Yesterday was horrible....one of those days you wish the earth would open up and swallow you whole.
I can't really go into details as we are still ironing out a large problem and organizing plans b, c and d.
On another topic...
We are planning on up grading our car in the next 6 months or so, at the moment we have a daewoo nubira and its a great economical small car. But it cant fit us all in and if we want to go out as a family we have to take 2 cars. hence when we have the 4 kids we stay at home.
So I was thinking of a Kia Carnival or similar large 7 seater and Darian is thinking of a Holden Zaphira which is the same size of the car we have now but is a wagon and has 2 dickie seats for the extra kids, It is also a 4 cylinder and the larger people movers are 6 cylinders..
So does any one own any of the various people movers and what are their opinions on their chosen car.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
A new guide
Last night Talia took her guide promise...
I promise that I will do my best: to do my duty to God, to serve the Queen and my country; to help other people; and to keep the Guide Law.
She was so nervous and even though I reminded her that she was going to do great, she was so scared that she was going to make a mistake that she did...isn't it sad that a child automatically thinks that they are going to fail, no matter how much I boost my kids up and get them to believe in them selves It upsets me that they think automatically of failure rather than success...
So any way she froze and forgot the last sentence of her promise (which Wallaby helped with) and she is now a fully fledged guide...
I am so proud of her...
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Something to share
I was sent an email the other day that I had to share...
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same.
When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there. " A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same.
When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there. " A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.
Monday, June 18, 2007
A trip to AQWA
We had a nice quiet weekend, the girls went to their dads so we only had Matthew and Megan for the weekend. We decided to take the littlies to AQWA...
The cost worked out to be $15 per person which isnt bad and the kids loved it all. They saw lots of fish, seals, stingrays, sharks and all that...
I will let the photos tell the story
Friday, June 08, 2007
Finally I am going to do a catch up....the last month or so has been so hectic...
We are now settled into our new house, it is nice to have everything at one house....for a while there we were living out of 3..
We moved Darian out first and during the week I cleaned his house ready to get new tenants in (as he broke lease, the sooner the better as we were paying 3 lots of rent at that stage)..
the next weekend we moved me out of my house, I then spent the next week cleaning my house, organising carpet cleaning and still taking Matthew to swimming lessons, gymbaroo and therapy...
By the end of the month I was exhausted and still no tenants in Darian's old house....it seemed really strange as there is a rental crisis nation wide...but all we could do is wait...
Finally last week the real estate agent rang and let us know that the house has been let...(big sigh of relief)
So we are here for at least a year...if not more
Matthew is going well, I have stopped swimming lessons for now as he has a chest infection and I am going to wait till we get back from over seas before starting up again. He is still enjoying his gymbaroo and it must be helping as his Physio can see the difference, so much so that she is happy to leave him go for 6 months and then see him for a review.
He is also seeing a OT weekly now, she is concentrating on his fine motor skills, he does things like pegs, stacking bean bags, painting and play dough.....we will be seeing her for another 5 weeks..
We are also attending a group speech session to help with his speech, this goes for another 4 weeks.
The other good news is that his carer's allowance has been approved, so this will help pay for gymbaroo and such...
The girls are going OK, not brilliant, there are a few small issues with family blending but nothing we cant work through. Its all going to take time, tolerance and patience.
Africa is getting closer, I have paid for my dress and have my fitting next month. It all getting very exciting and I am getting a bit nervous as well...not about the wedding but the whole flying over water thing...
Well that's about it...well what i can remember at the moment
Only 56 days till we fly
We are now settled into our new house, it is nice to have everything at one house....for a while there we were living out of 3..
We moved Darian out first and during the week I cleaned his house ready to get new tenants in (as he broke lease, the sooner the better as we were paying 3 lots of rent at that stage)..
the next weekend we moved me out of my house, I then spent the next week cleaning my house, organising carpet cleaning and still taking Matthew to swimming lessons, gymbaroo and therapy...
By the end of the month I was exhausted and still no tenants in Darian's old house....it seemed really strange as there is a rental crisis nation wide...but all we could do is wait...
Finally last week the real estate agent rang and let us know that the house has been let...(big sigh of relief)
So we are here for at least a year...if not more
Matthew is going well, I have stopped swimming lessons for now as he has a chest infection and I am going to wait till we get back from over seas before starting up again. He is still enjoying his gymbaroo and it must be helping as his Physio can see the difference, so much so that she is happy to leave him go for 6 months and then see him for a review.
He is also seeing a OT weekly now, she is concentrating on his fine motor skills, he does things like pegs, stacking bean bags, painting and play dough.....we will be seeing her for another 5 weeks..
We are also attending a group speech session to help with his speech, this goes for another 4 weeks.
The other good news is that his carer's allowance has been approved, so this will help pay for gymbaroo and such...
The girls are going OK, not brilliant, there are a few small issues with family blending but nothing we cant work through. Its all going to take time, tolerance and patience.
Africa is getting closer, I have paid for my dress and have my fitting next month. It all getting very exciting and I am getting a bit nervous as well...not about the wedding but the whole flying over water thing...
Well that's about it...well what i can remember at the moment
Only 56 days till we fly
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