A - Age: 37
B - Bed size: Queen size but I do wish we had a king or super king at times
C - Chores I hate: Cleaning the bathroom and dusting!
D - Dessert I love: Trifle, fruit salad, baileys cheesecake
E - Essential start to my day item: Alarm clock
F - Favourite actor(s): Leonardo Di Caprio, The Wiggles LOL and yes there are definitely more...
G - Gold or Silver: Gold
H - Height: 5 ft exactly!
I - Instruments I play: Piano but it has been quite some time since I played. I did learn the violin at college but that did not last long.
J - Job title: Payroll/HRIS Officer
K - Kids: 1 beautiful daughter aged 21mths who is growing up so damn quickly! Where has the time gone?
L - Living arrangements: Me, Stephan and Rachel. No pets any longer but we do look after the daycare lovebirds for the occasional weekend.
M - My full name is: Karen Mary
N - Nicknames: Kaz, Doylie (take off from maiden name)
O - Overnight hospital stay: 1 broken ankle (3 night), 1 birth (2 nights), 1 suspected meningitis (1 night)
P- Pet Peeve: Being late, or waiting for people who are late. Although if other people are late it makes me feel better about not being the last person to arrive.
Q - Favourite quote: "If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: "Take two aspirin" and "Keep away from children."
Anon
R - Right or left handed: Right handed
S - Siblings: 4 brothers and 1 sister
T - Time you woke up today: 5am when Rachel woke upset... didn't really go back to sleep despite not getting up till 6am
U - Unique habit: Not very unique but I am untidy and want to work on that
V - Vegetable I hate: Egg Plant
W - Wish for: A Lotto win and then another baby :)
X - X-rays I’ve had: Ankle, knee, wrist (was always spraining/twisting them when younger)
Y - Yummy food I make: Muffins, Lasanga.... can't think of anything else at this stage
Z - Zodiac Sign: On cusp of Capricorn and Aquarius
Now whats everyone elses A - Z. ? Would love to read some others. Easy peesy, just cut and paste and fill in your own answers.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Another cold and wet weekend is upon us and we are nearly in August as well! I just can not believe how fast the year is flying by! Only 3 mths until Rach turns 2!
I am sick of washing inside on the clothes horse
I am sick of the dehumidfier going all day/evening long
I am sick of the bloody gas heater we use as we can not afford decent heating
I am sick of the big power bills
I am sick of the wet lawn and not being able to mow the lawns
I am sick of the cold miserable train rides to and from work
I am sick of the colds/bugs going work and daycare
I am sick of the amount of money our groceries now cost
I am sick of the price of petrol and the affect it has on our outings
Okay moaning over... just had to get that out of the my system! LOL There are lots more things I could add but are more personal so will hold back on those ones for now as there is generally only one person that can do anything about them and that is me!
Rach is in bed as I write this and it was only the second time ever that she has fought her day sleep! So after about 45 mins of perservering she crashed and has been fast asleep for an hour so far. Fingers crossed we get our usual 2 hr weekend sleep today. While she has been in her room I decided to make dinner for tonight so it was one job out of the way so have whipped up a lasanga and it smells fantastic! Forgot to get the garlic bread when doing the groceries, so will pick some up later when we got out. So it means Rach can have some of it tonight for tea (rather than waiting till tomorrow night) and then it means that Steph just has to reheat when we decide to have tea (actually his turn for cooking but its what I felt like so I cooked it).
Steph is helping friends of ours move at the moment and once Rach wakes up, her and I will head down to Lower Hutt to help out as well if we can. It's Steph's birthday tomorrow and as our budget is quite tight, rather than a birthday present he wanted a nice homecooked roast meal... so tomorrow night we are having roast beef with the works! Can't wait as it's gonna be so yummy! Initially it was going to be roast pork but that was a bit pricey so he chose the beef instead. And it is a nice size as well so should get a couple of meals plus some sandwiches out of it.
