From September 30th...

Saturday 30th Another weekend started, we had no plans for the day, which was something we were looking forward to. We chilled out in the morning and Bruce did some work, I did some cleaning and tidying, after the night before. There were actually clouds in the sky and we all had to wear long stuff. And loved every minute of it, COSY!!! The boys went outside to the park and played, then mid afternoon Paula called to say that they were at the park and to come on over. Bruce went off to the gym and the boys and I went over to the park for a play. It was COLD; two summers will probably do that to you. Bruce offered to have all the boys while Paula and I went out, so the party animals that we are, went to Ikea. But that is always fun, walking around looking is always lots of fun. We got some stuff and made it home before 9pm, which surprised Bruce, but we just did what we had to do and left. That was another Saturday come and gone, it was pretty cruisey and that is a really nice change. Big day tomorrow, so we were all in bed at a reasonable time. Sunday Martine World!!! Well we woke up to a cloudy morning, got dressed into warm clothes and were at the Charles’s at 8.30am. Paula called and Jeremy was sick so they were unable to come. We were off on the freeway by 9.00. The boys ended up going in the Charles’s can (they have DVD player) so Bruce and I had a quiet trip up to Marine World and had a chance to catch up on the week, which was GREAT!!! We don’t really get a lot (if any) time to ourselves so it’s much appreciated when we do. We got there and realized that we left our season passes at home, you can imagine the adult words flying around the childless car. We parked the car and Bruce ran to organize the tickets, ours and the Charles’s (we had freebies for them) while the rest of us got out of the cars and organized ourselves, prams etc. We had a great morning, checked out the dolphin show and the seal lion show and did some rides then walked back to the cars for some lunch. After lunch we went back inside ad Bruce did the basketball thing and won the boys a basketball each, MORE!!!! They did some arcade games and won a football. After that the big boys went on a couple of rides and then proceeded to the kids area to do the little kids ride. They all went on those; we got some great pics and video as well. We discovered that Jamieson’s shoes had a blow out, so we had to make a pit stop at the outlet mall on the way home to get some more. We were all in the car and on the way home at 5.00, a bit day for everyone. We stopped off at the Outlet Mall in Vacaville and grabbed some runners for Jamieson ($15 on sale) love it. We jumped back into the car and stopped for a quick dinner on the run at Wendy’s so the boys could go to bed when we got home. We arrived home around 7.00 and the boys got changed and hopped into bed. We didn’t hear a peep out of them, so they must have been exhausted. Bruce and I were also in bed fairly early as well, another big day!!! Monday Another week began like any other; Bruce was off to work early. The boys and I were out of the house to school and work by 8.00am. I walked to work; it only took 30 mins, which was great. Have to say, I was sitting at work and not motivated at all. Got my work done just not as quickly as usual but it all got done. Spoke to Pete and Bruce on messenger and organized Pete arriving on the 9th. YEAY!!! He was in Los Angeles and heading over the border for the day. Exciting!! I got emails from Lizzy and Ros, which was great, but made me melancholy I have to say. Bruce and I were chatting about Conner and his lack of motivation, and then early afternoon his teacher called and asked us to come in. So, off we went, he was doing a little worse than we realized so we had some talking and motivating to do. We had a talk with him about what’s going on in his head and put some incentives in place for him and crossed our fingers. Our birthday pressies from Tracey and the kids arrived – Yummy Mummy Lolly Shop Lollies – YUUMM!!! Thanks Guys!!!! It only took 5 days to get here which was great time. We did homework, had some dinner and put the kids to bed. Another Monday come and gone with a little hitch, hopefully we have fixed it and can move forward. Tuesday Well the week is well and truly in swing, I was at school for parent helping again this morning, stayed for a couple or so hours, walked out around 10.00. We did painting this morning; I helped them continue with their fruit bowls. I got to spend some time with all the kids by themselves, which was nice. Most of them seem like really nice kids. I got to watch them do their morning routine, Pledge Allegiance to the flag, then singing She’s a grant old flag then sing something about California, I can’t recall what the name was. It’s always fun to watch them do that first thing in the morning. I got to work and did the usual, getting my stuff done and checking on Margie’s work, cause Paula and Ed are just over her. She is on go-slow all the time; it can be frustrating when you’re waiting for something. Anyway I finished up at work and Bruce picked me up. We got the kids from school and the boys and I sat down and did homework and assignments, without a hassle, which is always nice. We had dinner and the boys went off to bed, Bruce went to the gym and I sat down and watched Gilmore Girls. **Note for Elise, I saw an ad for the OC season beginning in Nov. Just thought you might like to know. Paula called so I called her back when Gilmore girls had finished. We had a chat about the rest of the day and the kids etc. Bruce and I went off to bed at the usual time around 11.00. And that was our day, nothing special, but another day in California. Wednesday Woke up to another semi cloudy morning, fresh. I dropped the kids off at school and walked to work, it only took me 30 mins. Did the usual stuff, nothing exciting. Worked until 1.30. Bruce was at work, had a busy day. The great thing was that he is starting to get a response from people interested in doing Billy (Ball) Bounce. He picked me up