Well like the title suggests - I don't have much to update lol!! I've had my "monthlies" for the past 4 days and the only thing that's been getting a work out is my couch and my hot water bottle lol!! The house has gone to shit and so I've taken photos of it all to look back on once I fix it all up again lol!! My mood has been crap too but that's mainly due to my mum - thanks mum!! NOT!! LOL!! One of my goals this year is to get my driver's licence and so today I booked 10 lessons and I have to pay $480 in advance. Problem is once I pass the practical I have nobody to get my 25 hours up with. I asked mum today if she could help me and I got excuse after excuse after excuse!! Yet she is going to help my sister get her hours up (she's going for her licence at the same time as me lol)!! Had to laugh when one of mum's excuses was that I live too far away - duh a 15 minute drive isn't far away and I even offered to come to her!!! Grrrr I'm so mad and she even made me cry!! She never comes to visit me anyway so I'm beginning to wonder what the point of me even staying in WA is when I could move back to QLD or VIC where I actually have friends and family that would support me!!! *sighs* anyway thanks for letting me rant!! I hope everyone else is having a much better week than me!!

Love Samantha xox

I haven't been very active on Minti the past couple of days as I've been feeling pretty sick !! I will be taking a pregnancy test in the morning to rule that out and if it comes back negative then I'm off to the doctor's. I hope it's nothing serious. Main symptom is EXTREME exhaustion  but now I've started feeling sick. If it isn't baby number 2 it could be my aneamia back, another gum infection, my TMJ playing up or a cold/flu. I have conjunctivitis at the moment in both eyes  so that hasn't been fun!! I don't know how I could have picked up a bug though because I seriously haven't been around people since Christmas lol!! Yeah I know I don't get out much hehe!! Anyway it would be good if it's a pregnancy cuz I'm supposed to be visiting my friend tomorrow who's just had a brand new bub and I don't want to make anyone sick . Lol you can't catch pregnancy hahahahaha!! But I doubt it . . I always get my hopes up and then . . BAM . . negative test result lol!! Oh well. I'm exhausted so I'm off to have shower and a nap hehe!!

Oh yeah and my car carked it on the weekend. 3 days at the mechanics and a new water pump/timing belt/airconditioner and it broke down again tonight . Had to be towed home!!!! Now it's either the thermostat/radiator/head gasket !!! I am SO not made of money and without the car hub has no way of getting to work so we're losing money while forking out money !! Oh and the immobiliser is supposed to be getting fixed on Friday which is a major job cuz it was never fitted properly in the first place. Sometimes I wonder why so much has to go wrong at the same time. Makes it hard to cope! RAC is my new best friend LOL!!!

Nitey nite Minti Mummies!!

xoxox

Hi everybody!!

I have just created a new group called: Health Fitness Happiness for all those Minti Mums out there who either need to get fit, get healthy or get happy. You can join the group if you want to lose weight, gain weight, discover happiness through depression, clean up your house, tackle your money issues, etc. It's all about your own personal journeys through mind body and spirit and if you're interested please leave me a comment and I will send you an invite. It's a private group so that when you upload your pictures and your personal stories nobody but the other group members can see it. I hope to see some new members - I think this group will really help everyone keep on track this year and make 2009 the year for change. Plus having the extra support from other Minti members always helps to make it that little bit easier!!

Look forward to seeing you there!!

Love Samantha xox

Crappy crap crap crap crappy crappy day today!! LOL!!

Well as the title states there was no luck on the potty today ! He screamed as soon as I placed him on the seat and he jumped straight back off. Luckily though I watched him every second of the day today so no accidents and he even wore his undies during lunch and after as well. So that was good and even better when I discovered he had diarrhoea. Looks like it is definitely another tooth coming through so thank God that didn't end up on the carpet today!! I couldn't even imagine trying to clean that up!! I think I would have just bought more carpet LOL!! Yes it was that bad - green and runny - YUCK!!

Well heres to hoping I have more luck tomorrow - at least Sam will be here to give me a hand  cuz it's been a bloody tiring day today!!

Oh and darling hubby brought me home a bunch of flowers today and cooked me dinner because he knew how hard the cleaning up of all the accidents had been for me!! What a sweetie, I am SO lucky to have him!!

Anyway night all!! xox

Ahhh another day full of unpleasant excitement *sighs*! Today was officially day 1 of potty training and boy it did not go down well. Jesse refused and I mean absolutely refused to sit on his potty and I don't blame the poor child given how low it is to the floor and how close it is to squishing his little package. I left it in the bathroom for him though just in case he wanted to go. So what happened today well off came the nappy again and within seconds there was a puddle on the floor . . and then another . . and then another . . and then another . . and then another!! That's right 5 wee wee's on my carpet arrrgghhhh!!! So out came the paper towels, the bi-carb soda and yet another nappy for Jesse. Then while I was cleaning up his lovely little puddles he crossed to the other side of the room while my back was turned and did not 1 but 2 poos on the carpet!! Oh I was at my wits end and practically ready to disown him lol!! Drop him off at the RSPCA hehe!! But I kept my calm and cool - I didn't yell at him or smack him or lose my temper. I just told him that it was naughty to poo on the carpet and showed him his potty.