Rach is really into "The Wiggles" right now but the only problem is that we still only have the one DVD which is watched over and over and over and over and over... Steph and I know it off by heart! LOL So must get her a couple more of them so at least we can get some variety. We do have a "Hi5" DVD as well but Rach is not interested in it at all! We do have some other childrens DVD's but they are more movies than anything else so she is still a bit young for those. I watch auctions on TM but the price most these DVD's go on there is dearer than The Warehouse which is frustrating. So will pop back to The Warehouse when we can to choose some more. And then for her birthday we are going to get her the Hairy McLary DVD which has 10 of his short stories on it. I know I am looking forward to watching that one! LOL Rachel also has a fetish for bags! LOL Apparently at daycare she is known as "the bag gal" so am looking out for some little bags for her as well.
Oh shit - just realised that I told the boss that I would probably go to work this afternoon to finish off my filing which I have been working on this week! Oh well that's life I guess. And with it being Steph's birthday tomorrow I won't go in then so guess that waits till next Sunday then as I am busy the next 2 Saturdays! :)
Oh in 2 weeks time, both Stephan and I have got 2 weeks off work!!! We are still wishing that we were going to Taupo but that's life! But we are looking forward to the time off work and getting some things done around the house... and we will keep Rachel home some of the days as well and do some family things like the Zoo and catching up with friends.
Anyway, best I get moving as there are more things I need to get done before Rachel wakes up... just thought I would pop in and say hi to you all.
Catch ya later
I am sick of washing inside on the clothes horse
I am sick of the dehumidfier going all day/evening long
I am sick of the bloody gas heater we use as we can not afford decent heating
I am sick of the big power bills
I am sick of the wet lawn and not being able to mow the lawns
I am sick of the cold miserable train rides to and from work
I am sick of the colds/bugs going work and daycare
I am sick of the amount of money our groceries now cost
I am sick of the price of petrol and the affect it has on our outings
Okay moaning over... just had to get that out of the my system! LOL There are lots more things I could add but are more personal so will hold back on those ones for now as there is generally only one person that can do anything about them and that is me!
Rach is in bed as I write this and it was only the second time ever that she has fought her day sleep! So after about 45 mins of perservering she crashed and has been fast asleep for an hour so far. Fingers crossed we get our usual 2 hr weekend sleep today. While she has been in her room I decided to make dinner for tonight so it was one job out of the way so have whipped up a lasanga and it smells fantastic! Forgot to get the garlic bread when doing the groceries, so will pick some up later when we got out. So it means Rach can have some of it tonight for tea (rather than waiting till tomorrow night) and then it means that Steph just has to reheat when we decide to have tea (actually his turn for cooking but its what I felt like so I cooked it).
Steph is helping friends of ours move at the moment and once Rach wakes up, her and I will head down to Lower Hutt to help out as well if we can. It's Steph's birthday tomorrow and as our budget is quite tight, rather than a birthday present he wanted a nice homecooked roast meal... so tomorrow night we are having roast beef with the works! Can't wait as it's gonna be so yummy! Initially it was going to be roast pork but that was a bit pricey so he chose the beef instead. And it is a nice size as well so should get a couple of meals plus some sandwiches out of it.
Rach is really into "The Wiggles" right now but the only problem is that we still only have the one DVD which is watched over and over and over and over and over... Steph and I know it off by heart! LOL So must get her a couple more of them so at least we can get some variety. We do have a "Hi5" DVD as well but Rach is not interested in it at all! We do have some other childrens DVD's but they are more movies than anything else so she is still a bit young for those. I watch auctions on TM but the price most these DVD's go on there is dearer than The Warehouse which is frustrating. So will pop back to The Warehouse when we can to choose some more. And then for her birthday we are going to get her the Hairy McLary DVD which has 10 of his short stories on it. I know I am looking forward to watching that one! LOL Rachel also has a fetish for bags! LOL Apparently at daycare she is known as "the bag gal" so am looking out for some little bags for her as well.
