which only goes to show how busy it has been....
we have officially gotten the stamp of approval on the final occupation certificate so now we can sell the house!
plus, also just waiting on exchanging the certificate of title with the bank so we can finalise the loan, so everything is getting set in motion...
on a low note however, i found out a week ago that my cousin's 1 yr old has Niemann pick disease and is living week by week... i think she must have type a as the life expectancy of type a is 18 months and she is about 13 months now... my uncle (his father) had long held a grudge with his father and my cousin had been holding a grudge against his father as well... just when my uncle decided to let bygones be bygones with his dad, he found out about his granddaughter... well now they are reunited, albeit in terrible circumstances... might have to get myself checked out in case i'm a carrier if it comes from our side of the family :(
all i can say is life can be incredibly brief and i am thankful for my two children...
went to see Roxette and 1927 in concert... given they are 25 yrs older, Roxette did a great job but 1927 had a poor effort, really should throw in the towel...
my son finished his first full week of kindy, he also completed a swimming lesson but this week my daughter came down with a flu and fever... but was only down for about 2 days... she is a toughie!
back to work after 2.5 weeks off, work is so easy :), market hasn't been so great, a few redundancies in the news... keeping my head down, my half year performance review went well though as always...
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
footpath!
OMG i forgot to add to the busiest week of the year that our footpath has finally been replaced by council after months of hassling them. Now this week our goal is to get the certifier around to inspect the place. AMAZING!
The busiest week of the year?
wow what a week! my boy started his first day of kindergarten this week and my girl, childcare. New routine of making lunches started, needless to say, rice paper rolls with vermicelli are not an option, too hard for them to eat.
He did well in his first week and enjoyed the activities and seemed to genuinely like his teacher. My girl also seemed to adapt reasonably well though was a bit teary in the afternoon. I also got my much needed check up of my cyst done and need to now visit the doctor for him to check the scans. My uncle from Perth also arrived for the wedding of my cousin.
My mum as usual drops everything to grant his every wish which is just to go to Dooleys. I don't like her when she is around my uncle but i can see she really misses the past and they have a special bond.
Big surprise of the week was my cousin arriving from vietnam for his sister's wedding. He has been there for 4 years and knew it was paramount to attend his sister's wedding. He has always been selfish and while he made the promise a year ago to attend, he apparently did not have the money for the airfare. His mother who has funded all his activities prior without getting repaid had said she would not pay for his flight but in the last minute she caved because it meant so much to her daughter. It was a big deal and there were many tears. The wedding was beautiful and my cousin, his sister, made a composed, warm, emotional and poignant speech about how much the people in her life meant. Unfortunately i don't believe her brother really cared that much about it. My daughter loved him and the attention he gave her, and he seemed to adore her too. She even said he was sexy! i have no idea where she heard that before!
On another note, i bought red lipstick for the reception. A bold bright red. To wear with a cream dress and bold red shoes. It was fun to wear and actually looked ok.
The weekend was filled with the wedding and reception and on sunday, my son went to his first swimming lesson for the year. He was half asleep when i told him he had swimming that morning and i'd never seen him jump up so eagerly from sleep! He went well with his lesson.
I also got to see my cousin's unit which she has moved into with her now husband and the afternoon was spent driving my uncle to the airport to return home.
What a week!
He did well in his first week and enjoyed the activities and seemed to genuinely like his teacher. My girl also seemed to adapt reasonably well though was a bit teary in the afternoon. I also got my much needed check up of my cyst done and need to now visit the doctor for him to check the scans. My uncle from Perth also arrived for the wedding of my cousin.
My mum as usual drops everything to grant his every wish which is just to go to Dooleys. I don't like her when she is around my uncle but i can see she really misses the past and they have a special bond.
Big surprise of the week was my cousin arriving from vietnam for his sister's wedding. He has been there for 4 years and knew it was paramount to attend his sister's wedding. He has always been selfish and while he made the promise a year ago to attend, he apparently did not have the money for the airfare. His mother who has funded all his activities prior without getting repaid had said she would not pay for his flight but in the last minute she caved because it meant so much to her daughter. It was a big deal and there were many tears. The wedding was beautiful and my cousin, his sister, made a composed, warm, emotional and poignant speech about how much the people in her life meant. Unfortunately i don't believe her brother really cared that much about it. My daughter loved him and the attention he gave her, and he seemed to adore her too. She even said he was sexy! i have no idea where she heard that before!
On another note, i bought red lipstick for the reception. A bold bright red. To wear with a cream dress and bold red shoes. It was fun to wear and actually looked ok.
The weekend was filled with the wedding and reception and on sunday, my son went to his first swimming lesson for the year. He was half asleep when i told him he had swimming that morning and i'd never seen him jump up so eagerly from sleep! He went well with his lesson.
