What a Week!!

18/05/07 You know those days when you really should have just stayed in bed. Well today was one of those.....! After a normally busy week of work, taking kids to sporting practice, getting called in for extra hours etc I was feeling pretty jaded. But hey it's friday!! Friday's are good days, right. Well instead of doing what I was going to to until my 12pm start, I end up spending the morning chasing up my son Aidan's homework, which is WAY behind. Contrary to the story he told me. "It's still at home!" , It is located safely in the classroom.While I am there I collect extra readers for him to catch up on over the weekend. Seriously annoyed I go home to get organised for work. Hubby (who has taken the day off) asks whats wrong.(Bad move for him!!) So we then have a discussion about how I rely on him to make sure homework is being done etc, being that I work later hours. This is followed by tears(from me) and promises to do better and the writing of a list(from him).
So feeling totally drained I head into work thinking well things can only get better from here!! (Bad move for me!!) Being a bit emotional (and unknowinly suffering from pmt), I burst into tears at the girls asking the perfectly innocent question..."Are you ok?"(Bad move for them!!) I pull myself together and go about my duties and all went ok till about 4:45ish. Then it happened!! I smashed a window!! Well actually it was the fixed section of the sliding glass door in the nursery!! I had mopped the floor behind the couch and then pushed it back into place. Unfortunately it went a little further than that and hit the door which then smashed. Fortunately it is one of the safety ones with the film, and therefore didn't shatter everywhere. But it was still a BIG booboo! Once again waterworks reigned, and words flew, (under my breath away from little ears of course!) My wonderful boss and fellow colleagues were all very supportive and assured me that all was fine. "As long as you weren't hurt. It's just a thing! I just call someone to get it fixed!" my boss says to me while hugging my sobbing frame. "Yeah but it's a BIG thing I sob, Not like I just broke a coffee cup or something!!" So anyway the end result was that she called O'Brien glass and I waited with her till they came and fixed it which ended up being 9pm. (so much for my 6:30 finish)Although it was insured it still cost $250 in excess fees, so I felt pretty bad. So is it just mirrors that you get bad luck for....hmmmm? Well I'm sure it will be good for a laught at this years staff xmas party!!
19/05/07 Once again soccer morning has rolled around. Sadly I report that the Leopards lost this game . They put up a really good fight nd played well. But the mustangs, who appeared to have a bit more experience, triumphed over them. They also had a very tall boy on their team who had long legs and ran like lightning. The other players all came up to his armpits. (What the hell do they feed these kids??) But it was a fair game and hopefully the Leopards learnt some tips from the way the other team played. Hopefully the coach will intergrate some of it into training this week. My boy Aidan got "Player of the Game" this week as he has improved greatly and was instrumental in preventing a number of goals by the mustangs and came close to kicking a couple for our team. So well done Aidan!! And Good effort Leopards!! I know they had fun regardless, which in the end is what it's all about.
After soccer I went and picked up my new toy!! I have bought a treadmill. I am on another weight loss journey and am determined not to be "fat and forty" next year. So I have about 15 months to lose at least 30kg. To date I have lost 3kg in just under 3 weeks, and now I have the treadmill I am determined to push those figures!! Will keep you all posted!
About lunch time Tahlia and I headed off to Bauple for an overnighter at Mum and Dad's. Mum had wanted a hand with some computer stuff and the lovely people had a clothes dryer not being used which they had put my name on!! (Thanks mommy and daddy!) Mum had figured out most of the computer stuff(smarty pants!!), so only needed a tiny bit of assistance, but it was a nice break which was badly needed, though it could have been longer!
21/05/07Tahlia played checkers with Poppy and fed the kookaburras, even having one land on her lap. Mum and I checked out medieval costumes in preparation for my sisters October wedding. I have decided on going as a buxom tavern wench and am looking for an outfit to pattern mine on. I think I have found one but am not really sure, will keep browsing for a while. So whatdya think??

Well here goes another week....and it's gotta be better than the last one....right??
P.S.Forgot to mention in previous posts, I've had all my hair chopped off.....have had some blonde foils put through too but don't have a pic of it yet...but here's the short hairdo!

