my goodness another photo!

I'm getting the hang of taking my photo by myself LOL only because i asked cameron very nicely to take my photo tonight, for a layout i needed to do for the dc's, he agreed and then we had a photo shoot, he had my lying on the floor, looking here, looking there, saying how lovely the pics were, took about 20 in all, when i checked them, the little horror had indeed taken photo's BUT, i wasn't in any of them LOL..he thought it was ever so funny, watching me, be a "model for a moment" it's sort of like, having your photo taken then finding out there is no film in the camera!!! lol..ANYWAY here is the photo i ended up taking myself.. I altered it to 'soften it' a bit, swelling is going down heaps and i almost (said ALMOST) look like i normally do!

Happy birthday to my BLOG!

I can't believe i missed my blogs birthday LOL...13th April 2006 it was and guess what? i still dont know what i'm doing LOL...so much has happened this year, so my plan for the next 12 months is to try and update at least weekly and make it more interesting. (well as interesting as my boring life will allow!!) .............................................................................................................................................................................. More injuries in the Youd household. ..... AARYN (again lol) has a broken toe. No pictures, *sighs of relief heard!*.. he was on his skateboard and it somehow flew up in the air and caught his middle toe on the way up or down i dont remember the details..The said TOE is now, a lovely shade of blue/black and not as swollen as it was on Sunday, then it was really black and very fat! It happened Sunday morning and Aaryn showed us just after his shower on Sunday night, a good 6 hours after the event!! He didn't cry or anything, just kept on playing, he said it didn't hurt at the time but was throbbing after the shower, probably because he relaxed? who knows, he did TRY to get the day off school, but that didn't work, so proudly went to school yesterday and today with one shoe and sock and a thong! very trendy indeed! He has just started to whinge about the pain again (a nightly thing to gain sympathy and a day off!) and is extremely happy because i have told him he can have tomorrow off school! Penny will drop soon enough, he'll realize it's a holiday LOL. I'm off to TSH tomorrow to have a day's peace?? lol, so must get some packs made up to take with me, i'm hoping to get at least 2 layouts done tomorrow LOL (planning big!!)

A pic!

not a very good photo of me, but then, i never take a good photo LOl i'm still a bit swollen and looking more like Theodore, than ever! (Luke has been calling me Theodore, his favorite chipmunk, since i had them done!!)..Gosh i must get over to see L to have my brows done..i look frightful, The added bonus of the procedure is WEIGHT LOSS!! oh yes..i've lost heaps, well i think i have, my capri's have become rather big in the legs and Gary was having a laugh at how baggy the bum of my jeans were yesterday!! so..i think that's a very good bonus LOL..

Emily's Adventure!!

I copied this off Hayley's blog to save me time in explaining!!! (hope you dont mind Hayley, there's been a lot of worried people out there!) well it was bound to happen soon, but i never thought it would be emily in hospital first! she decided she could fly and jumped off the couch, but just like her mum she hurt herself lol!! we called an ambulance cos she screamed whenever she moved her head. When they came they put her in a neck brace and had to strap her onto an adult leg brace cos she is so small!! she looked so cute but you could see she was hurting. The ambulance officer told me to take a PHOTO!! i looked at her a bit weird wondering if she was a scrapbooker lol!! Before we left for hospital they got her to suck on those green stick things like on tv and it knocked her out. After me and ben stopped panicking off we went in the ambulance. and that is where it all went sour. Mt Isa hospital is the worst! seriously.It took ages to find out anything at all. She went in for a CT scan and because we are in a mining town when she was halfway throught he machine the mines decided to let off explosives (Which they do religiously at 8pm) so as u could imagine i was in the waiting room panicking because the walls were shaking and all i could hear was em screaming!! it must have been so scary! when she came out she had a big smile!! she had 2 big stickers on her arm but she was not happy about the CT scan. She said she didnt want to go back in the washine machine pmsl!! Out if that scan they said they THINK she has a fracture in the base of her skull. THINK!!! i couldnt beleive it. we stayed in overnight hoping to find out more the next day. she had another CT scan much to her disgust and yes it was a fracture so she had to be very careful. but that night she was walking around and jumping off the hospital bed! i couldnt keep her still! the doctor said we were able to go home the next morning but when he came around that morning he seemed to have forgotten our conversation because then he said he wanted her in for another night!!!!! When ben came up i was beside myself!! so we ended up having a big talk to each doctor and all the nurses. Ben came agutsa with 1 nurse and i did the same thing with another nurse. she told me she knows it is slow but i had to understand we were in a remote area! i had to laugh!! people get sick here too!!but we are home now finally and she is still being a ratbag. 'but she is a kid and thats what they do' as dad would say lol. we are just happy it wasnt more serious.

