for the first dragon baby! my friend will go with a c section tomorrow if baby doesn't come...
happy days, i have been invited to another wedding, my third for this year... weddings are becoming rarer events now that most of my friends are married, i won't have another one for quite a while after these next three...
haven't jogged due to inclement weather and can't say i've missed it... have been enjoying my fitness game though, specially the dance classes...
still no camping though plenty of talk.. nothing booked as yet, hmmn but this week promises to be a big week...
1) orientation day for my baby girl for childcare
2) best start interview for my boy before kindy
3) funded work dinner that I am going into the city specially for!
4) my boy starts kindy!
5) wedding on saturday
6) boy starts swimming lessons again on sunday
7) PHEW!
i have this dress I bought on ebay that i have yet to wear that I plan to wear to the wedding, its a one shoulder floral pink purpley dress from Forever New... i'm not in love with the dress but it will do... have bought my boy a smart outfit, with a bow tie, may be the only chance i get for him to wear one!
btw, met with relationship manager to secure a separate loan for our investment property, just have to send him a few more items as evidence of our income and securities and it should be a done deal with a pretty good interest rate of 6.31%, am going to get our current home loan down to that as well.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
an uphill battle...
Well its week 3 since I started my jogging resolution and already i want to kick it in....
Luckily i enlisted the hubby to jog with me and he dished enough guilt to get me off my butt... and at least I have notice a little difference now... getting ever so slightly more bearable... shows how important it is to get positive reinforcement if you want certain behaviour to continue (that might be me with my psychology major hat on talking heheheh)
so we've bought the big tent but have yet to pick a camp site, there is a lot of talk and i'm getting excited... there is this beautiful place in barrington tops that looks worthwhile but its a bit of a drive... on day hey?
I also purchased Your Shape, the xbox kinect fitness game, its awesome! there are so many different types of classes to choose from, you can select what part of the body you want to focus on, and the level of intensity, its definitely a winner!
oh yeah Chinese new year weekend this weekend and we kind of celebrated it for the first time just by having friends over for dinner... but we didn't do anything to actually mark the occasion as being for CNY but still, its a start i suppose.. its all for the kids of course!
my boy went to vacation care for the first time last week and i was a little concerned he wouldn't fit in as he was the youngest but it seems he has sailed through with flying colours although forgets to eat anything at times as he is too busy playing! i'm immensely happy that he is happy and so proud of him, he has another week of vacation care then kindy! my daughter is trailing behind him wanting to join him in school poor thing, they love each other and play so well at the moment that i am really happy i had two kids, he has learnt to look out for her and i can see they have lots of fun together.. i only hope it lasts until they are teenagers...
on the property front, have looked at some investment property in east maitland and did some research on north queensland mining.. have to first get a separate mortgage for our existing property in dulwich hill and then ask what our borrowing power is... most likely buy the next IP in my hubby's name, i want to get one in berala, east maitland and emerald or gladstone... property market is on a slight decline... on the principal residence front, i'm now looking at places that we can knock down and rebuild and we have expanded our net to south strathfield... boys public highschool isn't so great and the coed public school not so great but hubby likes this place more... i do too but i want good schools...
short week this week, Australia Day! my friend is due for her second baby this week! 1st dragon baby for the year!
Luckily i enlisted the hubby to jog with me and he dished enough guilt to get me off my butt... and at least I have notice a little difference now... getting ever so slightly more bearable... shows how important it is to get positive reinforcement if you want certain behaviour to continue (that might be me with my psychology major hat on talking heheheh)
so we've bought the big tent but have yet to pick a camp site, there is a lot of talk and i'm getting excited... there is this beautiful place in barrington tops that looks worthwhile but its a bit of a drive... on day hey?
