I'm here, but not really here.  I've just spent I don't know how long on the couch with Laurel trying to get her to sleep!  Talk about a washing machine!

Last night, we went shopping, but after having dinner out, I changed my mind.  You see, people seem to think i am part of the floor, even when I am pushing the pram.  That is, they take up the whole width of the walking space and I have to move.  So, I spent the time ducking and weaving and trying to protect Ayla and Willow from being run over.  Even other mums pushing prams wouldn't move!  I can't stand shopping at the best of times, and when I get treated like that, I give up and go home.  So, didn't get any shopping done, except for Les picking up a couple of things from Woolies.

yeah, the worst is that Les turned around and said that I should just push my way through.  Well, the last time I tried to stand my ground, I ended up being pushed over and I was 7 months pregnant with Acacia.  So, I ended up fighting tears for the rest of the night.  I so badly wanted to blog, but I would've cried and my head was pounding enough as it was.  That's why I was hiding!  I wanted to, but as the world was already spinning, I didn't know how much sense I would make.  Guess who didn't get the pressie for their parents and sisters?  Oh well, it turns out, we already had them! lol.  Ebay bulk buys are great!

Les did a quick clean of the kitchen bathroom and toilet today, so my parents won't show up now! lol.  That, and it is raining again.  They aren't going to see us until the morning any way.  The rest of the house is a mess, but right now, I just don't care!  Washing be damned! It is Friday night and I'm in lala land! 

I'm going to try and do some more writing over the next few days for helium.  That is, I have lots of article titles to write and need to knock my list down! lol.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

I really need to blog, but not going to tonight.  Just need to hide!

By now, most of you know I am a writer.  If it is news to you, then that's ok.  For me, it isn't just a hobby, it is an obsession and a compulsion that often means I go to bed way too late! lol

About a week ago, I was given a challenge to write an article for Minti about the benefits of writing.  Challenge accepted, and I have already been forming it in my head.  In addition to the writing article, I'm also going to write some about the other hobbies I enjoy and their benefits.

I will be writing them from a parents point of view, though I started on these hobbies from a young age.  I just hope they are upto scratch! lol.  Yeah, I have a tendency to rabbiton sometimes, but at least with a word processor, I can edit it! lol.

I hope everyone else is having a good day.

but as dinner and bath were over so quickly, the girls are still up.  I am now waiting for them to go to bed so I can get my laptop out and veg on the couch.  Oh, and work on my book.  Gotta lot of work to catch up on.

I don't know why, but I am sooo wiped out tonight.  I slept until midday (lucky me!) and spent quite a lot of time here at the computer.  some washing got done, but I'm having trouble in that area.  Bending down and standing back up not a good thing right now! lol.  I so need to get to the dr's.  Les has the number somewhere and the girls need their needles too.

I so wish I could fast forward the clock an hour or so! lol.  If the girls go to be too early, they tend to be rather grumpy the next day.  And so do I!

I hope everyone has a great night.  My time on minti is going to become less as my back gets sore if I sit here too long, but I'm still here....

Ok, I know that I have my head in the clouds much of the time, but I'm sure I am not imagining this. Every time something is reported, I go in and have a look etc. Gotta do my bit to improve and keep the high standards other members set. Well, I've noticed that every time I vote, the item in question is resolved immediately.

I hear you saying it's because certain percentage voted a certain way out of a certain number of votes etc. Well, I was the only one to vote on something earlier today, and it resolved! By the way, I voted to keep it! Minti system needs a kick in the pants.

The other thing I noticed earlier, is that my rank went from 157 the other day to 43 today. Huh? Do I really spend that much time here? I guess I must! Oh well, I am encouraged to be here by Les. He says that my moods have been much more even since I joined. Bet he won't be saying that in the next few weeks and months!

What else? Oh yes, more of my comments seem to vanish. Not because of having to log in again or being reported, they just vanish! I post them, they are there, next time I check, they are gone! lol. Either Minti likes playing games with me, or there really is a ghost here. Thanks DA, those PMS's have taken over my computer!

Well, my back is sore and my eyes don't like me being here! lol. Funny, my sense of smell, hearing, taste and touch are increased, but the eyes have lost ground! lol.

