Well I scored my brother (what I think) is an awesome deal last night on TM. He's moving out on the 20th March. I won him a Queen sz bed, gorgeous head/foot board, and a set of drawers, matching bedside tables and dresser, all for the bargain price of $440.00. Just looking for a free standing mirror now as the dresser doesn't have a mirror.
I'm off to pick up a set of thermal curtains I bought earlier this week, $1!! lol. It's only about 10mins from home, so happy about that. I bought them for the house in Samoa. So am still on the look out for super cheap curtains...
Also scored a lovely bathroom vanity for $5, that's for Samoa, actually mum & dad already have a vanity in the bathroom over there, so this vanity is for the extension that I am will build (hopefully in the nest year :) that my lot can use as a little holiday house :)
On the lookout for a kitchen bench top and sink too and floor tiles for mum's house, gonna tile the whole house.
12:30pm - well I'm back home, picked up the pair of curtains for $1 (score lol) only about 10 mins from home...gawd the lady could talk - I mean it's lovely that's she's friendly, but mate...she went on and on...and on and on....managed to cut loose from her after 30mins I made my way 30 mins over to mangere to pick up the $5 vanity top...another score!! Woo hoo!! Funny thing is...the lady selling it turned out to be the lady who takes the WLS support group...she's a bitter cow - that not many people like, but have become used to. She's one of the first patients to ahve had the surgery under the Counties Manukau program...anywho...she's a failure...I know that sounds really harsh - but it's true and she is!
She's about 3yrs post op. I met her when she would have been 2yrs post op and I couldn't believe she'd actually HAD the op!! I think from memory she was about 130kgs pre-op - and bugger me if she's still the same (if not heavier) now. Seriously...she's is making ALL the wrong choices...now I better stop cos I am describing MYSELF at the moment LMAO. I think though, she only lost 20kgs at first then gained it all back...what makes it worse is that she's in denial!! She reckons that cos she was one of the first patients, that they used a larger instrument to create her 'pouch'...we'll lots of us have complained to the Surgeon and his nurse about her attitude and they have confirmed that if anything he 'pouch' would only be 10mls bigger than ours IF that!!
Anywhoo...the pair of sparkly pink Pulp jandels I bought arrived this morning *yay* they're cute and in new condition, so happy with that :) I've got so many other things that I paid for at the same time, that haven't arrived...maybe they'll arrive tomorrow? I hope so...I REALLY enjoy getting packages in the mail LMAO.
BIL called hubby to confirm if we are still all gonna go out for a family diner tomorrow for SIL's 30th b'day. We're gonna have diner at Fortuna restaurant, Sky City...he even offered to pay for two of our kids (my kids are the only grandkids on hubby's side), which I think was REALLY thoughtful and generous of him, I really appreciate that he even thought to offer...THANKS BIL!! But we'll be ok...I think upto 14yrs they pay $1 for each year of their age, so all good :)
It's the perfect place to take SIL for her b'day though, cos she's a bit of a gambler...so is MIL - thank god hubby and myself are not - we just couldn't afford to!! lol. So they'll have fun after diner, not sure what we'll do though, cos obviously the kids aren't allowed in the gaming area, and I'm not keen to gamble, so I think we'll just call it a night after that...hubby is more than welcome to stay and have drinks with them..but we'll see how the night goes :)
Gift wise, I have bought a top from Wildchild, she's a plus size, she will love this top!! And knowing hubby, it won't quite be enough, so he'll prolly put some money into the card for her...
He's also said he will wash the house tomorrow...yeah right - I'll believe it when I see it mate - oh and btw - I'm on strike...sex strike LMAOooOo...yep - he ain't getting any of this hot mama till he starts doing some work around here LMAO.
6pm - just dropped hubby off at work. I'm NOT in the mood to cook...I'm HUNGRY!! I want something tasty but I don't know what I want to eat - is that dumb or what?? Hubby said he'd cook - well thanks for offering honey but there I don't think there is anything that you know how to cook that can satisfy me right now LMAOoOoo.
He told me to go and get take aways for diner...but I don't know what I want! I just know I crave something super tastey and savoury! So guess what I had...
egg. lol. Well...my own special omelet, egg, spring onion, dash of light soy sauce, garlic, salt and pepper...yep - that was yummy. The kids are happy to have the same or they can have 'whatever' on toast. I'm sure I'm not the only mother in this world that feels like going on strike every now and then!
A mothers work is NEVER DONE!! There is always a load of washing to be done...dishes to be washed, floors to be vacuumed...beds to be made, clothes to pick up off the floor...shit I'm sick of it aye. I'm sick of seeing peoples homes on telly that just look so spotless!! The kids rooms are tidy!! The kitchen and bathroom sparkle!!
I love watching CSI and those kinda programs, how they go into a victims home and find a stray hair...or a single finger print on a table...but I often wonder...if they had to search for clues in my home, they would NEVER solve the bloody case!! There are finger prints everywhere and god knows what else...but you know what - this house is as clean as I'm ever gonna get it...we don't live in a pig sty!! But I feel like we do when I see pictures of perfect homes and kids on telly *sigh*
Anyway...like I said, it never ends. My vacuum is set up in the lounge pretty much 24hrs a day - I vacuum at night when the kids have gone to bed, after they go to school it needs another vacuum...then I turn look at it now (around 6pm) and it needs another vacuum!!! We have black/dark carpet - I wonder if that shows up the mess more? Shit I dunno...all I know is that i can't stand a messy house and I try my best but is NEVER ending and I'm tired of it!
And you can be bloody sure that as soon as I say STUFF IT and let the house go for a day or two...we'll get visitors turn up unexpected...I can't stand that!! So after I enter this blog...I'll be a good wifey and pick up the vacuum again and give it a quick once over...*sigh*
A day in the life...
11pm - well...took all the kids to pick up a couple of bean bags I bought off Trademe...they are 'ok' as is...but should really have a bit more filling added - the outer is AS NEW so a bargain at the price I got them for :)
On the way home we bought some fish'n'chips. I had a whole piece of fish Mmmm.
Am tired...poor hubby though, started work at 6pm, he'll prolly finish at 7-8am in the morning :(
Oh well...I'm tired, so gonna take myself to bed. Didn't do any of the baking that I had planned, but at least Miss 14 got her dates wrong and she doesn't have a sleep over on the other side of Auckland tonight, so that saved me a long drive! I'll do some baking tomorrow...PROMISE!! lol. I need to - start my course on Monday so will have to be super prepared with goodies for the kids lunches otherwise I'll end up super broke buying crap from the shops!!
Nighty night :)
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Cookie Time for breakfast...
Great start to the day huh?? NO!! NO farking will power!! Its like I let the cookie have all the power and it just glided into my mouth...the whole bloody lot of it!!
*sigh*
Oh well...I'm 'emotional' eating at the moment...hubby's pissed me off completely and this is my way of dealing with it. Desperate to start my course so I have have something else to occupy my time and mind with!! I am convinced the weight will start dropping off once I start my course!! I've got wayyy too much time on my hands at the moment, way too much opportunity to get BORED and eat just cos it's something to do!! It's TRUE!!
So...I got up at 6:30am (if my alarm doesn't wake me up, then my FIL's routine 6:30am wake up call for miss 14 will wake me up *grrr!* (he takes her to school each morning)
The kids are ordering lunches today, I usually let them order once a week, but not always.
Oh..and I have just read someones blog where they were considering WLS...but after going to the seminar they have decided against it...cos the surgeon said something like once you are obese 'virtually no one can loose weight and keep it off..." so they are going to prove him wrong...well good on her BUT - statistics speak for themselves!!
I'm not talking about someone who needs to loose 20 odd kgs, I'm talking about people who are well over 120kgs...I swear I only know of ONE person who has been bigger than 120kgs (134kg actually) who has managed to get down to a sz 14 by exercise and diet alone...other than that, I have lost count of everyone else who has struggled...they loose 10-20kgs...feel great then gain it all back again...
So I wish this lady all the luck in the world, but mark my words...1-2 yrs from now, I'm willing to bet $100 she'll still be the same size she is now, and hell I don't even know her...but it seems she has done it before, so no reason why she can't do it again...but then, I'm thinking, who could you have done it before...have surgery to remove excess skin then allow yourself to gain it all back again??
Oh well...we'll see.
12:30pm - got the opal ring I bought off TM last week - another GREAT buy!! I'm starting to get a nice wee collection of gold...which I LOVE!! May or may not sell a couple of pieces later down the track, but a couple of the pieces are just gorgeous and will make lovely items to pass onto my 2 girls when I leave gods' green earth LOL
I've already told hubby and the kids...if I dropped deap tomorrow do NOT bury me with any of my jewellery - just buy some cheap bling bling...I'd rather pass my goodies into the girls to wear, enjoy and think of me...seems a terrible waste to bury me with any ot it lol. Oh n I've also told them to NOT bury me in a white outfit (Samoans seem to love doing that) I've told them to put me into my favourite outfit at the time...at the moment that would be my skinny jeans and a gorgeous white top from Jeanswest - is that wrong? LOL
*sigh*
Oh well...I'm 'emotional' eating at the moment...hubby's pissed me off completely and this is my way of dealing with it. Desperate to start my course so I have have something else to occupy my time and mind with!! I am convinced the weight will start dropping off once I start my course!! I've got wayyy too much time on my hands at the moment, way too much opportunity to get BORED and eat just cos it's something to do!! It's TRUE!!
So...I got up at 6:30am (if my alarm doesn't wake me up, then my FIL's routine 6:30am wake up call for miss 14 will wake me up *grrr!* (he takes her to school each morning)
The kids are ordering lunches today, I usually let them order once a week, but not always.
Oh..and I have just read someones blog where they were considering WLS...but after going to the seminar they have decided against it...cos the surgeon said something like once you are obese 'virtually no one can loose weight and keep it off..." so they are going to prove him wrong...well good on her BUT - statistics speak for themselves!!
I'm not talking about someone who needs to loose 20 odd kgs, I'm talking about people who are well over 120kgs...I swear I only know of ONE person who has been bigger than 120kgs (134kg actually) who has managed to get down to a sz 14 by exercise and diet alone...other than that, I have lost count of everyone else who has struggled...they loose 10-20kgs...feel great then gain it all back again...
So I wish this lady all the luck in the world, but mark my words...1-2 yrs from now, I'm willing to bet $100 she'll still be the same size she is now, and hell I don't even know her...but it seems she has done it before, so no reason why she can't do it again...but then, I'm thinking, who could you have done it before...have surgery to remove excess skin then allow yourself to gain it all back again??
Oh well...we'll see.
12:30pm - got the opal ring I bought off TM last week - another GREAT buy!! I'm starting to get a nice wee collection of gold...which I LOVE!! May or may not sell a couple of pieces later down the track, but a couple of the pieces are just gorgeous and will make lovely items to pass onto my 2 girls when I leave gods' green earth LOL
I've already told hubby and the kids...if I dropped deap tomorrow do NOT bury me with any of my jewellery - just buy some cheap bling bling...I'd rather pass my goodies into the girls to wear, enjoy and think of me...seems a terrible waste to bury me with any ot it lol. Oh n I've also told them to NOT bury me in a white outfit (Samoans seem to love doing that) I've told them to put me into my favourite outfit at the time...at the moment that would be my skinny jeans and a gorgeous white top from Jeanswest - is that wrong? LOL
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
And I just can NOT sleep...
it's 5:30am!! I went to bed at 2am...fell asleep pretty much straight away, hubby got home at nearly 4 (I heard him and woke up), comes to bed at nearly 5am...we start talking...he was talking about feeling unfit, and about jumping on the treadmill...I told him there were things he SHOULD be doing outside that is natural exercise- and that it all helps...such as water blast the house...then asked nicely "So where is the water blaster?" He said one of his uncles might still have it...*HUH?? WTF??* The last time we were supposed to water blast out house, a different uncle had it...and now another one has it?? So again...while everyone else gets off their ass and makes there house nice and clean, our house is FUCKIN FILTHY!!!
So that's why I can't sleep...I just felt pissed off...first of all I'm sick of being woken up in the early bloody hours...I've told him every bloody day that I need to work on my sleeping pattern...have asked him to NOT disturb me when he jumps in bed cos he knows I'm a light sleeper...not only that, but if he comes home at the same time lil bro gets home, they act like it's the middle of the day...they're loud, slam doors...shit.
Anyway, lil bro is moving out on the 20th of March. One of hubby's cousins and his partner have found a house in Pakuranga, and he will be boarding with them. He's very good friends with the cousin. He will have the rumpus room of the house with it's own bathroom and toilet and access to the house, lil bro reckons he wants more Independence...good on him. He does need his own space that's for sure. I hope it works out for him. Money shouldn't be a problem...he makes GOOD money...but he also spends wayyy too much!! So we'll see...I've told him he is more than welcome to move back with us if it doesn't work out.
8am - haven't been to sleep yet, have made the kids lunches, just hanging out with them before they go to school :) I'm starting to feel tired now though, so I'll prolly take my grumpy ass to bed as soon as they go lol.
3pm - just waiting for the kids to come home now. I had a little nap this afternoon...no where near what I needed though seeing as I only got 3 hours sleep last night...*sigh*
Hubby has spent the entire day in bed, he popped out when the kids were just leaving to school...and again at lunch time to eat a whole packet of chips! Otherwise...he's been in bed sleeping...cool huh. NOT. I'm tired of this...he brings my whole mood down and any motivation I thought I had just goes completely out the door.
I can't wait to start my course - I need to get out and be around people who inspire me to do things and get shit done! I don't get that stimulation from hubby...any ideas I have, put forward to him just get a nod for a reply...or if I'm really lucky I'll get a 'that's good'...sometimes I have to complain about the simple nod before I get a 'that's good'...so yeah, I NEED to be around LIVE people...people who know how to encourage another person...
Days like this I just feel like I'm stuck in a hole...and it's so hard to get out, even just trying to stand up and peek out the hole is hard enough...it's sooo depressing...really sick of it. Now the kids are coming home, I'm teary eyed typing this out...the kids will come home and I could very well be crabby to them...but is it their fault? NO. Damn it!! Damn this shit. *sigh*
*wipes my tears - gets myself together and harden up* Be thankful for what I do have, which is four gorgeous kids who love me even though they drive me nuts sometimes ;)
Kids got home and they had ice creams...it was REALLY warm today...I'm not feeling it as much as everyone else around me, but felt really sorry for the kids coming in the house all red, hot and flustered!!
7:30pm - well diner has been had - YUMMY!! Made my own burger patties (usually just use plain mince and shape - or store bought ones) so anyway this time I added some fresh (homemade) bread crumbs, finely chopped onions, tomato sauce, crushed garlic, I think that's it...pretty basic. Two of the four kids LOVED them, the other two aren't onion fans...*take note for next time*
Also made home made potato and kumara wedges...garlic salt...YUMMO!! We ate outside on the picnic table, nice cool breeze...
