Head Ache

I have to admit that today has been a very trying day.  It feels like all I do ALL day is pick up the same things over and over and over again.  I HATE my house and the fact that it has pure white tiles.  Who on earth uses PURE WHITE tiles??  (NB:  We are renters)  I know that the kids are just being kids but sometimes I wish they would just sit on the couch all day and watch TV just so the house stays clean and I can have a break.

Mikaela has a new habit of wanting to walk around with her bottle which is driving me INSANE.  She tips milk everywhere and then that dries with dirt on top and so my floor ends up with dirty spots everywhere.  Of course these need to be mopped because if not the house looks like a dump.  And in order to mop I have to vaccuum.  So there is at least an hours worth of cleaning plus the time it will take to dry.

Then I let the boys play in the garage but I tell them "do not touch anything else but your bikes" and of course they touch EVERYTHING.  So then I have to either yell at them to clean it or I clean it myself.

And the absolute worst thing is the boys using all the printing paper.  DRIVES ME NUTS.  They make planes which may I add I still have a paper plane stuck in my floor to ceiling lamp!!  They do drawings and they scrunch it up and throw it everywhere.

To top off the day I walked into my room to find Mikaela sitting on the floor with a tampon hanging out of her mouth.  She smile and laughed as soon as she saw me.  What a sight that was.

Every sunday I make them all have a sleep or quiet time watching a movie.  I really needed it today because I was not feeling well and had a head ache but they screamed and yelled and misbehaved.  I ended up making them watch a movie in the lounge room and I slept on the couch to watch them.  I woke to find that they had gotten into the juice poppers and the lounge room was filled with toys.  ARGH!!

So sunday night and I am stuffed!!  I had a break down on the phone to the hubby and then we talked it out and I was ok.  I am now on the couch with my pillows, doona and laptop and I am about to jump up and make a hot chocolate before settling back down to watch Downton Abbey.  Here are the things that I learnt today:

• I really hate the hubby being away
• I need to be stricter with Mikaela and her bottle
• I should not get sick during a weekend and when hubby is away
• Do not leave my tampons where Mikaela can get them 
• Rent a house that does not have white tiles
• I WANT MY HUSBAND HOME!!

Lounge Room Picnic

Today I woke with a head ache and feeling feverish.  So I decided to get fish-n-chips for lunch, instead of making lunch that I would then have to clean up.  I put a table cloth on the lounge room floor and the kids enjoyed a picnic in the lounge room.

On the menu:

• Chips
• Fish Burger
• Pluto Pups

A Hidden Treasure

Every now and then when I get bored I go through photos on my mobile phone and photos on my computer that have been taken with the web cam.  Tonight while I was sifting through my computer I came across a photo of my daughter and I.  This photo made me smile because from the time Mikaela was born to about six months old (when she became a Daddy's girl) she used to always sleep on my chest.  It was only when I had jobs to do that she slept in her cot or pram.  So this photo sums up my favourite and most common time with Mikaela.

I miss these times with Mikaela.  But I do enjoy watching her grow each day.

My Day

My day started off with me waking to find that my three boys had woken, had breakfast, had a shower and gotten dressed.  Quinton had also taken Mikaela out of her cot and they were in the loungeroom playing with her.  I was so happy having been able to sleep in for that extra half an hour.  And even happier that I woke to happy children.

Ishmael and Quinton rode to school at 8am and I got Mikaela her breakfast and then we both jumped in for a shower.  I then did some laundry, washed the dishes, vaccuumed the floor and then mopped the floor.  Cameron is pretty easy to entertain and so he played the DSi on the mat while I mopped.  And Mikaela was finding it funny to run and slide all over the clean floor.  Not so funny for me though as I had to keep mopping over her marks.

Cameron, Mikaela and I then decided to go for a drive and ended up going through Red Rooster for some lunch.  And I was very disappointed.  The chips were cold and scrawny.  They had also given me a small coke instead of the large that I ordered and paid for.  So I gave them a quick call and was offered a free replacement meal.  Usually I just shrug it off and not worry about it but today the chips were so bad that the ones in Cameron's kids meal were black.  Ewwww.

We picked up a few packing boxes from a lovely old man who opened the office even though it was meant to be closed.  And I started packing.  (Can see previous blog for more information)

The boys came home from school and we were immediately in the car and headed off to footy training for Ishmael.  I love going to training because I have two amazing friends that I met through the kids football club and we always have such a great time.

After football training we dropped past the local IGA and bought a couple of lollies each with the last bit of money in my wallet and then went home and had nachos.  

So now I am probably sounding like I am very unhealthy but I must defend myself by saying that we are in fact a very healthy family.  lol.

The kids are finally in bed and the house is quiet.  Time to get the rest of the cheese cake out and get comfortable on the couch.

The Packing Process

Today I decided to start the packing process for the big move in September.  I did some research online and found a storage facility that sold really cheap packing boxes.  So Cameron, Mikaela and I drove down to pick some up.  I got five tea chest boxes and five book boxes.

I have so far half pack one book box and already I am feeling overwhelmed, which is unusal as normally I am all for moving and happy to pack in a day.  So I have set a goal today of completing at least one tea chest box and two book boxes. 

I am starting with the ornaments that are around the house and not needed between now and the move.  I am also plan on starting to pack up the main bedroom with the items/clothes/bags/etc that we will not be needing.

We may be moving in exactly three months but I am starting to feel as though I will not have enough time to get everything packed.