This morning 5 years ago I was lying on my parent’s couch sick as a dog (I never really got that saying). I had a cold face washer over my face & thought I was dying. A couple of hours later (& a shot from the doctor) I was sitting getting my hair & makeup done with my bestie (& bridesmaid).
5 years ago today I went from becoming Miss to Mrs. Honestly I loved every minute of it. The Day was glorious (it rained the day before & the day after).
I cried when I walked down the aisle (not that it was an aisle – it was outdoors but you get the idea). Then cried again when I saw my future hubby.
I know he probably won’t read this but I’d like to thank him for so much. He knows what & I won’t go into details here So thanks & here’s to another 5 like the last.
This week I’m playing along Kate Says Stuff’s Thankful Thursday
I’m thankful for my Mum this week. She has been a godsend when I’ve needed a break from Miss K over the last couple of weeks. This time of year gets busy for work & mum has come and either taken Miss K for a drive or visiting family giving us a couple of child free hours.
I’m thankful that we now have a side fence & a gate creating a safer backyard for Miss K.
I’m thankful that hubby lets me buy stuff for my hobby (well he buys enough for his LOL). I’m actually just thankful for my hubby cause we’ve been married 5 years tomorrow. Hmm that means this time 5 years ago I was as sick as
I’m thankful for awesome friends, both IRL & online.
I’m also thankful for the awesome bloggers out there.
So that’s my lot for this week. Pop on over to Kate’s site and check what other blogger’s are grateful for.
Just a quick pre-post. This month is NaBloPoMo (basically posting on your blog everyday). I’ve done this for the last couple of years.This year, I’m a bit meh with the whole thing. I’m loving Kelley’s idea
Basically it’s all about posting whenever & however much you want. Love it! Means I don’t have to feel obligated to post everyday. So now on to my main post….
Sleep, we all complain when we have kids that we don’t get enough of it (unless you are blessed with a super sleeper)
Miss M has in the last month taken to having some weird sleeping habits. From not sleeping during the day at all to sleeping all night to waking every 2 hours. The waking overnight I can understand at the moment, she’s teething.
And then there’s the sleeping on the floor. It started one night when she pulled her pillow and doona onto the floor and refused to get back into bed. Then the mattress was moved to the floor as well *sigh* She’ll sleep in our bed fine but not in her own. Then there’s this
Yup sound asleep in her gumboots.
Does your child have any weird sleep habits? Please tell me I’m not alone
What books and/or magazines did I read this month? Read a sample of the Steve Jobs autobiography. Must buy to read the rest. What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month? Tv – Castle, Doctor Who What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends? Took Miss K to the Launceston show with Mum. Watched the Hawthorn Best & Fairest. Had a BBQ for Bathurst 1000. What gifts did I give and/or receive? Late Father’s day gifts (finally arrived). What special or unusual purchases did I make? Bought an iPad 2, a new iPhone 4s, a ticket to the Digital Parents conference in Melbourne next March. Bought hosting for blog. Photos for Xmas. What illnesses or health concerns did I have? Miss K’s teething again. Big molars coming through What were my accomplishments this month? Getting two sponsors for the Digital Parents Conference (FollowMeStickers & Belkin) What were my disappointments this month? Haven’t managed much scrapping. How did I do on my goals for the month? Journal every day Check Do some scrapping & art journaling Check Exercise at least 3 times a week. Um no Try and keep the house a bit cleaner Um, still no Organise at least one scrapping day with mum nope Anything else noteworthy to include? Steve Jobs died. Got our side fence done & gate started. Finally finishing off JYC from last year
Back up all digital pictures. DONE Format memory cards. DONE All photos off phone. DONE Sort all September photos into 2011 folder. DONE Make a backup copy of the photos onto my desktop computer and EHD. DONE Backup any other documents or files as needed. DONE Backup my blogs. DONE Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files. DONE Update LYM Logbook from Momento app DONE Print November pages for LYM Logbook DONE
Goals for November Journal every day. Do some scrapping & art journaling Exercise at least 3 times a week. Try and keep the house a bit cleaner – start Habit Hacker again Organise at least one scrapping day with mum Blog at least once a week. Continue Christmas Countdown and get Home Binder started
I’m a bit of a tech geek. I’ll try a brand and if it performs well and the company gives great customer service I’m a fan for life. Up until recently we have been a D-Link family. Our modems, routers & switches have all been D-Link. Twelve months ago we bought a Belkin modem (for a customer of our IT business). Cut a long story short we ended up with the modem. No complaints about it.
Fast forward a month and we bought a colour laser printer. Our router had the ability to connect to the printer so we could print from any computer in the house. Fast forward another 3 months and the printer started dropping out randomly At first we thought it was the printer. Upgraded it to the latest firmware and software. Worked ok for a day or two then the drop outs started again. And then it started dropping our wireless randomly.
Fast forward about a month and the wireless network drop outs were more frequent. Came home from a day out and the drop outs were every 5 minutes! The poor iPhone got a work out to see if we could find out what could be the problem. Seems it is a problem with the router, and the router had been discontinued.
After some research (& a call out on Twitter) we decided to go with a Belkin Play Max N600 HD Wireless N Dual-Band Router Modem.
Set up, according to hubby, was a breeze. Security settings – simple. Connecting to our network printer – so much easier – no requesting the printer each time you want to print something.
