Total cost for the day:
Time: around 3 hours
Food: sandwiches, water and a little cordial - $10 (if that!)
Fuel: Who knows!! Who cares..??? We had some fun and got outta the house and did something different!!
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One weekend, Pete got stir crazy......he didn't have to go to work and didn't have any work around the house that he had to do (or FELT like doing, more......always plenty to do around here!). So he decided to pack everyone in the car and head out on a local road trip, sightseeing. It was a lovely drive from here, to Yeppoon and back - you can actually make a round trip of it....sorta like a scenic loop of the area. Here are the results of such actions:
Fun on the sand at Emu Park.
A quick visit to the 'Singing Ship'
Read the information available about it.
Enjoy the etchings on the sun dial.
Pose for photos (though not look too happy that your sister has her arm around you).
Enjoy the lovely view (looks like Mickey is really close there, hey? I can assure you he wasn't!)
And enjoy something to eat and drink before falling asleep on the way home.
Total cost for the day:
Time: around 3 hours
Food: sandwiches, water and a little cordial - $10 (if that!)
Fuel: Who knows!! Who cares..??? We had some fun and got outta the house and did something different!!
Total cost for the day:
Time: around 3 hours
Food: sandwiches, water and a little cordial - $10 (if that!)
Fuel: Who knows!! Who cares..??? We had some fun and got outta the house and did something different!!
I sat here and started to type my title for this post as "Tired!!!" But then realised that I have already written that post title before in the last couple of months! Thank goodness for 'autocomplete' or I would bore you to death with a post of much the same thing!
So, back to my original question (but not my original post title) - What do you consider worse for making you tired?
I am finding myself knackered after work most nights/days. Most of my shifts have been 6-8 hours long and have been jam-packed with activity! I am finding myself doing things around the house just to keep busy....much like I would here, if I didnt have a computer! hehe I also find myself not taking many breaks, because I AM in a house and there IS so much to do (basic housework has been seriously lacking in the last couple of months) - bad, I know!! Particularly when I am trying to put ON weight!
I honestly cannot wait to be trained for community access (where you take the client out shopping, to the movies, etc)! THAT was supposed to happen Wednesday just gone, but some crap went down at the house and I had to stay 'home' to help out.
Needless to say....I have not been doing anything other than going to work and spending time with the family! However, here are a few photos that I love and have not yet shared with you guys!
This shot was taken while I was driving - by me! LOL It's not the best, because it is from my phone, but I still love it, all the same. The view is what you get when you leave Gladstone and head up here along the highway past the powerhouse. To the right of the sun, there, you can see Mt. Larcom. It is a popular little 'mountain' that you can climb in a day, though the track is a little rough and you need ALL day to do it in! I think that I have only done the trek once in my life!
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Ah.....my scooter! Where would I be without it? This is how Will liked to ride it, to start with. He was a little too short to see over the top, therefore got a little scared!
The three little men in my life.....this picky is a little out-dated, but I love it all the same! See those little tanks in the background on top of the big one? Well, they are my 'breeding' tanks! My electric yellow cichlids decided that it might be a good idea to breed and give us babies! Lovely little nature lesson for the kids.....especially when Mummy fishy decided that she would like to make some room in the little tank and EAT some of her babies! LOL
Nothing to add here......just a classic shot of Bubba! Cracks me up every time I look at it!
Tearing down the BBQ......the boys had soooo much fun that day! They just didnt like cleaning the mess up! Like father, like son(s), I spose!!
So, back to my original question (but not my original post title) - What do you consider worse for making you tired?
I am finding myself knackered after work most nights/days. Most of my shifts have been 6-8 hours long and have been jam-packed with activity! I am finding myself doing things around the house just to keep busy....much like I would here, if I didnt have a computer! hehe I also find myself not taking many breaks, because I AM in a house and there IS so much to do (basic housework has been seriously lacking in the last couple of months) - bad, I know!! Particularly when I am trying to put ON weight!
I honestly cannot wait to be trained for community access (where you take the client out shopping, to the movies, etc)! THAT was supposed to happen Wednesday just gone, but some crap went down at the house and I had to stay 'home' to help out.
Needless to say....I have not been doing anything other than going to work and spending time with the family! However, here are a few photos that I love and have not yet shared with you guys!
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It's Friday and that means that I have Mickey and William at home.....all to myself! I am yet to determine whether this is a good thing or not, as the house always seems a mess with kids at home during the day and my 'days off' (Monday to Thursday, when they are at daycare) seem to make me a little complacent of things that go on in the house of a family! I mean - I get to do pretty much anything I want when they aren't here with minimal interruptions. That means that, should I like, I can leave the sewing machine on the dining table and go to the toilet, go downstairs and hang up/take off washing, clean rooms a little.......you know? General house stuff when I get the motivation to do it.
With young children at home, that luxury is taken away and I find myself cleaning up after them constantly. Whether it be apple off the lounge floor, because I was busy elsewhere, like cleaning a mess in the bathroom that they had made not 5 minutes earlier or refereeing a fight over a cup that Will has stolen off Mickey (Will still has sippy cups around the house, because he just won't stay still for long enough to drink one whole drink).
This weather lately truly sucks for the SAHM. I mean....it's not raining right now, but it did last night and early this morning, so if I let them downstairs, there will be an even bigger mess when they come up, because they will have found one of the mud puddles in the yard and play in that. If you have more than one kid, do you find it hard for them all to do the same thing at once without having to talk to them 2 or 3 times? OH MAN!! What I wouldnt give for an episode where they would!