BLAH

I've been feeling 'off' for the last couple of days, thought it was just frustration, but no, I have a low grade infection, the dentist said he'll take a good look on Thursday, doesn't want to give me any anti's just at the moment because i've got so much other stuff still in my system (i take ages to get over sedation). Last night I had a shocker, hardly slept, so this morning, when the kids went to school, (hooray) i just upped the pain killers and got rid of that bloody pain. I feel all floaty still LOL..My temp seems to have gone down a bit now, face isn't so sore, still very puffy though and my body is going through it's..lets get rid of this foreign object (apparently all normal!!). Feeling very weird. I managed to eat some pumpkin soup last night, but have no energy today to cook anything for myself so will just drink tea and have some milkshakes. I had to pull out of a competition i had entered because of the way i feel and just dont want to hold anyone back etc. I am feeling useless AND i'm supposed to be starting back at work tomorrow..SOMETIMES it sucks being your own boss, i have no one to cover for me, so I have to do the job (it's only 2 hours, i'm sure B wont mind if i ring in sick, but i hate doing that)..so i'm going to go lie on the couch and feel sorry for myself until the kids get home !! (just because I can!)...(remind me?? why did i do this to myself??? sadist!!!)

I TOLD THEM THIS WOULD HAPPEN!!!

BUT would anyone listen to me NO, Old mum doesn't know what she is talking about, what would she know? she just doesn't like us having fun..dont exaggerate mum, things like that dont happen in real life!! these are just some of the answers i hear when i say DONT PLAY WITH STICKS!!!!! for years, i've been telling the 2 boys, that they are NOT ninja's, they are NOT Gandalf, they are NOT warriors, they are little boys who do NOT know what they are doing! but what would I know being JUST a mum!! SO today it happened........STICK INJURY....I heard them outside and decided not to tell them to be careful (probably because i couldn't anyway!) then came the blood curdling scream...in came Cam, blood just pouring out of his mouth, I just froze and then over so calmly said..." I TOLD YOU SO!!" & cleaned him up, thought it may have needed stitches but he was lucky THIS TIME!! Aaryn had 'thrown the spear' and got him fair smack in the lip, one of his top teeth had come out a few days ago, and the 'spear' also clipped that resulting in a big gash in his gum (couldn't get a pic of that, he couldn't open his mouth wide enough). He has now promised to never play with sticks again. Aaryn thought he had killed him and was no-where to be found, thinking he was going to get into big trouble, BUT we decided NOT to do anything! no grounding, no telling off...just a 'now look what you've done to your brother" and made him apologise. After dinner, i saw him go up to Cam, cuddle him and say, "i'm sorry, i didn't really want to kill you, it was an accident and it will never happen again, because i wont use a sharp stick next time' ARGHHG... I cant put in here what Cam's reply was, BUT he didn't get into trouble for swearing (this time!!) I dont think there'll be any stick playing at our house for quite a while now..(big sigh!!) ....... TESS UPDATE: i have been feeling a bit off today, tired, hungry etc, pain is not really what you would call pain and not at all what i was expecting so quite happy with that BUT have had a bit of a reaction to the anti-inflamitory's the dentist gave me (at least i'm hoping that's what it is) we have just noticed that my face has puffed up and I have a red rash (not itchy) all over my cheeks..The dentist is ringing me tomorrow so I shall mention it to him I guess, I'm allergic to so many pills etc, that i was really nervous about taking the ones he gave me, finished them all now so it may go soon!! I tried to scrap a bit this arvie, but couldn't concentrate, so have only covered Bronwyn's B for her birthday next week. I quite like it the way it is LOL, but have to just embellish it a bit with some black and white flowers, ribbons and charms...hopefully i can concentrate on that tomorrow and then try to catch up on the mounting DC's i have here to do!!!

