Tattoos

On Friday Natasha went and got 4 new tattoos they are the first 3 letters of her great grandparents and grandparents names along with their date of birth and in the case of her great grandfather his date of death. Well the grandparents on my side of the family at this stage she is only thinking about getting her father's mothers name done.
The tattoos are on either side of her ankles.

She has said that she has no desire to have her dad's fathers name on her body since he is the one who told Tim that he wasn't his son and to "F" off and not come back.
She is not as close to her dad's family partly I think because she doesn't see them anywhere near as much as she has done my family.

Natasha is a very loving and caring girl or should I say woman as she is wonderful young woman now and I am so very proud of her.

Flowers

I love fake flowers and have 3 sitting on top of my entertainment unit all given to me by my special girl and I have a lovely rose that sit across the top of my dressing table and lastly I have smiley face one that sits at the top of my lounge room curtain rod. All have been given to me by my special girl.

Now I do also like fresh flowers but rarely get them and when I do it is from my special girl, hubby never gives me flowers because when we first started dating I was going though a phase when I felt that fresh flowers died and didn't like them, however that was like 28 years ago and my feelings have changed but can I get that through to hubby...............NO

My favourite flower is Carnations follwered by Roses and they have to be pink or yellow or both. Although of all the fake flowers I have 3 of them are Red...........................

One Eye Down One to Go

Yesterday was the day my sister had her first eye operated on and as far as I know it all went well no dramas she is due to get the other eye done in May but thankfully that will be done at a puplic hospital so won't cost as much.

My dad was really pissed that only my children and hubby along with my other sister Sue gave any money towards the operation. It must have been upsetting for Jeannie to think that her kids couldn't be bothered to help pay for an operation that she had to have. Dad had a go at one of her boys yesterday and all he could say was that he didn't have any money, but dad felt he had money to go into town and party but not to help his mother out.

Yesterday afternoon my daughter Kathy-Lee saw her Aunty Jeannie sitting at a bus stop looking sad so she stoped and asked if she was ok and Jeannie broke down crying saying she just felt depressed and her eye was iching and when she cried it only seemed to make it worse. Kathy said she hated seeing Jeannie so upset and wished she could have done more to make her feel better.

I am very proud of my girls and yes I know I have said it before but I do not think it can be said to often.............

Night Terror

I have heard of Night Terrors in the past but have never experience them well that changed last night. My 3yr old grandson Leo suffered 2 of them last night the first one only lasted about 10 minutes and wasn't much he was just a little restless. However the second one was a lot worse and lasted around 30minutes that time he was thrushing about and crying for his mummy who had gone out to see a friend. I rang his mummy straight away and she came straight home but when she got here she was unable to settle him either.

At first I had no idea what was wrong with him but then I suddenly thought night terrors so I came out and got online and looked it up and yes that was what was wrong. Everything I read said comforting the child made it last longer so I told Jes that and she left him and came out to the lounge room and within minutes he settled down and by the time she went back into the bedroom he was laying down watching telly like nothing happened. Which according to everything I read that is normal.

I do hope he doesn't suffer from them very often as it is distressing to both me and his mum and of course being very tired didn't help us either.

May she rest in peace

Yesterday was my mother in-laws funeral all went well although no one there showed much emotion, my husband had a few tears and I noticed her husband had a tear in his eye when we where at the cementry but all in all there was not much emotion.

Now I know everyone is different but when I went to my grandfathers funeral I cried a lot and I know I will be the same at my grandmothers funeral when that time comes. I also know when I lose either of my parents I will be a complete wreck.

We had to get up at 6am and get read to leave as we didn't want to get caught in peak hour traffic, the funeral was in Sydney but as it turned out it was nearly 7am before we left home. I was the first one up and got mself dressed got my grandson up and got him dressed and took him to day care then when we got to the day care I realised that I forgot to take his lunch so we had to drop his lunch then we where on our way.

Two of our daughter came with us along with one grandchild Sydney-May who was so cute running around everywhere yelling and squealing. Although my daughter said she ran out on the road and she had to chase her.

We left for home staight after the funeral and we where home again by 3pm in time for me to go to a flat inspection with my daughter.

I'm a Pushover

Why oh why am I such a push over at the moment I am watching Leo while his mother has gone out and she is going out for the night also as she is leaving on Thursday to go and visit a friend in Casino for a few days and she is not taking Leo with her. Jessica tells me that I can say no but I rarely do, I do not know why I find it hard to say no to my children.

Right at this stage Leo is outside playing with the dogs I hope he doesn't get to dirty as it has been raining on and off all day.

I love my girls so much and I think part of the reason I always say yes is because I do not want to deal with them when they are pissed off at me for saying no. Oh well I am who I am and if I don't want to watch a child I have to learn how to say NO and mean it and stand by it.

Going Blind

Above is a photo of my sister and my second daughter Natasha

Last week I heard some upsetting news my sister who is 6 years younger then me will be blind in one eye in 3 months and blind in the other eye in 6 months time without to fix the cataracts in both eyes.

In order to fix the bad eye she needs to have the operation next month the out of pocket expense for the operation is around $2000. The operation will have to be done at the private day stay hospital because if she waits to get into a public hospital she will already be blind in one eye.

Now she doesn't have the money for the operation and mum and dad has asked the family to chip in to help raise the money, but as day said that really means him, my hubby and maybe my brother although I know bro doesn't have much money either at this time.

When I told my youngest daughter she said she wanted to help even though she doesn't have much money she did give my mum $50 this morning and mum has said she is so proud of her for chipping in and so am I she is a wonderful girl