Today for the first time I thought to myself 'I am ready for my kids to go back to school.' Which is quite different to me being ready to go back to work. My children are great kids, but they have all been in far too good moods today and have been having a fabulous time playing games very, very loudly through the house, playing really, really loud games on the Nintendo and in general just being extremely boisterous. Now I'm exhausted, have drunk two glasses of wine, want to sit quietly and they are still arking it up. Roll on bed time!! David immerses himself in the world of PSP as soon as dinner finishes and then I don't hear from him again until about nine o'clock when the girls are in bed. Imagine not having anyone to talk to in a house of six people!!
Anyway... David had went into work today so the kids and I spent a day at home. I went down to have coffee with my neighbour and she gave me a heap of plants, which Caitlyn and I planted out. I made a really yummy chicken, with prosciutto and asparagus for tea.
That's about it for now, anyone want a few kids for a few days??
Take care,
Chris.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Monday, October 8, 2007
Monday
Mum came up today to have lunch with us. We went out to do some retail therapy, I took her to my new favourite shop which is a little gift shop attached to a nursery which is just divine, I resisted (because I don't have any money) Mum bought herself a few lovely things for her house and a gift for me.
I had some exciting news today, I have been selected as a winner of round two of Premier's Teacher of the Year award. I'm really proud and pleased about that but to be honest a bit embarrassed too, there are many, many more deserving teachers, I was lucky to have been nominated with a really well written nomination. Anyway, Yippee!! I also get $1,000 and go along to a breakfast with other winners on the 3rd December.
Dave's parents came up for the day yesterday with his uncle and aunty from England. This is their first time in Australia and they've only been here a couple of days. They had been very lucky to have a couple of days of perfect weather to arrive to. We spent a lot of the day sitting out on the balcony drinking wine and eating too much food - again. After lunch we went up to Araleun and spent a couple of hours strolling through the gardens - the wisteria is beautiful at the moment.
Today the weather has been awful, tomorrow I'm heading up to a friend's for lunch, hopefully that beautiful weather will return.
Take care,
Chris.
I had some exciting news today, I have been selected as a winner of round two of Premier's Teacher of the Year award. I'm really proud and pleased about that but to be honest a bit embarrassed too, there are many, many more deserving teachers, I was lucky to have been nominated with a really well written nomination. Anyway, Yippee!! I also get $1,000 and go along to a breakfast with other winners on the 3rd December.
Dave's parents came up for the day yesterday with his uncle and aunty from England. This is their first time in Australia and they've only been here a couple of days. They had been very lucky to have a couple of days of perfect weather to arrive to. We spent a lot of the day sitting out on the balcony drinking wine and eating too much food - again. After lunch we went up to Araleun and spent a couple of hours strolling through the gardens - the wisteria is beautiful at the moment.
Today the weather has been awful, tomorrow I'm heading up to a friend's for lunch, hopefully that beautiful weather will return.
Take care,
Chris.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Half way already!
I can't believe the holidays are half way through already, time is flying far too fast. But on a positive note how perfect is this weather? You really couldn't ask for better holiday weather and we have been really making the most of it.
On Thursday we took mum out and played botanical golf which was wonderful. It was a great day because David won so we didn't have him sulking all afternoon because I beat him again. After we played Dave and the girls had the biggest pieces of chocolate cake you've ever seen, I resisted but ended up finishing them when they couldn't eat them all anyway - so it was a good thought that didn't end up quite so good.
How hard is losing weight? Every time I step on the scales I'm scared and they aren't letting me down - those numbers are getting bigger and bigger. I'd set myself a goal to get down to 65kg's by my birthday, which is three weeks from today - unless I stop eating now and don't eat again until after my birthday that's not going to happen.
Robyn and Tim, friends from David's work, came up last night and we went to the Elizabethan Pub for tea. A great night, lots of laughter etc... We all had WAY to much to eat. I had bruschetta which was so good but was actually made from bread soaked in oil so that it was actually dripping fat, topped with slices of feta and sundried tomato. Then I had fisherman's basket which was good but very fatty. The worst of it was we are all trying to be healthy and lose weight and didn't think the food was worth it to break the diet.
Oh well!!
Take care,
Chris.
On Thursday we took mum out and played botanical golf which was wonderful. It was a great day because David won so we didn't have him sulking all afternoon because I beat him again. After we played Dave and the girls had the biggest pieces of chocolate cake you've ever seen, I resisted but ended up finishing them when they couldn't eat them all anyway - so it was a good thought that didn't end up quite so good.
How hard is losing weight? Every time I step on the scales I'm scared and they aren't letting me down - those numbers are getting bigger and bigger. I'd set myself a goal to get down to 65kg's by my birthday, which is three weeks from today - unless I stop eating now and don't eat again until after my birthday that's not going to happen.
Robyn and Tim, friends from David's work, came up last night and we went to the Elizabethan Pub for tea. A great night, lots of laughter etc... We all had WAY to much to eat. I had bruschetta which was so good but was actually made from bread soaked in oil so that it was actually dripping fat, topped with slices of feta and sundried tomato. Then I had fisherman's basket which was good but very fatty. The worst of it was we are all trying to be healthy and lose weight and didn't think the food was worth it to break the diet.
Oh well!!
Take care,
Chris.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Another big night...this is becoming a habit.
Darianne and Colin came down from Kalgoorlie so Nat and Steve and Rhonnda came up and had tea with them at our house. A great night, a little bit quieter because Jennie wasn't here, but a lot of fun nevertheless. I think we ended up drinking about 7 bottles of wine between the four of us that were drinking but we all pulled up well this morning. We ended up calling it a night at 1.30a.m and then I was up and picking the kids up from Midland at 9.00a.m.
Rhonnda left her dishes here so came up for coffee and to collect them this morning. She bought her grandson Michael with her and we went down to Roley Pools for a bush walk. We were all very excited to find some really big yabbies in the water there.
This evening Caitlyn and I created a new game where we take it in turns to sit on a skate board with a rope under our arms, the other person holds both ends of the ropes and controls the speed as we roll down the hill. We live on a HUGE hill so it was quite scary but lots of fun. We started on the less steep side of the hill and then got very brave and went down the steep side. Dylan, decided to join in, and of course didn't need the rope to skate down the hill, after a few minor heart failures I called an end to that and came inside to help David with tea. He had cooked a fabulous roast chicken but was stroppy because his cheese sauce was lumpy. We ate out on the balcony, a perfect end to a lovely day. Michael came out and joined us and we had an interesting conversation about the pros and cons of vegetarianism.
Take care,
Chris.
Rhonnda left her dishes here so came up for coffee and to collect them this morning. She bought her grandson Michael with her and we went down to Roley Pools for a bush walk. We were all very excited to find some really big yabbies in the water there.
This evening Caitlyn and I created a new game where we take it in turns to sit on a skate board with a rope under our arms, the other person holds both ends of the ropes and controls the speed as we roll down the hill. We live on a HUGE hill so it was quite scary but lots of fun. We started on the less steep side of the hill and then got very brave and went down the steep side. Dylan, decided to join in, and of course didn't need the rope to skate down the hill, after a few minor heart failures I called an end to that and came inside to help David with tea. He had cooked a fabulous roast chicken but was stroppy because his cheese sauce was lumpy. We ate out on the balcony, a perfect end to a lovely day. Michael came out and joined us and we had an interesting conversation about the pros and cons of vegetarianism.
Take care,
Chris.
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