Holidays

I am just starting to book in some holidays for next year that we are hoping to take.

Fingers crossed that it all works out because I am SO EXCITED!!!!

chah ching!

I love my new job - its such great fun. Nice little discount as well!!

I also love the year that we have had. Its been messy and horrid in spots, but I have come out the other side much better.

Both houses are now exchanged and we will settle them on the same day in early december.

Its going to be a very busy month!!

spring, winter, summer, sping

the seasons here in Albury are CRAZY!

We are going from one extreme to another very quickly - and its pretty fair to say that its DOING MY HEAD IN.

Winter PJs and blankets - nope - summer PJs and sheets - nope - half and half - nope - back to winter again...

myer is my store

I have a Christmas Casual job at Myer that I am about to start. I am full of nerves - not sure what to wear, hoping my baby brain doesnt cause to much trouble with forgetting things etc.

Our full day of training was an 8 hour day - felt so good to be out of the house for that whole time. I didnt realise how much I actually would enjoy that time.

It will be weird work - not sure how much I will get due to the fact that I can only work at certain times - but hopefully it will be a good time.

wowsies

I saw this article in my twitter headlines and clicked on the link, as the title "Mum, 28, may have 10th baby in jail" made me think "wowsies".

This lady is my age. She has nine children already and she is now pregnant with her 10th - which from the above heading, she will pbly have in jail.

The interesting thing is that since we moved into our new house, we have seen this lady around here as her partners mother lives near by. I see her all the time with about 4 or 5 of the young kids.

I really dont know what to think about this. My head is full of thoughts. Its not for us to judge this woman, but to love her. I pray that I can do that.

weight loss

Well, since my post in february about weight loss, I have indeed lost an extra 6 kilos, plus an extra 5 on top of that. I am now very proud to announce to the whole world that I weigh in at 60 kilos. GO ME!

world wide web

I like to think that I am protecting my children to the best of my ability.

I like to think that updating our family website with photos of my kids is an okay thing to do.

I like to twitter because I have a bunch of things going on in my head and this helps me to deal with them bit by bit.

I enjoy checking Facebook because its helped me get back in contact with a bunch of people that I would never have known how to get in contact with.

I think that the world wide web is out of OUR control and it does matter what you put up, because it will always be there for someone to find or use. People who blog about work or friends or life in general need to realise that it will always be there and someone will always find it. If you dont want people to know about it or use it against you - dont put it out there in the first place. YOU need to take responsibilty for YOURSELF and not blame others when something goes wrong.

weird dreams

This morning my sleep was filled with very weird dreams - most of them about people from high school and us trying to go out for a game of golf. I always have the most strangest dreams in the morning time and they are vivid and I can remember ever little detail. It makes me feel like I wasnt even asleep.

dieting my way

So, since having Alice I have been trying to "diet my way" which is a mixture of a couple of different diets rolled into one. I thought I should try and lose as much weight now as I could so its not so hard to do later on and I can just maintain my weight instead of stressing about it.

I cannot just do no carbs - its far too hard for me, so I am trying not to have as many carbs as I usually would, so if I have toast for breakfast, I wont have bread for lunch. I try not to have carbs at dinner unless we need it. Some days I have more than others, but I have really cut back. Also, being away of my portion size and only serving up a small amount.

I have also incorporated a little bit of weight watches into the diet as well - I wasnt going to re join for the third time and pay money to get weighed, I am just being aware of what I am eating in "points value" so I know by the end of the day whether or not I should be having dessert or not.

I am no good at cutting out all sugar and sweets - I need some form of sugar to get me thru some long days. I allow myself to eat a little bit when I feel like I need some - which isnt every day, just some. If I tried to cut it all out straight out, I would crave it to much and thats when I find I will eat the whole block of chocolate at once.

Exercise is a major component in weight loss of any kind, so I am trying to do at least 30 minutes 3 times a week. I have achieved this every week since I have started, and instead of just doing the same sorts of exercise, I am trying to do either a walk/jog, a swim or a bike ride. I find that if I just do the same thing, I dont lose any weight and then I just cant be bothered to keep going.

SO, all that combined into one and I have now lost 6 kilos since the start of January. I am aiming to lose 6 more, so hopefully by the time winter is here I will have been able to do that.

weird stuff

I just found out over the weekend that I have something in common with Marilyn Monroe...

exercise

can be good for you I'm sure, but at the moment I feel like crap.

I went for a walk up the hill behind our house tonight and then when I got to the bottom of the hill, I ran home along the road.

My legs feel like jelly and I feel like I could crawl up in a ball and just die.

I wonder if it gets any easier?

changes

We have now had the experience of bringing 3 newborn babies into our home.

When Moo came home, it was trying to adjust to having just one extra tiny little person at home. Cade took weeks off work to help out and we thought we were pretty busy. Every little thing that she did was documented and noted. I had a pad of paper and a pen on the coffee table where I wrote down all her feeds and nappy changes for at least the first 8 weeks. I was keen to put her "up" into the new size clothes, the bigger nappies, cot, bath and everything else. She fed perfectly every 4 hours and was very naturally routined which made life very easy for us all. She slept wrapped for a long time - almost until she was 10 months old. Her baby book was filled in at every step of the way.

When TB came home we moved town, so that was a massive task in itself - throw in a newborn baby and you have a total blurr of everything that went on. We were trying to sell our house, pack up our stuff and look after two babies. I still had my pad of paper, but it only lasted a few weeks until we moved and then I was far too tired to think about anything apart from unpacking. She was just put "up" into everything when we moved, as it was just easier to do so. She also fed 4 hourly but was less routined than what Moo was. She slept wrapped until she was about 5 months old. Her baby book was filled in -but always at a later date (hey - better late than never).

And now we have Alice home and settled. The pad of paper didnt even come out of the cupboard this time (could you imagine leaving a pen on the coffee table with two toddlers???). She will be in size 0000 clothes until the buttons cannot be done up any more. She will be in the baby nappies until they dont do up around her waist line (108 nappies for the same price as the next box down!!). She will be in the bassinet until her toes are poking out the end (easier to wash a pillow case than a whole set of sheets). She also feeds 4 hourly, but I wake her up more often than that to "squeeze" in extra feeds for convienience so we can all sleep or go out in the car. She sleeps in my bed more than what the others ever did and if she falls asleep on the floor or on her belly - I am more than happy to leave her like that. She doesnt have a baby book....

Things change.

For better or for worse?

Who cares!