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Foxx: H'lo...I hope you're doing okay. Enjoy your weekend!
Jamie: Hey, I wanted to stop by & say hi. I hope you all are doing great!. I love the pictures you have posted, keep sharing with us.
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LWM: Wishing you special blessing this week. Stop by my place when you get a chance new post you might find interesting
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Jamie: Hey, I wanted to let you know, I have set my blog up for Halloween, come & see what I did this year.
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Leenie: You just need to say the word and I will take care of it Love ya....
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Jamie: Hey,Thanks for your post, I am ding ok, just busy. I'll try to post soon, Have a great day!!!
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Jack: Sorry I made you so jealous!!! But then, I didn't mention the limited-edition Jack Daniels bottle we bought... it was the same ol' No. 7, but the bottle had an artwork of the distillery where the black label usually goes...
Gracie: Hey girl, good to see you sound good. Miss ya!
Laura: Hey Leens, hope you, Tom and the kids all had a safe and happy Independence Day. Hope you are in better spirits now too honey, been thinking of you with lots of love.
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Sunday, December 23rd 2007

9:33 PM (192 days, 22h, 46min ago)

Merry Christmas

I moved in somewhere else.....being "Googled" was fun at first but now it's not. To all my friends here at Bravenet.....email me ( mum71@comcast.net) and I will give you the link to my new place. Nothing special.... still trying to find the time to write. Just keep in contact because I miss a small few of you.....some people are genuine online and as far as friends go...you can count them on one hand, which goes for online friends as  as well. I feel closer to some of you than people I grew up with without ever having actually met you.. How sad is that? Not very....this is life and I kind of like it this way. I sometimes crave human interaction....and it's not like I suck at it. It's just that this is easier in my situation......

Happy New Year!!!!!


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Monday, October 15th 2007

9:27 PM (261 days, 23h, 53min ago)

Finished....

This will be my last entry here at Bravenet. I haven't found a new home as yet but rest assured that I will keep in touch with a few friends here because I love you guys. I'm tired of blogging..or attempting to that is. I'm tired of talking crap actually....I'm done with pretending to be happy when I'm not, I'm fed up with holding my tongue. It's already bad enough not being able to talk about things in person with a friend because there are none! and still not feel comfortable doing it online. So that's a big sign to give it up...it doesn't help me at all. 

Anyways... Take care .

Love,

Leenie

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Tuesday, October 2nd 2007

9:39 AM (275 days, 11h, 41min ago)

Pics

Just a quick post.... a few photo's really. Marcus has been walking for about 3 weeks now just in time for his first birthday, Oct.23.


And one of Tom doing Yoga last night. He will be mad at me for posting it but he has dropped so much weight I think he looks great . I actually quit after 30 minutes, shameful I know. It goes for an hour and a half and at the beginning of the session you are told to forget about everything you have to do after and of course, I couldn't stop thinking about it after that...lol. I took lots of shots of Tom in weird positions but I'll be good enough not to post those ones...

Even his Mom said yesterday that he had lost weight and for her to actually say something...means something. Good job Tom!
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Thursday, September 27th 2007

11:11 PM (279 days, 22h, 8min ago)

Blog Suicide


I think it was yesterday that I read a story of how people are banding together on Facebook and committing "blog suicide"...reclaiming their regular lives back. LOL. I'll admit I first thought people were actually killing themselves because I can be a bit of a slow poke in getting things sometimes... I am the blondest brunette, just ask Tom. Oh, that's right, you can't...he deleted his journal weeks ago. Too many visits from work he said. I guess he committed blog suicide and didn't bother to tell me. Anyways... I have thought of killing this part of my life off too at times.... since having Marcus I have been stuck for words, I have no real free time to sit and think and I can't find the freedom within to be the person I once was on here...a drama queen of sorts. I can't bring myself to do it though, I live in hope that I will be inspired once again...or find a better direction for putting my thoughts out there. I miss my freedom here, it was never for popularity, I can't deal with being popular.Tom laughs at me every time I say "oh no" when I open my messages in Deviantart and I'm not popular by comparison to some people on that site. I have been featured by others several times this past month and that generated a  load of people favoring my stuff and watching me. I just clam up....
In other news, Tom said he was at his desk doing paperwork yesterday and my picture he has framed just went flying off his desk, he didn't touch it. He wasn't at all mad at me nor I him...it was odd. Kinda spooky too, seeing as though his office is next to the Death Chamber where they execute occasionally. Gave me the chills when he told me on the phone. I was briefly afraid that my time was up yesterday.
The weather has got rather chilly this past week...it was 35f when I got up, we had a fire the night before and did an hour routine of something we were not meant to do until week 4 of the program, no wonder we pulled a few things. Tonight however, we started back at square one and amazingly enough, when I 1st started i couldn't do 1 pushup...tonight I did 10 (pretty crappy really) but at least I have obviously built up some strength. I still can't do the pull ups...instead I am using the weights during that routine...build up the strength some more... I can't see a difference yet body wise but strength...yes. Shall be interesting at the end of this month...
Tonight was a 1hr and 20 minute work out and thankfully it seems to be going faster. I can see a difference in Tom already.... the only difference in me is the fact that I now crave a donut, I rarely eat sweets but I really want a donut...bad! lol.

