[kathryn]

Hi All,
Well my weekend of work is over, and i have to say, im sitting here watching Brea wash the dishes…i know, a miracle has occured in my kitchen! lol.  Mind you, Mr fat bottom is still sitting on it, but im taking what i can get!!! 
I have decided to go for the job.  Im having quite a bit of difficulty with my resume, but i have looked a few up on websites, im just trying to find big words to use in my responsibility section (any suggestions will be apprecieated, oh and if they’re really big, ill need an explanation!!!)  Im not sure that my typing skills are up to the job, but i have nothing to lose, and practice makes perfect!  It doesnt have to be in until the 16th, so i have a little time to work on it. 
Work was really good this weekend, i didnt dread it at all, which is a first for me.  Dont get me wrong, i love the residents, but its the early mornings that kill me.  It all went very smoothly, no dramas which always makes for a good weekend.
I have tomorrow off, so im going to pay some bills and get stuck into this house.  My MIL is coming on Friday, so i need it spick and span.  I also have to go and get her Christmas present at some stage this week, she wants a particular style of handbag, and do you think i can find it??? Ive looked in lots of shops, but have had no luck so far.  Anytime i get her something she doesnt want it, so worst case scenario, a gift voucher will have to do and she can get her own.
I hope you have all had a good weekend, take care, bye for now, Kathryn xxLife is about falling….living is about getting up!

[kathryn]

Hi All,
Im thinking of applying for a new job.  Well, it wont be my only job, its only 6 hours a week at this stage BUT it is a foot in the door of the public sector. Its more an admin job.  Usually i jump right in and go for these things.  This time, im having a think (although i have already done the cover letter…lol)
I can stay at my current job as a casual,  and pick up shifts when i need to, which for a while would be essential.  Im just wondering if the timing is right, it may be fate that this has come up now, when i am ready to look for something else and Harry is starting school next year.  Im going to ring the woman who advertised, just to get an idea of hours and days.  I want to do something completely different, and this sure is.
Anyway, just jotting my thoughts, have a great day all,
Bye for now, Kathryn xxLife is about falling….living is about getting up!

[kathryn]

Ok, so i had my little rant, i decided to edit it as i was extremely frustrated at that very moment.
Fast forward to a couple of hours later, and im calm, im full (of cheesecake) and im in a better place.  I didnt get an urge to gamble during my little tanty, which shows me that it is much better to come and spew my anger out than to even contemplate going to the casino.  I had a lovely night with my bestie, we watched our favourite shows and im just about to turn in for the night.
One thing i like about myself is the ability to get over things very quickly. Im not a grudge holder, i truthfully cant be bothered and would much rather feel calm than be stressing for hours over an arguement or something small like ‘dishes’.  There are bigger things in this world than whinging about the washing up, and i need to remember that.  At the same time though, i think its important to have some kind of outlet to say what we need to, which, unfortunately for all of you….is here!! lol
Take care all, bye for now, Kathryn xx– 3/12/2009 12:11:07 PM: post edited by kathryn.

[kathryn]

Hi All,
Well i still dont know about the tooth, but the tooth fairy has made amends with Bailey, she came yesterday when i was out!  Nothing much to report, working later today, its a beautiful day so what better time to strip and wash the bed linen!  I know, how exciting!!! I have decided that my husband is hopeless (i know, it took me awhile)  He just called me to check if i was working tonight, now, i have been doing the same shifts for years, you would think by now he would have got it!!!  Im sure he really just wants to go for a fish and was hoping it was my night off.  Little does he realise that i work every wednesday!
Hope you all have a great gamble free day, bye for now, Kathryn xxLife is about falling….living is about getting up!

[kathryn]

Hi Larry,
Thanks for your post.  $100 for 1 tooth!  That is ludicrious.  My boys get $2.  I once gave my 10yo $5, if you had seen the way the tooth came out he deserved it!  I used to get 20c for a tooth, but back then you could get candy 5 for 1c.  Thats a lot of candy!!! I still dont know what happened to the tooth, i hope no one had a drink out of that glass!
Take care, bye for now, Kathryn xxLife is about falling….living is about getting up!

