Sticky cow

OK...Who threw the sticky cow up onto the bathroom ceiling?

Happy 12th Natasha!

I have so lost the will to do housework, so today I called my mom, had a wonderfully long chat with her, caught up with my e-mails, checked out facebook, cooked lunch and now with little enthusiasm to tackle the bedrooms...I'm gonna start January's catch up!!

I really should of posted sooner about Natasha's 12th birthday. 12 such a significant age... leaving primary graduating into young women's..which by the way she absolutely LOVES!

I'm so excited for her! Natasha decided she wanted some friends over for a Nintendo wii party.

I decided this year, I would cook the food, then take off upstairs and give the girls some space, taking Brucie and the younger girls with me. While the pizza's were cooking I was 'hanging out' in the living room with the girls, It was very quiet...no one was really mixing...I was worried, but I figured I should still leave them to it, there was no need to be concerned...as soon as I left, the party started! So it's official mom's not cool anymore...Oh well it's a part of life I guess. I love hearing my kids laughing and having fun, and Natasha seemed to have plenty of it.

Decisions

Many of you will be tired of hearing me speak about this dilemma AGAIN! However seen as this blog is also our family history, I want to document the decision I have been struggling with over these past few weeks. So feel free to go check out another's blog if you so wish!!!

So here's the deal... I always felt deep down that if ever I got to the stage where my youngest started school and there were no more little cherubs at home, then I would be done having children and that would be the time to concentrate on my nursing again. Well guess what? yep Rosie starts school after the summer and I have some decisions to make. I would like another child, but neither Bruce or I am ready at this stage to have another. So the obvious choice would be to go and do my nursing...now here's where it takes a twist. I can't see a way of going full time while looking after my family and supporting my husband, but I could do a flexi course but it would take alot longer to finish the course, which puts me around 40 when I finish and I personally couldn't have another child at that age...so...do I wait, have a child (possibly) then wait 5 years for that child to go to school then do my nursing, or do I just do my nursing and put any thoughts / desires to have another child behind me??? I can hear my mom gently counselling me about the importance of being a mom and nothing can compensate for that, and I know how important it is for me as a mother to be home raising my family and supporting my husband, and that is my deepest desire. But I also have to weigh up the counsel I received in my P.B. to learn as much about nursing as I can, in my studies, in my tuition and in my education. So that's where I am right now. This morning I'd made up my mind to do the nursing...but now after writing this I'm unsure again. Then when I make up my mind to wait, I feel such a desire gravitating me, to the point all I can think about is nursing and trying to puzzle out how I can make it work. Either way this is a life changing decision which effects my whole family, I need it to be right for all of us.

Brain freeze

It seems for the past month every time I go near a computer screen I get a brain freeze. I just don't know what to write and I sit there trying so hard to will the words to come into my mind. I guess I must of telepathically sent these rays of solid concentration into the computer as my laptop crashed on me....I'm devastated....I'm completely lost without it. aaagggghhhh. Bruce is kindly letting me log onto the one he uses. Anyhow, before the week is out I'm making a goal to sit and write a catchup and let you all know what's going on!

it's a steal!

I'm loving this...Maybe this will be my slogan for 2010!

leftovers...applesauce muffins

I found a great recipe using leftover apple and cranberry sauce.

applesauce muffins. makes aprox 12 - 18

2cups whole wheat SR flour

1 tbs baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup margarine

2 eggs

1 cup applesauce or cranberry sauce or a mixture of both

1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

1.Sift flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Set aside.

2. Cream sugar and margarine. Stir in beaten egg and applesauce.

3. Blend in sifted ingredients. Fold in chopped nuts.

4. Spoon into greased muffin tins or cases

5. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees for about 20 minutes.

Snow ball fight

I seem to be catching up with photo's rather than journalling! On Christmas Eve we went out to get the last bits and pieces and on the way home a spontaneous snowball fight erupted...I knew how it would end, but trying extremely hard to be more positive and not put a dampner on things I left them to it and took out my camera, this is what I got: