2007............nearly gone!!!!!

NO!!!!

too quick

School ended with me finally getting to clean my AP desk and MY BEST team teaching buddy EVER Michelle had to clean the classroom as I did not get down to the room......and I feel bad I never gave my kids anything, I was sooo consumed with getting things done and working 3 days did not make things easier. I said goodbye to some pretty memorable year 6....sad I cant share photos.......but my fingers are crossed for a young lady that made life at BPS fun and challenging, I will always remember my first term as an AP with the challenges she threw at me!

Kirsten is HERE!!!! well she arrived on the 16th, yes the night Max went to hospital!!! Kirsten is my pen friend from England. We started writng when we were 15 and she came here for my wedding in 1999. We are having a great time touring around the countryside!!!!!

Christmas day was a blast with a 23 month old that had to be woken at 8.30am!!!! He was sooo excited to see his McQueen car and opened 4 pressents, was happy and left the other 5 plus his stocking under the tree and that is where they still sit! He was happy, he got his Wags puppy, a small puppy (puppy freak) and a flute SO he did not need anything else.

I got spolied with a very flashy lens and an ipod!I dont think I would make a very good Sydney TOUR GUIDE as i keep asking Kirsten what she wants to do!
So far we have

• visited Featherdale Wildlife Park


• shopped


• had fish and chips on Bondi beach
  
• toured Darling harbour



• went to the Rocks and the Opera House
  


• chilled by my pool
  

we still have to do Manly, the zoo and some beaches.........and today we Jet Boated all around the Harbour which as a blast.

we are the ones in the back with no wet weather gear on - you can only see me. BOY we got wet but I was not wearing WW gear that had someone elses sweat on it !!!!YUK!

and a QUICK scraproom update!!!! Kirsten and I gutted the room in about 5.5 hours!!!! oh i own TO MUCH CRAP!!!!!! i feel sick about putting it all back in but as Darren pointed out today,,,,"if it was all mine you would have thrown it out the window by now,,,oh yes I would have as I have tripped over 4 boxes today (everything in upstairs in he hallway!!!!) max is NOT to be left alone with it as he is ready to use it!!!!!!

some BEFORE, SOME NOW....I wonder if we ever see an after.......my miracle worker is coming back on the 7th to do MORE shelving and give me some drawers, I am PROCRASTINATING big time about this one, just want it too look a million $$$$$$. and at the moment I cant bring myslef to put any thing back!!!!!

I have talked soooo much it is now 24 hours to 2008..........................happy new year!!!!!

school is out in one day!

for me anyway!

I feel sooo much better...max is doing ok, still a little cough but he gets 100 extra hugs a day now as that horrible moment still plays in my head.

THANKS to you all for your kind words and comments - HUGS back to you all too!

I am soo happy reports, presentation day and the end of school term 4 madness is nearly over. Just have to work tomorrow, pack up my classroom, do record cards and give out the pressies!!!

KSK has a new idea or layout on it everyday this month....here is mine from yesterday.

I loved doing this clock and I cant wait for my scraproom to be installed this Christmas eve so i can hang it up! Karen has soo many cool clocks to choose from.

5 days until the big guy comes!!!!!

better go and write a list of all that needs to be done

Febrile Convulsions

I knew the name and imagined how horrible it would be to have your baby have one. Well last night my heart stopped as Max had one for 40-60 seconds.
Just before he went to bed he had a dry cough and a runny nose so I gave him some cough medicine and he fell asleep quickly. He woke at 12.50 and was very upset, his temp was about 38.5 but he was refusing panadol and quickly becoming distressed. i got some panadol into him and he lay next to me moaning in our bed. I got up to clean up some of the spilt panadol and he was not a well boy. At 1.15 i lay there trying to sleep, thinking he had finally drifted off.
THEN suddenly he started to shake and my heart stopped, I picked him up and he was fitting. His eyes rolled back in his head and his body was stiff and jerking. PANIC SET IN. Darren called 000 and I screamed out for a wet wash cloth, for 40-60 seconds i really thought I was loosing my baby boy, I was calling out his name saying "don't you die, you can't die". I was pacing and panicking and Darren was white as a ghost, almost in tears like me, but I think we were in too much shock to cry. The wash cloth brought him back round but he was sooo quiet and still moaning, he was breathing very quickly and sooo pink and hot.
The 000 lady was wonderful, she talked me though monitoring him and it felt like the ambulance arrived in 5 minutes. They stripped him off to his nappy and took his temp, 39.5. I was terrified he was brain injured as he just kept starring at the roof. They assured me he was just resting and in a little shock. I thought they would leave once they checkked him but no, he got into the ambulance and were off to hospital. He was still soooo hot and coughing badly. Max was monitored until about 4am and they sent us home as he was better and they did not want him to catch any off the bugs going around.
He sat in the car in his nappy only. The doctor insisted I not dress him. He looked so tired and fragile. Max fell asleep on the way home. I stayed up to talk with Kirsten and Darren went off to work, as I insisted he need not stay home. As I lay in bed I played it all over in my head. It still brings tears to my eyes, I still want to hug him and kiss and and THANK goodness he is still here and fine!
This morning he played quietly and only ate a little. He drank lots of water and happily played with his toy puppies. They said as we left he had an upper respiratory infection and to keep my eye on him.
I am thanking my lucky stars and happy we have a fantastic 000 service this morning. I now have a 2 page handout on Febrile Convulsions - but i pray i never have to deal with another one again.

