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Song to Lift Me Tag

If you can add it to your blog for us all to listen.......bonus!!!!

Explain why it lifts you, is it the lyrics, is it the tune, does it symbolise something to you.............

Then tag two other members to do the same: Mail them so they know they are tagged

Come on  these games are fun and we all learn a little more about each other too!!!!

Ok so i was tagged by rukia! i tag missnickley and llmunchkin!

My Favourite song right now is Jeff Buckley - last goodbye so i guess that qualifies because it makes me happy to listen to it :). I like the tune and the lyrics and a special friend put me onto Jeff Buckley it so when i hear it i think of good things :)

sorry the official clip had no embedded code so I'm using a rip off clip.

Last Goodbye lyrics

This is our last goodbye
I hate to feel the love between us die
But it's over
Just hear this and then i'll go
You gave me more to live for
More than you'll ever know

This is our last embrace
Must I dream and always see your face
Why can't we overcome this wall
Well, maybe it's just because i didn't know you at all

Kiss me, please kiss me
But kiss me out of desire, babe, and not consolation
You know it makes me so angry 'cause i know that in time
I'll only make you cry, this is our last goodbye

Did you say 'no, this can't happen to me,'
And did you rush to the phone to call
Was there a voice unkind in the back of your mind
Saying maybe you didn't know him at all
You didn't know him at all, oh, you didn't know

Well, the bells out in the church tower chime
Burning clues into this heart of mine
Thinking so hard on her soft eyes and the memories
Offer signs that it's over... it's over

and another song that never fails to make me smile is this other clip, but thats because its a crack up! BEWARE RUDE LYRICS ALERT!

MWAH!

thanks everyone for your well wishes for us! chloe seems to be alot better today her blisters have all scabbed over so thats a really good sign that shes getting over it, i will still keep her off school as long as the doctor specified to make sure shes all better

grandma and grandpa came to visit yesterday and grandma thinks SHE might start taking oat baths and going thru the chickepox skincare regime because everywhere the pox ARENT chloes skin looks terrific! haha the eczema is fine we are keeping up all our home remedies and a close eye on it and ive not had to use any steriod cream so far so YAY!

tobias is sick but no spots so it looks like we gave him the immunisation right on time! chloe has kindly names him "To-booger" or "To- snotface" due to the bad cold he has haha

my throat is killing me and sinuses are blocked so headaches and stuff but otherwise im really good! cooked lots yesterday getting ready for anzac day but we ate most of the bickies hehe and my head was a bit muddled so i messed up a spongecake and had to make another one!

this is chloes face today i think it looks alot better!

ive also managed to stay on my health kick mostly and lost 2.2 kilo since monday which is some of my easter chockies! haha so im stoked about that! plus ive gotten thru a mountain of cleaning and written an article on flying with kids and cooked heaps. maybe being stuck at home isnt so bad after all!

xxxnat

i gave chloe a bath in calomine and tea tree oil and then my friend judith picked us up and took us there (still L plates no way i was catching a bus) her kids are immunised but i still made chloe wear a headscarf over her mouth and nose and when i called the docs i booked in letting them know that we had suspected chickenpox so they made the appointment around other patients, we turned up and let them know we were there but because there was a wait still we waited in the car until the receptionist texted my phone.

looks like chloe has a really bad case due to her excema and cant use calomine lotion again or anything that will dry out her skin, the doc thought tea tree was a good idea but recomended that i use steriod cream for the excema which makes me sad because we havent needed to use it in years! she also recomended antihistamines.

seems the reason tobias has been so cranky the last few days is due to more than his teeth so he had his immunisation for chickenpox anyway seeing as the spots arent out in hope it will be a more mild case, ive been really unwell since sunday also and very tired so it looks like im on my FOURTH time having the chickenpox! yay me and my screwed up immune system lol

i went the chemist anyway and found a lotion similar to calomine that doesnt dry skin out which seems to be working well plus a spray bottle with tea tree and vitamin E which chloe seems to think works better ?

so i guess we are all home for awhile now! luckily ive had heaps of offers of help today so if i need anything i have plenty of ppl to drop stuff off

chloes been ordered to stay off school for at LEAST one week it could be more depending on how bad the excema gets and how mcuh she scratches so we will just have to wait and see... till then i have minti!

xxxnat

here some pics i took today, sorry they arent great i was using my webcam...

Well a new challenge is beginning for the girls in the Online Gym!