Off to bed, I have a rotten chest cold and every time I cough I feel it in the abs...it hurts.


Leave you with a couple of pic's.... Fall Colors and The healthy sign I received the day after starting our diet...a smiley face in a bell pepper




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Saturday, September 22nd 2007

11:13 PM (284 days, 22h, 6min ago)

Tom and I have done our daily routine of about an hour and 15 minutes of full on, work every muscle in your body work out routine each day for the past 5 days now. I can't tell you how good we feel. I can't believe I have lasted this long....lmao. If I didn't have Tom egging me on I would probably have quit by now...it aint easy but it surely will be worth it. I will post before and after pictures at the end, when I feel some significant changes have been made. Pretty scary...

Yesterday morning after we did Yoga (not as easy as it looks) for an hour and a half..I spotted a group of the high school kids walking past...I noticed 1 look at the window I just happened to be staring out of and then one of the little buggers ran back and down our drive way. Seconds later he was riding off on Alex's scooter. I opened the front door while as he made his getaway and yelled at him to drop it. He just threw it into the street and ran away. After he did that I wished that i was faster thinking and had been ready to thow a 10lb weight into his back and put him down. (That's the I wish side of me) but no, I was just happy he listened to me. I took pictures of his friends when they returned, nice face shots but he wasn't with them....I expect he had to walk a little out of his way to get back to class. Not a lot bothers me , I'm pretty easy going but when someone steals like that it makes me pretty mad. People that do not respect other people make me mad. That scooter was Alex's Xmas present from her Dad.

Oh...tried Tofu for the 1st time tonight...that's some yucky stuff, Tom disguised it into a Thai curry and did a wonderful job... but it is still extremely nasty. Is it possible to eat what you like and just work it off extra hard? I am dieting but I am also using some mind power, I'm thinking thinner and in 5 days I have lost 5lbs, I have lost 1 inch off my chest, 2 off my waist and 1 off my butt...lol.I have never been one to pig out anyway but I eat at the wrong times, actually..i was skipping breakfast and lunch and just drinking coffee.I didn't realize that eating was a way of losing the weight....

Anyways...off to beddies. we were going to scope out Tom's Elk hunting area for December tomorrow and take some Fall photo's while we were at it but it's raining, rain forecast for the entire weekend so I guess it's a day at home. That's ok...I like home. It's bordering on a phobia to leave it at times. 1 month till dad is over here...not sure it's actually with us at this time but it is around this time...lol. More exciting not to know. Praying for some snow for him to see in the mountains... I would love to have time to go sleep out there, camping. Dad loves to go camping...does it by himself on the Island. Usually at the old village area where you can hear crying at night...spooky. I love camping but would never enjoy the experience alone. I need a MAN around...lol. Yeah..I never want to lose my way here with things that may eat you...lol. I would probably die from the what if's running though my mind.

Have a great weekend.
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Thursday, September 20th 2007

8:30 AM (287 days, 12h, 50min ago)

Diet and Exercise Time.