I also purchased Your Shape, the xbox kinect fitness game, its awesome! there are so many different types of classes to choose from, you can select what part of the body you want to focus on, and the level of intensity, its definitely a winner!
oh yeah Chinese new year weekend this weekend and we kind of celebrated it for the first time just by having friends over for dinner... but we didn't do anything to actually mark the occasion as being for CNY but still, its a start i suppose.. its all for the kids of course!
my boy went to vacation care for the first time last week and i was a little concerned he wouldn't fit in as he was the youngest but it seems he has sailed through with flying colours although forgets to eat anything at times as he is too busy playing! i'm immensely happy that he is happy and so proud of him, he has another week of vacation care then kindy! my daughter is trailing behind him wanting to join him in school poor thing, they love each other and play so well at the moment that i am really happy i had two kids, he has learnt to look out for her and i can see they have lots of fun together.. i only hope it lasts until they are teenagers...
on the property front, have looked at some investment property in east maitland and did some research on north queensland mining.. have to first get a separate mortgage for our existing property in dulwich hill and then ask what our borrowing power is... most likely buy the next IP in my hubby's name, i want to get one in berala, east maitland and emerald or gladstone... property market is on a slight decline... on the principal residence front, i'm now looking at places that we can knock down and rebuild and we have expanded our net to south strathfield... boys public highschool isn't so great and the coed public school not so great but hubby likes this place more... i do too but i want good schools...
short week this week, Australia Day! my friend is due for her second baby this week! 1st dragon baby for the year!
Monday, January 16, 2012
the hard slog
Well, its the second week into my goal of running 5 laps 4 times a week but only ran 3 times last week as i had a birthday dinner to attend and was lazy to make it up :P. Ran this afternoon and i can't say i'm enjoying it yet. No physical change that I can notice yet.
My son's 5th birthday last week, didn't have a big party for once, wow, what a relief. Felt slightly guilty as he was expecting it but most people couldn't make the date we set and then I couldn't be bothered to reschedule. He still got what he wanted and spent the day with one of his best friends eating and doing his favorite things. Vacation care tomorrow, poor thing, will be spending a good portion of time with a bunch of strange kids, all who will be older than him. Hopefully one of them is nice to him.
My daughter is into her second week since nappy training started, still the odd accident but i would say she is passing with flying colours. Still has the night nappy but my expectations are reasonable i think :)
Also just realised our 8th wedding anniversary is looming and no plans at yet. Prob another dinner out. Same old? Work is a bit tedious at the moment. Dreaming of how to break the cycle.
We bought a massive 2 br tent on the weekend, planning for some weekends away with the kids. I generally hate camping, but what we go through for the kids huh? I'm slightly excited, it has been more than 20 years! Unfortunately most camp sites dont have shower facilities ?! what the?! so will have to research and find a camp site with reasonable amenities.
had set a task of refinancing our investment property separately from our PPOR this week. Didn't visit the bank today, will have to do it tomorrow. Push push push...
My son's 5th birthday last week, didn't have a big party for once, wow, what a relief. Felt slightly guilty as he was expecting it but most people couldn't make the date we set and then I couldn't be bothered to reschedule. He still got what he wanted and spent the day with one of his best friends eating and doing his favorite things. Vacation care tomorrow, poor thing, will be spending a good portion of time with a bunch of strange kids, all who will be older than him. Hopefully one of them is nice to him.
My daughter is into her second week since nappy training started, still the odd accident but i would say she is passing with flying colours. Still has the night nappy but my expectations are reasonable i think :)
Also just realised our 8th wedding anniversary is looming and no plans at yet. Prob another dinner out. Same old? Work is a bit tedious at the moment. Dreaming of how to break the cycle.
We bought a massive 2 br tent on the weekend, planning for some weekends away with the kids. I generally hate camping, but what we go through for the kids huh? I'm slightly excited, it has been more than 20 years! Unfortunately most camp sites dont have shower facilities ?! what the?! so will have to research and find a camp site with reasonable amenities.
had set a task of refinancing our investment property separately from our PPOR this week. Didn't visit the bank today, will have to do it tomorrow. Push push push...
Sunday, January 8, 2012
In the beginning...
So I've decided to commit my thoughts to the virtual world at this junction in my life... I'm 37, turning 38 in a few months and looking up the hill at 40. Looking back, i'd have to say I"m pretty happy with how I got here, but truthfully, it feels more like I am lucky to have arrived here rather than having driven here myself.
