fishies

well.. I am a bit excited today as Phil came and said to me .. " do you what we should do we should set up the fish tank" and I was like WAHOO!

I had been wanting to do that also but didn;t want to ask Phil (its his fish tank) cos I thought he would say no.. I mean they aren't real hard work, but you do have to clean the tank and feed them and stuff..

so anyway this afternoon we are off to the pet store to purchase some fish.. I am rather exciteda bout it...

waiting for stuff to happen

we are visiting the obstretician every week now..

when we went last week we got some results from a test I had the previous week.. apparently I am a group B strep (GBS) carrier.. which means that at the delivery I will have to have an IV with antibiotics.. GBS can be transmitted to the baby during birth and can cause things like meningits and pnemunia and in some cases even death.. I really shouldn't read up on too many of these things and just listen to the Dr saying things like its all very simple and not to worry about it..

anyway one of the things that puts you in high risk for passing it on to the baby is the membranes repturing a long time before the delivery.. so now I am little worried about how you know when the waters break..

i have had about 3 incidents of being very leaky in the last week.. now I just thought that when the waters broke you went into labour real soon.. and since I hadn't gone into labour then obviously the waters havn't broken.. but apparently that is not always the case.. so I have no idea as to how you tell.. hhmm I suppose I could call up the midwifes at the hospital.. but I don;t think I am that worried.. i really should stop reading books and the internet and just relax some more..

blah today

today is not hot, but not really cold, but there is no sunshine and so its a bit sad and depressing..

I have been sitting on the couch playing nintendo.. I haven't played in years.. seriously.. I had to ask Phil where it was.. so he went and dug it out of the cupboard and set it all up for me..

I was a bit cranky you see as there was nothing to watch on the telly...
The olympics wasn;t on as there was a special news interuption about the upcoming election and there was no simpsons.. instead there was wrestling.. i think wrestling is just stupid..

oohh i did make potatoes for lunch.. as I have for the past 3 days.. we have no more potatoes.. I will have to go to the shops.. but really I can;t be bothered..

so hanging out and about on the couch.. wonderful..

olympics

so has everyone been watching the olympics?

I have plenty of time and its on like day and night.. hoorah for being in the other hemisphere.. you get live action at night and highlights during the day.. also 2 channels (7 and sbs) are telecasting events.. sbs gives you more of the fun stuff like volleyball and table tennis and water polo unlike 7 which just seems to show things tht they think australians are going to win.. like repeats of swimming races over and over and over.. there is only so many times you can see seimming.. at the mooment they have some hockey on.. aussies again.. but still more exciting thatn horse riding..

I am a bit ttired today having slept in lots..

crazy neighbours

the lady over the road has been working in her yard for some of the morning..

she is now hosing the plants.. but she is holding the hose at head height, and it is on spray mode and it is a mega windy day.. as you can imagine there is not much water actually ending up on the garden.. she would have done better to fill a watering can and pour it directly onto the plant.. so much for saving water ..

we are still in the stage 2 water restrictions.. considering it is winter perhaps summer is going to get worse..

moving all the time

this baby seems to move all the time.. yesterday when I was at th eshops it was beating me up all the time when i was walking around.. I thought that you moving about was supposed to make the baby go to sleep.. oohh well.. I guess its going to be one of those kids that never goes to bed..

I am also worried about the wriggling.. I have held hannah a few times and she is so wriggly that I have troubles holding her properly.. I don;t feel confident.. perhaps it will be different with our baby, than someone elses..

(I think the mail man just out somethign in our letter box)

I might have to practise some more with holding babies.. its just that they are so small and totally dependadnt on you..

yesterday I got Phil a book called "So, your're going to be a dad" he was reading it last night and giggling.. so it must be good..

Congratulations to Alison and John

Alison gave birth to a new daughter yesterday morning.. She has been named Stephanie Clare.. apparently she is small (well regular sized, but small compared to all the giant babies people have been having lately)

Sabine went to see her last night.. Alison is well.. the birth was quick..

hhmm I don;t know much else.. I am planning on popping in sometime today.. most probbaly tonight.. they have strict visiting hours at the hospital...

funeral today

I am a bit nervous.. Not sure what to expect.. I have been to a number of funerals and I sort of know what to expect, but I am not sure how it will go..