[kathryn]

Hi All,
I am in BIG trouble.  Bailey, (who is 10) has been losing lots of teeth the last month, the tooth fairy has been good to him.  He lost a tooth on Sunday, and put it in a white mug above the sink.  I forgot about it, the tooth fairy was really busy Sunday night, i told him to put it in a glass on the table. Now, he has just got out of the shower, and informed me that not only did the tooth fairy not come, but that the tooth is gone and she drank all the water that was in the glass with the tooth!!! LOL
Ive told him she must be extra busy, she might be sick, she may have run out of money but really needed that tooth.  I said we will leave her a note tonight but he said he doesnt want to……he hates the tooth fairy!
I need to ring Damian when he goes to school, i dont know where the tooth is, hopefully down the sink to never be seen again.
I went back to work last night after a month off.  It was great to see the girls and my residents, but the nurse in charge is a different story.  She doesnt cope well under any amount of pressure whatsoever, i asked if she could do something for me last night as i was at one end of the building and she was going to where i needed to be.  She said no, she was too busy.  A doctor had come in and asked her to do a dressing.  This woman is 2 doors up from the room i had to go to. So i went and did it, it didnt really matter, but she isnt a team player.  Next year im going to look for something else.
We put up our Christmas tree on Sunday night, the fake one, it does look really nice and i love sitting at night with the little twinkle lights on, its mesmerising.  I have the day off today ( i know, what a life) and have to take Brea to get some uniforms for her work.  No thoughts of gambling, which i find interesting.  I mean, i would love to go for an hour, but we all know what would happen then and im not prepared to go back, not that i could, id be thrown into the horse trough!!!
Vera, a boogie board is a foam board you can ride waves on, or paddle around on, they are quite big, not as big as a surfboard, you couldnt stand on it, and there are no waves here, but the boys will be able to play at the beach with them.
I hope you all have a great day, bye for now, Kathryn xxx
Life is about falling….living is about getting up!– 30/11/2009 8:44:04 PM: post edited by kathryn.

[kathryn]

Hi All,
Yesterday was a massive day for me.  I went shopping with Jode.  Now, Jode always has 5 million things to do.  I had 1.  I needed to pick up a layby for christmas i had put on for the kids.  She needed to do…..everything!
We left home at 8.20am, dropped the kids off and headed in. We got quite a lot accomplished in the first few hours, went and had some lunch (which by the way, was awful) and we had to go to another shopping center, not too far from our car to see about a fax/printer/scanner for jode.  By this time we had her little boy in the stroller, and 4 massive bags on the arms (of the stroller)  Jode picked out her fax, and we left it and went to another shop, where i bought 2 boogie boards for the boys, from mum for xmas.  They were pretty big.  Anyway, long story short…Jode hates making 2 trips for anything and so she decided we could carry the boogie boards (which were balanced on the stroller) and all the bags, and i would carry the fax machine.  It was about a 10 minute walk.  It was excruciating, the box was massive, we were nearly dead by the time we got to the car.  And we laughed the whole way.  She kept saying to me ‘stop for a rest’ and i kept saying ‘i have momentum, im not stopping’. We got home at 3pm.
Last night we went to the movies, me, Jode, Brea and Jodes sister in law to be (remember, that dress?)  We went for dinner and saw New Moon, it was a great night.  I am so tired today its not funny and my arms are screaming from carrying that fax machine. It is one of the busiest days i have had in a long time.
Tomorrow i am working at the market with my step dad, selling vegetables.  Im back to work on Monday. I have had a whole month off and got nothing done,eg, i was going to clean the oven, but i will get it done eventually.
Oh, the other exciting news is that im a grandmother!  Yes, im a granny.  Breas rabbits, who we were told were both female, managed the impossible and we have 3 gorgeous little babies.  I wish you could have seen Breas face, she came inside screaming, it was so funny.  I went to the pet shop to get some straw this morning and the lady there was a rabbit breeder so i got all the info.  We have separated the rabbits, but unfortunately it was too late, aparently the second the female gives birth she is re-impregnated so in 28 days we are going to have another lot.  We will sell them when they are ready and they are beautiful rabbits so i dont think we will have any trouble.
I hope you all had a great thanksgiving, and have a great weekend.
Take care, bye for now, Kathryn xxLife is about falling….living is about getting up!

