P.S. Happy New Year!

Oops, I nearly forgot to wish you all a Happy New Year. I think I should wish myself one too - a much happier & brighter one than this year!
2006 can kiss my butt!

Did you know that flies are flexible?

Another strange random fact: flies have 6 legs, wash themselves like cats, and are indeed very flexible!

While sitting in Michael's ute today, my attention was caught by a fly on the window doing its washing. I watched in amazement as it balanced on its front 4 legs and then used it back legs to clean its abdomen, AND its wings, including the upper sides of its wings! It then proceeded to balance on the back 4 legs and wash its face and head. I didn't know flies washed themselves with such attention to detail!!!

Todays Mood : Feeling Lost

It's a Girl!

Our friend had a baby girl, how cute!! We're going to visit tommorrow and am looking forward to that!

This afternoon is a bbq with miner's overload!! Michael has invited his old work mates from Tassie to join us for a bbq. It will be an interesting time, with loads of expletives, drinking (alcohol of course!), and work tales.... hooraaaaaayyy???? *lol*

Attention Aunty Nanna: YES knitting is allowed at our house, and I even have a rocking chair to put out on the deck if you so desire hehehe

Attention Aleks: WE MISS YOU!!!!

A random image of me & our exchange student, Aleks, at the Harbour Bridge in Sydney.

Attention Ian: I'm STILL waiting at the letterbox for my twinkies!! *ahem*

~Natt~

Today, a new baby will enter the world

Today a new baby will enter the world, or it already has, either way it's lovely news! A friend from my Mums Group is having a c-section today, to deliver her 2nd born. Above is the gift we plan to give - a cute little gift box containing bootees, mittens, hat and face cloth. Also I made a beautiful wrap for the baby, pictured underneath the gift box. I'm waiting with baited breath to find out whether the baby is a boy or girl, and all that other great stuff! But it does remind me, yet again, that I am still not expecting a 2nd child.... hey ho....

Interesting Fact: Cats have a belly button.

Pictured below are my two cats, Lilly (L) & Charlee (R), asleep on the couch last night. If you look carefully you can see a little white spot in the middle of Charlee's belly. That, dear friends, is a cats belly button.

Oh, to be a cat..... sleep all day, eat nice food doled out by even nicer owner, sleep all night, lay in the sun.... but then again, I don't think the idea of hacking up a fur ball would be much fun *lol*

~Natt~ (who is going to win the $33 million dollar lottery on Saturday night!!!!!)

Today in Tasmania.

Here are some piccies of our house.



This is our driveway... you can't even see the letterbox at the end *lol*








This is the front of our house, or the western side.













The south western angle. Nice view of the mega pine tree.... maybe we should decorate it for next christmas *lol* I'd have to buy a set of lights a week just to cover it!
















The Southern side of the house.






















The view from the south side of the backyard. You can't even see my grandmothers place clearly on this picture.... it's 6 acres away!















The rear view of the house, the eastern side. Stupid Austar won't come and take away their ugly dish, and I ain't paying for television!!! So I guess it can be a garden 'ornament'.....













Todays forecast : sunny & clear skies.....

SEND SOME RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
















Another view of the southern side....
















The view of the water tanks off the back deck. Look closely and you'll see them behind the trees!
















Part of the back deck. I'm busy growing flat-leaf parsley (R), assorted flowers (middle), and cucumbers (bottom L).










Our garage and part of my rose garden. Late bloomers this year, as not enough rain!!

SEND RAIN!!!!!!











The view from the front deck of the house.












We're currently taking accommodation bookings at a rate of $1,000 per night per double. Price includes complimentary breakfast. *lol*

~Natt~

So this is Christmas...

Was the fat guy in the red suit good to you all? Here's to hoping he was, unless of course you've been really naughty!!

I was showered with a new pair of shoes (YAY!!), a jewellry box (with no twirling ballerina - waaaaaaaaaahhh!!), and an Evanescence cd (currently on repeat in the cd player).