I will give you an example - we had ALL the kids one wet weekend and they decided to go outside and play. 'No problem' I thought. Um....YEH!! Problem! They all decided to come inside at the same time to have something to eat! Now, a kid intent on filling his/her empty stomach is one hard to sway from their task! As soon as they came to the back door, they were asking for towels (which is no problem in my house - we have plenty to go around!). While I was getting said towels, one kid came inside and tried to get into the fridge......dirty paws and all! Said kid was soon bundled off and directed to the bathroom. 2nd kid at door is just itching to come in, so I give him towel and direct them in the direction of the bathroom. Now.....first kid is sidetracked and in their room! So first kid told to go to the bathroom (I did this by shouting out to them from the back door), while 3rd kid is eagerly waiting for a towel. So....we have 1st kid and 2nd kid in bathroom, while I give no. 3 a towel. I hear a tap turned on in the bathroom and promptly there is the sound of water splashing on the floor.....'Oh goody!' I think. 3rd kid bundled, towels thrown on the floor for the rest of the kids and I follow no. 3 to the bathroom.....just to make sure that they get there! I find no. 1 in the bath...fully clothed....no. 2 is in their room....fully (dirty) clothed and no. 3 is with me so safe there (whew). Tap turned off and I have to go and referee a fight at the back door - one kid wants one of the towels that another has got (AARGH!! How OLD are you?). Without supervision in the bathroom, water from the bath is then put onto the floor! So, I set myself to the task of cleaning 3 kids in bathroom....stripping them is an easy task, but getting them out of the bathroom so that the older kids could have their turn is a different matter! THEN there is the problem of them getting dressed! Mickey and Will are quite happy to run around naked (what 2 and 3 year old aren't?), so they are mucking around, while I am tending to the older kids (one went to the kitchen for food - HUH?? - another went to their room for clothes - the dirtiest of them all!). Said kids shooed from the kitchen and room and told to stay in the bathroom. THEN they all refused to undress in front of eachother!! I cant imagine just exactly WHY!! LOL So I stayed in bathroom and watched and made sure girls did not look at boys while they washed and redressed and made sure they got outta there ASAP (no mucking around, like they usually do). All this time, the boys are being really quiet.....cannot imagine what they are up to and do I really want to know..? Um....I dont think so!! With the 'watcher' task complete, I head to see what the boys are up to..........hmmm.........their room is trashed, toys are everywhere (nothing unusual there)........not in my room (make up being the object of choice in there)........EEP!! They are in the girls' room and have managed to pull out ALL the clothes from Amy's cupboard and are 1/2 way through climbing up and getting Moo and Courtney's!! Not to mention that they somehow found Moo's deodorant and are spraying it under one of the beds!!!! Room smells pretty, but it is all too strong for my nose!
This will continue all day for me (unless Pete is home). I will continually go from one kid or other and have to deal with some problem or another.....only to have another problem raise it's ugly head while I am distracted! I soooooo wish that I had a room for each of them, then I could send them to their rooms and not hear from them for the rest of the day (HA!! I don't think so, but it would be nice to dream, hey?'). Or a Tardis!! With a Tardis, I could travel to another place, another time and I could get away from it all. OH!! I time travel machine!! I could fast forward to when they are mostly grown and then they might have a bit of 'maturity' about themselves and not fight so much.....WHO am I kidding!!?? They are bound to fight when they get older, aren't they? Just might get a little more violent and vindictive then!! Dont get me wrong - there are good days where nothing seems to happen at all (only a few minor incidents - and the days go so quickly!!) and there are the bad days, where nothing seems to go right (and THESE are the days that last the longest!). Why oh why cant the days that are good just go slowly and the bad ones go quick?
Anyhoo......I leave you with pictures of Mickey and Will's adventure today - Mummy and Daddy's bed. They kindly stripped it (wash day is not til tomorrow, boys, but thanks anyway!) and were using the blankets at the bottem as a buffer while they went over the end, so they didnt bump their heads on the wooden floor on the way down!
Looks like fun, hey?
See those hats attached to the wall? I got in trouble for putting holes in the wall last weekend, coz I was sick and tired of finding them just lying around the house! There are more on the wall opposite around our duchess mirror!
And see my new 'best friend' in that last picture? The thing on my side of the bed between the bed and the sidetable? Um, yeh.....wasnt too impressed in having to need it every now and then, but, as you can probably see from the photos in this post (yep - that is me standing 'normally'), I have a problem with my posture...all caused by my back/hip! This little beauty not only helps me to take weight off my leg (which KILLS when I am having a bad day), but helps me to correct this posture issue when I use it on my left side.
OH!! And one last thing! See that little 'land mine' of a car on the floor? Hmmm....yes, well.....THAT is another thing that I am sick of round here! We have entirely too many and they get underfoot all the dang time!!
With young children at home, that luxury is taken away and I find myself cleaning up after them constantly. Whether it be apple off the lounge floor, because I was busy elsewhere, like cleaning a mess in the bathroom that they had made not 5 minutes earlier or refereeing a fight over a cup that Will has stolen off Mickey (Will still has sippy cups around the house, because he just won't stay still for long enough to drink one whole drink).
This weather lately truly sucks for the SAHM. I mean....it's not raining right now, but it did last night and early this morning, so if I let them downstairs, there will be an even bigger mess when they come up, because they will have found one of the mud puddles in the yard and play in that. If you have more than one kid, do you find it hard for them all to do the same thing at once without having to talk to them 2 or 3 times? OH MAN!! What I wouldnt give for an episode where they would!