Busy, Busy, Busy

Ok, anyone know where the pause button is?? Things are just swimming by so fast, my head is swimming. Is kind of like that scene in Disney's Alice in Wonderland at the end where she is being washed back past all the characters she met along her journey back to the door she first came through. Hmmm, maybe I'm dreaming??
Lets see last entry 4th May.....
05/05/07 Saw another victory for the now infamous Leopards. The score was 4/0 once again and we awarded player of the match to the only girl on our team Mikhaila, as she actually managed to stay on her feet for the majority of this game. She usually spends half her time on her butt!! Well done Mikhaila!!
06/05/07 Remember how they say that pets become like their owners?(or maybe it's visa versa?) Well i think in our current times their is an updated version to that. I think computers become like their owners. I say this because the power box in my computer died, and I am sure it was just in sympathy with me!! You see, my power box is feeling a bit low, it wants to die too, however my hard drive keeps arguing with it all the time.
Powerbox: "(Yawn) I'm tired, farr too overworked, I am burnt out, am going to have to stop running soon!"
Harddrive:" Oh no you don't, I am far too busy for you to go pulling stunts like that."
Powerbox:"But I just don't think I can run much more...I am sooooo tired!"
Harddrive:" Well look, I have to take the operating system to work, it needs to be there for a few more days, can you just hang on a bit longer??"
Powerbox: "I'll give it my best!"
Harddrive:"Thanks, I know you can do it!"
So Powerbox plugs away, coughing and spluttering and yawning, but gets harddrive and the operating system to work. So comes the weekend.
Powerbox:"Ok, time for me to conk out now!"
Hardrive:"No just not yet, just need to supervise the soccer program this morning, hang in there a bit longer."
Powerbox:"(Yawn) Ok, will try!"
And so on and so on, poor powerbox just has to keep on plugging away. If only he could shut down that blasted hard drive!!
After antoher busy week at work, we come to Saturday once again!
12/05/07 The Leopards play the Cubs today, and I am telling you that one of those cubs are lucky i didn't turkey slap him in the middle of the field. It seems the ref thought he was reffing a Rugby game, not soccer. One of the kids on the cubs team was at least twice the size of the kids on our team and not playing nice. After pulling Aidan back and throwing him to the ground he proceded to the next child and used his elbow on him. No penalties were called and play continued...not happy Jan. But it seems that these kids are driven by the types of parents that push their kids to win. Till today these kids were also undefeated! Not anymore. The Leopards beat them 8/1!! And they didn't play dirty to do it. Let that be a lesson to you Cubs....playing dirty is not the way to win....!!

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!!

Well it has finally happened!! Our wonderful Centre Director, Lisa, is now also owner!! (happy dance, happy dance) Lisa got the phone call at around 2:30 this afternoon. I was cleaning the front foyer and therefore heard her on the phone and from the snippets heard I gathered it was the phonecall we had all been waiting for. After she hung up I immediately asked "Was that it?"
She looked at me with a relived smile and replied "It's mine!!" I let out a peircing squeal of delight which sent shock waves through the centre, and race over to give her a huge hug!! Heads popped out of doors with the general mumble of "What the...?" Jo who had been sitting in the nursery had seen me run from the direction of the kitchen following the sqeal and thought that I must have found a rat or something dead!! PMSL. Penny apparantley got scared to death and it seems she is holding me responsible for the skid marks in her jocks!! But once the reason for the high pitched echo was revealed, everyone was just estatic. We have been waiting for this news since December, and there has just been one holdup after another so you can understand our excitement. For the last two years the centre has been owned by someone who showed very little interest in the centre and showed very little appreciation for the excellent staff she has had keeping it running for her. Lisa on the other hand will put her heart and soul into the centre and already has a wonderful working relationship with her staff. That can only bode good for both children, parents and staff!! So today dawns a new beginning and we will all be looking forward to turning up to Snugglepot Garden (new centre name) for work on Tuesday!! Hip hip hoooray!! (happy dance, happy dance, happy dance!!!!!)