Good night to you all. I'm thinking of all of you who are having problems at the moment. You just hang in there and any time you need to, Minti mail me!

Ok, so I'm pregnant again.  Yeah, great news for us.  If this one sticks around, I'll have a 50% success rate.

Well, I feel really bad and so full of guilt as there have been a lot of mums who have had miscarriages of late or are having trouble getting pregnant.

I feel that my good fortune is unfair!  I want them to be happy and I feel that my success is rubbing it in their faces.  Don't get me wrong, i'm not bragging about #5 on the way, and in fact can't get excited over it at the moment.

I want to help these other mums so much.  Heck, I'd surrogate if I could!  Or rent Les out for a month!   I feel really bad that I can't help them and am finding I am now wishing I wasn't pregnant.

I just hope that I get horrible morning (24/7) sickness so that they can laugh at me and say you wanted it!  yeah, been there done that before too!

Other than being supportive, and not rubbing my news in their faces, I don't know what to do.  I've been crying most of the afternoon for Kate.  I really wish I could be there for her as I know how desperately she wants another baby.  Chin up hun, I've been down your path too and I know how much it can hurt.  All I can say is I wish it were you having this baby and not me.  Heck, I'll pop one out a year for you (your genes of course) if I could.

This world is just so cruel.  There are women out there having kids left right and center, and they don't care for them.  Then there are the women who desperately want to have kids, and have a rough time of it.  Where is the justice?

I love kids and I wish that every woman could experience pregnancy themselves.  Ok, so there's the sickness, the big belly, stretch marks, saggy boobs, and often hours of labour, but it's all worth it.  Ok, maybe I don't always see that until bubs is sleeping through the night, but it is worth it.

All of you mums who have suffered a loss, my heart is with you.  i hope that one day, you will have another baby and make me jealous!  Until then, please don't give up and don't blame yourself!  It is never your fault!

I'm also going to try and write about the 5 misses(as Les calls them) that I've had (Well, I only know about 5 any way).  The road has not been easy at all, and while I have 4, whom I love dearly, it would break my heart to lose any more.

Hugs to you all and I'm thinking of all the Minti members who are having a rough time right now.  Even those who are suffering seperation anxiety.

Well, a couple of weeks ago a did a pregnancy test, and it was negative.  well, I've still felt like I have been the whole time.

I got up today at midday (I blame the rain!) and did my test again.  Instant result!  I couldn't believe how quickly the 2 lines appeared! lol.

Ok, so we aren't telling my family yet (not game too!  Told them there were no more!) but I'm telling all of you! 

Hey, we weren't even trying!  I just stopped taking the pill (actually, I kept forgetting to take it! lol) and yep, number 5 is on the way.

guess who's off to the doctors next week? lol.

I hope everyone else has a good week.  We are being flooded here at the moment.  That is,  under neath the house is about 1/2 deep in water!

By now you are all aware that I am a writer.  A busy one at that! loll.  Well, it is getting me into some trouble at the moment.  You see, when I'm supposed to be heading off to bed, I am sitting out the front of the house with pen and paper in hand.

Ok, fair enough!  But I'm talking at 3am!  This means that i sleep until about midday, thankfully, Les has taken over the care of the girls! lol.  Hey, he asked for it!

At the moment, I have so many ideas for writing and a brain that just won't shut off!  It has gotten to the point where I don't know what to work on! lol.  I've been given the challenge of writing an article about writing and how it helps me.  challenge taken, I will write the article, but it may take a while! lol.  Always does until I start it.  I have so many others I have to work on to get them to a point where I am happy with them!.

Minti and the other sites I visit don't help either!  Gee, I reckon I spend a good 70% of my time writing on these sites as well as my other works.  Yeah, I would like to have a book published one day, and i have done a lot of work on it of late, but my obsession is getting out of control!

I can write about anything, everything and nothing!  I love it!  Ok, enough.  I'm going to finish my cuppa and put some washing away.  I think it's been sitting there waiting for me long enough!

I wish everyone a happy weekend!

I thought the 3 older girls might like to do some drawing today, so I got their special table, the crayons and my coloured paper out for them.  Well, the tantrums!  From Laurel!  She didn't want Ayla and Willow sharing her crayons.  So, I had to get theirs out too.  Then Laurel kept knocking hers on the floor.  She would scream, pick them up, throw them AT ME  and scream some more.

