Hi all
Once again I have been meaning to post for the last week saying that I am going to be a regular poster but haven't quite made it on here... well not to post anyway. But have been reading all the blogs (and posting when I have the time).
Not a lot happening here - just plodding on day by day. Have organised a date to put the house on the market which is the 18th February. So we have 2 1/2 weeks to do the decluttering, tidying, and sorting everything out. To be honest I am pretty scared of all that lies ahead of us as I haven't done the selling part before (as ex bought me out when we separated) so am pretty nervous but we have a fantastic agent who will be us all of the way. I do have 5 days off after Watangi Day next week so am aiming to get heaps done then and Mum is going to come and help me on one or two of those days.
Rachel is doing really well - walking most of the time now - only crawling if she has to! Though we have had her back at the Drs twice in the last 24 hours as when I was at the Dr yesterday (for a few things), I mentioned Rachel's bump and a few concerns we had about her since the accident so Dr suggested we bring her back down once I got home... so did that and she is still suffering from a mild case of post concussion so have to keep an eye on her - but do you know how hard it is to "tell" a 15 mth old who has just learnt to walk to be careful and not to fall over! LOL So basically we just have to watch out for her and if she has another big fall to the head (esp within the next 4 weeks) we need to get her checked out straight away as apparently that is the most vunernable time for toddlers and head injuries. And then today Daycare rung to say she just wasn't herself being grizzly, wanting cuddles and holding her ear so Steph collected her and took her back to the Dr as her ears hadn't been checked last night but everything is all clear! So think she may just be going through a clingy, grizzly stage that she will hopefully grow out of soon.
Work is diabolical and so full on that some days I am struggling to really get through work and then everything at home as well... yeah I know I need some "me" time but just can't seem to programme that it in at the moment but am working on it especially since I have a few vouchers to use that I got for my birthday so some time out doing that will be fun sometime in the next few weeks if I can.
As for the role in Christchurch that I have mentioned - well I have applied for it requesting it to be considered as a secondment so at the end of the 12mths I would still have my current role to go back to if things didn't work out in Christchurch. Applications closed on Monday so am hoping to hear back by Waitangi Day (next Wednesday) so will keep you posted.
Right, its now 9.40pm and I am knackered and need some sleep - well if I can with this heat! Have a fairly full on weekend ahead of us so will try to update with some more photos after that...
C'ya :)
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Happy Birthday to me...
Yeap I am another year older today... feels just like another ordinary day to me except I am now 37 yrs old!
It's been 15 days since my last update - have meant to update a couple of times in that time but just run out of time and/or energy. Work has been diabolical - in fact I am going in to work tomorrow (Wellington Anniversary) for two or three hours to try to get my work completed in time for the payrun on Tuesday. Oh well by working tomorrow I get time and a half as well as an Alternative day off due to it being a Stat holiday.
So what have we been up to lately... not a lot really. Busy at work - busy at home so no rest for the wicked so to speak.
Rachel is now walking and getting more and more confident by the hour! Unfortunately today though she had a nasty fall while at Westfield Queensgate - she was getting impatient and grizzly in her buggy so I thought I would get her out and carry her - but no she didn't want that - she wanted to walk and as it wasn't that busy I thought ok - she can walk holding my hand... but she tripped over her own feet and I couldn't stop her hitting the floor in time - head first! Initially, we both just thought - oh another fall and picked her up and made our way into the Warehouse (accident happened just out there) but within a couple of mins, Steph looked at her and pointed this HUGE lump on her forehead - right on top of her nose between her eyes! And it was basically getting bigger as we looked at her!! So turned around, left straight away with lots of people looking at us as we made our way to the car. As we were in Lower Hutt and our Dr is there as well and is open weekends - I wanted to get her checked out to be on the safe side. They saw us basically straight away and checked her out - all ok but she will probably have two black eyes by the morning! As well as this HUGE bump on her forehead! They told us the signs to look for in concussion but all clear so far and we have past the danger zone for head injuries. Have given her a couple of doses of Pamol to help ease the pain that her head must have! Dr also completed an ACC form for Rachel - just in case we need anything further down track which was great of him.
I know this is going to be the first of many falls as she begins walking and exploring but I still feel like the worlds worst mummy! :( Steff - thanks for your call today and for trying to make me feel better - it was awesome catching up with you and all of your news! I can just see the faces on the teachers at Day care on Tuesday when I drop her off! But oh well accidents do happen.
What else.... oh yes we have decided to put our house on the market in about 4 weeks time! So in that time we have mega things to do before we list it - declutter, declutter, declutter, finish painting, clean and oh did I mention delcuttering!!! Perhaps I should get Chris down here to give me a hand as she seems to do it so well at her place!!! LOL I have booked 5 days Annual Leave for after Waitangi Day to do some serious work inside here so I have one friend who has some time off work then as well so she is going to help me one day... and then mum is going to come down for one or two days to help me too! We are going to stay within Upper Hutt but not sure exactly where at this stage...