I will give you an example - we had ALL the kids one wet weekend and they decided to go outside and play. 'No problem' I thought. Um....YEH!! Problem! They all decided to come inside at the same time to have something to eat! Now, a kid intent on filling his/her empty stomach is one hard to sway from their task! As soon as they came to the back door, they were asking for towels (which is no problem in my house - we have plenty to go around!). While I was getting said towels, one kid came inside and tried to get into the fridge......dirty paws and all! Said kid was soon bundled off and directed to the bathroom. 2nd kid at door is just itching to come in, so I give him towel and direct them in the direction of the bathroom. Now.....first kid is sidetracked and in their room! So first kid told to go to the bathroom (I did this by shouting out to them from the back door), while 3rd kid is eagerly waiting for a towel. So....we have 1st kid and 2nd kid in bathroom, while I give no. 3 a towel. I hear a tap turned on in the bathroom and promptly there is the sound of water splashing on the floor.....'Oh goody!' I think. 3rd kid bundled, towels thrown on the floor for the rest of the kids and I follow no. 3 to the bathroom.....just to make sure that they get there! I find no. 1 in the bath...fully clothed....no. 2 is in their room....fully (dirty) clothed and no. 3 is with me so safe there (whew). Tap turned off and I have to go and referee a fight at the back door - one kid wants one of the towels that another has got (AARGH!! How OLD are you?). Without supervision in the bathroom, water from the bath is then put onto the floor! So, I set myself to the task of cleaning 3 kids in bathroom....stripping them is an easy task, but getting them out of the bathroom so that the older kids could have their turn is a different matter! THEN there is the problem of them getting dressed! Mickey and Will are quite happy to run around naked (what 2 and 3 year old aren't?), so they are mucking around, while I am tending to the older kids (one went to the kitchen for food - HUH?? - another went to their room for clothes - the dirtiest of them all!). Said kids shooed from the kitchen and room and told to stay in the bathroom. THEN they all refused to undress in front of eachother!! I cant imagine just exactly WHY!! LOL So I stayed in bathroom and watched and made sure girls did not look at boys while they washed and redressed and made sure they got outta there ASAP (no mucking around, like they usually do). All this time, the boys are being really quiet.....cannot imagine what they are up to and do I really want to know..? Um....I dont think so!! With the 'watcher' task complete, I head to see what the boys are up to..........hmmm.........their room is trashed, toys are everywhere (nothing unusual there)........not in my room (make up being the object of choice in there)........EEP!! They are in the girls' room and have managed to pull out ALL the clothes from Amy's cupboard and are 1/2 way through climbing up and getting Moo and Courtney's!! Not to mention that they somehow found Moo's deodorant and are spraying it under one of the beds!!!! Room smells pretty, but it is all too strong for my nose!
This will continue all day for me (unless Pete is home). I will continually go from one kid or other and have to deal with some problem or another.....only to have another problem raise it's ugly head while I am distracted! I soooooo wish that I had a room for each of them, then I could send them to their rooms and not hear from them for the rest of the day (HA!! I don't think so, but it would be nice to dream, hey?'). Or a Tardis!! With a Tardis, I could travel to another place, another time and I could get away from it all. OH!! I time travel machine!! I could fast forward to when they are mostly grown and then they might have a bit of 'maturity' about themselves and not fight so much.....WHO am I kidding!!?? They are bound to fight when they get older, aren't they? Just might get a little more violent and vindictive then!! Dont get me wrong - there are good days where nothing seems to happen at all (only a few minor incidents - and the days go so quickly!!) and there are the bad days, where nothing seems to go right (and THESE are the days that last the longest!). Why oh why cant the days that are good just go slowly and the bad ones go quick?
Anyhoo......I leave you with pictures of Mickey and Will's adventure today - Mummy and Daddy's bed. They kindly stripped it (wash day is not til tomorrow, boys, but thanks anyway!) and were using the blankets at the bottem as a buffer while they went over the end, so they didnt bump their heads on the wooden floor on the way down!
Looks like fun, hey?
See those hats attached to the wall? I got in trouble for putting holes in the wall last weekend, coz I was sick and tired of finding them just lying around the house! There are more on the wall opposite around our duchess mirror!
And see my new 'best friend' in that last picture? The thing on my side of the bed between the bed and the sidetable? Um, yeh.....wasnt too impressed in having to need it every now and then, but, as you can probably see from the photos in this post (yep - that is me standing 'normally'), I have a problem with my posture...all caused by my back/hip! This little beauty not only helps me to take weight off my leg (which KILLS when I am having a bad day), but helps me to correct this posture issue when I use it on my left side.
OH!! And one last thing! See that little 'land mine' of a car on the floor? Hmmm....yes, well.....THAT is another thing that I am sick of round here! We have entirely too many and they get underfoot all the dang time!!
Isn't he just the cutest little thing you have EVER seen? I tell ya - i am one PROUD Aunty! Fell completely in love with him straight away! I got HEAPS of cuddles with him and Will just couldn't get enough, either!!
Just a few more photos of the kids:
Mumma T - a VERY proud Mumma!
Aunty Shelli having a chat with Blayde! I SWEAR he was trying to tell me something!
The gifts went down a treat - T loved them and said that you can NEVER get enough burp cloths (well....DUH!! hehe). The bibs, she is a little bit worried about fitting around his chubby neck, but I think that she will find that the design is VERY forgiving and they will fit ok.
ETA - OH!! I mentioned the other day that those little burp clothes were for another baby (remember)! As T just 'all of a sudden' decided to come up from Ipswich (6-7 hours drive away), I decided that, mayhaps, they will go to her, instead. All good, though! I have more on the go that will be PERFECT for little Carter!