Tom and I started P90X on Tuesday. It's a tough 90 day workout program using weights, yoga, kempo, plyometrics etc. It's incredible... I can feel muscles I didn't know existed..and that is because the last time I actually "worked out" was in 8th grade, many moons ago now. It really works too, and I have seen flab and bellies bigger than mine and I will keep going knowing that there is real hope for me...lol. I can't do push ups just yet but I'm building up my arm and shoulder strength with weights instead. It's hard work but fun. The Ab ripper routine really kills, very intense. So hopefully come Xmas we will have lost quite a bit. It takes 60 days to really notice any major change but we shall see...No more Bourbon and Coke binges (because I can't stand diet coke mixed with that) That's the only time I really rip into pop. The water where we live is absolutely gross, thick and minerally until Tom finally put a water filter system on the other day, now it just tastes like straight rain water and I'm drinking it all day. They have another program called Turbo Jam and I really want to do that once a day too... I'm just happy I have Tom doing it with me, so much more encouraging.

No other news really...life is pretty quiet at the moment. It was Tom's birthday on the weekend so I mowed for the 1st time this year for him and straighted his garage out.

Mitchell flew to Dubai by himself and arrived safely, I was really worried about that seeing as though he is not quite 15. He is visiting his Aunt and Uncle.

Gotta go, Toms up and it's time to kill ourselves again.



 
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Wednesday, September 12th 2007

9:35 PM (294 days, 23h, 44min ago)

Shock Horror

Everyone is in bed and it's only 9:30pm.... can't believe it. I am in my ultimate frame of mind when there is silence, no nagging...no whining...no anything. This would have to be the first night in about 3 weeks I have been "alone" this early.
The best news of the day would have to be Dad finally booking some plane tickets and knowing I will see him "sometime" within the next 6 weeks. The only date I have is October 20th for his arrival in LA and it's anything goes after that...see him when I see him. He will only stay a week this time but says he wants to come back next year. Can't wait. It will be interesting to see Jacks reaction, Dad is the only other male besides Tom who Jack will really listen to. It's the deep voice, his teacher uses one to get his attention too but me, no, he has always had me worked out, like all my kids , I'm a push over that only ever occasionally cracks. Kurtis is really looking forward to meeting his other Grampa, he is such a sociable little kid and he never shuts up...lol. Marcus is hilarious, he is already jealous at almost 11months. If K is on my lap M will come and stand up right at my feet and yell and slap my leg. Same when K is talking to Daddy on the phone, he gets totally P'd off and I think that is odd but still , a sign of a deep thinker and some extra intelligence. K has never shown any signs of being jealous at all.I joke that Kurtis is a male bimbo, he is smart but a bit of an airhead. I even have a picture to prove it....he Alex and Jack were walking while we were geocaching one day and I snapped a picture of them, he was not running but walking...on AIR.

 
Weather is cooling off again...It's in the 40's when I wake but I am working up a sweat within 10 minutes trying to dress Jack who insists on sitting around in his underwear until just before the bus arrives. One day the timing will be wrong..lol. I also have to give him a choice of what to wear...3 different sets. How crazy is that? Yes...the stress starts almost immediately for me.

Have a wonderful rest of the week...I did have more to say but I'm getting tired now...the silence is almost too much to handle...lol.


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Thursday, September 6th 2007

10:52 PM (300 days, 22h, 27min ago)

A Quicky


We took off camping Saturday night...a really stupid time to go find a spot in the great American wilderness on Labor Day weekend but I insisted...getting there is half the fun after all. I remember insisting we go NOW last Summer and Tom getting mad because he listened to me...This time he wasn't mad though, even as we wearily backtracked to Strawberry Reservoir and paid $14 for the pleasure of just sleeping somewhere at 1am, right next to the camp hosts...lol. We woke up...backtracked some more to Heber because we had a leaking tire and had just fried the air pump. And finally we found a spot in the hot sun...back at Daniels Canyon. The kids found some friends with 4wheelers, and after a night they became enemies...lol. Kids! Most people were taking off back home so we moved again to a much nicer spot....and decided to forgo breakfast and just come home. It was a nice little getaway...The baby screamed the first 2 nights and he will be staying with Grandma and Grandpa next time. I think we left at the right time seeing as though there were some massive storms that afternoon and night. I think Tom's parents are still without power 2 days later.

Aside from the trip..thats about all that has been happening. Missed a whole day of not talking to Tom... we had a tiff and the kids have been straight turds so I'm not very happy as I write. I threatened Kurtis with ME running away today...lol. He did look horrified at the thought which I was hoping for but not expecting given his attitude lately.  Mitchell was just like him at that age.... he grew out of it so I live in hope.

