Wednesday, 2nd December 2009

ARGH, the pressures on!

The library called to let me know my book group book is in for me to pick up! But but but I still haven't finished the book I'm reading *cries* well guess I can manage both books within two weeks... well, if I can stop dancing to the iPod that is! hehehe

Had a really sad, missing Tash morning... went online and saw my good morning email from Scott and was telling him I was feeling down about Tash, his reply was --

Great big huge warm loving wolfie hug for his angel …. To make all her sadness go away…

That or I will put on my cat costume ( we won’t ask why I have one) and I will purr around your feet

Cat costume? LMAO that totally had me in stitches. A girl just can't be sad with friends around like this!

Miss Peggie also wasn't going to let me get away with being sad. She decided it was what we call Peggie Pat Time, for most of the day, the only thing you are allowed to do is to pat and adore her, nothing else, no typing, talking on the phone, housework, reading, nothing. LOL and she gets quite vocal about it as Ruth discovered!

Ruth came around this morning to help me out with repairing some aquarium tanks. Before we did that she was checking out all the new baby fish and the humongous Convict Cichlids.. I was telling her how I was about to move the tanks into Josh's room for a while, so that I could paint.. she asked what colour and was unimpressed with my unimaginative answer of cream again? LMAO I just had absolutely no idea what else to paint BUT Ruth set me straight ;) she picked an amazing colour I would have never noticed. It goes with everything and will look fabulous when it's done. So onto the tanks next, Ruth was the silastic gungirl and I got the job of smoothing it out. I am sooooo happy those two tanks are done. Now just have to wait a couple of days, then I can water test them. Yippee! I have so many fish in buckets and plastic storage containers waiting for new homes. Not long now guys, promise :)

After Ruth left, I went up the road to the library to pick up Victoria Hislop's, The Island - our latest bookgroup book - and then went up to the hardware shop to buy the paint!! I am sooo happy about getting to decorate my room!

Chatted to Jorgen last night and throughout the day - his nanna is in hospital real sick at the moment, so keeping him company while he waits for more news on her condition. Sending good healing thoughts to you, Jorgen's nanna.

I also logged into Persons to chat tonight. Haven't been there for a while and the powers that be have changed the format yet again *laughs* sheesh What is it with them?

So now just chilling out... time to go find little Miss Pixel for her nightly meds. *sigh*

Night Night

Sweet Dreams

be safe everyone

Saturday & Sunday, 28st & 29nd November, 2009

Guess who scored lots of Zanda cuddles this weekend? :P

Alex surprised me by turning up just after 8 Saturday morning and the very first thing he did was to give me huge cuddles :D It was wonderful to see him so soon after last weekend.

After catching up for a while we caught a bus to Unanderra, first port of call was the Lifeline Bookshop to see what they had for us today. I managed to find 3 books that took my fancy, first was Mad Cows by Kathy Lette, March by Geraldine Brooks and Labryinth by Kate Mosse. Alex unfortunately didn't find any books he was after.

Next we went to Lots of Bubbles aquarium shop to pick up some fishy foods I was after. Alex and I checked out all their fish but none screamed out "take me home!", which I gotta tell you is pretty unusual...

Frustratingly, the bus had arrived a couple of minutes earlier than the scheduled time so we had to sit in the heat and wait another hour for the next one. Doubly frustrating was the fact that there was track work on the train line this weekend so we couldn't even catch a train home. Regardless, we sat, chatted and drank some nice cold drinks that Alex went and got for us. When Alex started playing a game on my phone I went to check out a dress shop and found a pretty skirt and matching top. Lucky me! Books AND clothes all in one day!

Home again and all we wanted to do was escape the heat and relax - Alex picked the Matrix trilogy for us to watch. I hadn't seen those movies for a while so was happy to watch them again and munch on the Skittles Alex had brought down with him :P

Sunday was much cooler thank goodness, since Alex was in full relax mode he voted we watch more dvds. No idea what it is with my kids and wanting to watch dvds all the time! Anyhow, after I got some chores out of the way we watched Shrek 3, The Patriot and Oceans 11. Alex was deliberately trying to shake things up by picking 3 totally different movies! LOL

Alex also gave me a demonstration of his 100 out of 100 presentation he did for a TAFE class this week. I am so impressed the way his marks have improved this semester! It is wonderful that he is seeing results from studying and keeping on top of assignments and classwork! Great job Honey!

It was sad to see Alex go and sadder to find out that I won't get to see him next fortnight, he has a get together with some friends that Saturday night, but I am glad he is getting to go to it. It was wonderful to get loads of hugs and the girls were happy about all the pats and love they got too! :D

Alex leaves and Josh arrives back home. It is difficult switching over from missing one to being happy about seeing the other back safe and sound, and listening to all he got up to. Since Josh and his dad had gotten Josh's pushie fixed, we went out for a walk/ride down by the lake. It helped the change over of being Zanda's mummy back to Josh's mummy a little more.

I also started the Kate Mosse book tonight. So far I am really enjoying the descriptive way it is written and the intriguing storyline.