And so, I guess at this point, I'm attempting to take a bit more control in my life before I reach 40 and see how far I get. Its the first week of 2012, I've made resolutions and its a shaky start so far. I've been married for almost 8 years, happily so, and have two beautiful children, a pigeon pair they say, a boy and a girl. I feel lucky and don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for what I have. But is it wrong to think I could be doing more? I don't think so....
Last week we spent a lovely new year's eve with a group of our close friends... people we were comfortable with and who are also at similar points of their life. I would like to make time spent with our friends more meaningful, reach out more. I feel I am fairly closed off to most people and maybe am too careful with how I come across, so being more myself and honest is a goal of mine.
On the career front, again, couldn't complain, I am reasonably well paid, appreciated and in a flexible and challenging work environment... seems more by accident than by choice though, once again.... I work 4 days a week but as my husband and I discussed last week as we were musing about our future, we'd like to retire by 50. Hahaha i remember when the heady goals of our youth were to retire by 30 as self made millionaires but now we have more realistic dreams. Maybe not self made millionaires but at least achieving a passive income that could support us modestly... we talked of retiring but running a bed and breakfast, which i now find very appealing.
On the health front, had a blood test at the end of 2011... all good except for a little anaemia... but i'd like to be more fit, an annual resolution of mine. I used to be considered quite sporty, squash, tennis, basketball but since a health scare of tuberculosis in 2005 and babies in 2007 and 2009, I struggle to find the time. I'm not overweight by any means, nor have I let myself go, i look quite good for my age still, but a flight of stairs will have me puffing. So today, I forced myself to jog 5 times around the local soccer field. It was a struggle and I needed to rest per lap and was still red faced and sweating half an hour after I stopped (even after a shower) but I am going to try to continue this. I'm mindful of keeping the goals achievable, just 5 laps of the soccer field straight after work (maybe 15-20 mins of my day) and some planking in the morning. I just want to reduce the spare tyre I am carrying around me :). I have two weddings to go to in the next month so am looking forward to these, one of them being my close cousin.
Hubby also just came back from the first of his fitness sessions with his brother, the beginning of a 6 week stretch... be interesting to see if it lasts :)
And so, I guess at this point, I'm attempting to take a bit more control in my life before I reach 40 and see how far I get. Its the first week of 2012, I've made resolutions and its a shaky start so far. I've been married for almost 8 years, happily so, and have two beautiful children, a pigeon pair they say, a boy and a girl. I feel lucky and don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for what I have. But is it wrong to think I could be doing more? I don't think so....
Last week we spent a lovely new year's eve with a group of our close friends... people we were comfortable with and who are also at similar points of their life. I would like to make time spent with our friends more meaningful, reach out more. I feel I am fairly closed off to most people and maybe am too careful with how I come across, so being more myself and honest is a goal of mine.
On the career front, again, couldn't complain, I am reasonably well paid, appreciated and in a flexible and challenging work environment... seems more by accident than by choice though, once again.... I work 4 days a week but as my husband and I discussed last week as we were musing about our future, we'd like to retire by 50. Hahaha i remember when the heady goals of our youth were to retire by 30 as self made millionaires but now we have more realistic dreams. Maybe not self made millionaires but at least achieving a passive income that could support us modestly... we talked of retiring but running a bed and breakfast, which i now find very appealing.
On the health front, had a blood test at the end of 2011... all good except for a little anaemia... but i'd like to be more fit, an annual resolution of mine. I used to be considered quite sporty, squash, tennis, basketball but since a health scare of tuberculosis in 2005 and babies in 2007 and 2009, I struggle to find the time. I'm not overweight by any means, nor have I let myself go, i look quite good for my age still, but a flight of stairs will have me puffing. So today, I forced myself to jog 5 times around the local soccer field. It was a struggle and I needed to rest per lap and was still red faced and sweating half an hour after I stopped (even after a shower) but I am going to try to continue this. I'm mindful of keeping the goals achievable, just 5 laps of the soccer field straight after work (maybe 15-20 mins of my day) and some planking in the morning. I just want to reduce the spare tyre I am carrying around me :). I have two weddings to go to in the next month so am looking forward to these, one of them being my close cousin.
Hubby also just came back from the first of his fitness sessions with his brother, the beginning of a 6 week stretch... be interesting to see if it lasts :)
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