The Tooth Fairy

We have been waiting for a while for the Tooth Fairy to arrive at our house this year, Gabriel has had a number of friends who have lost teeth and have gaps in their mouth from missing baby teeth, but Gabriel's just didnt seem to want to budge. One days a few weeks ago he mentioned that he had a "wiggly" tooth. He was very excited about it and I had a feel myself but to be honest it wasnt very wiggly at all but it was them that I noticed that his adult teeth had actually allready come through and that the baby teeth were still hanging in there. hmm???? I rang the dentist and we saw here that day she has a look and feel around and told Gabriel that he had to wiggle it every day with clean hands or she would have to pull it out herself on the next visit and the end of August. So we got to wiggling, every day, we ate lots of apples and carrots raw and anything  else crunchy but it was stubburn!.



Last night Gabriel and I were going through his sight words together after tea (dinner), and he was wiggling his tooth which was distracting us from our task, so after I gave it a good push and he wiggled it a bit more it Finally came out! he was excited and Niamh and Hezekiah buzzed around him looking at it in his hand. I explained what the protocal was and that he had to wrap it in a tissue for to fairy to pick it up and put it in her special bag and that she would leave him some money for his tooth aand that his tooth wouold be a new star in the sky tomorrow night after she planted it there. He was very excited to go to bed and was impressed with his money this morning :) I did tell the tooth Fairy that maybe (he) over payed a little but we'll work that out later....

blog trolls

It has come to my attention that someone has been reading my blog and trying to use it against me and my family by saying I am incapable of doing "certain" things. So for the 2 people and You know who you are ;) here is my message to you trolls keep your mouse away from my business.. Thanks for visiting.

blog visiters

I've been interested in the past year at the amount of people who are reading my blog and where they are from. Some of them are friends who I know aand that just live far away and cant see me right now or family who live interstate and don't have time to ring me so they read my blog and thats ok too. For others Its interesting too see where you have been from, Ive been looking at my "stats", I do that from time to time to see where people are from mainly. Most are from the United States of America so Hi to all of you from the US :) I have been over to visit and have seen most of the west coast so feel free to leave comments Im happy to answer questions too.
Ive also noticed some are from the UK. So hello to all those from over there :) I have not been that far yet but would love to get there one day. I dream of visiting Ireland and Wales, and Scotland. I am a sucker for the accents and could very well run off with the nearest cute man so it might be safer for me to stay home for now ;) hehehe

Ive also noticed a few people from Egypt, Slovakia, Bulgaria,Spain,Germany,South Africa,Brazil, and of course Canada and a few from NZ :) It amazes me that you read what I write or post or that you come back. It facinates me and makes me wonder who you are too.....

Uni break

Since university has finished for a while for me I have been pondering what I can do and what I want to do in the next few months... Some of the things that I want to do will have to wait till the weather warms up a little bit more, such as doing some more planting and some more painting (well hiring someone to paint) and maybe digging some new garden beds :) I have alot of land to put lots of nice flowers and trees and plant some more fruit trees which Im hoping to do in a few weeks. I have a young boy Hezekiah who loves apples and would love nothing more than to eat them all day and night. I bought one apple tree last year and have decided that its just not going to be enough! I'll try and buy another one in the next week and plant it in the same garden bed with the other fruit trees. Im also very happy to note that my lemon tree has stayed alive over the winter and has got some new shoots on it allready! Im very excited!!! Im also going to get the deck restained so it looks great for spring :) And finally get the turn circle finished out the front I know its only taken 5 years we can't rush these things ;) after all thats done well I dont know?? maybe take some photos and show you what it looks like? At the moment its just grey and wet and dull.... but! the daffodills are starting to come through and soon the other bulbs will follow and then all the other flowers will come out :) I'll take some shots tomorrow after I try and do some pruning of the roses and other things ( I know a bit late!) then poff! everything will be in bloom again ;) so much to do... Oh and a court hearing in the states too cross your fingers and toes for us please! These kids need us here. Thankyou xx

surgery and such

Its not long now..... Till I see the Big Man Dr Bittar hes the surgeon about a possible date? To have my decomp surgery done. Ive been thinking about it alot as the time has been getting closer and about what questions I want to ask him.
Things like what kind of waiting list do you have?
How long will I be in hospital (about 2 weeks)
What kind of pain medication can you give me as Im alergic to opiates?
Then I have tricky question like
So how many patients have you lost?
How many have lost mobility?
We are talking about suregery invloving both my Brain and my Spine so its a delicate area I mean we dont want the man to have a cold, and sneeze.
Ive aslo done some thinking about the other alternative as well.. yep the big D I mean what would happen if I dont make it? Do I need to start thinking about what kind of funeral I want? What kind of hymns? Where I want my ashes scattered? Its been playing on my mind a bit...
I spoke to a dear old friend yesterday and told her I was scared I said what if?... She said No it wont happen you've been through enough. I dont want that either I dont want to be called up stairs by Heavenly Father saying "thats enough".
Still its something Ive been thinking about, but I dont have alot of time to dwell on it with Uni assignments coming thick and fast bring on the break only a few more weeks to go!

Pain and challenges

When I was given my diagnosis a few months ago I really didnt think much about it other than it being a major pain with not being able to walk properly and my new stutter. Since then things have changed as Ive gotten a clearer picture of what exactly this means for me and what it means to have this condition and how it will affect me on a daily basis. The weather is changing and that isnt helping me at all its hurting all the time and with the added benefit of me being highly alergic to any form of opiates I can't take most of the pain medications either over the counter or on prescription. Its been a hard few months. Im not looking forward to winter as the weather is setting in and the cold is just going to get worse from here. I finally get to see my surgeon on the 15th of next month and I will be bombarding him with questions. Its a challenge some days just to get up out of bed because my head hurts so much and my leg and hip hurts to walk. I'm hoping he can help that he has some answers, because I dont like being in pain like this and I dont want to have another attack, because who knows what the next one will throw at me.

Uni, Surgeon, prac placement

I had an interesting week last week. Its just ended week 4 of university for the year and Ive handed in a total of 2 pieces of work already and am working on another 2 that are due after Easter break. So Ive been busy downloading and listening to lectures, printing lecture slides and making notes, as well as the many many readings for each of the units that I am doing. Then on Friday I had a prac introduction lecture that freaked me out! I drove home wondering how the heck I was going to do a 16 week placement and have a family and do a unit at university at the same time! What!?
While all this is going on Im busy trying to organise a surgeons appointment. Thats right still trying to get an appointment! My specialist here who is one of the best is a very busy man ( he does kind of run the hospital as well as his private practice) forgot to sign the referal! Very hard to send it without the said signiture on the bottom of the page..... SO after 6 weeks of mucking around and me making countless phone calls some with me crying out of utter frustration I have finally got an appointment with Dr Bittar in Burnie on the 11th of May, Yippee!!
Im going in there with a stack of questions about everything this condition can do to me and what the surgery (if he thinks it is necessary) it will benefit me, what are the risks etc etc..
On top of all that I do actually have a family that I care for namely 4 kids and a husband. I run the house cook, clean, run kids around, do the grocery shopping. All that stuff that might not seem important untill your the one who doesnt have any clean undies!
Then there is prac which starts next semester... *crap* how Im going to do this I dont know.... I have an interview with Torna who is our placement officer tomorrow and Im a bit scared. The lecture scared me, trying to work out what the heck Im going to put on my resume and cover letter is scarying me! I hope It goes ok and I dont act like a total idiot, which I have the potential to do! I'll keep you all informed.