Rick Springfield- Jessies girl

happy birthday Narelle!

(edited) I started this post last night and tried very hard to upload u-tube in! I did it four times!!!! anyway i think it is above!!!!
Happy birthday Narelle and Lindy!!!

I have just had a nice night out with the great people I work with! Yes these days work has been HARD! it is sooo crazy up in the office, only a few more thing sto finish off and then it all starts again!

as much i want to be a stay at home mum - (even though I need to work to support my habit) it is a good life when you get to work with some nice people!



and for those of you TOOOOO young!!!!! not to know Jesse's girl I feel the need to post it here for you! what a 80's CLASSIC!!!!!!!

4 days to go!!!! then school is out!

I am going CROSS-EYED!!!! I think i have read over 10, 000 words this week!!! Reports! gotta love them! I am taking a break as I see my night ending at 2am! I still have to pack lunch for Max, wax my legs and iron something to wear from the 4 massive piles of clothes (my wardrobe is empty!)

I just sooo need to fall into a heap and SLEEP, i sooooo need a PJ day or a day by the pool! but no rest for the wicked!

I spent 45 minutes in the car park at Westfield tonight, just trying to get out!

I need to get to work at the crack of dawn and finalise presentation day awards and prizes, I need to find the lectern, mic stand and the fancy table cloth.

can someone also remind me I need to organise Christmas lunch and dinner, then some food for boxing day!

i have not updated Max's diary for weeks and I feel SLACK!!!!! I guess that is what holidays are for! - mental note, on the weekend he said beer (so proud), he got his first freckles at the end of November, he could swim for about a metre at the end of November, he began his puppy obsession on the 3rd of December, he says "mine - go". still key obsessed. he talks on the phone like he conducting a business meeting (must video that) and he loves trying to stand on his head.

ok it is 11.42 - must get back to it all!!!!

Santa...i can explain!!!!!!

Firstly, thanks friends for all the wonderful emails, comments, hugs and KIND words. I have been off line due to a broken modem and it was nice to turn the computer on today to see lovely messages from you all! I am so lucky that scrapbooking has introduced me to some wonderful friends!

KSK will have a NEW christmas layout or gift idea every day for DEC and while my modem was broken this Urban Lily mini book was on the portal! So sad I missed it! I loved this book as all the journaling can be hidden and that means more room for photos!

and if you LOVE felt like I do karen has the Christmas felt in!!!! it is YUMMMO!!!!!

I have had another busy weekend. Mum's group came over yesterday so there were 8 kids, 8 mums and 8 dads at my place! It was sooo nice to have a relaxing BBQ and watch the kids play! Today Lucas will be visting Max and then I think i will be up to the WEE hours of the morning as I am now very behind with my reports!!!

Narelle - those spots have better cleared up! I NEED you back at school! I have missed you too much! hope you are ready for the 2 stressful weeks ahead!!!! 8 working days left, a year 6 farewell, presentation day, book room stocktake, staff night out, REPORTS, transition programs and about 20 things that the last week of school can throw at us in 30 degree weather with NO air con!!!! i tell you I am always glad to hae you by my side threw it all - at least we have a laugh! and dont forget to LOOK pretty on the last day!

have a great week everyone

time for a change!!

a new banner for this new month!!!

24 more sleeps to go!!!!

I worked really hard for these photos.....hours.....3 sittings.......and I wonder where my time goes. here is the proof

I wonder if the shops will be busy tomorrow???