Lucky Les went out to post some packages and get some groceries.  He missed most of the tantrums!  Meanwhile, I was getting pelted very hard with the colourful missiles.  Ok, I took it and tried to ignore the ringing in my ears.  Well, Les had also given them afternoon tea just before he left.  Yep, it too, ended up all over the floor and I had to pick it up!

It's got me thinking that I'm just going to throw all paper, pencils, pens and crayons out!  If that is what's going to happen every time I try to do something nice for them, then no more! lol.  It's the same when we go out.  Tears, tantrums and me ending up feeling as though the eyes of Gympie are staring at me all at once.

Oh well.  They drew some nice pictures.  I will keep trying with them, but Laurel will be in her high chair from now on with her crayons in a container and the paper glued to the tray.

I'm still trying to get my ears to stop ringing and it happened over 5 hours ago!

I hope everyone else had a good day.  Feel free to share with me what your little darlings did to make you want to rip your hair out! lol.

Ok, so we have an appointment with the school she will be attending tomorrow.  It is going to be exciting and nerve racking at the same time.  My baby is growing up!

I don't think I will get much sleep tonight thinking about it all.  At least the paperwork is nearly all finished.  Only one problem I can think of though, Ayla's birth certificate is still in storage and we can't get out there (rust bucket car won't make it there!  Doesn't like the open road!).  It's too far to walk and the buses suck.  I'm not going to pay $40 for a taxi (I kid you not) just to go and get it.  It would be cheaper to get a new one issued.

I'm not looking forward to talking to them about Ayla's behaviours, thankfully, I won't be there alone!  Les and all our girls will be there too! lol. 

Maybe they will turn around and say she has to home schooled (hehehehe) because she is too much of a terror for them! lol.  What kid isn't right? lol.

Thankfully, she has stopped biting her sisters, and bites herself as a measure of self control.  She has also stopped sticking toys in her knickers (go on, laugh!), but I think one toy getting stuck where it was not meant to go cured her of that (actually, it had fallen out of her knickers already, but we didn't tell her that!)/  Now, i've just got to break her habit of going to the toilet every 5 mins (because we are on the back steps or in the kitchen), her need to bully her sisters, her dawdling over everything and her selective hearing! lol.  Hey, I'm sure I just described most kids!

Well, I've got to keep moving.  The computer is being neglected tonight in favour of the couch and my writing!  After some more washing of course!

I hope everyone has a great week!

I have been making some notes on the articles I have written and what their ranks are.  I hope to be able to update and keep track of it all and see the changes over time.

by the end of the year, I should've earnt my first dollar!  LOL.  Not bad for six months of writing and posting it on a site!  Seriously, I'm not on the site for the money, it is a tool for improving on my writing skills.

Under our names on our profile pages, we get ranking stars.  i have lost my yellow one (these indicate how many of your articles have been rated in 90 days), but surprise surprise!  I've got one blue star!  Yippeee! lol.  This one little star shows that I have written 4-29 articles and that on average, they rank in the top quarter for the title!  Ok, so I'm still a newbie and have to find the time to write and rewrite articles.

There is one negative, however, and that is an article I submitted got rejected! lol.  The reason for this was that Helium's set up doesn't allow for active links.  I now have to rewrite it and summarise what the sites say, and then put in my references.  How the heck do you do that without putting in the website! lol.

This particular article was the Fenugreek one I put on here .  If anyone has any ideas on how to do the referencing, I'm all ears, I mean eyes! lol.

Ah yes, my writing often keeps me up half the night! lol.  But, at least I feel as though I am accomplishing something.

My wonderful husband Les, has had 2 of his web pages nominated for various blog awards.  These are his Just4Families  which is parenting blog site and MyRadicalBlogs  which is his 'rant' blog site for various interesting topics.

Go and check them out if you like, he's really done a good job and would love feedback.  Also, these are what I give my computer time up for!  So he can get them done! lol.

I'm also hoping that I will be a guest blogger on both these sites soon.  Just got to find the time!

Hope  you  are all having a great weekend!

