Taking the time to think about my thoughts alot more lately, I have realised how proud I am right now, of so many things that are going on around me! Confident too, which is something I havent felt for quite some time now! With the combination of these two I cant help but be happy with my life, the people in it and where its going!
Proud ... Of Taylah! Everyday she is showing me more of the qualities she is developing as a person, a human being with feelings and emotions, just like the rest of us. Sometimes I wish I could change the attitude or behaviour, but her more important qualities are really starting to shine through! I am VERY proud of the latest life lesson my not so little cherub has learnt. She came home from school a couple of weeks ago and told me how some of the other kids at school had started to pick on her best friend Reyne because she is small and cant reach the monkey bars, she also commented that because she got her school uniform made to fit her, her dress did not have the logo on it and the kids were teasing her about that too. She seemed quite upset by the other kids behaviour, she didnt seem to understand why they could be so mean about something so silly ... Ofcourse this made me proud, but, the thing that made me most proud was a conversation we had last night! Taylah confessed to me that the kids at school are now also picking on her because she sticks up for Reyne, she so innocently told me how Reyne was her best friend and she really liked the fun that they had together, and how she is going to stick with Reyne because she didnt want to be nasty like some of the other girls. My heart melted, I believe there may have even been a tear in my eye. As I layed there and comforted her I realised that my little girl had made such a courageous decision, one that I am so proud of, it is not fair that these kids can pick on such a sweet, kind hearted little girl for something so trivial, and I am so happy that Taylah was able to see through the nasty girls, and stick to her heart! Reyne has a heart of gold, and I am so very glad that the two girls bonded at the start of the year, she comes from a loving family, and doesnt have a nasty bone in her body, it makes me so mad to think she is being teased over her height. Ofcourse it hurts to know that the kids are picking on Taylah too, and for something so rediculous is beyond me, but it makes me smile to know that she can see people for who they really are, I like that she can stand up for herself and for the ones that she cares about, and I especially like it that she didnt conform to fit in, and be in the popular crowd, instead she chose true friendship, one that I hope will last forever <3.
Also, she has nearly survived her first year at school, prep maybe, but I was worried it would be a big step, I realise now, it was probably a bigger step for me, and yes, I too survived it. I have missed her alot, but seeing her blossom and grow at school has also been nice to watch!
Proud ... Of my husband! Who has for over 6 years now, worked his butt off to get somewhere in his career, and boy has it really paid off. For someone who was constantly put in the back seat, while he waited patiently for his turn to get out there and show them what hes made of, he has finally done exactly that! And in true fashion too I might add, he has really shown the bosses whos really boss! Moving to Rocky, to run a struggling pub, that the big bosses thought had no hope in recovering, he has managed to get it to #2 out of 97 pubs Australia wide! Now thats an acheivment if you ask me! And its still going strong! He is already making all the right moves to get that bonus again next year!
Good job babe, I am proud of you, and perhaps I just dont say it enough!
Proud ... Of Felicity! ... Even if there is nothing to report, she still makes me smile every single day, even when I mad at her, she can still squirm one out of my stubborn face!
Proud ... Of Myself! Confident ... In myself! And Content ... With my life! Finally!
So many chapters responsible for my dwindling confidence, have slowly disappeared! Although the job front side of things did seem to take its toll on things, something finally came through! Hooray! My confidence finally found the most part of me again! I was happy, even though it is just a small job, something put that fire back, I could honestly wake up in the mornings excited that I was that one day closer to starting my job. Then, when I was asked to meet up with the set supervisor, I had high hopes! And thank God they were not crushed! At the meeting nothing was mentioned, just spoke about how I was organising child care around work and what hours best suited me, and lots of general small talk. I walked away from the meeting, not worried, but slightly crushed ... Until about 10 minutes later when my regional manager rang me and said that Kate wanted me to be her 2IC ... Oh, THANK GOODNESS!!! I cant tell you exactly how 'through the roof' my confidence skyrocketed right then and there! I know its nothing huge, but its honestly what I needed, I feel like I can take on the world at this moment, and hopefully this will make future job opportunities much easier! Suddenly I have forgotten what no confidence is like, and it feels GREAT to be back :) !!!