I realise that it is only Wednesday, but I want this week to be over already! Nothing like trying to speed up time to speed up the aging process, hey? LOL
Monday, Mickey and Will started at their new daycare. A much better centre that is better equipped and better service (their old daycare was a little run down, dirty looking and their program for the kids was almost non-existent, because they didnt have enough kids in each age group to make activities for them - but it is what I could get them into at the time, so I shut my mouth and put up with it). They went into their respective rooms with only a little bit of separation anxiety and settled in well.
Yesterday was Australia Day. We did nothing special to celebrate the day - because Pete had to work :( We went to the zoo in the afternoon, though (Rockhampton City Council have a small zoo as a part of their botanical gardens - small, not much in it, but the kids love it, all the same.....especially the two chimps they have there). It was good to be out of the house and walking around in the fresh air.......albeit being bitten by mozzies at every turn (darn rain!). I took my trusty walking stick along and managed to get up and down the hill without too many hassles and not needing a break.
My main cause for exhaustion was this morning. The kids went back to school this morning after their Christmas break and they were a bundle of energy, I tell ya! Weez was eager and ready to go to year 2, Moo was ready early for year 8 and Bubba Pete was excited as anything to go to Prep! I took photos and they progressively got sillier and sillier as time went on. Here is one of the last photos I took of Weez and Bubba together:
Mickey and Will came with Pete and I to drop off Bubba and, as a result, they were unsettled when they got to daycare. I got a 'courtesy call' from Will's group leader to tell me that he was a little unsettled, but after telling her that he had his 'blankie' in his bag, I received no more calls, so I gather that he settled down after that.
I just picked up Bubba (first week, they finish 1/2 hour early) and my first impressions are - hungry! I asked him if he wanted something to eat and he proceeded to take his lunch box off his bag and he had over 1/2 his lunch still in there uneaten! Obviously, he needs to learn to eat some things before he goes out and plays. We will see how he goes tomorrow and Friday.....if he comes home the same, then I will have to have a talk with his teacher.
So what did I do today without kids (Lenny starts tomorrow, because he is grade 10, and went off to work with Pete today) and an empty house? Nothing constructive, I am afraid! I caught up on e-mails that had filled up my inbox last week, caught up on facebook with some friends and became closer to my new friend "Artemis Fowl". So, all in all......I took it pretty easy, really! Tomorrow will be a different matter, though! I am expecting company in the morning....a few friends from uni. I have baking to do - cookies and such for lunches and I have a wardrobe to go through and start planning to update - my own!
So til then, my lovely cyber friends.......
CIAO!!
Monday, Mickey and Will started at their new daycare. A much better centre that is better equipped and better service (their old daycare was a little run down, dirty looking and their program for the kids was almost non-existent, because they didnt have enough kids in each age group to make activities for them - but it is what I could get them into at the time, so I shut my mouth and put up with it). They went into their respective rooms with only a little bit of separation anxiety and settled in well.
Yesterday was Australia Day. We did nothing special to celebrate the day - because Pete had to work :( We went to the zoo in the afternoon, though (Rockhampton City Council have a small zoo as a part of their botanical gardens - small, not much in it, but the kids love it, all the same.....especially the two chimps they have there). It was good to be out of the house and walking around in the fresh air.......albeit being bitten by mozzies at every turn (darn rain!). I took my trusty walking stick along and managed to get up and down the hill without too many hassles and not needing a break.
My main cause for exhaustion was this morning. The kids went back to school this morning after their Christmas break and they were a bundle of energy, I tell ya! Weez was eager and ready to go to year 2, Moo was ready early for year 8 and Bubba Pete was excited as anything to go to Prep! I took photos and they progressively got sillier and sillier as time went on. Here is one of the last photos I took of Weez and Bubba together:
I just picked up Bubba (first week, they finish 1/2 hour early) and my first impressions are - hungry! I asked him if he wanted something to eat and he proceeded to take his lunch box off his bag and he had over 1/2 his lunch still in there uneaten! Obviously, he needs to learn to eat some things before he goes out and plays. We will see how he goes tomorrow and Friday.....if he comes home the same, then I will have to have a talk with his teacher.
So what did I do today without kids (Lenny starts tomorrow, because he is grade 10, and went off to work with Pete today) and an empty house? Nothing constructive, I am afraid! I caught up on e-mails that had filled up my inbox last week, caught up on facebook with some friends and became closer to my new friend "Artemis Fowl". So, all in all......I took it pretty easy, really! Tomorrow will be a different matter, though! I am expecting company in the morning....a few friends from uni. I have baking to do - cookies and such for lunches and I have a wardrobe to go through and start planning to update - my own!
So til then, my lovely cyber friends.......
CIAO!!
Today is my Dad's birthday (hence the 'Wattsie')!! Therefore, I am going to dedicate this post to him. He is now a large 60 years old. Not being there before, I would not know what it would be like to be that age (remember when you were a kid and considered 60 to be, like, ancient?) - I still have another 28 years to go 'til I am THAT age!
My Mum and Dad raised me to be accept other people, regardless of their race, colour, religion or denomination. Growing up where I did in a small community kept me a little sheltered to the 'outside' world, even though I travelled into the nearest larger town nearly every weekend during hockey (field) season and had contact with other kids from there then. I like to think that I am still the same person today, just that society has changed the way I see some people these days.
After Mum passed away in 1993 of cancer, Dad became our rock. Although we all went our separate ways in an attempt to 'deal' with things, I like to think that Dad was still there for us in a large way.....even though we didnt express our feelings very often or stuff like that, it was just nice to know that he would be there, should I have needed him.
