An interesting week I guess with not a great deal happening...maybe not really all that interesting actually! If you read last weeks entry, you would know that the childrens school was closed due to having 1 positive swine flu case...well we all got messages Monday afternoon saying that the school had now been cleared and the children could all go back the following day...do you think they were impressed? Not at all...although in saying that, with the holidays only have just begun, Yaz was complaining today that she would rather be at school than not do much in the holidays! The children bought home their reports on Friday and I must say, both Ian and I are very impressed indeed with both of them. Their remarks and grades were excellent. I never do doubt that at report time though. I know they are both fantastic kids who are well behaved and do as they're told...at school!
So with them being back at school, the week went back to it's normal self, with normal day-to-day things happening. Ramses had his stitches out on Tuesday and all was good there.
Ian had another week not playing soccer due to his knee...did I mention last week that he had injured it again, this time it flared up quite significantly? I think it did. Anyway I think he is taking it for what it is and being sensible about not playing on it...still can't get him to the Dr.s about it but I will. It's unfortunately only a matter of time before it becomes a permanent pain in the bottom for him. His ear infection seems to have also settled right down which is good. So apart from the knee, no real complaints with Ian and no other news really. He's still just doing his same job and being the wonderful man that he is.
Yesterday I went to the Mind, Body and Spirit Festival with Nicky and we had a great time. I could have spent soooo much money but all I bought was a mood ring for Yaz and I and some heat packs for work. I also got Bailey an Earth ball and unfortunately couldn't find anything for Ian...not his type of thing! We enjoyed wondering around looking at all the different stalls with crystals, jewellery, body products, books, courses, candles etc...with some very unique characters. I got spiritually blessed in the way of healing and we went into a couple of seminars where we meditated and had some kind of medium-ship done...nothing too extra-ordinary though. It was great though but the whole time all I could think about was if Ian had gone and how much he would have laughed at what and who was there with his wise cracks etc...Unfortunately I had this in mind when I was meditating and had to control myself so that I wouldn't laugh out loud!
Yaz had a soccer match yesterday afternoon which they unfortunatley lost in. It was quite chilly at the ground and since I had come straight from the festival I was only dressed in a 3/4 length dress and boots and wasn't warm enough at all so I took Bailey home just before half time where the hot chocolates and marshmallows came in very handy!
Today has been a mega chill-out day and we have done nothing, apart from some housework...but I am still in my pj's and it is 5.30pm...bliss! I was supposed to go grocery shopping but I will do it tomorrow instead. Mum arrives tomorrow morning so we all can't wait for that. Have to be up at 5.00am though! That will be interesting as I never see that time of day! I will hopefully have some photos to put up next week of our time with Mum.
On a final note, we would just like to wish the beautiful Jade a very Happy Birthday and hope you spent the day doing everything you wanted to do. Love ya xxxx
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
SWINE FLU HITS!
As the title reads, Swine Flu has hit our community. The outbreak over here is spreading like crazy. There is no way it can really be contained and now we are in the midst of all of the hype. The first we knew about it was Friday afternoon. I was at work, just finishing with my last client of the day when I got a message telling me that the kids school was being evacuated as there was 1 reported case of a student, positive to the flu. The school is now closed for this coming week, which leads straight into the school holidays the following week, so all in all, the children now have 3 weeks off school! They're not worried in the slightest, although Yaz is a bit eager to get some exam results back and their school reports were supposed to come home, but apart from that, they're pretty much cheering! In saying all of that though, Bailey wasn't allowed to play Rugby today as the children are now supposed to be in quarantine for the next week. Yaz, however, was allowed to play in her soccer match yesterday, as long as none of the school students showed any signs of the flu. I am not sure what will happen with work this week as I guess Ian and I are considered to be at risk now too, but we are all fine with no symptoms at all but I guess if I make my clients aware that my children MAY have been exposed, then it is up to them to make their own decisions about being at risk. I personally don't see what all the hype is about. I know it is a bad flu but there is only 1 reported case of death over here at the moment and that was because the poor man had other immune deficient problems at the time. Really any flu is risky and this is just another type we now have to try and fight. I will have to phone Bailey's swimming tomorrow to see if he is allowed to go there. There are so many schools closed at the moment due to this and if that many people are at risk, then it's useless trying to contain it because there are too many communities already exposed. Half of the time people that have it don't know they've got it anyway! I know of so many people that have been ill lately with sore throats, bad colds, chills etc...but just stay at home and rest it out. Even the local hospitals are saying it's ridiculous with all of the panic and are telling people not to bother going into them, which is what we've been advised to do by the Government. In saying all of this though, I do pray that there are no more fatalaties and I do hope my personal point of view isn't too blaze about it all, as if it so happened that I got it, I would probably end up in hospital due to having a very low immune system, which of course I don't want to happen. We'll see what the next couple of weeks brings but there's no point in panicking anyway. Mum is coming up next week by train and she said she will be wearing a mask all the way up. I told her that she is coming straight into Swine Flu territory so maybe she will be masking it the whole time she's here?
As you can guess I am sooooo very excited about having Mum come up. She arrives next Monday morning around 6.30am in Brisbane, so it will be a very early start for us. Can't wait!!!!
So apart from the Swine flu news, I just want to congratulate my cousin Matt in England who won the U.K Royal Mail Award last Friday! We are so very proud of you as it is a huge achievement. Well done.
Also I would like to wish Dad Laslett a very Happy Fathers Day for today in England! I hope you had a relaxing day surrounded by your wonderful family getting spoilt!
I would also like to congratulate my beautiful friend Nicky for graduating from college and is now a Massage Therapist! Well done to you and I know you will LOVE this industry! You'll be a guaranteed success!
Ramses went to the vet during the week just for a check-up. Alls good with him and his stitches come out this coming Tuesday. So just 1 more day of struggling with him to get him into his carry cage...I always come off second best!