So while he was eating lunch I enjoyed cleaning up all the poo - NOT!! And I came here on Minti for some suggestions on how to potty train a boy. I had some wonderful responses and was lucky to have gotten one earlier from Samantha in her blog. So I didn't give up hope and when Sam got home from work we went late night shopping. I told Jesse we were going shopping to pick out a big boy potty and some big boy panties and he could pick which ones he wanted. On the way there I had my nose buried in my book "What to Expect the Toddler Years" frantically trying to cram in as much as I could about toilet training lol. 

So the first stop was Toys 'r' Us where they only had girl potties grrrrr and despite Sam saying it was ok I refused to buy him a pink potty lol!! I can be a bit of a tomboy at times haha!! So luckily I found 1 blue and green potty - the box had been opened and the parts taken out of their wrapping but I was desperate and so I grabbed the last one. So now he has a Bambini potty that sits over the toilet with a step stool instead of him trying to squat on the little Wiggles one I had previously bought him. Then I found some training pants - YAY! And now I notice the difference between training pants and pull-ups hehe!! Then as an incentive for when he learns to go wee and poo like a big boy I bought him a doll stroller for my doll which he has now claimed lol!! I tried to find a dolly with a potty so I could demonstrate to him what to do but all they had was Baby Born and I was not paying $80!! What annoys me is just before I gave birth to Jesse I threw out all my toys and dolls including my Baby Born and all her accessories. Had I known she would come in handy in the future I might not have parted with her so soon and so easily!! And Jesse loves playing with my doll and acting like a daddy - feeding her and strapping her into his stroller.

Well after that we went onto Kmart because they had 20% off underwear and luckily they had some little boy jocks left in Jesse's size so I grabbed what they had and then told Jesse he could pick which ones he wanted and led him over to the character ones (which of course were more expensive lol) and I wasn't at all surprised when he picked out the Wiggles hehe!! Then I grabbed him another back pack because his 1st one broke and this one comes with a lunchbox. Then I bought a lunchbox for me and another for Sam and then it was homeward bound. But not before I ducked into the pet shop hehe!! They had the cutest little puppies and kittens and guinea pigs and rabbits and of course the mice! I love the mice. But I had to restrain myself because I'm focusing on having another baby first before any pets lol! And I get to look after my friend's mice for 2 weeks while she goes on holiday so that should fulfill my want for another pet mouse lol! Yes when I was pregnant with Jesse I owned 100 mice but had to give up all my females because I knew I wouldn't have time for them when Jesse came along. I kept the males but they have all passed away now.

So when we got home I made dinner and while Jesse was having his sweets I assembled his potty during the ad breaks of Eli Stone - haha what can I say I'm multi-talented lol!! Jesse loved it and wanted to try it out straight away - YAY!! So Jesse sat on there with his nappy still on and tried getting up a few times by himself. Then he went over and pressed the flush button and I praised him for being such a big boy. Then while he was having his nightly drink of milk I asked if he wanted to put on a pair of big boy panties and without hesitation the nappy was off and the jocks were on lol!! I was STOKED!! I was only trying to see if they fit but Jesse got really angry when I tried putting him back in the nappy so I let him wear his big boy panties for the rest of the night. And no accidents!! Then before he went to bed I took him to the toilet, showed him how to pull down his undies and then he sat on there for a while. He didn't do anything but I was so proud of him anway. Then he flushed the toilet all by himself and for the first time ever he washed his hands on his own :o)!! I was happy, my heart was swelling with pride and I was so overjoyed. Although the day didn't start off successful, it certainly ended on a postive note and I can't wait for tomorrow!! I may take this back in tomorrow's blog but I think this is going to be so much fun!! What makes it better is we're trying for another baby in March and I wasn't even planning on potty training Jesse until he could talk but thanks to everyone's advice my little boy might just be out of nappies by the time I fall pregnant. And boy would that be fantastic and so much easier on me if I end up with morning sickness!!

Anyway I hope everyone else has had as much of a productive day as I have. I'm off to put my feet up and relax and I may just finish taking down the Xmas tree - I'm 2/3rds done - yay!!

Oh and even better my friend from mother's group had her baby girl on Monday and I'm going to see her next Thursday. I'm so excited!! And it's just what I need to get back into the mushy baby mode again lol!! And to top it off an old high school friend of mine added me on facebook and she now has a 7 month old baby boy. And even better - she lives in the next suburb over!! YAY so we'll be catching up for coffee in Freo and I'm invited to her engagement party at the Newport!! I'm so so happy and so so excited!!

And how could I forget . . Thank you God!! You really have answered my prayers and bought some wonderful old friends back into my life and you've also sent a few new ones my way!! Thank you . . thank you . . thank you!! I love you!!

