Leo's Mother's Day Stall and more

Well it's another cold and wet day here but only showering on and off, so I have to use the clothes dryer to dry the clothes but such is life. Tim is asleep on the lounge next to me but only for another half hour when I will wake him to go back to work, he will be taking the car to work this afternoon because he will not be home till really late, like midnight late.

This morning Jessica dropped Leo of she was running late, so she dropped him off and left for work but 10 minutes later she was back the little girl she drives today didn't go to school. So she was able to drive Leo to school and she will pick him up from school this afternoon since I will not have a car.

Now when she dropped him at school they walk in and she asks Leo if he wants to go and play before school and what did he do, run of and didn't look back when she left there was no hug or kiss, these days are rare but Jessica was upset about how he ran off and didn't seem to want to give her a hug or kiss before she left. He is growing up and these days will happen from time to time.

Today is the Mother's Day stall at Leo's school so I gave him $10 to get something when Jessica was talking to him about it he said he wanted to get something for her and for nanna, Jessica said he might be able to only get one gift and he said he would have to get something that me and her could share. Jessica said but I am mummy shouldn't you get me a present and he was like but what about nanna I have to get nanna a present...............I think Jessica was a little upset that he was so worried about getting nanna a present.

I can tell you I will be surprised if Natasha gives me a Mother's Day present I think it is better if I don't get my hopes up that way I am less likely to be let down and disappointed.

I know that Natasha and Blain are not coming out for lunch on Mother's Day but that is ok I didn't expect them to come, and since they are not going we have asked if she can watch Leo while Jessica comes out since it would cost Jessica $17.50 for Leo and he will not eat that much and it seems like a waste of money. Natasha hummed and arred about taking him but in the end said she would.

Family stuff

What a day, I went to see my nan this morning and she was good said a few words and woke up when we got there, we took Denni with us again.

The weather here has been cold I am in long pants and socks during the day and two nights ago I changed the sheets on the bed from summer sheets to winter sheets, I know not everyone uses winter sheets but I do. Growing up my mum would put winter sheets on our beds from around May and I am the same, although now days my parents don't use them they only ever use summer sheets. Ok some of you might be thinking what are winter sheets well they are flannelette sheets and they are warmer then cotton sheets.

Yesterday my niece Kirsty went into labour and has now had her first born daughter Kelsi but more on that tomorrow as at the moment I don't have a photo or any more information about Kelsi.

For some reason I am extremely tired today I am having trouble staying awake, I know some would say go have a nap but I don't like to do that when I have to go and pick Leo up from school as I am worried I will over sleep and end up being late to get him.

You know I decided 6 weeks ago that I wanted to go our for lunch on Mother's Day and told everyone about it including Tim but when I mentioned it to Tim last week he got all pissy saying I hadn't told him before and wanting to know how much it was going to cost him. I worked out how much he would have to give me for our meals it worked out to be NOTHING as I had put some money aside for it over the last 6 weeks. I will have to go out on Friday afternoon and pay as much as I can before hand so mum is giving me dads money and money for Dawson and Dave has given mum money to give me for them.

You know when I got all snappy with Tim about the money he was like what is wrong with you why are you snappy and why do you have a attitude, hell he started it but you know he didn't get that it was all my fault. I love him but at times I want to throttle him.

Yesterday when I drove Leo to school he was fine, but when we got there he started saying he was sick and didn't want to go to school, I managed to coast him out of the car and walk to where he lines up in the morning but he wouldn't sit down or line up. His teacher came up and took his hand and talked to him then another teacher took his other hand and held him while I walked away but as it turned out as soon as they let his hands go he ran off from them. The school rang me and asked if he had his morning medication, which he had, but I want back to the school and talked to the principal who said he was sitting in a room across from her office and that she would take him back to class shortly. I spoke to the teacher when I picked him up in the afternoon and she said he was fine when the principal took him back to class,worked well and she had no problem with him.  