Oh shit - just realised that I told the boss that I would probably go to work this afternoon to finish off my filing which I have been working on this week! Oh well that's life I guess. And with it being Steph's birthday tomorrow I won't go in then so guess that waits till next Sunday then as I am busy the next 2 Saturdays! :)
Oh in 2 weeks time, both Stephan and I have got 2 weeks off work!!! We are still wishing that we were going to Taupo but that's life! But we are looking forward to the time off work and getting some things done around the house... and we will keep Rachel home some of the days as well and do some family things like the Zoo and catching up with friends.
Anyway, best I get moving as there are more things I need to get done before Rachel wakes up... just thought I would pop in and say hi to you all.
Catch ya later
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Hi all
Okay, I really am getting slack at this whole blogging thing as you guys already know! Not only have I not been updating my one, but I have been so slack in reading others as well!
Been going through heaps in the last few weeks, I have been fighting a throat infection for the last 3 weeks now! And now it is really starting to wear me down. I went to the Drs 3 weeks ago and got a course of AB's and within 4 days of finishing them, it came back though not as bad. And for the last 2 weeks now, it has come and gone every 48hrs or so! Tonight is one of my bad nights, feel like crap and my throat and right ear is so sore as well as having a nasty cough which makes every bone in my body ache when I cough! Can't really afford to go back to the Drs so am trying to persevere and plod on but at times it really does get me down. I did take a day off work last week and felt so much better for it but couldn't really afford to take any other time off but am now finding myself agreeing with a dear work collegue in Christchurch who thinks I should take a few days off to just rest and do nothing to recover properly rather than running myself ragged! Think I may take tomorrow off but will see what sort of night I have and how I am in the morning. Though, my bosses grandmother passed away this afternoon so am unsure when he will be away and for how long!
Rachel has also had her fair share of bugs in the last few weeks with one weekend being very scary and almost ending up at the hospital with her. She does seem ok at the moment but on saying that there are chicken pox going around daycare and we noticed a couple of red dots/marks on her face this evening so am guessing that time will tell if she is coming down with them or not. Lets see what the morning holds for us...
Am so over the 5am wake up calls lately! She has always been an early waker, but used to wake and just lay there chatting away to herself but for the last 5 days or so, she wakes at 5am crying and if we lay there seeing if she will go back to sleep she just works herself up more and more. So, it means getting up and giving her a cuddle etc and explaining to her that it is still night time and she should be sleeping. Once I am back in bed, all I can hear is her laughing and chatting away to herself, and then of course my alarm goes off at 5.45am so am losing out on 45 mins sleep each day at the moment and it is really wearing me down! Found myself yelling at her this morning which really upset me so once I had calmed down, I sat down with her and apologised for yelling at her and explained that mummy was very tired and not well and I was so sorry. And then she gave me lots of cuddles and a kiss too! I hate yelling at her but just lost it this morning.
Rachel is also approaching that "terrible 2's" stage, and is very quickly learning the art of tantrum throwing! This is proving very trying for all of us but we are getting there slowly but surely...
It is my Dad's 6th anniversary today and I am missing him so much! Am so sorry that Rachel will never get to know him in person, just all the wonderful stories that she hears about him and the photos we have of him! Mum is away overseas at the moment so am feeling rather lonely family wise right now... Mum is spending 2 weeks in the States (including a 6 day cruise) representing NZ at some senior Petanque tournament. Then she is spending 2 weeks in Ireland with my eldest brother (and his family), then 2 weeks in South Africa with my baby brother (and his family) and then 2 weeks in Melbourne with another brother (and his family) before coming home at the end of August.
Work is extremely busy at the moment as we had a resignation of one of our team members and another one is off on ACC! So we have a temp and another staff member on a secondment so it's pretty full on especially with all the questions that we are getting all day! Have had a couple of interviews for new jobs but unfortunately I missed out on both of them! One of them was a local role and I really, really wanted it but I missed out to someone who had used to temp there so knew the system etc...
Stephan and I both have 2 weeks Annual Leave in August, and had hoped to go away for a few days to Taupo to see a dear friend and her family who used to live in Wellington however the budget is not going to allow this to occur now so it's gonna be a couple of quiet weeks at home but we both need the break away for our respective jobs. Rachel will probably still spend time at daycare but will also keep her home for some of the time to catch up with friends and to do daytrips around the place.
