yeah yeah, whatever. ;)
anyway, this is a shortie... am in the middle of packing up my life (yes AGAIN) to move to the other side of the world (yes, AGAIN). back to the land of the 4 seasons, none of this 9 months of summer and 3 months of spring crap. (kidding, i LOVE aus, i just can't handle the heat!)
i'm prompted to do this post tho 'cause tan started her own blog recently, artsty fartsy mumma, and while i was checking that out (don't forget, i am the QUEEN of procrastination, remember!?), i thought, HEY, haven't posted in awhile, maybe i should do that.
lots has happened, but no point in catching up atm, because i've been keeping in contact with most ppl directly (well, i guess i should just post a couple of things)...
- i used to work at bunnings... the first job in my entire life that i've enjoyed going to work every day for a whole year... (well, 1 year and 2 weeks) and i miss it like mad. the ppl are FANTASTIC, and the paint department was RIGHT UP MY ALLEY!
- i've become addicted to scrapbooking... this is ALL sam and tan's fault! i love the art side of it, the journalling (so important in my boys' books), and the fun of creating something that looks fantastic and that will be treasured for generations!
- have a crazy toddler now, x will be 2 in august! he's gorgeous, big for his age (about the same size as most 3 yr olds - hey, his daddy is 6'4", so this isn't a surprise!), and so independent and stubborn. just learning how to talk, and we HOPE starting to get THROUGH AND PAST the terrible twos.
- i'm an auntie! my wicked bro and his lovely partner deanna (whom i have yet to meet) had a baby at 3am on 3rd march this year... hailey dinnae. she is tooooo cute, and from the pics, looks so much like her daddy did! (but, i'll wait til i see pics of deanna as a baby too, she may look heaps like her too.)
- mum lived here with us for a YEAR... which was AMAZING. she left 6 days ago to head back, and i miss her so much its ridiculous.
- we have a gorgeous newborn son, shannon joshuah. he joined our family after 4 hours of labour (compared to x's 49 hours!) at 8am thurs morning, 29th may this year.
- t and i celebrated THREE YEARS of wedded bliss on weds... we went on a date to the flicks to see the dark knight... omg, what an AMAZING movie.... and omg, i've been MARRIED for THREE YEARS??? who'da thought me??? lol! think how much i'll spin out when we hit 20!!!!
- we leave in exactly 6 days, 17 hours and 35 minutes to go to canada. todd is RAPT... he's been hangin for this for 4 years! i'm so glad for him, because i have felt guilty keeping him here... but its time now... and my boys need to be near their family. i want them to grow up with the closeness that i grew up with.
okeley dokeley... time to get off this puter (todd's gonna kill me when/if he reads this...)
hugs to all... and no, i haven't posted on xman's blog lately either... but i will do that after we arrive back in canada... after i've recovered from jetlag that is. ;)
jeeeeeez, so much for a shortie.... LMAO
peace out!
25 July 2008
04 March 2007
Bit behind on posting on here...
Because we've created a site for our little JB! "Little"... HA!
Jb is now known as X-man... Xavier Galloway, born at 3.19 am on 20 August, 2006. He weighed in at 4.49 kg, and 53cm long... and now, at 6 months and 13 days old, he's 10.5kg, and 72.5cm long: A BIG little boy!
He is THE life of the party, and absolutely a joy to be around. :) Of COURSE! :)
His site is here: X-man
Weeeellll, since that site is about our little man, I suppose I should keep this up to date with MY stuff... stuff that people who want to know about X don't really give a toss about... ;) Like, my nappy sewing! And girly stuff, and movies, and other interesting stuff (to me anyway).
Here's one girly thing that I found today on another blog (hence the reason why I'm doing this post)....
How funny is THAT????
Not surprising really.
I have to go though... have to get a tooth pulled in an hour, and in the meantime, send some info to a new customer (yeah, still pole dancing!).
Smiles,
D. :)
Jb is now known as X-man... Xavier Galloway, born at 3.19 am on 20 August, 2006. He weighed in at 4.49 kg, and 53cm long... and now, at 6 months and 13 days old, he's 10.5kg, and 72.5cm long: A BIG little boy!
