piles.
and then i took them to maccas for dinner. they all sat with their eyes glued to the tv while eating - not even looking away to see their food. its insane at how robotic kids become when a tv is on.
so i just sat back and read my cosmo that came in the mail today.
then we came home and i went to starbucks..
lauren and i dropped by stop and shop to get some hair treatments and face masks, which i will test out tomorrow, alone, in a nice quiet and peaceful house...
well im off to bed. goodnight! xxxxx
Monday, 29 August 2011
15.
hey!
so i have been here for 150 days. woah.
almost half way now..
so today.. i only had the older boys this morning, which was blissfully quiet.
and they didn't get out of bed until 9:30 so that was also a bonus.
i got alot of the cleaning done before they even came down for breakfast.
and then the twins came home and i got all the kids ready for karen's work's comapny picnic at lake compounce (a theme park).
then i drove them to a swap over point and karen took the van with the kids and i brought her car home.
i stopped to get a few grocerys on the way, by myself, so i wasn't chasing after kids, telling them not to touch anything, breaking up fights etc.. it was such a peaceful stop and shop experience.
then i came home and made vegemite scrolls - delicious if i say so myself. not as good as brumbys, but close enough.
watched a movie called 'source code' which was fairly awesome.
washed the kiddies lunchboxes ready for school, made their lunches, read a magazine and then checked my emails only to find that school is cancelled tomorrow! damnnnnnnnnnn. so all that was for nothing.
it isn't on because of the hurricane - i am guessing the power is still out or the grounds are too messy? not sure.
but anyways, i will have all four at home for one final day.
now i am still home alone, everyone should be back any minute now.
well have a good day. xxxxxxxx
so i have been here for 150 days. woah.
almost half way now..
so today.. i only had the older boys this morning, which was blissfully quiet.
and they didn't get out of bed until 9:30 so that was also a bonus.
i got alot of the cleaning done before they even came down for breakfast.
and then the twins came home and i got all the kids ready for karen's work's comapny picnic at lake compounce (a theme park).
then i drove them to a swap over point and karen took the van with the kids and i brought her car home.
i stopped to get a few grocerys on the way, by myself, so i wasn't chasing after kids, telling them not to touch anything, breaking up fights etc.. it was such a peaceful stop and shop experience.
then i came home and made vegemite scrolls - delicious if i say so myself. not as good as brumbys, but close enough.
watched a movie called 'source code' which was fairly awesome.
washed the kiddies lunchboxes ready for school, made their lunches, read a magazine and then checked my emails only to find that school is cancelled tomorrow! damnnnnnnnnnn. so all that was for nothing.
it isn't on because of the hurricane - i am guessing the power is still out or the grounds are too messy? not sure.
but anyways, i will have all four at home for one final day.
now i am still home alone, everyone should be back any minute now.
well have a good day. xxxxxxxx
Sunday, 28 August 2011
14.
hey!
so today was the BIG DAY, that hurricane irene would come and wreck havoc.. ha' hardly.
it was one big huge day of nothing where i live.
the wind barely reached 30km/h, it rained here and there, and it was pretty much just an average stormy day.
could not believe it. i was actually excited to see trees blowing wildly in the wind... but no.
and i live on a mainish road which is normally quite loud but today was extremely quiet because no one was driving anywhere.
and so all day i stayed inside.
i woke up at 4am this morning and skyped with mum for a bit on my ipod, and watched the weather channel to see what was going on, then went back to sleep.
woke at at eight and still nothing much was going on weather wise, woke up again at almost 12..
then i just watched tv and facebooked, waiting for irenes arrival.
nothing, slept again, 3pm nothing, 4pm nothing...
and so then we decided we would go out and do something. so lauren, alex, julia, linnea and i went to chilis for dinner.
before hand we went to stop and shop to get a few things and all the employees and randoms were standing outside the shop, so i wound down my window to see what was going on, and the fire alarm had been set off - falsely though. so left we left..
we get to chilis, order, have our drinks and the power went out.
so we had to go. we were going to go to the movies but the power was out there too, so we went to the ialian place and there was an hour wait. so we went to friendlys and the line was out the door.
the reason so many people were out to dinner is because heaps of people lost power.. therefore not being able to cook dinner.
so we went to five guys burgers and fries, and it wasn't super busy..
best burgers!
