This week

Has been okay, not great, not bad...A few small hiccups such as the flight to Brunei being cancelled altogether! Eek. Kerri popped round armed with her laptop and I knew something was up! We have options to fly 3 days earlier, which I can't as I'm still in Adelaide, fly later which we don't want to as we'll be cutting into precious holiday time or to fly out Sat night and stay overnight in Brunei (hopefully at the airlines expense) and catch the existing connecting flight. So that is what we are hoping to do....will keep you posted on that one!

The wagon is overheating, not losing fluid (I don't think) just bubbling away furiously. Rang Neil and he is booked solid for a couple of days so it's going in on Wednesday. Please let him be able to fix it easily and cheaply as we need it for Friday to head off to Geraldton in. Otherwise it will be 5 go to Gero in the kombi....can you imagine Elliot's reaction to that! Talking of the demon child, he got his report card. Sport A, History, B, Geography B, Maths C, English C and Human Bio a flipping D!!!! Not happy about that one. All comments were the same in that he is nice, polite etc but never finishes anything properly. I feel a bit to blame on this as I have never sat down with him and helped him to projects and things, maybe he doesn't know how to present things properly. :(. He also got his braces off and retainers put on. He has to learn to talk again which is really funny.

Oscar had his first squash lesson with Sonny, bless him. Lee said he did well. Hopefully we have another champion in the making. He did well at is swimming lessons this week and he reckons the teacher says he will get a certificate next time, we'll see. The teaching assistant at school grabbed me this morning and told me what a wonderful child Oscar was (as if I didn't know LOL), how focused, eager to please an mature he is. It's always nice to have someone confirm you have a good souled child. Although I think he has been testing the patience of his Daddy this weekend.

Worked last night instead of tonight so that is me finished till a week on Thursday, oh the joy. Although I do really enjoy my job, I just don't seem to gel with many people there, there are so many chiefs and opinionated, back stabbing people there that I really don't want to get involved which probably makes me seem stand offish and unfriendly. I wish there was a job out there which I loved with people who were just nice people. It will happen, it's out there.

Put the chickies outside yesterday too, poor little cold babies. They had a great time free ranging all arvo though.

So today I am going to mop this darned floor if it's the last thing I do.....off I go!!

Moving on...

It had to happen one day (not today mind you) but we have ordered a new mattress. Should have been here yesterday but they never rang to say it had arrived, so I rang from work today and sure enough it has been there since yesterday, will have to wait till Monday to get it now as I'm stuck here till 6pm! Was soooo looking forward to a comfy sleep, last nights was horrendous!

Lee has had his usual Saturday routine of toing and froing to squash and back. We are going to start Oscar off having lessons with Sonny, he already has a good idea what to do, just hope he doesn't burst into tears when he loses. (like his big brother - who is actually not as bad for the John McEnroes as he used to be).

Met Lynn for a coffee at Dino Jims which was nice, crazy lady who ran the place wouldn't let us have any of the cheesecakes as they were still frozen!! WTF forzen cheezecake rocks! Saw Kerri there and she told me that Richard was off to Bali the next day on his own, it's on his bucket list apparantley :(

Got these cute slipper socks from Coles, they are so yummy, am going to stock up on a few pairs for our UK holiday.

Adelaide Bound

After forking out $420 for 2 front tyres, sob sob. Usual case of only need one really but the guy talks you into getting 2 because you are a woman, anyway then I pop off to the travel agent with Liz to pay for our Adelaide girly trip. Three nights in Sept and off to see Powder Finger, can't wait....

Popped into the health food shop because Elliot's stomach has gone pear shaped again, 2 weeks of study leave basically meant he was sat on his arse, eating rubbish and doing nothing. She said he was basically heading for bowel cancer which was not what I needed to hear, although i know in my heart it's on the cards if we can't sort it out. Came out with some psylium husk pro biotic powder which he has to have twice a day. Explained it all to him when he got home and he was quite compliant which amazed me, hopefully it will continue and we can nail this darned thing.

Skipping and hooping along

Oscar just starting his skipping career

William asked us to get him a skipping rope so he get get fitter and can kick ass at th e upcoming squash tournament (and hopefully shed a few kilos in the process). The whole family is now obsessed with skipping, Elliot is pretty bad, he claims he has never tried to skip before - yeah right - Oscar has taken to it like a pro and William of course has thrown his whole self into it and is trying to do fancy tricks. They can't walk past a skipping rope without having a little go. On another energetic note, I had been reading the live wildly walk lighty blog and became engrossed in Sara and her hooping! So I despatched Lee and Oscar to the shops to get one. For Oscar of course!!!! Anyway I am totally bad, I'm sure I used to be able to hoop when I was a kid - I blame the hoop, think I need an adult one. I will keep trying though.

William being an enthusiastic hooper!

Continung on an energetic note, I have been following this blog and was well impressed by the hooping and all it represented. So I despatched Lee and Oscar off to the shops to get one, for Oscar of course. BUT I totally suck :( I'm sure I used to be able to do this when I was a kid. I blame the hoop (of course), I reckon I need an adult one. Anyway I shall persevere! I hope this post works as I have been messing around for about 90 mins trying to post this entry and I'm over it!

Braces off!!

Good news - Elliot can have his braces removed in a week and a half. He has had braces now for 18 months at a cost of $5500. William and Oscar will also need them so I am prepared to shell out about another $10k, hope the tooth fairy is good to us!

Chris and his family came round for a bbq on Sunday which was nice although the kids were a bit wild. Oscar and Jacob braved the pool but it must have been freeezing.

Chirs is a policeman in Leicester and has been friends with Lee since they were at school. They are on holiday in Perth for 2 weeks.



