I've been ... TAGGED!

I've been tagged by Sally!
I've not been tagged before, I don't think!


1. Where is your cell phone? In my bag...on SILENT! OOOPS.
2. Where is your significant other? Work.
3. Your hair color? A mix of blondish chocolate foils
4. Your mother? At work.
5. Your father? At his house..probably gardening.
6. Your favorite thing? Happiness
7. Your dream last night? Not sure...can't remember.
8. Your dream/goal? For my children to be happy & successful in their lives.
9. The room your in? Office
10. Your hobby?Reading, professional beach bum... :)
11. Your fear? Something happening to my kids.
12. Where do you want to be in six years? Not paying as much for bloody fuel....um, not sure!
13. Where were you last night? At work
14. What you’re not? Tall
15. One of your wish list items? A Pandora bracelet!
16. Where you grew up? Tweed Coast
17. The last thing you did? Hung washing!
18. What are you wearing? Pink singlet & bikini bottoms...(keep getting in & out of pool!)
19. Your TV? Roary the Racing Car
20. Your pet? Bunny
21. Your computer? Laptop heapa shit!
22. Your mood? Relaxed
23. Missing someone? My mum
24. Your car? Suzuki Grand Vitara XL7
25. Something you’re not wearing? Shoes
26. Favorite store?Tempt & perfume empire
27. Your summer? It was hot, hot, hot
28. Love someone? Mostly lol
29. Your favorite color? Pink
30. When is the last time you laughed? At Jayden...he was watching the Woolies ad where the little girl makes a "jewel" necklace with fruit...he says everytime he sees the ad.."Thats my girl!"
he loves her!!!!
31. Last time you cried? Wednesday....was so sick of the shit in my life!
Im okay now... ;)

Another Birthday.

Our precious girl celebrated her 12th birthday on Wednesday.
Each year that passes, I always am amazed at how fast the next one has come around.

It truly does feel like yesterday, that we discovered we were having her!
And here she is, ...so smart, so beautiful, so independent & grown so much.

She is a popular girl among her friends....they report that she is the "caring one" of the group...she will sit out of a game to keep an injured mate company, even if she really likes whats going on!

She is so beautifully natured, she has such a huge heart, which also enables her to be wounded easily...

Her future is so bright...she will be whatever she sets her mind to....then some!....I know it.

As much as I don't want her to grow up too....I am looking forward to her becoming a young adult, & sharing in her life, as she chooses her own path.

I will always be there...ready to share in her excitements, disappointments, triumphs, or just be a shopping buddy!!

No matter how old she gets....she will forever be my baby girl.

Happy Birthday Tylah.

I am so proud to be your Mum. xoxox

(Now some pics!)

Our baby girl, 8 weeks old.


Taken last year.

Cupcakes!!

"The Girls"...pool party on Wednesday!

Mother & Daughter

Clever Little Man

We have a very clever little boy on our hands, with Jayden.



He has a keen interest in numbers, & can recognise any number from 1-10.



Out shopping, was when he first amazed us.

It was before he was 2 years old, & he looked up from the trolley, with eyes wide & said, "Look Mum! Its 4!" as we entered aisle number 4.



I had put that down to memorising them from a television show, Numberjacks, which he is an addict of!



When we got home, we went with it...I was excited to see how much was just recognition.



Well....I gave him a handful of cards, fom 1-10.

Not only did he point out number 6...he turned the card upside down & said, "Now....9!" back the other way again, "Now...6!".... & again, "Now...9!" til he gathered that yes, Mum does get the drift!



Colours & numbers are his thing. He loves to show just how clever he is.

He is the same with colours; can tell you any colour you point at.

He loves counting & painting at the moment.

Wonder what he will be into within the next 12 months?....

My team.

Thinking back to when I was a little girl, & my dad was a keen Manly supporter.
I didn't have a clue what the heck football was about, but from a very early age, would get about singing, "Manly are the best!" when my Dad had his mates around to watch a game.

I recall eating a boiled egg, before an athletics carnival that my Dad had proudly on display, with an emblem of Manly on it.
(It wasn't the same one, but was the spiel my dad used to get me amped before the carnival, I guess! It must have worked too...I was a winner that day!)

And he made sure I supported them throughout my teenage years, when asked who I barracked for, I would mumble "Manly, Dad" and roll my eyes with embarrassment.

At that stage, I don't think they actually won many games.
It was not cool to support them.

As I grew older, my loyalty stayed with my Dads team, even though I had a Bronco nut for a husband & son!

A few weeks ago, Jamie looked at me & said, "Hun, I think Manly might go ok you know!" and, seeing as he has disowned the Broncos after their last disappointing match, I suggested that he adopt Manly.

And so he has!

Last night at work, I was partaking in a conversation regarding football when the subject of Manly arose.
I said, "Ooooh! They're my team!"

The customer said, "Yeah, funny how many Manly supporters are suddenly cropping up"
Well!
Fuck you buddy.
I supported 'em waaay back when I was forced too, so...bite that!

My Girl...

What a massive difference it is to our household without our daughter here.

Away on school camp, (They bussed it to Dubbo, Tamworth, & surrounding areas) I am sure she is having the time of her life with her school friends.