Ian was at the Dr.s this week too! Now you know Ian's not well when he actually asks to get an appointment with a Dr.! He has been suffering on and off for a few months with terrible ear aches. He got some prescribed drops for it a while back and has been using them occasionally when it flares up but it got to the point where he was in quite a bit of discomfort and pain, so anyway, it's still basically the same infection that keeps on coming back and he has to use the drops constantly, even when he doesn't feel any discomfort for a while until it is completely cleared up! Glad it was nothing else anyway. He seems to be on top of it at the moment.
Apart from that, the only other thing we have done this week is we went to Nicky and Seans for lunch today which was lovely. We ended up playing trivial pursuit, boys against girls...boys won! Didn't they make us know it too! It was fun though. We ended up playing a bit of cards afterwards too until it was time to come home.
So I'm not really sure what this week brings apart from Ramses getting his stitches out. On the weekend though there is a Mind, Body and Spirit festival in Brisbane which Nicky and I are going to. I am really looking forward to that actually. I'm in my element surrounded by all of that type of stuff!
Hope you all have a happy and healthy week anyway xxxx
As you can guess I am sooooo very excited about having Mum come up. She arrives next Monday morning around 6.30am in Brisbane, so it will be a very early start for us. Can't wait!!!!
So apart from the Swine flu news, I just want to congratulate my cousin Matt in England who won the U.K Royal Mail Award last Friday! We are so very proud of you as it is a huge achievement. Well done.
Also I would like to wish Dad Laslett a very Happy Fathers Day for today in England! I hope you had a relaxing day surrounded by your wonderful family getting spoilt!
I would also like to congratulate my beautiful friend Nicky for graduating from college and is now a Massage Therapist! Well done to you and I know you will LOVE this industry! You'll be a guaranteed success!
Ramses went to the vet during the week just for a check-up. Alls good with him and his stitches come out this coming Tuesday. So just 1 more day of struggling with him to get him into his carry cage...I always come off second best!
Ian was at the Dr.s this week too! Now you know Ian's not well when he actually asks to get an appointment with a Dr.! He has been suffering on and off for a few months with terrible ear aches. He got some prescribed drops for it a while back and has been using them occasionally when it flares up but it got to the point where he was in quite a bit of discomfort and pain, so anyway, it's still basically the same infection that keeps on coming back and he has to use the drops constantly, even when he doesn't feel any discomfort for a while until it is completely cleared up! Glad it was nothing else anyway. He seems to be on top of it at the moment.
Apart from that, the only other thing we have done this week is we went to Nicky and Seans for lunch today which was lovely. We ended up playing trivial pursuit, boys against girls...boys won! Didn't they make us know it too! It was fun though. We ended up playing a bit of cards afterwards too until it was time to come home.
So I'm not really sure what this week brings apart from Ramses getting his stitches out. On the weekend though there is a Mind, Body and Spirit festival in Brisbane which Nicky and I are going to. I am really looking forward to that actually. I'm in my element surrounded by all of that type of stuff!
Hope you all have a happy and healthy week anyway xxxx
Sunday, June 14, 2009
In stitches...
Well this week has bought poor little Ramses into the all important headlines...He has had to under go a little operation, due to being beaten up...again! Poor little thing. After being cooped up for the long weekend at the cattery, he came home and just wanted some freedom. So after spending an hour or so inside, he then ventured outside, late afternoon...and didn't return home until around 11.00pm! Very late and very naughty!!!! It wasn't until the next day that I noticed that he had a slight limp and a stiff neck, which I tried to massage out. I began my search over his body to try to find out what was going on but he kept flinching when I got to his front leg. As much as I tried I could only very slightly glimpse some pinkness on the inside of this leg, knowing that it was a wound of some sort. The next day he didn't even ask to go outside and was very quiet indeed and still wouldn't let me go near him. I held him down a little just to see again what was going on and this is when I noticed a big flap of skin hanging down and his muscle underneath exposed! I was completely horrified! Anyway, to cut a long story short, he had been in another fight obviously, went to the vet who then scheduled him in for the follwoing morning to get his wound cleaned and stitched up. During the operation they also found a few other scratches etc...over him. All went well though and he now has about 5 stitches in his front leg but obviously feeling alot better for it as he's playful again and back to his usual self. We have now banned him from going outside until mid-morning, and then out no later than 4 or 5pm. He doesn't seem to have an issue with this at the moment...
Bailey is one happy little camper today as he finally got some tickets to see the WWE wrestling when they tour in July. He has been devastated that we never got tickets initially for him and I think has looked on-line every week since to see if any more tickets had been released. Due to his enthusiasm and not wanting to give up, he asked to check again this morning and thinking that there would be no different result, he went on and came rushing in to us a million miles an hour, eyes as wide as anything, saying that there were some tickets available NOW! I double checked and he was right. I don't know if they released some later tickets but we were able to get 2 tickets to the wrestling...in which Ian insisted that I go this time...don't think it was his 'cup of tea' last year. The tickets aren't brilliant but the fact that he is going is enough for Bailey...looks like I'll be going to the wrestling...never in a million years would I have seen this day coming! Although I think at that time, Mum will be up visiting so I could always send her along?.....joke!