Anyway, I have rambled on for long enough now... so will end with a few photos of Rachel before heading to bed!
Okay, I really am getting slack at this whole blogging thing as you guys already know! Not only have I not been updating my one, but I have been so slack in reading others as well!
Been going through heaps in the last few weeks, I have been fighting a throat infection for the last 3 weeks now! And now it is really starting to wear me down. I went to the Drs 3 weeks ago and got a course of AB's and within 4 days of finishing them, it came back though not as bad. And for the last 2 weeks now, it has come and gone every 48hrs or so! Tonight is one of my bad nights, feel like crap and my throat and right ear is so sore as well as having a nasty cough which makes every bone in my body ache when I cough! Can't really afford to go back to the Drs so am trying to persevere and plod on but at times it really does get me down. I did take a day off work last week and felt so much better for it but couldn't really afford to take any other time off but am now finding myself agreeing with a dear work collegue in Christchurch who thinks I should take a few days off to just rest and do nothing to recover properly rather than running myself ragged! Think I may take tomorrow off but will see what sort of night I have and how I am in the morning. Though, my bosses grandmother passed away this afternoon so am unsure when he will be away and for how long!
Rachel has also had her fair share of bugs in the last few weeks with one weekend being very scary and almost ending up at the hospital with her. She does seem ok at the moment but on saying that there are chicken pox going around daycare and we noticed a couple of red dots/marks on her face this evening so am guessing that time will tell if she is coming down with them or not. Lets see what the morning holds for us...
Am so over the 5am wake up calls lately! She has always been an early waker, but used to wake and just lay there chatting away to herself but for the last 5 days or so, she wakes at 5am crying and if we lay there seeing if she will go back to sleep she just works herself up more and more. So, it means getting up and giving her a cuddle etc and explaining to her that it is still night time and she should be sleeping. Once I am back in bed, all I can hear is her laughing and chatting away to herself, and then of course my alarm goes off at 5.45am so am losing out on 45 mins sleep each day at the moment and it is really wearing me down! Found myself yelling at her this morning which really upset me so once I had calmed down, I sat down with her and apologised for yelling at her and explained that mummy was very tired and not well and I was so sorry. And then she gave me lots of cuddles and a kiss too! I hate yelling at her but just lost it this morning.
Rachel is also approaching that "terrible 2's" stage, and is very quickly learning the art of tantrum throwing! This is proving very trying for all of us but we are getting there slowly but surely...
It is my Dad's 6th anniversary today and I am missing him so much! Am so sorry that Rachel will never get to know him in person, just all the wonderful stories that she hears about him and the photos we have of him! Mum is away overseas at the moment so am feeling rather lonely family wise right now... Mum is spending 2 weeks in the States (including a 6 day cruise) representing NZ at some senior Petanque tournament. Then she is spending 2 weeks in Ireland with my eldest brother (and his family), then 2 weeks in South Africa with my baby brother (and his family) and then 2 weeks in Melbourne with another brother (and his family) before coming home at the end of August.
Work is extremely busy at the moment as we had a resignation of one of our team members and another one is off on ACC! So we have a temp and another staff member on a secondment so it's pretty full on especially with all the questions that we are getting all day! Have had a couple of interviews for new jobs but unfortunately I missed out on both of them! One of them was a local role and I really, really wanted it but I missed out to someone who had used to temp there so knew the system etc...
Stephan and I both have 2 weeks Annual Leave in August, and had hoped to go away for a few days to Taupo to see a dear friend and her family who used to live in Wellington however the budget is not going to allow this to occur now so it's gonna be a couple of quiet weeks at home but we both need the break away for our respective jobs. Rachel will probably still spend time at daycare but will also keep her home for some of the time to catch up with friends and to do daytrips around the place.
Anyway, I have rambled on for long enough now... so will end with a few photos of Rachel before heading to bed!
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