I'm pretty tired...but I still have a whole chicken to cook for lil bro and hubby...(hubby doesn't deserve to eat!!) lol. But I'm a good wifey and will have a lovely diner cooked for the both of them...would be so easy for me to turn around and tell them to buy some fast food on the way home *I AM ON STRIKE* But I won't...nice huh ;)
OOOhh!!! The three gold items I bought off TM last week have turned up and my gawd!! I am OVER THE MOON with all the items but more so for one of the rings!! It is stunning!! Will post pic later...
which is something I have been meaning to get into...taking more pics to post on my blog - it makes it more interesting huh :) So yeah, the prices I paid for these three items was a complete BARGAIN...so one I will def keep and the other two items I may save for a rainy day ;)
So that's why I can't sleep...I just felt pissed off...first of all I'm sick of being woken up in the early bloody hours...I've told him every bloody day that I need to work on my sleeping pattern...have asked him to NOT disturb me when he jumps in bed cos he knows I'm a light sleeper...not only that, but if he comes home at the same time lil bro gets home, they act like it's the middle of the day...they're loud, slam doors...shit.
Anyway, lil bro is moving out on the 20th of March. One of hubby's cousins and his partner have found a house in Pakuranga, and he will be boarding with them. He's very good friends with the cousin. He will have the rumpus room of the house with it's own bathroom and toilet and access to the house, lil bro reckons he wants more Independence...good on him. He does need his own space that's for sure. I hope it works out for him. Money shouldn't be a problem...he makes GOOD money...but he also spends wayyy too much!! So we'll see...I've told him he is more than welcome to move back with us if it doesn't work out.
8am - haven't been to sleep yet, have made the kids lunches, just hanging out with them before they go to school :) I'm starting to feel tired now though, so I'll prolly take my grumpy ass to bed as soon as they go lol.
3pm - just waiting for the kids to come home now. I had a little nap this afternoon...no where near what I needed though seeing as I only got 3 hours sleep last night...*sigh*
Hubby has spent the entire day in bed, he popped out when the kids were just leaving to school...and again at lunch time to eat a whole packet of chips! Otherwise...he's been in bed sleeping...cool huh. NOT. I'm tired of this...he brings my whole mood down and any motivation I thought I had just goes completely out the door.
I can't wait to start my course - I need to get out and be around people who inspire me to do things and get shit done! I don't get that stimulation from hubby...any ideas I have, put forward to him just get a nod for a reply...or if I'm really lucky I'll get a 'that's good'...sometimes I have to complain about the simple nod before I get a 'that's good'...so yeah, I NEED to be around LIVE people...people who know how to encourage another person...
Days like this I just feel like I'm stuck in a hole...and it's so hard to get out, even just trying to stand up and peek out the hole is hard enough...it's sooo depressing...really sick of it. Now the kids are coming home, I'm teary eyed typing this out...the kids will come home and I could very well be crabby to them...but is it their fault? NO. Damn it!! Damn this shit. *sigh*
*wipes my tears - gets myself together and harden up* Be thankful for what I do have, which is four gorgeous kids who love me even though they drive me nuts sometimes ;)
Kids got home and they had ice creams...it was REALLY warm today...I'm not feeling it as much as everyone else around me, but felt really sorry for the kids coming in the house all red, hot and flustered!!
7:30pm - well diner has been had - YUMMY!! Made my own burger patties (usually just use plain mince and shape - or store bought ones) so anyway this time I added some fresh (homemade) bread crumbs, finely chopped onions, tomato sauce, crushed garlic, I think that's it...pretty basic. Two of the four kids LOVED them, the other two aren't onion fans...*take note for next time*
Also made home made potato and kumara wedges...garlic salt...YUMMO!! We ate outside on the picnic table, nice cool breeze...
I'm pretty tired...but I still have a whole chicken to cook for lil bro and hubby...(hubby doesn't deserve to eat!!) lol. But I'm a good wifey and will have a lovely diner cooked for the both of them...would be so easy for me to turn around and tell them to buy some fast food on the way home *I AM ON STRIKE* But I won't...nice huh ;)
OOOhh!!! The three gold items I bought off TM last week have turned up and my gawd!! I am OVER THE MOON with all the items but more so for one of the rings!! It is stunning!! Will post pic later...
which is something I have been meaning to get into...taking more pics to post on my blog - it makes it more interesting huh :) So yeah, the prices I paid for these three items was a complete BARGAIN...so one I will def keep and the other two items I may save for a rainy day ;)
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Kids got off to school without stress :)
LOVE mornings like that :)
As soon as they left, I took my tired ass back to bed. Managed to sleep till the metre reader wouldn't stop knocking on the door *grrr* so now I'm up. an hour earlier than I had planned. Have no idea how long I'll be at work for, I can get the labels done in less than 2 hours...which would be great, but I have a feeling I'm gonna have to slow-right-down and show them step-by-step...shite! Just frustrates me cos I feel like I've been treated like crap there...when I ave notice about my course, they told me I was to finich effective immediately - they would deal with it...so I didn't work last week - obviously won't be getting paid...and now they need me? Well they better sort their shit out cos today is the LAST day I'm available.
Weather is overcast...warm - nice.
8pm - well work went really well...actually, got there and the bg boss said "Thank you so much for coming in Louise, I owe you one, big time!" WOW...that was nice :)
The lady that I helped out is onto it...I'm confident she won't need me next week...as for the two office girls OMGosh...they are the MOST imature bimbos ever! They ahve both been taught for the past 5 weeks how to do the labels and they couldn't do it today...which is why I had to go in...and do you think they even bothered to come and watch so they could learn to do it for next time?? NO - they chose to sit in their corner and gossip LOUDLY about their love life...giggle like it was just them in the office...honestly they were sooo unprofessional! Even when the big boss was talking to them they just giggled and showed no respect for him or his authourity...
And they were just annoying as hell...chattering and giggling away, it was like a kindergarten or having Bert and Ernie from Seasme Street there LMAO.
One thing is for damn sure - they are certainly NOTHING (even half) what the old receptionist is who left last week...she has left huge sheos to fill - which I would bet $100 on that she is going to struggle big time!! I give the new girl a month for all the work to build up (cos she seems to just cruise along...) and for the shite to hit the fan...and for the big boss to realise what a mistake he has made...can't help but feel some satisfaction in that...what goes around comes around!!
But as they say - time will tell...I'm hardly every wrong...but there is always a first time LMAO.
Anyway, have told the other workers concerned that I am confident that the new lady taking my place will be fine on her own next week...but IF they need someone, I am more than happy to come in after 3pm, when my course has finished to help out...
On the home front...I made a gorgeous sweet'n'sour pork (using three large prok chops). Coated the diced pork chops in egg then seasoned cornflour., then deep fried it till golden brown. My sauce I made with garlic, chilli, onion and carrot and mixed vege stir fried...added a small can of pineapple pieces, dash of vinegar, dollop of tomato sauce...then the meat back into that...simmered for a few minutes...YUMMY.
All the kids had some and enjoyed it so it must have been good :)
Bought some ice cream (splashed out and bought 3 different flavours :) We never have desert, so this is a real treat :) It's just been sooo warm - kids have been complaining that it's HOT - so thought it would be a nice treat :)
Have paid for a few items I bought off Trademe...just bought a nice (got my fingers crossed lol) pair of glassons jeans, sz 16. I'm still waiting for a parcel of jewellery that I have been told was sent last Friday - have emailed seller to email me tracking number...*I hate this waiting feeling...*
Well...I'm feeling good :) Bit broke money wise...but feeling good LOL
As soon as they left, I took my tired ass back to bed. Managed to sleep till the metre reader wouldn't stop knocking on the door *grrr* so now I'm up. an hour earlier than I had planned. Have no idea how long I'll be at work for, I can get the labels done in less than 2 hours...which would be great, but I have a feeling I'm gonna have to slow-right-down and show them step-by-step...shite! Just frustrates me cos I feel like I've been treated like crap there...when I ave notice about my course, they told me I was to finich effective immediately - they would deal with it...so I didn't work last week - obviously won't be getting paid...and now they need me? Well they better sort their shit out cos today is the LAST day I'm available.
Weather is overcast...warm - nice.
8pm - well work went really well...actually, got there and the bg boss said "Thank you so much for coming in Louise, I owe you one, big time!" WOW...that was nice :)
The lady that I helped out is onto it...I'm confident she won't need me next week...as for the two office girls OMGosh...they are the MOST imature bimbos ever! They ahve both been taught for the past 5 weeks how to do the labels and they couldn't do it today...which is why I had to go in...and do you think they even bothered to come and watch so they could learn to do it for next time?? NO - they chose to sit in their corner and gossip LOUDLY about their love life...giggle like it was just them in the office...honestly they were sooo unprofessional! Even when the big boss was talking to them they just giggled and showed no respect for him or his authourity...
And they were just annoying as hell...chattering and giggling away, it was like a kindergarten or having Bert and Ernie from Seasme Street there LMAO.
One thing is for damn sure - they are certainly NOTHING (even half) what the old receptionist is who left last week...she has left huge sheos to fill - which I would bet $100 on that she is going to struggle big time!! I give the new girl a month for all the work to build up (cos she seems to just cruise along...) and for the shite to hit the fan...and for the big boss to realise what a mistake he has made...can't help but feel some satisfaction in that...what goes around comes around!!
But as they say - time will tell...I'm hardly every wrong...but there is always a first time LMAO.
Anyway, have told the other workers concerned that I am confident that the new lady taking my place will be fine on her own next week...but IF they need someone, I am more than happy to come in after 3pm, when my course has finished to help out...
On the home front...I made a gorgeous sweet'n'sour pork (using three large prok chops). Coated the diced pork chops in egg then seasoned cornflour., then deep fried it till golden brown. My sauce I made with garlic, chilli, onion and carrot and mixed vege stir fried...added a small can of pineapple pieces, dash of vinegar, dollop of tomato sauce...then the meat back into that...simmered for a few minutes...YUMMY.
All the kids had some and enjoyed it so it must have been good :)
Bought some ice cream (splashed out and bought 3 different flavours :) We never have desert, so this is a real treat :) It's just been sooo warm - kids have been complaining that it's HOT - so thought it would be a nice treat :)
Have paid for a few items I bought off Trademe...just bought a nice (got my fingers crossed lol) pair of glassons jeans, sz 16. I'm still waiting for a parcel of jewellery that I have been told was sent last Friday - have emailed seller to email me tracking number...*I hate this waiting feeling...*
Well...I'm feeling good :) Bit broke money wise...but feeling good LOL
Monday, February 22, 2010
Chocolate Cake recipe :)
3 1/2 C plain Flour
3 C Sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1 C Cocoa
1 C Oil
2 C milk
3 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla ess.
2 C boiling water
Mix ALL ingredients (except boiling water) in a large bowl, mix thoroughly into a batter....
add the boiling water and mix again till smooth (don't be shocked at the thin soup like consistency!!)
Bake @ 160 deg C for 1 hour.
*I line my roasting dish with baking paper :)
Yes it is that easy :)
3 C Sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1 C Cocoa
1 C Oil
2 C milk
3 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla ess.
2 C boiling water
Mix ALL ingredients (except boiling water) in a large bowl, mix thoroughly into a batter....
add the boiling water and mix again till smooth (don't be shocked at the thin soup like consistency!!)
Bake @ 160 deg C for 1 hour.
*I line my roasting dish with baking paper :)
Yes it is that easy :)
Same old shite...
My dad arrives from Samoa next Tuesday. Hubby mowed teh lawn this morning...to be honest he gets around to doing that every 6-8 weeks...he went out and bought a weedeater about 2 years ago - he's only used it a handfull of times...I asked him this morning why he didn't use the weedeater...his answer "It's still at him brothers house..."
Ok...cool, so while we paid for a weedeater that we DON'T use, his brothers lawn is looking nice and tidy - while our lawn makes our house look even more run down...
Which lead to my next question..."Do you think we can get around to waterblasting the house this weekend?"
Straight away his hand goes to his head like he's got a killer migraine...followed by "Sure louise...we'll do that" Real sarcastic like...
Frustrated the fuck out of me!! I'm sick of it...going on 5 fucken years now, I just want the house CLEANED it is absolutely FILTHY!! FUCKIN FILTHY!! Add that to the deck that NEEDS a paint job, the garden edge that needs weedeating, the garage/sleepout that LEAKS (simple fix if he took the fuckin time!) I am sick of it - our house is DISGUSTING.
So...sometime this week, I'll pick the fuckin waterblaster myself...and I'll fuckin do it myself before my dad comes...
Just really sick of this shit.
Anyway, I have made a yummy chicken soup to snack on during the day. The mince filling for our pies Im going to make for dinner. I have also cleaned out thelinen closet - got a sack full of odd towels, sheets and pillow cases to send to Samoa.
7:40pm - hubby's gone to work (starts at 6pm), the kids haven't been ok...I've still got a stiff neck from Saturday, like I need a good deep tissue neck massage...*suffers in silence...*
I've been slow to get diner on today - even though I had precooked the mince filling for the pies, I didn't actually get off my bum to put it into the pastry till well after 6:30pm, so the two little ones aren't in bed yet, they've just had diner...will allow them another 30mins then straight to bed.
I'm going to try and go to bed before 9pm.
Oh...work called if I could go in tomorrow and give the lady who has taken over me a hand...are you kidding me?? For the past 5 weeks I have been asked to stay home, while the receptionist (who's last week was last week) showed the TWO new office girls how to do the labels...I swear to god, with my limited office computer skills I learned in a couple of hours how to do them...and yet these two bimbos still are not confident enough to do them!! WTF.
And they can't blame me, cos like I said, the new girls have been learning for 5 weeks now, and when I told the old receptionist two weeks ago that I was finishing, but happy to give another two weeks SHE is the one who said it's ok that I could stop work effective immediately!! So obviously she would have (or should have!!) been confident enough in the two new girls surely??
But the other supervisor asked the new girls today if they knew how to do the label and they said they are 67% confident...WTF did they get that munber from? LMAOooOo...
Gotta laugh. Seriously though...it is the MOST basic of computer skills needed to do these labels...which they obviously have surely seeing as they are the new office girls...maybe they are lacking the basic BRAIN CELLS? LMAOoOoo.
Also the 'big boss' said, when told that I was resigning, "this can be her last week...we'll just DEAL with it..." SO ummm let's see you deal with it then you farkwit!!
Anyway, I'm happy to go in tomorrow and help out, but it won't be an option next week cos I'll be on my course *YAY*
9pm - have paid via internet for a couple of things I bought off Trademe. Cleared the kitchen and am ready for bed. My sore neck is making me grumpy :(
Ok...cool, so while we paid for a weedeater that we DON'T use, his brothers lawn is looking nice and tidy - while our lawn makes our house look even more run down...
Which lead to my next question..."Do you think we can get around to waterblasting the house this weekend?"
Straight away his hand goes to his head like he's got a killer migraine...followed by "Sure louise...we'll do that" Real sarcastic like...