Friday, October 28, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Getting Ready to Return to the Workforce!!!
Ohhh Myyy Goooooodnesss!!! How exciting, the time is nearly here and I will be going back to work VERY soon! I have sat on the phone with Centerlink, for way too long, but the outcome was much better than I thought! A weekly rebate now! Makes such a difference, I can actually afford to return to work this time!!! Hoooray! I was even able to get the extra hours on my CCB, oh, the relief. Now I am preparing Felicity to go back to daycare. I have moved her from a center and going back to the family daycare approach, something about the family daycare system really sits well, I feel so much more relaxed about it. Im not worried at all about how she is going to take it, she has known Zac pretty much since we moved here now, they get along well, particularly when she is playing with his toys (hehe) and she knows both Shannon and Heidi quite well. They are one of the first families we met here, Shannon is Dans head chef at work. Maybe its the familiarities that have me at ease with this scenario. All I know is that this time everything feels right, I am comfortable with everything and EXCITED that I am going to do something with my life again :)!
I am slightly worried that my house may fall to shambles with me not being here most of the time, I guess thats something that we can all finally work on together. Having a bigger house has made life much easier though, I was worried it would take forever to clean, but somehow its actually easier ... Maybe because there is lots if hiding cupboards hehehehe. I will have to be very strict with myself I think, I worked out a long time ago, it takes half an hour a day and its clean, miss a day and it takes 2 hours the next day!!! Not a huge problem at the moment, but next month 2 hours will be hard work!!! MUST KEEP ONTOP ... PLEASE!!!
I am certainly going to miss one on one time with my littlest monster ... I think we have both really enjoyed our one on one time together, I have learnt so much about her little personality that I had missed before we got this time together. She helps out so much when no one is here, as long as her little sidekick isnt here, she puts her toys away, cleans her room and unstacks the dishwasher ... She is my little shadow. Tay was never much of a shadow, she LOVED tv too much, FLicks not much of a tv person, she is so much happier being with me, no matter what Im doing. As soon as daddy and Taylah are home though, shes into mischief, I guess thats pretty typical for a 3 year old though. It will be good for Dan to see this side to her too I guess, it wont be long though and Taylah will be on school holidays, I think his plan is to go out everyday that I am at work and he has the kids haha. They will love it no matter what they do though, this last year hes had to work so hard toget the pub running well, I guess its nice that its paid off and he is able to spend his own quality time with them!
I am slightly worried that my house may fall to shambles with me not being here most of the time, I guess thats something that we can all finally work on together. Having a bigger house has made life much easier though, I was worried it would take forever to clean, but somehow its actually easier ... Maybe because there is lots if hiding cupboards hehehehe. I will have to be very strict with myself I think, I worked out a long time ago, it takes half an hour a day and its clean, miss a day and it takes 2 hours the next day!!! Not a huge problem at the moment, but next month 2 hours will be hard work!!! MUST KEEP ONTOP ... PLEASE!!!
I am certainly going to miss one on one time with my littlest monster ... I think we have both really enjoyed our one on one time together, I have learnt so much about her little personality that I had missed before we got this time together. She helps out so much when no one is here, as long as her little sidekick isnt here, she puts her toys away, cleans her room and unstacks the dishwasher ... She is my little shadow. Tay was never much of a shadow, she LOVED tv too much, FLicks not much of a tv person, she is so much happier being with me, no matter what Im doing. As soon as daddy and Taylah are home though, shes into mischief, I guess thats pretty typical for a 3 year old though. It will be good for Dan to see this side to her too I guess, it wont be long though and Taylah will be on school holidays, I think his plan is to go out everyday that I am at work and he has the kids haha. They will love it no matter what they do though, this last year hes had to work so hard toget the pub running well, I guess its nice that its paid off and he is able to spend his own quality time with them!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
On Many Notes!
