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Showing posts with label xmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label xmas. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Family Xmas Traditions

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Its beginning to feel a lot like Christmas....


I really believe that having traditions for certain times of the year makes everything feel more festive. You feel like its xmas because you are doing certain things. So part of my xmas planning this year was to find 5 traditions that will be part of our family. So far I have come up with these:



  • A family Photo Xmas card. Dressed to the 9's, makeup & hair done. A real glamour shot
  • A Christmas Eve party. We had this last year, and I want to keep up the tradition
  • Buy all who sleep at the house match PJ's for Xmas Eve
  • Dave & I to buy a small gift each to open on Xmas Eve together while we have a glass of wine or cider
  • .......Im still trying to think of a 5th one
These will have to be started from next year...though we will still be having a Xmas Eve party. 

I also want to be prepared by December 1st next year. Which means Menus planned and Xmas cake made. All presents bought and wrapped. Any food items or drink items that can be purchased ahead of time done or made early done. I want to sit back and enjoy next year. Plus we will hopefully be flitting off to New Zealand.

This year has been a balls up. The few hundred that I gathered we would have will have to be put towards the car, so its all just not going to happen. We can enjoy the festive season though, and enjoy everyones company.

But not to worry, soon christmas will be here, then gone. New Years will come with all its festivities, and then my Bday is just around the corner. I am looking forward to being another year older and wiser...well I can keep dreaming anyway :)

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Another woe is me post.....

Ok so we are only a week out from xmas and what happens???? well, our car has gone kaput. So somehow we are going to have to get the money together to still do xmas, but also get the car fixed. Such is life I suppose. Still sux tho.

But anyway enough of crap.

We are having some awesome storms here lately. Massive rippers. We have another one coming now, I can feel all the tension in the air, it makes my eyes and head ache. We have a 25th to go to tonite, so hopefully it dies down soon.

Mr D has been his grumpy self the last two days. He is at this moment asleep. His bi-polar is playing up and he is not sleeping at night. Doing very well sleeping during the day though. Its driving me nuts. Im going to let him sleep though, hopefully he'll wake up in a better mood. I am starting to wonder though how much of a good idea it was for him to give up the meds. It hasnt helped us in the way we thought it would. He says that he doesnt feel like he in a fog anymore, but it sure as hell isnt helping with moodiness, aggression and sleeping. Plus Im more than a lil worried the panic attacks will start again. The spending is definitely starting again. Grrr....maybe he'll be able to sort his shit out. At the moment he has no interest in trying though.

With me, well Im getting more than a little upset about the baby and weight stuff. I know I have to lose weight to have a baby, but its so freaking difficult. Especially having 4 other adults in the house that eat so much crap.  And Im so sick of hearing that I shouldnt diet, I should just eat healthy. Well news flash, thats obviously not working. I put 10kgs on every year trying to just eat 'healthy'. The doctor has spoken about weight loss surgery, and part of me really wants to do it, another part has no interest in it, and is so disgusted in myself about having to consider it. And I know so many of my problems will go if I can just even lose 10kg. Though I really want to lose 40-50.

Our goal this week was to start a Michael Thurman-ish type diet. Low car broken down into 5 meals, with 45 mins exercise daily and 3 Litres of water. We havent gotten anywhere close to that. It doesnt help that xmas is upon us. But we are both feeling the pressure of his mum arriving on Friday. They go on so much about D's weight. He feels so much pressure from them, and when they leave I am left with the consequences. I am dreading when she leaves this time. We go through a month of him over dramatising everything until I snap and tell him to get over it. I dont think we could survive living closer to her.

We also have to set up the office this week into a 4th bedroom. We will move the computer out and into probably our room, and put a bed in here. Thankfully it means that we will actually clean out the office. It is greatly in need. We have been wanting to rearrange in here anyway. After new years will be our chance. I might try to pic up another desk so that we can put both in here. D is starting his own blog now, and spending more time on his website, and I have mine and the 3 websites, plus uni. So definitely time to make room.

I have been thinking of making a second website, and doing more home deco/organisation. But Im guessing that will come together later if I need it to. The plan is to have two websites, one for organisation, and one for etiquette and grooming. The organisation one, for homes, the etiquette ones for people like me. Basically my journey from crap to fab. Though I could probably put that into this one. I just would like to eventually do talks and stuff on it. Probably best to put on here, keep things simple.

Friday, November 12, 2010

The World is pushing down

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picture from Health Spa Blog

So to add insult to injury, we woke up this morning to find D had not been paid. This would have been an intentional thing from his work, as they had a go at him yesterday for not handing in his timesheet. Which yep his error, but they knew he worked, he spoke on the phone to his manager about it. Why the fuck can they do this. We honestly live week to week at the moment. I hate doing it, but we are just not getting anywhere money wise and have to. So this has really caused an issue. 

Saving money. Ok what can we do?
1. Not pay any bills this week - eek theres going to be lots of phone calls to do that
2. Eat out of the cupboard - I dont freaking keep much in my cupboard....oh well time to get clever
3. Dont drive around anywhere. Yeah like thats going to be easy


Fuck, I know its not a big list, but we had a car payment come out this week. I have agreed to pay a few things, I wanted to eat. Oh well good time to lost a few kgs I suppose.

Why can't life be simple?

On the flip side (I have to find one to keep sane), its the lil push we needed to really knuckle down and save. So Foxtel will be getting turned off, 2nd car will be sold, time to declutter the home, and rethink our spending in all areas. 

Im sorry xmas, you have been cancelled.