A couple of months in and I have no real complaints. The drop outs are limited to very rarely (and are mainly internet drop outs). The only thing I find slightly frustrating is whenever I start up my computer, the Belkin Set up box pops up (any Belkin techs reading this, is there a solution to stop this??).
I LOVE the apps the router comes with. Attach an external hard drive to this baby and you can do sooo much. Play your music collection wirelessly, priotise your data streams (be it online gaming, VoIP, videos), back up valuable documents (like photos) and the “SELF-HEALING App automatically detects and resolves network problems and runs routine maintenance scans to give you the clearest wireless channel”.
Linking up with the Sunday Sessions with Thea. I just found this today and thought I’d join in. Cause I loves my music. So I’m sharing a couple of songs that are on my playlist right now. It’s pretty eclectic
We have recently had a new addition to our family. And quite a cute little thing she is too. Her name is Rori (& *squee* she’s purple – my favourite colour).
When Rori arrived I think I had more fun playing with her than Miss K, but she has slowly taken a shine to her new ‘pet’ and Rori has been out and about with us a couple of times now. Zhu Zhu Pets are recommended for ages 4 & up but Miss K is only 18 months and is quite happy to play with Rori, supervised of course. She wasn’t keen to pick her up to start with but now carries her Zhu’s around most of the day and find various play spaces for them. The kitchen is the favourite at the moment and it’s nothing unusual to see our three Zhu’s scooting around the kitchen. Oh yeah, I should warn you – Zhu Zhu’s are addictive, since Rori came to live with us we’ve acquired Kacee & Harlow.
We share our house with a couple of cats (or more they share their house with us) and they have both taken an interest in Rori and the other bhns with one even coming up to give Rori a lick when she’s not running round the kitchen.
Here’s two of the Zhu Zhus doing what they do best, running round the kitchen being chased by Miss K (please ignore the mess. And the high pitch squealing from Miss K)
Zhu Zhu Pets are the cutest little plush robotic hamster toys. They can be put in either of two play modes: “nurturing mode,” in which they coo and purr, or “adventure mode,” in which they explore their habitat and respond to various stimuli.
Things I like:
* Runs well on a variety of surfaces
* Keeps Miss K amused for awhile
* Is cute and a good replacement pet if you can’t have real pets
* Not overly expensive
* The website – The Zhu-niverse – is a great place for both parents & children to learn about the Zhus and play games in a safe online area. And create a list of what Zhus and accessories you own or want to own.
Things I’m not to keep on:
* The noise. It’s cute but after awhile can get a little annoying
* No off switch. You have to let your pet go to ‘sleep’ and ours seem to chat for ages after we press the buttons.
Hubby has decided there should be one called Harvey. Hmm yup, a Weird Al fan.
Update: I can see more Zhu Zhu Pets and accessories will be on the wish list for Christmas this year. So much so we bought the Burger Overpass set. And I’m sure I’ll find another couple of Zhu related things for the stocking
Disclaimer: I was given a Zhu Zhu Pet and accessory pack for Miss K to have a play with. All opinions are my own.
Love or hate Apple, you have to admit Steve Jobs was an inspiration. I read a quote from Jobs online today and I want to share it with you.
"Your time is limited so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
~ Steve Jobs
I started my computer geekery (is it even a word lol) with an Apple and I love my iPhone. The world is a different place because of Jobs and others like him. Visionaries.
So Thank You Mr Jobs. You will be missed. The computer world has lost a creative genius.
What books and/or magazines did I read this month? Surprisingly I haven’t read a thing this month. I have 2 books sitting on my bedside table that need to be started What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month? Tv – lots of sport, Doctor Who, Glee, Two & a half men, Castle What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends? Got to do some scrapping with Mum. Had a BBQ @ home and got to use the 8-ball table finally. Watched TSL Grand Final. What gifts did I give and/or receive? Stated on the Christmas shopping. What special or unusual purchases did I make? Nothing special or unusual What illnesses or health concerns did I have? All pretty healthy this month What were my accomplishments this month? Lots more baking. Managed to get the garage cleaned and we’ve been using the 8-ball table What were my disappointments this month? Been very grumpy lately. Not doing a lot of blogging How did I do on my goals for the month? Journal every day Check Do some scrapping & art journaling Check Exercise at least 3 times a week. StillNope Try and keep the house a bit cleaner Still failing Organise at least one scrapping day with mum Managed one day. Anything else noteworthy to include? Ex housemate moved back to our town. Andy Whitfield (played Sprtacus in Starz show Spartacus) died. Dad got a new ute
Back up all digital pictures. DONE Format memory cards. DONE All photos off phone. DONE Sort all September photos into 2011 folder. DONE Make a backup copy of the photos onto my desktop computer and EHD. DONE Backup any other documents or files as needed. DONE Backup my blogs. DONE Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files. DONE Update LYM Logbook from Momento app DONE Print October pages for LYM Logbook DONE
Goals for October Journal every day. Do some scrapping & art journaling Exercise at least 3 times a week. Try and keep the house a bit cleaner – start Habit Hacker again Organise at least one scrapping day with mum Blog at least once a week.
So thanks & here’s to another 5 like the last.
At first we thought it was the printer. Upgraded it to the latest firmware and software. Worked ok for a day or two then the drop outs started again. And then it started dropping our wireless randomly.