Dad has always been the 'quiet parent'. However, I always knew when he didnt approve of something that I was thinking about doing or had done....just from the expression on his face or the tone of his voice. A few times over the years, I have turned to him and told him that I have mucked up and he has given me the look of, 'I knew you would'. For that I am thankful - he has let me make and learn from my own mistakes. He hasnt stuck his nose in where it is not wanted (never has to anyone, as far as I know) and has never given unwanted advice. Any advice he HAS given has been given with the expectation of us making up our own minds.
I love my Dad for who he is - a gentle man. My Mum was the outspoken one in our family. He has put up with a lot shit over the years around the place (not that HE tells me...I have to hear it from someone else!), but always seems to come up with a smile or joke. He may be a difficult person to talk to at times when it comes to other people in the family or close friends (for example....not letting us know that someone has gotten married or someone has passed away or similar), but that is my Dad - and I am slowly learning to ask questions to get inside his brain.
My favourite picture from Christmas just gone - Taking his shoes off at the bottem of the stairs with William.
My Mum and Dad raised me to be accept other people, regardless of their race, colour, religion or denomination. Growing up where I did in a small community kept me a little sheltered to the 'outside' world, even though I travelled into the nearest larger town nearly every weekend during hockey (field) season and had contact with other kids from there then. I like to think that I am still the same person today, just that society has changed the way I see some people these days.
After Mum passed away in 1993 of cancer, Dad became our rock. Although we all went our separate ways in an attempt to 'deal' with things, I like to think that Dad was still there for us in a large way.....even though we didnt express our feelings very often or stuff like that, it was just nice to know that he would be there, should I have needed him.
Dad has always been the 'quiet parent'. However, I always knew when he didnt approve of something that I was thinking about doing or had done....just from the expression on his face or the tone of his voice. A few times over the years, I have turned to him and told him that I have mucked up and he has given me the look of, 'I knew you would'. For that I am thankful - he has let me make and learn from my own mistakes. He hasnt stuck his nose in where it is not wanted (never has to anyone, as far as I know) and has never given unwanted advice. Any advice he HAS given has been given with the expectation of us making up our own minds.
I love my Dad for who he is - a gentle man. My Mum was the outspoken one in our family. He has put up with a lot shit over the years around the place (not that HE tells me...I have to hear it from someone else!), but always seems to come up with a smile or joke. He may be a difficult person to talk to at times when it comes to other people in the family or close friends (for example....not letting us know that someone has gotten married or someone has passed away or similar), but that is my Dad - and I am slowly learning to ask questions to get inside his brain.
It seems that I got a little ahead of myself over the last couple of days! I didnt tell you what we did for Christmas! Well....here goes!
This year, we only had 5 of our 8 kids with us. Weez was with her Nan and Poppy and Corky and J-Man were with their Mum. Happens every 2nd year for us....a quiet Christmas - well, as quiet as it can get with 3 young boys with an endless supply of energy!
Christmas Eve we headed down The Boyne, set up camp outside my Dad's house and settled in for the night. I took my sewing machine down, fully planning on sewing up the Christmas stockings that I bought from Spotlight a couple of days before (at 75% off of $14.95 - which made them just $3something - they were hard to resist!). Problem was....I had no foot to go with my sewing machine! Somewhere along the way (between house, car and Dad's house) I lost it. With no spare ones with me, I abandoned mission and sat about, catching up with Dad and chatting with Pete. We were not late to bed, because we knew that the kids were going to be up early the next morning.
Yep - the boys were up early! After not being able to make up the stockings, I decided to 'steal' their pillow cases and provide them for Santa to deposit their presents in. this proved to be a bad move, as Mickey and Bubba both woke up, crying for them! I had no idea that they were so attached to their pillow cases! Bubba was the first up. He ended up sleeping beside me, so he woke me at the same time with "Mum! It's morning time!" LOL Of course, Mickey was next up and went straight upstairs. Bubba probably forgot about presents, because he was straight onto his bike!Will was left sleeping in the van....he had been up most of the night - new bed, new noises (or lack of at Dad's place), etc to get used to.
The boys soon found their pillowcases again! And soon delved into the depths to see what Santa had brought them. There were plenty "OOO's" and "AAAH's" as they poured over their gifts.
Next up was brekky - nothing really special, but Will had fun, all the same!
At around 10am, we decided to head on down to the river and play on the beach to fill in time before we were to head over to my brother and SIL's house for lunch.
They enjoyed splashing in the water.
And Will especially enjoyed ruining the sandcastles that Daddy made!!
On the way home, Will enjoyed being perched on Daddy's shoulders.
And Bubba Pete enjoyed riding his bike. This is a particularly cruel hill for kids to ride up (a long, gentle slope) - I did it many a time when I was a kid and dreaded it all the time!
That is all for the photos! I forgot to take my camera to my brother's house and, as a result, forgot to take photos for the rest of the day! My brother, Dad, Pete, Lenny and Moo enjoyed a little bash with the hockey sticks out the back of Dad's place while SIL and I looked on. I cant tell you how much it pained me to see everyone with those sticks in their hands and me unable to join in because I could twinge my back, again!
That night, we had leftovers from lunch. We didnt feel like eating much, because we had been eating and drinking all afternoon, but the kids still had a fair meal. We said goodnight to my brother and SIL early that night, because they were heading off to Carnarvon gorge early the next day.
This year, we only had 5 of our 8 kids with us. Weez was with her Nan and Poppy and Corky and J-Man were with their Mum. Happens every 2nd year for us....a quiet Christmas - well, as quiet as it can get with 3 young boys with an endless supply of energy!