Tuesday, 24th November 2009

It's the girls birthday today!!! Miss Peggie turns 5 and Miss Pixel turns 1!!!

So happy that Miss Pixel made it to 1! After countless health problems and brushes with death, this little girl would have put a huge dint into her 9 lives. I really hope the same holds true for cats as it has for my kids, that the older they get the more the health issues settle down. Here's to hoping!

This morning I was determined to continue being gentle with myself by having a lazy morning reading in bed. Miss Pixie spent the morning curled up next to me purring to her hearts content. I am almost finished the Kathy Lette book How to Kill Your Husband (and other handy household hints). It is hilarious! Never before have I read such a book that reveals a womens inner most thoughts and feelings regarding her hubby and children.

Then in the afternoon I was checking out Petlink classifieds and discovered a local guy giving convict cichlids away for free. So Josh and I went up there to pick them up, scored a 2 foot tank in need of repair for nothing as well, then the guy gave us a lift home, and scored himself a batch of kribensis - so everyone was happy.

After having done all that it was 7.30 - the time just disappeared on us. So after a walk up the road to procure milk it was home again to maka the dinner! (said in my best mimicking Italian voice) Then I had to find somewhere to house all these new fish and relocate some baby kribs.

Then for the cats dinner they scored their birthday tuna cake complete with candles, party hats and singing :P The tuna was a major hit! they woolfed that down faster than anything.

I fell into bed late, read another chapter of my book to unwind before sleep claimed me.

Thursday, 19 November 2009

What a busy, busy day.

This morning I felt like I was going to have to drag myself through the day, between needing alot more sleep and my hands/wrists flaring up with arthritis, I was ready to go back to bed but thankfully I picked up some after hangin' with the Ruth.

I worked on removing some more of the silastic from a tank, till about 11am when Ruth came over. My friend Ruth had found a 2 foot tank on ebay that she was interested in and this morning the auction was ending, so I was showing her the ins and outs of bidding on ebay. To her utter surprise she won the tank! ;) Go Ruth!

After a yummy lunch of egg and lettuce sandwiches, supplied by Ruth, we took off to search for the gravel needed for the new tank but alas 3 stores didn't have it. Though I did manage to score some fish I have been after for a while! :P

By the time I got home Josh was already on the doorstep waiting, so we went inside for afternoon tea. Then he took off to his room to play his PS3 game while I went to the library to pick up the Kathy Lette books.

I borrowed Kathy Lette's - How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Household Hints), Mad Cows and Victoria Hislop's - The Return. I am looking forward to reading them all. Meanwhile I have one story left to go in the short story book.

Josh was fantastic in helping me with housework after dinner and since he has no school tomorrow we snuck off late to go watch 10 Things I Hate About You. We both totally love that movie :)

Wednesday, 18th November, 2009

Last night when I went to bed I was in the mood for reading a book but not in the mood for committing to anything major. That's where I find a book of short stories fits the bill! This book was sitting on my "to read" pile so I thought why not?

It is a collection of stories by 10 Australian authors and is part of a Books Alive promotion.

So far I have read 4 of the 10. The story Hate at First Sight by Kathy Lette is my favourite so far. Tonight I checked my local libraries online catalogue and shall go pick up some of her books tomorrow, I was that impressed with it.

Some quotes from the story that I found hilarious were -

* I've been on so many blind dates, I should be given a free dog.

* Now, if you'll excuse me. I have a husband to hunt.

* I've done everything but wear Fosters-flavoured lip gloss.

Our libraries book group day was today - my friend Ruth came for the first time :D - and as usual I had alot of fun with the ladies. They were teasing me so much because I totally hated our last book and was quite animated in telling them so. LOL The women are all alot older than myself but I love that they are all at the stage of life where everyone's opinion is respected and that they are past pretending to be anything they aren't. Basically they are there to interact, be social, listen, laugh and share views. I totally love my bookgroup days!!!

This months book is - The Island by Victoria Hislop.

After bookgroup we had organised that we would all be going down to the local bowling club for lunch. We had a blast! We chatted, shared stories, supported each other and laughed till some of us cried :P

Since Josh was due to leave school while I was still at the club, I messaged him and he swung by so we could walk home together. The rest of the day has been nice and relaxed, I couldn't resist grabbing my book and sneaking off to read some more :)

A movie that was recommended to me today was Julie and Julia.

Apparently it is based on the early culinary career of Julia Childs and crosses over to Julie Powell who aspires to cook all the recipes from Julia's book in a year and blogs about it. The movie was adapted from two books and sounds really interesting.

Sunday, 8th November 2009

Today's Music Playlist -

Puddle of Mudd songs (thanks to Shane :P)

Today's Reading Book -

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (for book group)

Today's Joke -

Q: How do you get an elephant into the fridge?

A: 1. Open door 2. Insert elephant 3. Close door.

Q: How do you get a giraffe into the fridge?

A: Open door 2. Remove elephant 3. Insert giraffe 4. Close door

The king of the jungle, the lion, decided to have a party. He invited every animal in the jungle but one didn't come. Which one?

A: The giraffe, because it was stuck in the fridge.