As you guessed, Mum is making plans to come up in the next two weeks. This is going to be like Xmas to me as I've really needed her in my life so much lately, more than usual. She will come up for the school holidays, probably for the two weeks hopefully. Although I feel bad as the first weekend, Bailey and I will be at the Wrestling on the Sunday night and then the following weekend Yaz and I are going to French and Sauders on the Saturday night! Ian is left to be the perfect, gentlemanly host...which I have no question that he would be any different anyway. I think Mum also wants to see how I am as she knows I haven't been that well lately so she has been worrying about me, which I know is only natural but I certainly don't want to stress her in any way. She is happy that she will be here when I go to my Haemotologist appointment in July. In the meantime, since I am kind of freaking out about getting a bone marrow test, I am trying to boost my immune system up by obviously eating extremely healthy but also taking some supplements to help me along the way too. I met up with a friend during the week whom I haven't seen a great deal of lately and she basically told me how I have been looking very drawn and pale and tired for a while now, which I am hearing from quite a number of people. I am just over being like this and hope that whatever is causing this will all be over soon, not just for my sake but for everyone around me sakes.I am thinking positive about it and know that it will all be O.K. At least now I have a month of not being prodded or scanned etc...so I think this little medical break will do me the world of good!
Ian has a niggling knee injury...again! Due to playing football Friday night. It's swollen up as usual and is causing him alot of discomfort...again. He really needs to see someone about it as it's not going to get any better any time soon, or at all as we think it's wear and tear cartilage damage. Something not to be taken lightly. We are like an old married couple at the moment with our little medical stories and aches and pains. I'm just hoping that we go through it all now and then live a very happy and healthy life after all of this is sorted out!
Both of the children are fine...touch wood...the way things are going I don't want to jinx them!
Since moving into this house, there are things that I realise that I haven't unpacked yet, like my 'birthday diary'! I know it's all boxed up still in the garage...with about 20 other boxes still piled up...so if I happen to miss anyones birthday or be late in sending anything, I apologise sincerely. I'm hoping that this hasn't happened yet but if it does then it just means that I haven't come across my book yet and I can't remember everyones exact birthdays...I used to but not anymore...it's Ian now reminding me of them and that's very unusual!
Anyway, I think that's all that really happened during the week, apart from the usual work, school, sport etc...One week I will have nothing to write about as everything will be uneventful, no medical worries, no dramas...just a normal week at a normal pace...don't know when that week will be but it will be soon...and then you'll find me raving on about something totally irrelevant just to make a weekly entry...I shall look forward to that week x
Bailey is one happy little camper today as he finally got some tickets to see the WWE wrestling when they tour in July. He has been devastated that we never got tickets initially for him and I think has looked on-line every week since to see if any more tickets had been released. Due to his enthusiasm and not wanting to give up, he asked to check again this morning and thinking that there would be no different result, he went on and came rushing in to us a million miles an hour, eyes as wide as anything, saying that there were some tickets available NOW! I double checked and he was right. I don't know if they released some later tickets but we were able to get 2 tickets to the wrestling...in which Ian insisted that I go this time...don't think it was his 'cup of tea' last year. The tickets aren't brilliant but the fact that he is going is enough for Bailey...looks like I'll be going to the wrestling...never in a million years would I have seen this day coming! Although I think at that time, Mum will be up visiting so I could always send her along?.....joke!
As you guessed, Mum is making plans to come up in the next two weeks. This is going to be like Xmas to me as I've really needed her in my life so much lately, more than usual. She will come up for the school holidays, probably for the two weeks hopefully. Although I feel bad as the first weekend, Bailey and I will be at the Wrestling on the Sunday night and then the following weekend Yaz and I are going to French and Sauders on the Saturday night! Ian is left to be the perfect, gentlemanly host...which I have no question that he would be any different anyway. I think Mum also wants to see how I am as she knows I haven't been that well lately so she has been worrying about me, which I know is only natural but I certainly don't want to stress her in any way. She is happy that she will be here when I go to my Haemotologist appointment in July. In the meantime, since I am kind of freaking out about getting a bone marrow test, I am trying to boost my immune system up by obviously eating extremely healthy but also taking some supplements to help me along the way too. I met up with a friend during the week whom I haven't seen a great deal of lately and she basically told me how I have been looking very drawn and pale and tired for a while now, which I am hearing from quite a number of people. I am just over being like this and hope that whatever is causing this will all be over soon, not just for my sake but for everyone around me sakes.I am thinking positive about it and know that it will all be O.K. At least now I have a month of not being prodded or scanned etc...so I think this little medical break will do me the world of good!
Ian has a niggling knee injury...again! Due to playing football Friday night. It's swollen up as usual and is causing him alot of discomfort...again. He really needs to see someone about it as it's not going to get any better any time soon, or at all as we think it's wear and tear cartilage damage. Something not to be taken lightly. We are like an old married couple at the moment with our little medical stories and aches and pains. I'm just hoping that we go through it all now and then live a very happy and healthy life after all of this is sorted out!
Both of the children are fine...touch wood...the way things are going I don't want to jinx them!
Since moving into this house, there are things that I realise that I haven't unpacked yet, like my 'birthday diary'! I know it's all boxed up still in the garage...with about 20 other boxes still piled up...so if I happen to miss anyones birthday or be late in sending anything, I apologise sincerely. I'm hoping that this hasn't happened yet but if it does then it just means that I haven't come across my book yet and I can't remember everyones exact birthdays...I used to but not anymore...it's Ian now reminding me of them and that's very unusual!
Anyway, I think that's all that really happened during the week, apart from the usual work, school, sport etc...One week I will have nothing to write about as everything will be uneventful, no medical worries, no dramas...just a normal week at a normal pace...don't know when that week will be but it will be soon...and then you'll find me raving on about something totally irrelevant just to make a weekly entry...I shall look forward to that week x
Monday, June 8, 2009
Our weekend away
Today is Monday 8th June and we have just got back from a beautiful long weekend away from up the Coast, at a place called Sunshine Beach. It is such a beautiful, wonderful place that none of us wanted to return, well only to pick up Ramses from the cattery but that was all. The weather for the whole weekend was warm and sunny and perfect, hard to believe we are in Winter really! We stayed in a lovely apartment which was just a short stroll to the lovely beach. We were just 5 minutes out of Noosa which I am now thinking that this is my favourite place on the coast...Mooloolaba coming a very close second. We didn't get up to too much, just spent time on the beach, went into Noosa for a whole day, went out to dinner, went on walks and checked out lookouts along the way. The Friday was our wedding anniversary which is the main reason why we went away. Here are some photos like I promised from last week.
