My place and yours...

Kate i am so sorry i haven't participated as i would have liked to but life is just so hectic and i really am going to try and participate much more... 

So here is this weeks My place & Yours from the gorgeous Kate at Kate & Michael +3 and the theme is..... PINK!!!!

Given that i am a bit of a girly girl and i have a daughter PINK is ever present in this house so it wasn't so much as finding something to put up it was more choosing which things to put up, i could have kept snapping PINK things all day, even my camera is PINK. BUT lets get one thing straight, ;-), PINK is NOT my favourite colour and i do believe that you can have too much PINK. :-o Did i just say that out loud!!!!

Miss R's room is pretty much all pink, pink pillow, pink bed spread, pink ponies, pink wall butterflies and the list goes on so the pink things i have chosen are 2 things i use on an almost daily basis and things i can't live without... 

My 2011 diary. My daily schedule gets written up, important dates are in here as well as birthdays. This little book is what keeps my house running on a day to day basis. 

Then there is my iPhone arm band, running would be sooooooo boring without this little baby of mine. 

~xox~

Letting go comes with some challenges

Yep, it's not that easy to just let go!!!! The first hurdle was the masses of paper work that is required to declare yourself bankrupt, you really need to be certain you want to be bankrupt because that paper work is not for the faint hearted... 

So it's in, i thought there would be a weight lifted off my shoulders but nope, it's still there. By tuesday 14th June i will be officially bankrupt. Certainly was never in my life plan but none the less i am here so will deal with it. 

So this weight that is still holding me down, i keep wondering when it will be gone and i have made some educated guesses on when it will be gone but to be honest i don't think it's going to be this sudden feeling like everyone keeps telling me it will. I think this weight has been pressing on my shoulders and whispering in my ears for so long i don't know that it will just disappear. I am starting to get the feeling that as things slowly but surely start falling into place weight will slowly be lifted. I also think that this weight has been there for so long that i don't remember what it's like not to have it there. I think it will be a gradual thing and with every day and every new challenge faced the weight will start to lift. 

I can officially tick one of my boxes now too, and that box is WE HAVE A HOUSE!!!!!!!! Woo!!! It's gorgeous, it's brand spanking new and only 1 street back from the lake, it's not exactly where i wanted to live but when you are in our situation and renting you have to take what you can get and i got this. :-) So our new address with be 2/43 Jones Ave, Warners Bay!! Here is the google maps shot which was taken before the house was finished but at least you can see it's location just click here. 

Yep, a little bit of weight did lift from my shoulders when i got that phone call. 

So here is my list of challenges that we now face. 

• Moving
• Aaron getting a job
• Clearing out the old house
• Handing back the keys to the bank :-(
• Establishing our new life and new routines 

Can't wait to tick all of those things off the list, my educated guess is that with each one some weight will lift and with each one i will be closer to being truly happy

~xox~

The time has come to let go!

We have make the very hard decision to declare bankruptcy. 

It all came down to a couple of things and those few things all revolved around the kids and what we want for them, a beautiful life really. 

We are constantly stressed and on edge, we have NO life because we are both working our guts out every hour we can and we have no money at the end of the day to do anything with the kids. Yeah i know you don't need money to have fun with your kids but when you have no money to even drive them to a different park you know things aren't good. 

The weight hasn't been lifted yet, i still have this pit in my stomach as we fall through the next part of our life. I hope we land softly and i hope we land where i have put the X, where ever that may be. 

The next challenges are finding a house, yes we are moving. The bank have said we can keep the house but long story short, it's not worth it. I have never rented before so am kind of looking forward to learning about the whole rental market and what it feels like to live in a house you don't own. 

Then there is the challenge of Aaron and work, hmmm, not going to go there lets just say what will be will be. 

So i know i will be at peace with the decision but can't say i am at peace with it just yet. 

Maybe i will have more time for blogging now and be able to post more than once a month. 

~xox~

Lunch with my little man...

Today is Friday, Pre-school day, YAY!!! 

Normally i run around frantically getting everything done and then B and i crash out about 1pm for our afternoon nap together, god i love our naps together. Anyway today is a beautiful Autumn day so i thought we might have our lunch on the grass out the back together.

While sitting out there eating enjoying every minute looking at my gorgeous boy being so well behaved i thought, hmmm this would make a beautiful post in my blog and i could get some great pics of him. So off i run inside to get the camera. 

By the time i get back B has shovelled almost the entire bowl of hummus into his mouth with his hands, his beautiful clean clothes are covered and he has it smeared all over his face... *sigh* that's B for you and i wouldn't have him any other way!!!

Right now i have stripped him off and he is having a ball running around naked yelling crazy noises at the top of his lugs... Not long till nap time, phew. 

~xox~

My Place and Yours

Yay Kate from Kate and Michael +3 is going to continue on with My Place and Yours. 

So this weeks theme is What's on your bed... 

My bed spread comes from my sister and was a christmas present like 3 years ago... It was perfect at the time but is starting to look a bit worn and dated and i am thinking that will have have to be this years christmas present again. 

It's pale green, almost mint, with white embroidered flowers on it. There is no way Aaron would let me go too girly but this seemed to fit into his criteria, it is his bedroom as well after all. 

And of course, what bed wouldn't be complete without matching throw pillow's to go with it. 

I LOVE my bed, if only i got to spend more time in it. 

~xox~

My new favourite pants...

Ok i am in love... Yep totally smitten, head over heels in love with the kids new fisherman pants...  I love buying things from local people, home made one off pieces and one of my favourite little home made sewers is FrankieSmall. Her stuff is awesome and such amazing amazing quality,  her website doesn't have too much listed as she mainly sells at local markets but check out her blog. Oh and she is such a beautiful person, one of those people who melt your heart when they smile at you, even if you are still a complete stranger to her. 

The pants are a bit on the pricey side at $40 but like anything of hers the quality is just outstanding. The best thing about these pants though is they will last my kids for years to come. How??? Well take a look at the material on the bottom. That actually folds down so the pants become even longer as the kids grow. 

Secondly the waist, it's folded over in true fisherman style pants but there is velcro hiding under there to secure them, as we know how gentle our little ones are, this means there is about 10cm of growing room in the waist!!! That is massive. 

Then when the get bigger again you can roll the legs back up and wear them as shorts, because of the massive waist extension it means they should last them for years to come. 

But the best part of all is how absolutely adorable they are... 

~xox~

My Place and Yours...

Hello Owl has decided to move on to bigger and better things and so that means that MYPAY has been put to rest... 

As i had only just started playing and really love the idea of being able to look back at certain pictures of my place in the future i have decided to keep going. Not too sure where the Your's will come into it but certainly each week i will be taking a pic of something at My Place. 

What better place to start that the computer. My link to the outside world, my connection to my online friends, my blogging space, my escape!

Perched on the draws every day is the same things. An empty vase, just begging for some fresh flowers, my camera and cord, my phone and my diary. I didn't clean it up as i wanted to look back on it exactly how it is. 

I usually have the curtain open so i can see the outside world but had to close it for the picture. 

I am inspired now to fill that vase. Next pay day i am going to get me some flowers. 

~xox~