I am going to take some flowers from the garden..

spring is coming

the weather has been just yummy lately.. there is a forecast top of 21 tomorrow.. how exciting.. perhaps I should go on some walks.. or play a little in the garden.. the bulbs I planted are starting to flower... I have daffodils and some ranunculi and anenome and some hyacinth.. gee whizz I have no idea how to spell any of those.. the tuplips have flower heads on them.. I am not so sure about the iris's ... Hopefully they will do something fabulous soon..

the boys completed the back step today and Phil has almost completed assembling the garden shed thing... hopefully the yard will be all organised soon.. I have to make decisions about placement of plants etc.. I think I can do that..

sewing up a storm

I am making some bunny rugs thingies.. in fact one of them even has bunnies on it... I purchased some flannel a while ago and am now hemming up the jaggy edges.. I am going to wash them in a moment.. bbrr... so many things to do..

I was awake this morning at about 6 am and was all getting concerned about stuff.. like not having all the things we need and getting it all organised.. so i did a bit of rummaging around the place and getting it sorted out.. I have a box of lamps and an upside down stool full of wrapping paper .. and a bunch of tupperware stuff..

hhmm better get a bit more organised..

baking cookies

since I am all confused about what things I should be doing at the moment.. I have baked some cookies.. yummy orange ones.. I will have to give them some orange icing once they are cooled.. I hate it when the icing runs off the side..

Phil has gone to rehersals and Thomas is doing lots of hard work with laying out all the crushed rock stuff..

oohh also the pregnant nesting instinct has made me re organise things in the pantry, cupboards and bookshelves... not crazy re organising, but little bits of re shuffling from all those places..

I like to have book cases all clear of junk just shoved in on all the books.. also I had a shelf of stuff .. moved that around and it seems better now.. it all started when i got a pile of things into boxes to donate.. I did just dig out some plates and bowls for Thomas to take to the caravan.. but at least its sharing..

boys in the rainy garden

thomas and phil are in the garden digging .. it is raining now.. there has been beautiful weather nearly all week and today there is rain... bummer..

yesterday Phil and hilton made a box... they were very proud of their box.. it is going to have pavers inside it and be the back step.. so at the moment we have an obstacle course in the yard... hopefully it will be fixed up soon..

Phil has got to go to rehersals this afternoon also.. there are plans for stuff to be done tomorrow as well..

I am feeling a bit useless at the moment.. there really isin't much that I can do.. I should be doing some things inside.. but I am still wearing my pyjamas.. well i suppose that dosen't really matter .. i could still be organising..

I have set up a buffet lunch for the boys.. not really difficult.. i just took all the things out of the fridge.. perhaps I should make some eggs too.. phil just came in and said nah..

the weekend!

it dosen't really mean much any more.. except that I will have more friends around to play with..

so far today I have done some dish washing, washing, folding, bed making and a little bit of knitting..
last night i finished the back of my cardigan and have started on the front now.. It seems to take ages.. you just have to knit for so many centimetres...

hhmm i have also had a nice warm shower and made myself nice and clean.. Phil is outside in the sunshine playing with the plants, garden, window, paint and all sorts of other things...

there is so many things to do and clean and organise..

I might head off and water the nice allysum's that I planted the other day.. they all self seeded into a big pot and so are now growing nicely.. i replanted them into a nice spot surrounded by the bulbs..

*sigh*

One of my old school friends and a good friends good friend took her own life a couple nights ago..

I don't understand.. I really don't...
I don't know any of the details and I don't think i want to...

all the other people in my life that have passed away have been sick.. so even though you aren't prepared for their death you can still understand/acknowledge that it was somthing you should have been expecting..

it also makes you feel better about it that they are no longer suffering from whatever illness was causing pain.. It was really difficult going to see my dad when he was sick.. to see him confused, anxious, scared and so oftne in pain..

today has been a little harder than i thought.. I have been sitting on the couch watching telly and eating ice cream.. I might go and haev a shower and get dressed.. i might even go shopping..

resting up at home

So.. I finished up at work last thursday.. hoorah!

at the moment I am doing a bit of washing and cleaning and watching Oprah...
Today there is a program about reality checks on getting married.. all about people who were all preparing for their marriage and then not planning for their marriages.. blah blah blah.. these people have no idea.. i am not sure if they were getting married because they wanted to be the princess or because they thought that they could change the other person.. also i think some of them hadn't lived together before they got married.. one chick was talkinga bout teahcing her husband to clean and cook and put out the washing etc.. then got cranky when he didn't do stuff and watched sports on the telly..

so anyway Oprah is trying to get people to understand that the wedding is just a nice big party and its not about living the rest of your life..

too much sugar

I ate a peppermint truffle bar.. oohh it is yummy..

I have another one to spare.. I might have to wait till tomorrow...
not sure.. I feel all fluffy.. as in kind of light headed.. perhaps its a sugar overload..