IT'S OVER!!!!

BEFORE PIC...

and i feel GREAT!!...no pain..no really, the pain left at about 5.30 yesterday afternoon, i've had NO pain killers since 7.30 last night. and slept like a baby all night!!..the procedure well LOL so embarrassing..was relatively calm, filled in forms, told gary to stop acting like a pratt and leave me abloodylone, he was stirring me up, receptionist asked what name to put on his contact i said AH she did and then asked what did that stand for, arsehole i said ROFLMAO she laughed so hard..but then put his real name on!! met anaesthetitist(sp) and he was lovely only wouldn't take his mask off so i wouldnt recognise him again..that got me giggling and saying..i'm an anaeth..you cant see my face on tv...I've always wanted to say that to someone..(when i get nervous i get the sillies!!)..that went ok...then he said come through to the big room now..ok..easy...gary walked in with me, i sat in 'the big chair' gary patted my arm AND I HAD TOTAL MELTDOWN! I was hysterical, the nurses were trying to console me, Gary was beside himself, (so was i) In came my lovely dentist, who also tried to console me by showing me my new teeth (not what i wanted to see), so while they were all busy trying to calm me down John put me out! dont remember a bloody thing after that sorry, cant give gorey details. It was a very happy place I was in..i remember hearing them talking about houses, blue houses, when i came back from happy place, the dentist said they were talking about what teeth to pull and how many stitches etc i was having, no houses LOL my subconcious was hearing their voices but making it something i wanted to hear...HOUSES??? lol...must be tina and hayley's big moves on my mind!..anyway..looked like alvin chipmunk, had a fair bit of pain when i got home. Cam took a couple of pics of me when i got into bed, couldn't sleep..etc as to be expected..took some mercydol and out like a light, managed to eat some custard about 8 ish had the pill the anaethetist gave me for swelling (have 3 more) and that's all i remember until this morning! checked the mirror..majorly dissapointed!! i have no swelling, well maybe just a tiny bit and 2 small grazes but thats all!!!..so what did i end up getting done?? full plate and all bottom back extracted, we decided to go against the bottom place while i still have all front bottom teeth as they wouldnt stay in (which is normal), instead of refund i asked them to keep payment for the dental hygenist i'm going to see, a lot easier that way!! anyway after all that, i feel just great, have to go and take the plate out which i'm trying to put off lol scared about that!!! BIG THANK you to everyone for prayers, emails, texts, and just for being there when i needed the support most!!!! Here's an after pic...will take more today!!

TODAY!!

IS the DAY!!, in 3 hours i'll be a quivering mess! but for now, i'm feeling remarkably calm, had a couple of hours sleep, only because i kept opening my eyes to make sure i didn't sleep past 5am so i could eat and drink something LOL, how sad is that..I've had my 'last supper' (or should that be breakfast?) am dying for another cup of tea, but that's a no-no..had my Arnica which i've been taking religiously for a week now and beginning to quite like the taste! have to keep taking it for a week or 2 after the surgery, it's supposed to help with bruising and swelling..We'll see shall we LOL..Have to have a giggle at the Arnica..The boys saw me taking it a few days ago and I told them what it was for, so they asked if they could taste it..no harm, it's natural..they are allowed 2 sprays every 4 hours...(i haven't told them that..i told them 1 lol...) anyway, i now find out that they have been having a spray every morning and night on their own, so that they wont get bruised when jumping out of the tree, off roofs etc... How's that for logic! I'm surprised they like it..it's bitter, but you get a funny sort of nice after taste, which they both LOVE! strange children!! WELL, i'm going to go and try to get an hours snooze..yeah like that's going to happen! i'll lie on bed and look at ceiling! have to go to chemist at 9 to pick up pain relief and ice packs. Thank you EVERYONE for your email's and sms's today (already!!) BIG thanks to Jackie and Debbie for your ongoing daily support and almost hourly reassurances etc, (and Michelle's K, for letting me know it's 'not that bad!!') ..I have put new batteries in camera Debbie!!! and will try to get someone to take a photo of me when i get home! LMAO i might even set up the tripod and do it myself..oh that will be funny i'm sure!!!...shall try to update tomorrow or Sunday..wont try tonight..well, will see how i go LOL..

