It`s looking a lot like Christmas

It`s come around way too quick for me this year and I am in no way ready for it...

I have no enthusiasm what so ever...

Thankfully I did my Christmas shopping throughout the year otherwise things would be grim for the kids...

I`ve had some pretty stressful days, actually, honestly since hubby has left stress arrived...

Rotten mongrel of a thing...(stress that is)

I`ve had more than my fair share of dealing with our government departments and I hope i`ve seen the last of them...

I feel like i`ve been thrown to the wolves and mentally i`m not coping...

One good thing to come from all of this is I have shed the excess weight I had gained...

Having no appetite tends to do that to you..

In less than two weeks I have lost a whole dress size....

The bad thing is now I need a new wardrobe of clothes...lol

On the job hunting side I have put my name down at just about every shop in our local area..

I`m praying that I hear something from someone soon...

I just need someone to give me a go but not having worked in 12 years doesn`t look good on a resume....

As for hubby well we are talking at least...

We`ve decided it best that we live seperately for a while but still be together..

Make sense????....lol

Formal night

Today was utter chaos LITERALLY....

If you have a teenage daughter you`ll know exactly where i`m coming from...

You see it was formal night..

The events of all events..

And everything had to be perfect from the hair down to the shoes...

OMG i`m so glad i`ll have to only go through this ONCE.....

But all jokes aside I am so terribly proud of my daughter and what she has achieved...

And I was extremely happy that my son has finally come around also....

Below is the finished result of my daughter Krystal after 5 hours of getting ready...

Yes 5 hours folks...

And she had a cheek to tell me it was my fault for making her be a girl....lol

As for the son well men can relate to this..

10 minutes....

Yep the male gender certainly have it easy in more ways than one...

A reality check

Isn`t it interesting life in general?...

You make plans for your future only for them to fall apart before your very eyes...

Twice now this has happened to me and i`m pretty sure I won`t be going back for thirds...

One could say that my life has been completely turned around as now I find myself as a single mum once again...

Yes my husband whom I have cared for over the past 14 years didn`t like the conversation we had over the weekend about how I would like him to do more for me and our children...

This was part of a long overdue conversation that needed to be had...

It was easier for him to walk out on us apparently rather than try to work something out...

So now I find myself feeling rather lost, confused and overwhelmed with the situation that has suddenly been thrusted upon me.....

I`ve had to be strong and have my witts about myself these past 48 hours...

Not much in the sleep department and plenty of phone calls to the relevant government departments have certainly kept me busy....

I am starting to feel anxious as reality is sinking in that I am about to be thrusted in to the big wide world again seeking a job....

In actual fact when you have been surrounded by the same 4 walls for the past 14 years doing what you know best and to have it pulled from under your feet it`s pretty damn scary...

For me anyway....

BUT i`m sure with time and the right sort of people around me I as a person will, yes I will be a better person for the experience...

For now I am making sure that my kids don`t suffer in any way, shape or form....

As a mother I will always be there for them and I know that they will always be there for me too.....

My GENUINE reasons

Good grief "I have been slack" where blogging is concerned....

I have genuine reasons though..

:Do you believe me"?

No I wouldn`t either...lol

Life has been rather topsy turvey though...

Krystal with her HSC and troubles with the boy at school...

Then health issues with the hubby...

Oh did I mention sibling issues as well.....

Ah yes just another day in "Days of our Life"...lol

That`s what you get for being head honcho of the family...You wear everyone elses problems and basically there is no time for yourself...

The things you love to do such as

BLOGGING....

So people i`m on a tight schedule...

Tonight`s entertainment will be Krystals Valourdictory or in easy to understand language "her graduation"...

And won`t it be fun spending time with the ex outlaws....

Things haven`t been exactly rosey there since the exit of my teenage son..

Who mind you still hasn`t spoken to me since June, his departure date....

So i`m about to put on a brave face, grit my teeth and be on my best behaviour for my daughters sake....

Even though all I want to do is maybe throw something at them like tomatoes...

Wish me luck...

I`ll be needing it plus more...lol

Who needs duck hunting when they come to you

With daylight saving it gives me the opportunity to do some extra chores outside so last night I thought I would go potter around in the garden...

I walked out into the backyard and was very surprised at what I saw swimming around in the pool......

I couldn`t quite believe my eyes so I quickly but quietly ran back inside to get the trusty camera and take a few snaps.....

Daniel my youngest thought it might be a good idea to feed him whilst he was here swimming around in the pool as if he had taken ownership....

Cheeky if you ask me...lol

Hubby reckons not to be surprised if the whole family turns up soon...

Now won`t that be fun....

Personally I was thinking Christmas dinner....

sebaceous nevas operation

I have had an incredible amount of feedback with people having or knowing someone who have a sebaceous nevas....

A while ago I told you of my son booked in to hospital to have it removed as it was giving him lots of grief especially now that he is going through the teeange years....

The operation went well with only one slight hic cup and that was trying to get the anesethtic to work.....

55 staples later and a bit of a sore head he is minus that annoying growth on his head....

Now he has self esteem back and not worrying about trying to cover it up....

I`m glad for his sake that we did go ahead with the operation and that there were no hidden complications.....

He has since had the staples removed and had a final check over and has been given the all clear...

No more follow ups and it`s goodbye sebaceous nevas....

Swine flu still kicking around

Of late home life has been wearing me down...

Probably due to the fact that hubby now being on this new medication has been terribly moody...He`s not sleeping well which rubs off on to me as he is keeping me awake also....

Then there was school holidays....Overall the kids weren`t too bad..

Krystal was hardly home ,staying at friends but when she was home I was at her beck and call...You know "mum`s taxi service".....

Daniel well he was easily entertained with the Wii....Actually he was hooked

Up all hours of the morning playing the games....Maybe that had something to do with me not sleeping??..lol...

And boy did I suffer also from playing...Muscles ached for days but i`m a champion at the bowling...I scored a gold medal....Whose the champ???...lol

Now we have another dilemma..

Looks like Krystal has swine flu....

A friend of hers was at a party sharing drinks , then decides to tell everyone after the fact that she has swine flu....

I took her down to the hospital this morning as she looked dreadful only to be told they don`t test for it anymore...All we can do is lock her in her room for a week....

Honestly though some people have no brains....They don`t seem to get the fact that this flu can kill people especially high risk people such as my hubby and youngest son...

So they are being shipped off to stay at hubby`s brothers place for at least a week while I ride it out with Krystal....

And this means no starting back at school tomorrow...

That`s my luck....lol...

On a much happier note I have finally made contact with some former work colleagues on Facebook...It`s been 12 years since having any contact with them..We have so much catching up to do...Alot has happened in 12 years.....