Frustrated the fuck out of me!! I'm sick of it...going on 5 fucken years now, I just want the house CLEANED it is absolutely FILTHY!! FUCKIN FILTHY!! Add that to the deck that NEEDS a paint job, the garden edge that needs weedeating, the garage/sleepout that LEAKS (simple fix if he took the fuckin time!) I am sick of it - our house is DISGUSTING.
So...sometime this week, I'll pick the fuckin waterblaster myself...and I'll fuckin do it myself before my dad comes...
Just really sick of this shit.
Anyway, I have made a yummy chicken soup to snack on during the day. The mince filling for our pies Im going to make for dinner. I have also cleaned out thelinen closet - got a sack full of odd towels, sheets and pillow cases to send to Samoa.
7:40pm - hubby's gone to work (starts at 6pm), the kids haven't been ok...I've still got a stiff neck from Saturday, like I need a good deep tissue neck massage...*suffers in silence...*
I've been slow to get diner on today - even though I had precooked the mince filling for the pies, I didn't actually get off my bum to put it into the pastry till well after 6:30pm, so the two little ones aren't in bed yet, they've just had diner...will allow them another 30mins then straight to bed.
I'm going to try and go to bed before 9pm.
Oh...work called if I could go in tomorrow and give the lady who has taken over me a hand...are you kidding me?? For the past 5 weeks I have been asked to stay home, while the receptionist (who's last week was last week) showed the TWO new office girls how to do the labels...I swear to god, with my limited office computer skills I learned in a couple of hours how to do them...and yet these two bimbos still are not confident enough to do them!! WTF.
And they can't blame me, cos like I said, the new girls have been learning for 5 weeks now, and when I told the old receptionist two weeks ago that I was finishing, but happy to give another two weeks SHE is the one who said it's ok that I could stop work effective immediately!! So obviously she would have (or should have!!) been confident enough in the two new girls surely??
But the other supervisor asked the new girls today if they knew how to do the label and they said they are 67% confident...WTF did they get that munber from? LMAOooOo...
Gotta laugh. Seriously though...it is the MOST basic of computer skills needed to do these labels...which they obviously have surely seeing as they are the new office girls...maybe they are lacking the basic BRAIN CELLS? LMAOoOoo.
Also the 'big boss' said, when told that I was resigning, "this can be her last week...we'll just DEAL with it..." SO ummm let's see you deal with it then you farkwit!!
Anyway, I'm happy to go in tomorrow and help out, but it won't be an option next week cos I'll be on my course *YAY*
9pm - have paid via internet for a couple of things I bought off Trademe. Cleared the kitchen and am ready for bed. My sore neck is making me grumpy :(
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Had a lovely time last night
YEP!! Lil bro took the kids to the inlaws for us, and we got dressed and dolled up for our night out. Drinks @ 6:30pm, we got there at 7pm, had a few drinks, all went well, enjoyed most of everyones company anyway. Hubby and I left at 9:30pm...wasn't really our scene - although it was quite nice...Hmmm...
Hubby would have liked to keep drinking at another location, but I managed to convince him how nice it is to have a few drinks...go out for diner, then go home and sleep...as opposed to going out and getting wasted then making it home to sleep LMAO.
He agreed and we ended up at Denny's - he had a huge burger and fries, I had eggs benedict (which I could only eat a 1/4 of!!) and a fudge cake to take home...which I might add, was farkin DRY as heck!! Not happy.
Anyway...was a lovely night. This morning, the kids are still at the inlaws and will stay there till tomorrow as we are all working tonight, lil bro, myself and hubby.
So not sure what today holds in store...prolly just stay home, TRY to get some baking done...general housework...nothing terribly exciting :)
12:30pm - I am on a roll lol. Mini carrot cakes - cooked. A new chocolate cake recipe cooking...check! All the laundry done - yes sir lol. Have just got so's school shirt and miss 14's white singlets soaking in nappysan...will leave till sunday morning then rinse and hang out.
Had gorgeous omelet for breakie...egg, spring onion, dash of light soy sauce, S&P...and of course cheese, on Ploughman's sunflower and barley...Mmm.
House smells fantastic with all the spice from the carrot cakes. Have been told that cream cheese icing freezes well...so will ice them up before throwing into the freezer :) This is baking for the kids lunches...remember I'm going to kick start our new routine lol.
Have got some bacon out defrosting, might make some bacon and egg pies to freeze for 'easy meal' night :)
Hubby would have liked to keep drinking at another location, but I managed to convince him how nice it is to have a few drinks...go out for diner, then go home and sleep...as opposed to going out and getting wasted then making it home to sleep LMAO.
He agreed and we ended up at Denny's - he had a huge burger and fries, I had eggs benedict (which I could only eat a 1/4 of!!) and a fudge cake to take home...which I might add, was farkin DRY as heck!! Not happy.
Anyway...was a lovely night. This morning, the kids are still at the inlaws and will stay there till tomorrow as we are all working tonight, lil bro, myself and hubby.
So not sure what today holds in store...prolly just stay home, TRY to get some baking done...general housework...nothing terribly exciting :)
12:30pm - I am on a roll lol. Mini carrot cakes - cooked. A new chocolate cake recipe cooking...check! All the laundry done - yes sir lol. Have just got so's school shirt and miss 14's white singlets soaking in nappysan...will leave till sunday morning then rinse and hang out.
Had gorgeous omelet for breakie...egg, spring onion, dash of light soy sauce, S&P...and of course cheese, on Ploughman's sunflower and barley...Mmm.
House smells fantastic with all the spice from the carrot cakes. Have been told that cream cheese icing freezes well...so will ice them up before throwing into the freezer :) This is baking for the kids lunches...remember I'm going to kick start our new routine lol.
Have got some bacon out defrosting, might make some bacon and egg pies to freeze for 'easy meal' night :)
8pm - well, didn't manage to make any bacon and egg pies, but I will get around to it tomorrow. Hubby and lil bro are at work, they start at 7pm, I start at 10:15pm.
The new chocolate cake recipe that I used today is awesome! It's a 'strange' but oh so easy recipe! It uses 1 c oil, 2 cups of milk and you just put everything in the bowl at the same time and mix...then you add 2c boiling water - which I did and immediately thought 'Shit - it's runnier than pancake batter!!" but trusted the recipe - and poured it into the tin anyway...and 1 hour later - OMG - the perfect cake!! MOIST and oh so YUMMY!!
The kids will love it :) And I WILL make this again - especially for family functions as it makes a HUGE roasting tin full!!
Made diner, spicy chicken chop suey - YUMMY!!
2:30am - just got back from work :) Took a huge slab of chocolate cake to work for hubby's crew...finished the lot - very popular and much appreciated :)
My neck hurts - must have been the way I slept last night or this afternoon?? Hubby might be home at 3:30am, so I'm just gonna hang out on the net n watch a bit of telly till he gets home :)
Friday, February 19, 2010
Windy...
yup - it's bloody windy outside.
Had a nap after the kids went to school - god knows I needed it, I have the WORST sleeping pattern that I need to snap out of! Woke up at 12pm, planned to do some baking, but then hubby got up and said "let's go to the mall..." So off we went.
Got a $50 Westfield gift voucher for the receptionist that's leaving his work today...hubby has the evening off as we have been invited to her farewell drinks...which we still don't know when or where it will be...just know it's after their works hours. It's only the office staff that are invited, which is only about 5 people...so pathetic...hubby is invited cos he holds an important position at work...*rolls eyes* I'm invited cos I 'know' her...but I'm sure the big boss regrets inviting me LMAOooOoo...I'm going cos I don't give a fark what anyone thinks of me, and I'm not going to not go and let them think I'm not upto showing my face, or that I have something to hide - hell NO...I'm above that, they are nothing to me...thank you very much :) lol
So we had lunch, shared a seafood platter from LJS...YUMMY...more than enough too!! Hubby struggled to finish it...didn't have to lol.
Bought some shirts for the boys from Hallenstiens who were having a sale. meet up with my cousin Helen who was out doing some shopping with her nieces and nephew who are here on a 2 week holiday from Samoa. She doesn't have kids of her own and I know she spoils these kids - GOOD ON HER!!! I'm sure the kids know how lucky they are to have an awesome aunt!
Miss 14 has made it into the Samoa group at school (they have trials as it's very popular) they have a 'live in' out in Te Atatu this evening starting at 8pm. The Polyfest that they will be performing at is in 5 weeks time, and they are extremely competitive...this is the first of 2 live -in's they have planned. So somehow we need to figure out how she will get there, I'm thinking we should just take all the kids to the inlaws after school...go to the farewell drinks, then at 7:30pm leave (cos they aren't exactly the kinda people we'd want to drink with anyway - bunch of DRY NUTS LMAOoOo) then pick miss 14 up and take her to her live in. That's the best plan (my plan) but I'm sure hubby will have his own ideas...stay tuned - we'll see :)
Have washed the jeans I got yesterday - they still smell like farkin HIPPY lmao. So in the wash they go again!! I refuse to smell like MUSTY OLD PINK SMOKER LOLLIES BLURRKKKK!!!
Had a nap after the kids went to school - god knows I needed it, I have the WORST sleeping pattern that I need to snap out of! Woke up at 12pm, planned to do some baking, but then hubby got up and said "let's go to the mall..." So off we went.
Got a $50 Westfield gift voucher for the receptionist that's leaving his work today...hubby has the evening off as we have been invited to her farewell drinks...which we still don't know when or where it will be...just know it's after their works hours. It's only the office staff that are invited, which is only about 5 people...so pathetic...hubby is invited cos he holds an important position at work...*rolls eyes* I'm invited cos I 'know' her...but I'm sure the big boss regrets inviting me LMAOooOoo...I'm going cos I don't give a fark what anyone thinks of me, and I'm not going to not go and let them think I'm not upto showing my face, or that I have something to hide - hell NO...I'm above that, they are nothing to me...thank you very much :) lol
So we had lunch, shared a seafood platter from LJS...YUMMY...more than enough too!! Hubby struggled to finish it...didn't have to lol.
Bought some shirts for the boys from Hallenstiens who were having a sale. meet up with my cousin Helen who was out doing some shopping with her nieces and nephew who are here on a 2 week holiday from Samoa. She doesn't have kids of her own and I know she spoils these kids - GOOD ON HER!!! I'm sure the kids know how lucky they are to have an awesome aunt!
Miss 14 has made it into the Samoa group at school (they have trials as it's very popular) they have a 'live in' out in Te Atatu this evening starting at 8pm. The Polyfest that they will be performing at is in 5 weeks time, and they are extremely competitive...this is the first of 2 live -in's they have planned. So somehow we need to figure out how she will get there, I'm thinking we should just take all the kids to the inlaws after school...go to the farewell drinks, then at 7:30pm leave (cos they aren't exactly the kinda people we'd want to drink with anyway - bunch of DRY NUTS LMAOoOo) then pick miss 14 up and take her to her live in. That's the best plan (my plan) but I'm sure hubby will have his own ideas...stay tuned - we'll see :)
Have washed the jeans I got yesterday - they still smell like farkin HIPPY lmao. So in the wash they go again!! I refuse to smell like MUSTY OLD PINK SMOKER LOLLIES BLURRKKKK!!!
4:30pm - I've added a couple of 'tickers' to my blog. The first one, is a count down to our trip to Samoa, which if you haven't caught on by now, I am VERY excited about! The second one is a weight loss goal of 10kgs...I've been around the 100kgs mark for the past 3-4 months (I think...) and it's all my fault of course...bad habits, lazy...blah blah blah...
I am certain that once I start my course I WILL lose weight again...being kept busy etc...not at home all day...get bored, check out the fridge...*sigh* you know the routine :(
One more week of this staying at home then my course starts!! I'm so excited about it :) All the things I hope to learn! Next week I am going to focus on my sleeping pattern. I'm also going to set a new routine for the kids (and me) as my course starts at 9am, I'll need to leave home at 8:30am, even though hubby or lil bro will be home depending on what shifts they are on, I want the kids to be out of the house and off to school when I leave, if not before!
So I'm going to write up a new routine and there is no reason why we can't start getting into it next week...iron out what works and what doesn't. I love doing these sorts of things...organising etc...I'm a super woman at doing it BUT I need to work on sticking to it LOL. So it will be as much a challenge for me as it will be for the kids.
They aren't so bad now, but the is always the child that forgets something, can't find something...and that needs to stop.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Good morning world lol
It's a good morning so far :) Just feeling good, no particular reason...
and of course no plans set for the day, except this evening when I have to go and pick up the trolly that I bought for the boys off TM.
Did I mention yesterday that one of the rings I bought off TM is FAKE - not real gold?? Yep - totally pissed off...have emailed the seller, requesting a full refund. Told them will post the ring when refund is showing as I do have their mailing details from the back of the courier bag. haven't heard from them yet...bastard!
And on that note, I will NOT be buying anymore jewellery from TM...at least until I return from my holiday in Samoa with hubby...first of all I'm broke lol, and secondly I'm sick of the CRAP I've been buying too...damn it!
We are forecast for heavy rain today...cyclone Rene backtracking towards NZ...or something like that...and the muggy humid HOT weather was reported in the paper...but I honestly haven't been feeling it as bad as what is reported...I'm sure it's my weight loss cos I honestly don't think it's 'that' hot!!
12pm - took miss 9 to have the stitches removed from her big toe...it's healing well. Dropped her to school, then watched our last dvd with hubby when I got home.
Finally received the two pairs of jeans I bought off TM last week...another useless seller. She charged me $7.50 for postage, and the bloody package turns up with a $4 ticket. Decided I'd put my bitch shoes on and email her, asking her for a refund as it's not fair that she charged me nearly DOUBLE what postage actually was. - haven't heard back from her. Will give REDFACE if I don't hear back from her by Sunday.
Not only that, but the jeans turned up smelling like a HIPPY fgs LMAO. Straight into the washing machine with EXTRA Fluffy softener!! lol. YUCK!!
Oh...but the glassons size 16 jeans...fit me PERFECTLY!! LOVE THEM!! They do have some scuffing, but I just really wanted to know if they'd fit LMAO...and they do!! And I don't have a pair of jeans that fit well...apart from my 'skinny's' but they aren't really 'me'...I'm more of a bootleg, slight flare, tight around the thigh kinda girl :) And these are perfect :) They'll be great for slouching around in :)
2:30pm - back from the shops. Last week when I was at the Warehouse, they had beachwear and swimsuits half price...the tight arse in me told me not to get the black halterneck ones for my upcoming trip to Samoa...but I've been thinking about it and decided, I'll get me a pair, they're gorgeous, plain black, halterneck - sexy ;) Well shame on me, I get there and there aren't any left and what was left of their swimwear was not on sale...so poo poo to me, I walked out of the shop with NOTHING - which is an achievement in itself as I would have usually had the urge to buy something...anything lol.