Oh my goodness, something has clicked and I am a cluck cluck clucking machine! I know I don't want anymore of my own, but I still love baby cuddles!!! I visited a friends new baby girl today, she reminded me so much of Flick as a baby, she cried and just wanted mums boob, I did manage to bounce her to sleep in my arms (which I was quite proud of, just quietly) and I got to see her precious tiny face relax for some time, but just like Flick she did not like it if I sat down, I didn't mind though, I guess I didn't with Flick until I got super tired too and then it was more frustration then anything ... So hard to believe we all start out that small, they grow so fast, it makes it so easy to forget! I can't wait to cuddle so many more babies! A special friend gets her turn in May ... And yes, I will be there to steal cuddles!!! I have already put so much excitement into this baby ... I think it's possibly even this little person that has brought on most of my clucking fit <3 ... Just quietly, I think this little person is going to be a little 'Princess' ... Who really knows though, I have never been any good at that game ;)
Well, my budding vet has changed her mind ... Taylah no longer wants to be a vet, her friend Reyne also wants to be a vet, she said Chelsea wants to be a doctor and Erinn wants to be a marine biologist (I know, these kids are supposed to be in prep, 5 years old!) so Taylah now wants to be a princess when she grows up, and live in a castle and wear a crown. She really has it all sorted too, she seems to have put alot of thought into this career path, she's even going to have a pony called Tiara! Oh, and her castle won't have a dragon! If you ask me, that would be my pick of the bunch too ... Talk about wishful thinking, but that's what being 5 is all about, I'm quite proud of her ambitious imagination!
Felicity is learning to make friends ... Shes clever, she only likes the friends that have the cool toys! She will even tell you so! I have also discovered she's very good at packing up ... Apparently she forgets how to do it when she gets home though ;) she also has made her first Christmas list :S, an iPod tops the list :s ... Something tells me she is becoming more and more like her dad, I can deal with that I guess, but I really really need to find a good paying job!!! Eeeeek!!!
I can finally say I have a job!!! Yay!!! I'm going to be a Santa photographer! So happy about it, I do wish it was for longer, but right now, I'm just happy to have a job! And so in the Christmas spirit!!! I have told the girls I will be working for Santa ... Might have to start preparing for questions to begin though, I'm definately not ready for the truth to be revealed! I love the magical feeling the Santa myth brings!!! So much more than just presents, even if the kids are too young to understand the whole deal!
<3 <3 <3
Well, my budding vet has changed her mind ... Taylah no longer wants to be a vet, her friend Reyne also wants to be a vet, she said Chelsea wants to be a doctor and Erinn wants to be a marine biologist (I know, these kids are supposed to be in prep, 5 years old!) so Taylah now wants to be a princess when she grows up, and live in a castle and wear a crown. She really has it all sorted too, she seems to have put alot of thought into this career path, she's even going to have a pony called Tiara! Oh, and her castle won't have a dragon! If you ask me, that would be my pick of the bunch too ... Talk about wishful thinking, but that's what being 5 is all about, I'm quite proud of her ambitious imagination!
Felicity is learning to make friends ... Shes clever, she only likes the friends that have the cool toys! She will even tell you so! I have also discovered she's very good at packing up ... Apparently she forgets how to do it when she gets home though ;) she also has made her first Christmas list :S, an iPod tops the list :s ... Something tells me she is becoming more and more like her dad, I can deal with that I guess, but I really really need to find a good paying job!!! Eeeeek!!!
I can finally say I have a job!!! Yay!!! I'm going to be a Santa photographer! So happy about it, I do wish it was for longer, but right now, I'm just happy to have a job! And so in the Christmas spirit!!! I have told the girls I will be working for Santa ... Might have to start preparing for questions to begin though, I'm definately not ready for the truth to be revealed! I love the magical feeling the Santa myth brings!!! So much more than just presents, even if the kids are too young to understand the whole deal!
<3 <3 <3
Sunday, October 16, 2011
A Hidden Little Gem!
