We reluctantly took our lil munchkin to the Speech Pathologist the other week. It proved somewhat… interesting.

The young lady sat with Callia for just under 2 hours, playing with toys and going through basic instructions, puzzles, general play.. and whilst everything else was fine.. we’re told she has a mild to moderate speech difficulty when it comes to …Language Creation.

Her speech sounds are fine, her vocabulary is good and she listened and understood instruction, however, she couldn’t connect some words..

She’s not yet 3, however, can count to 16 and name any colour you point to, but apparently this is ’stereotypical’ of children with speech difficulties.. go figure.. o.O

We have been advised to engage in more pretend play.. and told that they didn’t think she would actually need therapy and that she would catch up..

In the meantime, our lil minchkin is now taken to identifying words within her books, attempting to read if you will..

So.. given all.. I’m not sure how to take the conclusion, I am quite happy to play tea parties with Callia, sing-a-longs with Nursery Rhymes and pretend we’re in the jungle hiding from Daddy, when actually we’ve just thrown her Upsy Daisy settee over us.. so I dun think it’s something we’re failing to expose her to..

but it is certainly a weird concept.. Language Creation.. I think we’ll see how things go over the next few months..

In August 2008 I brought myself a Ford Laser.. nice 5DR Hatch, neat.. tidy.. aircon… power-steering.. you know.. all the nice stuff.. I paid $2500..

well it seems I have been doing nothing but paying for it over and over and OVER again!

Shortly after purchasing the car it was brought to my attention that the rear brakes were rooted.. I had absolutely no braking power and the guys at Profix had said that they were surprised I hadn’t pranged the car.. so that’s $350 to recondition rear drum brakes to new..

following the brakes, I was told the transmission needed a major service, another few hundred..

a few months go by.. the cars running pretty sweet, it’s always been economical being able to run over 300kms per week on $45 worth of fuel..

and then.. the tyres are threading… that’s about $400..

..find out the front suspension is gone… quoted another $600..

..then my battery dies… $90.00 + service costs

..then I smack into a median strip to avoid collision with a bus on my way home from work (his fault, veering into my lane for no reason whatsoever).. this rips my hub cap to shreds and completely screws one of my rims..

..so the new tyres, alignment, balancing etc.. is absolutely worthless now! Plus.. I am going to have to have the rim fixed or replaced..

..and it gets better!.. my battery dies again!! Not knowing what could possibly be causing this as the battery is barely two months old.. we’re having to go over everything.. alternator.. wiring.. fuses.. everything! ..more running around and money been thrown about like nobodies business!

this is my task for today.. I have had to take the day off of work cos not only could I not find an alternative way into work, despite my best efforts.. I’m the only one with a licence.. therefore if the car is taken.. there’s no way of getting it back within business hours.. which would mean lots more money and no ride..

I have lost a days wage and about to spend twice that, at least, to get the Laser up and running again..

someone tell me when this will stop ‘cos the surprises aren’t amusing anymore!

Heya all!

Well what can I say, there has been a lot of coffees since my last post!

Life has been fun the past couple of years and often I have regretted not putting the proverbial pen to paper.. but now I’ve found a funky new theme donated ever so kindly by the people at Smashing Magazine.. it’s chaotic whilst remaining indie stylish and I like that.. that’s me to a tea.

So moving on.. Callia is turning 3 in May and has been going to daycare for a couple of days a week for the past nine months.. and only now we’ve been told to have her speech assessed as it appears that she is a little bit behind with her speech motor skills..

Not that it bothers me but it wasn’t until she had been bitten on the cheek by another kid, which sent them into a panic, had they in fact actually taken notice of her enough to think ‘hmm.. yeah you know.. we think you should have her assessed‘… o.O ?

So we have her booked in for next Thursday and we shall see what comes from it.

I’m still in the same job as  I was when I last blogged, working for Telstra BigPond as an Sales/Email Consultant,  been there for 18 months now, so I must be doing something right

DP is itching to get out into the working world and we’ve discussed putting Callia in daycare more often to make it work.. I dun think she’ll mind it, she’s quite the sociable ickle thing and very easily bored at home.. at least it will allow for DP to get out there though, which is what we all want, so far he’s applied for a couple of jobs and currently going through another application process for an IT Assistant ..fingers crossed hey!