There are loads more so I will add them to the Picassa Album that is linked to this page to your left. Overall our weekend was perfect. Putting Ramses in the cattery was the most stressful part. Ian and I took him down there on Friday morning and as soon as he was put in his little cage, he put his head under the blanket, peeped up, scared with his big eyes bulging, and then his head went straight back under. This really upset me and made me feel soooo guilty leaving him. I was crying and the lady told me I had separation anxiety and not to get upset in front of him as he would feel my emotions. I'm glad Ian was there to comfort me as I was very upset, poor thing. We were so excited about picking him up today and when we got there, the lasy told us that he had his head under the blanket the whole weekend and didn't make a sound! He thankfully ate but just kept to himself. He was very happy to come home, a little bit wary at first but is really settled now and has been back and forth, in and out all afternoon.
The week leading up to our weekend away was very stressful as I had all of those Dr.s appointments and tests etc...I have another specialist appointment this week and am waiting to hear from the hospital as I have to see a haemotologist as my white cells are very, very low and I may have to have a bone marrow test. This is so deja-vu of twelve years ago when I got sick for a few months. Hopefully it will just be another virus and nothing more. So I guess I got a bit overwhelmed with it all and ended up not feeling well enough to work Thursday and Friday, which always makes me feel bad for having to cancel appointments but I do have to look after my health at the moment and be smart about it.
This coming week should go very quickly indeed with it being a short week and will give me some answers with what's going on with me. Will let you know more when I know more. The weekend away was good for all of us for sooo many reasons and gave us all the physical and mental break we all needed. Back to reality I guess now....
There are loads more so I will add them to the Picassa Album that is linked to this page to your left. Overall our weekend was perfect. Putting Ramses in the cattery was the most stressful part. Ian and I took him down there on Friday morning and as soon as he was put in his little cage, he put his head under the blanket, peeped up, scared with his big eyes bulging, and then his head went straight back under. This really upset me and made me feel soooo guilty leaving him. I was crying and the lady told me I had separation anxiety and not to get upset in front of him as he would feel my emotions. I'm glad Ian was there to comfort me as I was very upset, poor thing. We were so excited about picking him up today and when we got there, the lasy told us that he had his head under the blanket the whole weekend and didn't make a sound! He thankfully ate but just kept to himself. He was very happy to come home, a little bit wary at first but is really settled now and has been back and forth, in and out all afternoon.
The week leading up to our weekend away was very stressful as I had all of those Dr.s appointments and tests etc...I have another specialist appointment this week and am waiting to hear from the hospital as I have to see a haemotologist as my white cells are very, very low and I may have to have a bone marrow test. This is so deja-vu of twelve years ago when I got sick for a few months. Hopefully it will just be another virus and nothing more. So I guess I got a bit overwhelmed with it all and ended up not feeling well enough to work Thursday and Friday, which always makes me feel bad for having to cancel appointments but I do have to look after my health at the moment and be smart about it.
This coming week should go very quickly indeed with it being a short week and will give me some answers with what's going on with me. Will let you know more when I know more. The weekend away was good for all of us for sooo many reasons and gave us all the physical and mental break we all needed. Back to reality I guess now....
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Peace be with you!...
This past week has been busy but without too much happening... Monday was Bailey's 1st day in his new swimming class. He is now doing laps, one after the other and I think he found it very tiring, but he did it without having to stop. He was very red-faced at the end though but he enjoyed it too which is the main thing. He also has one of his mates now in his class which also adds to the excitement. Luckily he has a good swimming instructor who is kind but firm and won't allow them to mess about in the pool, not that Bailey would anyway. He always does as he is told!
Tuesday I had a specialist appointment and have been sent off to go for a few tests of sorts which I am off to this week and will know more in the following week. One thing after another...
Wednesday there is nothing in my diary. All I can remember is that Bailey went rugby training in the evening and I ended up in bed quite early as I had the worst headache. Apparently Yaz said that she tried asking me for help with her homework whilst I was in bed and I was like a dragon lady! Sorry Yaz! Don't actually remember too much about that...I was also supposed to go through some stretching with Ian to help him loosen up before his Friday soccer match, but that didn't happen either! I also had to go for some blood tests which left me with a huge bruise as my veins didn't want to be prodded and they had to use a child's needle to get the blood out. Will get the results for these this coming week.
Thursday I met a friend for coffee in the morning and then went shopping for a b'day pressie for another friend, then came home and did the housework and cooked dinner before going off to work that afternoon. Yaz was suppposed to go soccer training but had a headache and ended up staying in.
Friday I worked all day without a break for lunch or even a sip of water, picked the kids up from school and had to do some groceries, then had to rush home and put Ramses in his cage to take him to the vets for his yearly vaccinations which was a drama and I am now sporting some lovely arm scratches! Ian played football in the evening in which they lost 1-0. He came home and told me the score and obviously I wasn't really taking anything in and asked him if he scored...uh der! I do listen...just had an air-head moment...they seem to occur quite regularly lately! He is a little stiff and sore after the game so I will have to try and loosen it all up for him. Bailey came out of school feeling unwell and got worse as the night progressed. He is so cute, when he gets the onset of any cold/flu, he says, " Mum I don't feel well because my nose is hot...", how adorable is that?! That's his way of telling that he's getting ill.
