Tough Love

What a gorgeous day again! Yesterday it persisted it down (ex uk scrappers teamies will know what i mean!!!) I got drenched when I walked back from dropping Charley off at nursery. I was like that commercial for the comfort clothes softener...you know the one one where they're walking to attention?!!! Not a pretty sight I can tell you!! Lol
Today its the opposite, more good weather. Charley has had fun playing with his bikes and cars and stuff in the garden...I think today is the first real day he's missed his crime partner...Megan the golden labrador who I had to rehome recently. But he was ok, he found a paint brush that amused him!!
I've posted over 30 copies of my cv out today, I really want to get back into work during the week so I can get that adult interaction going again, its not the same on the internet and local friends work...yeah I know, inconsiderate really!!! Lol
Tonight I have planned out a class that i've had in my head for a few days now, i've sketched it, cut it out and redesigned it about three times so far and I think i've finally found the missing bit that was holding it back! Once its made up and written up I shall upload it on my site....HERE so keep eye on it to see what i've come up with!
My darling little madam has gone to school today hating me! After getting home from Guides at 9.15 I read to her while she's getting ready for bed. I got a bit annoyed when at 11pm she's in bed...but she's playing away on her DS so I had to confiscate it for 4 days (1 day for each mention and one cos I had to action my 1,2,3 discipline plan!!) which didnt leave a happy 10 year old I can tell you!
Walking home from taking Charley to nursery the school call me. Trying not to panic and jump ahead my heart went in my mouth thinking something had happened to her. She had got herself so worked up about telling me she hated me that the headmaster had encouraged her to make peace, even though he tried to explain the mum's dont hold those kind of things seriously! Bless him, he's just a man!! Lol
So, a blubbering Kirsten is profusely apologising to me and promising that she'll never hate me again or ignore me when I suggest we dont leave on negative terms. A tough but valuable lesson me thinks, not just for her but for me, I should have insisted we clear the air.
So tonight we are going to have some girlie time...we're going to get the hair/make-up and nail stuff out and 'dress' each other up...goodness knows what i'll look like but I know the camera is going to be handy!!! Lol

Now it's time to go play widow twanky and get some washing done!

Debs

My little people

My 18 year old son, Jaymie teaching himself Spanish to prove that dyslexia didn't own him! That's my boy!
My Jay is very much a family orientated young man, protective and good to his mummy and loving to his brothers and sister, i'm very proud of the person he's grown into...especially as he was a devil child for a good portion of his childhood!!!


Scott, my 16 year old funny, intelligent and loving boy. Super funny,
quick, dry and easy to scare! Doing well at his A levels and showing an impressive understanding for responsibility, I am so very proud of my quiet little (ok so he's almost 6' compared to my 5'3") Scott!


Then we have my lil princess, Kirsten who is almost 11 going on 31! She is just like her mummy already...strong, opinionated and knows what she wants!!! I wouldn't be without her for anything, not even donuts!!!


Even though i've already added pictures of my little man, I'm still going to put another one up!
My baby is just 2 and a half but he's funny, smart, cheesey, cheeky and just adorable...but then I am his mummy!!! I love this picture of him, he was actually having a strop....so i've called the picture 'attitude @ 2'!!


Well thats my little people...but each one is larger than life, two are much larger than me, one is almost larger than me and one is in contest with my noise levels...you figure which is which!!! LOL

Debs

Blessings ~ I have plenty of them

I look at my life and I can count the blessings one by one...some of them come in the form of little beings that i've given names to...Jaymie, Scott, Kirsten and Charley. Some are shaped as friends such as Sonia, Chris, Suzy, Jane, Dan and Tanya, of whom I couldn't live my life without. Other blessings come in the form of small things that I think we take for granted, such as a roof over my head, food to eat, clothes to wear, a garden to sit in etc.
Yeah i'm feeling rather philosophical tonight, but thats cos i've listened to some fantastic motivational speakers on the BYU site and now feeling so inspired to go do something that i'm too excited to go to bed...I want tomorrow to be here so I can just get on with it!!!
Yep, I have no patience! Once i've decided to do something I have to get onto it immediately!
This week I had to rush Charley (2.5 year old) into hospital, the paramedics were brilliant and extremely supportive of my own emotions. Charley woke up with a very high temperature and began having seizures. None of my other kids have ever had them so I was very freaked out by it. I couldn't get him to cool down no matter what I done, he wouldnt eat or drink and I was getting agitated with the on-call GP I called when he kept telling me it was just the heating. I didnt have the darned heating on!!!


Anyway, my brave little man spent two nights in hospital after blood tests revealed the white and red cells werent doing what they should have been, his temperature was up and down like a yo-yo and he still wouldnt eat or drink. Blood tests, x-rays and regular checks all put him through his paces. He was so brave even when he had to have needles, I was so proud of him.


The mysterious infection he was struggling to fight broke of its own accord through wednesday night. He woke me about 3am crying and shivering...he only had his nappy on and the fan was brushing over him. I was so thrilled that I could put pj's on him and turn off the fan...the little dude was shivering and that meant the fever had broken!


When the nurse came in at 8am his temperature was back to normal and it stayed that way so the doctors sent him home! He was running round the play room just like his normal self, cheesy grins to all the ladies, hugs for the little girls and a car or two for the little boy!! My little man was back!!
Now he's back home getting into everything again and I wouldn't trade it for the world!
Kids, no matter what they do, how old they are I think they are brilliant...where would we be without them?

Debs

Reserved

Welcome to my little bit of space where I will spill whatever is in my head. I am currently going through a tough time in my personal life, i'm not short on challenges from every angle right now so if I start moaning, then its a right I reserve! However, I dont intend to spend my time moaning about all the things that haven't gone the way I want them to, I hope to figure out my thoughts by understanding how I can learn from what goes wrong and maybe do something different to get them to go right! As a Latter Day Saint I dont believe in giving up for long, I dont believe in wallowing in self pity for very long and I dont believe in being down for very long either...but while i'm down i'll do as I want, but when i'm up i'll be shouting from the roof tops to share it with everyone else!! Basically, I reserve the right to just be me. Debs