Or does Minti seem to be doing some weird time shifting.  You see, I know that we don't have daylight savings in Queensland, but when i look at my activity and the time on the activity itself, there is a big time difference.  Not sure why and I was just wondering if anyone else has noticed it!

Oh, and DA, I hope that stuff I sent you helps answer some questions.  i've never had a prob like that before so didn't have the immediate knowledge at hand.  Google spat out page after page.....and I had to choose the best! lol.

Well, I'm going to relax before dinner.  Ok, so that means putting away washing!LOL.  Like I want to!

I'm finding that I am being forced more and more into spending less time here, actually, the computer in general.  Les has to do his studies, which means I will have sole responsibility of the girls more.

So, if I don't blog a lot, it doesn't mean I don't want to, I just have to be the dutiful wife that every man wants and get back to the real world.  I will still be logging in as often as I can, but only to reply to mail and to those who visit my lounge.  Oh, I will still write the occasional blog too.

If I'm not on msn much, then this is the same reason.  I don't like to start chatting only to have to bail several times in order to see to the girls or break up yet another fight.  I'm sorry, but my mum raised me too well and I really don't like being rude.

Well, it is bed time.  I best have my shower and crash for the night.  Early start tomorrow.

I know that all children go through a phase of playing with the contents of their nappies.  Ayla grew out of it pretty quickly and Willow was a master poo painter, that is she painted her cot the walls and herself with it on a regular basis.  Laurel takes the cake.

This little darling of ours sits in the loungeroom, sticks her fingers in her nappy and proceeds to paint the gooey contents every where.  She paints the furniture, her clothes and herself.  The other day, I caught her painting Willow's face with it.  Yuck!  And....she has even started to stick it all over the tea set plates and hand it to us on a platter! LOL.

Well, it gets worse.  Les and I were just discussing the adventures of Laurel's poo and he told me, wait for it, he told me that not only does Laurel play with the contents of her own nappy, but she is now also sticking her fingers into Willow's nappy to play with Willow's deposits!

Hhhhhhmmm.  Just as well I not hungry any way!  So, how do we stop this?  With Ayla, she only did it a couple of times, and then just stopped, with Willow it went on for months and I was cleaning her cot, the walls and her clothes upto 3 times a day and then she just stopped.  Laurel, well she is still doing it and I'm not sure how to stop her.  You see, she isn't sly like Willow was and leave this activity for her bed, she does it any where and every where.  We put pants on her to stop it, then long pants.  Nope, nothing has worked!  I'm beginning to wonder if I shouldn't get some plain artist canvases and let her cut loose then sell them on ebay! lol.  Starting bid $1000! lol.  Any takers?

If anyone else has any creative ideas on how to curb this gross behaviour, please, I'm all ears!  Or if you have had the same problem, let me know so I can laugh along with you.  It is frustrating, but funny at the same time.  I don't laugh when it happens, only once the mess is cleaned up and the darlings attentions are else where.

The first time Willow did this, we were in the middle of moving, but I wish I had gotten a pic of it at the time.  The look on her face was priceless.  Ok, it took me about 3 hours to clean her cot, and to bath her, but i ended up in hysterics after it was all cleaned up.  I wonder what the caption would have been........hhhmmmmm.

Ok, enough grossing you all out, I'm off to raid the chocolates now!

[b]The Sad Passing of Common Sense  [/b]

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.

• He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm, life isn’t always fair, and maybe it was my fault.
• Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).
• His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place.
  Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
• Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they themselves failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.
• It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Panadol, sun lotion or a sticky plaster to a student; but, could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
• Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.
• Common Sense took a beating when you couldn’t defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar can sue you for assault
• Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realise that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement
• Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He is survived by three stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, Someone Else is to Blame, and I’m A Victim
  
• Not many attended his funeral because so few realised he was gone.

Isn't that an eye opener and often so true.  Here's the link to the site where I got it from as there are more good ones there:  aussiecynic

i was finally coaxed into going out shopping yesterday and, surprisingly, had a really good time.  We have been given a car that fits all of us (a real piece of junk car!) and it seems to have made all the difference.

The girls were so well behaved and i didn't have to growl once at them.  They got donuts and choccie milk for a treat!  We seemed to have timed the trip well.  Not so many shoppers and was easy to get around, find what we needed and leave!