then we went back to stop and shop which also had no power, but you could still shop. (there were like back up lights on)
and so i got hair treatment and soap and a face mask and then get to the check out at the lady says they are doing cash only... super.
i never ever ever carry cash with me.
so i had to leave it all behind.
and now i am home drinking a cuppa and watching the VMA's on MTV.
oh and new favourite song - cheated by mike posner. download it.
goodnight! xxxxxx
so today was the BIG DAY, that hurricane irene would come and wreck havoc.. ha' hardly.
it was one big huge day of nothing where i live.
the wind barely reached 30km/h, it rained here and there, and it was pretty much just an average stormy day.
could not believe it. i was actually excited to see trees blowing wildly in the wind... but no.
and i live on a mainish road which is normally quite loud but today was extremely quiet because no one was driving anywhere.
and so all day i stayed inside.
i woke up at 4am this morning and skyped with mum for a bit on my ipod, and watched the weather channel to see what was going on, then went back to sleep.
woke at at eight and still nothing much was going on weather wise, woke up again at almost 12..
then i just watched tv and facebooked, waiting for irenes arrival.
nothing, slept again, 3pm nothing, 4pm nothing...
and so then we decided we would go out and do something. so lauren, alex, julia, linnea and i went to chilis for dinner.
before hand we went to stop and shop to get a few things and all the employees and randoms were standing outside the shop, so i wound down my window to see what was going on, and the fire alarm had been set off - falsely though. so left we left..
we get to chilis, order, have our drinks and the power went out.
so we had to go. we were going to go to the movies but the power was out there too, so we went to the ialian place and there was an hour wait. so we went to friendlys and the line was out the door.
the reason so many people were out to dinner is because heaps of people lost power.. therefore not being able to cook dinner.
so we went to five guys burgers and fries, and it wasn't super busy..
best burgers!
then we went back to stop and shop which also had no power, but you could still shop. (there were like back up lights on)
and so i got hair treatment and soap and a face mask and then get to the check out at the lady says they are doing cash only... super.
i never ever ever carry cash with me.
so i had to leave it all behind.
and now i am home drinking a cuppa and watching the VMA's on MTV.
oh and new favourite song - cheated by mike posner. download it.
goodnight! xxxxxx
Saturday, 27 August 2011
13.
hey!
so it is currently 'pre-irene'.. everyone is barcing for the hurricane tomorrow.
which i will let you all know is just like a cyclone, it will be category one, wind speeds of up to 91 kilometres per hour, a whole lot of rain and that is pretty much it.
we have plenty of food and drinking water, our toilets/showers and everything will still work even if the power goes out, we have torches and candles, and i have two and a half books to keep me occupied.
we won't even need to go in the basement unless things are actively flying around outside - which they won't be. so you can all take a deep breath now and calm yourselves (yes you grandma) because everything will be okay :)
so this morning i woke up at a leisurely hour of 10:30.. read some of my book and facebooked for a while.
tried to wort out tonight because we were supposed to be having a sleepover at the mansion but because of the stupid hurricane no one can use their cars and the news said everyone has to be where they need to be until monday by sundown tonight and there is a ban on driving tomorrow...
sooooo we can't have the sleepover.
then lauren picked me up, we got julia and we on our way to pick up robyn (who lives at the mansion) to go to our au pair monthly meeting.
so its pissing down rain, there are massively huge puddles on the road, so we were driving as slow as a wet week, then we got lost because a street sign had been spun around so that the streets were facing their opposite actually street, therefore causing us to turn when we didnt have to... i thought it was hilarious when we worked it out.
finally found her house, then had to go on a detour from the highway because there was a huge accident, and by the time we got to lasertag we were almost an hour late.
but that was okay. and then we played.
it was so much fun!
it this big huge dark room with flashing lights and loud music, and we were three different teams.
i could have played all day long.
in the first game i got 6th from 12 and in the second i got 4th from 12. impressive right?
and then we left and picked up chinese for dinner, i got dropped home, ate myself into a food coma, had a shower and now i am relaxing all night. until irene starts up around three in the morning... the bad part will come around lunch.
well goodnight australia. xxxxxx
p.s really. stop worrying. everything will be okay.
so it is currently 'pre-irene'.. everyone is barcing for the hurricane tomorrow.
