well i was meaning to put some of the pics i played around with of the kids ages ages but minti upload no longer is my friend! it doesnt seem to hate me quite so much today so il try to be patient with it!

haha that took ages! i hope you guys like them!

oh and here one of tee and toosh lol cant ahve them miss out can we?

 

well i wasted a good part of my day! haha

for those of you who arent on my winja facebook il explain what ive been up to.... stealing pics! thats right u heard me ive been nicking pics and i am not planning to stop in a hurry!

ive been directed to a site and ive become addicted its called faceinhole.com (and pelase try to spell that right coz angela went to quite a different site when she typed face in the hole )

the sites basically a photshop and im using mintiers as practice on my minti profile for facebook!

some of my favs for today are

actually i like all of luis! and i only used one pic for her!

thuy has a couple of nice ones, i did one of her and lawrence as superman and lois lane awww

angie has a couple of great ones, theres one of me and her as paris and nicole lol but shes cute as manga

my fav one of cath is furby lol and she has one of wonderwoman too but cathwoman is her!

cass looked good in both of hers lol

haha julie lookin hot! as usual!

and dee looking angelic as the mona lisa lol i took off half her head with the desperate houswifes pic!

theres obviously alot more pics but i wont post them all and some ppl im not sure if they would mind me posting theres here coz i havent spoken to them today so i wont put any here till after i speak to the owners.

il post sum of the kids and myself tomorow in a different blog coz there are heaps lol. im not posting any of tee or toosh coz i want new pics of them to use hahah so il put them in with the family pics :)

and lastly angela asked me to do this one for her b4 she went to bed and i just finished it so here you are u can check it out before she does!

tell your hubby happy bday miss america!

xxxnat

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ohhh i do! lol when it comes to babies especially! i cant resist adorable baby clothes thats why it was very mean of my friend tamika to give me the address of her online store!

www.shukaplumkidz.com.au

omg i have already mentally spent hundreds but im curbing that to just a couple things for now lol

my fav things in her store are the slippers for sure! they are the cutest things! 

i half wish tobias was a newborn again so i could dress him up in all the itty bity bubba stuff! but then if he was a newborn girl that would be even better coz then i could have him wear the soft party shoes or the ballet slippers! lol

they also have the best backpacks and i want one each for the kids! the flower one for chloe and the dinosaur one for tobias.

anyway check it out if u want and dont spend too much hahah

xxxxnat

ps here is the online add

why is my minti profile telling me my son is one year old!?

oh god im not ready yet i still have a couple months to go! please please minti dont make it go any faster!

hey everyone has anyone noticed a massive influx of newbies to the site recently? loli know my report section has! hahah

look i know it can be irritating, my advice that i worked really hard on www.minti.com/parenting-advice/9562/DEALING-WITH-THE-DEADBEAT/  got pushed off the activity page in less than 24 hours by a whole heap of advices that are less than a line long or not much more.

but what to do hey? i think  remembering that we were all newbies once upon a time helps and that i know i for one wrote sum pretty crappy advice thinking i was being incredibly helpful lol

i think if i was reported i woulve been gutted and probably left the site for good before i even got to know my way around and we dont want that for newbies who once they get used to minti are probably going to be a great contribution to the site.

so im thinkin a better way than reporting them and emailing them after reporting would be maybe to email them and offer the hand of friendship, send a link to a group that applys to their advice or point out that its not really eligable to be advice set the way it is and offer some pointers? if its still there in a couple of days report it then knowing you have given them the chance to get to know all of us mintiers a lil better and they will at least know whats going on and not be so upset?

i know the system is set up to sometimes make it easier to just report and be done with it and i totally understand the reasons for ppl reporting the ones that have im just trying to come up with a solution to all this reporting hopefully that will make minti a richer better place to be for newbies that are trying to help and contribute but may not know how?