Dear Dad

This is the first post in a series of Dear……………. Letters to my family members, I am kicking it off with a letter to my dad……………..so here we go……………

Dear Dad

You know that you are loved by your family but do you know how much we need you and how much we worry about you. We all know that you are fed up with doctors and hospital but it worries your children and grandchildren when you put off seeing a doctor when we all can see you are not well, when you are having trouble breathing and put off going to the doctor or A & E until you get worse. When you have a fall during the night and are short of breath we would rather you ring 000 and improve and not need them or have them come out and check you and be told you are ok then you leave it too late. Yes there are times when going over to the hospital seems like a waste of time and you feel too sick to wait around the hospital waiting room for ages but your health is so important to all your family.

We worry about your memory and understand your fear as much as we can but really need to take notice of these things, don’t put off getting help till it is so bad there is nothing that can be done to help, we know that you worry about losing your licence but we are more worried about losing you period.

Dad your family needs you and that means you need to take care of your health.

Ok enough going on about your health let’s move onto all the great memories I have of you my dad, one of my earliest memories is of walking around near aeropelican with me on your shoulders. I also have a vague memory of the time we got bogged on Blacksmiths beach and yes I do remember it is not a clear memory but I do still remember it. 

The time we wallpapered the kitchen is also a good memory and it still makes me laugh when I think about it, I don't know if you know dad how much it meant to me that I was able to help my dad with things, like wallpapering the kitchen and running power down to the garage when we lived in Flame street and putting up the pool.

I know I am blessed to have you as my dad; you have always been my hero, my idol. When I was around the age of 18 nanna asked me what type of man I would like to marry and all I could think of was a man like my dad, to me you were special the perfect dad, you could do everything and I always knew you would protect me and keep me safe. I know it may sound silly but you are still my hero and my idol and I am still so proud to be your daughter.

I was lucky in that I had you all to myself for 6 years but even when Jeannie & Sue came along I never felt pushed aside or that you loved me any less I just knew you had enough love to go around. All my life I have wanted to make you proud. 

Mother's Day Gift Ideas

Mother's Day Gift Ideas
A clothes basket holder for when I peg clothes on the line
Winter socks or slippers
Bath gift set
Voucher for a massage 
New Baking Trays
A New camera
Forever Comfy Cushion for my computer chair 
A New Airfryer

My Arm

Look at my poor arm, it is so sore I am applying Aloe Vera Gel to the arm to try and help it heal but after I apply it the arm is even more sore.

Now I know you are all wondering what on earth I did to it, well I had it covered with band aid for about 4 days because of a couple of small sores on the arm and on Thursday it started leaking goo. I removed the band aid and it looked like it does and was as sore as all hell.

Some have said I might be allergic to the band aid, others have said I left it on too long and that is what caused it, whichever I don't know. All I do know is it looks terrible and is as sore as....................

5 Things Friday

Welcome to the first ever 5 things Friday this will be a new Friday thing where I will list 5 random things that will either annoy me, piss me off a lot, I find amusing, or strange or just something about me that you may or not know about me..............so here are today's 5 things.

My feet sweat a lot

I have a lot of wax in my ears

I have crooked fingers

I wear glasses for reading

I can only open my mouth a little bit 

Parents...............I Don't See Mine as Old, How About You

Love and appreciate your parents.

We are often so busy growing up; we forget they are also growing old.

My parents are now in their 70's but I do not think of them as old, my mum is a very active woman still driving children to school and watching toddlers and babies nearly every day of the week. In fact mum gets up at 5.45am most morning except on the weekend when she will sleep in till around 7am.

My dad was really active too, till he had lung cancer in 2009 and since then he has gone down hill and is no way as active, yes there are even times when he moves like an old man this is due to the fact that his feet are not good any more, since he had radiation treatment his feet are often painful and he finds it painful to walk or stand for any length of time.

Mum's memory is pretty good at times I think it is better then mine, however, the same can't be said about dads memory. Dad has moments when he can't remember people's names or mum telling him something and those moments are getting more and more.

My father's parents died in their 70's and my mother's father was in his 70's when he passed away but her mother is still alive she will be 93 at the end of this month, I can see my mum living to be in her 90's easy.

Do you see your parents as old, or are you like me and just don't see them ageing?