which i will let you all know is just like a cyclone, it will be category one, wind speeds of up to 91 kilometres per hour, a whole lot of rain and that is pretty much it.
we have plenty of food and drinking water, our toilets/showers and everything will still work even if the power goes out, we have torches and candles, and i have two and a half books to keep me occupied.
we won't even need to go in the basement unless things are actively flying around outside - which they won't be. so you can all take a deep breath now and calm yourselves (yes you grandma) because everything will be okay :)
so this morning i woke up at a leisurely hour of 10:30.. read some of my book and facebooked for a while.
tried to wort out tonight because we were supposed to be having a sleepover at the mansion but because of the stupid hurricane no one can use their cars and the news said everyone has to be where they need to be until monday by sundown tonight and there is a ban on driving tomorrow...
sooooo we can't have the sleepover.
then lauren picked me up, we got julia and we on our way to pick up robyn (who lives at the mansion) to go to our au pair monthly meeting.
so its pissing down rain, there are massively huge puddles on the road, so we were driving as slow as a wet week, then we got lost because a street sign had been spun around so that the streets were facing their opposite actually street, therefore causing us to turn when we didnt have to... i thought it was hilarious when we worked it out.
finally found her house, then had to go on a detour from the highway because there was a huge accident, and by the time we got to lasertag we were almost an hour late.
but that was okay. and then we played.
it was so much fun!
it this big huge dark room with flashing lights and loud music, and we were three different teams.
i could have played all day long.
in the first game i got 6th from 12 and in the second i got 4th from 12. impressive right?
and then we left and picked up chinese for dinner, i got dropped home, ate myself into a food coma, had a shower and now i am relaxing all night. until irene starts up around three in the morning... the bad part will come around lunch.
well goodnight australia. xxxxxx
p.s really. stop worrying. everything will be okay.
Friday, 26 August 2011
12.
hello australia!
busy washing day today.. i had to wash all the boys clothes and stuff they took camping because everything was wet and muddy from the rain..
and we cleaned the basement, so when the time come to bunker down we wont have to sit on top of match box cars and pretend food.
and we brought all the kids toys and stuff from the sandpit into the garage so they don't blow away.
but other then that we pretty much just played outside all day because it was so nice and sunny.
then the twins got picked upto go to their dads and the boys and i went to get petrol - waited for about 20 minutes in the 50 car line up,a nd it didn't help that everyone had about three jerry cans to fill up as well as their car, went to stop and shop to get soup because thats all i can eat at due to the lack of opening my mouth will perform at the moment, and there was no bread, milk, water, fruit and veges left - because everyone is freaking out majorly.
came home and watched tv with the boys until karen got home and then i skyped with mum.
now i am just chilling for the night.
bye! x
busy washing day today.. i had to wash all the boys clothes and stuff they took camping because everything was wet and muddy from the rain..
and we cleaned the basement, so when the time come to bunker down we wont have to sit on top of match box cars and pretend food.
and we brought all the kids toys and stuff from the sandpit into the garage so they don't blow away.
but other then that we pretty much just played outside all day because it was so nice and sunny.
then the twins got picked upto go to their dads and the boys and i went to get petrol - waited for about 20 minutes in the 50 car line up,a nd it didn't help that everyone had about three jerry cans to fill up as well as their car, went to stop and shop to get soup because thats all i can eat at due to the lack of opening my mouth will perform at the moment, and there was no bread, milk, water, fruit and veges left - because everyone is freaking out majorly.
came home and watched tv with the boys until karen got home and then i skyped with mum.
now i am just chilling for the night.
bye! x
Thursday, 25 August 2011
11.
hello!
so the hurricane really is a comin'..
will hit connecticut on sunday..
and because of it, the new york city cruise has been postponed until fall :(
booooooo. BUT
there is a plus side, which i will get to in a moment...
so this morning it was just the twins and i again, so the house was nice and quiet.
we just hung around the house until 10ish and then went to get joanne (kids grandma) to go to target.
we brought a new bookcase and photo frames and decorative things for her new and improved office, and the kids got toys and i just kept it all under control.
while we were there rach was skipping on her skipping rope the whole time, trying to beat her record..
lucky the aisles were wide, because she almost took out a few peoples eyes..
then we had lunch, a very cheap lunch...