He is THE life of the party, and absolutely a joy to be around. :) Of COURSE! :)
His site is here: X-man
Weeeellll, since that site is about our little man, I suppose I should keep this up to date with MY stuff... stuff that people who want to know about X don't really give a toss about... ;) Like, my nappy sewing! And girly stuff, and movies, and other interesting stuff (to me anyway).
Here's one girly thing that I found today on another blog (hence the reason why I'm doing this post)....
| You Are 12% Girly |
 Um... you're a guy, right? If not, you're the most boyish girl in the world. And for you, that's probably the ultimate compliment. |
How funny is THAT????
Not surprising really.
I have to go though... have to get a tooth pulled in an hour, and in the meantime, send some info to a new customer (yeah, still pole dancing!).
Smiles,
D. :)
14 August 2006
40 weeks and 1 day....
And Jellybean STILL isn't showing any desire to come out and join us in the real world! I haven't gotten any bigger (I don't think???), but my back is really taking this load, and thus my sleeps haven't been all that fantastic as of late. My body is preparing me for those early morning wake-up calls!
Mom sent me the coolest care package for our little JB. She included the Playtex nurser system (which I requested - you can't get them here in Australia), a snugglie security blanket type thing, an elephant towel or jacket hook, some clothes, and some Canadian cashola. It's all so cute! I'm a bit nervous about the clothes though - I don't know how long he'll fit them! One of them is supposed to be for babies 3 to 5 lbs... good gravy, I was 6lb6oz, and that's SMALL by today's standards! We'll see though... she sent 4 jumpersuits, 1 red, 1 orange, 1 yellow with puppies on it, and 1 blue with some cute embroidery. :) All so cute! The security blanket is the fuzziest little thing, with an elephant head, and even has a satiny corner for when he's teething and wants to suck on his blankie. :)
I was telling Todd today that I have NEVER ever been so keen to exercise or do activities in my life! It's probably all due to the fact that I physically CAN'T do those things, so I want to do them more than I ever have... But I have a SERIOUS jonesin' for a TaeBo video... for a Stretch class... to go for a run... to put my pole up and practice all the new moves from our latest DVD SalsaPole! I miss all of those things that I may not have done CONSISTENTLY before, but now I think I'll appreciate my ability to do those things, once I get that ability back! (I hope.) I plan to start being active RIGHT away... going for walks with JB in the stroller almost immediately, and just build my fitness back up.
I HAVE to get fit soon... On Sept 10th, I'm participating in a World Record attempt to have the most people pole dancing simultaneously around the world. (For more info, go see http://www.verticaldance.com) I haven't even been able to practice the routine yet!!! (OOOOH, and I'm so looking forward to it... it's so simple, yet so sexy and good!)
AND... on Oct 14th, I'm running a fundraiser (which I need to finish organising) for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. I've called it PINK RIBBON POLE DANCING, and it's going to be a national thing with all of our Business owners. :)
That's the logo I designed for it... not bad, eh?
Anyway, off to get prepared for a Bridal Exhibition this weekend. (Yes, I'm 40 weeks pregnant, and still working on my business - hey, it's a fairly new business, and if I don't work on it, no one will.) It's one of the biggest Bridal fairs in Melbourne, so I'm hoping that we'll get some good returns on it over the next 12 months. (Bridal fairs are definitely not INSTANT gratification advertising.)
Hopefully my next post will have BIRTH details of my new baby, and a pic! :)
Mom sent me the coolest care package for our little JB. She included the Playtex nurser system (which I requested - you can't get them here in Australia), a snugglie security blanket type thing, an elephant towel or jacket hook, some clothes, and some Canadian cashola. It's all so cute! I'm a bit nervous about the clothes though - I don't know how long he'll fit them! One of them is supposed to be for babies 3 to 5 lbs... good gravy, I was 6lb6oz, and that's SMALL by today's standards! We'll see though... she sent 4 jumpersuits, 1 red, 1 orange, 1 yellow with puppies on it, and 1 blue with some cute embroidery. :) All so cute! The security blanket is the fuzziest little thing, with an elephant head, and even has a satiny corner for when he's teething and wants to suck on his blankie. :)
I was telling Todd today that I have NEVER ever been so keen to exercise or do activities in my life! It's probably all due to the fact that I physically CAN'T do those things, so I want to do them more than I ever have... But I have a SERIOUS jonesin' for a TaeBo video... for a Stretch class... to go for a run... to put my pole up and practice all the new moves from our latest DVD SalsaPole! I miss all of those things that I may not have done CONSISTENTLY before, but now I think I'll appreciate my ability to do those things, once I get that ability back! (I hope.) I plan to start being active RIGHT away... going for walks with JB in the stroller almost immediately, and just build my fitness back up.