 

well ive had an interesting week or so....

the school hols have started here and chloe spent the first week with her dad at his house, she had a great time they were supposed to go camping but her StepM was sick so they didnt go.

she liked being able to spend all the time alone with dad tho and her half sisters and he bought her a 4 wheeler which she adores haha

i had the WEIRDEST WEEK! my house was bein painted, hooray for me i get my first week off from chloe EVER and i have to put up with the outside of my house being painted from 8 till 5 every day! well i didnt think it would b all that bad but it really was lol

only one painter turned up to do the job which i thought odd and he got real weird! he was constantly knocking on the door and when id leave the house he was askin how long id b and where i was going? he was waking me up and knocking on the doors offering me smokes and the first day he bummed a smoke off me while i was on the ph! he waved at me thru the windows and i started feeling really awakward and gettin up really early to make sure i ahd showered and dressed b4 he got here coz he was outside my window if i wasnt!

but it was the last straw when he asked me " so is this all you do? sit around the house making babies" when i stopped talking to him and just tried to ignore his presence so i ended up telling him to leave the next day and getting a new painter in it was really scary tho! lol

i got my hair done so i was stoked about that till i came home and the painter told me that it makes SUCH a difference and i was a "good lookin gal eh"

tobias is scootin around everywhere and chloe is home this week so hes pretty chuffed about that. hes been chatting away and pullin himself up onto everythin he says hi now and waves when u catch him doing somethin lol he crawls around smoochin at the animals and tries to hug them even tho i dont think they enjoy it? he calls every fluffy thing around a "dog" including teddies and the cat which i dont think apreiciates it damn he even called the rat (melody) a dog one day but she died recently.his lil toothy pegs STILL arent here but should be in the next few days i think, i can see them popping thru and he seems to be in quite a bit of pain and wont eat anythin hard now.

we went to the museum yesterday which was really fun and had a great time at the antartic exibition , we had lunch then chloe found an awsum dress for me haha so i ahd to buy it of course! she enjoyed shopping for acessiories and shoes too hehe, i ahve a ball to go to in a week and a bit and this week my sis is coming down from qld to visit for my mums 50th which will be huge! they have a band and its catered so it looks liek a good night.

OH and i got a new card reader so il finally be able to use my proper camera for pics instead of chloes and the webcam lol im so sick of them!

well take care to all my lovely chickens!

have a great week!

xxxnat

 

lol i lost my baby hahahahah

i went outside for a few min and left tobias ripping up a magazine on his sheepkins with his toys, when i came back in i stopped for a sec tryin to work somethin out hmmmmm oh i know! the baby is gone!

i looked all thru the lounge kitchen and dining area under things over thinsg in cupboards and still couldnt find him! hmmmmmm

started calling toooooobiiiiiiiiiii! tobias where are you?! heard a lil giggle from the other end of the house! went pastt eh baby gate (that i forgot to close coz he never gets that far) past the laundry and checked the bedrooms hmm nuthing? giggle again i turn and look in the bathroom and hes tryin to get into the bath! hahahahah

i really need to childproof now heheh he blew himself a kiss in the mirror on the way out of the bathroom and waved to his mirror mate.

hes sittin on the floor harrassing the cat at the mo tryin to smooch him hehe

chloes not with us this week shes off with dad and they are going camping, we will miss her but glad shes havin fun, who knows i mite take off to melb this nweek and go see the outlaws! give tee a BIG surprise visit hahah jimmy can babysit 

haha sorry bout th pic its off chloes cam

xxxnat

oh god i love food! ive become obsessed with my own cooking i so rock at cooking right now haha!

well things are good pretty much, life is settled and slightly boring for once which is hard to get used to but sooooooo nice!

chloes been home sick, she was at dads last weekend and he called to ask if he could give her panadol tablets coz she was running a temp , i agree giving her half shoudlnt hurt even though shes not yet seven. anyhoo i decided that my poor baby being sick away from home was just TOOO much haha so i pulled out a roast ad started baking my damn head off so she would be able to have some when she got home even if she ate before she came home she is normally still wantin mum chow and at least she would know id been thinking of her all day.

i called to check if her temp had gone down and her grandma answered to say that chloes dad had gone home after he called me and yeah she was still sick so she offered to bring her home early so i was stoked!

i made up her top bunk and made her a mixed dvd to watch in bed (shes not allowed to have her tv on unless she earns movie time or its a special occassion) cleaned her room spotless adn put all her fav toys on her bed waiting for her. i tell you what she was STOKED to be home! she couldnt eat much but gave the roast veg and cauliflower a good try haha. she looked soooo sick! her eyes were all glassy and unfocused so i sent her off to bed nice and early and she carked it pretty quick.