Last night, we had birthday celebrations for my mums 70th Birthday (which had been on Thursday). It was a lovely night out but it was typical murphys law with Rachel though - all week (and tonight) she had not been going to bed until about 8.30pm or so due to the heat and some late power naps... but do you think she would do that yesterday - no way! LOL But she did end up going to sleep in the pram after I took her for a walk around the block - and it ended up being the long block as I get semi lost! LOL My brother (and nephew) from Christchurch came up for the dinner and my sister (and neice), her partner and his kids came over from the Waiarapa for it as well. It was a lovely afternoon/evening to spend with mum.
In regards to my weight... not looking the best right now. It is moving slowly and surely but in the wrong direction! :( I know what I am doing wrong - eating crap, drinking crap and doing sweet fuck all exercise! So no one to blame but myself there and I know that no one but me can do anything about it! Am seeing the Dr on Friday (have the day off work) for a couple of things so might have another chat with her about Reductil as I should be able to come off my PND meds but in all reality I don't think we can afford the $70/mth that it costs. Might have a chat with Steph and see if we can make a deal and I give it a go for 3 mths and see how I go in that period... so will have a chat with him at some stage this week.
So yeah, offically I am supposed to have a 3 day week this week with tomorrow being a Stat day and then am on Annual Leave on Friday - Drs and catching up with my great friend Jo and her daughter Maddie. So am really looking forward to that catch up :)
Anyway, it is now 9.40pm so time I was heading to bed since I am gonna be up and organised to head to work in the morning and as I have committed to picking up a work mate on the way into town I can't back out of it now! :)
Right, catch ya all later... have a good week everyone :)
It's been 15 days since my last update - have meant to update a couple of times in that time but just run out of time and/or energy. Work has been diabolical - in fact I am going in to work tomorrow (Wellington Anniversary) for two or three hours to try to get my work completed in time for the payrun on Tuesday. Oh well by working tomorrow I get time and a half as well as an Alternative day off due to it being a Stat holiday.
So what have we been up to lately... not a lot really. Busy at work - busy at home so no rest for the wicked so to speak.
Rachel is now walking and getting more and more confident by the hour! Unfortunately today though she had a nasty fall while at Westfield Queensgate - she was getting impatient and grizzly in her buggy so I thought I would get her out and carry her - but no she didn't want that - she wanted to walk and as it wasn't that busy I thought ok - she can walk holding my hand... but she tripped over her own feet and I couldn't stop her hitting the floor in time - head first! Initially, we both just thought - oh another fall and picked her up and made our way into the Warehouse (accident happened just out there) but within a couple of mins, Steph looked at her and pointed this HUGE lump on her forehead - right on top of her nose between her eyes! And it was basically getting bigger as we looked at her!! So turned around, left straight away with lots of people looking at us as we made our way to the car. As we were in Lower Hutt and our Dr is there as well and is open weekends - I wanted to get her checked out to be on the safe side. They saw us basically straight away and checked her out - all ok but she will probably have two black eyes by the morning! As well as this HUGE bump on her forehead! They told us the signs to look for in concussion but all clear so far and we have past the danger zone for head injuries. Have given her a couple of doses of Pamol to help ease the pain that her head must have! Dr also completed an ACC form for Rachel - just in case we need anything further down track which was great of him.
I know this is going to be the first of many falls as she begins walking and exploring but I still feel like the worlds worst mummy! :( Steff - thanks for your call today and for trying to make me feel better - it was awesome catching up with you and all of your news! I can just see the faces on the teachers at Day care on Tuesday when I drop her off! But oh well accidents do happen.
What else.... oh yes we have decided to put our house on the market in about 4 weeks time! So in that time we have mega things to do before we list it - declutter, declutter, declutter, finish painting, clean and oh did I mention delcuttering!!! Perhaps I should get Chris down here to give me a hand as she seems to do it so well at her place!!! LOL I have booked 5 days Annual Leave for after Waitangi Day to do some serious work inside here so I have one friend who has some time off work then as well so she is going to help me one day... and then mum is going to come down for one or two days to help me too! We are going to stay within Upper Hutt but not sure exactly where at this stage...
Last night, we had birthday celebrations for my mums 70th Birthday (which had been on Thursday). It was a lovely night out but it was typical murphys law with Rachel though - all week (and tonight) she had not been going to bed until about 8.30pm or so due to the heat and some late power naps... but do you think she would do that yesterday - no way! LOL But she did end up going to sleep in the pram after I took her for a walk around the block - and it ended up being the long block as I get semi lost! LOL My brother (and nephew) from Christchurch came up for the dinner and my sister (and neice), her partner and his kids came over from the Waiarapa for it as well. It was a lovely afternoon/evening to spend with mum.