Anyways, I guess I shall return to my day-off-work-homely duties.. figured I’d touch base, no doubt I will be back.. I have just received 6 boxes of my past and have a lot of blogging to do =D

Salada.. 0/

Oh yeah.. it’s come to this!

It appears Callia is over the 3.4M she has of running space within our flat.. we’re in dire need of a house.. so today we’re off to view a couple of near new homes.. to rent.. …not to buy as of yet… near my family and near the school I would like to put Callia into.. it’s a little further north …about half hour…, however, with family, school and familiarity, I’m not too fussed

We’ve got a pretty good range to choose from, with most the places being near new or brand new.. and that’s ideal.. we have also decided on the need for a double garage and 2 bathrooms, simply cos we’re greedy..

For an extra $80 per week, we can get a near new 4-bedroom home with landscaped gardens, double garage and 2 bathrooms.. so we figure, why not hey

I did have to fish …no pun intended… around work and find out if anyone was interested in taking over our lease.. it appears I have been lucky and had a few people interested, which makes the whole ‘looking-for-a-house’ thing a little easier, could save us thousands!

I know DP is tired of moving about.. but I have promised him we’ll sit for a while at the next place.. as moving into this one was kinda rush and with two weeks notice to get out.. we weren’t left with a lot of time to actually look for what we want.. much different to now..

so hopefully.. fingers crossed.. we’ll find our new home over the next couple of days

Wordmobi is a client for WordPress (written in python, no less!) for Nokia mobile phones..

Considering that my blog has had over 150,000 hits since it’s birth in 2005..

followed me through our pregnancy with Callia..

..documented our travels through United Kingdom..

..not to mention the trials and tribulations of moving to and settling in Australia..

we thought it was worth keeping it active, however, with an active toddler, full-time job and maintaining my relationship with DP, time is something not easily obtained, esp when it comes to blogging..

Hence needing something that would allow me to blog anywhere, anytime!

..and given that I’ve just upgraded my Telstra F85-something flip phone for a Nokia E51, we wanted to test it capabilities…

…and having written this blog up (whilst watching LOTR) and publishing it via my mobile is one of them!

If you would like to check out this brilliant mobile blogging application, click here: Wordmobi

..my blogging life just got a helluva lot easier!

Cheers, Gurgi =)

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*sighs* I know… it’s been ages..I haven’t blogged about anything… damn Facebook.. it makes it too easy to quickly jump online and catch up on what people are doing… maybe it’s because I’m a mum now and I barely get a second of me time to take half a breath… let alone sitting down a maintaining a blog..

on the upside.. I did finally remember  ‘crap!.. I have a blog!’ ..and decided to log in..and I guess now.. I should prolly update a few things… for instance.. my last post… the whole Wii getting fit regime was completely blown to crap… it never happened.. I have not found the time.. and to be honest.. the motivation just hasn’t been there.. I’m too busy maintaining a household and everyone innit as well as trying to look after myself.. and when I do get that half a second.. I hafta drop the Wii remote as quick as I pick it up.. but I know something has to be done..

There’s so many things I wanna do.. quit smoking for good, stop the on again off again bullcrap.. get fit again.. get some order in my life.. know what I’m doing from one day to the next in such a fashion that I’m motivated into getting things done.. have regular dinners.. actually make the effort and have dinner at night.. instead of not eating at all.. cos I simply do not have time..

My job is great.. workin’ lates at the moment til 10PM ..but I’m finding that in the mornings I get nothing that I wanna do done.. ‘cos I end up fending after everyone else and by the time they are sorted.. I hafta get ready for work..

I’d love to be able to go on my treadmill every morning.. but its in the bedroom.. that happens to be within close proximity of not only DP, but also Callia.. I dun wanna interrupt their sleep whilst I try and sort myself out.. it’s frustrating! =\

This flat is so small.. that nothing can be done without someone else being effected.. and that’s starting to drive me nuts.. in the end I sacrifice everything I wanted to do.. in order to keep everyone else happy.. it’s simply easier to go about the way things continue to go than to enforce such a routine on others..