I also got to see my cousin's unit which she has moved into with her now husband and the afternoon was spent driving my uncle to the airport to return home.
What a week!
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Dragon baby #1
oops, forgot to mention! the first dragon baby of the year arrived on 1st Feb! his name is Connor George ... the next dragon baby is due early April!
getting ready for this week now, my boy's impending first day of kindergarten and my daughter's first day of child care...
he missed his first swimming lesson too, oh well... another busy week ahead!
getting ready for this week now, my boy's impending first day of kindergarten and my daughter's first day of child care...
he missed his first swimming lesson too, oh well... another busy week ahead!
Wedding #1 for 2012
So began the week for wedding #1 in 2012... it was our friends younger brother getting married, with wedding ceremony at Clark Park in Lavendar Bay and reception at Doltone house. It was supposed to be a week of some memorable events, namely the first day of my son's kindergarten but when I came home on Wednesday, the last day leading into two weeks of leave, my son was coughing and pale. Sure enough, despite our efforts to keep him out of trouble, well clothed and warm, indoors etc, he had gotten asthma and had to miss his school interview and first day.
we had also planned for him to go to the wedding, buying him a new shirt, pants and would have bought him shoes but it was not to be. Two tough nights of waking up every half hour to 1 hour to nurse him through the toughest part of his asthma but we were rewarded with him waking brighter eyed the next day.
My daughter did go to the wedding though and i may be biased but she was the belle of the ball! She had her long hair down for once with gorgeous little curls, a new flowery dress and sweet pink polkadot cardigan... she had a blast, running with the other kids and quite enjoyed the dance floor. She was asked to dance by a friend's father who was asking for his little son which was so sweet...
my husband also succumbed to a flu so missed his training sessions... i skipped the running as the weather wasnt playing along but i didn't miss the running. I did however continue with my exercise videos and still love doing that.
On the loan front, have sent all outstanding requirements to obtain the loan and am waiting for the loan to be approved and paper work stamped etc etc... seems the market is experiencing a little dip at the moment what with first home buyer stamp duty over now, a small increase in unemployment plus the sacking of 500 odd employees from westpac. The immediate future does not bode well.
On the footpath front, husband managed to speak to the right person after several days of leaving messages and speaking to the wrong people. Supposedly it might be happening in two or so weeks... well let's just say we're not holding our breath!
And wedding anniversary? i reminded my husband about whether or not he had booked anything for our 'weekend away', so he got onto it... sometimes you have to help the romance along the way... not sure what I will get him though...
did i mention i got invited to my 3rd wedding for the year? this was for a workmate and i wasn't all entirely sure i was meant to be going but at the time i actually got the invitation, seemed that the RSVP was due pretty much the same day... so maybe i was a late contender?? anyway, not sure if anyone else I know from work is going... and btw, seems like camping has been put on the back burner for now... too much going on!
we had also planned for him to go to the wedding, buying him a new shirt, pants and would have bought him shoes but it was not to be. Two tough nights of waking up every half hour to 1 hour to nurse him through the toughest part of his asthma but we were rewarded with him waking brighter eyed the next day.
My daughter did go to the wedding though and i may be biased but she was the belle of the ball! She had her long hair down for once with gorgeous little curls, a new flowery dress and sweet pink polkadot cardigan... she had a blast, running with the other kids and quite enjoyed the dance floor. She was asked to dance by a friend's father who was asking for his little son which was so sweet...
my husband also succumbed to a flu so missed his training sessions... i skipped the running as the weather wasnt playing along but i didn't miss the running. I did however continue with my exercise videos and still love doing that.
On the loan front, have sent all outstanding requirements to obtain the loan and am waiting for the loan to be approved and paper work stamped etc etc... seems the market is experiencing a little dip at the moment what with first home buyer stamp duty over now, a small increase in unemployment plus the sacking of 500 odd employees from westpac. The immediate future does not bode well.
On the footpath front, husband managed to speak to the right person after several days of leaving messages and speaking to the wrong people. Supposedly it might be happening in two or so weeks... well let's just say we're not holding our breath!
And wedding anniversary? i reminded my husband about whether or not he had booked anything for our 'weekend away', so he got onto it... sometimes you have to help the romance along the way... not sure what I will get him though...
did i mention i got invited to my 3rd wedding for the year? this was for a workmate and i wasn't all entirely sure i was meant to be going but at the time i actually got the invitation, seemed that the RSVP was due pretty much the same day... so maybe i was a late contender?? anyway, not sure if anyone else I know from work is going... and btw, seems like camping has been put on the back burner for now... too much going on!
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