This girl

is 5 today! Can't believe it. Where has that time gone. She is sooooooooooo happy to be 5, has been waiting since her 4th birthday finished. LOL. Being 5 means a lot - mainly school.
There is so much more to say but there's been a change in plans for tonights party so a lot to do

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My Dad has Prostate Cancer

yep, found out yesterday. It was 95% going to be and it is sure better to know that to imagine the worst. We still don't know heaps as the Urologist is not back now until Jan 12 so he has an appt then and then a CT scan to see if it has spread. That will determine treatment options. Best outcome is contained and surgical removal. At least contained is the best option.

Dad is OK, he told me on the phone and i was surprised how good he was. So I guess cause of that I feel OK too. Mum I'm not so sure about. My/our biggest concern is Dad's mental health.

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Dead Wilma and Hip-pups

Yes I know that its an unfortunate title considering my last post, but I just had to record this...

Bethany often uses my old Discman CD player, with one particular CD in it. There is a song that B sings like this

"the gates of hell will not prevail Dead Wilma prevail" (correct words the gates of hell will not prevail, will not prevail)

LOL LOL LOL funny girl. So now both of them have been prancing around singing Dead Wilma!

And the hip-pups - Mia had them last night - hiccups lol.

Did 7 hours today, was booked for 4! The best bit was though that i was doing anaesthetics, its much more interesting! Better conversations if the moods are good and they were today although we had all had it! 19 patients and 23 procedures I think we did. 10 hours. I left at 6 and there was probably a good 2 hours left, but I wasn't staying. Learnt some stuff too which was cool!

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So much death...

yeah great topic! But there is atm. Day carer's MIL last week, Mum's friends DH last Friday, family friends Mum on Sunday and yesterday we found out that one of my Dad's best mates sons hung himself on Sunday night :( He was a year older than me, we used to hang around together when we were younger when our Dad's did stuff, we've been camping with them etc. Haven't seen him for a long time. He has a little boy. So so sad, and the worst thing is they don't know why he did it. He had not been diagnosed with any illness, there were no signs of any issues, his parents had seen him that day and he appeared to be fine. Looks like there was some critical incident between a few hours and that was it. The police are looking in to it and gee i hope they find at least part of a reason or someone who can shed some light on it for his poor family. My Dad was really cut up about it, he was one of the first people the family called. So so sad, has really shaken me up.
And then, Dad has his biopsies next week. We MAY find out results before Christmas but if not it will be after Jan 13. That seems like ages when we have already waited 2months for all these appointments. I would prefer to wait until after Christmas just so we can get that all done. But every day means if it is cancer then the chance of spread increases. Worries me how he will cope if it is cancer. Please Lord, if it is let it not have spread and it can be surgically removed and that is it. Sounds so simple!
So a lot going on here, along with the usual stuff and Christmas, I am so tired, my brain wants to shut down. But i better get moving and bottle some ginger beer!

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Yes...

I am still alive! Haven't felt like blogging, not like there is nothing to say but just couldn't be bothered. Sooooooooooooo whats the goss at our house.

Girls
- going well. Miss M has made up for the late talking and chats away with most things being understood. She has a very quick temper though, she's very quick to turn the tears on and hit or push Bethany. A little conversation we had on Monday. For some reason, we were talking about speaking nicely to people and Mia told me that Bethany doens't always talk nicely to her.
Me: what does she say
M: STOP HITTING ME (yes said loudly!)

LOL we then had a little chat about hitting! They have been fightng a bit the last few days, just niggling at each other.

Bethany is getting excited about school. It's going to be a long wait for her to start. I think we are pretty much organised, for stuff anyways. Just need to find out our days. She continues to surprise me with her reading - can't take any credit for it! She read Ikea today! Ah yes, i've taught her well.

Me
Speaking of Ikea, I went there yesterday. A friend and I went to Melbourne for a day just to go shopping. I wanted to go Ikea to get some storage stuff for the house. I spend a bit of money *cough* but got all that i wanted. I could have got more, but put some stuff back. I am really happy with what i ended up with although the storage for the play room was smaller than what i thought. So hope I haven't ripped ourselves off with space there. They really are so cheap, obviously some of the stuff is cheap and nasty but mostly its great. Their plastics are great - we got the girls a table and chairs set when B was about 18mths old and it is going strong. The store there is MASSIVE, I walked around it probably 5 times, its like a maze. I was surprised about the staff knowledge there, but I guess they work in their own little section frequently so get to know the stuff, rather than the whole store. But the service in the self serve furniture section wasn't that great, they were happy to let me struggle with 2 trolleys. Had i not really wanted the stuff I would have walked out. At first my head was spinning and i had to go and sit in the restaurant and really sort out what i wanted. If we lived on the mainland, I think our house would be full of Ikea furniture, most of it is very modern and just what we like. There is also other shops underneath, so i got some of Jamie's Christmas presents plus found bathrrom stuff for the girls bathroom. Nice acrylic ones that will be very difficult to break but looks nice.