We have to clean this car out now and put the baby seats in the back row.  Les had one in the back and one in the middle, but it was still too hard for me to put Willow's seatbelt on as my arms aren't long enough.

Les and I tied on a debate, though I think i got more points!  This one was about the carseat and seatbelt laws.  Now he has to change his way of seating the girls in the car and get another booster seat for Ayla.  He's not happy about that.

I got the girls layby out.  New clothes for all to have now.  They helped me to check it was all there and hang them up.  Some help!  I ended up with clothes all over the place and having to chase Laurel around to get half of them back! lol.

Well, best keep moving!  only got up and hour and a half ago (I've had a severe case of the writing bug) and I had better get some washing done! lol.

Last night (or early this morning) I was super tired, but I couldn't sleep.  Sp, what did I do?  I grabbed pen and paper and sat outside writing.  I cam up with 2 pieces to put on Helium, though one is going to need a tidy up first.  This one is about why I write and I think I covered it nicely.

The second, was a poem about waiting for sleep to find me.  This one won't need editing and I will be posting it on Helium just as soon as I find the topic heading and can type it out.  That will be later today as I'm being shoved out the door to go shopping.

I'm a writer and like the fact that there is a site where i can share it with the world.  Don't worry, I will put the link to my articles here as they are published.  Can't let the rest of the world see it and not my friends!

I'm always surprised at how much I can write, here, other blogs etc.  It seems I spend a lot of time writing.  Ok, in between breaking up fights between the girls, loads of washing and changing nappies! lol.  I love writing and will never give it up.  I can't have idle hands, even when watching tele I have to be doing something, and sometimes it is cross stitch, and others computer games.  LOL I am lucky enough to have a laptop as well as a desk top and can veg on the couch if I want to.

Well, Les is starting to shove a little harder so I had better get my bag sorted and put some shoes on.  No doubt, I will be back later to complain about how horrible our girls were while we were out! lol.  They are feral now so not looking forward to the outing!

I'm a member of MyLot, which is a discussion forum for anything and everything, and have just found a discussion that is outrageous.

I'm posting the link here  so that you can go and see what this poor mother is having to deal with.

Our society, it seems, doesn't want us to have babies, it would appear that we are expected to give birth to robot like adults who don't have feelings and can't be affectionate.  If my child is put into detention for hugging at school, I will be kicking up the biggest stink imaginable.  A 5 year old doesn't understand that they have done anything wrong  when they hug a friend, and indeed, they haven't, so why should our schools (actually in America) punish our kids like this.  Come on, get outraged and fume along with me.  See, now the computer is smoking too!

We are so lucky here in Australia for many reasons, but especially because we are allowed to have babies that grow as they are meant to and are not forced by institutions to give up their childhood at the tender age of 5.

Yay!  Pay day today!  I have managed to pay both phone bills and still have money left over for my layby.  Oh, I paid my ebay bill too!  Going to have some nice art sets and more furniture for my office.  Yippee!

I'm still feeling seedy, but not as bad as over the last couple of weeks.  Hhhhhmmm, not pregnant, so not sure what has been causing it.  Want to give a theory and you could make it as funny as possible!  lol.

The girls were ok today, until I got up!  Always seems to be the way.  They are fine for Les, but me....forget it!  We are even having dramas getting them all off to bed tonight, but 3 out of 4 so far which is good.

I managed to put washing away today, though still more to do! lol.  The mountain is growing again and the weather is wet so not good for drying.  Happy with the cooler temps though!  I also clean up one of the chest of draws in our bedroom and now actually have a shelf in there!  Les chucks stuff every where and I have no space now that is just for my stuff.  My office is the dumping ground for every thing and any thing.  The decrepit aircon that doesn't work has been parked in there now, so no room to walk around...again.  i've been told that he will move it once it is fixed, but  we are talking centuries, not years, for that to happen.  I hate not having a space that is just mine.  Even my computer desk is full of rubbish Les has dumped on it!  I do my best to clean it up, but it is back as soon as I turn around again.

Blah blah blah.  Yeah, I know.  I'm not making sense.  Well, i'm sitting here with no light on and having to type without seeing the keys.  Laurel is trying to go to sleep on the couch with Les!