I got a lovely surprise at work though. I massaged this lovely lady, who I have seen before and we got on really well. Anyway, her massage ended up being an hour and a half instead of an hour but obviously I only charged her for the hour as it was me that took my time etc...Anyway, when i finished work, the girls at reception handed me a bag which had a couple of gifts in it. It was from my client who I just mentioned and they were a 'thank-you' for giving extra time and care. She bought me a book we were talking about during her session and some incense. This was just such a beautiful thing to do. Totally unnecessary but it really touched me. Lately I've been thinking and feeling more about Universal enrgy etc...and healing crystals and more natural therapeutic approaches,(or hippy crap as Ian puts it), and this lady is into that also. It really inspired me into delving more into this. All weekend I have been joking around with Ian talking about the Universe and inner-goddesses etc...just to wind him up and he thinks I've lost the plot! We are so chalk and cheese when it comes to beliefs but that's O.K. It certainly makes life interesting. I have had the yearning of wanting to learn more so maybe this is the area I will go in to...I promise I haven't turned wierd or anything and I promise I won't end up in some cult...It's just an area of my life that I've always wanted to explore and expand. I have always been drawn to alternative shops and alternative therapies. I know it's not up every ones alley but that's O.K. too. We are all individuals....
Anyway, moving on...
...Saturday Yaz had no soccer so we just chilled. I did some groceries and went to the video store where we borrowed a whole heap of weeklys. Yaz took some horror films to her friends house that she stayed over at last night. Bailey and I watched one of his in the afternoon. By this stage he was really unwell with a sore throat, fever and extreme dizziness. I messaged his rugby manager and told them that he wouldn't be playing today. Ian did some stuff around the house and fixed the strimmer etc...then had his shower and got ready to go and watch some football match that was on at 12.00am at some guys house. He went to the bottle shop and got his supply. He then got all dressed, shoes on ready to go but had about 1/2 hour wait until he went so he sat on the couch...that was the end of him...he never ended up going anywhere. He was knackered poor thing. So he got changed and Bailey, Ian and I watched another of Bailey's dvd's together and Ian fell asleep. He ended up watching half of the football match on tv afterwards but came to bed at half time. It may have been a different story if Man-U were in the game...
So today was another chill-out day. We all got up mid-morning, I went and picked up Yaz from her friends, went to the shops for groceries...again...and am just about to embark on a mountain of ironing.
This week ahead is kind of exciting as on the Friday we are heading up the coast for the long weekend. Ramses has to go into a cat boarding place. I'm not too keen on sending him there as he's never been to one before but there's nothing else we can do. We tried getting a place where we could take him but the places were booked months in advance. It's actually surprising how many apartments, houses are available for taking your pets too! Definitely something I will look into in the future when we go away. No doubt the week will go quite quickly. I have two medical tests to go to so can't wait until I get those over and done with. The Friday is also our 11th Anniversary so of course Iam looking forward to celebrating that with Ian and the kids...probably stuck in terrible long weekend traffic but we'll be together!
I realise I haven't put photos up for quite some time now so I will make sure we take some over the weekend and put them on here the following week. This blog probably won't get done until maybe the midlle of next week now for all of you die-hard followers...all 1 or 2 of you!...if you dare to come back after my hippy-ish spiel...don't worry everything will be normal I promise. I just want to" heal the world, make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race"...(sorry, wasn't that from a Michael Jackson song?)
Tuesday I had a specialist appointment and have been sent off to go for a few tests of sorts which I am off to this week and will know more in the following week. One thing after another...
Wednesday there is nothing in my diary. All I can remember is that Bailey went rugby training in the evening and I ended up in bed quite early as I had the worst headache. Apparently Yaz said that she tried asking me for help with her homework whilst I was in bed and I was like a dragon lady! Sorry Yaz! Don't actually remember too much about that...I was also supposed to go through some stretching with Ian to help him loosen up before his Friday soccer match, but that didn't happen either! I also had to go for some blood tests which left me with a huge bruise as my veins didn't want to be prodded and they had to use a child's needle to get the blood out. Will get the results for these this coming week.
Thursday I met a friend for coffee in the morning and then went shopping for a b'day pressie for another friend, then came home and did the housework and cooked dinner before going off to work that afternoon. Yaz was suppposed to go soccer training but had a headache and ended up staying in.
Friday I worked all day without a break for lunch or even a sip of water, picked the kids up from school and had to do some groceries, then had to rush home and put Ramses in his cage to take him to the vets for his yearly vaccinations which was a drama and I am now sporting some lovely arm scratches! Ian played football in the evening in which they lost 1-0. He came home and told me the score and obviously I wasn't really taking anything in and asked him if he scored...uh der! I do listen...just had an air-head moment...they seem to occur quite regularly lately! He is a little stiff and sore after the game so I will have to try and loosen it all up for him. Bailey came out of school feeling unwell and got worse as the night progressed. He is so cute, when he gets the onset of any cold/flu, he says, " Mum I don't feel well because my nose is hot...", how adorable is that?! That's his way of telling that he's getting ill.
I got a lovely surprise at work though. I massaged this lovely lady, who I have seen before and we got on really well. Anyway, her massage ended up being an hour and a half instead of an hour but obviously I only charged her for the hour as it was me that took my time etc...Anyway, when i finished work, the girls at reception handed me a bag which had a couple of gifts in it. It was from my client who I just mentioned and they were a 'thank-you' for giving extra time and care. She bought me a book we were talking about during her session and some incense. This was just such a beautiful thing to do. Totally unnecessary but it really touched me. Lately I've been thinking and feeling more about Universal enrgy etc...and healing crystals and more natural therapeutic approaches,(or hippy crap as Ian puts it), and this lady is into that also. It really inspired me into delving more into this. All weekend I have been joking around with Ian talking about the Universe and inner-goddesses etc...just to wind him up and he thinks I've lost the plot! We are so chalk and cheese when it comes to beliefs but that's O.K. It certainly makes life interesting. I have had the yearning of wanting to learn more so maybe this is the area I will go in to...I promise I haven't turned wierd or anything and I promise I won't end up in some cult...It's just an area of my life that I've always wanted to explore and expand. I have always been drawn to alternative shops and alternative therapies. I know it's not up every ones alley but that's O.K. too. We are all individuals....
