household jobs
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Spring and the heat of renovating!
Its only been 1 month and 10 days since Spring started and I am not coping well with the heat. Its not even Summer yet. Summer starts on the 1 December and I am wondering if I have a thermostat issue. Is it just me…or is everyone feeling overheated? Are my hormones going crazy or have I just forgotten how hot a true Summer can be here in Queensland. I miss our old house in Chancellor Park. It was a lovely 3 bedroom home, with a pool. Looking back – it was very nice. Not enough room for 6 people – 4 of which are growing and need…
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Parenting 101 according to Sarah
Today is the first day of term 4, which means that it is the last term for the school year. I so wish we were able to turn back time and re do the holidays. I never feel ready to get back into the school routine…and I always feel that the holidays go far too quickly. I am so not ready to get back into the school routine mode. Have I ever mentioned to you my love of the school holidays? I think that we really need a third week. That’s just my opinion, and I think its funny that I know many mums who will agree…
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Breathe in, Breathe out, Breathe in, Breathe out
Well, I got the car back from the mechanic and lets just say that I almost had to give over my left arm, and two toes. That voucher I was talking about earlier was and is a crock! Yes, it was a big service, but my gut feeling was that they saw a woman walk into their store and they knew what buttons to push. I would love to name and shame them…but I won’t. If you ask me who it was I will nod when you get it right…I just don’t want to be accused of publically shaming the business. I got a call earlier in the day to…
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Jaden…the only boy child!
Jaden is turning 20 months this month….on the 12th actually – which is Wednesday next week. This child is amazingly cute, gorgeous and a whole lot of fun, but let me say that he has turned my world upside down and inside out. Obviously he is a positive in my life, but he gets into absolutely everything. My girls loved to colour pictures. Jaden loves to colour walls, tables and floors. My girls loved to play tea parties. Jaden loves to pull all the plastics out of the cupboard and jump all over them. Oh, and he pulls the toaster out and shakes it all over the kitchen. The girls…
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A Big Day…and Surprise Visitors!
I knew last night as I went to bed that today was going to be a huge day. A day full of things to do – not just todays jobs – but many of yesterdays as we weren’t home for too long to do any! Dion was off with the boys – guys from work to attend the annual Blackboard conference on the Gold Coast and he was leaving 3pm. This year it is being held at the Bond University – Monday through to Wednesday of ‘Geek Speak’! So to help Dion pack – I ironed shirts and while I was there I ironed a few more so that I…
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Arm yourself with knowledge
There is a process to getting your head around losing weight. I know I have mentioned this subject before on my blog, but I have come to realise that one needs to get absolutely sick of themselves before they do anything about the situation that they are in. Passion drives a person, and motivation keeps the wheels moving, and if I am completely honest with myself, I have been looking for the easy way out!. No! its true! Why do I want to lose weight? Well thats easy, I want to feel good and wear nice clothes. I also think that people feel that they can be successful…
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Cranky Old Women!
One of the little quirks I have is that I like to watch people and yesterday, I had an experience at the store that wasn’t as friendly as it could be. I had all four of my kids with me. The girls were being very good, but Jaden on the other hand was tired, frustrated, didn’t want to be in the trolley, wanted to walk and he is teething at the moment so he was being a little bit noisy as you can imagine. I was trying to do everything in my power (Superpowers were obviously turned off for some reason) to settle him and make him happy, but…
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Sports Carnival vs Much needed Mummy time!
Today Bethy and Chanel had their sports day at school, I usually go to all sports carnivals, but when mum offered to have Jaden for the day I felt that I really needed to jump at the opportunity for a day off. When I say a day off, I mean I really wanted time to do a few things on my personal list. Today the kids were supposed to learn how to Zumba at fit4life, but unfortunately Freya changed the plan and they instead played ball games in the tennis courts. Last week I heard that the kids were going to do Zumba so we have been talking about…