Celebrating our wedding anniversary has turned into more of a family celebration these days, the girls get just as excited as we do! So it seems only fitting that we do something all together as a family, so this year we packed the car up and went to a little beach down the coast called Agnes Waters, in the township of 1770! Wow, this place is absolutely beautiful! I can see why the locals live there! With not much there other than a beach and a rainforest it would be easy enough to think it could get boring, but somehow I don't think so. The water is crystal clear, there are surf waves, and there are bays with no waves at all, just the flat serenity of calm water! There is lots and lots of bush walks, most lead to the beach (well, the ones we found did anyway) and islands to go and explore too, but you can only get there by boat! People there are so nice and quite carefree! The main beach just buzzes with all walks of life, there are the surfers, lots of kids being taught how to surf by their dads, something that you just don't really see these days! There are families everywhere! Teenagers hanging out! Lots of backpackers! Hippies! Retirees! Everyone, and everyone seems to get along! We stayed in a little cabin, it looked out over a pool onto the treetops and in the far distance over all the treetops we could see the beach ... This place us truly amazing! Oh, and I almost forgot ... It was raining for the whole first day!!! And it was still this spectacular!!! Ofcourse when the sun finally did come out it was even more spectacular!!!
The girls had fun too, we went exploring, swimming, lots of swimming! They helped daddy wax his surfboard, and Taylah gobbled her dinner down faster than I have ever seen her eat ... Even her veges!!! Felicity finally went to sleep too!!! We also discovered that just maybe Tay could be a marathon runner ;) ... We went for a 2pm walk/run to the beach and couldn't believe it, as long as we let Tay be the leader she was a solid competitor, just didn't stop ... Or slow down ... The only reason I (kind of) kept up to her at the end was because I couldn't let her be alone on the bush, boy, was I puffed! Was very proud of her, even more so when we read the sign that told us we had just ran/walked 2km, Tay was pretty proud too!!!
Overall, this place a definately a hidden gem! So far out of the way off the highway! A place you never hear about! I am so glad we found this place though, such a peaceful spot, with so much love in the air, so many reasons to sit back and enjoy life! I cannot wait to go back there again !!!
xoxo <3
The girls had fun too, we went exploring, swimming, lots of swimming! They helped daddy wax his surfboard, and Taylah gobbled her dinner down faster than I have ever seen her eat ... Even her veges!!! Felicity finally went to sleep too!!! We also discovered that just maybe Tay could be a marathon runner ;) ... We went for a 2pm walk/run to the beach and couldn't believe it, as long as we let Tay be the leader she was a solid competitor, just didn't stop ... Or slow down ... The only reason I (kind of) kept up to her at the end was because I couldn't let her be alone on the bush, boy, was I puffed! Was very proud of her, even more so when we read the sign that told us we had just ran/walked 2km, Tay was pretty proud too!!!
Overall, this place a definately a hidden gem! So far out of the way off the highway! A place you never hear about! I am so glad we found this place though, such a peaceful spot, with so much love in the air, so many reasons to sit back and enjoy life! I cannot wait to go back there again !!!
xoxo <3
A Hidden Little Gem!
Celebrating our wedding anniversary has turned into more of a family celebration these days, the girls get just as excited as we do! So it seems only fitting that we do something all together as a family, so this year we packed the car up and went to a little beach down the coast called Agnes Waters, in the township of 1770! Wow, this place is absolutely beautiful! I can see why the locals live there! With not much there other than a beach and a rainforest it would be easy enough to think it could get boring, but somehow I don't think so. The water is crystal clear, there are surf waves, and there are bays with no waves at all, just the flat serenity of calm water! There is lots and lots of bush walks, most lead to the beach (well, the ones we found did anyway) and islands to go and explore too, but you can only get there by boat! People there are so nice and quite carefree! The main beach just buzzes with all walks of life, there are the surfers, lots of kids being taught how to surf by their dads, something that you just don't really see these days! There are families everywhere! Teenagers hanging out! Lots of backpackers! Hippies! Retirees! Everyone, and everyone seems to get along! We stayed in a little cabin, it looked out over a pool onto the treetops and in the far distance over all the treetops we could see the beach ... This place us truly amazing! Oh, and I almost forgot ... It was raining for the whole first day!!! And it was still this spectacular!!! Ofcourse when the sun finally did come out it was even more spectacular!!!
