half way through..

hey!
so, its official.. i have been here for six months! six whole months. and in six more months i will be home!
well today - the kids had another day off school, 'teacher in-service day' is what they call it, so a pupil free day. its amazing how much you can go from loving them only one year ago to absolutely hating them.
but it wasn't so bad. the kids slept until 8:30 then we got ready to go into town to pick out balloons, flowers, chocolates and a card for their grandma for her birthday.
took us a good half an hour for everyone to agree on everything, and quite a few tantrums, but we did it.
so we went to their grandmas and stayed there for a while so they could hang out and then we came home and had a quick lunch before their dad picked them up.
and that was around 12, so i have been off since then!
watched 90210, debated with myself on going for a jog, decided against it and that a nap would be wayyyy nicer.
then i tried to fix my hair, met lauren and alex at friendlys for a $5 dinner off the "hi 5 you're at friendlys" menu, i had a chicken wrap and chips.. bargain.
that is where we were trying to decide what to do tomorrow. still deliberating, but i'm sure whatever it is will be nice.
i got home, right before the storm started, skyped with mum, and poppy, and then had a shower.
meanwhile the storm is still going strong and i am freaking out that the power will go off right when i start to shave my legs or something completely unfortunate like that.
but dont worry, i did make it, with all the lights still on.
did a quick load of washing - after god knows how long since i washed my jeans i decided it was time.
you know how some people don't like washing their jeans? yeah, well i am one of those people.
reason one - if you are in a rush and they are wet you can't put them in the dryer, they shrink and become ankle freezers.. so attractive.
reason two - the more you wash them, the more faded they become, and i quite like the colour of my jeans.
reason three - after you wash them they are stiff, and take a good couple of wears to get back into the "comfy zone"
and those are my three reasons for very rarely washing my jeans.
oh another thing i want to ask.. when you get a hot coffee at gloria jeans and they ask if you want whipped cream, what do you say?
no? good. and this is why you should say no..
the coffee is hot, the cream is cold, the cream will melt anyway.
you cant taste the cream when its melted.
and there is a lid on the top anyway, so how on eart are we supposed to eat it? that is if we get to it BEFORE it melts.
its a just insane i think lol i mean all those extra calories, for nothing!
so anyway, now i am watching 90210 and trying not to listen to the creepy noises my mind makes up when i am home alone..
goodnight! x

kids day off..

hey!
well today is the jewish new year (i am fairly sure) so the kids didn't have to go to school.
so we all slept in, got up and ready for the day. we were supposed to go to the playground for G's scouts meeting but it was pouring down rain, so we didnt go, i assumed it was cancelled.
instead, we watched tv until lunch time and then we went and got the kids grandma and cousin and went to nomads, which is a huge games arcade, bowling, laser tag, jumping castle place.
so we drive about half an hour to get there and then notice that the car park is practically empty - turns out it doesnt open until 4pm on a weekday.. sooo back half an hour we go.
went and got a movie and ice cream for the kids, and had a movie afternoon at their grandmas instead.
then we dropped harrison at tae kwon do, gave the kids dinner, picked harrison up and then i was finished and i came upstairs to skype with mumma bear.
and then steph peters - caught up on all the goss.
and then watched  vampire diaries, greys anatomy and now jersey shore. thursday nights are the best.
oh and fall is here! everywhere i go the leaves are gold and orange and falling from the trees. its so pretty.
hope you all have a good weekend. x

90210 marathon..

hello australia!
i miss you all. alot.
this morning after the kids left i decided to just watch 90210 all day, so apart from clenaing and washing, thats what i did. i am up to season three now, and absolutely loving it! still amazed at how australia could take it off the air.
the kids got home and we played some lego board game until G got really upset because he was losing.
so we played hangman instead.
then i made beef stirfry for dinner, gave the kids icecream and then back to my room to watch 90210.
except now americas next top model is on, so i'm watching that instead.
oh by the way - my nails are going great. they look so nice again!
and you know how in american movies they never say goodbye before they end a phone call? well they actually don't. and if they do, its very rare.
okay, well i'm off.
goodnight! x

rested..