Jamie and The Sound Company
shouldn't write them together should I, but really there is not one without the other. Its hard to separate them, its not just a job but a life. The biggest issue at the moment is a new PA. We sold some to buy more, but then i thought that we had decided not to do anything this year, and subhire for the festivals. But no... he's decided on a system that is probably the best in the country (I say probably because it is, but we haven't heard it so its still only by reputation) and so with premium product comes premium price. We have had to cut it back because the repayments were massive. If the company we are buying from does what they say, then I think its a good option. It's just a massive risk.

That should be it for now... there's more to comment on but had enough typing!

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I think I'm nesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But not due to being pregnant! For some reason, the spring cleaning bug has hit in full force and i'm decluttering and re-organizing. There is still a ways to go but I've done a lot, but not really finished any one room yet

Kitchen
- redone pantry
- swapped platters and dishes with medicine cupboard
- sorted all medicine cupboard out, all in boxes and clearly labelled (I found about 30 boxes of matches!!! which is quite funny as we don't have a fire lol)
- cleaned off and around microwave
- partly sorted utensil drawers, hmm not sure if these will ever be OK!
- moved tea towels to bottom drawer from linen cupboard (they are more often used for dolly blankets than in the kitchen!)
- moved good crockery to cupboard, little containers etc to drawer and now have cups and drinking stuff in a drawer. One free drawer for camera etc
- considering moving appliances to bottom of pantry so I can get to them easier, but not sure what would then go in the corner cupboard. I wonder if tupperware would be better in that cupboard... hmm thought to that one!
- oh the cupboard next to the fridge is half done, need to tackle this one

Linen Cupboard
- sorted and tossed recipe books, moved them to new shelf
- moved gift wrap etc to under our bed
- girls now have a tub of linen under their beds
- moved all swimming gear in to new tub
- sorted paints and craft stuff, tossed a lot and moved it around so more accessible
- moved all spare towels, napkins, table runners etc in to big tub
- put all cleaning cloths etc in to one tub
- moved all board games to top shelf
- face washers will soon make their way to the bathroom
- need to put our linen in our room

Our room
- added a couple of plastic tubs for shoes, handbags etc
- a new basket on my bedside drawers for my crap, but its too big need a smaller one
- not much else in here will tackle that later

B's room
- rearranged cupboard, new boxes etc for clothes, looks much better and should work
- toy box gone, now has 2 tubs under her bed for generic toys
- her drawing matter is a problem, she really needs a new desk with storage, dependant on house extensions
- new hook on back of door needs at least one more

M's room'
- sorted presents at top of her cupboard
- have sorted her cupboard partly
- new bins for the change table for her knickers and stuff
- toy boxes under the cot
- very much a work in progress this room, she needs a bed at some point and that will probably change everything

Lounge
- all dvd's out of cases and in to folder

Playroom
- sorted and big clean out
- would like more storage out there for shoes and stuff, if I can con a trip to Melbourne Ikea will get hit!

So after all that downstairs is a bit of a mess as lots of stuff has been put down there. I've got a boot load of toys for the school fair that I will drop off tomorrow. Baby clothes I am undecided about... will they be needed again????

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Random thoughts...

We are back, actually a few days ago lol. We had a good time, although the girls were driving us a bit batty cause they were really tired from late nights.

Some random thoughts triggered by who knows what and some goings on in our house

- is it better to be in a good local church that is part of a not so good greater network, OR be in a not so good local church that is part of a better bigger network? These are the thoughts triggered by conversations with friends down the coast. Something we are struggling with atm and who knows what the outcome will be.
- the current world financial crisis, I really don't know what to think. I feel a bit like an ostrich with my head in the sand, not thinking about the impact will be on us
- Jamie has a new job! The employers are great, money is good, relatively secure and best of all he gets to keep doing what he is doing now!
- I met with our new accountant/business advisor yesterday, very positive meeting.
- I am madly trying to organise our house, getting things in to storage containers. Problem though is I am not doing one room at a time, rather everything at once and nothing is done! I have decided to store each rooms linen in there so freeing the linen cupboard for stuff like girls craft.

Mia crying

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