Ive found a lot of people have been requesting to join so this time I thought id put a blog up to let people know the rules before they ask.

each member is required to donate $5 to the group via HarrisonsMommy, this money goes to the winner and no money is kept by the group, (the more money donated the more the winner will receive)

each member MUST contribute at least once a week or they will be deleted from the group, we do this as a rule for all members of the group so we don’t have a group of spectators,( if a member has a good reason as to why they cannot participate we will of course not delete them)

each member MUST take a full length photo of themselves in a blog with their start weight and goals for the challenge.(so they can look back at the end and see how far they have come)

the group makes all decisions jointly if one person wants something in the group to change everyone else must be consulted first including the admin of the group.we are always happy to listen to suggestions, this is OUR group and we want everyone happy.

So with the heavy stuff out of the way now the next challenge will start TOMORROW!, Monday 20th April and first weigh in is on Friday so the group will close its doors for new members. the challenge will end the 20th of  July.

The prize will be a minimum of $50 to the person who has lost the biggest percentage of weight.

Our winner for our first challenge was NEETS! We also had a second prize for someone who we thought worked especially hard HarrisonsMommy!

The online gym is there to keep you on track in your goal for a healthier lifestyle, a lot of us do a daily report where we let each other know how our day has been and how and where we would like to do better, we support each other and gain support in turn from each and every member, im proud to say some lasting friendships have been made in this group and im sure anyone joining will have an equally positive experience.

xxxnat

ive been reported for the word KILL coz i was eradicating bacteria from nappies!

anyone with admin rights pah lease vote me out lol

i didnt really know how to go about this blog, so i thought id just photo collage for now and see if i can do seperate blogs later :)

first meet was dannii and channy!

dannii17, madchanny

pics arent great my camera was flat so tee has the best pics but hasnt got them up yet! il hassle her soon! heres mine!

dannii and channy are the NICEST girls! we were all a bit nervous i think but we ended up talking for about 4 hours! ashton is the cutest lil boy and we all got a cuddle. channy has been online about as long as me so it was good to have a chat and a laugh about all the old stuff thats happened! koen was trying to talk me out of all my money hehe he was really cute!

ajv, anniebabes,harrisonsmommy,amerlinwinga, ME

the official minti meet didnt go quite to plan! thats what you all get for getting a tasmanian to work it out! unfortunatly we lost kym! im so bummed about that!

everyone else texted me and i rounded everyone up and we had a yummy picnic in the park while the kids played, the kids were all really well behaved! they got along really well and us mums chatted away the afternoon! was so great meeting new ppl and seeing my special girl angela for the first time in person! everyone was super nice!

angela and i met up again by ourselves and went to the zoo with the kids! il blog more about that later but suffice to say there were lots of laughs and the kids had a terrific day and so did we! (i hope so anyway! i did!) harrison is one of the most delightful lil boys ive even met and he won my heart well and truelly! angela is just as i thought she would be and im so blassed to call her my friend ...

il blog more about this one later too lol

meet up with neets! neets and i met up and hit it off pretty much straight away and seeing as we havent even spoken on the phone before thats pretty good! she was so excited she vomited!

we had a chat in flagstaff gardens and then decided to go to the museum together! we all had a great day the kids all behaved themselves and im trying to marry one of my kids off to hers now haha

azza is such a great kid and was so great with tobias and chloe! the babies had some very cute moments hehe

ok im tired so thats it for now!

mwah xxxnat

seeing tee and kipa this arvo!

meeting danni and channy tomorrow! harrisonsommy/ angela flys in on wednesday!

ajv, dee, anniebabes and maybe mcm on thurs!

juzzy and neets on the weekend (hopefully)

sooooooooo excited! had to share mwah!

ive pulled out my suitcase and started packing already lol

my accom is booked! i will be staying with tee / amerlinwinga for a few days and another friend for a day or so then going to a posh hotel to swim and pretend im rich! chloes really excited about the pool!

we've been planning this since november but it feels so weird and awsum now its actually happening!

cant wait to see tee again! cant wait to meet angela in person! cant wait to meet neets and juzzy and dee! woot woot!

the minti meet is being organised so i shoudl meet a few more minti ladies there too how exciing!