Off to Pak'n'Save where I just bought a few things...nothing extravagant...am trying my best to cut back seing as I am now unemployed lol...we'll not completely...got the call to work this saturday night so *yay*. Oh hang on...I did buy something extravagant...a fillet of Salmon for $7, had about 1/3 of it sashimi style YUMMY and put the rest of it in the freezer for another day :) So not really extravagant cos I can only eat a wee bit :)
Having homemade burgers and hot chips for diner. have to go and pick up the trolly I bought last week after 7pm this evening...will see if lil brother dearest will be kind enough to go and get it for me...he's on night shift, so we'll see :)
10pm - the kids and I all went for a drive with lil bro to pick up the go kart I bought for $20 - what a BARGAIN!! It is VERY well made, super strong!! My kids aren't gonna break it lol. Anyway, got home and they spent the next hour (till it got dark) having an awesome time on it!
Diner was nice - well who doesn't like home made burgers and hot chips lol.
Got a reply from the guy who sold me the FAKE GOLD ring...he is more than happy to refund my money, says he will do so tonight...so we will see :) The other asshole who overcharged me nearly DOUBLE for postage replied saying that they had to pay for the bag...Um yeah...prolly $1!! Bitch. She was just really slack throughout the trade, and her clothes turned up smelling like HIPPY - YUCK lol.
OK well...that's me for the day. Off to bed shortly...really excited still about our trip coming up :)
I'm really in love with hubby at the moment - feels great :)
and of course no plans set for the day, except this evening when I have to go and pick up the trolly that I bought for the boys off TM.
Did I mention yesterday that one of the rings I bought off TM is FAKE - not real gold?? Yep - totally pissed off...have emailed the seller, requesting a full refund. Told them will post the ring when refund is showing as I do have their mailing details from the back of the courier bag. haven't heard from them yet...bastard!
And on that note, I will NOT be buying anymore jewellery from TM...at least until I return from my holiday in Samoa with hubby...first of all I'm broke lol, and secondly I'm sick of the CRAP I've been buying too...damn it!
We are forecast for heavy rain today...cyclone Rene backtracking towards NZ...or something like that...and the muggy humid HOT weather was reported in the paper...but I honestly haven't been feeling it as bad as what is reported...I'm sure it's my weight loss cos I honestly don't think it's 'that' hot!!
12pm - took miss 9 to have the stitches removed from her big toe...it's healing well. Dropped her to school, then watched our last dvd with hubby when I got home.
Finally received the two pairs of jeans I bought off TM last week...another useless seller. She charged me $7.50 for postage, and the bloody package turns up with a $4 ticket. Decided I'd put my bitch shoes on and email her, asking her for a refund as it's not fair that she charged me nearly DOUBLE what postage actually was. - haven't heard back from her. Will give REDFACE if I don't hear back from her by Sunday.
Not only that, but the jeans turned up smelling like a HIPPY fgs LMAO. Straight into the washing machine with EXTRA Fluffy softener!! lol. YUCK!!
Oh...but the glassons size 16 jeans...fit me PERFECTLY!! LOVE THEM!! They do have some scuffing, but I just really wanted to know if they'd fit LMAO...and they do!! And I don't have a pair of jeans that fit well...apart from my 'skinny's' but they aren't really 'me'...I'm more of a bootleg, slight flare, tight around the thigh kinda girl :) And these are perfect :) They'll be great for slouching around in :)
2:30pm - back from the shops. Last week when I was at the Warehouse, they had beachwear and swimsuits half price...the tight arse in me told me not to get the black halterneck ones for my upcoming trip to Samoa...but I've been thinking about it and decided, I'll get me a pair, they're gorgeous, plain black, halterneck - sexy ;) Well shame on me, I get there and there aren't any left and what was left of their swimwear was not on sale...so poo poo to me, I walked out of the shop with NOTHING - which is an achievement in itself as I would have usually had the urge to buy something...anything lol.
Off to Pak'n'Save where I just bought a few things...nothing extravagant...am trying my best to cut back seing as I am now unemployed lol...we'll not completely...got the call to work this saturday night so *yay*. Oh hang on...I did buy something extravagant...a fillet of Salmon for $7, had about 1/3 of it sashimi style YUMMY and put the rest of it in the freezer for another day :) So not really extravagant cos I can only eat a wee bit :)
Having homemade burgers and hot chips for diner. have to go and pick up the trolly I bought last week after 7pm this evening...will see if lil brother dearest will be kind enough to go and get it for me...he's on night shift, so we'll see :)
10pm - the kids and I all went for a drive with lil bro to pick up the go kart I bought for $20 - what a BARGAIN!! It is VERY well made, super strong!! My kids aren't gonna break it lol. Anyway, got home and they spent the next hour (till it got dark) having an awesome time on it!
Diner was nice - well who doesn't like home made burgers and hot chips lol.
Got a reply from the guy who sold me the FAKE GOLD ring...he is more than happy to refund my money, says he will do so tonight...so we will see :) The other asshole who overcharged me nearly DOUBLE for postage replied saying that they had to pay for the bag...Um yeah...prolly $1!! Bitch. She was just really slack throughout the trade, and her clothes turned up smelling like HIPPY - YUCK lol.
OK well...that's me for the day. Off to bed shortly...really excited still about our trip coming up :)
I'm really in love with hubby at the moment - feels great :)
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Pride and Prejudice...
was about to go to sleep last night but this movie started on Sky...finished and 12:25am...and I managed to stay awake BUT I feel asleep and missed the last 5-7 minutes!! SHIT! lol
So this morning I am super tired...kids will order lunches. I have to take miss 14 down the road to Grandpa's work, then he will take her to school. Bit of a hassle but if I look at it from Grandpa's side - I shouldn't complain...I have to take her 2 mins down the road, he has to battle the traffic into the CBD!
So yep...I'll stop at the shop on the way, grab some cash out for the kids lunches, will be home in time to dish the lunch money out and bid them a good day at school :) Then I'm jumping back into bed and sleeping - if that's all I do today, I don't care!! I have a terrible sleeping pattern, and I need to snap out of it quick smart.
Oh, have just been on the Polyblue website, and they still have a sale, BUT it's not as cheap as what I booked our flights for two nights ago!! It's an extra $100 - so YAY!!
3:15pm - had a really nice morning! Was planning on going back to sleep once the kids had gone, but hubby got up - said he wanted to see the kids off to school - wow - that's a first lol. Anyway, his being up, made me not want to have a nap - he said we should go to the movies, I said "Nah...save the money and get dvd's" so we did. :) Had a shower first, freshened up, got dressed, and off we went...got home watched a dvd...then had a nap lol. I'm still tired. We bought 3 dvd's, one we watched already, one to watch tomorrow morning when the kids have gone to school, and one for the kids, which they can watch after diner tonight.
The kids are home, I have mince out, will make a cottage pie type diner I think...but can't even be bothered doing that, a combo of being super tired and the warm weather has given me a dose of 'can't be farked' LMAO. I really don't want to spend money on takeaway food, so WILL make the effort to cook diner...*pay on my back lol*
I've found my phone...twas in the bag I take fishing. Need to find the charger for my digi camera now. Oh and I managed to clean my bedroom out too while we were watching our dvd.
6pm - hubby's gone to work. I've got most diner cooked...tookout some mince, browned it off with onion, grated carrots. Added a can of chopped tomatoes, a sachet of tomato soup, huge scoop of curry and lots of coconut cream...salt and peper of course...simmered away. YUMMY Am just waiting for the dough to rise...am making fried bread to eat it with...high fat, but sooo easy and tooo YUMMY.
Still haven't found the camera charger :( Will find it tonight though, even if I have to turn the house upside down!!
So this morning I am super tired...kids will order lunches. I have to take miss 14 down the road to Grandpa's work, then he will take her to school. Bit of a hassle but if I look at it from Grandpa's side - I shouldn't complain...I have to take her 2 mins down the road, he has to battle the traffic into the CBD!
So yep...I'll stop at the shop on the way, grab some cash out for the kids lunches, will be home in time to dish the lunch money out and bid them a good day at school :) Then I'm jumping back into bed and sleeping - if that's all I do today, I don't care!! I have a terrible sleeping pattern, and I need to snap out of it quick smart.
Oh, have just been on the Polyblue website, and they still have a sale, BUT it's not as cheap as what I booked our flights for two nights ago!! It's an extra $100 - so YAY!!
3:15pm - had a really nice morning! Was planning on going back to sleep once the kids had gone, but hubby got up - said he wanted to see the kids off to school - wow - that's a first lol. Anyway, his being up, made me not want to have a nap - he said we should go to the movies, I said "Nah...save the money and get dvd's" so we did. :) Had a shower first, freshened up, got dressed, and off we went...got home watched a dvd...then had a nap lol. I'm still tired. We bought 3 dvd's, one we watched already, one to watch tomorrow morning when the kids have gone to school, and one for the kids, which they can watch after diner tonight.
The kids are home, I have mince out, will make a cottage pie type diner I think...but can't even be bothered doing that, a combo of being super tired and the warm weather has given me a dose of 'can't be farked' LMAO. I really don't want to spend money on takeaway food, so WILL make the effort to cook diner...*pay on my back lol*
I've found my phone...twas in the bag I take fishing. Need to find the charger for my digi camera now. Oh and I managed to clean my bedroom out too while we were watching our dvd.
6pm - hubby's gone to work. I've got most diner cooked...tookout some mince, browned it off with onion, grated carrots. Added a can of chopped tomatoes, a sachet of tomato soup, huge scoop of curry and lots of coconut cream...salt and peper of course...simmered away. YUMMY Am just waiting for the dough to rise...am making fried bread to eat it with...high fat, but sooo easy and tooo YUMMY.
Still haven't found the camera charger :( Will find it tonight though, even if I have to turn the house upside down!!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Poor hubby...
it's 7:30am and he's still at work :( He'll finish with lil bro who is on night shift this week...hubby started work at 6pm yesterday...*sigh* poor guy.
So the boys are putting out the weekly rubbish this morning...it's mr 12's job if dad or lil bro are sleeping or still at work...and he does an 'ok' job, but mr 7 likes to help out, it's then that mr 12 gets REALLY lazy and tried to get mr7 to do most of the work..running around collecting the rubbish from the rooms in the house...taking the bags to the road while he basically instructs him...frustrates the shit out of me, cos they'll start arguing...proly waking the neighbours up as one yells from the road...
see right now, mr 7 has just taken a big black bag of rubbish out to the road...mr 12 is yelling at him to "come and hold the bag for me..." "...just stop talking and hold it!!" Bloody hell...
Anyway...I can't find my cell phone (since saturday night) well, I haven't really looked for it, but it's not in the obvious places and no one has seen it. I don't use it for txt'ing much. But I do rely on it for my day-to-day calendar and phone contacts, oh and also for the alarm. Otherwise I don't know what's going on...don't know anyones number...my mind has turned to shit at a ripe old age of 34 lol.
Will tidy my room today and I'm sure I'll find my phone in the process. Nothing else planned for the day...well nothing that requires me to leave the house so that's good, it means I won't have to spend any money :)
Miss 14 made it into the Samoan group at school, they had to trial, as they do every year. This is her first year she has trialed, so very happy she's in :) They have practice every day after school till 5pm, means she getts home just after 6:30pm. She leaves home at 7am each day...so it's a REALLY LONG DAY for her at school...but I've told her it's good, she has to learn how to juggle her time. They will perform at the ASB Polyfest in march - usually early March...but dates haven't been confirmed yet, so not sure. They hold it not far from our house and it attracts HUGE crowds of well over 100,000 people!! Our street ends up CHOCKA full of cars...so it's great that it's only a short walk for us :) I really looking forward to watching her perform :)
10:30am - SOLD - two of my Pasifika inspired candle holders adorned with coconut turtles...sold to hubby's cousins' wife :) $30 for the pair of them :)
She just came over for a coffee - first time...interesting, she works at the same place I worked, and of course we see eachother at family events, but she has the mouth of a sailor!! ANywhooo..bless her heart...lol. BTW hubby got home just after 9am...long night :(
Got a call from my cousin down the line...shared some news with me...she is one lucky gal...*sigh* lol.
It's 1pm - where did the day go? I've been sitting at the computer and on the phone all day so far...well, why not!! When I start my course, there'll be bugger all time to sit around right?
*YAY* My Jade ring I bought off TM arrived this afternoon :) It's as gorgeous as I thought it would be, am not let down in anyway so that's nice :) Can't wait to be able to pay the matching bracelet off next week...not sure if I'd wear it to be honest...but it's worth while putting away for my daughters...an investment if you like :)
10pm - day 2 of my period, it's heavy as usual and crampy, and I feel tired and crappy. Didn't get ANYTHING done today - just ate and felt like crap - but didn't have a nap either...so I'm super tired. Had a REALLY nice roast beef for diner, cooked carrots and potatoes then grated cheese on top and grilled in the oven...lovely gravy and then to top it off I made fried bread...YUMMY!!
So the boys are putting out the weekly rubbish this morning...it's mr 12's job if dad or lil bro are sleeping or still at work...and he does an 'ok' job, but mr 7 likes to help out, it's then that mr 12 gets REALLY lazy and tried to get mr7 to do most of the work..running around collecting the rubbish from the rooms in the house...taking the bags to the road while he basically instructs him...frustrates the shit out of me, cos they'll start arguing...proly waking the neighbours up as one yells from the road...
see right now, mr 7 has just taken a big black bag of rubbish out to the road...mr 12 is yelling at him to "come and hold the bag for me..." "...just stop talking and hold it!!" Bloody hell...
Anyway...I can't find my cell phone (since saturday night) well, I haven't really looked for it, but it's not in the obvious places and no one has seen it. I don't use it for txt'ing much. But I do rely on it for my day-to-day calendar and phone contacts, oh and also for the alarm. Otherwise I don't know what's going on...don't know anyones number...my mind has turned to shit at a ripe old age of 34 lol.
Will tidy my room today and I'm sure I'll find my phone in the process. Nothing else planned for the day...well nothing that requires me to leave the house so that's good, it means I won't have to spend any money :)
Miss 14 made it into the Samoan group at school, they had to trial, as they do every year. This is her first year she has trialed, so very happy she's in :) They have practice every day after school till 5pm, means she getts home just after 6:30pm. She leaves home at 7am each day...so it's a REALLY LONG DAY for her at school...but I've told her it's good, she has to learn how to juggle her time. They will perform at the ASB Polyfest in march - usually early March...but dates haven't been confirmed yet, so not sure. They hold it not far from our house and it attracts HUGE crowds of well over 100,000 people!! Our street ends up CHOCKA full of cars...so it's great that it's only a short walk for us :) I really looking forward to watching her perform :)
10:30am - SOLD - two of my Pasifika inspired candle holders adorned with coconut turtles...sold to hubby's cousins' wife :) $30 for the pair of them :)
She just came over for a coffee - first time...interesting, she works at the same place I worked, and of course we see eachother at family events, but she has the mouth of a sailor!! ANywhooo..bless her heart...lol. BTW hubby got home just after 9am...long night :(
Got a call from my cousin down the line...shared some news with me...she is one lucky gal...*sigh* lol.
It's 1pm - where did the day go? I've been sitting at the computer and on the phone all day so far...well, why not!! When I start my course, there'll be bugger all time to sit around right?