AMEN xoxoxox

*Breathes sigh of relief* that thankfully the day is almost over. Well yesterday Jesse started pulling down his pants and taking off his nappy and today it just got worse. While I was eating breakfast he ran off to my room and came out all nudey rudey - the nappy was off and he'd left me a lovely little puddle on the carpet. I cleaned this up with paper towels and then sprinkled with bi-carb soda to get rid of the smell (a little trick I came up with when I was potty training my puppy Taz). Anywho I put the bi-carb soda up on my dresser to come back to after I had finished eating. Anyway it slipped my mind and while I was eating morning tea Jesse came out with a cup and spoon from the little picnic set he got for Christmas. He usually does this and likes me to pretend I'm drinking a cup of tea hehe!! Anyway when he got up on the couch to give it to me he flicked the spoon up my nose and I breathed in a whole spoonful of bi-carb soda. Turns out he found out where I'd hidden the box of bi-carb and proceeded to up-end it all over the carpet and now up my nose!! Well boy did it sting!! That is the most painful thing I've ever experienced (other than labour of course) lol!! It singed off all my nose hairs!!! That's how much it burnt!! So I spent the next 10 minutes or so gargling water in my nose lol to try and stop it from burning. Then when I was getting paper towels in the kitchen to put up my nose, he ran off again and 2 seconds later returned with a bare butt again - this time covered in poo!!! Well that was it for me - I followed the smell and discovered 2 lovely huge poos in his bathtub, all over his toys and my loofah !! But it gets worse - he had wiped his bum on my good jacket  grrrrrrrr!!!! So it was in the highchair for him and while he was eating lunch I spent the rest of the afternoon scrubbing the bath, the shower recess and all his toys (even though i'd only cleaned the bathroom a couple of days ago arrghhh!!). Then the jacket had to be handwashed and thrown in the washing machine. Then the lovely little child (bless his heart) decided he didn't want to take a nap today. So I took him up to the shops with me to get some groceries and some stuff for dinner. When I got home he finally went for a nap so I had a laydown (I wasn't feeling 100%) and then it was up again to cook dinner (yummy chicken parmigiana) and bake a cake for desert (mmm chocolate cake - even though I can't eat it )!! And guess what Jesse won't be having any either as he decided he didn't want to eat my dinner - so it's no sweets for him tonight. His dinner almost ended up on the floor but luckily my reflexes stepped in and it just went all over the high chair. So that's been my day so far - Jesse will be going to bed in half an hour and then I'm going to have another laydown so hopefully this stupid indigestion goes away!! Oh and *fingers crossed* day one of potty training goes well tomorrow!! He isn't talking yet so I'm not sure how to communicate with him - I guess I'll just have to watch him closely and pray for the best!! Anyway I'm off to ice the cake and try to beat this indigestion . . yucky!!

Ok I just had to share this as it was too funny not to!! Haha my darling little boy found my pepper shaker which has powdered black pepper in it. Lol and he up-ended it onto his cleaning trolley haha only for him to sneeze . . and then sneeze . . and then sneeze!! Haha bless his little cotton socks!! It was so cute . . and now I have to go because I'm about to ah..ah...ah...CHOO!!!! Bless me lol!!

xox

Just a quick blog tonight before I head off to bed. Was up until 4:30am yesterday trying to comfort a friend of mine but nothing I could do seemed to help . . I just got put down for EVERYTHING!! So after only about 2 hours sleep I am pretty tired. I have to say I am disappointed with how things worked out but I guess I'm glad I found out who this person was sooner rather than later. It just makes me feel really horrible when you try to help someone and get no appreciation in return and it hurts when you're purposefully put in a compromising situation. I guess I've learnt my lesson though (don't be so trusting of people) and as a gentle reminder to everyone be careful about how many personal details you share wtih someone online as in my case it can backfire. Get to know the person first in a safe environment . . like Minti !! Well good night everyone!

Please God give me the strength to go on! Please God lead me on your righteous path, help guide me and show me the way. Please send me comfort and a strong firm hand. Enlighten me and show me the world through your eyes. Please God send a loving friend my way, someone who will talk to me for hours, hug me when I feel down, wipe my tears away with their own hands, tell me that I'm loved and cherished in this world. A true friend who I can trust and who will be there for me no matter what. A best friend who will never judge me and never leave me. You've given me this gift before and oh how I do miss her so. Please look out for her and make sure that her and her family are always safe and well; with food in their tummies and a warm place to sleep at night. And if she is my soulmate please bring us back together. You brought her to me in the first place and now I need her more than ever. Please show me the way. And please God if there's nobody out there for me, nobody who understands me and nowhere that I fit in - then please be my friend and love me for who I am as I love you for all that you are. Please God bless me with fertility. Please God bless me with as many children as you see fit. Help me to see all children through your eyes and teach me to love them as you love them - unconditionally. I want to walk your path and do your work so please open my eyes to what you see . . and I please ask of you to make sure that Angelina is watching over me tonight. Rubbing her hands through my hair, kissing my forehead and letting me know that everything is going to be alright. Thank you God - I love you!

AMEN