[kathryn]

Hi All,
Well the validictory dinner was really good….but, when we were in Sydney Brea had bought some shoes to wear, they were at least 6inch heels (seriously), anyway she had tried on her size 8 and they were really tight so she got a 9.  She came out last night, and when she bought the shoes we hadnt taken into consideration that we had been walking for 7 hours that day and it was stinking hot. Result?  Swollen feet.  So when she put them on last night, they were a size too big.  Disaster?  Almost.  Tears?  Close to, but i had some gel things for shoes so we put them in and away we went.  When she got out of the car, she almost went a$$ over, almost.  Now im not a very nice person when someone falls over, unless its one of my residents of course, i start laughing and i cant stop.  I could feel her eyes boring into the back of my head as we walked towards the building,  i was trying to stop my shoulders shaking from the laughing, and Jode was not helping one bit!
Ok, back to the dinner.  Brea had to walk the length of the hall in ‘the shoes’ to get to her seat with all the other girls.  I was praying to the Lord that she wouldnt fall over, and bless her…she didnt!!!  We had a table with another family, a friend of Breas and the food was divine. (yes, yes its about the food.)
They had speeches and awards and i could not believe that Damian didnt fall asleep…the funniest thing was when the principal was making the speech.  I had written a letter to beg for an extra ticket, it was for Breas boyfriend but i made it about Jode, Breas godmother.  I wrote an essay about how she(Jode) had been an integral part of her education and she was so impressed with the schools morals and principals…on and on i went.  Blow me down, the principal read it out to the room…600 people.  I nearly fell off my chair.  It was hysterical.
So thats it, her school years are over, done, dusted.  Hard to believe really, i missed so much because of my addiction, but no more.  I guess Bailey and Harry are going to get the best of me in that regard.
Today i went shopping and bought a Christmas tree.  Now this is a big deal as we always hook the trailer up, take a saw and drive around the back roads until we see a real one we like, chop it down (im always the lookout) and bring it home.  Last year it took forever to find one, and when we put it up one side was nearly bald.  Brea whinged the whole time so i bit the bullet today and got a fake one.  I will miss our ‘mission impossible’ christmas tree hunt.
Thats about all, oh, by the way, when i got home, after Brea went beserk, we both acted like nothing had happened.  She didnt say anythiing so Jode must have done her job, bless her.
Take care, bye for now, Kathryn xx Life is about falling….living is about getting up!

[kathryn]

Hi All,
I just had a big fight with Brea, well actually she had a big fight with me.  I just returned from the morning at the kinder and had asked her to hang a load of washing on the line.  It was only a small load but i like to keep on top of it.  I got home, washing still in the machine, breaky dishes on the sink.
I wasnt impressed and she knew it, she kept asking and asking, so i told her, you didnt hang the washing, and it wouldnt kill you to do the dishes without me having to ask.  She went beserk, screaming, crying and stormed out the door, with the token slam! Told me she does heaps and once shes gone i would know it.
I dont know, is it too much to ask, it took me all of 10 minutes to do both jobs, she isnt at school, isnt working so as far as im concerned she can help out.  Im tired of wasting my days picking up after everyone, a neverending cycle, its driving me crazy.  A little help would be really appreciated, she doesnt know how much.
Worst thing is, we have her validictory dinner tonight, maybe i shouldnt have said anything,  but im sick of it!
I know she has gone to Jodes, she always does when we have a fight, if she says nothing when she comes home then i know Jode has stuck up for me, we will see.  So im feeling pretty down right now, bloody kids, who’d have em!
Gambling is not on my mind so i will take that blessing today!
Take care, bye for now, Kathryn xx Life is about falling….living is about getting up!

[kathryn]

Hi All,
I have big news…..i am a great aunt.  No normal auntie for me, but GREAT.  Well actually its the 8th great grandchild on my side and there are 5 and 3/4 on Damians side so that makes…..13 and 3/4 times i have been a great aunt.  But it is still so exciting.  I dont know any details except to say that my neice Kate had her 2nd child, a boy this morning at some ungodly hour (i got a text from my sister at 2am) and his name is Lucas Benjamin.  I dont know what he weighed but she was hoping for the head the size of a tennis ball!!!!! (oh, if only!)
They live in Darwin so it will proboably be a while before i see him in the flesh, but thats ok, ill be sending lots of air kisses to him.  I have spent the day washing and ironing, vacuming and cleaning, what fun!
Tomorrow i am doing the good mother thing and doing kinder duty, 4 hours with 20 kids (OMG) and then Harry has school orientation for an hour.  I am then coming home and getting ready for Breas validictory dinner, its formal so i am re-wearing the wedding dress, Jode is coming so we should have a good time…and its a 3 course dinner (of course its all about the food!!!)
I hope you are all having a great day,
Take care, bye for now, Kathryn xxLife is about falling….living is about getting up!

