81.

hellooooo!
i was going to go to the gym this morning but lauren was feeling sick so we didn't go.
which meant i could just chill all day long.
i am loving the book i am reading..
and i squeezed in a nanna nap.
showered and washed my hair - it is curly again now, after being styled all weekend with either a straightener or hair curler..
the kids came home, quickly did their homework and then went down to their friends house to jump on the trampoline, except rachel who takes a billion years to do her homework.
they came home, i gave them a quick dinner, and then they all went to harrison's DARE graduation at the school, and i have rachel at home who has a higher than normal temp and is going to bed early - when she finally finishes her homework.
not going to starbucks tonight either because a - it is fairly boring, and b - i want to watch 90210.
going to cook myself some dinner now, and by cook, i mean put a frozen chicken stirfry into the microwave.
goodnight xo

82.

hey..
first of all - congrats to chloe, my little sister, on getting her P's yesterday! so proud of you. and very excited to have a designated driver now!
monday was actually not bad at all today.
there were no kids here this weekend, so the house was practically exactly how i left it friday afternoon - which meant a wholleee lot less cleaning for me.
did the washing, cleaned up, and then started reading 'safe haven' by nicholas sparks, because 'the missing girl' was also a major disappointment and i gave up after two chapters..
i had a nanna nap to catch up on lost zzz's over the weekend.
kids came home, homework, dinner, took harrison to tae kwon do, then i made scrambled eggs for my dinner, and i am quite sure that i may have eaten a touch of mould from the cheese i put in there.. uh oh.
and the washing machine and/or dryer has eaten my pajama shirt and a pair of socks.. how does that even happen!?
the gossip girl royal wedding is on tonight! and pretty little lairs! yay.
well goodnight xo

83.

hey!
well well well, another biiiigggg night.
because - we like to party, we like we like to party ;)
woke up this morning feeling a tadddd under the weather, but it passed after a couple of hours.
then we actually had to get dressed and all that jazz, because we had an au pair meeting at 'indoor glow in the dark put put golf' which turned out to be super fun! it was absolutely hilarious.
finished there, i came second from four, we got subway for lunch which might i add we were served by a complete rude stupid american teenager. i could not believe how she was talking to us, and getting all huffy puffy about nothing.
went back to the mansion, ate lunch, watched 'leap year', had a nanna nap and then dropped by home to shower and make myself look pretty for the cheesecake factory, for my third birthday dinner.
and they even sang happy birthday to me..
left there, almost wee'd in my pants on the way home, i had to use laurens toilet when i dropped her home because i could not hold it in..
got home, talked to mum and i will soon go to bed.
goodnight xo

84.

anyway..

so i woke up with a hangover, had some special k with was delicious! it was like almond and honey or something..

then i tried to stay up, felt like crap went back to bed, got up again and went with robyn to get printer ink and paper from staples and came home to watch the notebook.

quite the lazy day at the mansion.. and its still only saturday, bloody fantastic.

now i am talking to mum and about to get ready to party all over again.

theres about 20ish people coming tonight, fingers crossed the american guy that lauren met at the DMV the other day comes and brings hot friends with him...should be good.

well i'm off - let the drinking begin!

goodnight xo

85.

hey!
sorry this post is late..
i was busy partying last night. at the mansion..
oh i love the mansion.
yesterday - hmmm what happened.
well the kids went to school and i did the usual washing and cleaning, then i watched movies all day, and squeezed in a nanna nap - of course.
kids came home, and went straight to their dads so i was finished at 4pm..
then i showered, washed my hair, shaved my legs - which hadn't been done for a week, which was disgusting.
then when karen got home i took the car - the car which now has a working radio that hasn't been working the whole entire time i have been here, which was very exciting, and i picked up lauren and jess, went to get supplies and then off to the mansion.
there was only ten of us here last night - so not too big..
we partied, played kings, beer pong - maybe? and then i went to bed at 4:30am.
next post. xo

86.