THE MOON PERHAPS??

The joys of being a mother of BOYS! today they have been quite feral, i for one will be glad when they have gone to bed and will have a well deserved drink (or 2!). Their antics today, leave much to be desired, but it seems i'm not alone, quite a few people have had problems with kids today!! must be the moon. I took these pics of the boys, not long ago, they dragged the trampoline over to the shed and took turns jumping off..They also thought i was going to use the photo's as 'evidence' of their naughtiness..hmm that's not a bad idea!! but now they are sitting nicely waiting for dinner, after having showers to wash away the 'badness'..I hope tomorrow is a better day...i do, because their sister is babysitting them while i work LOL hmm, maybe overtime is in order tomorrow LOL

3 more sleeps!

only 3 more days to go until D. day...to say i'm nervous is an understatement. I'm snapping at everyone who even mentions the D word and haven't slept properly for about a week now, the closer it's getting the less sleep i'm having! have been throwing myself into work or scrapping to take my mind off it, but the minute i have 5 minutes to just sit..i start to worry that something is going to go wrong. What if the anaesthetic doesn't work and i feel everything?? so many what if's going through my mind at the moment. If it wasn't 100% paid for, i'm sure, i'd have cancelled the appointment by now!!

How I miss them

hayley sent this little video clip of her and the kids yesterday, How i miss them. I fiddled around a bit and worked out how to put it in here, it stalls then starts, but you get to see how much they have grown and how brayden isn't a baby anymore..when did he start to talk and look at that hair!!! have i said how much i miss them?? I cant wait for our trip up there in about 3 weeks (or is it 4?). i wish they were all here, i miss having cuddles off Miss Em, and kisses off Bray. I just want them home with their nanna, who has no little girl to spoil here anymore and well, to be honest, Tina doesn't like me dressing Keiran and Evan in dresses for some reason LOL..I have to laugh at that video clip, Hayley has the whole chinese video happening, voice first then her mouth moves and Emily doesn't want to talk, just make rrrrrrr noises with her tongue, which is her newest trick!! and what is with the lollipop kids song in the background LOL Emily's new wizard of oz dvd that is on loop LOL...it was Hayley's favorite movie as a kid and Em loves it now too..

picnic?? when??

Gary came home from work and announced we are going up the range for a picnic, which translates to fish and chips or pies in the park up there, GREAT the kids love it there and photo opportunities for me!! so...quickly finished the layout i was working on, showered, got kids ready and WE ARE STILL HERE 2 hours later..HE thought bef0re we go, he should put some baits down for the dreaded revolting vermin that have been having parties in the roof and walls (happens every year to the whole street)..now that was at 11.am it's now 1.30..i've got half a roof, and he's just popped to bunnings to buy more bait , it looks like it might rain, his battery on his cordless drill is flat (because he never charges it and that apparently is my fault). Kids are starving, dont feed them he says, we'll be going soon!!..If we do go anywhere today it will be a miracle. I'm so tempted to start my last vc BUT I know the minute i do that, he'll walk in the door and say WHAT??? I thought you wanted to go on a picnic (and then once again, it will be my fault we are running late!!)

CHILDREN To those of us who have children in our lives,whether they are our own,grandchildren,nieces,nephews,or students...here is something to make you chuckle.Whenever your children are out of control,you can take comfort from the thought thateven God's omnipotence did not extend to His own children.After creating heaven and earth,God created Adam and Eve.And the first thing He said was"DON'T!" "Don't what?"Adam replied. "Don't eat the forbidden fruit."God said. "Forbidden fruit?We have forbidden fruit?Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit!" "No Way!" "Yes way!" "Do NOT eat the fruit! "said God. "Why?" "Because I am your Father and I said so! "God replied,wondering why He hadn't stoppedcreation after making the elephants.A few minutes later,God saw His children having an apple breakand He was ticked!"Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit? "God asked. "Uh huh,"Adam replied. "Then why did you? "said the Father."I don't know,"said Eve. "She started it! "Adam said. "Did not! " "Did too! " "DID NOT! " Having had it with the two of them,God's punishment was that Adam and Eveshould have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed. BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY!If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it,don't be hard on yourself.If God had trouble raising children,what makes you think it would bea piece of cake for you? THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!1. You spend the first two years of their lifeteaching them to walk and talk. Then you spendthe next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up. 2. Grandchildren are God's rewardfor not killing your own children. 3. Mothers of teens now know whysome animals eat their young. 4. Children seldom misquote you.In fact,they usually repeat word for wordwhat you shouldn't have said. 5. The main purpose of holding children's partiesis to remind yourself that there are childrenmore awful than your own.6. We childproofed our homes,but they are still getting in. ADVICE FOR THE DAY:Be nice to your kids.They will choose yournursing home one day. AND FINALLY: IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSIONAND YOU GET A HEADACHE,DO WHAT IT SAYSON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE: "TAKE TWO ASPIRIN"AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN"!!!!!

Monkey's mother!!

Aaryn had a stack on his rollerblades not once, not twice but 3 times. I took photo's the first time, the 2nd time i thought about it and by the 3rd time i was totally over the 'my son has hurt himself' photo's...even though the last time was the best, resulting in skin off both knees and a huge bruise. (i'm so caring, i didn't even know he had hurt himself the 3rd time he didn't show us until bath time LOL) he's a tough nut that one, Last week, he put Gary's extension ladder up against the palm tree and up he went...we heard a god almight crash and screams...ran outside to see him under the ladder, yes, it had come down (well crashed really) Cameron said it was like a movie, the ladder slid to one side, Aaryn held on for dear life and just 'rode it to the ground'. We thought he had broken his arm and leg but no, he cried for about 2 minutes then jumped on his bike to prove nothing was broken. NOW the ladder is hung up so he cant get to it. we had to remove all the lattice work from the back of the house when he was 3 because he could use it like a ladder and get on the roof of the house, i could never get him down and had to always get the neighbour or gary to get up there and get the wretched child down! In comparison, he is identical to Luke, he used to climb onto the roof, jump off the roof, nothing was safe. I have a large tree, just outside where i scrap, quite often i look out to see, Mr Monkey up in the branches, it was hilarious on Friday to look out and see him and Luke up the tree, I grabbed my camera but they saw me and jumped out. I will get that photo!!! I guess my kids are just tough nuts i dont know. Hayley used to be always breaking herself, once she fell off her rollerblades and broke her wrist another time she was getting on her bike, managed to get her leg caught and fell, breaking her wrist again, she dislocated her knee playing soccer, cut her finger opening a can of dog food (that was hilarious, she had to have gas just to have stitches, and then only had 2 stitches LOL)..and the best was when told to clean up her disgusting messy bedroom..yes..she tripped over the clothes on the floor and fractured HER WRIST ... Tina is the only one i haven't had to take to emergency (unless you count childbirth LOL..) we had a time when we lived at the ER and i'm sure child welfare services had a file on us LOL. Although, we haven't been since Aaryn, jumped off the shed roof, did a somersault and landed head first on the concrete slab. slight concussion they said..i wanted an xray done to see if the child had a brain in his head!! apparently they take after their father, who was a bit of a daredevil in his hayday. I get a bit complacent, being the mother of a monkey i guess. That is why, poor Luke, walked around with a shattered shoulder-blade for nearly 3 months, i got sick of hearing him whinge about how his shoulder went pop every time he lifted his arm up, it didn't hurt much he said, just went pop, so we went to the doctor who said it was a torn ligament, so off for reconstruction surgery, only to find when he went under, that the complete shoulder was shattered and the only thing holding his arm on was the tendon, the doc was stunned..he had titanium pins to hold the shoulder together and that was supposed to be permanent, but a couple of years later, you could see the 'bolt' through his skin, so he had to have it removed. OH YES tough nuts my kids...sometimes i wish they were 'sookies' but then i'd only tell them to get tough LOL