The girls had fun too, we went exploring, swimming, lots of swimming! They helped daddy wax his surfboard, and Taylah gobbled her dinner down faster than I have ever seen her eat ... Even her veges!!! Felicity finally went to sleep too!!! We also discovered that just maybe Tay could be a marathon runner ;) ... We went for a 2pm walk/run to the beach and couldn't believe it, as long as we let Tay be the leader she was a solid competitor, just didn't stop ... Or slow down ... The only reason I (kind of) kept up to her at the end was because I couldn't let her be alone on the bush, boy, was I puffed! Was very proud of her, even more so when we read the sign that told us we had just ran/walked 2km, Tay was pretty proud too!!!
Overall, this place a definately a hidden gem! So far out of the way off the highway! A place you never hear about! I am so glad we found this place though, such a peaceful spot, with so much love in the air, so many reasons to sit back and enjoy life! I cannot wait to go back there again !!!
xoxo <3
The girls had fun too, we went exploring, swimming, lots of swimming! They helped daddy wax his surfboard, and Taylah gobbled her dinner down faster than I have ever seen her eat ... Even her veges!!! Felicity finally went to sleep too!!! We also discovered that just maybe Tay could be a marathon runner ;) ... We went for a 2pm walk/run to the beach and couldn't believe it, as long as we let Tay be the leader she was a solid competitor, just didn't stop ... Or slow down ... The only reason I (kind of) kept up to her at the end was because I couldn't let her be alone on the bush, boy, was I puffed! Was very proud of her, even more so when we read the sign that told us we had just ran/walked 2km, Tay was pretty proud too!!!
Overall, this place a definately a hidden gem! So far out of the way off the highway! A place you never hear about! I am so glad we found this place though, such a peaceful spot, with so much love in the air, so many reasons to sit back and enjoy life! I cannot wait to go back there again !!!
xoxo <3
Saturday, October 1, 2011
I Just Dont Want to Miss a Thing!!!
So, I have never actually written a blog, or anything really like it before ... So this is feeling a little more like a diary that I will hopefully never lose (unless ofcourse the millenium bug comes back around and all internet services are lost ... Ouch) ... I want to remember things like they happened, I want to remember all the things that happened that has played a role in why I am so happy today :) !!!
I have always had a fairly happy life, growing up we were neither rich nor poor, more happy, than sad ... And most importantly I was raised with strong family morals! Maybe thats why I chose the man I married ... And maybe thats why we are raising our little family with the same family morals ... We are all BEST FRIENDS FOREVER!!!
Most importantly ... I want to write this blog so that I dont forget so many important things ... Alot of these things I only learnt in the last year!!! I dont want to forget how happy I am right now ... And the key people that have made me this happy! I want to remember the tanties, just as much as the good times with my family ... I want to read this in 5 ... 10 ... 15 ... Even 20 years time and remember it as if was yesterday ... So I can appreciate all the good and bad that comes with life ... And I dont want to forget how to appreciate my family ... I want to be thankful for everything I have ... I cant say there will be anything too interesting for some people ... BUT for me ... I think I have already explained that one :)
I have always had a fairly happy life, growing up we were neither rich nor poor, more happy, than sad ... And most importantly I was raised with strong family morals! Maybe thats why I chose the man I married ... And maybe thats why we are raising our little family with the same family morals ... We are all BEST FRIENDS FOREVER!!!
Most importantly ... I want to write this blog so that I dont forget so many important things ... Alot of these things I only learnt in the last year!!! I dont want to forget how happy I am right now ... And the key people that have made me this happy! I want to remember the tanties, just as much as the good times with my family ... I want to read this in 5 ... 10 ... 15 ... Even 20 years time and remember it as if was yesterday ... So I can appreciate all the good and bad that comes with life ... And I dont want to forget how to appreciate my family ... I want to be thankful for everything I have ... I cant say there will be anything too interesting for some people ... BUT for me ... I think I have already explained that one :)
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