hey.
welllll, two words - death. class.
kids went to school and i met lauren at the gym for the most intense hour of my week.
spin class. so i got an extra mile on today then i did last time.. 19km in total in the first half hour.
then we did abs and upper body for twenty minutes and then the last ten were yoga-ish type things..
and then, just because i was so keen, after lauren and julia left i went to the gym and did a half an hour jog on the treadmill and then fifteen minutes on the cross trainer.
after that i was well and truely dead so i left, dropped books back at the library and borrowed 'stay with me' which i have started reading and about three chapters in i am stopping, because i absolutely hate the writing style. so i am going to read 'the missing girl' instead which is a thriller - a lot different to what i am used to reading but we will see how it goes.
so then i came home, showered, made an egg sandwhich and watched tv.
the kids came home, blah blah, taught G how to make spag bol, cleaned up and now i am finished.
oh and i talked to aunty elana on skype. and mum and aunty serena too..
and just something that i friend here in america posted on facebook which i love -

Aussie Love. ♥ ♥
YOU KNOW YOU'RE AUSTRALIAN WHEN: You believe that stubbies can either be drunk or worn. You've made a bong out of your garden hose rather than use it for something illegal such as watering the garden. You understand that the phrase 'a group of women wearing black thongs' refers to footwear and may be less alluring than... it sounds. You pronounce Melbourne as 'Mel-bin'. You believe the 'l' in the word 'Australia' is optional. You can translate: 'Dazza and Shazza played Acca Dacca on the way to Maccas'. You call your best friend 'a total bastard' but someone you really, truly despise is just 'a bit of a bastard'. You think 'Woolloomooloo' is a perfectly reasonable name for a place. You're secretly proud of our killer wildlife. You believe it makes sense for a country to have a $1 coin that's twice as big as its $2 coin. You understand that 'Wagga Wagga' can be abbreviated to 'Wagga' but 'Woy Woy' can't be called 'Woy'. You believe that cooked down axle grease makes a good breakfast spread - you've squeezed it through Vita Wheats to make little Vegemite worms. You believe all famous Kiwis are actually Australian, until they stuff up,at which point they again become Kiwis. Beetroot with your Hamburger... of course! You know that certain words must, by law, be shouted out during any rendition of the Angels' song 'Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again' And 'Living next door to Alice'. You wear ugg boots outside the house. You believe that every important discovery in the world was made by an Australian but then sold off for a pittance. You believe that the more you shorten someone's name the more you like them. Whatever your linguistic skills, you find yourself able to order takeaway fluently in every Asian language. You understand that 'excuse me' can sound rude, While 'scuse me' is always polite. You know what it's like to swallow a fly, on occasion via your nose. You know it's not summer until the steering wheel is too hot to handle and a seat belt buckle becomes a pretty good branding iron. Your biggest family argument over the summer concerned the rules for beach cricket. You shake your head in horror when companies try to market what they call 'Anzac Cookies'. You still think of Kylie as 'that girl off Neighbours'. When working in a bar, you understand male customers will feel the need to offer an excuse whenever they order low-alcohol beer. You know how to abbreviate every word, all of which usually end in "o": arvo, combo, garbo, kero, lezzo, metho, milko, muso, rego, servo, smoko, speedo, righto, goodo etc... You know that there is a universal place called 'woop woop' located in the middle of nowhere, no matter where you actually are! You know that none of us actually drink Fosters beer, because it tastes like piss. You sleep with Aeroguard on in the summer and don't mind it as a perfume. You've only ever used the words - tops, ripper, sick, mad, sweet, to mean "good" and when you place 'bloody' in front of it then you really mean it. You know that the barbecue is a political arena. You say 'no worries' quite often, whether you realise it or not. You understand what no wucking furries means. You've drank your tea/coffee/milo through a Tim Tam. You own a Bond's chesty - in several different colors. You know that some people pronounce Australia like "Straya" and that's ok. And you will immediately forward this list to other Australians, here and overseas, realising that only they will understand! Aussie Aussie Aussie.!!

goodnight xo

87.

hey!
another quite peaceful day.
the snow is all melting away and the weather forecast for the next week is all above zero, and no snow. yay.
kids went to school, i did the washing..
watched gossip girl, 90210 and jane by design.
had lunch, went for a jog with my ipod band, which is awesome.
came home and got watchign youtube videos, which are soooooo addictive. you watch one thing, then another and you just keep clicking and clicking and the next thing you know, two hours has gone by.
harrison came home and i helped him set up his science project, because he doesn't have an artistic bone in his body lol he got that finished.
then i helped the otehr kids with their homework.
packed lunches, made dinner, cleaned up, folded and put away the washing, got all the kids showered and in bed reading by seven and now i am waiting to finish myself.
one tree hill is on tonight!
goodnight xo
p.s death class in the morning, just kill me now.