Maybe I should just get up at 6am every morning and play Wii Sports, save my walking til I get home.. or when Callia has a nap… but then.. I’m taking time away from me and DP.. and soon enough it feels like we haven’t spent a single moment together cos I’m up with Callia whilst he’s asleep, or should I decide to get up early.. it’ll steal cuddle time.. no win situation.. and this could just lead to me turning into a big fat blob who just crumbles under everyone else’s whim and maintains a ‘i’m happy if everyone else is happy‘ theory.. which would be completely bollocks.. cos i dun wanna be fat…lol

like right now for instance.. I could be on the treadmill, yet, hear I sit in the lounge.. using our tv as a computer monitor.. it’s f00ked..*sighs* I need to put a stop to this gross neglect.. of me.. of my blog.. of my relationship.. of involving myself in more structured activities with Callia.. I read to her 7 times a day.. usually one book after the other.. of her choice naturally.. but I’m sure she’s craving a bit of routine.. a bit of something to look forward to… much like her mother..lol

I just wanna scream into a pillow.. it dun help that DP sparked the argumentativeness in me by talking about corporate profiteering with phone companies that sell caps like $29 gets you $130 worth of call credit.. instead of saying.. $29 gets you calls at a flat rate of 25 cents per minute and flat rate of 20 cents per text.. apparently this was outlawed in the UK ..did you know that? .. i dunno..time to sort crap out me thinks.. it’s gonna annoy some people.. but they will feel my wrath in the long term if they dun let me piss them off now..lol

here’s hoping I remember to log on a lot sooner next time.. cheers

I’ve never had a funerer routine..

Day 1 – 5.5KM Walk + 30mins Pilates

Day 2 – Wii Tennis

Day 3 – 5.5KM Walk + 30mins Pilates

Day 4 – Wii Boxing

Day 5 – 5.5KM Walk + 30mins Pilates

Day 6 – Wii Bowling

Day 7 – Wii Golf

..muchly happy girlie =)

MERRY XMAS EVERYONE!!

this year’s gone quick…much quicker than the last

as every day flies by.. you have a deepened past

surrounded by constant changes.. all over the place..

it’s like an era has ended..can barely recognise your face..

time to start a new year… which makes for better reason..

get out there …have an awesomely funky holiday season!

…lotsa love ‘n stuff and all the very best wishes for 2009..

xoxoxo

I have often had this conversation with my girlfriends over coffee, as we do, what cheating could be defined as.. not so much in the tangible sense, but in the mindset .. for instance.. say ya man regularly spanks the monkeh to ‘visual stimuli’ that includes nothing of their partner ..and he says summat like.. ‘blokes are visual.. seeing that sort of stuff gets us off.. but dun worry, just cos i do it, dun mean i love you any less’ ..

well.. with most women.. all of which I’ve spoken about it with.. have said its the connection that gets them off.. the connection being that they are the other person’s ‘world’ for however brief the moment.. they know they are it..the intensity and mutual desire is well apparent..

so it begs to be questioned.. if a woman was regularly doing the deed with someone other than their partner, no one special, work colleague, friend etc just impulsive rampant romping just cos they desired the connection.. could they rebuttal with ‘don’t worry baby.. its a connection thing.. dun mean i love you any less’ ..

would men accept it like we’re meant to accept their need to seek visual stimuli?

*curiously ponders*

IND-Web.com has collaborated with XYZ Internet to put together a blog/social network, much like Facebook, without the annoying apps.

I have just signed up for another blog with them, for which I’m still unsure as to what to do, but I’m thinking it might be good to do something like a reference guide with our lil girl growing up and all.. that way maybe other parents or grandparents, etc, may read the trials and tribulations we go through ourselves.. and hopefully find solution in something we have managed to survive through.

This is an open source based blogging and social networking platform, using the likes of WordPress MU and BuddyPress combined to provide an all round social network, that allows you to not only keep in touch with ya mates, but lets you express yourself through the ways of ‘Blog’.

Feel free to have a look, check out my profile..  this project is still in its infancy, but the more people we get involved, the further along we can move.