tidbits for the last day of May.

The week that has been. A B***** long one. LOL I will work my way through the news.

Melissa won her soccer match today7:0 but they lost last weekend 0:5. She had practiced on Thursday and they must have been a bit hard cos she can home sore and ended up with yesterday home from school.

Dave is still not working we got another letter this week asking for another specialist appointment however we going to have a hearing on the 3rd June so that will be interesting. Lets see what will happen there.

We saw my parents today mum is looking good, She had her second course last Tuesday and so far with everything its going good they have to put in a pick(?) into her veins as a way to get blood and do the chemo.

Getting report cards home from the girls they look ok at the moment i wish Cecilia could be doing a bit better but i think she will find her way when she starts high school next year.

Dale well he's been the typical teenager... :)

Me well been toooooooooooo busy earning the money.

We had to take two pets to the vets the other day. Ginn the cat and Rosie the Lab Ginn was easy he had been in a cat fight and i think he came off second best. hehehehe With Rosie we are thinking that she is starting to have fits. they are small ones at the moment all we see is her recovering. We are having to date the days so see how frequent they are. then see what to do.

Oh yes before i go any further there are several international parcels heading out of Australia and landing in two different places in the world. They should be there around Friday...... If i remember i will need to email you to let you know they are coming as i havent been able to talk to any of my friends live cos i am not around enough to talk to them to let them know they have a parceling coming......... argh bugga it they read this so i hope they know who i am talking about... :) Well i am off to do hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm sleep hehehehehe some x stitching who knows...

just a 2 minute post

Hi just letting you all know that i have been extremely busy and am looking forward for some time off. I will do a update on how things are going. Just here to let you know that i am ok and that things at the moment are ok and well.

End of week tidbits....

Ok this week was well lets see via the post.

1st thing to mention is my mum i saw my parents yesterday and today. and oh boy my mum now has no hair what so ever and dad informed me about what exactly happened last weekend with my mum and it now makes me even more weary about this next dose. Apart from her kidneys shutting down she also went into cardiac arrest. Apparently flat lined it. thank someone that she got though it. How my dad taking it all i know he is now older than 60yrs.

2nd thing this week is i dont know if I talked about Dave's issue about workcover they have now decided to do a review minus the doctors report again they are the ones who set the specialist appointment and it wont be in time for the review there is a month difference......... eyes rolling here. I think the right hand doesnt know what the left hand is doing.... that is govn departments for u.

3rd issue.. Apparently it was a nail biter with Melissa soccer(football for those UK people) yes they won 5:4 it came down to the last 60 seconds. they were wet through due to a very heavy rain downpour at the beginning of the match....

4th thing this week is Cecilia had her party and a total of 7 screaming girls arghhhhhhhhhhh
by the end everyone enjoyed themselves and all left high on sugar. hehehehehehe

5th and the most important news of the week my SIL has announced the date of when she is getting married yep its finally happening it wont be until next September but its been the best news yet.

last but not least drum roll please..............
i got out my cross stitching and yes i can see the end its getting closer. its a UFO piece i have been working on the Australian Map... can i ask a question with the papilon SAL now as that is on part 5 and i am working on part 2 is that now called a UFO hehehehehehe

so overall i think the week hasnt been to bad. :)

Mum is home

Wahoo she is home..... I got a call and she so excited that she going home..... OK she now has a huge list of new drugs the last lot didnt do her any good. I still dont know what's going to happen with the next lot of chemo yet but will find out.
not much been happening except that i have been busy with work... yep its now normal for me. no cross stitching done this week yet. i will include to photos of the girls from the weekend as now i am on the main desktop. I am off to walk the dogs.

a hard weekend

This weekend has been a very hard weekend for me. With me my mum this got a lot worse before she seems to hopefully be on the mend. I found out that over night thursday her kidneys were shutting down with the quick action of the nurses and doctors they got her over it. They found out what has caused toxic shock syndrome it was the double dose of the red chemo.. at the moment the 2 doctors are arguing over the next double dose that she has to have Should she or shouldnt she have the dose. They may keep her in during the next course to monitor her.