I HAVE to get fit soon... On Sept 10th, I'm participating in a World Record attempt to have the most people pole dancing simultaneously around the world. (For more info, go see http://www.verticaldance.com) I haven't even been able to practice the routine yet!!! (OOOOH, and I'm so looking forward to it... it's so simple, yet so sexy and good!)
AND... on Oct 14th, I'm running a fundraiser (which I need to finish organising) for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. I've called it PINK RIBBON POLE DANCING, and it's going to be a national thing with all of our Business owners. :)
That's the logo I designed for it... not bad, eh?
Anyway, off to get prepared for a Bridal Exhibition this weekend. (Yes, I'm 40 weeks pregnant, and still working on my business - hey, it's a fairly new business, and if I don't work on it, no one will.) It's one of the biggest Bridal fairs in Melbourne, so I'm hoping that we'll get some good returns on it over the next 12 months. (Bridal fairs are definitely not INSTANT gratification advertising.)
Hopefully my next post will have BIRTH details of my new baby, and a pic! :)
02 August 2006
Decided to do another post...
Because I took two cute pics.... and Toddy took some good ones too.
"Bluebear" is Todd's childhood friend... he thinks his Auntie Jenny gave it to him when he was only a few days old. Todd just got Bluebear from his mother recently, and Bluebear needed a bath, so we gave him one... and this is the end result: (a clean, but "strung out" bear!)
Now, do you notice that he's been strung up by his ears? Is this a sign of things to come for us as parents??? ;) Just for the record, I had him up by his toes, but Todd came out and decided that he needed to be hung up by his ears. (Makes sense though, his ears are thinner and clip onto the line much better!)
And this next one... If the massive beach ball protruding out of my stomach isn't proof enough that we're going to be parents... how's this cute pic work for ya? All of the clothing that we've received, most of it generous donations from other parents and their young boys. (Thanks Tara and Tania!) But, there are a few items in there that we got from the baby shower too (Thanks to all the girls that made it to the shower!), and then some other items are upstairs, already clean and ready to be worn (Thanks Nana Hazel, Grampa Doug and Grama Margaret, and Lenia!).
And one more pic of the beach ball. Todd and I did a "photo shoot" last night, to have a heap of "artistic" photos of me being really big... and we set this one on a timer to take. I think it looks fantastic, and with a bit of photo-shopping, we're going to get it printed to send out with Christmas cards this year me thinks. (Even though I look lopsided!)
Anyway, I'm off to start prep work for dinner tonight... mmmm cream of potato soup. I'm SUCH a soup-aholic!
Love d. :)
"Bluebear" is Todd's childhood friend... he thinks his Auntie Jenny gave it to him when he was only a few days old. Todd just got Bluebear from his mother recently, and Bluebear needed a bath, so we gave him one... and this is the end result: (a clean, but "strung out" bear!)
Now, do you notice that he's been strung up by his ears? Is this a sign of things to come for us as parents??? ;) Just for the record, I had him up by his toes, but Todd came out and decided that he needed to be hung up by his ears. (Makes sense though, his ears are thinner and clip onto the line much better!)
And this next one... If the massive beach ball protruding out of my stomach isn't proof enough that we're going to be parents... how's this cute pic work for ya? All of the clothing that we've received, most of it generous donations from other parents and their young boys. (Thanks Tara and Tania!) But, there are a few items in there that we got from the baby shower too (Thanks to all the girls that made it to the shower!), and then some other items are upstairs, already clean and ready to be worn (Thanks Nana Hazel, Grampa Doug and Grama Margaret, and Lenia!).
And one more pic of the beach ball. Todd and I did a "photo shoot" last night, to have a heap of "artistic" photos of me being really big... and we set this one on a timer to take. I think it looks fantastic, and with a bit of photo-shopping, we're going to get it printed to send out with Christmas cards this year me thinks. (Even though I look lopsided!)
Anyway, I'm off to start prep work for dinner tonight... mmmm cream of potato soup. I'm SUCH a soup-aholic!
Love d. :)
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