I’m back!

Been a crazy few weeks for me here and Justin gave me some advice which I gladly took. I was feeling very overwhelmed with my lot in life and he said “Sometimes you just have to step off the escalator, watch it speed past for awhile, gather your thoughts, gain some perspective, and then jump back on there again”.

So here I am , jumping back into the ‘frantic-ness’ of my life.

Firstly, I have a confession to make. The reason for my poor health is because I am Pregnant!
Secondly, the reason for my poor health is that I was not taking the news so well. This will be my 4th baby, and it took me somewhat by surprise. We had pretty much decided that 3 would be it. I was loving how everything was cruising along, I was in good shape, I was happy working, Holly was starting school and we had a big holiday planned for September while minding my neice for 6 weeks. Seeing that little blue line on the pregnancy tester that indicated positive meant that everything in my world was going to change. I didn’t take it very well. Ask Rach – I was a mess.

So the past few weeks have been a rocky time for me emotionally and physically. I’ve been feeling unwell with monring sickness and feeling crazy with mixed emotions. Basically I thought that I was insane, because I dreaded that people might think that I didn’t want this baby, but at the same time, I just didn’t want to be pregnant right now.

So I’ve worked through a lot of these issues and I started to tell people about the baby. Once I began to let go of the fact that nothing was going to change this situation and come September I would have another child, I began to feel much better about it. In fact I am getting rather excited about it. Today, Rach took me to have an ultrasound. It was the best thing I could have done. To see that little baby, all 2.58cm of it, heart beating rapidly, squirming around, bought a tear to my eye. I connected with it and said a little “hi baby” and now I just cannot wait to hold it in arms and kiss it’s little nose.

Nine weeks down, 31 to go. I’m going to be a mummy and I couldn’t be more thrilled.

I thought I’d better update, but I really haven’t got much to say. I’ve been feeling unwell and really don’t have the energy to do much at all.

Holly Started school today. She looked so grown up, but I have to admit that I am relieved that I now have one less at home and under my feet, especially while not feeling 100%. SHe loved her day in “primary school” and I have no doubts that this will see her blossom into a confident, beautiful girl. I hope she makes friends that are dear to her for the rest of her life, while all the time remaining the lovely little thing that I adore. I am excited about this new phase for myself – new people to meet, tuckshop rosters and school fetes. I love that stuff.

So please excuse my absence of late. I’ll be back when I’m feeling a little better.

Where did the week go? Suddenly is it Friday again and the past few days are a blur. I haven’t blogged for 3 main reasons.
1 – we got our new 106cm Plasma TV and it is just awesome. I am seeing the world in Techniclour!!
2 – I was finishing the epic 3rd novel in the series of Tatiana and Alexander The Summer Garden and Linda was right when she said that she could read about them forever. It was a great book.
3 – too hot, too lazy 🙂

So now I have 2 out of 3 kids having a play at my sisters house (God bless my darling sister) and Jess is asleep, so a good time to tackle the mammoth tag that Julie and Moi have passed on to me. Thanks girls – here we are……………….

What were you doing 10 years ago?
-I was living a great flat with 2 Uni friends and about to start my first proper job as an audiologist. That lasted 5 months (The boss was a sleaze) and I took up a Aud position in my dream job that lasted a further 7 years.
-I was about to get engaged to my beau
-my darling Nanna died and I was devestated.

What were you doing 1 year ago?
– Preparing for preschool, breast feeding a 7 mth old Jess, recovering frm Christmas in Perth, and planning the Carnival that I am an organiser for.

Five snacks that you enjoy?
1 cheesecake yoghurt with museli on the top
2 rice crackers with dip
3 chocolates
4 dried apricots/sultanas
5 prunes

Five songs to which you KNOW all the lyrics?
1 Advance Australia Fair – yes, even the 2nd verse
2 On top of the world – The Carpenters ( i even recorded my own version of this!)
3 Chiquitita – Abba
4 You little Thief – Fergal Sharkey (where did that come from!!)
5 Electric Blue – Icehouse (Ahh, Iva…)

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire?
1 Buy a great big house
2 Share it with my family and friends
3 have an O/S holiday
4 go to a day spa once a week
5 Employ a house cleaner, gardener, nanny, chauffer and cook full time

Five bad habits?
1 Bite my nails
2 can’t say “no”
3 don’t see my friends enough
4 don’t dust
5 wish I were a millionaire

Five things you like doing?
1 walking the dog in the fresh morning
2 getting newsy mail
3 being involved in the community
4 baking
5 drinking good wine

Five things you would never wear, buy, or get again?

