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3 kids later and I've still got it....

feeds@yuku.com (Three Butterflies) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:22:57 GMT

I went to see Hilltop Hoods on friday night, had the best night in a long time. They sounded great, I danced up a storm and just let loose.

I went with M, though he sat down a lot of the time as he has a hernia that he's waiting to get treatment for, so standing for prolonged periods can take it's toll on him.

So I'm dancing around, enjoying myself and I draw the attentions of a few men in the crowd..... at one point M comes over like he's staking his...

School uniform - WTF?

feeds@yuku.com (Lin) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:19:01 GMT

I just looked at the school uniform price list and noticed this note: "Only Even Sizes can be supplied (ie. no size 5 or 7 for example)"

WTF?!

Is it too much to ask to get a uniform that somewhat fits? Size 4 is going to be short for Ella but there is no way in hell I am sending her to school in size 6 clothes which will be waaaay too big for her! I'm pretty peeved at not...

Being accused of discrimination

feeds@yuku.com (A and CO) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:30:30 GMT
One Second (the safe driving campaign) has been part of a driver education program for people convicted of drink driving since the beginning of the year. The programs are 10, two hour sessions held one night a week and One Second runs one of those sessions in each program. When One Second came on board one of my conditions was that people were not to repeat one of my sessions. If they'd completed the One Second night before then they were not to do one again - meaning repeat offenders...

Nat

feeds@yuku.com (xClancyx) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:20:32 GMT
Hey Nat, I know your trip is coming up very soon - who are you flying with? I'll be interested to hear all about your trip. I'm thinking of heading to US and Canada pretty soon, and there seem to be some great deals from Australia, especially with V Australia. But Hawaii looks outrageously expensive from what I can see.

Happy Birthday to Lani's DD!

feeds@yuku.com (A and CO) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:26:22 GMT
And happy birthing day to you, of course, Lani!
Hope you both have a wonderful day in celebration of four big years old!

My sister is in labour!

feeds@yuku.com (u2msdc) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:11:15 GMT
I got a text at 7.10am from my brother-in-law saying they were at the hospital because my sisters waters broke last night. So it looks like bub number two is keen to get out of there. She was due on the 18th of November along with my sister-in-law.

I haven't heard anything since, but I just hope all is going well for her. It is times like this where Mackay seems like a whole other world away. I wish I could be there for her. Fingers crossed it all runs smoothly! DD and I...

Working on Sunday

feeds@yuku.com (Lin) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:53:31 GMT
We're doing a partial upgrade of our system on Sunday and so I'll be working from home. I used to do that occasionally before Ella was born but hadn't done it since! My new managers are a lot more careful about letting admin staff work outside of normal work hours and I didn't have access to the backend. But now I have a citrix token which should allow me to log into my desktop remotely. I'll try it out tonight. I'm quite excited about it actually. And my manager even...

UnAustralian

feeds@yuku.com (natalex) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:12:16 GMT
What's with the hype over Halloween? As far as I'm concerned it's un Australian to celebrate it. It's not an Australian tradition and I wish it would go away.

Stepdad: the end

feeds@yuku.com (Lin) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:53:55 GMT
My mum sent me an email to say that they just told my stepdad that he would not recover and they've now applied for palliative care.

It makes me very sad for both of them, but I know that neither of them would've coped at all with him being ill long-term, so in a way it is kind of a relief for me too. And palliative care will be so much better than the hospital or even him being at home with my mum still too ill herself to care for him properly.

I feel quite bad...

Swine flu

feeds@yuku.com (natalex) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:00:32 GMT
I have just come back from having the vaccination. I was freaking out while waiting and in the end it was ok. Barely hurt at all.

I had no intention of having the vaccine at all except that I'm travelling and do not want to be sick for that and the US apparently has a huge number of cases, so better to be safe than sorry.

Things need to turn around

feeds@yuku.com (jeanie34) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:43:18 GMT
Went to the midwife yesterday for a checkup. All measuring fine, everything hunky-dory, spot on for 33 wks 5 days - except the darned thing is the wrong way around...

