TTFN

Well we are all packed and ready for an absurd leaving time, kids seem excited and will soon lose that feeling when they realise they will be stuck in the car for over 10 hours.

Have made a mothers day gift with my beads (I knew this hobby would have many benefits)




I'd like to add a bracelet and was considering a necklace but think the pendant may be enough. Rainbow has inspired me though to make a simple but elegant one but I do need more supplies.

Well blogger buddies, please don't fret if you don't here from me in the next few weeks as I'll be just enjoying myself in sunny Queensland, have you heard me Lord, it better be sunny, I've only packed a light jacket!

Boring SAHM going to be GOHM!

1 more sleep to being a GOHM (gosh sounds like something from Lord of the rings) ie Going on holidays mum!

Packing is crap though when you have 2 electronic freaks (sorry make that 3) and a 10hour drive head of us, so these are the essentials:

Portable DVD is set up in the car,
Nintendo DS and Advance charged + games,
3 x iPods charged and full of quality tunes (one plays "Sonic theme song" but each to their own),
PSP charged with new games and movies in tow,
Mobile phone charges,
X-box with games (huge decision for the Big Little Man as leaving the PS2 behind meant leaving Ratchet & Clank behind),
colouring pencils and books,
Reading books,
TMNT figurines (they have to go on holidays too!)
5 x Hot Wheels cars (little man is still having issues on which 5 are allowed to come) and 1 x car play mat

I told the Man that I was bringing my beading bag and he rolled his eyes, come on, shall we read their list again.

Okay, off to pack those normal things like clothes.

Beading - I'm addicted

I'm driving everyone crazy in the house but I'm completely hooked on beading at the moment. I haven't made to much more but I have done nothing but search the web for patterns and designs, prices and beads to inspire me. My head is filling with idea's and dreams of beads and I insisted to the point of being forceful that we NEEDED to go the bead store today and so we did.

Oh, some of the most gorgeous beads are also some of the most expensive, but if you make quality it is all worth it.

I found a great forum with lot's of idea's and tips, I'm not going to join it but just scan it for all the idea's other share:
Bead and Button

I found this on ebay, I hope to have enough talent to make one and if I can I know my mother would adore one of these:

And I have one word for this piece - beautiful

To Ratchet or not to Ratchet?

Are you kidding that there is a slim possibility that you can do one or the other? Well Big Little man felt better this morning, after a quick 2 game of Ratchet of course!

Here he is playing that oh so wondrous game. And for those of you out there who are assuming this is our first go at it, no I'm sorry to say this is about our 5th round of Ratchet & Clank 2, we have conquered Ratchet 1, 2, 3 and even Gladiator, but by some miracle of our Lord Little Man managed to scratch Gladiator and Ratchet 1 is so easy!

We had plans, same plans as yesterday but nether the less they were plans to exit the home!

So we visited a local train exhibition = 1 hour


Went to the shops to purchase toy trains = 1 hour

To the playground = 15 minutes (I'm sounding like one of those mastercard ad's...


Where Big Little Man said he had had enough and wanted to go home to play RATCHET = Priceless!


So we came home and I beaded:

Visual proof of insainity

Plan a big day out, sunny blue sky, bags packed, roller blades in car with kids bikes, then Big Little man throws up all his breakfast up...

Geocaching

I heard of this interesting hobby (I guess you could call it that) from a fellow blogger (thanks Scooter!) and I generally assumed that it would not be available here in Australia, not because we are behind the rest of the world (because we are not) but because GPS is not that hugely popular here yet. But it is!

What is Geocaching? Wikipedia defines it as: an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and "treasure," usually toys or trinkets of little monetary value. Today, well over 350,000 geocaches are currently placed in 222 countries around the world, which are registered on various websites devoted to the sport.

