tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44646108837094738492026-07-24T02:05:59.789-04:00i am british, married to an australian... we met in the states & are both designers. we have two boys ~ oscar, 6 & flynn 4, lots of pets & live in an old house ~ this blog is the craziness that happens day to day! opinions, reviews, places to go, situations & everything else in between!piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121150932137559217noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464610883709473849.post-29849295337053250192011-12-03T00:15:00.001-05:002011-12-03T00:18:44.220-05:00

sooooooo...i've got to admit it's only been the second day of yoda, our 'elf on the shelf' & it's so much fun!! my boys are so excited especially when they go look for him & he's in a different place! the best time to move him is when we get in the car & i'll pretend to forget something & have to run back in... i do get a kick out of it & have caught myself doing a sneaky

piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121150932137559217noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464610883709473849.post-8247894015873798652011-12-01T23:18:00.001-05:002011-12-01T23:41:17.601-05:00

sooooooo... december is here already!!! so much excitement today ~ we started the STAR WARS advent calendar that the boy's wonderful godparents got them ~ VERY COOL!! & also YODA is back!! [ my elf on the shelf!! ] please read here YODA!!! STAR WARS ADVENT CALENDAR!!!! ssooooooovar _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-4468555-6']);

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sooooooo... i pick up my boys from school, & i don't do this often but they love it, i brought them a lollipop to eat in the car. when i say i don't do that often don't go thinking i'm a meanie!! i usually try & give candy nearer a time they are going to clean their teeth... we arrive home, it was pouring with rain, my phone starts ringing & i drop my keys in a puddle. i'm

piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121150932137559217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464610883709473849.post-1860520360421131292011-11-27T18:53:00.001-05:002011-11-27T19:18:13.400-05:00

sooooooo... i was raised catholic, went to a catholic school but we seldom went as a family to church, in fact i can probably count the number of times we did on one hand... my dad would tuck us in at night & listen to our prayers... when i emigrated, with my parents (my mum [mom] is 100% italian) to a very small village in italy at the age of 15 & it was a whole other story...

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sooooooo... i walk into the bathroom... errrr... does anyone know what happened to the toilet paper??   no-one saw a thing... var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-4468555-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' ==

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sooooooo... i walked my son, oscar (6), to school ~ it was a lovely morning, a bit misty. My other son, flynn (4), trotted along happily with our old husky, lennon 11. lennon seemed really happy & enjoying the walk, his back legs seemed much better today, the arthritis not effecting him so much & i'm happy to say there were a few times that his tail even managed a curl, not seen that in a

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sooooooo... i have to get this off my chest ~ as i've said before this blog is part of my therapy... last week i called up my pediatrician's office & made appointments for the boys & me to have flu shots. flynn, 4, must have overheard & asked was it just oscar going. i replied no ~ all of us... he asked 'for flu shots?' & i couldn't lie... this was not how i wanted to handle

piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121150932137559217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464610883709473849.post-74067884297641863232011-10-20T13:33:00.006-04:002011-10-20T13:44:43.609-04:00

sooooooo...our 11 year old husky, lennon, has taken a shine to paper in the last couple of months :( i have come home on numerous occasions to find shredded envelopes, kids drawings & greeting cards either in the house or out on the deck. when i go to cut the grass & pick up the dog poop before hand they can be in an assortment of most colors! he even ate my birthday card & pedicure

piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121150932137559217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464610883709473849.post-72067904297513589392011-10-11T13:18:00.002-04:002011-10-11T13:22:53.727-04:00

sooooooo... it was october 10th yesterday & there was no school ~ thank you mr columbus :) the forecast was beautiful ~ so i took the boys to the beach! who would have thought we'd be paddling in october, the water was fantastic. a great time was had by all... except for a minor detail...  flynn buried oscar's lightning mcqueen frisbee (but to be honest he never played with it, i

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sooooooo... today my mum (mom) & cousin came to visit from italy!!! yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! svar _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-4468555-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www')

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sooooooo... the guy mended our hot water this morning ~ yay!!! so i'm pleased to reported we have all had showers or baths today & smell lovely!!! my husband, mike, & i spent all morning hurricane proofing the house... moving all the stuff in the garden ~ the more we looked the more there was ~ like old fence that could be blown over, toys, the hammock, garbage & recycling cans, the

piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121150932137559217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464610883709473849.post-15076025450869293962011-08-27T00:53:00.002-04:002011-08-27T01:11:27.155-04:00

sooooooo...what a week! first an earthquake, tuesday, & now a hurricane on the way! i have to say i was very disappointed to have missed the earthquake (but that's very easy for me to say knowing it was just a tremor where i live). but i'm so curious what it would have felt like, how i would have reacted etc etc. but luckily for me i was driving to the beach, with my boys & my friend, &

piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121150932137559217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464610883709473849.post-9711252832066284362011-07-04T11:53:00.060-04:002011-07-14T12:53:52.338-04:00

sooooooo... here we are in july ~ i have been exposed to some of the worst tattoos i have every had the misfortune of seeing... being paraded around on very unfit bodies, clad only in over stretched lycra & not to mention the moles... oh the moles!!! yes you got it! we got season passes for sesame place!! i'm no dermatologist but seriously i really hope that a lot of people are having their

piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121150932137559217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464610883709473849.post-84834379221375179222011-06-03T16:41:00.003-04:002011-06-04T12:24:51.329-04:00

sooooooo...i finally ordered 'rain boots' wellies for my boys, oscar 5 & flynn 3. we had been studying the internet for quite some days deciding on which style ~ believe me there are a lot to choose from! luckily the ones flynn picked out weren't available in his size because he changed his mind over the same pair... several times. we finally decided which ones, police for oscar, firemen

piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121150932137559217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464610883709473849.post-42096001061043700912011-04-23T00:18:00.003-04:002011-04-23T00:24:25.051-04:00

sooooooo... today i had to do a bit of a major grocery shop... i whittled it down to 3 stores, armed with lists, oscar, 5, wearing a rescue backpack & answering to the name 'super spy' & 'knight flynn', 3, clad in robot helmet, blue plastic sword & riding a hobby horse... ok so that was my first mistake right there... how many times can i get poked by the sword & that stupid horse slowed us right

piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121150932137559217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464610883709473849.post-10903122113081542011-04-17T16:04:00.002-04:002011-04-20T22:13:06.951-04:00

sooooooo... my lovely friend, pamela, invites my husband, mike & me to a wedding! her brother in law, who has made a lot of money, is getting married in nyc & spending a lot on this affair. i excitedly accepted!! who doesn't love a wedding? (especially a lavish one!) & i already had a classic dress that cost me an arm & a leg when i was single thats only been worn twice. the

piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121150932137559217noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464610883709473849.post-66839628224256415672011-04-12T18:46:00.001-04:002011-11-30T10:20:21.741-05:00

sooooooo... guess what! we were all at the park after school & my lovely friend, theresa, spies a [huge] snake!!! i resisted screaming a snake! a snake! but i know she's at one with nature & so i yelled catch it! catch it! no way did i expect her to actually go after it ~ but she did!! i obviously helped from a safe 8ft away... this snake traveled fast!! when she grabbed it half way down

piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121150932137559217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464610883709473849.post-38145201486193932342011-03-07T12:03:00.004-05:002011-03-07T12:06:20.649-05:00

sooooooo ~ we were sitting down to lunch & my son osar, whose 5, didn't like his pasta... surprise surprise. he was eating the sausage so i asked him if he wanted bread with that. after cutting off the crusts he agreed. then... he proceeds to tell me he's going to make a sausage taco... i was amazed because we've never eaten tacos together (as far as i can remember... which isn't saying much!!)

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sooooooo... i have been untidy all my life. i walk into a place & create a mess! i won the 'messiest desk' award at work, it's my creativity! a brain can't be creative & tidy... well that's my excuse & i'm sticking to it!! now... add 2 young boys, a husband, a dog, 2 cats, a bird & fish to the mix & why am i surprised that it isn't any better!!!! i would really like to get

piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121150932137559217noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464610883709473849.post-32022708234823715582011-01-03T14:17:00.001-05:002011-01-03T14:19:04.786-05:00

sooooooo... my husband, mike, & i decided to take our boys to the cinema between christmas & new year. mike read reviews. gulliver travels, we decided, would be a bit old for them, sadly, as it's starring jack black ~ who is on my top 25 people that i wouldn't mind getting stuck in a lift (elevator) with!!! to tell you the truth there wasn't a lot to choose from... we went for '

piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121150932137559217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464610883709473849.post-14577407922211096482010-12-15T00:50:00.002-05:002010-12-15T00:56:38.188-05:00

sooooooo... first of all i can't stop myself saying shelf on the elf, it's driving me nuts!!!! my friend, jackie, has 2 elves on the shelf & when she explained how they worked i kind of fell in love with the whole thing!! here's my version... basically they watch you & report back to santa. you can talk to them & they get moved around the house (by adults) & i think there's a

piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121150932137559217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464610883709473849.post-4107527745343510292010-11-30T10:51:00.003-05:002010-11-30T10:56:32.014-05:00

sooooooo the teachers & kiddies did a fantastic job, very very proud!! pass the tissues!! var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-4468555-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.

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sooooooo... I'VE LOST MY VOICE!!!! [ has anyone seen it??? ] but seriously i have ~ this has never happened to me before. yes i've had colds & sore throats that have affected my voice but never like this.  i have to yell to get even a pathetic whisper sound out.. it was pretty bad for a couple of days ~ then absolutely no sound... :( as thanksgiving was coming up i thought i best go

piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121150932137559217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464610883709473849.post-67427822639779196002010-11-16T14:29:00.002-05:002010-11-16T14:31:44.411-05:00

 sooooooo... this is how james brown (one of our rescue cats) lets us know he'd like to come in!  he hangs on the door, by his front claws, meowing as if his tail was on fire. we open the door, cat always still attached... he jumps down & then very slowly saunters in, in a very cool manner, like only james brown could! var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', '

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sooooooo... i know i've blogged about the costen children's library, before... ( previous post ) but... i can't get enough of this place!! & felt compelled to share my sons latest creations! i'm thinking of making this a permanent spot & for all you brits i'd like you to have tony hart's gallery music playing in your head as you peruse these master pieces! i do have to fess up though,

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