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!

Arthur or Martha...?!?

......is how I would describe myself at the moment.


I can't remember if I have mentioned that the FDC that I was/wasn't/not & now I AM doing again!
See? Arthur or Martha!!

The CDO of my local scheme is regularly in at the restaurant, & kept on at me about sending in the final paperwork.

With knowledge that my parents in law were opening another restaurant, it was decided that I would take on some extra work there, & I had scrapped the idea of daycare, totally.

But, now its back on.

I am sure I will be kicking & cursing myself when I am ears deep in books from Certificates I will need to complete regarding FDC, but, the more hectic my life gets, the better I seem to handle things...go figure!

Tonight, we are having the staff opening at the new restaurant which I am pretty excited about!
We will test out the ovens with some pizzas & have a go at our bar area, (no,not get pissed!!) & meet the new waitresses employed for that store.

Looking forward to catching up with my Sunday-shift girl (that sounds rude!) outside of work...she is such a sweetheart, we are both looking forward to kicking back tonight.

Today is a teacher stop work thingo, so, the kids have a later start...11am.
Too bad I fucked up & still woke them at 6.30am huh!!

Now...off to haggle with a PHI broker...wish me luck.....