How I miss her constant chattering!

Just to hear her, or her music being played in her room, or her clothes strewn over the place.....is a reminder of her prescence!

One more sleep & she will be home....

And while I am on the subject of my Daughter, allow me to ramble, will you?

I always knew I would just have 1 daughter, for some strange reason.

I envisioned what it would be like, to have a little girl with piggytails & all in pink.

(By the way, neither happened...she had not enough hair to put in pigtails & she chose her own clothes from a very early age...usually things identical to her big brother...camo t-shirts, & Batman dress-ups...I kid you not!)

I had imagined her & I would shop together, (a trait she did get from me is being able to shop for hours on end, without a break, except for a stop off at a cafe where we sit pondering our next purchases, while refreshening ourselves with a cool drink) & I have to admit...there have been occassions where Tylah will ask if we can go & get something-or-rather she needs for school, only to get to the shops, & her to grin cheekily at me & say,

"Oh mum, I hope you don't mind...we just need some girl time!" & theres nothing she needs afterall, except to have that one-on-one time with her mummy.

Awwwww!!!

I miss my baby girl.

( I really should stop referring to her as my baby too...she turns 12 next month!)

Busy Day for Birthdays!!

Busy start to the morning today, when I had 3 birthday calls to make!

My sister turns 30 today, my dear friend, Jane, turns 32, & my cousin Rayelene, turned 32 as well, (I think!)

Had been hoping to head up & take Dee (my sister) out to lunch, but my little man is not quite 100%, so I'm not too keen on taking him out.

Dunno what the hell is wrong with me, but I cannot stop feeling bloody tired!

I am eating well, resting well.....I dunno!

Fathers Day was great.

Jamie is a spoilt biatch, I tell ya!

He scored well... Jim Beam radio for work, new Pete Murray CD, Jim Beam car seat covers, (he's a JB collector nut!) new aftershave, & a big ass bag of Darrel Lea chocolate bullets, (so that we could scab some off him & he'd still get a good go at them!)

I also dragged my sorry (that I mentioned I'd do it! HA!) ass outta bed at 5am, people! & cooked him bacon & snags (he's not an egg eater, poor pet went "off" them & coffee when I was pregnant with Jake, & to this day, he hasn't touched since!) hash browns, baked beans & muffins, for the kids to take credit for...LOL.

He was fairly stoked.

I then went to work til after lunch, had a quick squizz around the markets then wandered home.

Bundled up the family, & we went to have lunch out.

I kept telling them I was taking them to KFC, but had intentions of going to Outback Jacks, as I knew Jamie loved it.

I burnt the fuck out of my tongue on these spicy coated friggin chicken pieces that were in my salad..(pig skin salad, as Jake called it, as the edible tortilla bowl reminded him og pig skin! Thanks, son!)

I couldn't believe it when Jake ate it without even making an expression!

(I am still rubbing ice cubes on my bloody tongue...I swear, it has a blister on it!)

Next year, it just might be KFC!

(My beautiful family- pics taken Fathers Day 2008)

Chiro Update

I am finally starting to really feel the benefits of continuing with my chiropractic care plan.
I am really feeling a difference in my neck...(like, no pain at all hardly!) which in turn, has also made me a much happier person to be around!

Jayden comes along for the visits when I attend, & after a discussion on the spine & speech, we decided it could be beneficial to give it a go & see if there is a difference.

(Jayden has had hearing test upon hearing test, speech therapy, & all were reported to be of no concern, but I just feel that something is holding him back, somehow!)

When my Chiro felt his back & neck, he immediately stated how far out it all was, & was more than likely to be caused by his birth.
Jayden also has this... thing...a sound, he makes, kind of deep breathing through his nose.

Billy, (our Chiro) asked me if he drank alot of milk.
(Yes! He only drinks warmed milk, or cold water)
Jayden has had alot of antibiotic treatments prescribed throughout his short life, & Billy isn't happy about that.

We are attempting to wean him from cows milk, & switch to oat milk, which will be waaay better for his asthma, but to be honest, I'm not that confident that he will make the switch, after drinking the full-cream stuff for sooo long!
(I'm comparing to a full-cream'er switching to skim!)
(Tylah is our only non milk drinker,she hates it!, & only sufferesasthma during the flu seasons, whereas our boys are BIG milk drinkers & have many recurring bouts of asthma)

I was always under the assumption that milk was a necessity for growing kids..but, really, humans are the only creatures who continue to drink milk after infancy, aren't we?

A study was done somewhere overseas, (I can't remember where! I'm typing on cup of coffee number 1, this morning!) on 90 women.
Half had drank milk, while the other half had none in their diets.
Osteoporosis was found in more of the women who didn't touch the milk!

I have been slowly reading through this site. www.milk.com & will no doubt, freak myself out with what I will discover!

Anyway, my times up posting, I have a little madman here whose mission is to annoy the pants off me by trying to "help" me type!!!

I will definately make note of any changes from the boy, after his recent treatment (he did sleep like a trooper last night, but then, we had been to the school fete all arvo, where my daughter danced beautifully, but that deserves a post of its own!) & see if it makes a difference!