Christmas Roundup! Part 2

Part two of my Christmas Roundup..enjoy some pics people!

Umm..this is the way to the supermarket..!



My new baby guineas (keets) and their mumma..



My sick wet baby who I dried back to health with my hairdryer..she is doing well today..fingers crossed she will be fine..

Christmas Roundup! Part 1

What a busy, amazing time we have had. So much so, I need to do a huge Christmas, Boxing Day roundup to fill you in......and I'll do it in point form to make it enticingly easy to read!

- After a long busy week at work, I finished my shopping late on Christmas Eve, staying up late to finish wrapping and setting out the presents on behalf of Santa. This year, we left him milk and fruit cake and he left us many crumbs.

- Christmas Day was wonderful..the kids opened their presents in the morning and were so excited. I must say, Santa had exceptional shopping skills this year...

- We enjoyed a lovely hot Christmas lunch at The Hubbsters parents house, and more presents followed. We tamed it down this year and they didn't get along of things, but enough to satisfy and keep them busy. We want the kids to understand that Christmas is not only about gifts but it is a time for family, for togetherness and for giving........

- As we drove home in the afternoon, the creek crossing was coming up, we drove through it okay but we could tell it was rising. The Hubbsters parents managed to come out through the crossing for tea and get back home safely...

- Boxing Day saw us completely flooded in..the crossing was nearly a metre high in water, and it was flowing fast. We were stuck at home all day with the rain.....It's been raining for most of December and the area surrounding our town is in flood.....there is water everywhere.

- The water level at the crossing was up and down most of the day Monday, and today we are stuck at home again..with too much water across for us to get to town. It's sausages, eggs and chips for tea as that's the last of the Christmas shopping!!!!

- As we drove up the driveway on Christmas Day we saw a mumma guinea fowl and her brand new clutch of babies....they disappeared into the long grass..we were very worried that they would die in the rain..so the next day we spent the morning looking for them.

- We found them and walked them up the driveway in the pouring rain to their warm dry cage, where they are now dry and fluffy and happy.

- Today I have a sick guinea, she was on her back in the corner with her legs jerking in the middle of death throes......This is the baby that the mother bird stepped on...she has a sore wing and is very poorly.....I picked her up and wrapped her and dried her with my hairdryer!!! and put her back in the food dish in the cage with the other babies. She is looking better now and managed to get across to sleep under her mummys tummy with the other babies so at least I've given her a chance to survive.

- We are sick of the rain, and being flooded in, the kids are going stir crazy, I've got cabin fever but we had a really good, happy Christmas.

Part 2 of my Christmas Roundup will be posted tommorrow with photos to accompany the above!

Naomi from Seven Cherubs and I have an exciting "thing" happening soon. It's not in the classical way where prizes are awarded, but there will be plenty of healthy competiton. Stay tuned for details because we will both be winners in the end!!!!

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Christmas Eve

The presents are wrapped. The shopping is done. The kids are in bed and the cake and milk is waiting for Santa.

I have some time to reflect on the past year, the good and the bad, the sadness and the pain and the amazing times we have had.

I always feel very mellow and dreamy on Christmas Eve. It's another year over, and especially this year, I wonder where the time has gone. Wasn't it just yesterday my baby started Prep, I started my new job....and we hoped to be closer to moving into our new home.

It's been a busy year. I did start my new job, the kids all had a place at school in Prep, Grade 2 and Grade 4, we worked on the house, but didn't move in, the girls were busy with dancing, Mr C played football, I got pregnant and lost my baby.......I'll just take a moment.....

This last event pretty much ruined the year, I lost enthusiasm for a lot of things....I am sure I have had what is known as situational depression.

I should be exactly 32 weeks pregnant tonight..but I'm not...and it hurts.....

But I move forward as I always have...I am so blessed to have The Hubbster, my 3 amazing, beautiful healthy children, a wonderful place to live, friends and family who are awesome...shall I go on??

I have so much that I want to do next year..but that's another post.

I find it hard to put into words how I feel tonight. So I'll just let John do it for me.......

Yeah Baby

It's been a strange couple of days. Christmas came out of nowhere and hit me smack bang in the middle of my forehead with a stamp that says "you are completely not organised. Have fun shopping on Christmas Eve.

- ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha".

Then we had a big electricial storm on Saturday night. As I carried a frightened Miss T (aged 5) out of the kitchen into the shed to make a run for the loungeroom, the shed was struck by lightening. Great timing, thank you thunder Gods.

We saw and felt the arc and the flash and the sound of a gunshot and maybe me peeing my pants, and Miss T was screaming as well, so it was a really fun Saturday night Not.

Of course we had a huge blackout and no internet for 24 hours which nearly sent me around the twist. But I fixed it because I'm such a tech geek. It was a problem with the router which I had to troubleshoot and reset.

Then I decided to go Xmas shopping yesterday and right in the middle of Best n Less the power blacked out, so there I was standing in darkness in the mens underwear section. I'm just glad I wasn't in Coles with a full trolley load of groceries, because THOSE shoppers looked really bit pissed off....

We had our work Christmas party on Friday night and it was a Hollywood theme, complete with a red carpet to strut, and paparazzi...it was so much fun. I decided to go as Felicity Shagwell from Austin Powers (yeah baby) and after seeing these photos, I'm seriously considering going blonde because I really had more fun.

Here's me with Audrey Hepburn
And with the mad hatter
And me looking extremely statuesque, which is trick photography as I'm only 5'2. I'm with the plastic surgeon to the stars..
Here's me with my FIL channeling Ben Kingsley (Gandhi).
Me again with our plastic surgeon
Oh here's me with Hugh Hefner. His playboy bunny is around somewhere
Here's me with the boxer from Million Dollar Baby
Here's me with Jane (Tarzan was here somewhere)
Here's me with Ozzy Osbourne


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Writers Workshop

This weeks writers workshop - I've decided on prompt number 2....