[kathryn]

Hi All,
Well im back, actually, i got back yesterday but we had a party to go to last night and i didnt have time to post.  Britney was AMAZING. I dont care what the critics say, yes, she lipsynced but with all the running and dancing she did i dont know how she could possibly sing anyway.  It was a terrific show, Brea loved it.  We spent all day, and i mean all day on Friday shopping, i was exhausted as im not really a big shopper.  I ended up with the biggest blister on my foot, its the size of a watermelon!!! We went for dinner down at Sydney Harbour, it was a really balmy night and we sat out, had dinner by candlelight, a few drinks, it was just fantastic.  We had some really good mother/daughter time.  We did nothing but laugh, she has a fantastic sense of humour, she really is a funny girl!
When we were coming home, we were sitting on the plane and she put her head on my shoulder and told me she loved me and what a great time she had.  That one single line made the whole trip even better!
Oh, Meg, my jeans stayed up, thankfully but im sure i looked very strange pulling them up while trying to hide my spanx underneath! 
So last night we went to a 40th.  This man has been friends with Damian virtually since birth. He is the kindest, sweetest person i have ever known and everyone he meets just loves him.  It was a huge party and i got to catch up with quite a lot of people i havent seen for many years.  I have to admit, im a little under the weather today, although Damian has had several trips to the ‘porcelain bus’ and he is now recovering on the couch! 
I have a favourite moment from last night.  Damian has a friend who im sure is a raging alcoholic, hes a little weedy man who happens to be the postman but he would never hurt a fly. It was raining last night and there was a big marquee in the backyard.  There was a fire going and i was standing under the marquee (god forbid my hairdo got wet) when i looked out and this man was dancing, in the rain, around the fire.  Everyone was laughing at him and i thought, what a great idea, so out i got, from under that marquee and started dancing with him.  Here we were, just the two of us, i actually thought of Nancy and her old saying about dancing in the rain. We danced and danced, it was a really freeing feeling.  I had a great time, we didnt get home till after 2am, which is really late for me.  We were laying in bed this morning and i said to Dames, whats the time. He said, it must be 10am.  When we looked at the  clock, it was 2pm, we had slept all that time! 
Im so glad to be back, i was very tempted to jump on the site at an internet cafe and just check all was well while we were in Sydney.  But i thought id get in trouble from Harry so i didnt! 
I hope you are all well, i missed being here, but now im back so theres no escape!
Take care, bye for now, Kathryn xxxxxxxxxxxxxLife is about falling….living is about getting up!

[kathryn]

Hi All,
Ok, i went to the show last night.  The whole show was done by 2 women, who only wore pants, nothing on the top, hence the name busting out.  It was quite shocking at the start, but halfway through, you hardly noticed until they started doing something with them…for eg they made:
-a baby, complete with dummy
-the bat sign, you know, the one in the sky for batman
-a map of australia (hysterical)
-roberta flack….singing
-a washing machine, and clothes line
-abba (singing mama mia)
-the taj mahal…complete with palm trees, they were the only prop
It went on and on and on, there were songs about them, skits about them, stories about them.  They got 2 women up to have a bra removing competition, and blow me down, the 2 women flashed at the end.  It was the funniest thing i have ever seen, my sister and i were in hysterics all night.
So now the serious part…the skinny jeans.  They survived the chinese food, (firstly i would like to thank the spanx), but, and its a big but (not my butt) but whenever i sat down, they rode right down, if not for the spanx, that rode right up i would have been in trouble.  I wouldnt have been wanting to sit behind me!
They did survive, the long top i wore with it ensured no one got an eyefull!!! The whole night was funny, i said to my sister, thank goodness they didnt get me up there, if i had of flashed, everyone would have seen the spanx up to my armpits!
So that was my night out with my sister. It was fantastic, and if busting out ever comes to a theatre near you you have to go, just dont sit down the front!
Take care, bye for now, Kathryn xxLife is about falling….living is about getting up!