Michael, who despite the list of 10 things in a previous post, was lucky enough to get showered with loads of stuff!! Too many to list.... dvd's (like 8 of them!!!!!), t-shirt's (2 of those), a WWE mini pin-ball machine, chocolate, and the list goes on.......

Maygan on the other hand, she whose halo is ever-present (but slipping) got loads of things! Also too many to list, but for example, dvd's (Elmo & BooBah), a pair of summer shoes, an interactive activity set which makes lots of cool noises, a sand pit/water activity set, etc etc etc

Here's a lovely christmas portrait of the family for you to indulge your festive eyes with... turned out rather good I think - considering the camera was balanced precariously on the arm of the sofa, and it was on automatic timer, and I made it back to the photo spot in time for it to take our piccie! (Nb: notice we're all christmas-colour-coordinated???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

So I bid thee farewell. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!!

~Natt~

P.S. You might wonder just what I'm doing on the internet on christmas day. Did I mention the dvd's for Michael? Well one of them is the 3rd in the 'Fast & Furious' movies "Tokyo Drift".... I'll give you one guess what he's doing!!!

P.P.S. Ian, if you're reading this, can you pleaaaaaaaaaase email me your number?! Spanks!

Why is Maygan so quiet?

I bet she's up to something!!!

The halo has slipped, and this evening I caught her raiding the christmas presents! She'd sat herself down, helping herself to something nice..... and she'd consumed 1/3 of a roll of Cadbury's chocolate!! Oink oink!

She was not impressed that big bad Mummy took them away......

Maygan's life lesson today:

Mummy has eyes on all sides of her head.

There's no sneaking back to find chocolate when Mummy's about!!

Merry Christmas everyone!

~Natt~

I don't know where you keep the bloody plastic containers!!!!!

Ho hum.... the joys of having a husband who works away for most of the year.... in fact, it goes something like this.... Home for about 10 days, gone for like 4 weeks + travelling days of 3...... that makes me a single Mum doesn't it?! Why can't I get social security benefits then? *lol* Anyhow, the joys of having an away husband means that he apparently doesn't know where I keep my plastic containers!! Or so he says!!!! My retaliation was "how long have you lived here?!"




10 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Have a Husband That Works Away in the Mines


1. They don't remember where to find the plastic containers


2. They forget how to be neat and tidy


3. They leave their table manners at work


4. They don't remember where to find the plastic containers


5. They treat their wives like one of 'the boys' at work


6. The 'F' word features about 33.6 times in every sentence


7. They come back with strange accents


8. They don't remember where to find the plastic containers


9. They can't find their own clean socks and underwear in the drawer where they've always been


10. They don't remember where to find the plastic containers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*hmph*


This morning a very evil thing happened..... I was being a 'good wife' and helping out Michael in the yard - raking up leaves & other assorted garden crap - and this thing stung me, through my leather gloves, into the side of my middle finger.... how dare it! I hope his quick exit to hell will suffice as punishment! *squished under my right gum boot*




This isn't the offender, but here's what they look like. They're called 'Jumping Jack' ants... they grab you with their pincers and then sting you with their arse, literally!! And let me tell you, it hurts like hell!!! I would've thought the ant population should know better than to sting me after what I did to a stinging offender last summer!!!








So, it's christmas eve.... how exciting..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....



NOT!

The only thing I'm excited about it watching Maygan open all her pressies tommorrow morning! She's getting very spoilt this year, as she kind of knows what's going on, whereas last year she had no clue and therefore got no presents *lol*


Christmas to me is a time for family... getting together and enjoying eachothers company. But they'll be none of that this year! (Well, apart from just the 3 of us).

A 'dear' family member has decided that they won't speak to us anymore, so there's gonna be no contact from now on, but that could be a good thing I suppose...... no more listening to whinging, whining, hissy fits etc.... yippee!

SO, to all of my bloggy-blog viewers, here's to a Merry Christmas & a safe and propsperous New Year! (If you win lotto I expect half-shares as I wished you prosperity!!!)

From Natt, who literally falls asleep after only one glass of wine....... but don't tell anyone I'm a cheap drunk!

Just thought I'd add this picture for those who need a good vomit.... hehehe.....