from work and then he walked over to school to pick up the boys. He walked in the door empty handed; the boys had gone to the Charles’s to play. I went out to get the groceries done and left Bruce at home alone to get some work done. I got home to find Bruce and Jamieson arguing cause he didn’t want to do some of his homework packet. So that went on for what seemed like all night, it seems to be Bruce and Jamieson going at it lately. I have for some reason got a real aversion to yelling. Don’t know what it is, I physically can’t stand it, it sends me to this really weird place. The boys are figuring it out, well Conner is, Jamieson not so much yet. Although he does not like the whole not being able to go out and play bit. Hopefully it won’t take him much longer. Anyway, we finally got onto the computer and spoke to Trudy and Alex and Maxy, which made the boys day. Not long after I spoke to Rael’s as well, so that was nice. It’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve spoken and that’s just weird for me. Briefly spoke to Rhys on messenger, seeing if his birthday present has come yet, it hadn’t, he’s getting impatient. AH, Us Postal and Australia Post. And that was another Wednesday gone, it had a bit of excitement and drama courtesy of Jamieson otherwise it was pretty usual. Thursday We got up and ready for the day. Bruce walked the boys to school. Then dropped me at work. We had a full house this morning; there were 5 of us in there, getting stuff done. Ed asked me if I would come and manage his office in Roseville this morning, which was kind of tongue in cheek, cause he knew I couldn’t, but it was a nice compliment nonetheless. Paula piped up with and big NO pretty quickly and we all had a laugh. Kelly (does graphics) was in with Paula discussing some work, then extra stuff. It looks like she is coming on board with us doing graphics and admin, which will be great. It looks like she’s in and Margie’s out, just not working at the same pace as everyone else which puts us all back, not sure how that is going to work. Anyway Paula went off to her Thurs meeting in Plymouth and I tried to get through some of my work. And trying to keep a handle on Margie getting through her work Bruce picked me up at 2.00 and I walked over to pick up the kids from school We came home and did homework, I had to go out and get some card for Jamieson’s game that we had to make for school. We officially gave notice to the office about living here. We can go month to month, so if we find a house we are not under a lease. Anyway, it was a pretty emotional end to the day, decisions, decisions!! Sometimes being and adult sucks, you just don’t want to have the worry. Well, Thursday night, Grey’s Anatomy. Another great episode, I’m sure Kristy and the girls at bayside were waiting for their update email, I apologize for not sending it. Hopefully I will be able to get it to you by work on Monday. Coming to the end of another week that seems to be going very quickly. Friday Another usual morning, Bruce was off to work and the boys off to school and I walked to work, which was nice. Another blue sky morning although it is chilly outside, and warms up later in the morning. I worked on a project called Plymouth for the morning. Paula arrived at work around 11.30 & I had to leave not long after as today was a minimum day at school, another track change next week. I picked the boys up at 12.30 and we came back to the apartment for a snack and then they went out to play. Bruce told me that we had an appointment to go a see a house that we can move into at 3.00. We rounded up the kids and met the lady there. BLAH!!!! It was awful, we might be spoiled but this wasn’t the nicest place. It was BLAH, just not really nice, Bruce and I both didn’t have a good feeling about it. On the way out we found another house and have a phone call in about it. Not as nice as on the pictures. We’ve decided to wait to find a nice place. Which could be a while, but that’s just the way it is. Hopefully something will come from this other one, cross fingers everyone. We got home from there and the boys went back out to play, I chatted with Millie on the phone and Bruce got some more work done. Then around 5.00 we walked over to the park, and the kids played with some other kids and Bruce & I kicked the footy. We stayed there for a little while then came home to warm up, it was around 6.00 and starting to really cool down. We sat down and felt really good about our decision not to move into that house so we decided to go out and have a Costco dinner. Pizza!!!! Off we went, we found some cool stuff there too. All the Christmas stuff is coming out and Costco has some Fantastic stuff. Mum is going to find some really cool stuff for her collection. I hope there is some stuff left when she gets here. We could have got a 9ft tree with lights for $250. The toys are amazing too, the only problem is that it would cost just as much or even more to send them home as it does to buy them. We were walking the aisles going WOW look at that. Sorry Maxy, Oscar, Felix and Alex all the cool stuff has to stay here. Bruce picked up Mr. Potato Head Star Wars for Tory the P/Head collector. I have to say that Maxy and Oscar would be getting them for Christmas if it weren’t so big and expensive to send home. We did buy the boys an educational program for them to do some extra schoolwork so that was a bargain. We arrived home around 9.30 and the boys went off to bed. Big morning tomorrow, Jamieson has a birthday party. So big sleeps for everyone. Well, I hope everyone is having a good weekend, I hear from Rael’s that you have had a couple of really warm days. I hope you are all amusing yourself with something, the first weekend after the grand Final is always and transition. STAY WELL, We have a new postal address; we got a P.O.Box the other day, so if any of you want it for posting reasons please let us know. For obvious reasons I’m not going to put it on the blog. It’s going to be easier to use that then it doesn’t matter where we live. Have a great week and don’t work too hard