Ok, enough!  i'm going to do some work.  Got some things to type up!

I was up early as Les had to go and get nappies and formula today.  Now, my head is screaming for sleep!  My body too! lol.

All 4 of our girls have screamed and fought and carried on today!  Non stop from the time they got up until they went to bed!  My ears are still ringing from the noise and my eyes are still rolling like a crazy cartoon creatures who' been riding an  out of control merry go round!  Oh well, peace at last!

I did my test today.  Negative.  Not really sure what to think though.  I really felt that #5 was on the way.  The feeling sick nonstop over the last few weeks and the way my body is a wreck a couple of hours after getting out of bed have all been indicators for me!  Oh well, going to have to go and see the doctor to find out what is causing it then.  Hhhhmmm, might wait a week or so to see what my body does.

Here's my definition of irony by the way.  It has been so hot here over the last few weeks, that Les finally decided to buy an airconditioner (second hand).  Well, it arrived and didn't work, so he asked for a different one.  Well, we sweltered through a couple of the hottest days yet only to have it arrive on Monday, which was cold and rainy.  We used it for a little while, more to see it would work than anything else, and it has been sitting in the kitchen ever since.  We can't put it in the wall 'cos we are renting and want to take it with us, so its bum faces the kitchen and the cold air hits the lounge!  Doesn't look like we will be needing it again for a little while either!  Wet and stormy for the next week, or so they say!

gosh, i really must be tired.  I've rambled on for I don't know how long and I can't even remember what my heading is!  lol.  I'm going to let your eyes settle and catch up on some Helium work!

Not entriely sure if i want to.  Will be back soon to let you know! lol.

Well, yet another member is asking us to vote her off!  Tee, what on earth?  I know that we all need a break from here from time to time, but why are you leaving an empty space on my friends page?  Hun,  I wish you all the best.....

Well, I haven't gotten to know this lady very much, but she certainly knows how to speak her mind and support her friends.  she has overcome a loss (ok, getting there) and kept her chin up.

Tee has kept her sense of humor and shared it all with us and always brought a smile to my face.

I'm sorry to be losing her, but Tee has to do what is best for her.  You leave msn though and you'll know about it!

All the best and I hope that you continue to smile and be the wonderful person you are!
You are an angel!

I have been really strange today.  Not my usual sit back and take it as it comes girl.  i have really been giving as good as I'm getting.  Not just here on Minti either, the other sites I visit have coped a dose of my unusual mood too!

Yep, here is another side to me.  I believe it is called a manic phase.  Don't worry, it lasts only a few days and then I knock this other person back under the rock from whence they came and poor another couple of tonnes of concrete on top.

This other side of me shows itself very rarely, and I am very aware of when it does.  Self analysis has helped me with this through the years.  I have also learned that I (use to) believe I am invicncible, but have found that's not the case!  Someone should have told me that cane toads are toxic! lol,   No, actually, I haven't done anything stupid while in this phase.

Ok, mine are not like most people.  For me it is just a time when my brain doesn't stop, and I have to go with it.  in the past, I have gone through heaps of exercise books just writing, even if most of is was nonsense.  You see, I am most of the time a level headed lady who struggles to make ends meet and growls at her kids a lot.  Well, yeah, she's still here, but this other side of my brain is the one in control of the keyboard today.

Enjoy it, tomorrow, they might be in hiding again.  i actually think that this is how I should be all the time, but I really would be exhausted if I was.  It doesn't mean I'm going to slide off the under side of the seesaw, it just means I am...actually, I don't know what it means! lol.

I have rational thinking and am able to live as I normally would, it's just i can't keep my trap shut or my hands to myself (poor key board has coped a pounding today).  It's fine, I might have a few down days soon, but I know that Minti is here and I can blog it all out as I need to.

I've just stopped by DA's page, and joined in her great debate, couldn't see which way the worm was pointing, but that is life.  She will probably visit me later and leave a big spider on my bed, but hey, I probably deserved it.  Hope she enjoys the screams! lol.

ok, after that, I really have to go and cool down.

Sorry if this was different to what I normally write, I just thought it was time to let this part of me out!  Woohoo!  haven't done it for ages!