The best part of the week would have to be the change in the weather, it's so nice and cool. I can't handle the desert heat...it sucks. I feel like I get 10 new wrinkles every time I step outside. Looking forward to Winter I am. Looking forward to moving on.... I'm tired of feeling the way I do lately.Something has to change. Not feeling sorry for myself mind you...I'm positively depressed at the moment...lol.

Bye for now
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Monday, August 27th 2007

11:56 PM (310 days, 21h, 23min ago)

Jacks 1st Computer

It was Jacks 1st day back at school today...2nd grade and he was really happy to go...as were we for him to be gone. I know that sounds terrible.... but if you were us...you'd appreciate where we were coming from. Not having a day off from kids, mainly because of Jack being Autistic since September 2003 sometimes makes me say such terrible, un-motherly type words.I wouldn't go back in time and change this if I could though...I love Jack and I know he was given to me for a reason and it wasn't to stress me into an early grave, not to keep me locked up in my home like a prisoner when Tom isn't here....I don't know why but I accept it and I don't whine about my situation often. I think it's the small positives that really out weight the negatives and keep me hopeful. Positives like today, after he got home and Tom was working on a surprise for him...his very own computer. Tom told Jack what he was doing for him and then Jack was all over him like a rash...giving him more affection than is normal for Jack...normal being nothing at all in the way of hugs and kisses. Another sign that he is able to  if HE wishes and it's all a matter of time until he works it out in his head that he should care about others, as well as himself and show something more than just "me, me, me" . It's very rare for Jack to show emotions for someone else besides himself, very rare... but he does from time to time and that is why I will remain hopeful. Anyway...Jack had basically taught himself how to work a game, the mouse etc which is a car racing game( Midtown Madness) over the past 2 weeks on Alex's computer and I guess Tom saw how much he enjoys it and decided to build him one today.He still lacks patience...to the point of losing his cool and banging the mouse or the keyboard ( Not much unlike his Dad in Australia)but I am trying to explain that he has to wait for the game to load..or silly Mummy who is not a gamer to find out what button to press to get him out of a mess...lol.

I snapped a couple of pictures of this historical moment in our house tonight.... In reverse order because I can't click off the picture once I load it in and I might lose the post and have a hissy fit

Off to bed.... Happy Dreaming






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Thursday, August 23rd 2007

10:11 PM (314 days, 23h, 8min ago)

Alrighty.....



Ok...passing on the "Thoughtful Blogger Award" to.......
Cathi
and
Jack

For being faithful visitors and wonderful friends
As for waking in a better mood.... I did but come this evening, anxiety plus. Managed to dye my hair....and that's about it really. Tom started on his novel that he has had planned since before I met him and wow, he is good. Really. . I am pretty amazed actually. He has something with this

Also.... Tom showed me this thing today...it's new, like My Space only it pays you for referring people and hit's from your blog or website count and = $ . I'm giving it a try.... I hate  MySpace so I can imagine how much I will love this too I already have 10 Add requests for friends from complete strangers.... and I'm not feeling THAT sociable lately. It's new so perhaps one can make some money. Anyway..here is the link in the picture below.


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Thursday, August 23rd 2007

12:06 AM (315 days, 21h, 13min ago)



Thank you to Miss Kris for passing this wonderful award on to me . It means a lot .

In a funk that comes around from time to time so I haven't been feeling like communicating on any level for the past few days. No real reason as per usual.... just part of being a female I suppose, and reasons I don't want to share because of the extra BS that will cause because I said it. I am learning to keep things to myself..... as poisonous as that can be.... I don't have a choice.

I will pass this award on tomorrow.... I can't really even think straight right now. I think it's bed time. Tom and the kids are due back from the movies any second now. The peace was nice while it lasted...lol. Tom didn't want to take Jack because I wasn't going so I'm sure he will be mad because he DID take him. I just didn't feel like sitting through 2 movies at the drive in.... I'm sad and would rather stare at the 4 walls

Back tomorrow






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Monday, August 13th 2007

11:15 PM (324 days, 22h, 4min ago)

N N N N



After days of keyboard suffering it finally dawned on me to update my software, a simple little update and I have my N key back..... I was only 7 updates behind . I was getting really mad and ready to go back to a corded version. It's highly annoying to try and type and it's missing all the N's, only to go back and put them in and having the keyboard spit out 3 or 4  extras  N's.....arghh! I'm not to fond of the letter N now. It has only been like that for a week.