Its been Cecilia's birthday on Saturday a teenager now. Photo's will come and with Melissa's soccer this weekend her team scored 8:0 yes a win for them. Photos will come too.

And to all those mum's happy mother's day.

shocker news.....

I have had a very busy couple days and on whats been happening in my life, my mum is back in hospital they are having to do heaps of blood works due to toxic shock... something went wrong. I will find out more within the next couple of days. We finely have some news with Dave... he has to go to a Dr's appointment in July. I have asked him to ask heaps of damned questions so we just wait it out.

Ok some funny info i received this email i just had a great laugh over it I know it wont make sense to you but i thought you might like it. It something that Sth Australians would do.... :)I increase the font size so you could read it.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM ADELAIDE IF...

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM ADELAIDE IF... You meet people at the 'Malls Balls' You consider 40 degrees to be a bit warm You drink Farmer's Union Iced Coffee You drink Coopers And you know It's the best beer in the world You've been to the brewery lights's You've eaten a Balfour's frog cake You know that a Berliner is something you eat You like YoYo biscuits You grew up on Fritz & sauce sangas You know it's a 'yiros', not a 'kebab' You can drink SA tap water without noticing any unpleasant flavours You've been to the Pancake Kitchen (open 24 hours) You call the corner store a 'deli' You pronounce graph as 'grarph', plant as 'plarnt' and dance as 'darnce' You know that Victor Harbor is the only place to be for Schoolies. You went to school camps as the Red Shield Aquatics Camp in Victor Harbor You know where 'Porta Gutta' is You have been to the club formerly known as Heaven at least once (and you were under 18). You have been to Flashdance at HQ at least once You've started the night on the East End then drunkly walked through Rundle Mall in the early hours to get to the West End (or vice versa) You know that there's more than one way to have a good time on Hindley Street Pints are the big beers After a big night you've ended up at 'The Cas' You've been to the museum on 5 different school excursion but never returned as an adult You've been to the St. Kilda playground You miss Magic Mountain at the bay You know that 'the bay' is Glenelg You would never swim at Glenelg because it's gross You have been to Glenelg and got extremely sunburnt You know the state floral and fauna emblem (but just in case it comes up at a quiz night) You still call AAMI Stadium, 'Footy Park'. You support the Crows/the Power And you'd rather give up your first born than see the other team win the flag You know the South Australians invited the checkside punt You have a very strong opinion on Lleyton Hewitt You forgave the Chappells for the 1981 Underarm Incident purely out of South Australian patriotism. Your 'sports gurus' are KG and Corne sy You've never watched NRL You've been to the Christmas pageant as a child and as an adult You've lined up for more than half an hour to see Santa at the Magic Cave You've bought something from the pie cart You know what a pie floater is You've eaten a pie floater You can't go out without seeing someone you know You shop at Foodland You have a Hills Hoist in your backyard You know the Hills Hoist was invented in South Australia as was wine casks, penicillin and the retractable seat belt At least half of your neighbours were born before 1950 You can leave work at 5:15 and miss 'peak hour traffic' Your definition of 'peak hour' traffic is more than 5 cars at a red light You're always running late because the public transport system is so old You know and love the sound the ticket machine makes on public transport You feel like punching the next person who calls it the City of Churches You walk past at least 5 churches on your way to work Seeing a large, Aboriginal man walking around town in a leotard and gum boots in the middle of winter does not surprise you You know his name is Johnny You know who Stormy Summers is You think the 'Tiser has no journalistic integrity whatsoever.... And yet you still read it every day. You remember John Martin's You've been on the Pop-Eye You know the people out on the Torrens are either tourists or rowers. No one else would go near that water. You know where beehive corner is You hate the new tram You think the Festival Centre is a wonder of modern architecture. You've used the term 'minda' as an insult A pale/palie is a Coopers Pale Ale You've saved up your bottles and cans from a big night out, collected the 5c deposit and then used it to buy more beer You know what a 'stobie pole' is You say 'heaps good' One of the first questions you ask a person is where they went to school You have the same friends from high school You don't like Victorians They stole our Grand Prix Your dads best friend friends next door neighbour knows some one in the Hells Angels that can get stuff. You acknowledge that, while half of our state is uninhabitable, you know that it's still the greatest. You console yourself that, despite all our faults, at least South Australia wasn't built by convicts. You understood and laughed at this list You live in South Australia And you'll probably die here too

small good news

ok with Mel i have some good news. We went to the Doctors yesterday and the splint came off and the results are that it seems ok. without having any xrays there was a possible greenstick or even a sprain but it not as sore as it was at the weekend so the splint worked. She is happy cos she can play soccer at the weekend.