*YAY* My Jade ring I bought off TM arrived this afternoon :) It's as gorgeous as I thought it would be, am not let down in anyway so that's nice :) Can't wait to be able to pay the matching bracelet off next week...not sure if I'd wear it to be honest...but it's worth while putting away for my daughters...an investment if you like :)
10pm - day 2 of my period, it's heavy as usual and crampy, and I feel tired and crappy. Didn't get ANYTHING done today - just ate and felt like crap - but didn't have a nap either...so I'm super tired. Had a REALLY nice roast beef for diner, cooked carrots and potatoes then grated cheese on top and grilled in the oven...lovely gravy and then to top it off I made fried bread...YUMMY!!
Not sure what I'll get upto tomorrow...prolly more of today.
Monday, February 15, 2010
This deserves a NEW POST *WooP WooP*
have just booked hubby and myself's far to Samoa!! YAY!!
Saw that Air NZ were having a sale..approx $189 one way...sweet...both us the fares came to nearly $900...that was CHEAP...then just before entering hubbys credit card details...I thought Hmmm...I'll just check out Polyblue...and hello...BOTH our fares came to $666.00 RETURN even!!
So yep, we're booked for two weeks in mid-May. Just the two of us...I've been to Samoa sooo many times since we've been together, but only once WITH hubby and that was 14 yrs ago!! Hubby is a work-aholic, and doesn't do holidays...so this is just awesome!! and really unexpected :)
We also happen to be in Samoa for Mother's Day - so even better - we get to ahve a special sunday lunch with my mum!! I'm sooo happy!!
So...It's just realy given me the motivation to make me some MONEY baby!!
Will continue on my mission of cutting costs and saving money too...so that means NO more big purchases off TM.
9:30pm - I've been a good mum and have made a batch of 'cookie time cookies' using M&M's mmmmm.
I cooked diner, it's completely demolished - means I'm gonna have to cook something for hubby...*sigh* Tomorrow I have a 2 rolled roasts of beef for diner, am going to go all out, so tonights diner was supposed to be an easy quick option...but now I have to cook again...*sigh*
Anyway, am so excited about our trip we're gonna have :)
Saw that Air NZ were having a sale..approx $189 one way...sweet...both us the fares came to nearly $900...that was CHEAP...then just before entering hubbys credit card details...I thought Hmmm...I'll just check out Polyblue...and hello...BOTH our fares came to $666.00 RETURN even!!
So yep, we're booked for two weeks in mid-May. Just the two of us...I've been to Samoa sooo many times since we've been together, but only once WITH hubby and that was 14 yrs ago!! Hubby is a work-aholic, and doesn't do holidays...so this is just awesome!! and really unexpected :)
We also happen to be in Samoa for Mother's Day - so even better - we get to ahve a special sunday lunch with my mum!! I'm sooo happy!!
So...It's just realy given me the motivation to make me some MONEY baby!!
Will continue on my mission of cutting costs and saving money too...so that means NO more big purchases off TM.
9:30pm - I've been a good mum and have made a batch of 'cookie time cookies' using M&M's mmmmm.
I cooked diner, it's completely demolished - means I'm gonna have to cook something for hubby...*sigh* Tomorrow I have a 2 rolled roasts of beef for diner, am going to go all out, so tonights diner was supposed to be an easy quick option...but now I have to cook again...*sigh*
Anyway, am so excited about our trip we're gonna have :)
Boring weekend...
Or maybe I'm just in a 'blah mood'?
Hubby started work on Friday 6pm, didn't finish till 8am Saturday. He knew he was going to finish late so just me, my two boys and BIL went fishing, left home at 6am...
cloudy, WINDY day...high tide at 11:30am, didn't get home till 4pm - I didn't catch a damn thing!! Not even one!! BIL caught two huge kahawai's, which he gave to us...bless his heart :) We gave one for the Samoan's next door, I fileted the one we had, batter of of corn flour/egg...shallow fry - YUMMY.
Couldn't get any sleep that evening, I started work at 10:15pm...finished just before 2am.
Sunday- VALENTINES DAY - didn't get jack crack from anyone...well, lets not dick around, I didn't get Jack Crack from HUBBY....*sigh* but then I know the drill...so why I 'expect' this year will be any different I don't know...
Anyway...spent the day at the inlaws for Sunday lunch...*cool huh :/*
Came home with mr 7 and miss 14, the younger two came home this morning when Grandpa came to pick up Mr 14 for school.
Once the kids left for school, hubby wanted to go and watch a movie...so we're both getting ready and my cousin 'H' turns up...didn't have the heart to tell her we were planning on going somewhere, so sat and entertained her for two hours, it's 11:30am now and she's just left, and hubby is asleep - so much for a day out lol. I'm tired too so will prolly go and have a nap with him :)
I called work today - and confirmed that I won't be back to work effective immediately - so that's it...all over rover. No more :) Just Saturday evenings when available - sweet :)
REALLY looking forward to my course now *YAY*!! 1st of March is the big day.
There was a bit of a misunderstanding at work regarding my 'resignation' all due to gossip, assumptions, and the main receptionist being ditzy, hypo and just overworked I guess...I dunno...not impressed with them to be honest but glad it's all over, sorted (as far as I'm concerned) and I can finally get on with things. One last word...assholes LMAOooOoo
Hubby started work on Friday 6pm, didn't finish till 8am Saturday. He knew he was going to finish late so just me, my two boys and BIL went fishing, left home at 6am...
cloudy, WINDY day...high tide at 11:30am, didn't get home till 4pm - I didn't catch a damn thing!! Not even one!! BIL caught two huge kahawai's, which he gave to us...bless his heart :) We gave one for the Samoan's next door, I fileted the one we had, batter of of corn flour/egg...shallow fry - YUMMY.
Couldn't get any sleep that evening, I started work at 10:15pm...finished just before 2am.
Sunday- VALENTINES DAY - didn't get jack crack from anyone...well, lets not dick around, I didn't get Jack Crack from HUBBY....*sigh* but then I know the drill...so why I 'expect' this year will be any different I don't know...
Anyway...spent the day at the inlaws for Sunday lunch...*cool huh :/*
Came home with mr 7 and miss 14, the younger two came home this morning when Grandpa came to pick up Mr 14 for school.
Once the kids left for school, hubby wanted to go and watch a movie...so we're both getting ready and my cousin 'H' turns up...didn't have the heart to tell her we were planning on going somewhere, so sat and entertained her for two hours, it's 11:30am now and she's just left, and hubby is asleep - so much for a day out lol. I'm tired too so will prolly go and have a nap with him :)
I called work today - and confirmed that I won't be back to work effective immediately - so that's it...all over rover. No more :) Just Saturday evenings when available - sweet :)
REALLY looking forward to my course now *YAY*!! 1st of March is the big day.
There was a bit of a misunderstanding at work regarding my 'resignation' all due to gossip, assumptions, and the main receptionist being ditzy, hypo and just overworked I guess...I dunno...not impressed with them to be honest but glad it's all over, sorted (as far as I'm concerned) and I can finally get on with things. One last word...assholes LMAOooOoo
2:50pm - had a small we nap - not enough, cos I'm really tired :(
*puts hand up* I'm Louise, 34yrs old and I am additcted to buying gold jewellery on TM...I can sit at the putter all day and click refresh on the latest listing *sigh*..."
LMAOooOoo
Oh no...what's happened to me :( Gonna have a rummage around tonight for things I can sell to fund my new habit LMAO!!!
Oh and btw, I am wanting to have a 'patchwork' additction lol. Have never done anything patchwork before but am wanting to do some using tropical/Samoan fabric, graduating to using my own printed fabrics...so yep. Now that work is finally over...I'm gonna start planning to get back into little projects to keep myself busy...and hopefully make some money :)
Friday, February 12, 2010
Itchin' to go FISHIN'
Yep - but I'm gonna hold off till Saturday - ONE MORE SLEEP lol.
Miss 14 has Athletics today...at Mt Smart Stadium. Day is a bit overcast so far - so hopefully not too hot for them :)
I notice that lately a certain someone is still complaining about the weather being stinking hot blah blah....whatever - it's NOT that hot...I think it's cos she is sooo OVER WEIGHT. I remember when I felt that hot for nothing and that's what I put it down to ...all the extra padding!
11:30am - have been to pick up a single bed that I bought off TM. Pretty happy with it.
He even threw in a free mattress *YAY*
I'm on the look out for really cheap metal single beds, about 6 of them, those tubular ones (usually a bunk set) are ideal, cos they break right down for compact shipping...so yeah like I said, I'm look at buying about 6 of them, to send to Samoa to put in mum's house that's being built in town, it will be our holiday home too...so when we go over, we'll all have our own comfortable beds to sleep in :) Cool huh :)
SO it's Valentines on Sunday and as like every year, hubby won't bother doing anything for me...I've even given him a break this year and have NOT been dropping hints...what's the use.
He's not a 'romantic' kinda guy...unless of course he's in the mood for sex - then he's half way romantic LOL. So it really annoys me that the one day out of the year where 'romance' is shoved in everyones faces, he still can't get his shit together and think - 'oh, hey, let me do something for her...' nope...so I give up.
I'll buy my own shit LOL. I'll buy my own pretty things, I don't need him to buy it. God, I don't even ask him for the money to pay for the things I BUY MYSELF...sunday will be like any other sunday- spent at his mama's house enjoy everyone's company...'woohooo...' :/
I received the 9ct gold earrings I bought off TM...two pairs one slightly smaller than the other pair...pretty happy with them, they were a bargain price...so *yay* me. Can always sell them further down the track :)
Have been super naughty and bought myself another ring, it's STUNNING and got it for $140. Did a quick buy now, they had been listing and relisting this same ring for well over $250, only realised that when I did a search of expired auctions...so I'm happy :) THEN...I get an email from the seller that they also have the matching bracelet for sale on TM...go and have a look, if I like she can do me a deal...so I had a look, reserve was $200 - buy now $250. I told her that I could pay for it in two weeks...she offered it to me for $180 - YAY for me...or should that be happy valentines to me? LOL. Speaking of which...went shopping this afternoon with hubby and miss9 (who is still home with her broken big toe) and he said "Let's go and get you something for Valentines luv, cos I won't have time to get you anything before sunday..." "No thanks luv..."
Have had salmon sashimi for early lunch...Mmmm...LOVE IT.
Am planning to do some baking today, for next weeks lunches and to take to work tomorrow night. I won't have time tomorrow, as I'll be fishing, then resting for work later that evening. Sunday as I say, will be spent at the inlaws...*sigh*
Miss 14 has Athletics today...at Mt Smart Stadium. Day is a bit overcast so far - so hopefully not too hot for them :)
I notice that lately a certain someone is still complaining about the weather being stinking hot blah blah....whatever - it's NOT that hot...I think it's cos she is sooo OVER WEIGHT. I remember when I felt that hot for nothing and that's what I put it down to ...all the extra padding!
11:30am - have been to pick up a single bed that I bought off TM. Pretty happy with it.
He even threw in a free mattress *YAY*
I'm on the look out for really cheap metal single beds, about 6 of them, those tubular ones (usually a bunk set) are ideal, cos they break right down for compact shipping...so yeah like I said, I'm look at buying about 6 of them, to send to Samoa to put in mum's house that's being built in town, it will be our holiday home too...so when we go over, we'll all have our own comfortable beds to sleep in :) Cool huh :)
SO it's Valentines on Sunday and as like every year, hubby won't bother doing anything for me...I've even given him a break this year and have NOT been dropping hints...what's the use.
He's not a 'romantic' kinda guy...unless of course he's in the mood for sex - then he's half way romantic LOL. So it really annoys me that the one day out of the year where 'romance' is shoved in everyones faces, he still can't get his shit together and think - 'oh, hey, let me do something for her...' nope...so I give up.
I'll buy my own shit LOL. I'll buy my own pretty things, I don't need him to buy it. God, I don't even ask him for the money to pay for the things I BUY MYSELF...sunday will be like any other sunday- spent at his mama's house enjoy everyone's company...'woohooo...' :/
I received the 9ct gold earrings I bought off TM...two pairs one slightly smaller than the other pair...pretty happy with them, they were a bargain price...so *yay* me. Can always sell them further down the track :)
Have been super naughty and bought myself another ring, it's STUNNING and got it for $140. Did a quick buy now, they had been listing and relisting this same ring for well over $250, only realised that when I did a search of expired auctions...so I'm happy :) THEN...I get an email from the seller that they also have the matching bracelet for sale on TM...go and have a look, if I like she can do me a deal...so I had a look, reserve was $200 - buy now $250. I told her that I could pay for it in two weeks...she offered it to me for $180 - YAY for me...or should that be happy valentines to me? LOL. Speaking of which...went shopping this afternoon with hubby and miss9 (who is still home with her broken big toe) and he said "Let's go and get you something for Valentines luv, cos I won't have time to get you anything before sunday..." "No thanks luv..."
Have had salmon sashimi for early lunch...Mmmm...LOVE IT.
Am planning to do some baking today, for next weeks lunches and to take to work tomorrow night. I won't have time tomorrow, as I'll be fishing, then resting for work later that evening. Sunday as I say, will be spent at the inlaws...*sigh*
8pm - I'm exhausted :( Lack of a decent nights sleep...late nights, super early mornings AND waking up in between that - and of course no NANA naps all week :(
So the kids and I have just had diner, toast with whatever on top...spaghetti, baked beans, honey - whatever. Kids were happy with that, I've been Master Chef all week, and besides they love toast...
I'll still have to make something for lil Bro and hubby though, I'd feel bad feeding them toast when they've been working the long hours they do...
We are halfway packed for fishing tomorrow - leaving home at 6am...so the kids are in bed now...otherwise I told them they'll get dropped off to their nana's on the way lol. Mean mummy :)
Didn't manage to get any baking done...I just felt lethargic all day/evening :( We'll see if I can fit some in tomorrow evening...well see.
So yep - miss 14 has offered to do the evenings dishes, bless her heart. Mr 12 cleared the table - bless them both :)
I'm buggered, will go and lay down now, I know I'll wake up again prolly around 11-12am...so I'll cook something for hubby and lil bro then as they won't be home from work before that.
Night night :)
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Up extra early...
for no other reason other than I'm not tired!
Went to bed around mid-night, and up at 5am. Guess who's gonna have the longest nana nap tomorrow? lol.
Did my dishes so far...just been hanging out on the net since. Miss 9 slept well, she actually slept in the lounge with the boys sleeping on the floor next to her - they can be sooo sweet huh!! But sometime in the middle of the night she jumped into bed with me...poor cookie!!
I've been naughty and bought 4 gold rings off TM last night - all buy now's and super cheap - don't know what I'm planning on doing with them, a girl only has 10 fingers - and mine are chunky as heck lol. I'm actually hoarding them lol. No - my ultimate plan to be honest - with the 'bought only cos it was a bargain' is to keep them as an investment, will on-sell when I need the money - and I'm not talking big money LOL - like the bracelet I bought for $60 sometime last year - sold it last week for $104.00. The really pretty ones I plan on keeping for me or my girls when they've grown into gorgeous women lol.