So - doing all that exercise and threatening the floors with scrubbing to try and get it to turn around.

It did try really, really hard during the night - I was awakened by a big shower of rain (excellent as it is so dry here) and I swear the poor little beggar was trying to get hand- and toe-holds to turn,...

Sarah

feeds@yuku.com (natalex) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:23:41 GMT
Hi Sarah and welcome back. I'm sorry things didn't work out with the ex. There will be brighter things ahead instead.

Bloody blisters

feeds@yuku.com (natalex) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:21:23 GMT
I'm trying to get out and do some more walking in preparation for all the walking I'll do while on holidays in a month. The problem is, every single time I go for a walk I get a blister. Always on the second smallest toe on each foot and sometimes in other places too. I have good joggers. This should not be happening.

Today I put on some bandaids to see if that would help and got the same result I always do when I do that. Blisters on the other toe, the middle one where...

N-e-e-d w-i-l-l-p-o-w-e-r (shopping addict)

feeds@yuku.com (Lin) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:47:12 GMT

I've been thinking for a whole year about buying a new tent. I can now get it for $295 online, it's $425 at the camping store. I am needing all my willpower to not buy it, but I don't need it and soon I'll have to pay an extra $150 a week when my tenant moves out permanently.

I also finally checked my tent which I had left outside - in its bag - for weeks at one stage when it rained every other day.

Counting down

feeds@yuku.com (Lin) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:34:01 GMT
We're going camping in the national park for 5 days next weekend. And I've been watching the weather forecast again since 2 days ago. For Wed it was 'rain developing'. Then yesterday I saw it was 'rain increasing' for Thurs. So I was expecting the worst. And then tonight it had 'mostly sunny' and 26 for Friday, the day we're leaving. Woohoo! I've so been looking forward to this trip and there's quite a few other people coming, so I would not cancel...

5.30pm

feeds@yuku.com (natalex) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:39:44 GMT
I got home at 5.30pm today. Woo hoo. I've had so many late nights lately and I'm exhausted but the boss left early so I did too. It is so nice to be home at a normal time. There is daylight left and it's not a rush to get everything done.

D'oh!

feeds@yuku.com (Lin) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:51:04 GMT
I used my auction sniper to put a bid on an icebox on Ebay. And then completely forgot that I did that, didn't check my email and bought another one from an online store!

So now I have 2... I'll compare them and then flog one. I bought both for an excellent price.

Camping up North - Sophie?

feeds@yuku.com (u2msdc) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:01:43 GMT

D and I are going to take the three kids north in the new year for a couple of weeks. We have decided to spend the first week at my sisters (camping in their yard) in Mackay, so that we are close to the Barrier Reef and other places we want to explore on day trips.

After that we want to head south an hour or more (on the way home) and spend about a week camping as close to the beach as possible. We want to find places to explore with the kids that are fun and kid friendly, but...

Babysitting

feeds@yuku.com (u2msdc) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:58:22 GMT
I get to pick up my nephew tomorrow from my Mum's. Mum and Dad picked him up from Mackay last weekend and brought him back to give my sister a break before bub number two arrives in around 4 to 5 weeks. Mum says he has had a lovely stay with them so far and as of tomorrow he is coming here for a week. I am really looking forward to having a toddler in the house again. Apparently he is nearly toilet trained (well potty trained). I get to borrow the paddling pool for him and the pram,...

Aaarrrgghhh: Holiday decisions.

feeds@yuku.com (Lin) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:38:17 GMT
I was all set to spent 2 weeks at Mystery Bay like last year. Now Ella's godfather sent out an invite to join him at this place at One Mile Beach just North of Newcastle. There's going to be at least 3 people we know (and whom Ella adores too) and probably at probably at least another 2 good friends when they decide tomorrow. It looks like an ok place and the ocean would be a lot warmer. We have an invite to spend Xmas with friends 30 mins drive from Mystery OR 30 mins drive from One...