One fine couple...

Seeing as I'm in such a good mood, and it's way past my bedtime, here's a picture of Michael, and one of me.....

Aren't we grand?

~Natt~

Something great happened yesterday!

Well, after yesterdays miserable 'me' post I went outside to collect the mail from our letterbox (which is a couple of hundred metres away mind you!)... I got excited because I had a notice to collect a parcel from my best friend!! (woohoo a new JAG purse!!) Anyhow, on my way back to the house I heard a rustling in the shrubbery next to the shed and waited, expecting one of my cats to appear.... AND....

An echidna strolled out!!! For those of you who have no idea what this native Australian animal looks like, here's a picture for you...

Interesting facts:

* along with the platypus, echidnas are the world's only monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. (Mammals have pouches in which they raise their young).
* All echidnas have sharp spines covering the back of their short, stocky bodies.
* The echidna's snout is between 7 and 8 cm long, and is stiffened to enable the animal to break up logs and termite mounds when searching for food. An echidna's mouth is on the underside of its snout, at the end.
* The echidna looks fearsome enough, but it is a shy animal and would rather retreat than fight if disturbed. When frightened it will curl into a ball, with its snout and legs tucked beneath it and its sharp spines sticking out.

* Echidnas have been known to live for as long as 16 years in the wild, but generally their life span is thought to be under 10 years.

And here's another couple of cute pictures....

Now WHAT is just so great about echidna's I hear you say?! Well, it's not the fact that they're cute... it's the fact that when I was feeling soooooooo low, something as simple as a wild animal crossing my path totally cheered me up, and I had the biggest smile on my face for the rest of the day! Nature at it's finest! I stood watching it until the echidna had enough of me and hid behind a tree.... I didn't want to get to close in case I frightened it away. I ran in to get my camera, but typically, my batteries were charging so I couldn't use it ARGH!!

Anyhow, since yesterday I've done some amazing things.....

I've been a Mummy to my gorgeous first born.

I've been a wife to my devoted husband.

I went to work in aged care, and wiped dirty bums and loved it. I worked my first shift out of orientation today, and I MADE IT!! The shift didn't fall apart as I'd envisaged... in fact, it went really well!

Oh, and I saw an echidna in the wild.... who else can say that?

Love to all!

~Natt~

Sometimes life can totally suck...

For those of you who know me, you already know that Michael and I needed ICSI (1 step bigger than IVF) to have our daughter. Well it's that time of life again, when a woman yearns for another child.... I've been wanting another baby so badly for around a year now.... and have had MANY sucky comments like "why can't you just be happy to have Maygan?", "go on a holiday, it'll happen", "relax", "stop worrying about it"...... does anyone except the people suffering from infertility trully know what the hell they're talking about in this instance?!?! I think not!!

A woman who can conceive naturally seems to NEVER be told to be happy with their lot... they simply go about conveiving more and more and more and more and more (okay, overemphasis!) children, with nobody ever questioning their motives or behaviour!



Going on holidays, relaxing, and not worrying doesn't just make my husbands sperm improve, nor does it make my ovulation spontaneously happen! Why do people think it does?



Or is it that people just DON'T think?!



I think that must be the answer. People don't think before they speak.


So the lesson for today is this: THINK before you open your mouth, then THINK whether or not what you're thinking is a nice/appropriate/kind/neccessary thing to say.



Here ends the rant.



~Natt~

Welcome to my Bloggy Blog

As the title says, welcome to my Blog.... not sure if this is going to be really interesting for those of you who will spy into my world, but I found someone elses to be interesting, so I thought I'd create one for myself. That, and I want to join a gifting ring and heard you have to have a blog to be in one!

So..... a bit about me then..... I'm 27, a Mummy to beautiful Maygan, pictured below with the fat old man in the red suit... some may call him Santa, but I call him a fraud *lol*

I'm a nurse, married to Michael, live in Tasmania, in the land of Oztrayleeya....



Hmmm... not much else to report in this first post really.... but there's alot I'd like to write some other day!



Till next time then!



Loooovvvvvvvvvvvve

~Natt~