Maurice walked past before and mentioned that he thought my baby would come out addicted to sugar and chocolate, just like drug addicts babies are addicted to whatever drug their mother is taking... I don't think that will be happening.. when I was young I didn't eat ice cream.. my parents used to try to get me to eat it all the time.. I can remember sitting in the pram and them trying to put it into me.. I started eating it at age 6 and haven't stopped since...

my feet hurt!

I am wearing the new shoes that i got yesterday.. and perhaps it wasn't a good idea to wear them on a day when I did a lot of walking.. i think i have blisters on the bottom of my feet.. oohh dear.. I am wandering around in my socks now.. but hoorah for shopping..

more clothes

While I was out I went past one of my favourite baby clothes places.. I often buy stuff form there when people have kiddies.. they usuallyhave great fun designs at rally cheap prices.. often its because the season is changing..

so I stopped in there and got some outfits.. not all for me, some for the upcoming baby of John and Alison.. it is very exciting..

Pattern Found!

I went to lunch with Elissa and Melanie.. and had yummy lasagne..

then I went to lincraft and found the pattern I wanted..
I had to rummage through piles of patterns for about 10 mins but in the end I got it.. I am using the yummy purple colour .. I didn;t see ht pale blue.. ooohh I am making this pattern.. I am gonig to have the ladies cardigan but with the high collar (like the girls, not the rounded one) I hope it will be warm and delicious..

nuffa head

Well, yesterday we had a nice afternoon tea to farewell me from work.. Today is my last day.. anf I got a nice card with lost of lovely messages and a small bundle of kiddie clothes, hats, grosuits, socks, bibs etc..

I packed up all my stuff and headed off to the tram stop to meet Elissa... it is knitting night.. I showed her the goodies I got from work at the tram stop and the knitting pattern I got, i shoved the knitting pattern into the present bag and we got on the tram..
some nice lady let me have her seat and I sat down, all the bag I was carrying didn't fit onto my lap so I put them on the floor between my legs.. we got off the tram, I picked up my stuff and walked the 5-10 mins to the pub for knitting.. when I got there I realised that I didn't have my knitting pattern as it was in the presents bag and that I didn't have the presents bag..

so telephoning of the tram company began.. I rang the tram people, office closed, number for lost proprty outisde hours, called them, they gave me a number for the tram depot, number rang out.. called back the after hours people nice guy explained that the depot won't have the office in attendance till 8am.. so that was it .. I could do nothing..

I was feeling rather deflated about the whole thing.. firstly for being such a dunder head and secondly for loosing all the things that I had been given an hour and a half ago.. It was very upsetting.. also I couldn't even do knitting to take my mind off it cos I lost the pattern and had only brought the wool for that along..

anwyay people kept arriving and I was feeling cranky.. and Margy and Rach came, which I wasn't expecting at all.. we ordered our meals and were hanging out as usual.. then Suzie arrived, she is often later.. and gave me a present.. and I was like, "whats this for"? and then presents started arriving from all directions.. apparently it was a surprise baby shower!

I was too shocked to say much.. especially since i was already in a off mood..
and before Sabine had been telling me taht these people were apologies for not being able to make it.. and I was a bit rude (cos I was cranky) and was like well don't tell me tell Carolyn she's the organiser.. and I thought I didn't know these people who were appologies cos I didn't think they would be coming to knitting.. it was a bit confusing.. i was terribly grumpy...

So Many thanks to Jan, De, Sue, Suzie, Carolyn, Rach, Sabine, Elissa, Jan and Margy for all the wonderful gifts that I recieved.. There was a great range of gifts including towels, nappies, clothes, soaps, cloths, toys, washers, socks etc.. Thanks to you all!!

anyway this morning I called up the tram depot and they didn't have my things handed in..

so I will need to go and get another pattern.. I might do that this lunch time (after I meet up with Elissa and her cousin Melanie) if I don't find it I will be returning the 17 balls of yarn that I purchased yesterday.

shopping part 2

I also purchased some lovely red slide on shoes.. hoorah for not having shoe laces.. i might have to wear them tomorrow.. no bending for me..

shopping

I went on a big journey to the shops today at lunch.. i got some fabulous yarn.. and a great pattern book that has a cardigan in it.. I am going to try to make it.. i have photocopied the pattern and highlighted all teh sections that are for what I am making.. then I can scribble all over it.. hoorah!

I am using the same yarn that Rach made a scarf from.. its yummy..

people off to lunch

a bunch of people form work have gone to lunch today to eat dumplings..

