Christmas Eve Eve

I went and did my final grocery shop today, before Christmas, hopefully I remembered everything. Although I am now thinking I should have bought this and that... maybe I'll get the hubby to go on his way home from work to pick some more things up. But I didn't want to go tomorrow, as there will be so many crazy last minute shoppers! Even today people were rude and inconsiderate, not like the normal Countdown Supermarket crowd.

Recently I've been wondering about life and comparing my life to others. I always think I have it so bad. But then I hear other stories, on the news, or thru friends and I have to come to terms with the fact that my life is what it is, and I should make the most of it. I have a house, a semi-decent husband, and 1.5kids (I'm still undecided if this is good or bad, but I do know that I really wanted kids before I had them, and plenty of people, without kids, who would probably happily have my kid). I still wish I had it better, and I hope that one day me or husband win lotto or get a massive payout from somewhere so we can get the house we want. Money isn't everything, but it would sure help out a whole lot!

Christmas Time Mistletoe & Non Alcholic Wine

*sigh*
So much to do. I still have Christmas Cards to write. I have dramatically cut down my list this year. Although, at this rate, no one will get a card this year!

This morning I went to the shops to get a few things from the supermarket and some last minute Christmas present shopping. I was out for ages! It was so busy! Normally you can walk fast around the mall... but not now, there are people with kids wandering slowly, old men using trolleys to hobble around with, and stupid people in the middle of the aisles trying to stop you and sell you their stuff!
Then I foolishly went to Pak N Save for my quick supermarket shop... I'd forgotten how people who shop their have NO TROLLEY COURTESY! so I kept getting stuck. Also, this particualy Pak N Save has changed their entrance, so you walk thru the store backwards... which totally threw me. So I got milk first, and my apples last. Not to mention I didn't know where anything else was.

At least the weather is lovely and I'm home in one piece!
Baby is kicking around lots, I love feeling her/him move about :)

Kicking & Swimming

I've had a busy few weekends, cleaning up a rental property that was DISGUSTING!! So I've been getting home and being TIRED. So this morning I woke up, sort of, and Isaac was grumpy, I was dreading a day at home, so when a friend text me and said "Lets go to the park this morning" I was all IN! It wore Isaac out, and he had an excellent sleep.

Then this afternoon, We went over to Nan's house and had a 'swim'. It was 26degrees Celsius. Which in my head was hot enough, but when I actually got to getting in, it was a bit cold. But we were already dressed and ready for a swim, so we did get in!
Isaac thought it was too cold, and wanted out (see pic above of him crawling away fast). He still had fun running around and playing with water in a bowl on the deck.

And on another note, I can feel baby #2 kicking lots now, and this morning I SAW my baby bump moving! So I think hubby should be able to feel it now, but he doesn't have the patience to keep his hand there for more than 30seconds.

Cleaning Stinks

So, Me and Hubby have a rental property, we went halves with my parents about a year ago. And last week our tenant moved out... We let her tenancy agreement run out and didn't renew it. She was loud, we had trouble getting rent off her, the neighbours hated her etc etc.
So on Sunday we all went there to clean up. While we were there we talked to 3 of the neighbours, 2 were so glad she was gone and hoped we found a better tenant this time. the other neighbour, who borders the property where we will be putting up a new nice fence were pissed off that we cut down some rotten trees (a year ago), and won't go halves on the new fence, or contribute towards it, "there was nothing wrong with the old fence" that just fell over as we were trying to remove it! and they have just had enough of it all! Feeling all sorry for themselves, we might just get annoying tenants to keep pissing them off!

Isaac was always tripping over holes in the long long grass, that the tenant NEVER mowed. We found condom wrappers, undies, broken glass, cigarette butts, food scraps, Isaac loved playing with the chicken bones.

We also found all this skirting board under the house, so we will be selling that on trade me, and hopefully make a small fortune.

We found this wasps nest under the gib in the garage (we removed all the gib). Luckily it was all dead and there were no wasps in it.

Freezer is FULL

Over the weekend I decided it was time to get organised! So I cooked some meals to freeze for lazy nights. I cooked: 4 Cottage Pies, 4 Lasagne's, 4 Mac Cheese, 2 Apple Crumbles. It was a very busy, messy weekend in the kitchen.
Now my freezer is FULL and there is no room for anything else. It makes getting the peas out the back very difficult.

Today hubby & I think that Isaac has hay fever! oh the joys! He had puffy runny eyes, and his nose was SO runny, I had to wipe it every 2minutes, and if I didn't, it got wiped on the sofa or my trousers. If it hasn't settled down by tomorrow I'm off to the chemist to get him some antihistamines.

Wooden Floors

I HATE vacuuming, but Isaac hates it even more, therefore it rarely gets done. The thing though, with wooden floors, is that the dust just gathers in big clumps around the edges of the rooms, or under cabinets.
So every time Isaac goes under the TV cabinet to get his 'lost' toys out, he pulls out a clump of dust, which i put in the bin... OK, fine, maybe sometimes I just shove it back under the cabinet.
So as well as having my goal of blogging once a week, perhaps I'll try and vacuum once a week too (not just when I have VIP guests over).

Babies, Gardens & More

Well, it's been nearly a month!? What happened to me?
I'm not sure why, but I've kinda lost my interest in the internet, just ask my MSN buddy! It's not that I'm doing anything more constructive with my days, I just literally sit on my ass and do NOTHING now :)
Although, I am now making a baby, which is hard work everyday. Baby is due on 6 April, one month before my toddler turns 2. We didn't time it very well, but we did think it would take a few months longer to get pregnant. 3 months of trying wasn't much, especially when it took us over 2 years, and a miscarriage, to get Isaac.
I'm looking forward to the labour, as I know now that's the easy part. And the labour had better go as well as last time, or I'll be a bit annoyed.
Also in the last month I planted a few veges in some planters (photo above). I have tomatoes, which are thriving, strawberries and capsicums. Can you believe that ONE teeny tiny capsicum is $3 at the supermarket?! Who in their right minds would buy that?! I have resorted to buying the ones in jars.
I still have a bit of replanting to do with them, and need to buy some mesh so the birds don't eat my berries. And I have to keep an eye on Isaac, already he has tried to pull the plants apart, and I suspect in a few months he'll be pulling fruit/veges off before they are ready. Ahh, the joys of parenthood.
To feel more productive, and now that I think morning sickness is subsiding, I am going to blog once a week with a photo, or maybe two photos! See you next week.