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I did the enevitable

Today i`ve finally bitten the bullet on the swimming pool....I couldn`t handle the fixing and patching any longer , so up she came with avengeance....Hammers are a wonderful tool....lol....If we need another pool next summer a new one will be bought....It had five years worth of swimming , jumping and bombing done by the kids so I got my money`s worth....Let`s face it you can only patch things for so long and if I kept perservering with it my sanity , what I have left may have quickly diminished....lol

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We actually had a cool weekend which was lovely for a change....Even rain people....We nearly fell over backwards and I had to remember where the window wipers for the car were....Today is like a perfect spring day...Just right for some long overdue gardening....A little at a time of course....Can`t over do these things you know....

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My dieting is going really well at present...I`ve lost nearly 10 kilo`s so far and i`m on the home run now....Only another 10 to go and i`ll be happy...lol...I went out and bought myself some bathroom scales and couldn`t believe how much weight I had actually put on....It`s always easy to put on but a pain in the butt to get off.....Well at least I can see my hard work is paying off.....

This just won`t go away

I`m not sure if I told you or not but we had yet more trouble with this teen who keeps harrassing Joshua....Enough was enough and this time Joshua`s father came down to try to speak to the parents....LMAO....

Yes I laughed and told him it was an absolute waste of your time and energy but he didn`t listen to me, he still went down there....And omg what a carry on...We live probably 10 houses from these people and all you could hear was her screaming at the top of her lungs....It`s all Joshua`s doing...He was the one who attacked her precious son and doing the stalking and harrassing....Oh and get this one, so is Daniel....hahahahahahaha...Yes that`s right people , 10 year old Daniel who couldn`t fight his way out of a wet paper bag...Need I remind you when all of this happened her son was 17....You do the math...10 years to a 17 year old...Now tell me who is the child in this equation... Hmmmmm.....Somewhat a bit of a joke I reckon as her son is the one with a criminal record and he is the one who is currently out on bail with strict bail conditions....I think she needs to take off her rose coloured glasses...It`s fogging her vision.... When Joshua`s father came back it was a I hate to tell you but I told you so....He wanted to see for himself what sort of people we were dealing with....I could have told him that they were the type where there would be no reasoning with them....No sooner had we spoken for about 5 minutes and guess who drove past....The POLICE.... Oh just great....Something major goes on in the street and it takes the police a good half hour to rock up but try and have a discussion to a parent about their child and she was the one doing all the yelling and screaming and it takes 5 minutes to arrive.... So Joshua`s father takes off and leaves me to sort out the problem that he created.....I explained what had happened from beginning to end which all dates back to November last year....They definitely know of this lad and ofcourse his family and basically told us if we have any more trouble with either we need to go through the police...Not directly to the core of the problem....I told them that I have always gone through the right channels (i.e. reporting the incidences to the police)..And a fat lot of good that has done me.... My ex could have been charged with trespassing and so on and so on....So be warned people, when your child is having trouble with a child and you want to go talk with the parent of that child it could be the wrong decision...A joke isn`t it....What ever happened to good old fashioned values...Parents trying to sort out childrens problems civilly....Seems you pretty much can`t do jack shit these days without the tables being turned on you..... I always thought the legal system was for the criminal....What happened the other night seems to have verified it for me....

Please forgive me for it`s been ages between blogs

My I have been slack when it comes to being on the computer and to be honest I have no excuses...Hope everyone has been keeping well.....

Not much has been happening here...The weather has been hot which is the norm for here just of late....We actually had to dig out long sleeved tops today as we finally saw a little rain and a very cold breeze...THANK GOD, touch wood it stays cool now....It`s been a very expensive summer as the air conditioner has been on for days if not weeks and let`s say it`s gonna take me a while to pay this bill off....Damn you bill!!!!!!

Kids are good, i`ve got 2 home with me today...Daniel and Krystal...Daniel woke this morning with a lot of gunk in his eyes which I thought may turn into conjunctivitis seeing as it`s going around....So far though it looks ok....Krystal had a swimming carnival on at school today and didn`t want to go into any of the events....Ashame they didn`t have it yesterday when the weather was much hotter...

I`m really getting into this sewing business lately...So far i`ve made 3 skirts and 1 pair of pants....I`m actually enjoying the challenges I create myself by stuffing it up...lol....

Well that`s it for now folks....I`ll try and catch up with you all...Take care for now...

Thursday already

Thursday already and Valentines Day..WOO HOO!!!!!.....So how many of you love birds got flowers or chocolates sent to you?????.....Me well nothing not that I expect it...You see Matt and I don`t do the Valentines thingy cos we know we love each other anyway....

Had to laugh this morning as I was listening to my favourite breakfast show and they were talking about break ups on this day....Someone (a female) was going to break it off with her man of 10 years...Apparently he always took her for granted and not once during their relationship had he bought her a Valentines gift.....Whilst she was talking to the announcers and telling them how she was going to break it off she received a text and went to read it....She came back and it was from her man and all it said was NO WORRIES....lol....Obviously he listens to the same show....

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I did get in contact with our local council about the dog that killed our cat....It was one of the local dogs which the owner always seems to walk without a leash....This dog late last year attacked me trying to get to our cat...I was lucky enough to turn my face away from it just in time for it to rip a big chunk of my hair out....Blue Heeler!!!!....And I know how nasty these dogs can be as we used to breed them many years ago.....I should have reported it back then and maybe our cat would still be here....

Anyway the inspector took a statement from me and then confronted the dogs owner....Because he was walking the dog unrestrained and it had harrassed or in our case killed another animal he received a $210 fine for his troubles....It`s not going to bring our cat back but it may make him think the next time he wants to take his dog for a walk.....

A bad start to the week

We had an absolutely horrid morning this morning... Matt and I were woken by our table on the front porch being moved and then we hear a dog barking for a good half hour out the front of our house....5am to be precise... We peered out the door and window but couldn`t see anything as it was still dark that time of morning... Eventually our neighbour went out and yelled at the dog.... We didn`t think anymore of it and finally went back to sleep..... The kids were also tired as they heard alot of the commotion going on.... So having tired miserable kids was enough to deal with.... I kissed Krystal goodbye for the day and as usual wished her a good one.... Half a minute later I hear her come back into the house bawling her eyes out and I thought omg what has happened to her.... Then she blurted out Suzie is dead....She`s on the footpath out the front of our house.... I went flying out the house with Daniel not far behind me and sure enough there was her tiny little body lying on the foot path.... Obviously that was the noise we heard this morning...This dog had come into our yard and attacked our cat.... I tried to comfort the kids and tell them that she had a good life as she was 12 years old.....It didn`t help them any..... I`m not very good with dead animals myself and I had tears trying to work their way out.... Not something you want to deal with at 7:30 am..... Trying to get Daniel off to school after such an event was very difficult as he is an emotional child at the best of times....His little face was bright red from crying so I wrote the teacher a note to tell her he will be a bit upset today.... I`ll have to see the neighbour tonight when he finishes work and find out whether he saw the dog and if it`s a known one to the area.... RIP SUZIE!!!!!... You`ll be sadly missed....

What`s wrong with people today??

Our fiesty little pooch is doing fine today....He was rather sleepy when we got him home last night but after a good nights sleep his batteries are certainly charged.....And here we are supposed to keep him calm for a few days....Hmmmm like I can see that happening...NOT...lol...

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We had a bit of a drama this morning.....Lately there seems to be a few drama`s with us.....As you know I have let the apron strings be loosened when it comes to Daniel.....We`ve decided that we`ll try the bike riding to and from school now....He has a friend that goes to the same school and Daniel goes to pick him up in the mornings....Well turns out this kids step father is a bit of a head case, that`s me putting it nicely.....If I really told you what I think of him you all may be shocked....Anyway Daniel knocked on the door and asked for his friend...The step father answered the door and told Daniel "To fuck off and don`t come back"......Then of all things he punched Daniel in the stomach....He came home crying and beside himself....I was furious and wanted to go and sort it out there and then but Matt wouldn`t let me go on his own and he wasn`t feeling well enough to deal with it today....Naturally I rang the police and told them what had happened and of course it`s the same old story there....Go to the local police station and fill out a report but don`t expect too much as it`s Daniel`s word against this fathers...OMFG who are we protecting here????...The victim or the villian.....I rang the school and explained what had happened , they were shocked...I said I will try to calm Daniel down and get him to school later that day but it didn`t happen...Grrrr....I wanted this year to be different for Daniel...In the meantime he isn`t to go to his friends place anymore ...We will still let him ride his bike but have given him a different route to take....Meanwhile there is the issue of this step father business....Tell me What would you do in this situation???????

Up bright and early...YAWN

How difficult is it trying to keep a dog away from food????? Hobbles has a trip to the vet today to take care of his manly business and all I seem to have been doing since 6pm last night is follow him every where to make sure he doesn`t sneak in any food....And I can tell you it aint been easy....lol....I knew I should have studied to become a vet in my younger days.....$150 it`s going to cost....

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On a different note it seems because our local government changed all the bus routes AGAIN, Joshua has to leave home to catch a bus for school at 7:15am which of course means mum has to get him up at 6:45 am... Then we have Krystal who has to be woken at 7am and then Daniel last but not least 7:30 am.....I hear you say "Why don`t they have their own alarm clocks"?.....Good question but I`m afraid the little bugga`s won`t use them...I`m their alarm clock as i`m one persistent person if they choose to ignore....I remember one morning Krystal chose to ignore me and after the 3rd call out came a glass of water poured on her head....She soon got up out of bed....lol....

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My nights viewing was spoilt by the cricket being washed out at the Gabba last night.....Ended up having to watch Bruce Almighty which i`ve seen plenty of times before...Oh well the kids enjoyed it.....How about sharing some of that rain people.....We`re still waiting for ours...