Last night I discovered "Alien Skin Exposure" , which is...a neat little program that simulates all old film types. Sounds crazy, we spend $2800 on a extra special camera and lenses for really excellent quality shots and here I have sat for the past 15 hours making my pictures look old and shitty looking. It's probably nothing I couldn't do with PSP already but it's instant, no messing around. It's been fun. I have 28 days left of the full demo version and I am hoping in the meantime I will figure out how to do it on my own.

We did nothing all weekend and that was nice. We were going to go fishing but Tom didn't feel so great Sunday. Alex and Tommy have 1 week of school before they are on break and Jack goes back next week.....Yay! I need a Jack break which I am sure I have said many a time before and Jack has been starting to say "Go to school"  so he obviously misses it. Even though the house will still be full of kids...it will be easier.


Well...that's my quicky update, time for bed. 






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Monday, August 6th 2007

7:19 PM (332 days, 2h, 1min ago)

Marcus

A couple of snaps from about half an hour ago, before he fell asleep. I'm pretty sure he will be walking by 10 months, without encouragement...there is never any hurry for the mischief that's gonna cause He is starting to talk...Mama , Dadda and he likes to rock to good music...lol. He is growing much too fast. He is a wonderful little man and I'm enjoying him immensely . 
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Saturday, August 4th 2007

10:14 PM (333 days, 23h, 6min ago)

Excited



Nothing is booked yet.... and nothing is written in stone but it is more than a mere possibility we will see Dad at the end of October...It's been 4 years this month since I have seen him...I hope this is the real thing. I have spent the majority of my life missing this man and it has only been made worse by living in a far away country. Of course..... this whole deal is space shuttle launch pending...he really wants to see that happen in the flesh. I'm really pretty excited He has never met Tom or two of his grand kiddies and Alex and Jack have grown since our Badu Island days.
I was having a good old nightmare at 3am this morning, I was back in Australia and I knew it would be months before I could be back with Tom...I was really upset. The phone was ringing and it was Tom....then I was awoken by my cell ph really ringing, it was a local number and whoever it was said nothing at all, not even any heavy breathing . I hate the phone ringing at that time...you expect bad news but it is usually only Toms Mom, worried about something totally imaginary.

Mitchell was going to come over in September but will now be going to Dubai all by himself instead to visit his Aunt and Uncle. He and his Dad will come next July for Alex's 10h birthday. Dubai is a safe country.... I THINK, I HOPE.

Well.... that's it from me for the night, hope you all are having a pleasant weekend.....









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Friday, August 3rd 2007

12:24 AM (335 days, 20h, 56min ago)


Yesterday I had my 1st migraine , probably the 1st in about 5 years. I rarely get headaches at all which is surprising considering all the noise in this house. I just felt like my head was about to explode, even with pills and a bag of ice on my head for over an hour it was still lurking around...even when I woke this morning and right now. I feel like I have brain flu....it sucks! I don't think it's my eyes, 20/20 vision at last check in January. I just wish it would go away....

We had parent teacher yesterday for Alex, Tom had bought me a push up bra last week and her teacher kept talking to my boobs over HER glasses...lol. Then we went to Walmart to pick up a few essentials and as we were leaving..the guy at the door, older than my Dad said to Tom, I bet they cost a lot ! Tom was just teasing me that he was talking about "them" but I hope he was talking about the cart full of kids.... Since having my last 2 kiddies I have gone from a C to a D cup and it is a mystery to me how they have not deflated seeing as though I have not breastfed for 6 months I shouldn't complain...better to have than to not, right? Either way, I'm self conscience now

On a serious note, the bodies of a man and his 2 young children were found in a burnt out Jeep at the pump of a remote gas station here this morning... they were in the back seat, the fathers arms around his children. Mom and Dad had recently separated. What a selfish thing to do! What a horrendous way to go about it. I know that our lives can fall apart at any given moment but children's lives are only just beginning...that was so not right, they were only 3 and 4

Way past my bedtime again.

