A laugh!

I'm not sure if you ever read Jessie's site or not, but you have to go read this post....... I laughed so hard that i'm sure my coffee came out my nose!!

6 months gone

Where did the last 6 months go?

I often sit and think about things that i want to write about on my blog, but when i'm sitting here on the computer, my mind goes blank.

I want to talk about the last 6 months of my life - a reflection really.
Our lives have changed so much this year. We've moved states, Scott's changed jobs, Hallie has changed schools, Dani has started school & Lucy has changed homes.

Moving states wasn't as challenging as i thought it would be. It was actually refreshing - a new start. We have dad's family about 45 mins away on the sunshine coast, so we try to get over every month or so, to catch up with everyone. I have a few cousins in Brisbane, but have only caught up with Heidi so far. We also have friends from Cobar, (we all worked at the same mine) they live only 2 minutes away, and we see them most days, it's great to have them here.

Scott started work with a mining contractor when we first got here, but wasn't impressed with the safety at the mine, so applied for a job with BHP, and was hired immeditely. I know this would have been pretty stressful for him, but he'd never show it. That's what i love about him. He doesn't burden me with his worries (unlike me!) He's really ejoying working with BHP, he has a few guys from Cobar that he is working with and the roser is 7 on / 7 off - so he's never away too long!

The next 6 months?
What will it bring? Who knows! I just want to accomplish something before the year is out, that's all


If you got this far into my dribble - Thanks!!!!
My love to you all.

School holidays

Afternoon all...

I get really slack posting when Scott's home, sorry 'bout that.
We've just dropped him off at the airport, and now i'm desperately trying to find things for the kids to do. They're out the back playing with the doggies now that the rain has finally stopped.
We had 2 non-stop rainy days and today is still very cold, but the sun is shining and i don't think there is any more rain forcasted for this week.

Roz asked me yesterday if she could have Hallie at her place for the afternoon, as her daughter Brianna (21 months old) is still in her cast and was getting very lonely playing on her own. So we dropped Hallie off at 12:30 yesterday, then met Roz, Craig & the kids at 5:30 for dinner at the 'local' here in D-Bay. We didn't even know that it exsisted until the other day, it's nestled between the drive-through bottle shop and the plaza. What a find!
The kids meals started from $1.50 - I kid you not... It was a beautiful little feed, and a lovely spot to take the kids, so a big thumbs up from us!
After we all ate, we decided to swing by our house & put the kids into their PJ's and go back up to Roz's house for a 'quiet one'. The kids ALL went straight to sleep and we had a few drinks, then Roz pulled out a deck of cards and taught Scott & I how to play 'Damn it' - it was like a game of 500 (sort of) and bloody hell, I have never laughed so much in my whole life. It was such a great night, we never get to do that.
We packed the cards up and went to bed at 2am, Molly woke at 6:30 & we snuck everyone out to the car and came home. We ran around & did our last minute jobs, then took Scott to the airport.
I am SO tired.... An early night for us tonight.

Hope you are all well. I will plan some 'holiday activities' for the kids and take some photos to put on here. Promise!

Love and sweet dreams xx

The weekend

What a weekend!
It rained all weekend, (which we can't complain about) but it left me with bored, fighting kids!
I tried to entertain them the best I could, but they just wouldn't stop fighting & whinging.
Hallie's going through a little 'bitchy' phase at the moment, i'm not really sure how to handle the situation. She back-chats everything I say & talks to me like I'm stupid - it's a bit hard to take.
I asked her to go and grab the basket of hair stuff today (which contains brushes, spray, hairbands and suncream) and she took the suncream out and left it in the bathroom. I asked her why she didn't leave it in there - her reply (said very sarcastic-like) "You didn't ask for the suncream".
She KNEW that would start a fight - why would she do that?
Last night, I started dinner - the usual rissoles, vegies and mash, and she rips out a tin of spaghetti.
I said "hallie, i'm cooking dinner" - her reply, "it'll probably be yucky anyway, so i don't want it".

Needless to say, she was a very hungry girl by bedtime!

I don't understand why she does this, and she only gets like this when i finally get Dani to listen etc.
So I'm faced with one naughty, one good. Never both at the same time.

It's getting mighty frustrating - mostly because i'm trying to get Molly down for a sleep & it seems like they scream and yell at each other, just to get up my nose. I don't know why - because I can get pretty cranky.?? Oh well. I'm sure Mum will be laughing, thinking it's de-ja-vu with Jessie & I.

Are boys like this? Pinny, did your boys bicker constantly?

Back to school today, maybe that might be the ticket - getting out of the house. Gee, i really hope so.

No photo's for this post - couldn't do much cleaning with the kids cooped up inside all weekend.

Happy birthday Sue-Ellen for the 1st - we hope you had a beautiful day!

Hi -

This week has been very quiet sofar, but tomorrow the calm will come to a screeching halt.
We have a very early morning, getting the kids to school - then off to Chermside (20 mins away) towards Brisbane, for our 'big shop'. Instead of having the whole day to get all our jobs done, we have to shop like crazy people in the morning & get Scott out to the airport by 1pm.
I don't think it'll be too bad, I just hate rushing (and early mornings)

Mum asked me a few months ago, if I could take some photos of where we live. Done.
My next post will be "our house" (right after I do a spring-clean of course)
Any requests? Will I take just the usual views of the front, the back, the kitchen etc?

The kids have their school photos on Thursday. Dani's fringe has 'sort of' grown back. Now she just looks like she's had a really bad hair cut, not like she's caught her hair in a grater. haha.

No plans for the weekend as yet, but the kids are begging me to go out to Amie's again, they have so much fun out there! We might go the following weekend when scott's home too, because he likes to go out there as well.

I'm going to get myself ready for bed now, (how early is it???)
Must be the weather, the kids were all ready for bed by 6!

Night night