My Saturdays

what i would LIKE my saturdays to looks like:
wake up to pleasant kids who eat their breakfast without fuss
get the kids changed and cleaned up with no problems/battles
have the kids minded while i head to a Hip Hop class
meet up with a friend for waffles
pick the kids up and have dinner with no trouble
get the kids in bed around 8 and have the rest of the evening to myself to read.

what my Saturday will ACTUALLY be like:
wake up too late to even make it to my Hip hop class and have brunch with the kids
struggle to get the kids to co-operate and have a battle over what they want to wear. "its cold! put your socks and your jumper on!"
tend to the MASSIVE pile of dishes in my sink and the MASSIVE pile of dirty/clean clothes
feed the kids lunch and nibble on left overs
change a really gross nappy (what goes in, has to come out right after it went in)
answer to a million "Mummy, I want..."
vacuum, mow the lawn, clean some outside windows because i have a rental inspection this week
say good bye to my fortnightly pay as i budget and pay the bills/rent/preschool/groceries/petrol
bribe the kids to eat their dinner
finally getting the kids to sleep at 10pm
falling asleep on the couch because i was too tired to read by then

woohoo.

WOAW

Michael Jackson, the KING of pop, passed away earlier today and im kind of still shocked, kind of in denial and dont really know what to say...

when we were kids me and my brother used to fight all the time over everything, but one thing we seemed to agree on is that Michaels music was the best. There will never be any artist or entertainer who can replace him, or equal him in his talent.

All i hope is that he is resting in peace and that people remember him for his amazing music, his trademark dance moves which no one can do quite the same and his efforts at making this world a better place. He will be sadly missed and never forgotten.

Michael Jackson

August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009

One thing

One thing i would like to learn how to do is to draw/sketch/create masterpieces with charcoal.. how i'll achieve that is beyond me but yeh.. charcoal is like a pair of shoes that you love and then save up forever for and when u go to buy them there's in your size... (or you could just put them on layby in the first place..)

ANYWAYS.. i got a taste for charcoal when i was doing my TVET course in my senior years at Enmore TAFE (yes.. THE design centre).. and ever since then havent had time/tried/experimented with charcoal and i miss it so.. maybe because i was so awful with it but whatever..

i love charcoal

found this randomly on the net but its from

www.cowenfamily.com

Oh My Gosh

I thought this blogging thing would be easy, total creative freedom.. and im stumped.

i used to think i was some what creative. i know i enjoyed expressing my creative side (eg, writing stories, painting pictures, designing T shirts). I guess becoming a mother has required me to be creative in a different way (eg, how to get a child to stop crying in the middle of a shopping centre, how to make a caterpillar out of egg cartons, how to shop for a weeks worth of groceries with only $74... etc).

i guess because my girls arent little babies anymore and im not as sleep deprived as i used to be, im feeling more like ME. which is why im trying to get back into reading, which i used to do constantly *nerd alert*. I was even contemplating going back to uni to finish my degree (Bach. Design, Visual Communications)... and thats when i laughed at myself and got back to folding the laundry.

We moved house in early March of this year and going through all my stuff made me realise i was a semi-hoarder and i wasted so much money, time & energy on crap that i didnt like/want/need. So i told myself NO SHOPPING unless its a neccesity (eg, pads, shampoo, etc). ive been pretty good at sticking to it. Till like 2 days ago.. but i have been able to justify my purcahses, really, i did NEED them..