1 Stonewash ripped jeans
2 wide elastic tight belts
3 glasses/contact lenses – I had laser eye surgury 7 years ago.
4 commodore 64 computer
5 cassette tapes

Five favourite toys?
1 My Blog
2 new plasma TV
3 3 little girls who live here
4 Rach – she is so funny
5 scrapbooking stuff

Phew, if you got through that, Well Done!

Thanks for reading…………………

I was just reading Rach’s blog entry about letterboxes and it got me thinking about numerology and how the house number can reflect ‘you”. Here is what I came up with-

All numbers have an “energy value” and therefore the number of your house has a certain “energy value” associated with it. Numbers greater than 9 are first reduced to their single form to determine the overall “value”. For example, the number 35 is reduced to a single digit by adding the 3 and 5 together to make 8. So a house number of 8 (or 17 or 26 or 35 etc..) all have the same “energy”.

Number and Positive Aspects
1 Independence, strong minded
2 Sensitivity, working in harmony with others
3 Fun, witty, mental agility
4 Organised, structured
5 Freedom, expansion
6 Home loving, creative
7 Teaching, learning
8 Empowered, in control, assertive, financial astuteness
9 Completion, responsibility, caring, humanitarian

180 I raced outside just now and took this pic of the letterbox. Jessie came with me to see what I was doing, so she hopped on the box to get in the photo. I don’t know why I bother to buy clothes for her – she is always naked/seminaked!!

In terms of the numerology, I live at 116, so that means 8. I guess all those things apply to me. I do the MYOB for our business so that could be ‘financial astuteness’ 🙂 Does anyone else think their’s is right? Rach, you at number 6 is spot on. You are totally home loving and creative!!

I thought I needed a new “summer” look to my blog, so here it is. I love the watermelon banner, so bright and peppy – just like me!!! LOL

The weekend has been a blur really. Swimming, house hunting, movies, lunches and sleeping. I need all the energy I can muster to get through the last week of school holidays 😉

The Plasma arrives tomorrow, or so says the delivery guy. Justin told him it had better be cause his marital status depends on it!! I am totally over watching the black and white – especially when all the great shows start again this week!

OK off to peruse the blogs.

OH PS – I had a frightening experience today. Jess was running around and I was about to put a new nappy on her. I got distracted and the next thing I know she is walking toward me with poo all over her legs, her hands, in her hair and on her face. It was on the walls where she has held on to climb up the stairs and most of it on the new mat in the loungeroom. It was so gross – I am still trying to get the stench out of my nostrils!!

Yes, Thank Goodness It’s Friday!!!!

Our Australia Day was very quiet here at home. Not being up to facing any crowds and the heat, we had our own BBQ, which by the way was so delicious. Yummy marinated lamb chops that were just delicatelty pink in the centre and not tough and hagged like a piece of old leather! The girls asked me to make a “Happy Birthday Australia” cake and Meggie decorated it. What do you think!! It kinda resembles a drunk Koala wouldn’t you say?
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The kids just spent a lot of time getting cool and what better way to do that than by wearing nothing at all 🙂 This is Jessica on the back deck chasing Dash with a bucket.
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I did a bit of scrapping in the evening, inspired by Moi’s abundance of LO’s over the past week. I hand stitched the circles and around the edge. It is a bit rough, but the first page I have done all year 🙂
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Hope Ya’ll have a great weekend.

So I just had this phone conversation with my brother (the one who got married a few weeks ago, just back from his honeymoon)

DB: Had a great time away, but it is going to be a big year.

ME: Oh yeah, why is that?

DB: I’m gonna be a Daddy!

ME: OMG!!!!

She is 17 weeks, due about July 8th. Can they keep a secret or what? She hadn’t even told her mum! They are like the “Vaults” of our family. Next time I have something to keep a secret, I telling them cause I know for sure that they won’t tell a soul!!!

So I am going to be an aunty again. My other brother and his wife are expecting in April, so 2 little nieces of nephews for me this year. YAY.