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

*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

hey all!

I think I’m gonna dedicated this blog to the trials and tribulations of bringing up a lil girl. Callia is almost 18mths old now, and we’ve been through quite a bit. So hopefully it’ll give other parents, grandparents etc some insight and maybe some solution to something they’re going through.

..stay tuned, cos over the coming week i’ll start getting this blog organised

omg.. what a helluva few days.. i’ve felt nothing other than ugh!

last friday i had drinks with my workmates after work, before i even finished a glass of wine, i felt half-cut.. i ended up having to go to public toilets and puke my guts up before catching the bus home.. i could not hold it in any longer! =/

so.. saturday.. i’m still feeling ill.. decide.. i have the weekend off, i’ll see how i go.. sunday comes along.. i start feeling illerer.. and all of a sudden, i now have stiff ‘n sore neck and shoulders.. sunday arvo, i decide that i’m going to get a doctor out.. cos i wasn’t sure what was going on, didnt want to drive because i didnt have full mobility of my head-turning-ways.. doctor said it could be a viral infection, wasnt sure.. so only gave me some anti-nausea tablets.. and told me to check with my GP in a couple of days.. so i thought ok fair enough.. he gave me a doctors note for me to stay home on the monday and see how i go..

monday still feeling ill.. been taking panadol and drinking plenty if water.. haven’t taken any nausea tablets.. cos i figure i can cope at the moment.. monday night.. i’m laying on the settee.. had already got myself ready for work today.. so wasn’t stressing over anything..(nothing to stress over!!) .. i start getting pain and tenderness around the abdomen.. cramp-like.. but not totally.. more dull and noticable.. so i took another panadol.. and nothing.. didn’t work.. felt like chucking up my dinner.. but managed to keep it down..

this morning.. im up at 6:50.. still feeling ugh.. have a shower.. nothing changes.. organise to see a doctor.. call work and tell them i’m not going to be in.. and off to see the doctor.. and this one was creepy! .. i told him basically what had happened, had drinks friday, well one drink, puked up, and haven’t felt right since.. he says… wait for it.. its an allergic reaction to the wine – i’m not allergic to anything.. and have never had any allergies before, not of the food/drink variety anyways -_-

he checked my breathing, heart rate etc.. said all seems fine, i said.. something doesn’t feel right.. i dunno why i feel like this, i don’t want to feel like this, i dun have time to be sick.. he smiled -_-

he gives me a prescription for an allergy pill.. says that my body is trying to get rid of the wine or something in the wine.. whatever o.O

i still feel ugh! .. i hate feeling ugh.. and i cannot afford another day off work.. i didnt even wanna be off work.. i was doing so well! ..feels like i’m being taken as a joke.. the GP didnt do any allergy tests or anything, no blood tests, nothing.. it was like i was being humoured..

“..here, yeah you’re funny.. ima give you some tablets which dont do anything at all, but since you’ve taken the time to drive here and see me, we’ll make it seem like it was worth it, yeah?..”

..over it. i just wanna feel like my normal self.. i’m over feeling poorly *pouts*

4 (and a half) weeks training.. over, just like that! .. it seems it was only yesterday that we were all strangers sitting in the training room trying to figure out if Exceed was feared more than it deserved, or even feared enough..lol

Our group hit the phones for the first time, unofficially, yesterday.. but officially today.. we left the comfort of our ickle training puddle.. and were plopped into the Pond

I must admit, I’ve not really thought about it.. I kinda just closed my eyes really tight, flapped like mad as I made my way over..lol First call was an irate customer.. just what ya need to kick off the call-taking mood right? ..was all good tho.. the calming effect of my voice got the customer chuckling towards the end of the call.. *smirks* lol

The day went SO quick today.. I dun even think I took that many calls.. and most of which I did take were transfers.. I did have a nice call to top off the end of day tho.. “you’re the best person, by far, I’ve ever spoken to on the phone…. it’s beautiful” ..talk about compliments!! *blushes*

To the team..

Zoe, Kumaran, Dan, Stan, Troy, Shaza, James, Ash, James, Jesse, Tom, Jess, Lauren and Kirri..

CONGRATS GUYS!! We make an awesome team!! WELL DONE!

…and our trainers..

Many, many, many thanks to our trainers..

Quinny, Mandy and Mick!

We played up plenty, tested your patience, we know.. but we wouldn’t have walked outta that training room with the confidence and eagerness we had if it weren’t for you 3! I think I speak for all of us when I say.. Muchly appreciated! Thanks heaps!

…loving my job right now! <3