Anyway, moving on...
...Saturday Yaz had no soccer so we just chilled. I did some groceries and went to the video store where we borrowed a whole heap of weeklys. Yaz took some horror films to her friends house that she stayed over at last night. Bailey and I watched one of his in the afternoon. By this stage he was really unwell with a sore throat, fever and extreme dizziness. I messaged his rugby manager and told them that he wouldn't be playing today. Ian did some stuff around the house and fixed the strimmer etc...then had his shower and got ready to go and watch some football match that was on at 12.00am at some guys house. He went to the bottle shop and got his supply. He then got all dressed, shoes on ready to go but had about 1/2 hour wait until he went so he sat on the couch...that was the end of him...he never ended up going anywhere. He was knackered poor thing. So he got changed and Bailey, Ian and I watched another of Bailey's dvd's together and Ian fell asleep. He ended up watching half of the football match on tv afterwards but came to bed at half time. It may have been a different story if Man-U were in the game...
So today was another chill-out day. We all got up mid-morning, I went and picked up Yaz from her friends, went to the shops for groceries...again...and am just about to embark on a mountain of ironing.
This week ahead is kind of exciting as on the Friday we are heading up the coast for the long weekend. Ramses has to go into a cat boarding place. I'm not too keen on sending him there as he's never been to one before but there's nothing else we can do. We tried getting a place where we could take him but the places were booked months in advance. It's actually surprising how many apartments, houses are available for taking your pets too! Definitely something I will look into in the future when we go away. No doubt the week will go quite quickly. I have two medical tests to go to so can't wait until I get those over and done with. The Friday is also our 11th Anniversary so of course Iam looking forward to celebrating that with Ian and the kids...probably stuck in terrible long weekend traffic but we'll be together!
I realise I haven't put photos up for quite some time now so I will make sure we take some over the weekend and put them on here the following week. This blog probably won't get done until maybe the midlle of next week now for all of you die-hard followers...all 1 or 2 of you!...if you dare to come back after my hippy-ish spiel...don't worry everything will be normal I promise. I just want to" heal the world, make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race"...(sorry, wasn't that from a Michael Jackson song?)
Saturday, May 23, 2009
A Wash Out!
This week has been a total wash out in many ways!
We have had an extra-ordinary amount of rain, causing million dollars of damage in Queensland and Northern NSW. The only positive thing is the once desperate, dry dams are now completely full. We didn't get too affected in the way of damage or anything like that, but the kids school got evacuated in the late morning on Wednesday as the weather conditions were deteriorating and the pathways were flooding and they wanted the whole area to be evacuated as a precautionary procedure. The children were thrilled to bits! I picked them up just on midday and one of the teachers said that they expected the school to be closed for the rest of the week. The weather however didn't deteriorate and it cleared up enough for them to go in for the rest of the week, much to their disappointment. All sporting activities were called off, well for Bailey and Ian anyway. Ian's football wasn't on Friday night and Bailey's game has been called off today. Yaz however still managed to play her soccer yesterday where their team won, 2-1.
Bailey however had two little triumphs in sport this week. On Monday, before the 'wash-out', he had a school sports carnival and he came home with a first prize ribbon and the biggest, proudest smile on his face for winning his 80metre sprint. Then on Tuesday at swimming, he got assessed to go up to the next level and got through, so now he goes into an 'Intro class' as of tommorow, another beaming smile from our little boy. He had a good week.
Tuesday was a school strike as the Queensland teachers stood their ground as they are underpaid compared to the other States in Australia, and so they should as well. The children spent the day at home with me and we just had a relaxing day, in fact I can't even remember what we did. Probably just stayed in our pj's all day...kind of like today. It is 1.30pm and we are all in our pj's still. I love these days! So the kids have had a good week really!
Ian had to battle the rain all week with work though and I must admit I do worry about him driving around, not only in the terrential rain, but the danger of the roads etc...Thankfully he is always O.K. and I am just my normal worry-wort self!
It's been a week where I've been able to watch a couple of dvd's. I have just finished watching 'Australia' for the 2nd time with Yazmin. I am just in love with that movie and cried again in all the same spots. Yaz enjoyed it too but thought it was a bit long...I also watched a dvd that I borrowed from a friend, 'Revolutionary Road'. It was a great movie too, but very sad and tragic.
Thursday night I went to a seminar about another kind of therapy. It was very interesting and I would really like to study it but it's the whole time thing and whether or not I want to stress myself out again and put my family through it too. I didn't realise when I was going through it, just how much pressure I was under when I was studying and working and still trying to run the household and take the kids to sports etc...I can't believe I got through it with my sanity actually. I am at the stage where I feel like I need to venture into something else as there is so much to learn and I think that once you're in this kind of therapeutic industry, you want to know everything there is to help people and I kind of feel a bit bound into just a tiny smidgen of what's out there. I know I can't do everything and I am very content at where my business is at, but I have this unexplainable yearning to do more for people....We'll see what the future brings anyway as I'm sure something will happen if it's meant to!
Friday night Bailey went to his friends for a sleep-over. He had a good night as always and they were up bright and early the next day getting maximum time into the hours they had left until I picked him up.
Last night we had some friends over for an Italian feast. Their daughter Victoria is in the same class as Yazmin, the Italian Immersion program and they will be heading off to Italy with 26 other students next year...can't believe it. I'm glad she is getting this opportunity but I'm not going to want to say good-bye...Anyway, I stayed in all day and cooked! I made a minestrone soup, a traditional lasagne, fettucine bosciaola, chicken risotto and Yaz made her famous and beautiful tiramisu. The only thing that I could really eat was the soup and the risotto as I don't eat pasta, but everyone else got stuck into it. There was so much food and there is still quite a bit left too. It's certainly very filling food! So basically I cooked the food for the girls and their up-coming Italian adventure. The fund raising is just about to begin at the school in many different ways and then everything will get finalised and before we know it, they'll be packing their bags and asking for speding money to hit the shores of Italy!