2) Describe yourself in five words. Choose one, and write a poem.

1. Mother
2. Tired
3. Stressed
4. Grateful
5. Blessed

The words above are my poem:-

Mother
Tired, stressed
Grateful...blessed.

I'm tired all the time. I have bags under my eyes, kindly pointed out to me by my son as told here. I should go to bed earlier but I'm a nightowl and I cannot change...

I feel stressed alot of the time. Most of it is self inflicted because I let things get to me. I have a bad case of motherguilt, especially when I have my period because I turn into an unreasonable crazy witch and I compare myself to others......

There are days when I can't even believe I am a mother and I have 3 children. I look at them and really wonder how on earth they came to me..

I am so grateful to be given this chance, and to have these children to look over.

I feel so blessed that these three little birds call me mama...



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Pimping for Votes

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Mother and Baby

I thought I'd bring you a little treat....I know my overseas readers will especially appreciate these gorgeous photos of a little visitor right near our clothesline yesterday. Look closely for something special....

Wonderland

I'm sitting in the dark with a glass of wine..watching the AFI Awards. I'm relaxing. I'm chillin'.

I've had a very busy week and the washing is behind and the house (shed) work is behind and the kitchen is a disaster but I don't care because the dance concert is over...and it was a success!

The months (literally) of practice..of routines..and costumes... and the week of rehearsals prior to this event today...is worth every bit of blood, sweat and tears that I have shed...and I have shed blood.....pricking my fingers while sewing straps on a ballet costume.

This year the concert was called Wonderland..the story of Alice...in Wonderland. I am so glad that my girls dance with this particular dance studio.....the choreography, the set design...the imagination.....

Today was the first concert for Miss T (aged 5) and she did beautifully......she was so gorgeous..she had a teeny tiny bit of stage fright..but she danced on and looked like she was having a ball.........

Miss D (aged 9) danced in her 3rd concert..and performed as the March Hare.

She danced her jazz solo as well as acting in the Hatters Tea Party as well as dancing in the irish, ballet, jazz, contempory and cabaret groups......

There are really no words to describe the feeling of watching your child performing on stage..I get so excited and nervous and proud and teary..all at the same time.

There are many parents of the opinion that dance concerts and similiar are a no no for kids..that the hair and makeup and rehearsals are detrimental to a childs development??

Well boo hoo to them....my girls are agile and flexible and healthy and fit..they work as part of a team and are creative and clever...and above all that..they have fun. We wouldn't do it if it wasn't fun......

I felt deflated this evening and Miss D said something to me that made a lot of sense..she said :- "Mum, you know when you look forward to something for a long time and when it's over, you fell kind of....sad....that it's over....well that's how I feel now.."

And that's exactly......how I feel......

Last week controlled chaos

It is nearly 11pm and I am just (relaxing) with a cup of tea before I turn in for the night.

We had our first of 4 late nights of dance rehearsal - we were at the studio today as we will be tommorrow. Thursday and Friday we will be at the Entertainment Centre..and it's a full hair and makeup dress rehearsal Friday night.

It's so exciting...Miss D and Miss T were awesome - but very very tired. We got home at 9.30 pm and I put the kids to bed along with Mr C who had a "boys" dinner with The Hubbster.

I got the kids sorted so they have a good nights rest, then I tackled the chores. I:-

- washed up and tidied the kitchen

- emptied and washed out lunchboxes

- unpacked school bags and sorted through tonnes of "stuff" from school = as it's the last week and they are bringing so much home

- wrapped a secret santa present for school tommorrow

- emptied bins and took rubbish out

- unpacked, sorted and repacked dance bag all ready for tommorrow

It's the last week of school, so we also have the swimming carnival tommorrow, the school concert on Thursday and I have to also go to work. Plus every night dancing. I already wrote that....I'm tired. I'm off to the land of nod.

One for Mummy

I just put the kids to bed and Mr C (aged 7) comes out and seriously says "I just don't feel like going to bed at this stage"....

As I walked him back to bed I said seriously "Well love, I don't feel like entertaining you all night at this stage"....

To Do List

My Getting My Shit Together or November To Do List was a success. I didn't complete all of the required chores that were listed, and I didn't think I would, but I did alot of things and caught up ready for December. Here's the list with the items completed crossed out:-

Clean out the fridge. Seriously
Make my dental appointment
Update kids 5 year books
Order 2011 calendar
Exercise
Write that school letter
See school re above letter
Spend birthday voucher (6 months old)
Do up budget
Take one child to dentist
Clean out the freezer
Scrape tape marks from front new house doors
Write up calendar including dates from school newsletter
Read book to give to daughter re puberty
Clean out my wardrobe and drawers
Get some sleep
Start Christmas shopping
Spring clean kids clothes cupboards
Totally clean out bathroom cupboard
Organise Christmas envelope stickers
Buy Christmas wrap, tags, ribbon
Write up Christmas cards from me
Make Christmas cards from kids to their friends
Make and/or buy Christmas gifts for 3 teachers
Read Princess Bitchface so I can handle my tween
Get brand new sewing machine out of box and go to lesson
Clean out oven
Catch up on reading Southern Vampire Mysteries
Clean and sort out pile of crap on computer desk
Organise photos - save to disk
Organise videos - save to disk
Clean out bar fridge
Sort pantry
Clean and organise kitchen cupboards
Make kids job charts
Sort out manchester cupboard
Spring clean loungeroom
Sort out bookcase

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You look so great today!

Good morning lovely people.

You look good today . Actually you look amazing, so fresh and ready to take on the world.

Have you lost weight?? Wow!

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