Energy sucking ones.. not blood... the 'energy' sucking vampires are much more common and can be found almost anywhere... sad but true.. you just need to know what you are looking for..
Read one of Craig Harper's recent posts ~~~ Link here~~ so you can see the signs.... you might have to scroll down a little to get to it!
Another great motivation i read only today was from Jodie in sunny Mildura.... "Because I was told I can..." please read... lesson for EVERYONE!!!!
Eating going really well... exercise has taken a back seat with the wet weather, I dare not complain! We ended up with over 40mm of rain .... heaps!!! Little Laura was confused on Saturday afternoon... In the back seat she piped up "Mum.. look at the dust" when it was actually fog.. poor little might thought it was another dust storm. Then excited this morning when I dropped them at day care, she told her care provider that "I can drink the water from the kitchen tap now..." :)
Have been very busy with computer jobs, BAS, grant applications, invitations ... list is long but almost on top of it again. I have two more grant application to apply for this week. With the wet weather on the weekend, Jack and the kids came over to Dimboola with me to take photos for the paper of football and netball... it was so great to see muddy footy players!! I got drenched on the sidelines (and so did the camera) but we got some great photos.
I didn't take the kids swimming on Saturday morning, Hugh had a runny nose and Emilie was still recovering from our very early start on Anzac day (like 4am early... went to Hopetoun where my grandfather lives, he is a WW2 vet), so we went shopping. They had birthday money they wanted to spend. The girls brought raincoats and "Dragon booster" DVD's.. (Dragon Booster is cartoon on ABC...) Laura got new shoes, jeans and jacket... all from my new favorite kids clothes shop TOFI (they have mid season sale on... check it out...)
I have a simple philosophy with my kids clothing... They don't have a wardrobe over flowing with clothes, but what they have is good quality. I would rather pay a little more for one jumper and have it last a season then have it lose shape or fall apart. My mother was the same with us when we where kids. We where the best dressed kids at primary school.. (mind you... that wasn't hard when you went to school in the Bronx!!!!) Example... we had "Real" track'n' field tracksuits with "real" converse socks to tuck them into... Most had those take-offs. (Like I said... I went to primary school in the Bronx) Anyway.. works for me...
Hope everyone is having a great week!
3 comments:
I agree re the clothes thing. I have been really lucky having four kids that a lot of the really good shoes and clothes that I bought for my first (now 8) has been to my niece and is now coming back for Phoebe - and because if was good quality and funky designs - it still looks cool and is in excellent condition 6 years later. I have some Kathmandu polar fleece tops that have been through my first two, my sister's two and are now back for my last two - and still look like they are straight off the rack. Can't beat quality!
Ha ha my word verification is neqrds!!
PS I must thank you for your mention of Steph's blog a while back. I am now addicted to her gutter mouth ramblings and enjoy having a damn good laugh at the world. Thanks YM.
I'm with you on kids clothes too, I'd rather spend a bit more for quality that will last... but in saying that, Griffin is so hard on his clothes nothing last more than about 3 months with Him, not even shoes.. he's onto his 3rd pair of sneakers this year already! Darn. Hope to find some new ones in Aussy next week on holiday, and maybe some hard wearing winter pants for him too.
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