Hi all

Well my weekend started on Friday night with Liz and Chris coming over. Brandon and Chris went out for a night of pool while Liz and I stayed here just to chat and catch up. The kids had fun playing together and I rather enjoyed catching up with a friend I had not seen in a little while. They even baked us a Cake to share.  Didn't get to bed 'til around midnight.

Saturday morning started with the girls waking up at 7am. Because Brandon was feeling crook the day before I decided to let him sleep in and take the girls outside to play in the backyard while I did some gardening. We had a rent inspection due Monday (now today) and there was a heap of gardening to do to bring it up to scratch - had weeds and grass all through the garden beds, trees needed trimming, and lawn edged/whipper snipped. When Brandon did wake up he was still feeling really fluey so I asked if he could look after the kids I would spend my day in the garden. He agreed. He made Aaliyah's lunch (called me when Krystana was hungry), played with her, cooked a stew for dinner and just generally watched over the kids. After dinner the kids were bathed and put to bed, and we sat together and unwound before I went to bed myself.

Sunday morning I was up at 7am again and I got myself and the kids ready for church. They have a superb Creche that Aaliyah loves. As the service was closing the fire alarm went off and we all had to leave the building. Turned out that steam from something cooking in the kitchen set them off (they we're setting up for a "family fun day" for later in the day) - and we all had a bit of a laugh about it. Got home and after lunch we made the same arrangement. Brandon would watch the kids while I finished in the garden (he was still sick, poor thing). Well after many hours in the garden I finally finished at 9pm (yep, was even gardening after the sun went down lol - I was determined!!).

I came inside and sat for a while before starting on the inside of the house (Brandon was so helpful - had cooked tea and done the dishes while I was outside, so I didn't have to worry about that bit). Cleaned marks off walls/light switches, cleaned ceiling fans, scrubbed bathroom and toilet (including shower recess), wiped over cupboards, cleaned stove top (rest of oven had been done earlier in the week), swept and mopped floors and a few other things I can't remember off hand. By the time I was finished it was 3:30am and I decided to go to bed. Must admit I was wondering whether it would be better to stay up and go to bed early tonight, or go to bed then and only get a few hours sleep - but exhaustion got the better of me.

Was up again this morning at 6:45am with Krystana and after giving the kids breakie and getting them dressed for the day I proceeded to finish cleaning the house by vacuuming the carpet and using the blow-vac to blow away leaf litter from in the carport area. Had just finished and was putting Aaliyah to bed for a nap when the real estate agent turned up to perform the inspection. Thankfully we passed with flying colours. YAY!!!!

Well, that's about all for my weekend. Am soo tired now it's all over I might have a quick look around here and then go for a nap myself. Brandon is home sick today so thankfully he can watch Aaliyah so I can get a better sleep. Hope you all have a good day.

Well, at the moment it is 1:00 am and even tho I'd much prefer to be in bed and fast asleep right now - I'm not. Why? Because both my girls are awake at the moment. Krystana has been crying on and off for the past hour or so, and Aaliyah has just woken up asking for a drink.

I am sooooooooooooooo tired of this. I'm not angry or annoyed, but definitely at the point where I've had enough of this. It's been happening for just over a week now, with a few exceptions, where one or both of the girls would wake up just as I'm about to hit the sack and I'd end up being up until late into the night, and then finally be able to go to bed, only to be up again at 7am when both are ready to start the new day and crying out for breakfast. Just glad they're not waking Brandon up cause he has to be up at 6am to go to work, and with mild epilepsy he needs his sleep.

Tomorrow's a busy day for me (oops, actually it would be TODAY now lol). I have to do some mystery shoppping and then come home and do the reports (can take a few hours to complete the report for each shop). Then if I'm not too tired I would like to get some housework done before a friend comes over tomorrow night. I know she doesn't care about the state of my house, and it's not really that bad but I'd like to get it done all the same cause I feel better when I have guests over in a clean house. Brandon is going out with this friend's hubby tomorrow night just to have some "boys" time. I am glad cause he needs it.

Then to top that off my weekend is pretty busy cause we have a rental inspection on Monday . They always make me a bit nervous. With all the rain lately our gardens need weeding again . Cleaned the oven today to get that out the way - now just hoping I won't need to do it again before monday.

Anyhow, my girls have finally gone quiet (is now 1:20am) so I am going to try and go to bed now. To those of you on the other side of the world starting a new day - I wish you a good day. To those of you on this side of the world where it's the middle of the night - I hope you're getting a good night sleep and not up until all hours like me!

Well, my Mum came over to our place Sunday night (she lives about 6hrs away by car) and I loved her time here. We laughed and cried, shared intimate thoughts and special moments. The kids loved her and she loved them. She helped out with the kids without overstepping the mark and my authority by overriding me, so I really enjoyed my time with her.

However, all things must come to an end and as of 1.5hrs ago she left to go back home. I miss her so much already.  At the moment I am an emotional wreck and although Brandon has offered to come home I told him not to cause there's not much he can do - he would just feel awkward cause he would want to "fix" it. I have been uncontrolably crying on and off since she left. Even before she left I held back tears because the mere thought of her leaving in a couple of hours threatened to get me started and I did not want to say goodbye through a flood of tears.

Anyway, that's about all I can say as I have things to do and need to get myself together, need to clear my head. Hope you all have a great day.

If you read my previous blog I had a bloodtest last week because I've had these horrible dizzy spells. Well I got the result back yesterday and all is clear - I am not pregnant (was so worried about that as Krystana's only 7months), and all my hormone and vitamin levels are normal. Even my blood pressure is normal. So the doc has officially told me I stress too much!!! lol - on Doc's orders I have to take a break from the kids every week, even if it's just a little while. So, we're looking into putting them into daycare for a little bit each week and Hubby is taking Aaliyah out on Thurs nights so that I can have a few hours to myself (Krystana will stay with me, but after tea she has a bath and straight to bed, so she won't be up long).

Now, I am looking around at childcare centre's that I can afford. Went to ABC yesterday and found out it would cost about $22 for both kids, for one day. Was a little shocked cause our budget is really tight too, so will keep looking around.

Aaliyah has glasses now to correct a mild strabismus in her left eye. She looks so cute with them on, just have to teach her to keep them on lol. She's pretty good but - just takes them off occassionally.

Anyway, that's about all from me for now lol - back to work for me