I didn't go.. I really am not a big fan of chinese food.. hhmm a bit sad cos I like to go for lunch with people but I would just sit there and eat nothing.. boring..

oohh well.. we are going to have an afternoon tea later today as I am leaving..
I made cup cakes.. yummy.

readers of the blog

I just sent an email to a bunch of people telling them to not send email to work anymore, as I will be finishing there on thursday.. and someone mentioned that they had been reading my blog..

Hello Kylie!

and it made me think about all the people that could be reading that I don't know about.. some people tell me from time to time that they read or i get some comments every so often .. but I guess its a really easy way to keep track of someone that you might not get an oppurtunity to talk to lots..

I used to work with Kylie and we chatted ALL the time.. now we send some emails and probably visit twice a year.. hhmm may be more.. not sure.. Its so sad when you loose track of people just because you start a new job, or move homes or stop playing a sport .. but I guess you can't be friends with everyone.. well you can't be really GOOD friends with everyone.. you wouldn't have enough time to see them all..

I'm glad that I have lots of friends around the place.. and I don't need to speak with them everyday to know that they are still my friend.. I think its important to have friends like that.. it gives you a breather from your everyday life and not only that but when you do catch up you can talk about all th things taht have been ahppening in your lives.. so its like reflecting on your time.. you can look back at whats been going on and enjoy it all over again..

baby classes yesterday morning

Phil and I had to get up early yesterday morning to go to baby classes...

funny thing, a girl that was in the same year of high school as me was in the class.. she is due the day before us.. but she thinks she is supposed to be a week earlier.. amazing the people you see..

anyway the most memorable part of class was seeing a real live (well not alive anymore, but freshly discarded by someones uterous) placenta..

One of the girls in the class wanted to see one.. eewww... it was pretty gross..
I mean it did just look like raw meat, like liver or something BUT it was somebodies placenta.. oohh dear..

while we were at the hospital we saw our obstretician arriving and heading off to the birthing suites.. good to see him out and about doing his job..

hhmm what else did they talk to us about..
mostly things like what is happening, how to recognise labour, what things to be cautious of, how to do some calming massage and reasons why its important to try and be relaxed in labour..

so yes it was pretty good.. we also got to wander around a birth suite and see what everything is all about.. what it does, why it would be needed, I guess it means that on the day you don;t panic when they pull out a giant box full of cotton balls.. (eeww cotton balls..) or somthign like taht..

it was really good to talk to the midwife and hear how excited she is about the birthing process and the final outcome and how she made it all seem so easy an natural and focused on all the positives, while still mentioning the negatives... basically she says that we will all get through it.. our bodies are much tougher than we give them credit.. if there is a problem there will be support available immediatly.. don't worry about your behavious.. there is no need to be prim and proper.. if you want to wander around and moan.. then that is fine.. they have seem it all before and nothing is going to bother them..

I found that I am more enthuasitc about the whole process now.. I have some tips on how to stand, sit etc and the reasoning behind it.. that always makes a difference as you know whay you are doing somethign, not just because some one said to do it..

also she seems so confiednt in all of us.. that we would know what to do and they would guide us..

apparently you will get one midwife who will be with you the entire time for your birth.. you might have to switch to a new person once their shift is over but then you will have the same person continuasly..there won't be anyone else coming in or out of the room.. apart from the obstretition who is likely to burst in through the door.. the midwifes are allocated one birth.. so you won;t have to share them..

hhmm... what else... oohh apparently we should all have our bags packed ready for the hospital with all the things in it that we need.. becasue 2 weeks either side of your due date is considered full term .. due dates are just a guide line..

also weather changes affect your waters breaking.. ie atmospheric changes and the full moon and strong storms.. i wonder when the next full moon is..

too much SUGAR!!!

I think I have just had too much sugar..

I am feeling all light headed and funny..

I went to lunch with Rach and Elissa.. I had a turkish meat thing in bread stuff.. I only ate about half of it.. then I had 2 scoops of mint choc chip ice cream.. I then got back to work and ate one of the Mrs Fields cookies..
so now I am feeling all grgrr... ehheeh.. I might have to eat an apple..