Had lunch with Belinda from school, Leanne and another mum from Dannys class who has recently arrived from South Africa. She filled us in on the real horrors of living there, not a nice place to be, so sad that it is down to people making it that way. $10 pizzas and a bottle of red - was a lovely way to kill a couple of hours before school pick up time.



Just look at that little face and please note the war wound below the eye. Zane next door threw a car at him, it bounced off his cheekbone and then up to his existing scar on his forehead and made that bleed too. Needless to say, Zane is "not nice" at the moment.

Yoga was lovely today, I really do relish the sessions :)

New additions

A dodgy deal in the school carpark with my neice Kerri and this is what I come out with....2 week old baby chicks, now named Kath & Kim. The school had 10 eggs to hatch and ended up with 5 boys and 5 girls. The poor boys are to be sent back to the company who supplied the eggs due to the no rooster policy in the shire of Wanneroo.

Spent most of the day trying to sort out a heated broodery for them, get food etc. The are plonked in a box in a cage in the middle of the floor at the moment. They are quite chirpy and active. I need to keep them under light for 6 weeks more, seems like a long time and god knows what that will do to my ever mounting leccy bill.

Got Oscar from school, quick hug and a kiss before I have to head off. Work was okay, quite quiet although the hospital itself was chocca, one poor bloke was still in obs from the night before. Such a cool old gent, 81 years old, long grey hair in a pony tail, peirced ear and such a wealth of knowledge, he certainly didn't look in his 80's. Late 60's would easily pass.

Elliot is still suffering with his cold, blocked nose, sore throat, poor lamb. Too ill to even play squash, must be bad.

Credit fraud?? Moi???

Well the day started off in the usual manic hurry up Oscar way, forgot to put the bin out - why did they have to change the day? It was Friday for years and now it's a freaking Wednesday- what good is that to someone who forgets all the time??

Dropped Oscar at school and went off to my yoga class. Yes I have finally managed to start, this is my 4th week and I'm enjoying it very much. Marg, the lasy from Greenwood Yoga who runs the class is excellent, she is older and has such a great voice, very soothing. I wasn't very soothed when she told us to try salute to the sun on our own though, I kept losing my place :(.

After Yoga I went across to the market to stock up on pleny fruit and veg to try and keep my kids healthy and Willia slim. Shock horror my credit card was declined. This has never happened before and the lady said it had expired (06/10), I thought it expired at the end of the month but hey ho. Transpired after 18mins and 37 secs on the phone to NAB that the Fraud team had put a block on it as I did a transaction with UK (Wills squash shoes) which they thought might be dodgy, all good now though.

Went to the post office to get Oscar and Elliots passports sorted (second trip) so that is all done now - huge sigh of relief and nearly $750 later. Oscie had swimming lessons so I took the opportunity to look through a mince recipe book from the library = yum - heaps of great looking nosh with all kinds of mince.

Chris was "supposed" to be coming round so the kids could have a play but another one of Lees great organisational disasters - he didn't. Lee and Elliot headed off to squash, at least Elliot will get some excercise after slobbing around all day.

Am bidding on a candle making kit on ebay, fingers crossed. Have always fancied having a go at making them, I use so darned many so I may save some money and they will be good as pressies if I manage to do it properly.

• Lee at the City to Surf half marathon last year (just experimenting moving photos around)
  

Casualty night tonight, last day off, back to work tomorrow..

Long time no post and nits, nits, nits

Darned pesky horrible things, I could say I have been eradicating nits for the last 5 months and it would be almost true......another note home from school and another round of combing, conditioning and cutting. Will it ever end, will we be the only OAP's in the nursing home with nits? Well me probably as lee seems to be immune to them, probably all the chemicals his skin had absorbed over the years.

Well no point in trying to catch up with everything but the main things are Elliot is now at Mindarie Senior College and likes it although he hardly sees any of his old DC mates anymore which is sad. He is still mad on squash and yearns and longs for decent clobber to pose in. Gave in and got him new trainers yesterday, got Lee some too - both the same - 2prs for $100 so not bad, don't think they are impressed at the thought of having matching footwear LOL.

William has discovered scooting and of course it is costing a small country but at least he is out and about with his mates which is good and normal. School work is an unknown entity and I must make the effort to catch up with his teacher and find out how (badly) he is doing. He is still playing squash and doing really well for his age and had 2 wins, a runner up and a plate award in the tournaments he has been in so far this year. We might be going to Geraldton in July for the state junior championships.

Lees mate Chris (Chris Hayton) is here from Uk for a couple of weeks holiday with his family so Lee is enjoying catching up with him. Weather has been mixed for them but what can you expect for winter.

Oscar is still a gem, started swimming lessons and has moved up to the second class after a couple of weeks so very proud. Speech is coming on, did really well at his recent sessions with natalie and seemed to have master the S thing. I still can't imagine him ever talking normally - his sentences are probably that of a 3 year old. He got a merit certificate at school last Friday for remembering to take pictures of transport in for the scrapbook. Why is it my kids get certificates for lame things like being good at cricket - why can't they get one for just being a genius - am I being a bit greedy here LOL.

And me, well same old same old., still wondering what I can be when I grow up! oohh some exciting news though, me and liz are going to Adelaide in Sept, yes just before we go to UK, bad planning and would only happen to me but we are off to see Powderfinger. Should be a laffff, spending our time wandering around all the hippy places going ooooohhh, ahhhhh I like that. We have such similar tastes in accessories and stuff it's worrying!!!

And a sad note to end on, Lees grandpa passed away at the end of April. He had been ill but it was still really unexpected and shook us all. :(