With the hospital visit i managed to work on my x stitch its getting closer to finishing. Yeap its a ufo project.

little cry for Mel

After yesterday game i was so proud of her then we went to our friends place for Lunch and yes you may guessed what happen Mel and I spent the afternoon at the hospital........ She fell out of a tree and yes with a suspected green stick fracture to her left arm. At the moment she has a half cast on we are hoping its just a sprain. Its not hurting her today. The hospital didnt have on-site xrays so it meant going on her pain levels. If it got bad over night i would have taken her to our hospital down here. She seems ok this morning. It will be off to our local GP tomorrow otherwise.


Thanks Julie for letting me know about JA.

Proud mum

I did ask Dave if he remembered his mother's Birthday and yes he did.

Ok to the proud mum bit........ today i watched my youngest daughter play soccer(For those UK people Football) :) they lost the game 2:1 but for the first match of the season and the first time she has played a game she done well ........ Wahoooo go Mel. She played left defence and head butted the ball several times, got it away from the opposite team. In general she done well even the mum's whose sons play for club stated that she done well....... YES i am getting a big head but i am so proud of her. I going to have to get a picture of her playing....


On the side those who go into JA is there something up cos i cant get in... :( tried everything. I will look at it later.

should i or shouldnt i

tell my hubby that's it his mother Birthday today. We lost her to cancer over 11yrs ago. and i do know that i miss her.

I will go find a picture of her. to scan in later.



later. its very grainy but it is of my FIL(and its his Birthday) and MIL when my son was 1

WOW 4 months has flown by and what a year its been. I have spoken to my mum tonight to see how she was.... I think it has finally hit home with her. :( Today was the first day of chemo for her. Fingers cross it works for her. She states at the moment she is fine but we will have to wait a day or two or three before we see how she is going. She is having three different types of chemo.

With work i have been flat chat. hehe nice to bring in the income again but hay i think i need to sleep in this weekend to recover. hehehe

Yesterday came and went with what ever they are doing with my DH claim and its been silent. that means several things.... still looking into it.... we lost or we have been accepted but way things are going trying to look positive they still looking into i want to take the safe bet here. I was told the Dave's boss wont pay for the medical that HE *********(swear word here) made Dave do.... so the cost is now back on us. I am bloody positive his boss doesnt know how to run a damned business... You make an employee go to the Doctor to find out what he/she can or cannot do then you pay for the bill.

let alone that expense we now have an added expense from my darling two older children they were been as children can be little so and so they decided to have a so and so and now we have to replace a broken window. I might see the funny side to that one day.

Side note with uni it seems they still cant answer my questions. I fail one section of the topic but they cant say what will happen? what needs to be done? And after talking to several friends they believe what i think........ that the topic coordinator shouldnt have the job if she cant answer simple question. I do know it states that you must pass both section of the assignment but you do get students bombing out like i did on one part so what the hell happens now? is my biggest question.

On the funny side well i think its funny i received a letter from our government agency to ask if i want to give an estimate income for our next tax year........ they do go off what you estimate for this year then add CPI to it........ i just sat on the bed laughing at what they think as a combine income Dave and i will earn for the coming year. I wish I wish off to work we go :)

On JA i posted what i have done on one of my UFO but what i didnt show was an overall picture. its coming together quite nicely. i will include it in this post. And with the JA monthly challenge the coordinator decided to put all designs that didnt make the challenge for that month up for a second go.... Well this time i wont be voting cos what i choose never make it so this way i wont be disappoint if my choice wasnt the challenge piece of the month..... OR i could be just to damned lazy to vote :) I think i will take the second choice that i am tooooooooo lazy. (or it could mean that i am too busy to decide which one) LOL

Well its time for this little ducky to go to bed.

till next time happy stitching.