1pm - well I dozed off on the couch at around 7am, alarm on my phone must have been turned off cos I was shocked to see that it was 8:15am and the boys were still fast asleep on the floor next to me!! So a quick run to the kitchen, got the lunches made *yay I didn't give in and just buy them from the shop cos we were running late!!* Boys got off to school just after 8:30 - that's a bloody record!! AND they were clean, hair, teeth, face washed!
Then I pottered around as I usually do *mostly on the net lol* lil Bro came home with some bakery food for Miss 9 -gosh she's spoilt - with food!! NO GOOD!! But nice thought :)
I woke her up, she had a bath, careful not to wet her bandage. We got ready and off we went to the Docs to change her bandage...
Pull into the carpark and hello...FULL UP!! Plus 3 cars just double parked and waiting...chose NOT to be a FAT HEAD and left the carpark and parked out on the road further down (really busy shopping center)...felt good to be walking back into the carpark with all the FAT HEADS still doubled parked...*shakes head...no wonder!!*
Get into the surgery and even it's FULL-UP with patients...lots sick people it seems LOL.
Wasn't too bad, waited 30mins to see the doc, who just gave a quick ok for the nurse to change the bandage...*ok...* We were there for about an hour all up...
Miss 9 was VERY good walking back to the car...then straight to the Warehouse to buy her some treats. She came home with a word search book, a lil girlie magazine, a multi-coloured pen, stickers...lucky girl :) They had 50% off some plus sized SUMMER TOPS - perfect for my MUMMY lol...bought her three of them, they are PERFECT for her...she lives in Samoa...she'll be really happy with them :) LOVE YOU MUM :)
I've just had lunch - wholemeal bread (actually Ploughman's sunflower and barley) with my beetroot that I bottled a month ago, some cheese and avocado...YUMMY - have only managed to eat 3/4 of it - will fit the other 1/4 in soon lol.
I've got a really 'content' happy feeling today - just feeling really good and appreciative that I have such a good life - ok we aren't millionaires, but it's just so true that money can't buy happiness...it sure does help some though LMAO.
What I am appreciative of:
* A great, loving HARD WORKING MAN!
* Great KIDS!! - drive me nuts sometimes, but after last nights show of affection and care from my boys for their sister...I KNOW they are GREAT KIDS!!
* Health system...ok haven't had any personal problems that have caused me to complain yet *touch wood* but last night, my daughters foot was x-rayed, local anesthetic given, stitched up and bandaged...this morning bandage change and doc check...and all I have had to pay for was $6 for her two medications last night!! That's bloody fantastic!!!
* I don't 'want' for anything...apart from a trip around the world and a million dollar shopping spree lol, if I want something bad enough, I'm able to get it...then again, it's only the day after pay-day and the bank is still looking kinda healthy - so that helps LOL. Cause god knows how lost I can feel when the bank balance is non-existent lol.
*Compared to other countries - we don't live in fear that a bomb is going to strike...flooding, earthquakes...hurricanes...seems pretty safe in good ol' Auckland...Manukau even - the city the media like to portray as crime capitol...whatever - I've never been robbed, house has never been robbed, car has never been stolen, I haven't been beaten up or raped...I don't live in FEAR!!
So over all, I'm feeling great. LOVING MY LIFE and everything and everyone in it!!
I'm feeling full after that sandwich!! Feeling a nana nap coming on lol.
Went to bed around mid-night, and up at 5am. Guess who's gonna have the longest nana nap tomorrow? lol.
Did my dishes so far...just been hanging out on the net since. Miss 9 slept well, she actually slept in the lounge with the boys sleeping on the floor next to her - they can be sooo sweet huh!! But sometime in the middle of the night she jumped into bed with me...poor cookie!!
I've been naughty and bought 4 gold rings off TM last night - all buy now's and super cheap - don't know what I'm planning on doing with them, a girl only has 10 fingers - and mine are chunky as heck lol. I'm actually hoarding them lol. No - my ultimate plan to be honest - with the 'bought only cos it was a bargain' is to keep them as an investment, will on-sell when I need the money - and I'm not talking big money LOL - like the bracelet I bought for $60 sometime last year - sold it last week for $104.00. The really pretty ones I plan on keeping for me or my girls when they've grown into gorgeous women lol.
1pm - well I dozed off on the couch at around 7am, alarm on my phone must have been turned off cos I was shocked to see that it was 8:15am and the boys were still fast asleep on the floor next to me!! So a quick run to the kitchen, got the lunches made *yay I didn't give in and just buy them from the shop cos we were running late!!* Boys got off to school just after 8:30 - that's a bloody record!! AND they were clean, hair, teeth, face washed!
Then I pottered around as I usually do *mostly on the net lol* lil Bro came home with some bakery food for Miss 9 -gosh she's spoilt - with food!! NO GOOD!! But nice thought :)
I woke her up, she had a bath, careful not to wet her bandage. We got ready and off we went to the Docs to change her bandage...
Pull into the carpark and hello...FULL UP!! Plus 3 cars just double parked and waiting...chose NOT to be a FAT HEAD and left the carpark and parked out on the road further down (really busy shopping center)...felt good to be walking back into the carpark with all the FAT HEADS still doubled parked...*shakes head...no wonder!!*
Get into the surgery and even it's FULL-UP with patients...lots sick people it seems LOL.
Wasn't too bad, waited 30mins to see the doc, who just gave a quick ok for the nurse to change the bandage...*ok...* We were there for about an hour all up...
Miss 9 was VERY good walking back to the car...then straight to the Warehouse to buy her some treats. She came home with a word search book, a lil girlie magazine, a multi-coloured pen, stickers...lucky girl :) They had 50% off some plus sized SUMMER TOPS - perfect for my MUMMY lol...bought her three of them, they are PERFECT for her...she lives in Samoa...she'll be really happy with them :) LOVE YOU MUM :)
I've just had lunch - wholemeal bread (actually Ploughman's sunflower and barley) with my beetroot that I bottled a month ago, some cheese and avocado...YUMMY - have only managed to eat 3/4 of it - will fit the other 1/4 in soon lol.
I've got a really 'content' happy feeling today - just feeling really good and appreciative that I have such a good life - ok we aren't millionaires, but it's just so true that money can't buy happiness...it sure does help some though LMAO.
What I am appreciative of:
* A great, loving HARD WORKING MAN!
* Great KIDS!! - drive me nuts sometimes, but after last nights show of affection and care from my boys for their sister...I KNOW they are GREAT KIDS!!
* Health system...ok haven't had any personal problems that have caused me to complain yet *touch wood* but last night, my daughters foot was x-rayed, local anesthetic given, stitched up and bandaged...this morning bandage change and doc check...and all I have had to pay for was $6 for her two medications last night!! That's bloody fantastic!!!
* I don't 'want' for anything...apart from a trip around the world and a million dollar shopping spree lol, if I want something bad enough, I'm able to get it...then again, it's only the day after pay-day and the bank is still looking kinda healthy - so that helps LOL. Cause god knows how lost I can feel when the bank balance is non-existent lol.
*Compared to other countries - we don't live in fear that a bomb is going to strike...flooding, earthquakes...hurricanes...seems pretty safe in good ol' Auckland...Manukau even - the city the media like to portray as crime capitol...whatever - I've never been robbed, house has never been robbed, car has never been stolen, I haven't been beaten up or raped...I don't live in FEAR!!
So over all, I'm feeling great. LOVING MY LIFE and everything and everyone in it!!
I'm feeling full after that sandwich!! Feeling a nana nap coming on lol.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Been a busy gal this morning :)
Feeling great this morning!! Full of 'get up 'n' GO'!!
Took the kids to the shop this morning to buy lunches (naughty me I know lol) came home and got straight into things, vacuumed the house, did the dishes, brought inthe laundry, did more laundry, will hang out laundry, fixed the shelf in the panty and organised the shelves again...
have taken out 2 bacon and egg pies for diner...will prolly have mashed potato with them?
Have work at 1pm today...
Am going to the mall shortly to pick up two shrugs/bolero tops from Pagani. They didn't have the size I wanted when I went in a couple of weeks ago, so they had to order them in - good people :)
Have spoken to hubby and my lil bro about big brother - and I was right - little bro must have just gone along with the topic of getting a tattoo - big brother is all reved up (as he usually does get when HE wants something) but he's not 100% - lil bro understands there is a hell of a lot more to it than 'just' getting tattooed. It's not the phsical pain - that's just half of it - it's more about the mental pain...
Anywhoo...like I said, show me the money. lol
It's a gorgeous day today!! Cool morning breeze, blue skies. Clean house - love this!!
Oh and it's pay day - so of course that must be adding to my GOOD MOOD LMAOooOoo
12pm - have been to the mall - was only supposed to buy the two shurg/bolero thingies that I had ordered in...but then I remembered that today is...
my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of when I had my GASTRIC SLEEVE!!
So I splashed out on the sale rack (LOVE sales don't you??) and ended up with an extra 4 tops - which ALL look DAMN GOOD ON me I might add :) One of the tops are a sz 18, the other 3 are sz 16 and the 2 shurugs are a sz 14 - which I bought to store away for winter, they are the best thing for disguising BAT ARMS what comes with 50+kgs weight loss!!
I already have 2 that I live in at the moment - so they'll do me till winter AND then hopfully by winter I will be down to a sz 16-14 - cos at the moment I am a sz 18-16.
So yep - just relaxing now till I start work at 1pm - will leave home just after 12:30pm.
Back from work and hey...I handed in my notice. I had to...and they were really good about it, nto sure at this stage, but I may not have to go back next week :) This might be it :) But I'll still get next weeks pay - is that sweet or what? Nothing is confirmed though, just that I have given notice and said if I need to work for the next couple of weeks then that's ok...I made it clear that it's just this role that I can't do cos of my course...but I am available for any other work :) Which also reminds me, I've been offerend work on Saturrday night *yay* and it works out well cos high tide is at 11:20am, so we'll be back from fishing by 2-3pm...then I'll get plenty of sleep for the evening :)
9:15pm - poor miss 9!! We had just had diner, I'm sitting on the computer, next thing miss 9 runs through the lounge and straight into the toilet...then she starts screaming and crying...I run to her, and take her to the bathroom, proceed to wipe the blood off her toe - and then I see FLESH!!
Realised this was more than a 'wipe - band aid - pamol' situation, and carried her onto Miss 14's bed - colsest room.
All the kids hung around her while I called hubby to come straight home, Miss 9 needs to go to the doctors and he had the car...
Carry miss9 into the lounge, wet flannel to wipe all the blood...hubby turns up, we take her to the doctors...straight through to the nurses bay...all the while miss 9 is very dramatic - fair enough.
She got x-ray - BROKE THE TIP OF HER BIG TOE!! Got 4 stitches to her two wounds where the flesh had litterly POPPED out of!! Ewwww!! More pamol and some antibiotics.
She was very dramatic but very brave all the same. When we got home, mr 7 & 12 were very concerned...they had even managed to clean her room while we were at the doctors - Mr7's idea!! How sweet is that - and it's SPOTLESS!! And miss9's room is the messiest room inthe house - she lives in a pigsty!! Paper everywhere!! Clothes everywhere....toys, books everything and anything, strewn all over the floor!! But it's spotless now and I think that is just the sweetest think in the world!!
Now Miss9 is laying down on the couch, Mr7 sitting at her head comforting her - I'm actually overwhelmed by his obvious love and affection for his big sister!! He even got her a hotwater bottle...
So she'll be off school tomorrow obviously and prolly friday too...have promised her a couple of magazines tomorrow.
So there's another rather dramatic end to the day...oh and we ended up having homemade chicken burgers and hot chips for diner...
Mr 7: Maea, how do you feel?
Miss 9: Yeah...little bit
Mr 7: Do you think you can come to school tomorrow?
Miss 9: No, I have to go and get the bandage changed.
Mr 7: Which doctors?
Ahhh...sooo sweet.
Took the kids to the shop this morning to buy lunches (naughty me I know lol) came home and got straight into things, vacuumed the house, did the dishes, brought inthe laundry, did more laundry, will hang out laundry, fixed the shelf in the panty and organised the shelves again...
have taken out 2 bacon and egg pies for diner...will prolly have mashed potato with them?
Have work at 1pm today...
Am going to the mall shortly to pick up two shrugs/bolero tops from Pagani. They didn't have the size I wanted when I went in a couple of weeks ago, so they had to order them in - good people :)
Have spoken to hubby and my lil bro about big brother - and I was right - little bro must have just gone along with the topic of getting a tattoo - big brother is all reved up (as he usually does get when HE wants something) but he's not 100% - lil bro understands there is a hell of a lot more to it than 'just' getting tattooed. It's not the phsical pain - that's just half of it - it's more about the mental pain...
Anywhoo...like I said, show me the money. lol
It's a gorgeous day today!! Cool morning breeze, blue skies. Clean house - love this!!
Oh and it's pay day - so of course that must be adding to my GOOD MOOD LMAOooOoo
12pm - have been to the mall - was only supposed to buy the two shurg/bolero thingies that I had ordered in...but then I remembered that today is...
my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of when I had my GASTRIC SLEEVE!!
So I splashed out on the sale rack (LOVE sales don't you??) and ended up with an extra 4 tops - which ALL look DAMN GOOD ON me I might add :) One of the tops are a sz 18, the other 3 are sz 16 and the 2 shurugs are a sz 14 - which I bought to store away for winter, they are the best thing for disguising BAT ARMS what comes with 50+kgs weight loss!!
I already have 2 that I live in at the moment - so they'll do me till winter AND then hopfully by winter I will be down to a sz 16-14 - cos at the moment I am a sz 18-16.
So yep - just relaxing now till I start work at 1pm - will leave home just after 12:30pm.
Back from work and hey...I handed in my notice. I had to...and they were really good about it, nto sure at this stage, but I may not have to go back next week :) This might be it :) But I'll still get next weeks pay - is that sweet or what? Nothing is confirmed though, just that I have given notice and said if I need to work for the next couple of weeks then that's ok...I made it clear that it's just this role that I can't do cos of my course...but I am available for any other work :) Which also reminds me, I've been offerend work on Saturrday night *yay* and it works out well cos high tide is at 11:20am, so we'll be back from fishing by 2-3pm...then I'll get plenty of sleep for the evening :)
9:15pm - poor miss 9!! We had just had diner, I'm sitting on the computer, next thing miss 9 runs through the lounge and straight into the toilet...then she starts screaming and crying...I run to her, and take her to the bathroom, proceed to wipe the blood off her toe - and then I see FLESH!!
Realised this was more than a 'wipe - band aid - pamol' situation, and carried her onto Miss 14's bed - colsest room.
All the kids hung around her while I called hubby to come straight home, Miss 9 needs to go to the doctors and he had the car...
Carry miss9 into the lounge, wet flannel to wipe all the blood...hubby turns up, we take her to the doctors...straight through to the nurses bay...all the while miss 9 is very dramatic - fair enough.
She got x-ray - BROKE THE TIP OF HER BIG TOE!! Got 4 stitches to her two wounds where the flesh had litterly POPPED out of!! Ewwww!! More pamol and some antibiotics.
She was very dramatic but very brave all the same. When we got home, mr 7 & 12 were very concerned...they had even managed to clean her room while we were at the doctors - Mr7's idea!! How sweet is that - and it's SPOTLESS!! And miss9's room is the messiest room inthe house - she lives in a pigsty!! Paper everywhere!! Clothes everywhere....toys, books everything and anything, strewn all over the floor!! But it's spotless now and I think that is just the sweetest think in the world!!
Now Miss9 is laying down on the couch, Mr7 sitting at her head comforting her - I'm actually overwhelmed by his obvious love and affection for his big sister!! He even got her a hotwater bottle...
So she'll be off school tomorrow obviously and prolly friday too...have promised her a couple of magazines tomorrow.
So there's another rather dramatic end to the day...oh and we ended up having homemade chicken burgers and hot chips for diner...
Mr 7: Maea, how do you feel?
Miss 9: Yeah...little bit
Mr 7: Do you think you can come to school tomorrow?
Miss 9: No, I have to go and get the bandage changed.
Mr 7: Which doctors?
Ahhh...sooo sweet.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
totally PISSED off right now...
Called NZ Post about my parcel which was sent LAST Tuesday - confirmation that the courier driver had the parcel on FRIDAY - but still hasn't been delivered...
the lady on the phone said "We;ve missed our target, I don't think it will be delivered, we need to open an investigation"
I'm FUCKED off big time! They have a note on the courier bags not to send cash, jewellery etc...so I suppose that means they aren't going to reimburse for the missing items!! But we have confirmation that the courier driver had the fucken thing on him on Friday and it should have been delivered then...but it wasn't GOD HELP THE courier driver when he next comes up MY DRIVEWAY!! ASS HOLE!!!!
And now I feel REALLY SICK!! - just received a pair of earrings that I bought - again off TM, auction blurb stated 9ct gold - yet there is absolutely NO MARKINGS on the earrings - so they are just JUNK I suppose?? I'm really pissed off...last fuckin time I'm buying anything off tm that I can't PICK UP!!! Stuff this shit!!
How do I get out of this CRAP feeling?? I'm thinking of just cutting my losses - all up I have spent $175 on a crap pair of earrings that aren't even real gold and jewellery that has been lost in the mail!! STOLEN by the fuckin courier driver more like it!! ASS HOLE!!
I'm gonna try not to think about it...cut my loses - if by some miracle they turn up or I get my money refunded - then whoop-tee fuck - good for me - but otherwise - forget it...learn my lesson - cut my loses...get over it now.
Well what do ya know!! IT ARRIVED!! Courier guy was different to the guy that usually does it so I asked 'nicely' why it took so long to arrive...aparently they've had 3 times the usual number of things to deliver in the last two weeks...said thank you and left it at that
I"M JUST HAPPY AS HELL it's ARRIVED!!
The opal ring is GORGEOUS and it fits my fat finger :) The matching set though, doesn't have markings *sigh* and the seller has said that it is real gold she bought both from Micheal Hill as 9ct. I do believe her though, i bought my euro ball earrings from a Stweart Dawsons in Manukau only to realise a month of so later that they aren't even stamped!! Paid nearly $200 for them as well!!
9:30pm just got off the phone with my older brother....long story short...he's always treated me like pooh on his shoe. Never caused me anything but grief if I'm honest. Really cunning and manipulative...he's just been released from jail, was locked up for 2.5yrs after seperating from his wife (2 kids) 3 yrs ago. I'm bascially the only one left who'll give him the time of day.
My younger bro, has been living with me for the past 11-12 yrs. In the time, older brother has had NOTHING to do with him, and during his mental/psycho shite, accussed lil bro of things...like I said it's a long story!!
Anywho, when big brother seperated from his wife, his life was crap - no one's fault but his own, he all of a sudden wanted a relationship with lil bro...lasted all of two weeks, then big bro FORCED lil bro to go with him - did what he did, and got THEN BOTH locked up...thank god the judge saw what a manipulative asshole big bro was and just gave my lil bro community service - which I might add cause lil bro a lot of stress and grief...
Anyway...he was released just before Xmas. I have learned to stand my ground, let him know I'm not a little shit. He can't walk over me.
But tonight he calls...he reckon he AND lil bro have decided they want to get a traditional Samoan tattoo done together at the end of the year.
He just thinks he knows EVERYTHING. Just cos it's a right time for him, it's not always the right time for someone else, but he jumps in and says lil bro is sweet..."I've seen him, he's pretty tough..." Oh really...and since when the fuck did he KNOW my lil bro?? The only time he bothered to ahve anything to do with MY LIL BRo in the last 15 years my LIL BRO gets locked up fgs!!
GRRRRR!!!!
I told him to sort the money side out first...prolly looking at $5K..."Oh yeah, sweet sweet...." Umm yeah ok...this coming from a guy who CAN'T even hold down a JOB FGS!! he just got out of jail, lives on his own on a benefit...and he thinks he can save $5K in less than a year? LMAOoOooo
LOOOOOSER COMES TIME MINDDDD!!!
Don't know if I want to laugh or cry!
Anyway, we'll just leave it at that bascially. When he can show me $5K then we'll contact the tattooist.
Mark my words....HE Will not be getting this done within a year from now - he's DREAMIN!!
As for lil bro...he's got the money, but I don't know if he's got the balls to complete the tattoo - and there is NOTHING worse than getting the tattoo and NOT completing it.
Not gonna give it another thought -like I said, SHOW ME THE MONEY lol.
So that's how my day has ended - what a farkin laugh...after all these years, he's still like a bloody kid. His way or the highway - can't talk him out of anything, he knows better than anyone else...again... LOSER!!!
the lady on the phone said "We;ve missed our target, I don't think it will be delivered, we need to open an investigation"
I'm FUCKED off big time! They have a note on the courier bags not to send cash, jewellery etc...so I suppose that means they aren't going to reimburse for the missing items!! But we have confirmation that the courier driver had the fucken thing on him on Friday and it should have been delivered then...but it wasn't GOD HELP THE courier driver when he next comes up MY DRIVEWAY!! ASS HOLE!!!!
And now I feel REALLY SICK!! - just received a pair of earrings that I bought - again off TM, auction blurb stated 9ct gold - yet there is absolutely NO MARKINGS on the earrings - so they are just JUNK I suppose?? I'm really pissed off...last fuckin time I'm buying anything off tm that I can't PICK UP!!! Stuff this shit!!
How do I get out of this CRAP feeling?? I'm thinking of just cutting my losses - all up I have spent $175 on a crap pair of earrings that aren't even real gold and jewellery that has been lost in the mail!! STOLEN by the fuckin courier driver more like it!! ASS HOLE!!
I'm gonna try not to think about it...cut my loses - if by some miracle they turn up or I get my money refunded - then whoop-tee fuck - good for me - but otherwise - forget it...learn my lesson - cut my loses...get over it now.
Well what do ya know!! IT ARRIVED!! Courier guy was different to the guy that usually does it so I asked 'nicely' why it took so long to arrive...aparently they've had 3 times the usual number of things to deliver in the last two weeks...said thank you and left it at that
I"M JUST HAPPY AS HELL it's ARRIVED!!
The opal ring is GORGEOUS and it fits my fat finger :) The matching set though, doesn't have markings *sigh* and the seller has said that it is real gold she bought both from Micheal Hill as 9ct. I do believe her though, i bought my euro ball earrings from a Stweart Dawsons in Manukau only to realise a month of so later that they aren't even stamped!! Paid nearly $200 for them as well!!
9:30pm just got off the phone with my older brother....long story short...he's always treated me like pooh on his shoe. Never caused me anything but grief if I'm honest. Really cunning and manipulative...he's just been released from jail, was locked up for 2.5yrs after seperating from his wife (2 kids) 3 yrs ago. I'm bascially the only one left who'll give him the time of day.
My younger bro, has been living with me for the past 11-12 yrs. In the time, older brother has had NOTHING to do with him, and during his mental/psycho shite, accussed lil bro of things...like I said it's a long story!!
Anywho, when big brother seperated from his wife, his life was crap - no one's fault but his own, he all of a sudden wanted a relationship with lil bro...lasted all of two weeks, then big bro FORCED lil bro to go with him - did what he did, and got THEN BOTH locked up...thank god the judge saw what a manipulative asshole big bro was and just gave my lil bro community service - which I might add cause lil bro a lot of stress and grief...
Anyway...he was released just before Xmas. I have learned to stand my ground, let him know I'm not a little shit. He can't walk over me.
But tonight he calls...he reckon he AND lil bro have decided they want to get a traditional Samoan tattoo done together at the end of the year.
He just thinks he knows EVERYTHING. Just cos it's a right time for him, it's not always the right time for someone else, but he jumps in and says lil bro is sweet..."I've seen him, he's pretty tough..." Oh really...and since when the fuck did he KNOW my lil bro?? The only time he bothered to ahve anything to do with MY LIL BRo in the last 15 years my LIL BRO gets locked up fgs!!
GRRRRR!!!!
I told him to sort the money side out first...prolly looking at $5K..."Oh yeah, sweet sweet...." Umm yeah ok...this coming from a guy who CAN'T even hold down a JOB FGS!! he just got out of jail, lives on his own on a benefit...and he thinks he can save $5K in less than a year? LMAOoOooo
LOOOOOSER COMES TIME MINDDDD!!!
Don't know if I want to laugh or cry!
Anyway, we'll just leave it at that bascially. When he can show me $5K then we'll contact the tattooist.
Mark my words....HE Will not be getting this done within a year from now - he's DREAMIN!!
As for lil bro...he's got the money, but I don't know if he's got the balls to complete the tattoo - and there is NOTHING worse than getting the tattoo and NOT completing it.
Not gonna give it another thought -like I said, SHOW ME THE MONEY lol.
So that's how my day has ended - what a farkin laugh...after all these years, he's still like a bloody kid. His way or the highway - can't talk him out of anything, he knows better than anyone else...again... LOSER!!!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Another week...
and another week closer to starting my course WooP WooP!!
Looks like it's gonna be a lovely day! Nothing planned - would love to go fishing, but it's just not gonna happen cos hubby has to go to work, lil bro is on afternoon shift, so won't be home to see the kids home if I went...*sigh* will have to find something else to keep me entertained.
MUST package a couple of things for TM and get them couriered out...might find a couple more things to list.
Oh did I mention that I red faced the first asshole that bought my bracelet...then made a fixed price offfer to everyone who still had it on their watchlist - it was snapped up within 5 mins...so fingers crossed this time the trade will be completed successfully!! They are from out of Auckland, so good in a way, I only need to see their deposit show up in my account before posting - I don't have to stay at home and wait around all day for a no-hoper!!
4;30pm - some people love to over-react! I've been reading one ladys' blog (who lives down the road from me) and for the past two days she's been going on about how "stinkin' hot' it is, and how she can't sleep - tosses and turns...WHATEVER!! Today isn't even hot and we got a sprinkle of rain - and there she is going on about '100% humidity' LMAOooOo - yeah right.
Anywhoo...I haven't done anything productive today - just did something that's gonna add another 10kgs to my fat arse LOL. Hubby wanted to make luau/palusami (Samoan dish using taro leaves n coconut cream) but using spinach...so I made some up for him, but of course I like to get creative, I added corned beef to the mix lol. They turned out really well - too well in fact!
7:30pm - diner has been had and enjoyed very much by all :)
Really pissed off at NZPost...the item I paid for a week and a half ago, and that was posted out last tuesday (courier post) has still NOT turned up!! Unbelievable really - honestly!! I just feel like hitting the courier driver with it when he eventually turns up...prick!
I've actually been in a real crabby bitch mood all day!! I've got really bad sunburn on my lips - on my LIPS of all farken places - was totally covered up when I went fishing last Thurs with hubby, but not my lips...and now I have really dry cracked lips with what look like blisters right on the lip line OUCH!!!
Plus I have an ulcer on the inside of my lip...*sigh*
Everything I eat HURTS like hell...sweet, savoury, hot or cold, doesn't matter - it hurts and I am getting NO ENJOYMENT out of food at all :( Pissing me off majorly!!
Looks like it's gonna be a lovely day! Nothing planned - would love to go fishing, but it's just not gonna happen cos hubby has to go to work, lil bro is on afternoon shift, so won't be home to see the kids home if I went...*sigh* will have to find something else to keep me entertained.
MUST package a couple of things for TM and get them couriered out...might find a couple more things to list.
Oh did I mention that I red faced the first asshole that bought my bracelet...then made a fixed price offfer to everyone who still had it on their watchlist - it was snapped up within 5 mins...so fingers crossed this time the trade will be completed successfully!! They are from out of Auckland, so good in a way, I only need to see their deposit show up in my account before posting - I don't have to stay at home and wait around all day for a no-hoper!!
4;30pm - some people love to over-react! I've been reading one ladys' blog (who lives down the road from me) and for the past two days she's been going on about how "stinkin' hot' it is, and how she can't sleep - tosses and turns...WHATEVER!! Today isn't even hot and we got a sprinkle of rain - and there she is going on about '100% humidity' LMAOooOo - yeah right.
Anywhoo...I haven't done anything productive today - just did something that's gonna add another 10kgs to my fat arse LOL. Hubby wanted to make luau/palusami (Samoan dish using taro leaves n coconut cream) but using spinach...so I made some up for him, but of course I like to get creative, I added corned beef to the mix lol. They turned out really well - too well in fact!
7:30pm - diner has been had and enjoyed very much by all :)
Really pissed off at NZPost...the item I paid for a week and a half ago, and that was posted out last tuesday (courier post) has still NOT turned up!! Unbelievable really - honestly!! I just feel like hitting the courier driver with it when he eventually turns up...prick!
I've actually been in a real crabby bitch mood all day!! I've got really bad sunburn on my lips - on my LIPS of all farken places - was totally covered up when I went fishing last Thurs with hubby, but not my lips...and now I have really dry cracked lips with what look like blisters right on the lip line OUCH!!!
Plus I have an ulcer on the inside of my lip...*sigh*
Everything I eat HURTS like hell...sweet, savoury, hot or cold, doesn't matter - it hurts and I am getting NO ENJOYMENT out of food at all :( Pissing me off majorly!!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Sunday...
Found out when we were at work last night that hubby's family (dad's side) is having a bbq lunch today for one of the cousins who has been visiting from Oz...would have been nice if they told us about it earlier in the week...or I wish they didn't tell us at all cos I can't be bothered going...don't mind going to the inlaws for the usual sunday lunch - but can't be bothered doing the whole extended family thing today *sigh*
Finale: So we ended up going to the BBQ...lovely food - but then what family function does hubby's family have that doesn't have LOTS of yummy food!!?? The usual crowd...