Christmas Eve we headed down The Boyne, set up camp outside my Dad's house and settled in for the night. I took my sewing machine down, fully planning on sewing up the Christmas stockings that I bought from Spotlight a couple of days before (at 75% off of $14.95 - which made them just $3something - they were hard to resist!). Problem was....I had no foot to go with my sewing machine! Somewhere along the way (between house, car and Dad's house) I lost it. With no spare ones with me, I abandoned mission and sat about, catching up with Dad and chatting with Pete. We were not late to bed, because we knew that the kids were going to be up early the next morning.
Yep - the boys were up early! After not being able to make up the stockings, I decided to 'steal' their pillow cases and provide them for Santa to deposit their presents in. this proved to be a bad move, as Mickey and Bubba both woke up, crying for them! I had no idea that they were so attached to their pillow cases! Bubba was the first up. He ended up sleeping beside me, so he woke me at the same time with "Mum! It's morning time!" LOL Of course, Mickey was next up and went straight upstairs. Bubba probably forgot about presents, because he was straight onto his bike!Will was left sleeping in the van....he had been up most of the night - new bed, new noises (or lack of at Dad's place), etc to get used to.
The boys soon found their pillowcases again! And soon delved into the depths to see what Santa had brought them. There were plenty "OOO's" and "AAAH's" as they poured over their gifts.
Next up was brekky - nothing really special, but Will had fun, all the same!
On the way home, Will enjoyed being perched on Daddy's shoulders.
And Bubba Pete enjoyed riding his bike. This is a particularly cruel hill for kids to ride up (a long, gentle slope) - I did it many a time when I was a kid and dreaded it all the time!
That night, we had leftovers from lunch. We didnt feel like eating much, because we had been eating and drinking all afternoon, but the kids still had a fair meal. We said goodnight to my brother and SIL early that night, because they were heading off to Carnarvon gorge early the next day.
Well it seems that I have totally neglected this blog! Time for me to revive it, methinx!
There is simply no excuse for me writing here! All it would take is a couple of minutes perhaps a couple of times a week and I can vent my frustrations, furies and anguish over posts!
I fell into the facebook trap a little over a year ago and that has become my place to catch up with old friends, family and neighbours. That was soon after we shut down our business, moved house from my lovely patch in Boyne Island to Gladstone and, subsequently, back up to Rockhampton, where Pete is now working for his Uncle again! All for the better this time, I feel. Things seem to be happening up here! We now own a house (right across the road from a primary AND high school) and I am going to university! All that has taken up most of my time! I am studying a bachelor of nursing and did the first year full time (4 courses over each term). It was pretty full on and they say that it wont get any better from here, so it looks like I will be heading into part time study and applying for plenty of jobs for next year!
The kids are growing up soooo fast! Bubba Pete is heading off to Prep next year and Moo is heading off to high school! Lenny has just turned 14 and J-Man 10 (makes him too old for Santa in this house...hehe), Corky 11, Amy 6 (and excited to be heading into grade 2 next year...doing REALLY well with her school work, too, I might add!), Mickey is 3 (NOT looking forward to Bubba Pete heading off to school next year, coz they are soooo close!!) and Will is 18 months! they grow up WAY too fast!
And that is about it! Just a quick catch up today! I have HEAPS to talk about - kid- and crafty-wise!
There is simply no excuse for me writing here! All it would take is a couple of minutes perhaps a couple of times a week and I can vent my frustrations, furies and anguish over posts!
I fell into the facebook trap a little over a year ago and that has become my place to catch up with old friends, family and neighbours. That was soon after we shut down our business, moved house from my lovely patch in Boyne Island to Gladstone and, subsequently, back up to Rockhampton, where Pete is now working for his Uncle again! All for the better this time, I feel. Things seem to be happening up here! We now own a house (right across the road from a primary AND high school) and I am going to university! All that has taken up most of my time! I am studying a bachelor of nursing and did the first year full time (4 courses over each term). It was pretty full on and they say that it wont get any better from here, so it looks like I will be heading into part time study and applying for plenty of jobs for next year!
The kids are growing up soooo fast! Bubba Pete is heading off to Prep next year and Moo is heading off to high school! Lenny has just turned 14 and J-Man 10 (makes him too old for Santa in this house...hehe), Corky 11, Amy 6 (and excited to be heading into grade 2 next year...doing REALLY well with her school work, too, I might add!), Mickey is 3 (NOT looking forward to Bubba Pete heading off to school next year, coz they are soooo close!!) and Will is 18 months! they grow up WAY too fast!
And that is about it! Just a quick catch up today! I have HEAPS to talk about - kid- and crafty-wise!
I HATE being sick!! And the last few days have just reaffirmed my position on that stand. I PLANNED to get a whole heap of study done, but that flew out the window Sunday afternoon, when it was really apparent that I was sick with something and not just suffering from a hangover (which I would be blowed to put a cause to, since I havent touched a drop of alcohol in nearly 4 weeks!!).
Sunday I got out of bed at my usual time, but was back in bed feeding Will at about 7. I woke around 9 feeling a lot better, but not totally. I pushed through til lunch, but went to bed as soon as the younger ones went, themselves.....not to resurface at ALL!! My throat was KILLING me and I couldnt swallow properly; my head was aching like it was about to explode; and my whole body was aching, so I just wanted to lie there, sleep through it all....tempting death from starvation, if it came to it! Come midnight, though, I was up and taking some pain killers...finally!