In regards to my weight... not looking the best right now. It is moving slowly and surely but in the wrong direction! :( I know what I am doing wrong - eating crap, drinking crap and doing sweet fuck all exercise! So no one to blame but myself there and I know that no one but me can do anything about it! Am seeing the Dr on Friday (have the day off work) for a couple of things so might have another chat with her about Reductil as I should be able to come off my PND meds but in all reality I don't think we can afford the $70/mth that it costs. Might have a chat with Steph and see if we can make a deal and I give it a go for 3 mths and see how I go in that period... so will have a chat with him at some stage this week.
So yeah, offically I am supposed to have a 3 day week this week with tomorrow being a Stat day and then am on Annual Leave on Friday - Drs and catching up with my great friend Jo and her daughter Maddie. So am really looking forward to that catch up :)
Anyway, it is now 9.40pm so time I was heading to bed since I am gonna be up and organised to head to work in the morning and as I have committed to picking up a work mate on the way into town I can't back out of it now! :)
Right, catch ya all later... have a good week everyone :)
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Happy New Year
Hi everyone
Happy New Year to you all and may 2008 bring each and everyone of you what you wish for and desire!
I know for myself personally I am going to set myself some goals for 2008 - not so much NY resolutions but just goals that I want to achieve. I guess in a roundabout way they are the same things but I like the word "goal" better than resolution. I did have some in mind when I was in bed last night but do you think for the like of me that I can recall what they were??? Nope - can't recall one of them! So will do some thinking and will post them in a new post once I have them listed down.
We had an awesome holiday in Christchurch and I so didn't want to come home! I love Christchurch and want to go back! Between you and I - there is PROBABLY a job coming up down there that one of the bosses down there is encouraging me to apply for IF it comes up so am waiting in anticipation for it to be advertised but then of course I still have to actually get the role - not just apply for it and get it! We did a day trip to Timaru on the Saturday and that was great also - especially catching up with Stephan's cousins down there who I get on really well with (get on better with them than I do with my own cousins). Rachel was so good especially since she had never met any of them before then! Took her a couple of mins to settle in and then she moved around the house as if she owned it and just loved their two dogs (one golden lab and one chocolate lab) and the dogs loved her too!
I don't want to go back to work on Monday either - I am throughly enjoying being at home with Rachel now she is bigger and exploring so much more and talking non stop! Okay most of it we can't understand but boy she sure can talk (wonder where she gets that from)!!! She is so, so close to walking now - in fact the day we left Christchurch she did take a couple of steps by herself just before we were due to leave for the airport! And then she did another couple on Friday when Mum was here so walking is definitely going to be happening real soon...
Anyway, this has taken me a lot longer to write as our neighbour just popped around to say we had left the lights on in the car.. and we got talking (as you do). They are moving to Australia next week which is a bummer as they have a 7mth old girl and I was really looking forward to her and Rachel growing up together and being friends!
It is now after 10pm (so much for an early night) - so will sign off and leave you with some photos of our princess!
Santa's wee helper
Artist at work
Fun in the pool
Look I'm on a big kids bike
Family Photo
The "girls" - Rachel, myself and Paula
Look - I'm standing!
Happy New Year to you all and may 2008 bring each and everyone of you what you wish for and desire!
I know for myself personally I am going to set myself some goals for 2008 - not so much NY resolutions but just goals that I want to achieve. I guess in a roundabout way they are the same things but I like the word "goal" better than resolution. I did have some in mind when I was in bed last night but do you think for the like of me that I can recall what they were??? Nope - can't recall one of them! So will do some thinking and will post them in a new post once I have them listed down.
We had an awesome holiday in Christchurch and I so didn't want to come home! I love Christchurch and want to go back! Between you and I - there is PROBABLY a job coming up down there that one of the bosses down there is encouraging me to apply for IF it comes up so am waiting in anticipation for it to be advertised but then of course I still have to actually get the role - not just apply for it and get it! We did a day trip to Timaru on the Saturday and that was great also - especially catching up with Stephan's cousins down there who I get on really well with (get on better with them than I do with my own cousins). Rachel was so good especially since she had never met any of them before then! Took her a couple of mins to settle in and then she moved around the house as if she owned it and just loved their two dogs (one golden lab and one chocolate lab) and the dogs loved her too!
I don't want to go back to work on Monday either - I am throughly enjoying being at home with Rachel now she is bigger and exploring so much more and talking non stop! Okay most of it we can't understand but boy she sure can talk (wonder where she gets that from)!!! She is so, so close to walking now - in fact the day we left Christchurch she did take a couple of steps by herself just before we were due to leave for the airport! And then she did another couple on Friday when Mum was here so walking is definitely going to be happening real soon...
Anyway, this has taken me a lot longer to write as our neighbour just popped around to say we had left the lights on in the car.. and we got talking (as you do). They are moving to Australia next week which is a bummer as they have a 7mth old girl and I was really looking forward to her and Rachel growing up together and being friends!
It is now after 10pm (so much for an early night) - so will sign off and leave you with some photos of our princess!
Santa's wee helper
Artist at work
Fun in the pool
Look I'm on a big kids bike
Family Photo
The "girls" - Rachel, myself and Paula
Look - I'm standing!
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