And here is the Australia site: http://geocaching.com.au/

So all I have to do is equip myself with a handheld GPS and convince the man that it is totally worth it. Most of the caches that are on the site are not in metro area, but who really wants to trek in the city anyway, I love my city but at the same time can't stand it. So this could also mean more family outings into the country and mountains.

Oh yes, you have heard it all before, I WANT to do this.

I feel boring

You would assume that because my kids are on holiday that we would be out and about the town making the most of it, but not us! I did make a list before the holidays started with all the intentions to do the things on them and so far we have done 2.

I can't be left to take all the blame as Big Little Man wants to stay home and do nothing but play Ratchet and Clank 2, and I have been a good mum and playing a bit here and there but it is starting to get to me, I'm sure no human is meant to play for over 6 hours. I waiting for he nightmares to begin where Ratchet is after me with his Nuke blaster... Oh I recall the Thomas the tank engine nightmares!

My degrees of exercise are also very limited at the moment that I decided best to opt out of a challenge I had included myself in at the diet site, the small walks I am having with the kids and dog is not classified exercise although my left arm is getting a great workout as Deaf Dog is pulling with all force on the lead. I'm going to have one huge arm soon a bit like the character from "Lady in the Water".

Yeah anyway, my conversations with myself are also super boring, I'm literally boring myself typing here and feel like just shutting down the net but I won't as by being here is to alter my train of thought and hope to find something better to do with my days and not be so boring. Yeah whatever!

Thanks everyone for your nice comments, I was always happy enough to blog with no comments and never tell anyone about this place as I live in fear that the Man will find out and instantly assume that it is for other reasons which a way beyond my line of thought, but I feel I have found some trusting people out there is the WWW. So mmuwahhh to you all (that was a kiss) and thank YOU as it's your blogs that keep the boring SAHM not so bored, but alias I still remain boring.

Happy Easter!

There is no bigger smile then on a child's face when their mother says "YES" they can eat chocolate for breakfast!

Day 1 of School Holidays

It has been less then 3 hours since the kids woke up and they are already at each others necks. I've had too many requests for food and rejections on what is offered and I'm on to my 4th cup of coffee. I can see the next 2 weeks are going to drag on like a lead weight.

As today is Good Friday I still believe it should be a quiet reflective day, quiet I am not going to get, but we are not going to go out today so I have decided to have a "next blog" day. This is when I click the "next blog" button at the top of blogs and find new and interesting bloggers. The world is so large and filled with such interesting people and it is a great way to finding them.

Blog on!

To Lindt Easter Bunny or not

Last year I had set a goal that if I reached 70kg I would treat myself to a very decadent Lindt Bunny...but do I deserve one this year?

Money is so tight at the moment, to the point the car ashtray change is being used to buy essentials like milk. Things just keep sucking our hard earn dollars, wisdom teeth extraction's, kids sick, dead car battery, treadmill and now broken treadmill, next terms school fees are in, the holiday is looming, car needs servicing and so the list goes on. I have bought the kids some Easter treats, not many as some mothers trolleys but they truly don't need that much chocolate so enough for an egg hunt on Easter morning is plenty. But me, do I really need that bunny?

hmmm

I do want the bunny though.

I have no luck

23-26 March: My best girl girl comes to visit - I gain 2 kilo's. I shouldn't complain it was all self inflicted.


18-26 March: The man gets sick and sick people are hard to deal with but the man is just to much work sick. He was home for an entire week with 2 viral infections and a tooth ache. One infection and the associated pain running down his right side is thanks to a wisdom tooth that had to be extracted - but wait, the man is so manly he refuses to swallow pills so back to the Dr to have liquid antibiotics prescribed (at double the cost). I just wished that week would go quickly and you know it didn't!

28 March: The Lemon car's battery died on my day off, you know the day I was to get to enjoy on my own doing what I want, but oh no, I had to spend it with my FIL - oh it was a great day

31 March: The treadmill broke, just when I have set out a plan to run 25km a week and am progressing well at 8km/h

I told you, I have no luck!