Monday was a public holiday, so there were no chemists open or doctors and that meant relying on what we had at hand here or what we could get from the local corner store. It was a terrible day, which involved me sleeping lots and the kids and Pete screaming at each other - mainly because, I think, he cant handle ALL (yes, we had J-Man and Corky last weekend) by himself!! Oh! We also had Pete's nephew (a troubled 15 year old), so there was someone else to add to the mix! They all survived....all in one piece by the end of the day, so that was good!
Tuesday, shops, doctors and schools were open, so off we went for the morning drop off run and I headed to the doctors! Turned out I had TONSILLITIS!! I spose I still have it, but she gave me some really good antibiotics that have kicked the sucker in the ass and showed it on its merry way! Just cant drink with them, though....had myself a small Bundy Rum the other night (as sort of a celebration drink) and felt the effects only 1/2 way through it! Next time I will put on my thinking cap and have a caffeinated coffee or something!
Yesterday was a great day! I got most of the study done that I wanted to get done on the weekend, surfed the internet a little for some things and just generally spent time to myself! It is great to do that, when you arent sick! I had the boys at home today, but tomorrow I will be in town, spending some money at the new Lincraft store!! Well, for some of the day, anyway!!
Photo of the day!!
This was taken with my phone camera, so the quality isnt too great, but it looks fantastic as my wallpaper on my phone!! Gives me a little chuckle every time I look at it! Mickey is such a little dork!
Sunday I got out of bed at my usual time, but was back in bed feeding Will at about 7. I woke around 9 feeling a lot better, but not totally. I pushed through til lunch, but went to bed as soon as the younger ones went, themselves.....not to resurface at ALL!! My throat was KILLING me and I couldnt swallow properly; my head was aching like it was about to explode; and my whole body was aching, so I just wanted to lie there, sleep through it all....tempting death from starvation, if it came to it! Come midnight, though, I was up and taking some pain killers...finally!
Monday was a public holiday, so there were no chemists open or doctors and that meant relying on what we had at hand here or what we could get from the local corner store. It was a terrible day, which involved me sleeping lots and the kids and Pete screaming at each other - mainly because, I think, he cant handle ALL (yes, we had J-Man and Corky last weekend) by himself!! Oh! We also had Pete's nephew (a troubled 15 year old), so there was someone else to add to the mix! They all survived....all in one piece by the end of the day, so that was good!
Tuesday, shops, doctors and schools were open, so off we went for the morning drop off run and I headed to the doctors! Turned out I had TONSILLITIS!! I spose I still have it, but she gave me some really good antibiotics that have kicked the sucker in the ass and showed it on its merry way! Just cant drink with them, though....had myself a small Bundy Rum the other night (as sort of a celebration drink) and felt the effects only 1/2 way through it! Next time I will put on my thinking cap and have a caffeinated coffee or something!
Yesterday was a great day! I got most of the study done that I wanted to get done on the weekend, surfed the internet a little for some things and just generally spent time to myself! It is great to do that, when you arent sick! I had the boys at home today, but tomorrow I will be in town, spending some money at the new Lincraft store!! Well, for some of the day, anyway!!
Photo of the day!!
This was taken with my phone camera, so the quality isnt too great, but it looks fantastic as my wallpaper on my phone!! Gives me a little chuckle every time I look at it! Mickey is such a little dork!
Well, this is Will's due date (according to the doctors!). How he has proven us ALL wrong!! LMAO. Just goes to show that a baby will come when he/she WANTS to come! I thought I took some photos of us this week, but cant seem to find them, now!! Oh well....trust me - he has not grown too much for anyone to tell!
Pete is due to take off on Monday to do some drilling jobs for his Uncle out west! So, the kids and I will be spending a couple of days to ourselves - YIPPEE!! This means that he will be away for some of the holidays and we will have Corky and J-Man for some of that, so we will see how things pan out for us! I might get left home with 8 kids all to myself! Wont THAT be fun? LOL. Luckily, my ex-SIL is planning on surprising the kids with a small trip up here, so she will be here to help me out!
My Uncle Steve (my Dad's youngest brother) and his missus and kids have made their way up, today! They are staying across the road at Dad's this weekend and then looking at heading into town for the next couple of days and staying at Nana's place. The only problem is that Uncle Steve suffers from bouts of asthma and Nana's house is close to QAL and gets all the dust and stuff and it aggravates it! Hope he doesnt have any problems on this trip!
Pete is due to take off on Monday to do some drilling jobs for his Uncle out west! So, the kids and I will be spending a couple of days to ourselves - YIPPEE!! This means that he will be away for some of the holidays and we will have Corky and J-Man for some of that, so we will see how things pan out for us! I might get left home with 8 kids all to myself! Wont THAT be fun? LOL. Luckily, my ex-SIL is planning on surprising the kids with a small trip up here, so she will be here to help me out!
My Uncle Steve (my Dad's youngest brother) and his missus and kids have made their way up, today! They are staying across the road at Dad's this weekend and then looking at heading into town for the next couple of days and staying at Nana's place. The only problem is that Uncle Steve suffers from bouts of asthma and Nana's house is close to QAL and gets all the dust and stuff and it aggravates it! Hope he doesnt have any problems on this trip!
Well a week has come and gone and little Will is basically in his own little routine! Just fantastic! I cant believe how well we have all adapted to each other and how he has fitted his own little self into 'us'! Of course, I am not counting on him staying in this routine....give him a couple of months and it will change! Here are some photos of the kids with him at the hospital.