CANT WAIT FOR THE ZOO!

ive since been to the docs for something unrelated and had my arm checked at the same time and its fine, a second degree burn and it will scar but doc said im a clever girl and i obviously know how to look after it so shes happy to leave it to me to keep treating and unless it becomes infected that i dont need to come back lucky i have a few new aloe vera plants!

my arm on sat

it seems to be drying out now so ive left it withjout dressing today so this is what it looks like today

on a better note! the rest of my bday was fabbo! spent sunday with my family being spoilt rotten(the way god meant it to be!)

soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited! two weeks till i go to melb to meet all my minti girls!

im finally back online! i changed my email address on minti and misspelt it and got locked out on thursday! im finally back on today hhehe and its one of my birthdays! there is no 29th of feb this year so i get the 28th of feb and the 1st of march as i do every year lol but this year i chose yesterday for my bday instead! i thought if i get a choice i may as well make it when i want it!

so i went nightclubbing with a group of my friends! was a good night but town was packed! my flash isnt working on my camera so it was going to be useless in town so i only got a couple pics which i was disapointed about and i havent seen what they are like yet haha. danced alllllllll night from about 9 till 3 am my feet hurt! i still enjoy nightclubbing for the dancing, the sleazy guys were out in force but who could blame them! i bought myself the BEST dress in the world! i love it to pieces :) i only have pics on my computer of the top half coz i took a photo of it the day i bought it and my arms dont reach very far lol

today i spent some time with my mum before she went home after babysitting and then i went out to mow the lawn, my mower has issues....... the sparkplug cover falls off so i have to put it back on all the time. well today i had done it a heap of times when i felt my arm get stuck to the mower, it felt hto to i pulled my arm away and looked and it loks like my skin had melted a lil bit in one spot? weird anyway i kept moving and about 2 or 3 mins later it started to hurt so i looked again and it had turned white, i went inside and put some frozen peas on it and as i went it hurt more and more and became more white and raised and around it went an angry shade of red :S

ive put aloe vera on it now and wrapped it but DAMN it burns and its throbbing like crazy! it doesnt look that bad but it feel HORRIBLE my arm throbs in my elbow! lol im such a sook!

ouch! ignore the nightclub stamps lol

thankyou to everyone for their bday wishes :)

xxxnat

we all had a lovely day and had a yummy picnic on the grass, tobias slept for quite alot of the day but woke up once we went into the artic pants room hehe brrrrrrrrr!

we went to the duckpond and there were loads of baby ducklings! the ducks were practically sitting on our laps and tobias had a fight with one coz it wanted his vegemite sanga! i caught a couple which tobias and chloe were very pleased with and mummy duck didnt seem to mind :)

hope you like the pics! ]

xxxxnat

ive been loving this summer! its been so much fun! catching up with alot of my mates now tobias is older and ive been going to a party or bbq pretty much every weekend! i have a tan from being out and about so much and i got my hair done a couple weeks ago so i can straighten it and go out and feel glam without much effort!

i left tobias for the first time in the daytime a couple weeks ago to go to my friends birthday party he went really well staying with mum :) he was very excited to see me when i got back tho and wanted first cuddles before chloe hehe

weve been getting out alot! ive been taking the kids to bbqs with me on the weekends and all my friends and my mates gfs LOVE tobias so i get a nice break while they play with him! chloe and i are still enjoying our adventures and we have been berry picking this week! we made yummy blackberry and apple pies, i didnt even get to taste a bit! chloe and tobias also had a berry picnic and made messes of themselves!

chloe is fabbo in grade 2! she loves her class this year and is really enjoying being back at school with her friends, i miss her like crazy but its nice being able to get the house clean haha. she started back at dancing and has taken up song and dance aswell as ballet and jazz this year, shes alot fitter after this summer (as am i!) so shes doing better at dancing and her teacher has commented on her enthusiasm and her progress.

im enjoying life! i was seeing someone but got bored with it pretty quickly lol, it just wasnt right and id rather be the best me i can be by myself than half a person with someone else. i have a few other ppl im chatting to but none so far have caught my interest enough for me to bother.oh well guess i get to have fun for awhile longer OHHHH NOOO hehe

TOBIAS PLAYGROUP PICS!

tobias and i have started going to playgroups. i already have alot of friends but its good for tobias to be around other lil boys and girls and he likes it, plus all the mums like me anyway and ive met a really nice mum from my street (weird) who has a daughter not much older than tobias and they love each other lol so thats nice we can talk mum stuff hehe she also has a 7 yo in chloes year. there are LOADS of playgroups here! we have one everyday except wed and somedays more than one a day, i WONT be doing that! we are about to start swimming so thats going to be good!

much more to say but this is a huge blog! so il leave it there!

xxxxnat

so excited i cant wait to see him play with the big boys! go mitch! make the dale crew proud!

im tagging dee, missnickley, harrisonsmommy, toosh

may link later its taking to long

Here are the rules for the FotoTag:

1. Choose the 4th folder  where you store your pictures on your computer.
   
2. Select the 4th picture in the folder.
   
3. Explain the picture.
   
4. Tag 4 people to do the same! (make sure you let them know you tagged them!)

how cool! when i got tagged i checked and the pic that was number 4 was a camel , butb when i used the uploader THIS pic was number 4 lol so this is the pic!

this is me and tobias watching the seasame street show in seaworld tobias is about 4 1/2 months

that didnt quite happen! buses dont apparently GO to the botanical gardens and id have to walk back to the city to get another bus home lol added to that the FINE 22 degree day didnt end up happening till late this afternoon coz it started raining when we got to town.

so we went what to do what to do? we decided to walk thru town and went to look at some fountains then decided to make the most of our awsum mum picnic and had it in the middle of town! well not quite haha we went to st davids park which is a terrific spot near the warf and had our lunch, i got some great photos!

ps.chloe wanted to wear her poncho then tobias wanted hers so she gave him her old one and he wore it most of the day lol

chloe and i enjoyed going and looking at all our favourite shops and chloe got some sunstones and a moonstone for her collection(sunstones have heaps of colours too so we had to get lots!) then we dropped into target where i remembered i had a layby hmmm now this layby was a trike which i put on before i foudn out id won the TIKE so i wasnt sure if i needed it anymore but i couldnt get my money back because

1. there were other things on the layby and

2. it was due to be picked up TODAY lol i found the letter in the mailbox when i got home!

so i grabbed it because its a 10 month plus smarttrike and he cant use the tike by himself yet and by the time he can use the TIKE he will be almost too big for the smarttrike! win win!

so we caught a cab home and put it together and my GOD it took forever! its pretty cool tho and i think tobias thinks hes a superstar! he pretends hes the one steering and talks on the phone that it comes with haha we had a lil run around the front and then later tonight we took a big walk with it.

tobias has been practicing his walking lots! he still prefers to crawl coz its ever so much quicker and he can go under stuff rather than around haha

my friend tamika has an online store and she had a sale to get rid of some stock! woot woot i bought up a storm i love these two outfits on tobias! he loves the chicken outfit as much as i do it makes him laugh lol and chloe is wearin some of the clothes in the top pics.

ok well thats enough from me! this has been a huge blog!

xxxnat

ok so chloe is home and as suspected she loves the tike. tobias is being pushed around everywhere and its loving it and the new tike is getting a major workout! these pics were takin yesterday when the tike went to the shop lol a couple of these pics remind me of ET lol remember when ET is on the bike with elliot haha ok it might just be me.....

so im loving the weight loss challenge going on on minti! im so motivated right now!

today i took the kids for a huuuge walk to the beach a few suburbs away we had a great time walking and playing on the beach. i forgot that the sydney to hobart yacht race would still be going on! we got to watch alot of the yachts go past and the kids really enjoyed that.

if you look behind chloe in the water you can see a couple of the yachts, behind tobias is mt wellington and if you squint reaaaaly hard you can see the casino lol

i got the idea of doing the photos like this off toosh and she stole the idea off lui thanks guys!  picasa 3 rocks!

i hope everyone is having a great day, great holiday and great year! i know i am!

xxxnat

i got a ph call from a lovely lady from the tike company who unfortunatly caught me right in the middle of a sleep- in . she was very nice and sorted with me when to have it delivered and all the rest and talked to me about how to look after the tike and what ages or size to use it, tobias has to get a bit taller coz it doesnt matter about age really its all to do with hight but the recommened ages are 2 to 6.

i chose a red tike because im planning on keeping it forever and putting it away for the kids for when they have kids! the cool thing about tikes is not only are they a great toy but they are carbon neutral, a tree is planted for every tike that is prchased i thought that was really cool! they even go to the effort to package everything in an evironmentally friendly manner with as little packaging as possible and by making it all recyclable!

it got here today and i was so excited! i had a fight with tobias over it because he was yelling wow wow and i needed to get the box open haha it was pretty easy to put together but im not sure if i did it right coz the instructions said i needed a phillips head screwdriver and i ended up not using it haha oops?

tobias fell in love with the extra allen key and it took half the day to make him let it go, good one tobias!

when we got it set up i put him on it and got him to hold the handlebars and raced around the house with him on it and he giggled all the way around haha hes got a way to grow till he will ride it himself but until then chloe and i will help .chloe comes home tomorow so she hasnt seen it yet haha she has a thing for tobias' toys already so the tike will be no exception.

thanks TIKE and MINTI for our tike we love it! what a great start to what looks to be a great year!

 MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I FOUND PHOTOBUCKET! LOL

and i even lolcatz-ed my baby hahah

xxxxnat

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