Ok, so i have trouble keeping track of the days at the best of times, but today really takes the cake.  I thought it was Sunday!   Last Sunday at that! lol.  gosh, I either need more sleep or less of the heat we've been having here.

It has been an interesting day.  We've all been melting from 35+ temperatures, and that's inside.  Actually, it was cooler outside, but we can't seem to get the cool air flowing through the house.  Ok, so we could all traips out there, but it's a full scale military operation to get the girls down! lol.  And then, because the sun is still around the back, despite it setting out the front, I have to chase them back into the more shaded areas.  Oh, and then the tears and screaming that goes on when it's time to go back up! lol.  Not really worth it! lol.

As a treat, we allowed the girls to spend ages (well, it felt like it) in the bath with plastic cups to they could tip cool water over each other and my floor! lol.  They had a ball, but as usual, Laurel was the first to bail!  Chicken!  She really doesn't like getting her hair wet! lol.  And we make her have it washed, cruel us!

Les bought a 2nd hand airconditioner the other day, but it blows out hot air and not cold!  Oh, and I am not spending a fortune having it fixed either.  Hey, why pay the same amount to get a second hand one fixed as you paid to buy the damned thing when you could spend an extra $200 (that you don't have and can't get) on a new one.

Hhhmmm, and my parents are refusing to visit until we get aircon!  Bully for them.  Just because they both work and can afford to keep their lives comfortable!  Oh, and they have the nerve to not use it when they need to in the name of saving $50 over 3 months off their electricity bill.

Ok, My head really is all topsy turvey tonight, so before I turn yours the same way, I'm going!

have a great weekend now won't you!

There has been one Minti member who is always around for me.  We are always playing blog tag and trying to catch each other on msn.  At the moment, she is feeling unwell and as though she has done something wrong here on Minti.  Yeah Cazza, are your ears burning yet?

I thought I would write something here about her so that she knows just how special her friendship has really been to me.

This lovely lady has offered me so much in the short time I have been a member.  She is truely a beautiful person and has kept me sane!

Cazza is a friend to all, very caring and generous of heart.  she is always pouncing on me if I am on msn and sometimes I have only just sat down after getting out of bed! lol.  Thanks for the wake up!  If it sounds as though I'm not really with it, that is why.

Even though Cazza lives at the other end of the country, I feel she is a lot closer than that.  I hope one day that I can meet her so i can tell her in person just how much her support has meant to me.  I'm trying to hurry the service men up with my transport, but as yet, I haven't found one who can fix my broom! lol.

she makes me smile, cry and everything in between, and it is all usually because of something amusing!

I want her to know that I am always here for her, yeah, I can help you too Cazza, and that I will be for as long as I can (no control over the damned computer!  Already done scan twice today and going for the third time!)and that no matter where she is or what she is doing, there is someone sending her nothing but the best of wishes!

Thanks Cazza for making me happy!  You are a champ and a true friend

Hugs to a true friend!

Gosh, what a strange day it has been.  Les came home from the hospital and it was business as usual!  I mean, he had a rest on the couch after breakfast, but then was straight back into what he does.  Under my watchful eye of course.

The girls were really good today, until about 4pm, which is normal.  I am really surprised! lol.  Hey, I told them Daddy was still sick and that usually works! lol.

I've spent the day between here (sorry, not up to chatting! lol I took panadiene!), the couch and the laundry.  Haven't wanted to sleep to much or I will be up all night tonight, so the girls jumping all over me helped with that.

We had pizza for dinner, though I am regretting it now.  Oh yeah, spicey wings should have been a no go, but it was what I wanted.  It also meant Les didn't have to cook, but he caught up on the kitchen (which he left last night!).

Ayla was in bed by 8pm, which is a little earlier than normal, but she did keep coming out.  Hhhmm, any and every excuse to stay up! lol.  I think she is asleep now, which is good.  Actually, it is just after 10pm and they are all in bed!  Miracles do happen! lol.

Well, I'm next for a shower (my 2nd for the day.  hehehehe, got in this morning too! lol.  What a treat!) so I had better get my stuff and kick Les out! lol.  I want hot water too! lol.

Thanks again to all of you who have supported me over the last day.  I really do appreciate it.  No matter how far away you all are, you felt closer because of your kind words.  Hope you all have a good night.

Hugs,
Arna