shes been off school all week and only started driving me nuts yesterday coz shes gettin better hahah

tobias my sweet lil gem is now officially crawling and pulling himself up onto EVERYTHING!

im so proud of him! hes a lil chatterbox and EATS, omg can he EAT! i swear if im not careful the boy will end up on the maury show or something being forklifted out a window

well dinner is almost done so i better sign off, sorry that this was a super boring blog but its so nice to have nothing interesting to say i had to share it! hahaha

xxxnat

 

well i woke up this morning and for the first time in a long time i suddenly thought wtf have i been crying about? my life ROCKS!

im healthy, i have great kids that im doing a bloody good job of raising even though i have some hard times, all my clothes fit or are too big now haha and i tried on a dress i bought years ago that i LOVE and it was too big haha

i get sad sometimes coz im a bit isolated, alot of my friends are interstate and then my mates here work full time so i only see them weekends and alot of my other mates are still in party mode so we dont see each other alot now due to me being with tobias. but u know what? i have awsome mates! im so lucky!

my children make me smile and learn new things everyday that im lucky enough to be able to be a part of who cares who they DONT see?

so what if im single! ive had alot of offers i just dont think im suited to the men that are interested right now i counted up and its over 15 in five months that have pursued me lol so that was a boost to my self esteem! when i find someone that i think is right i will know i didnt lower my standards and that they are the right guy for myself and the kids, i wont end up stuck unhappy again.

my boobs shrank thank god! ive been an f cup for awhile now and actual REAL tops fit me properly now and im sure i could mange to buy a bra that isnt part parachute and isnt covered in a mountain of lace (hate lace!)

i have an excellent family that piss me off weekly but that love me beyond imagination lol

im not in debt , not sick, my kids are happy and i look awsum haha

yeah things have been hard but i am going to brush myself off count it all as a learning experience and get on with my life that will be better than i ever wouldve dreamed if i was still with a person who only thinks of himself.

il b angry awhile longer but i know my life is good and il just listen to alanis if i get pissed off hah!

second DNA  test next week i think i know the results lol i have a feeling they will be the same as last time dont you? when thats done and dusted i will smile walking away knowing my life is going forward to new places with my adorable kids ....

thanks to my online mates for being there

xxxnat

 

well my quitting smoking hasnt QUITE worked out! im still trying and ive cut down from 30 plus ciggies a day to under 10.

i did do great the first day absolutly no probs! i was feeling very positive about it all and thinking this was IT no more and feeling really good about it.

THEN i found out that tobias's dad is getting married in december to his 20 yo gf of 5 months! im serious they met and started dating ONE day after we broke it off and he hasnt come to see tobias since! we have been talking lately so i was feeling really positive that eventually he will ditch her and start coming to see tobias again and he COULDVE told me seeing as though we have been talking reguarly on msn but noooooo i found out on the bloody net that they are engaged! on a bloody myspace of all things! so yes i went and bought a packet i just couldnt cope without them!

then i came home and had one and put them away...... ring ring! the phone rings and its my lawyer he says N hasnt replyed to any of the mail thats been sent and its time to go to court to demand a DNA test to prove tobias is his! i said "oh no you must be mistaken! we have been talking and he asked for my correct address (ok hes been coming to my house for almost 5 years and cant remember my address!) and said his lawyer was onto it " um NOPE he hadnt responded at all nor had his lawyer grrrrrrr, so i tried to call him at my lawyers request maybe it was a mixup? il never know for sure coz he never answered a single one of my calls! i then left him a msg on MSN asking that he contact me about it... NOPE!

so now we have to go to court to have a court ordered DNA test because no1 wiitnessed the first one other than N, me and tobias and he wont say he did it! he wont admit tobias is his!

so yes im smoking again, ive cut down an awful lot and im really hoping that i can quit but dont think its much of a possibility while all this is going on.

im so upset and defeated that i couldnt manage to kick the habit! i feel like ive let myself and the kids down :(