Freo Fun

Liz and i spent a girlie weekend in Freo, yayyyh. We had a funky little room right in the middle of Freo, so easy to pop in and out of for toilet stops. We spent the first day doing the op shops and book shops. We found a wonderful Moroccan cafe with the most amazing decor and food. I will be taking Lee back there this weekend when we are down for the squash tournament.


In the evening we did a bit of a pub crawl to get to Little Creatures where we had dinner. A quick play on the swings on the way back..


and a good 15 mins watching all the weird and wonderful forms making their way into the local nightclub. Back at our room we finished our bottle of wine and I passed out! Not pretty.



Felt pretty groggy the next day, swear someone had poisoned my drink. Managed to mope round the markets and have coffee at our new cafe before heading back to normalisation. Think I might give up this drinking lark cos it ruined my Sunday for sure :(

This week...

We have that moving house bug again, the paintbrushes are out and the doors are finally being finished off (4 years later). We have been wandering round Old Quinns whimsically gazing at the lovely old homes and shacks. There is a house for sale which we have nicknamed "the 70's house" which needs heaps of work doing to it due to the fact that it is still in the 70's but hey that would be vintage now, which i love so it can stay. :) Anyway it's too expensive but we can dream.....i'm still holding out for Margaret River or Bussleton at least!

William had another bad will incident where he rang me in tears asking me to go to school because the head teacher had confiscated his scooter. Of course he wasn't riding it when she saw him zoom past the window :(. I got it back but he's not allowed to take it to school and he was in tears with his fists clenched getting angrier and angrier when she spoke to us, to the point where he stormed off. I don't know how to get through to him and help him sort it all out in his too mature but still a child head.

Caught up with Lynn and endured gross coffee which was a laugh.

Gardening wise have planted some carrots, garlic and leek. Peas and beans that I put in are not doing a thing! have been saving my egg shells and crushing them to put round the seedlings to keep those darned squidgy sluggy things away. My pumpkin plant is rambling well but flowers are just dropping off.

Work are looking at changing our shifts, I about blew a gasket because as normal no communication, just have a look at this roster! They want a 3pm start (can't do) and every second weekend, can't do unless I give up CW and loose money. I also loose my 8 days off with 4 days being my longest break. Needless to say it was a crap shift and I spend most of it with a bright red face getting redder every time someone mentioned it. The next day was much nicer when I had got over it. I have to take it as an opportunity to make things better or make a change. I've emailed her and told her what i can and can't do.

Liz is off to margaret river with wendy.................wahhhhh not fair.

Elliot has finished his exams, all 2 of them, he has been bowling, at his mates and up to moore river, he is sure getting out and about, not sure if there is a 'special" girl yet. A few "friends" but like he'd tell me anyway...:(

An adventure to the recycling centre

my friend Liz and I go on a series of "adventures". Today we headed off in Ozzil to the Balcatta tip and had such fun rumaging though a plethora of treasures. There was even a coffin there for god's sake. One of those made out of fibreboard - of course it has to be environmentally friendly. We were too nervous to take a peep inside but I wish we had!

I ended up with a hockey stick (so we can play with Oscar), Army wellies for my little man, a Christmas decco, and a light fitting to replace the one I broke in the dining area. $10 which is quite expensive really, would have been $5 max at Tamala Park.

After that excitement we headed off to Leederville for coffee in a funky cafe called Greens, had a lovely chicken and avocado toasted sarnie and the smallest coffee I have ever seen!

In the evening Lee and I went to the ballet, yes that is correct, the ballet. I have always wanted to see a ballet and it was on my bucket list (in fact the only thing on my bucket list). Hartac are sponsors of the dancer Darryl Brandon so we got free tickets (result). It was a modern production called Helix which has to do with the DNA structure. He is a fantastic dancer. Lee managed to stay awake and enjoy it so I was very impressed.

I take it back

Bad Will is back, got an email from his teacher to say he'd been involved in an incident last Friday (like 5 days ago!!!) where a girl was hit by another girl and a group of them (Will included) had all been egging her on. I am so disgusted and ashamed. Of course he denies any major part but where will it all end. He needs to get his act together....2 kids got suspended, hopefully that is enough to make the others realise their actions have serious consequences. By the way the girl is okay, just a bit of a scuffle but that's beside the point.

The last few months

God I am crap at this.....Since I last wrote I have

Turned 44.....not good but past caring, I got an IPod so that makes it all okay.

Elliot has turned into a proper teenager and has started partying and drinking

William has been bad Will but seems to be good Will again

Oscar needs to have a plate in his mouth and one of thse horrendous head appliances to fix his jaw.

William needs braces.

Lee has gone slightly deaf.

Got some new chicks

Built new rabbit/chick/guinea pig enclosure

Been to a pscychic party - my Dad came through so gay Peter reckons

Been to a gardening workshop with free food!!

Have put a deposit on a holiday house to go back to UK next year for a month

Still Dreaming of moving to Margaret River

It's finished

Yep the laundry is finished (photo to follow) and it only took 3 weeks which is a record for Lee! Still needs a lick of paint but that's it. Very pleased.

So what's been happening, not a lot except William being in trouble at school, and doing a turnaround into a model student, long may it continue..

Elliot has a "girlfriend"! She is the one responsible for the 2009 texts he sent in December! He says they are not an item, just friends which is just as well cos William informed me she was only in year 10!

Last shift of 5 at work today, yawnn. got a few good days planned so hopefully will have some photos to post.

Lots of my seedlings are ready to pot up, but what exactly can I do with 8 million basil plants, since that is the only thing that seems to grow. The vege patch at the back it just crap, nothing grows in it. I really need to get my compost bin producing quicker.

Oh and Japan......what's happening, so sad. Can't help thinking the world is on it's way out. Maybe that's why my veggies aren't growing.

New Laundry

So excited, we are putting cupboards into our Laundry area.. yayyyyyy.. so easily pleased. Will now have somewhere to put heaps of stuff that's crammed into spaces here, there and everywhere..hope Brian stops peeing in there though!