Karen's Journey

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