Lots of snot, a red nose, a stuffed up head.
My manager asked "Aren't you feeling well?"
I said, "No, I have the Swine 'flu"
His response?
"Good, I've been looking for an excuse to have you quarantined for months now".
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Bwhaha.
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I get up.
Go to work,
and the gym.
Or take TK to swimming lessons.
Go Home,
go to bed.
Yawn.
Rinse, Repeat.
Am trying to lose some weight
before getting pregnant again.
10kgs to be exact.
Have lost 2.5kgs in 5wks.
Was discouraged by weight gain this week.
Blame Easter.
Lindt eggs.
Hot Cross Buns.
*drool*
Better have lost the gained weight this week,
Else will be mad.
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After.
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Our Foster-Cat (who TK has named Friday) is settling into life at our house nicely.
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The death toll from the bush-fires has hit the 200 mark (and that number is expected to rise) more than 750 homes have been lost.
Ross and I have been talking about how (and where) we can help, and we have decided that one way we can help is by fostering a cat. Animal shelters and vets (etc) have been stretched to their limits since the bush-fires and there are more injured/homeless animals coming in every day.
I have been in touch with a Vet near one of the fire-effected area's (Coldstream for those who know Victoria) and there is an older male cat who we have decided to foster.
He
arrives at our house on Friday, so we have a couple of days to get a
room sorted out for him, we'll have to slowly introduce him to our two cats, Maddy and Moe.
Due to his docile nature, the Foster Co-ordinator believes he has a family somewhere, but because he isn't microchipped nor wearing a collar there is no way of tracking them down.
This is him:
As the shelter doesn't name rescued cats, he doesn't really have a name* yet, so maybe naming him will be first on the list of things we'll need to do, I've given that job to TK.
Wish us luck, I hope it all goes smoothly!
*Well, I'm sure his previous owners named him, we just don't know what that name is!
A bushfire rages out of control from the Bunyip State Park towards the townships of Labortouche and Tonimbuk.
(Photo taken from The Age)
The death toll so far is 84.
700 people have lost their homes.
My heart goes out to them all.
My thanks goes to the CFA.
They are truly heroes.
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It made me cry.
Having seen 'Milk' last week has made me realise that
the power of people can bring about change.
I'm not sure of the quote, but it's something like:
All a good person has to do, to let evil win, is nothing.
Don't do nothing.
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For the 2nd year, TK is participating in the Worlds Greatest Shave.
Please click this link and sponsor him.
Every little bit counts.
Hi, I'm TK, and I'm taking part in the Leukaemia Foundation's World's
Greatest Shave 2009. I am 11yrs old and this is my 2nd year shaving, in
2007 I raised over $700, please help me raise more this year!
The funds we raise will help the Leukaemia Foundation to provide
practical care and support to patients and families living with
leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders.
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Things have been.... well... stressful mostly, but everything seems to have evened out now. Thankfully, everything seems to have worked out out in the end.
Making Beads:
I spent over 14hrs out in the garage making beads the past weekend. That's the most I've done in quite some time.... and I know how many hours I've been out there because I've been listening to an audiobook while I work, and it's a pretty good way of tracking the time that gets eaten up when you are engrossed in the flame and the molten glass.
Making Babies (well, not right now):
Ross and I had our specialist appointment in the middle of last week, the OB sent us for a 'Recurrent loss' panel of bloods which means both Ross and I had to give blood. We get the results back in about 5wks, but he was really positive and gave us a really high chance to go on and have a healthy pregnancy.
He suspects that I have PCOS, which wasn't really a surprise, I'd looked into that before, but I'd thought that people with PCOS don't ovulate regularly, and my charting seems to suggest that I do ovulate. It turns out that I was wrong, simply having a cycle longer than 35 days is a symptom (mine is 39 days).
We are allowed to try again as soon as we'd like to, but since I haven't had a cycle since the 2nd miscarriage (November) .... well.... we'll have to sort that out first.
I've been really tired recently, so hopefully by sorting out that, my body will balance itself out again...
Since getting the wii fit for Christmas I've been exercising more also (although that being said, I haven't done anything ALL weekend! *gasp*) ... but if it is PCOS, exercise, acupuncture and good nutrition should have a positive impact.
So, yeah....all is well and good. Sorta.
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Before with digger:
The long term plan to pave the top of the terraced part, and there will be another retaining wall, planters and more stairs towards the back of the terraced part.
In the short term, we'll let grass grow up there and plant some trees.
Afterwards we celebrated with Cold Rock on the steps:
Ross, Me and My Mum (Dad took the photo).
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