We are heading up the coast in a couple of weeks over the June long weekend. We are going North about 2 hours up where it's just like paradise. It is our Anniversary over the weekend which is one of the reasons for getting away. The other reason is that Ian hasn't had a break of any sort where as the children and I have been to NSW, so it will just be so nice to have some family time away. Unfortunately we will be missing out on a friends 40th B'day celebration where there are a couple of the girls jumping out of a plane. It would have been great to stand very safely on the ground watching them fall safely to the beach below but I'm sure I will hear all about it afterwards anyway.
I am so looking forward to Mum coming up in a couple of weeks as I'm really missing her at the moment. I miss her all of the time obviously but have been very homesick lately, so she will be welcomed with the biggest open arms and who knows, I may never let her go again!
On a final note, Happy B'day to my dear friend Tanya for the 29th. We wish you all the very best and will be thinking of you and missing you....To all of our family and friends that we are no longer physically around, we love you and really miss every single one of you...please never forget that xxxx
We have had an extra-ordinary amount of rain, causing million dollars of damage in Queensland and Northern NSW. The only positive thing is the once desperate, dry dams are now completely full. We didn't get too affected in the way of damage or anything like that, but the kids school got evacuated in the late morning on Wednesday as the weather conditions were deteriorating and the pathways were flooding and they wanted the whole area to be evacuated as a precautionary procedure. The children were thrilled to bits! I picked them up just on midday and one of the teachers said that they expected the school to be closed for the rest of the week. The weather however didn't deteriorate and it cleared up enough for them to go in for the rest of the week, much to their disappointment. All sporting activities were called off, well for Bailey and Ian anyway. Ian's football wasn't on Friday night and Bailey's game has been called off today. Yaz however still managed to play her soccer yesterday where their team won, 2-1.
Bailey however had two little triumphs in sport this week. On Monday, before the 'wash-out', he had a school sports carnival and he came home with a first prize ribbon and the biggest, proudest smile on his face for winning his 80metre sprint. Then on Tuesday at swimming, he got assessed to go up to the next level and got through, so now he goes into an 'Intro class' as of tommorow, another beaming smile from our little boy. He had a good week.
Tuesday was a school strike as the Queensland teachers stood their ground as they are underpaid compared to the other States in Australia, and so they should as well. The children spent the day at home with me and we just had a relaxing day, in fact I can't even remember what we did. Probably just stayed in our pj's all day...kind of like today. It is 1.30pm and we are all in our pj's still. I love these days! So the kids have had a good week really!
Ian had to battle the rain all week with work though and I must admit I do worry about him driving around, not only in the terrential rain, but the danger of the roads etc...Thankfully he is always O.K. and I am just my normal worry-wort self!
It's been a week where I've been able to watch a couple of dvd's. I have just finished watching 'Australia' for the 2nd time with Yazmin. I am just in love with that movie and cried again in all the same spots. Yaz enjoyed it too but thought it was a bit long...I also watched a dvd that I borrowed from a friend, 'Revolutionary Road'. It was a great movie too, but very sad and tragic.
Thursday night I went to a seminar about another kind of therapy. It was very interesting and I would really like to study it but it's the whole time thing and whether or not I want to stress myself out again and put my family through it too. I didn't realise when I was going through it, just how much pressure I was under when I was studying and working and still trying to run the household and take the kids to sports etc...I can't believe I got through it with my sanity actually. I am at the stage where I feel like I need to venture into something else as there is so much to learn and I think that once you're in this kind of therapeutic industry, you want to know everything there is to help people and I kind of feel a bit bound into just a tiny smidgen of what's out there. I know I can't do everything and I am very content at where my business is at, but I have this unexplainable yearning to do more for people....We'll see what the future brings anyway as I'm sure something will happen if it's meant to!
Friday night Bailey went to his friends for a sleep-over. He had a good night as always and they were up bright and early the next day getting maximum time into the hours they had left until I picked him up.
Last night we had some friends over for an Italian feast. Their daughter Victoria is in the same class as Yazmin, the Italian Immersion program and they will be heading off to Italy with 26 other students next year...can't believe it. I'm glad she is getting this opportunity but I'm not going to want to say good-bye...Anyway, I stayed in all day and cooked! I made a minestrone soup, a traditional lasagne, fettucine bosciaola, chicken risotto and Yaz made her famous and beautiful tiramisu. The only thing that I could really eat was the soup and the risotto as I don't eat pasta, but everyone else got stuck into it. There was so much food and there is still quite a bit left too. It's certainly very filling food! So basically I cooked the food for the girls and their up-coming Italian adventure. The fund raising is just about to begin at the school in many different ways and then everything will get finalised and before we know it, they'll be packing their bags and asking for speding money to hit the shores of Italy!
We are heading up the coast in a couple of weeks over the June long weekend. We are going North about 2 hours up where it's just like paradise. It is our Anniversary over the weekend which is one of the reasons for getting away. The other reason is that Ian hasn't had a break of any sort where as the children and I have been to NSW, so it will just be so nice to have some family time away. Unfortunately we will be missing out on a friends 40th B'day celebration where there are a couple of the girls jumping out of a plane. It would have been great to stand very safely on the ground watching them fall safely to the beach below but I'm sure I will hear all about it afterwards anyway.
I am so looking forward to Mum coming up in a couple of weeks as I'm really missing her at the moment. I miss her all of the time obviously but have been very homesick lately, so she will be welcomed with the biggest open arms and who knows, I may never let her go again!