Back soon
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Thursday, August 2nd 2007

9:46 AM (336 days, 11h, 34min ago)

Pics from Monday

Mill Creek Canyon
Wild Flowers
and Bugs












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Thursday, August 2nd 2007

12:44 AM (336 days, 20h, 36min ago)



Took off Monday afternoon fishing as was half planned..... That was nice, took 385 photo's which were mainly crap but it gave me plenty to work with. Tom caught a fish, we got stormed on which was actually nice, it's been horrendously hot . Sunday we are planning on getting out of here again....Tom  drew out on an elk tag and we are going to  check out the area. I hope he gets one this time, for his sake, not the poor , defenseless  animals . I love to stir him, I like to play the tree hugger / animal lover. The truth is, if he is going to eat the kill, go for it..... whatever makes him happy. I also like to make him feel important to me, I often tell him I can't do something because "I'm just a girl"....stirring again. Sometimes that works . Other times I surprise and take care of a manly task myself because I damn well know I can do anything if I try. I wish I could do that more often because he prefers that and it's rare. I have just never wanted to not need my man. I fear the day I don't need Tom.

Ok.... I should probably reserve my mindless ramblings for fresh Leenie, 1st thing in the morning. I just had a need to update...still trying to get back into the swing of things and even though my mind is a million miles an hour, I must head to bed. Will add some more shot's in the morning...

Sleep tight
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Monday, July 30th 2007

12:59 AM (339 days, 20h, 20min ago)



Still not totally organized here....but things are starting to take shape and we have reclaimed our living areas from the kiddo's. While Tom was at work yesterday I moved furniture, I ache, I'm covered in bruises but I am pleased with myself that I did it. I just wanted to achieve something major before Tom got home and I think he was happy with what I got done. We still don't know what to do with half of our stuff....

I said to Tom just before that it will be nice in the winter time to sit in front of the fire, with a glass of wine and just talk...and he adds, watch TV...lmao.That was not what I had in mind.... I still don't like to watch TV. After thinking about it for a while....I couldn't come up with anything we would talk about. We do most of our communicating while sitting in front of our computers, sharing the things we come across. (Tom does most of the talking) I usually just do a lot of listening. I only really start to talk when I have had a few and my mind starts to wander , until then I am happy with my own thoughts.

The above picture was done a couple of nights ago, it's Kurtis looking just slightly demonic, taken a few months ago in the bath tub, covered in bubbles. He has been watching Daddy fixing the boats these past few months and now he must "fix" everything.... only he doesn't know when to quit and he is getting really good at unscrewing everything around the house...lol. He also never closes his mouth unless he is fast asleep.... but he is a sweetheart, It's nice to have a small child concerned about how you are feeling when you have an upset look on your face....plus he is very intuitive and can sometimes read my mind...

 I think we are going to squeeze in a fishing session tomorrow afternoon, after the dentist for Tommy. That means a photo taking session for Leenie, we haven't been anywhere forever and I'm hanging out for something new to work with....I am totally bored of everything lately, I'm tired of these 4 walls and Tom's days off have been work, work, work for the past few weeks....We need a break, Tom goes to work at the Prison for a break and I am so desperate that I would dearly love to go to Prison for a break. My whole social life is conducted online...and you my friends are my ONLY friends since moving to the USA but I'm really okay with that. I don't really have time to go have a girls night out and the truth is...I had all the fun I was ever going to have in that respect before I turned the legal age of 18 in Australia...my life was one big party before that....from the age of 5 until I settled into a relationship at the age of 16, married at 21 (to the same guy)...cracked at age 30 and here I am...not really missing the party scene. Happily married with only a few minor issues these days... Still the same issues but I don't harbor them for too long....my threshold is a lot larger and even though I "still don't get it".... I cope better.

Ok...enough said and way past my bedtime. Sweet Dreaming.


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Tuesday, July 24th 2007

12:52 AM (345 days, 20h, 27min ago)

Change Is Good



Yay...sold a boat at 11pm....lol. Tom's stars said he would sell something today and they were right. About time !