hey!
well after yesterdays efforts i decided i would rest for today..
so i got the kids off to school, i had to drive them because they missed the bus.
eating breakfast takes them about 20 good whole minutes.
sat in the car drop off line up for around ten minutes, then finally came home and went back to bed.
i already tidyed up and cleaned while they were getting ready for school, because i am just THAT good lol
slept for another couple of hours, watched gossip girl season five episode that i missed last night and then more 90210 - almost finished season two.
then i had a shower and waited for the kids to come home.
they played outside with their dad for an hour or so, i made an early dinner, then we went to tae kwon do and the boys went to soccer.
got home at seven, freshened up and then i went to dinner with lauren so she could tell me all about her two week vacation that she has been on. sounded amazing!
stopped at starbucks for a chit chat with the other girls and now i am home, ready for 90210.
goodnight! x

can not wait to sleep.

hey!
well this morning i got the kids ready for school, still half asleep..
once they were gone i started the cleaning. and it took almost five hours. and a whole lot of sweat.
then i thought i deserved a break so i watched 90210 and rested a little.
by then harrison got home, i made tomorrows lunches and then the rest got home.
didn't do homework tonight, because this week is only three days, so they have none.
then i sent them downstairs to clean the basement - by themselves. and they did pretty well.
i made fettacini with chicken and brocolli for dinner and now i am waiting for the 'family' meeting, shall be interesting lol
well i am off, kids need to get into their pj's.
goodnight! x

home from my weekend away!

hello!
woke up in boston this morning.. hoping i didn't get lice and/or fleas from the motel.
we packed up our horribley messy room - which we weren't even in for more then 12 hours.
caught the subway to fenway park and went on a tour!
side note - while we were on the subway, it was packed so we were standing, then when people got off three seats became free so there is this lady, a spare seat, robyn and then linnea. i go to sit down and i say to the lady 'do you mind if i sit there' and she says nothing, doesnt even look at me and then gets up and walked away. how strange is that? i was like, okkkkaaayyyy then.
anyway - even though i'm not a baseball fan, it was super cool.
we got the history of fenway and got to go down on the field and take photos..
and i brought a fenway shot glass. because did i tell you i am collecting shot glasses? well i am.
so far i have new york city, boston city, fenway/red sox and harvard.
 and i will continue getting them from each place i visit in my year. feel free to come around to my house when i am home and test them out ;)
so then we went back into the city and went shopping, i brought a shirt from american outfitters, but thats all because i NEED to save my money for my real vacation and travel month.
we had lunch at the food markets, which have around fifty different types of food to choose from, so i had indian which was delicious, and then linnea and i got this huge arse cookie, it was absolutely massive.
oh and i met a lady from gosford in new south wales while i was standing in line to buy my shirt too.
and the performer out the front was from sydney. so that was cool.
then it was getting late and we still had to drive home so we left and went back to where the car was, stopped to get petrol and coffee, got home, skyped with mum, unpacked and had a shower and now i am going to watch 90210.
goodnight! x

boston baby!

hey!
this morning i woke up at 7:15.. it was horrible.
but it was okay because i was up getting ready for boston!
had a shower and packed my bags and then robyn, emma and linnea picked me up and we stopped to get coffee at maccas, then went back to my house because i forgot my jacket.. and THEN we were on our way.
so we got to our stingy motel - too early so we did the paperwork and got the keys and then went to the subway to go into the city.
first we went to harvard! it was sooooo awesome.
took photos at the famous library steps! scoped out hotties, bought a harvard t-shirt and shot glass, had lunch at a college cafe.. it was so good.
had to use the toilet, couldn't find a public one, went to starbucks to use theirs but to use it you had to buy something and then enter the code on the receipt into the code thing to get into the elevator that took you to the toilet. how much of bloody hassle just to pee!
then we went to boston city and got on a upper deck tour bus that lets you get on and off whenever and wherever you want for two days, so that was good.
we saw fenway park - home of the boston red sox, went on a 'big splash' duck tour..
then we went to quincy markets, which is a huge open marketplace, with foods and other little nick nacks.
so then we picked up wi-fi and used 'yelp' to fins somewhere to eat, went to find some italian place and it was closed - on a saturday! what the hell? - and so we found a thai place and it was a little gross looking.. by this time we were about seven blocks from where we started and started the trek back.
found a place called ubermuma and it was delicious, but our waiter was really un friendly and short with us so we didn't tip.
i face timed with chloe and chelsea and then we went for a walk to look at all the food markets.
got on the wrong subway and then finally found our way back to the right colour track.
so then we get back to the motel, go to room number 29 - like our key says - and we unlock the door and there was a random old man in there with his shirt off! hahahahahahaha
the people who run the place mixed it up and so we had to go back and get another room. god it was funny.
now we are hanging out, decided what to do tomorrow.
by the way - boston is really nice!
goodnight! x