On a final note, Happy B'day to my dear friend Tanya for the 29th. We wish you all the very best and will be thinking of you and missing you....To all of our family and friends that we are no longer physically around, we love you and really miss every single one of you...please never forget that xxxx
Sunday, May 17, 2009
The Circus is in Town...
Yes, the circus has arrived in town and casuing excitement amogst lots of children...including mine...well not Yazmin as she has a thing against clowns and the circus really isn't cool to go to! Anyway, I got some free tickets through work so Bailey and I went along yesterday and had a great time. His beautiful face just lit up and was wide eyed throughout the whole thing. He laughed and got frightened over a certain acrobatic stunt and was truly amazed by the juggler! It was a good afternoon and his first circus too.
During the week I don't really think much happened, just the usual work, school etc...Yaz came home from school sick one day and hasn't really felt right since. There is a terrible amount of bugs/viruses going around at the moment and people are dropping like flies! I probably will end up taking her to the Dr.s soon just for an overall check-up as she does seem to suffer a lot of headaches. Unfortunately she may have the migraine jean that I have and may always be a sufferer but it still wouldn't hurt to get a Dr.s opinion. I have recently found a new Dr. who seems to be very thorough and on the ball and has helped me a lot. Good Dr.s are very hard to find these days. The natural therapies industry is growing quite dramatically at the moment and I can seriously understand why.
A very big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to DAD Laslett in England! Hope you had a wonderful day and had the day off work? We were thinking of you, as always xxxx
The weekend was quite busy. Yaz had two parties to go to on Saturday. ONe was a sleepover...again, not a sleepover in the fact that they got NO sleep what-so-ever! The parents were knackered the next morning and planned to snooze the day away, which is exactly what Yaz did. She got into bed at 11.00am and didn't surface until dinner time around 6.30pm, stayed up for a couple of hours and then hit the hay again for a good nights sleep. I guess more and more sleepless nights are going to come her way as she grows up...sleepless for us too when she's finally out on the town in just under 4 years! I'm certain I will be 100% grey by then!
We had some friends over for dinner on Saturday night, the first to have dinner with us at the new house. I made some thai food which actually turned out rather tasty! The last time this couple came over I had made a curry and it was disasterous so I think they came with a very open mind but the food was good and everyone enjoyed it. I haven't been able to have a drink for a long time now and I had a couple of wines on Saturday night and I think I'm over drinking. I just don't really enjoy it anymore and I think I consumed more water and coffee than what I did wine! Ian on the other hand made the most of it and him and Mike certainly left a lot of empty bottles on the side for recycling! Still, it's been quite a while since either of us has had an opportunity to drink so one of us had to make the most of it.
Friday night Ian took the night off from soccer and we went to watch the Rugby League at Suncorp Stadium. Yaz didn't come with us...mid you she doesn't come to a lot of things with us anymore...anyway, Bailey and I caught the train into the city and met Ian there. We had a great night getting Maccas for dinner and watching the game. Bailey and Ian went for 1 team and I went for the other so basically I copped it as my team lost. Two against one is never fair! Yaz went to a friends house after school on the Friday and they went to the movies to see 'Angels and Demons' instead.
Tomorrow is a school strike so the kiddies will be at home with me. They are very excited about having a day off.
That's about all I can think of for now. At least I didn't leave it for another week! Take care everyone.
xxxx
During the week I don't really think much happened, just the usual work, school etc...Yaz came home from school sick one day and hasn't really felt right since. There is a terrible amount of bugs/viruses going around at the moment and people are dropping like flies! I probably will end up taking her to the Dr.s soon just for an overall check-up as she does seem to suffer a lot of headaches. Unfortunately she may have the migraine jean that I have and may always be a sufferer but it still wouldn't hurt to get a Dr.s opinion. I have recently found a new Dr. who seems to be very thorough and on the ball and has helped me a lot. Good Dr.s are very hard to find these days. The natural therapies industry is growing quite dramatically at the moment and I can seriously understand why.
A very big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to DAD Laslett in England! Hope you had a wonderful day and had the day off work? We were thinking of you, as always xxxx
The weekend was quite busy. Yaz had two parties to go to on Saturday. ONe was a sleepover...again, not a sleepover in the fact that they got NO sleep what-so-ever! The parents were knackered the next morning and planned to snooze the day away, which is exactly what Yaz did. She got into bed at 11.00am and didn't surface until dinner time around 6.30pm, stayed up for a couple of hours and then hit the hay again for a good nights sleep. I guess more and more sleepless nights are going to come her way as she grows up...sleepless for us too when she's finally out on the town in just under 4 years! I'm certain I will be 100% grey by then!
We had some friends over for dinner on Saturday night, the first to have dinner with us at the new house. I made some thai food which actually turned out rather tasty! The last time this couple came over I had made a curry and it was disasterous so I think they came with a very open mind but the food was good and everyone enjoyed it. I haven't been able to have a drink for a long time now and I had a couple of wines on Saturday night and I think I'm over drinking. I just don't really enjoy it anymore and I think I consumed more water and coffee than what I did wine! Ian on the other hand made the most of it and him and Mike certainly left a lot of empty bottles on the side for recycling! Still, it's been quite a while since either of us has had an opportunity to drink so one of us had to make the most of it.
Friday night Ian took the night off from soccer and we went to watch the Rugby League at Suncorp Stadium. Yaz didn't come with us...mid you she doesn't come to a lot of things with us anymore...anyway, Bailey and I caught the train into the city and met Ian there. We had a great night getting Maccas for dinner and watching the game. Bailey and Ian went for 1 team and I went for the other so basically I copped it as my team lost. Two against one is never fair! Yaz went to a friends house after school on the Friday and they went to the movies to see 'Angels and Demons' instead.
Tomorrow is a school strike so the kiddies will be at home with me. They are very excited about having a day off.
That's about all I can think of for now. At least I didn't leave it for another week! Take care everyone.
xxxx
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