Poor Alexandra, she had her expanders put in early this morning , she is drooling like a Great Dane and not yet used to eating with them in.  She has 1 and a 1/2 days until back to school so she needs to perfect the art of swallowing dribble silently . Jack picked a fight with her the other night, way after bedtime by throwing a Hotwheels car at her and hot her in the head. Alex in turn threw it back at him and hit him in the head....only she had a little more behind her throw and put a nice little gash above his eye. I think it took about 1/2 an hour before she figured out there was no way she could get away with it and came and told me. Tom and I both go downstairs and Jack emerges from his room with blood all over his hands and face, slightly shocked but more " wow, I'm made of this ?" Alex felt bad and was crying...Jack had been crying but they had made up before she came and told me. The pair of them have such short tempers and I'm having a hard time trying to stop them from being physical.  He will have a 1cm scar now, almost a bullseye.  Kids.... .


Tom and I have been rearranging the house, we moved out of our "computer room" and into our main living room and we are setting up our old room for Kurtis and Marcus to share. We only have a half basement and it's jam packed with all the other kids and Kurtis refuses to sleep down there and makes his way up to the lounge room just about every night. We have room to improve on this house but we never have the money. Anyway....the place looks like we just moved in now...crap all over the place, a total nightmare...lol. It will take us a lot longer than 1st thought to get this all right. I do enjoy change though....I love to move furnature, I either get that from my Mother (who did the same) or it's  just being a Piscean but change is good.

Catch you all soon
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Friday, July 20th 2007

2:23 PM (349 days, 6h, 57min ago)

Daddy and Marcus just before he left for work today.
Cuter than a tattooed man with a fluffy little kitten


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Friday, July 20th 2007

2:08 PM (349 days, 7h, 11min ago)

Yesterday...Kurtis turned 3

He has been counting down the weeks since Alex's birthday and was so happy his day finally arrived. Grandma and Grandpa came and brought Tommy with them and I think he enjoyed himself...it's an age where they finally understand it's their special day.






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Tuesday, July 17th 2007

12:40 AM (352 days, 20h, 39min ago)



Saved from the pool.....
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Wednesday, July 11th 2007

4:22 PM (358 days, 4h, 58min ago)

I am my own 60,000th visitor....lmao!

I do plan on a revamp here, hoping that will inspire me to get more involved again.... I was just hit with the "Spring Cleaning" thing so I am making the most of it and yes, I know it's Summer lol. I have been at it since yesterday.

Catch you all soon


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Monday, July 9th 2007

12:52 AM (360 days, 20h, 27min ago)

I wonder

If I will ever get back into this Life is busy but it's not THAT busy that I can't update this a little more often.... there is no excuse really, I'm just having a hard time with time management I suppose. I tend to waste a lot of that.
Tom got a motor running on one of the boats and the parts boat we bought has already made it's money back on Ebay...now we have a whole motor extra that we can sell off so that's a plus. We also finished his fathers shed today....Tom didn't want it dragging on any longer, so just he, his father and I lifted the roof into place and not without drama of course, it collapsed a few times.... and I jarred my back and will wake as stiff as a board by morning, but it's done....hurray! I hate dealing with metal... I joked to my neighbor yesterday that she would read that a few people were decapitated, erecting a garden shed...and that came back to haunt me when it fell.... I think poor old Tom was the only one to get sliced. Yeah...you can keep your sheet metal....gives me the creeps just thinking about it.
Marcus got his bottom teeth today, the top came through last week....he is still a happy baby, already creating havoc getting into mischief as he crawls all over the place. Tom dreampt I was pregnant again which made me laugh....he knows I could have just kept on having babies...so it was his nightmare not mine. It had to end though....I'm over it. I will embrace Grandmahood when the times comes and there is no rush, I'm only 36.
I will leave you with a couple of shots from today....




Miss Alex needs a haircut badly....lol.

Hope you are all well....I will do my best to catch up soon.

Lots of love

Me
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Thursday, June 28th 2007

11:17 AM (371 days, 10h, 2min ago)

Emotional distress.... such a horrible feeling that is making me physically ill right now and the only person I know that truly loves me is my Dad...I missed his call at 7:44am because I was in between the snooze function of the alarm clock and I had to set up my voice mail (only had the ph 6 bloody months) just so I could hear his message which was that there was no problem , he was just calling to tell me he loved me , which for Dad...at midnight Aussie time is rare. Even though he can be emotionally detached at times, we still have that special bond... and somehow he knows when I'm not feeling too hot.

I love my Dad !
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