Not much done, this week....not even housework! Oh, well, you get that, hey? Problem is....my sciatica has returned and I am unable to sit for long periods of time....and stand, for that matter! But, I expect it to go when my hormones settle down, again, just like last time (when I was preggers with Dominic). It is just a PITA, though! Quite literally, but more than that! Sitting on the toilet is even a bother! Gives me a good excuse to go lay down, though, coz that is just about the only way for me to 'reset' it!
My favourite photo of the week!
We are doing well with the breast feeding this time round, too! I am enjoying my full boobs, too! LMAO!! Not the saggy, baggy ones that I have had for soooo darn long! I just hope that I can continue breast feeding him as I am really enjoying it this time round. I feel such a bond with him.....not that I didnt feel it with any of the other kids, but this one is different....probably because he is my last and I have vowed to enjoy him as much as I can! Little piggy, though!! He makes such a racket when he is feeding! Must remember to record it on my phone one day....it is just soooo cute! Great for his 21st....hehe.
Not much done, this week....not even housework! Oh, well, you get that, hey? Problem is....my sciatica has returned and I am unable to sit for long periods of time....and stand, for that matter! But, I expect it to go when my hormones settle down, again, just like last time (when I was preggers with Dominic). It is just a PITA, though! Quite literally, but more than that! Sitting on the toilet is even a bother! Gives me a good excuse to go lay down, though, coz that is just about the only way for me to 'reset' it!
My favourite photo of the week!
We are doing well with the breast feeding this time round, too! I am enjoying my full boobs, too! LMAO!! Not the saggy, baggy ones that I have had for soooo darn long! I just hope that I can continue breast feeding him as I am really enjoying it this time round. I feel such a bond with him.....not that I didnt feel it with any of the other kids, but this one is different....probably because he is my last and I have vowed to enjoy him as much as I can! Little piggy, though!! He makes such a racket when he is feeding! Must remember to record it on my phone one day....it is just soooo cute! Great for his 21st....hehe.
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He has arrived!! Little William David Crane endeavoured to make his way into the world early this morning in the back of an ambulance! Yes, I knew I was in labour (about 9pm last night) and I knew that I should be careful, what with my troubles that I had a couple of weeks ago. But, I didnt think things would progress quite as they would, obviously!
Look how tiny he was, compared to Petes hand!!
Birth STATS:
Weight: 3030gms (6lb 11oz)
Length: 48cm
Head Circ: 34cm
5 fingers, 5 toes, plumbing attached and all in good working order!
As I said, about 9pm last night I knew I was in labour, but contractions were sporadic and there wasnt any real routine about them, so I headed for bed about 11:30 after informing Dad that he would probably be needed sometime in the wee hours of the morning and he headed off across the road to bed, himself. About 2:30am I woke with a seering pain and knew that it was time to head off. Pete rushed off and told Dad and I went to the toilet.....where all the troubles began. I was having another bleed and it was not stopping this time! With each contraction, there was more, so an ambulance was called.
After what seemed an eternity, they showed up and I was on the verge of hysterics.....thank goodness Dad was there, because he put his arm around me and spoke to me in that fatherly voice of his and I soon settled down! Down to the ambulance we headed and into town. Just 3 minutes from the hospital, William decided to make his way into the world and there was no stopping him at all! It scared the shit out of not just me, but the ambulance officer as well! She did really well, though and spoke me through it all and he was delivered safe and sound.....her second delivery since being an ambo!
Pete rushed into town in my car and packed it a little when he arrived at the emergency entrance......the ambulance was there, but we werent in it! Mainly because he reckons it looked like a meat wagon (his words, not mine - my waters had not broken....they broke when he arrived and there was just a little mess in the back - stupid little beds they have in there!)The nurse had to calm him down after letting him in, because he nearly knocked the doors down trying to enter! The look on his face when he entered the room was just priceless!
Look how tiny he was, compared to Petes hand!!
Birth STATS:
Weight: 3030gms (6lb 11oz)
Length: 48cm
Head Circ: 34cm
5 fingers, 5 toes, plumbing attached and all in good working order!
As I said, about 9pm last night I knew I was in labour, but contractions were sporadic and there wasnt any real routine about them, so I headed for bed about 11:30 after informing Dad that he would probably be needed sometime in the wee hours of the morning and he headed off across the road to bed, himself. About 2:30am I woke with a seering pain and knew that it was time to head off. Pete rushed off and told Dad and I went to the toilet.....where all the troubles began. I was having another bleed and it was not stopping this time! With each contraction, there was more, so an ambulance was called.
After what seemed an eternity, they showed up and I was on the verge of hysterics.....thank goodness Dad was there, because he put his arm around me and spoke to me in that fatherly voice of his and I soon settled down! Down to the ambulance we headed and into town. Just 3 minutes from the hospital, William decided to make his way into the world and there was no stopping him at all! It scared the shit out of not just me, but the ambulance officer as well! She did really well, though and spoke me through it all and he was delivered safe and sound.....her second delivery since being an ambo!
Pete rushed into town in my car and packed it a little when he arrived at the emergency entrance......the ambulance was there, but we werent in it! Mainly because he reckons it looked like a meat wagon (his words, not mine - my waters had not broken....they broke when he arrived and there was just a little mess in the back - stupid little beds they have in there!)The nurse had to calm him down after letting him in, because he nearly knocked the doors down trying to enter! The look on his face when he entered the room was just priceless!
He loves them!! I think the photo says it all!! The fabric is just a remnant I bought from Big W a little while ago and he has nearly worn the butt out of them (they get washed and he wears them straight away, again). I took the pattern from an old pair of shorts that fit him and sewed them up in just a couple of hours! Simple dimple and great, because there is no real front and back to them - perfect for him and his toilet training (no worries about putting them on back-to-front!).
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