because americans can never be somewhere without having a food place attached, like the starbucks and pizza hut attached to target, we had lunch right after we went throught the check out.. and it was only $3 for a kids meal!
so then i dropped joanne and the kdis off at her house and went to the dentist, sigh.
well first i went to the wrong dentist! can you freakin believe it?! sooooo embarrassing.
so i walk in, and say i have an appointment for 2:40 for danielle, and she is like, uhmm noooo there is no appointment schedualed. so i am thinking, great, just great, she didnt put it in the system this morning, and then she is like, are you sure this is the right dentist, there is one across the road.. I COULD HAVE DIED!
i was just like, oh uhm sorry about that... pretty much ran out the door. and to make it worse, there were people in the waiting room listening the whole time!
so i went across the road, and, sure enough, i had an appointment.
(oh by the way, tuesday night my wisdom tooth started hurting again, and by wednesday morning my inside cheek was all swollen up - hence the dentist appointment - because i freaked myself out when i was googling it)
and he has put me on anti biotics and given me this medicated mouth rinse but says that it will just keep getting infected and i need it taken out, and blah blah... gave me a treatment plan - i may as well just sell everything i own... and it MAY just cover how much it will cost, because of course he wants to take out all four at once!
so this is the good side to the cruise postponment.. i wont have to party in pain or while taking drugs.. prescription drugs that is.
so then i put in my prescription at walgreens, went back to hang with the kdis until matt and harrison got dropped off and then we came home by 6. i skyped with mum.
made dinner, ate my dinner while what could have quite possibley hurt as much as a jack hammer pounded into my jaw, and now i am reading my book.
which is a kate brian book called - megan meade's guide to the McGowan boys. and it is so good!
well i hope you have a good day...
while i cry myself to sleep because my mouth hurts so much.. haha kidding, don't worry, i will be fine.
goodnight. love you all xxxxxxxx
so the hurricane really is a comin'..
will hit connecticut on sunday..
and because of it, the new york city cruise has been postponed until fall :(
booooooo. BUT
there is a plus side, which i will get to in a moment...
so this morning it was just the twins and i again, so the house was nice and quiet.
we just hung around the house until 10ish and then went to get joanne (kids grandma) to go to target.
we brought a new bookcase and photo frames and decorative things for her new and improved office, and the kids got toys and i just kept it all under control.
while we were there rach was skipping on her skipping rope the whole time, trying to beat her record..
lucky the aisles were wide, because she almost took out a few peoples eyes..
then we had lunch, a very cheap lunch...
because americans can never be somewhere without having a food place attached, like the starbucks and pizza hut attached to target, we had lunch right after we went throught the check out.. and it was only $3 for a kids meal!
so then i dropped joanne and the kdis off at her house and went to the dentist, sigh.
well first i went to the wrong dentist! can you freakin believe it?! sooooo embarrassing.
so i walk in, and say i have an appointment for 2:40 for danielle, and she is like, uhmm noooo there is no appointment schedualed. so i am thinking, great, just great, she didnt put it in the system this morning, and then she is like, are you sure this is the right dentist, there is one across the road.. I COULD HAVE DIED!
i was just like, oh uhm sorry about that... pretty much ran out the door. and to make it worse, there were people in the waiting room listening the whole time!
so i went across the road, and, sure enough, i had an appointment.
(oh by the way, tuesday night my wisdom tooth started hurting again, and by wednesday morning my inside cheek was all swollen up - hence the dentist appointment - because i freaked myself out when i was googling it)
and he has put me on anti biotics and given me this medicated mouth rinse but says that it will just keep getting infected and i need it taken out, and blah blah... gave me a treatment plan - i may as well just sell everything i own... and it MAY just cover how much it will cost, because of course he wants to take out all four at once!
so this is the good side to the cruise postponment.. i wont have to party in pain or while taking drugs.. prescription drugs that is.
so then i put in my prescription at walgreens, went back to hang with the kdis until matt and harrison got dropped off and then we came home by 6. i skyped with mum.
made dinner, ate my dinner while what could have quite possibley hurt as much as a jack hammer pounded into my jaw, and now i am reading my book.
which is a kate brian book called - megan meade's guide to the McGowan boys. and it is so good!
well i hope you have a good day...
while i cry myself to sleep because my mouth hurts so much.. haha kidding, don't worry, i will be fine.
goodnight. love you all xxxxxxxx
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