[kathryn]

Hi All,
Well i have a few things on today, doctors appt first to get a clearance letter for work, my back is back to normal so thats a good thing.  I dont go back until the 30th anyway, so i thought id get it done today and its over with.
Harry has ‘special persons’ week at kinder this week.  I have found it to be a bit of a pain. Firstly, he didnt invite me, im either not special enough or too special…im taking the latter.  I am going to do kinder duty next week so that will be my special persons day.  I think its a lot of pressure, its over 2 days and i cant bear the thought of every other child having someone there except him so i have done a roster.  Mum, Brea and Damian today, and my sister and Jode on Thursday…i call it tag teaming.  He is really excited about it, mind you, he is still in bed which is unusual for him but the old saying applies..let sleeping dogs lie.
Tonight i have my show with my big sis, so that will be fun, we always have a good time together, she is quite a hoot.  Brea has her last exam this morning…food technology.  I thought that ‘cooking’ would be so easy but if you saw the work she has done this year it is extrodinary.  Its all about the make up of the food, how it works, her favourite was when they had 2 chocolate bars, one was 50%less fat and they had to eat it and talk about the differences.  Is she her mothers daughter or what?
We have her validictory dinner next week, its formal so i get to wear my dress i bought for the wedding last month again…yay!  Damian is about as excited as a slug, he hates these things but they have to be done.  Come to think of it, i havent got anyone to babysit the kids yet, i had better hop to it!
I hope you all have a great day, take care, bye for now, Kathryn xxLife is about falling….living is about getting up!

[kathryn]

Hi All,
RG, that is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me….THANKS!  Ok, well, hmmmm, yesterday was quite an ordinary day, unless you count grocery shopping!  Although i did go and visit Jode (who by the way is going to wear the dress) and mum and my sister came down.  She has decided she is going to stay at our house christmas eve, all her kids are grown and she wants to wake up with my kids to which i am thrilled.  I think we will have a great time as we have a big chrissy eve with the extended family so it will be lovely for her to come and have a sleepover!  We are going to a show tomorrow night, its called ‘busting out’ and its everything boobs.  From what ive seen its hysterical. We are having chinese food first…yum.
I actually think im going to give my skinny jeans their first outing…i need to wear them in a little bit and theres nothing like a tummy full of chinese to do that!!!!
I took Brea back to the dentist today, she had a hole in her tooth right at the front which has been causing her some embaressment as people have always told her she has something in her teeth!!! I have let it go for years, which is absolutely disgusting on my behalf.  We did go last week for the big filling that needed to be done.  Well, you should see her smile.  The dentist did an amazing job, it looks perfect, she has naturally straight teeth, thankfully, so now she doesnt have to cover up that beautiful smile anymore.
I think she has given up on the dog idea, at long last.  Vera, you may be right, but i think she simply doesnt like not getting her own way for once.  I always overcompensated because of my absence and she ‘expects’ now.  She did go and see Jode and when Jode pointed out that we had bought her a car and im taking her to Sydney she said "well i didnt ask to go".  That really hurt my feelings, but i havent said anything to her, im not going to start an arguement, and besides, Jode gave her a mouthful and then she said she didnt mean it.  TEENAGERS!!!
Anyway thats about it, im getting Brea to colour my hair for me tonight, and i am going to do the board for the boys.  Bailey got all his work done on the weekend (after much badgering) but his teacher was really pleased so i guess i have to keep on him and when im at work, Damian will have to do it!
Take care, bye for now, Kathryn xxLife is about falling….living is about getting up!

[kathryn]

Wow,
Thank you all so much for your replies, i will definitely pass them on to Jode.  I actually agreed with Marilee and told her that i think she needs to wear the dress, its the brides day, but she is so upset about it, and rightfully so.  There are extenuating circumstances…her step mother (imagine Jode is Cinderella) has threatened her with death if she breathes a word, and i think her brother (who is younger) will be very upset with her.  The wedding is in April next year and i think her life wont be worth living in her family if she backs out. My advice was to get into the best shape she can (she is currently going to a personal trainer) and wear the dress, smile and pretend all is well.  I dont think there is anything else she can do.  Its an awful situation, one that i wouldnt want to be in.  There was talk before the actual picking of the dresses that involved descriptions of small sleeves, long lengths, a more flattering design for the girls (Jode isnt the only one who looks awful in the dress, ive seen photos) but the bride decided on these ones.  The color is lovely, but the style….eeek.
Anyway, thank you all so much, i was gobsmacked when i got up this morning to all those replies.
Have a great day, bye for now, Kathryn xxLife is about falling….living is about getting up!

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