Got home at around 6pm, had a ham sandwich with my bottled beetroot for diner, was feeling especially tired, mind you I was up early after working last night. I think I ended up taking myself to bed at about 9:30pm, hubby stayed up to watch a movie, I just couldn't stay awake.
Hubby was kind enough to make the kids ham sandwiches - thanks honey :) xOx
Finale: So we ended up going to the BBQ...lovely food - but then what family function does hubby's family have that doesn't have LOTS of yummy food!!?? The usual crowd...
Got home at around 6pm, had a ham sandwich with my bottled beetroot for diner, was feeling especially tired, mind you I was up early after working last night. I think I ended up taking myself to bed at about 9:30pm, hubby stayed up to watch a movie, I just couldn't stay awake.
Hubby was kind enough to make the kids ham sandwiches - thanks honey :) xOx
Saturday, February 6, 2010
I'm up early...
just been checking emails...gosh I have had the worst week on TM!! two seperate items I paid for LAST WEEK have not turned up yet - how bloody slack is that?? I have been emailing these people...got an email from one of them this morning simply saying that my item was sent yesterday, so I politely asked them why has it taken so long to post out when my payment would have been showing last week?
Then I gave a red face to the person who bought my bracelet and didn't bother to turn up when arranged, hasn't bothered to reply to my email or txt...yet is signing into TM each day...I couldn't give a shit if the person knows where I live - so what?? Bloody time waster...so I offered it to other traders who still had it on their watchlist.
*sigh*
Anyway...looks like it's gonna be a nice day outside, prolly son't get up to anything though lol. Just stay home and do some chores.
So I've been thinking...about my weight. I have been hovering around the 100kg mark for the past 3-4 months. NOT GOOD ENOUGH! Why has it just been hovering...no other reason other than it being MY FAULT obviously. I don't make any effort to exercise and I GRAZE all day - like a fat cow LMAO.
So, I can't wait till my course starts, cos I know that being out of the house and kept busy, will stop me from grazing. I'll have structure to my day, planning to have breakfast before I leave, a small morning tea snack, lunch, then when I come home a small snack, then diner...as opposed to snacking through the day, every hour on the hour lol.
Oh just remembered, today is Waitangi Day...whoop-tee-doo...it has fallen on a Saturday so no public holiday - which is totally tinky and no wonder I haven't given this day a second thought - sad to some, I know...but oh well.
10am - have been a busy bee...picked blackberries from our garden, picked a HUGE!!! bunch of spinich that I will blanch and freeze, hung out three loads of washing and have another load in the machine...cleaned the huge kitchen window -shame on me for letting it get sooo grubby!! Am in a cleaning mood today - *yay* about time lol.
ok - so I didn't get any extra cleaning done, but I did fold ALL the washing and had it put away.
Then I gave a red face to the person who bought my bracelet and didn't bother to turn up when arranged, hasn't bothered to reply to my email or txt...yet is signing into TM each day...I couldn't give a shit if the person knows where I live - so what?? Bloody time waster...so I offered it to other traders who still had it on their watchlist.
*sigh*
Anyway...looks like it's gonna be a nice day outside, prolly son't get up to anything though lol. Just stay home and do some chores.
So I've been thinking...about my weight. I have been hovering around the 100kg mark for the past 3-4 months. NOT GOOD ENOUGH! Why has it just been hovering...no other reason other than it being MY FAULT obviously. I don't make any effort to exercise and I GRAZE all day - like a fat cow LMAO.
So, I can't wait till my course starts, cos I know that being out of the house and kept busy, will stop me from grazing. I'll have structure to my day, planning to have breakfast before I leave, a small morning tea snack, lunch, then when I come home a small snack, then diner...as opposed to snacking through the day, every hour on the hour lol.
Oh just remembered, today is Waitangi Day...whoop-tee-doo...it has fallen on a Saturday so no public holiday - which is totally tinky and no wonder I haven't given this day a second thought - sad to some, I know...but oh well.
10am - have been a busy bee...picked blackberries from our garden, picked a HUGE!!! bunch of spinich that I will blanch and freeze, hung out three loads of washing and have another load in the machine...cleaned the huge kitchen window -shame on me for letting it get sooo grubby!! Am in a cleaning mood today - *yay* about time lol.
ok - so I didn't get any extra cleaning done, but I did fold ALL the washing and had it put away.
Homestyle, slow cooker 'hangi' chicken and vege was a success!! I made three bacon and egg pies, theyhave gone into the freezer. Worked tonight...was ok.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Went fishing with hubby yesterday...
Got the kids off to school...packed the car and off we went lol.
High tide was at 3pm, so lil bro was home for the kids as he is on night shift.
Anywhoo...I won the 'first catch of the day' bet of $10. *yay* We caught 6 HUGE kahawai (hubby 2:me 4) Kids were impressed with our catch when we got home, we had one for diner...god nothing tastes better than FRESH fish!!
I'm now on the look out for a smoker so we can try our hand at smoked fish Mmmm
I still haven't heard from the a$$hole that bought something from me...sent another email this morning...if I haven't heard from him by Saturday I'll just relist and redface the prick(le). I don't care if he knows where I live...LOL.
Another item I paid for LAST WEEK still hasn't arrived, the seller said she "couriered" it out on Tuesday...then when I emailed her last night the the tracking number wasn't being recognised on the website last night, she said she just posted it out on Wednesday - *sigh* then when I called NZPost this morning, they said the code I had was a parcel post tracking number and will take 3 days to arrive, so today if she sent on tuesday or monday if she sent it on wednesday - how bloody hard is it for sellers to just be honest? My payment was showing LAST week...and yet she only managed to post it out on Wednesday?? Not really good enough if you ask me, she could have let me know...I didn't hear from her till Wednesday...and it's a big ticket item...*sigh* Fingers crossed...
2pm: I should have a nap, but I'm not and I don't even know why I'm not going to have one. Sure enough as soon as the kids get home I'll be really really tired lol.
High tide was at 3pm, so lil bro was home for the kids as he is on night shift.
Anywhoo...I won the 'first catch of the day' bet of $10. *yay* We caught 6 HUGE kahawai (hubby 2:me 4) Kids were impressed with our catch when we got home, we had one for diner...god nothing tastes better than FRESH fish!!
I'm now on the look out for a smoker so we can try our hand at smoked fish Mmmm
I still haven't heard from the a$$hole that bought something from me...sent another email this morning...if I haven't heard from him by Saturday I'll just relist and redface the prick(le). I don't care if he knows where I live...LOL.
Another item I paid for LAST WEEK still hasn't arrived, the seller said she "couriered" it out on Tuesday...then when I emailed her last night the the tracking number wasn't being recognised on the website last night, she said she just posted it out on Wednesday - *sigh* then when I called NZPost this morning, they said the code I had was a parcel post tracking number and will take 3 days to arrive, so today if she sent on tuesday or monday if she sent it on wednesday - how bloody hard is it for sellers to just be honest? My payment was showing LAST week...and yet she only managed to post it out on Wednesday?? Not really good enough if you ask me, she could have let me know...I didn't hear from her till Wednesday...and it's a big ticket item...*sigh* Fingers crossed...
2pm: I should have a nap, but I'm not and I don't even know why I'm not going to have one. Sure enough as soon as the kids get home I'll be really really tired lol.
So I am super keen to go on another 'Budgeting Journey' :) I don't NEED to - but I SHOULD!! I don't even know how much I spend on groceries each week cos I've stocked up on so much food, that if I was able to keep myself away from the super market - we'd have enough food/supplies to last a month!
I just can't stop stocking up! It's an ADDICTION!! I saved hard last year and cashed myself a new chest freezer - well it's chocka-full of food! meats...veges...cheese, surimi, bacon...home cooked meals...The cupboards are full of all the basics...
Problem now is, that I can't stay away from the supermarket! I have to go in each week, at least twice to buy fresh ham for the kids lunches and I come home with wayyy more than sliced ham!! I'm addicted to going to the supermarket every week to see what's on special...lol!!
There are THREE main things I really want to focus on this year - and that is...:
*Getting down to a goal weight of 80kgs (would love to challenge myself and get down to 75kg)
*Keeping track of spending, spending LESS each week.
*Being a BETTER mum & WIFE for my family :)
I've made a double batch of basic biscuits this afternoon, half with choco-chips and orange essence, the other I just put a spoon or so of coffee into it...they aren't every sweet...may need to ice them. Will freeze them anyway, for lunches next week - after the kids have had some afterschool of course :)
Tonight I am going to make a list of all the groceries I go through every week - will be a task, but I'll try my best. I'm really interested to know how much I spend each week...I may also TRY to tackle my spending in other ways...I like the idea of giving myself a set amount of 'grocery/housekeeping' money each fortnight (damn fortnightly pays!) and see how that goes. But what's a fair amount? And also, I have sooo much food stocked up - I want to try and use up ALL the food I have already - especially the food in the freezer - then maybe I'll set the fortnightly budget? Hmmm we'll see.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
I can't sleep...
after a lovely diner...kids behaving themselves and going to bed on time...I went to bed at 9:30pm and just couldn't' sleep...so had a shower, them came on the net - watched telly...nearly 2am and I'm not tired at all...think I'll just wait for hubby who'll be home just after 2am...nothing else to do lol.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
nice day...
stupid title lol. Can't think of what else to write lol.
I'm about to go off to work...tinky poo :( Only 3 more weeks to put up with this crap job and the CRAP people that come with it - thank you GOD!!
Can't wait to start my course - meet new people...learn new things YAY!!
Spent this morning getting things ready for diner tonight. have made the potato bake - just need to sprinkle with breadcrumbs and cheese, grill...Mmmm. have jullien'ed the carrots, ready to be steamed then sautee'd in honey...will have mushrooms with it too :)
My lil goal is to make a yummy diner each night - use up ALL of the meat I have stocked up in the freezer :)
8:20pm - well what a day :) Hasn't rained...would have been perfect for fishing...*sigh* had to go to work :( And talking of work...well...in my 'head' I planned to hand in my notice week ending 19th Feb, but now I will have to work an extra week, to take advantage of something that has come up...so *yay* for me...
Some dick won an auction from me a couple of nights ago and organised to come over tonight and pick it up - well 6:30pm came and went - and no show. Sent a txt - an hour later still no reply. Sick and tired of these sorts of traders who RUIN it for everyone else!! Mucking others around...*sigh* I'm gonna give them till tomorrow evening, to hear back from them, then I'll just relist it or offer it to the other genuine bidders!
had the yummiest diner. Beef schnitzel, sauted mushrooms, honey and garlic carrots, potato bake, friend onions, egg foo yong...(strange combo I know) but the kids loved it - I know hubby and lil bro will LOVE it too...god I love cooking - love the joy it brings to people LMAO...do I sound like a looser or what?
I was asked to work Saturday night, so that's cool :)
I'm about to go off to work...tinky poo :( Only 3 more weeks to put up with this crap job and the CRAP people that come with it - thank you GOD!!
Can't wait to start my course - meet new people...learn new things YAY!!
Spent this morning getting things ready for diner tonight. have made the potato bake - just need to sprinkle with breadcrumbs and cheese, grill...Mmmm. have jullien'ed the carrots, ready to be steamed then sautee'd in honey...will have mushrooms with it too :)
My lil goal is to make a yummy diner each night - use up ALL of the meat I have stocked up in the freezer :)
8:20pm - well what a day :) Hasn't rained...would have been perfect for fishing...*sigh* had to go to work :( And talking of work...well...in my 'head' I planned to hand in my notice week ending 19th Feb, but now I will have to work an extra week, to take advantage of something that has come up...so *yay* for me...
Some dick won an auction from me a couple of nights ago and organised to come over tonight and pick it up - well 6:30pm came and went - and no show. Sent a txt - an hour later still no reply. Sick and tired of these sorts of traders who RUIN it for everyone else!! Mucking others around...*sigh* I'm gonna give them till tomorrow evening, to hear back from them, then I'll just relist it or offer it to the other genuine bidders!
had the yummiest diner. Beef schnitzel, sauted mushrooms, honey and garlic carrots, potato bake, friend onions, egg foo yong...(strange combo I know) but the kids loved it - I know hubby and lil bro will LOVE it too...god I love cooking - love the joy it brings to people LMAO...do I sound like a looser or what?
I was asked to work Saturday night, so that's cool :)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Kids are BACK TO SCHOOL!!!
Feelin great for it too!!
had planned to go fishing with miss 14 today, once the kids went to school, high tide works out well, but after I got the three youngest off to school this morning, I decided against it, I've got too much that needs to be done I think...lol @ I think.
It took forever for me to go to sleep last night, don't know what it was exactly that was keeping me up. I woke up feeling refreshed though.
The kids got off on a good start. Bought the little two their uniforms, just one set of shorts and shirts each. $100. Hope they'll be home with their orders today. Knowing this stupid school....who knows!!
So I have finally located my passport, so I'll go and enroll properly later this morning. Not sure what'll I'll get upto today, but feel like I may have a cleaning bug creapin up on me LOL. Feel like I might do some more baking today too...we'll soon see :)
12pm - so I've done it :) Enrolled at my Design and Pattern Making course :) WooP WooP - start on the 1st of March - can't wait!!
Called in for a coffee at my cousins house, that was nice. Back home now and no packages have arrive in the mail (things I bought off TM last week) which I am a bit disappointed about. Have sent emails out to see if they have received payment and to confirm postage please :)
Am going to make a chicken curry for diner. Need to use up some coconut cream.
When the kids come back from school I'm gonna shoot them down to the shops to buy Mr 7 a school bag, all the three of them lunch boxes and of course socks which ALWAYS bloody go missing!!
I'm going to go and have a read of my book and a little nap right now though cos like I mentioned, for some reason I just couldn't get to sleep last night!
had planned to go fishing with miss 14 today, once the kids went to school, high tide works out well, but after I got the three youngest off to school this morning, I decided against it, I've got too much that needs to be done I think...lol @ I think.
It took forever for me to go to sleep last night, don't know what it was exactly that was keeping me up. I woke up feeling refreshed though.
The kids got off on a good start. Bought the little two their uniforms, just one set of shorts and shirts each. $100. Hope they'll be home with their orders today. Knowing this stupid school....who knows!!
So I have finally located my passport, so I'll go and enroll properly later this morning. Not sure what'll I'll get upto today, but feel like I may have a cleaning bug creapin up on me LOL. Feel like I might do some more baking today too...we'll soon see :)
12pm - so I've done it :) Enrolled at my Design and Pattern Making course :) WooP WooP - start on the 1st of March - can't wait!!
Called in for a coffee at my cousins house, that was nice. Back home now and no packages have arrive in the mail (things I bought off TM last week) which I am a bit disappointed about. Have sent emails out to see if they have received payment and to confirm postage please :)
Am going to make a chicken curry for diner. Need to use up some coconut cream.
When the kids come back from school I'm gonna shoot them down to the shops to buy Mr 7 a school bag, all the three of them lunch boxes and of course socks which ALWAYS bloody go missing!!
I'm going to go and have a read of my book and a little nap right now though cos like I mentioned, for some reason I just couldn't get to sleep last night!
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