Tree Feedback

I just spoke with gary from the council.. he had been to investigate the trees I was talking about and saw the plastic stuff aroudn them.. but apparently they are on vic roads land so he has notified them.. I mentioned that there were trees on the inside of the fence (therfore probably on the park land) so he is going to go back and have another look for other ones on their land.. hoorah!

hopefully the trees will get looked at.. and then hopefully the little plastic thingies will get removed.. poor tree..

movie was okay

it wasn't too bad.. as in the movie was good, but the story wasn't too bad.. and it didn't make me too cranky.. also i got a choc top.. hoorah!

basically it was about the adventures of the 2 blokes who climbed the mountain and how one of them made it back on his own with a broken leg..

it was also done in a way that made you laugh at bits.. about the seriousness of being alone and feeling trapped and what you can do when you are stuck in a crevass on a mountin..

anyway you knew the guy survived as he was commenting all the way through the movie.. so yeah.. well worth the viewing. .

names research

while researching baby names on the internet.. I discovered that Alexis was the 86 most popular boys name in France in 1900.. how very exciting..
oohh and in 2000 Alexis was 11th for boys.. hhmm there is going to be a lot of them around.. well you can see how popular I am ...

go here to see how popular you are in France..

knitting

tonight knitting is on again..

Rach is coming along as she has finished going to puppy school..

She is bringing the patons pattern book for dog coats.. i think she needs to make the dinosaur one.. it is just gorgous..

if only I had a puppy..

Off to the movies

today at work there is a best of health activity.. so I thought I had better get along to it since I finish next weeka nd will miss out on future activities..

we are off to see "Touching the void" at the Kino cinema over on collins street..
It is supposed to be a documentray about mountaineers climbing in south america.. hhmm not somethign that would normally interest me.. but hey its free and I get the afternoon off to sit on my but and watch hopefully fun things..

hhmm i just read some of that review.. it looks like its about stupid people donig stupid things then getting themselves hurt.. It really bothers me that people think themselves hero's (or soemthing) for being unprepared ..
I would be much more impressed if they did all the right investigatrions and preparations and safely managaged to do something remarkable.. instead of attempting to do somthing that they have no idea about and end up nearly killing themselves and expect people to be amazed.. I am amazed.. at their stupidity..

anyway lets just say I will let you know how it goes.. I might be feeling a tad cranky.. and I only read about 3 lines of the review before i got annoyed..

they had better give us choc tops..

new surroundings

on monday morning when I came to work I was a little confused..

when the lift opened for my floor, i looked out and it was all different.. i had to check that I was actually at my floor..

over hte weekend the foyer had been updated.. it has nice white walls instead of grey.. and there is a yellow wall.. also the doors.. ie fire booster and toilet doors are painted yellow.. it is very confusing..

it also smells like new paint.. blah! but only in the foyer.. so glad its not near me..

craft show on saturday

On saturday morning Elissa came past and picked me up.. we went to the Craft show in the city.. we met Rach there and wandered around looking at all the goodies.. most of the stuff was to do with quilting.. but I have been meaning to try quilting so it was good fun to see what is available..

I didn't purchase one thing.. well I bought a raffle ticket.. but that was it..

There was also quilts on display.. that were obviously from some competition.. they were just amazing.. some of them were huge and had so much detail in them.. Elissa and I were amazed.. they would have taken hours to make.. hours and hours.. also we didn't think we would be able to pick out such fabulous colours and get it all to match up.. I have troubles with designing things.. I just don;t haev the artistic flair.. I love to be creative but things have to be symetrical and have set colours or I have no idea what I am doing..
patterns are the way to go..

Rach was so excited.. she has actually started some quilting.. so she knows all the key words and was stocking up on supplies ad patterns..

we also stopped into listen to a workshop on quilting in flannel.. oohh I would love a flannel quilt.. it would be all warm and cosy..

gardening

yesterday afternoon I did a little bit of gardening..

Luke who lives next door to us is digging a trench in his front yard so that he can put in a nice big brick fence.. so because of this he is digging out some of the plants.. so he offered them to us.. hoorah! because they are those nice purple flowering rock daisies (taht attract butterflies) and I really like them and had previously planted soe in our yard..

so I decided they could go along the outside edge of our fence... I had to fork over the soil and remove the weeds then dig some holes to put the plants into.. and then I watered them (with the leftover water from the shower, that I am always collecting) it is very exciting.. I have a few more to plant .. and I can go and buy a few more after that to fill in the other spots that don;t have them.. but I am rather happy..

scan okay.

the scan was on friday afternoon.. and it was just lovely..

the lady measured a bunch of things.. she didn;t tell us exactly what the measurements were, but that we were in some percentile.. and that was okay..

she was also happy to see the baby moving lots and that you could see the raise and fall of the chest from breathing.. apparently that is really good because breathing is one of the first things to stop when the baby isn't developing/growing properly.. as I understand it the baby dosen't really need to breath in the womb.. it is just practise.. so hoorah! for the breathing baby..

other than that not much else.. we got a couple more pictures.. and she couldn't tell the gender again.. we asked not to know this time though..