A year ago today, I was feeling like crap. Tired, nauseous, and I couldn't stop coughing. I didn't know I was pregnant.
2 years ago, I was trying to figure out what to wear for my dad's wedding.
3 years ago, I was reaching the end of my weight loss. 15 kg in 3 months, then I hit a wall.
4 years ago, I was probably trying to figure out how to stop my 9 month old from eating the cat food.
5 years ago today, I married my sweetheart and became the happiest woman in the world.
Friday 19 June 2009
Tuesday 16 June 2009
Not so sure about the chublet..
The good part about having a roly-poly baby is that you know you don't have a problem with your milk supply.
The bad part comes when the the evidence of all that milk is expelled and you have to unfold roll upon roll on the legs to make sure its all clean...
Roll upon roll upon roll upon roll... her legs look like stacking rings.
The bad part comes when the the evidence of all that milk is expelled and you have to unfold roll upon roll on the legs to make sure its all clean...
Roll upon roll upon roll upon roll... her legs look like stacking rings.
Thursday 11 June 2009
I Don't Like The Way My Husband Does The Laundry
I know, I know, I should stop complaining about nappy-fluff on the clothes and just be grateful I have a husband who knows that a washing machine even exists, let alone does the laundry at night while I'm feeding the baby and shoos me out of the room if I try to take over.
I love my man.
Wednesday 10 June 2009
The baby, it keeps on growing.
At 5 days:
At 4months, 3 days:
Teddy is comparatively much smaller now.
At 4months, 3 days:
Teddy is comparatively much smaller now.
Tuesday 9 June 2009
Feeling a Little Conflicted
When I had Critterbug, I put on about 25kg over the course of the pregnancy. I lost 11kg the week after he was born, and I don't know how much after that. Then I started to put more on.
In 2006, I started the CSIRO diet, and lost 15kg in three months. WOOOOO. Then the weight loss stopped, no matter what I did. So I gave up. My weight stayed mostly steady till I got pregnant with Spaceghost.
Then I started losing weight. I lost nearly 5kg in the first few months, then gained about 20, for a total gain of 15kg. Which I have since lost. WOOOOOOOOOO. (Unsure of exact numbers. At least 15 but I haven't weighed myself for a month.)
This is where the confliction comes in. I didnt buy maternity skirts. I bought normal ones in a larger size so I could continue wearing them after the baby. I wasn't expecting to lose the weight this fast. And now? They fall off. And I have nothing that fits. And I am still losing weight, so I am reluctant to buy new stuff yet as it will not fit me for long. And I want to keep losing weight as I am going to be a bridesmaid in November and would like to look decent. But that would mean I still have no clothes that fit.
UGH. WHAT DO I DO?????????????
In 2006, I started the CSIRO diet, and lost 15kg in three months. WOOOOO. Then the weight loss stopped, no matter what I did. So I gave up. My weight stayed mostly steady till I got pregnant with Spaceghost.
Then I started losing weight. I lost nearly 5kg in the first few months, then gained about 20, for a total gain of 15kg. Which I have since lost. WOOOOOOOOOO. (Unsure of exact numbers. At least 15 but I haven't weighed myself for a month.)
This is where the confliction comes in. I didnt buy maternity skirts. I bought normal ones in a larger size so I could continue wearing them after the baby. I wasn't expecting to lose the weight this fast. And now? They fall off. And I have nothing that fits. And I am still losing weight, so I am reluctant to buy new stuff yet as it will not fit me for long. And I want to keep losing weight as I am going to be a bridesmaid in November and would like to look decent. But that would mean I still have no clothes that fit.
UGH. WHAT DO I DO?????????????
Friday 5 June 2009
I Come From a Land Down-Under
Where trees are grey
Grass is beige
Sheep are gold
Dirt is orange and red
And the road stretches on forever
All photos taken from a car travelling at 100-110km/hr (62-68miles/hr), some in the rain.
Wednesday 3 June 2009
Generation Wired
~~I was born in 1982. According to most of the things I've read, this makes me Gen-Y, although I'm sure I read an article somewhere that classes me as Gen-X. Just.~~
I grew up with computers. I don't remember ever not having one in the house, though I'm sure there must have been a point when we didn't. I learned to type rather quickly when my father used the computer as a bribe in and of itself. Half an hour of Typequick and I was allowed to play on the computer - maths and spelling games mostly, though Alley Cat and some dinosaur game were also popular. Eventually he made it a challenge - whoever out of my sister and I learnt to type the fastest, would get $50.00, and since my sister had no interest in the games offered as instant reward, I won.
Over the years I've learnt to work various operating systems. I was confused beyond belief when my father first installed something called "windows" on the computer, and refused to use it. If it was my turn and Windows was open, I would immediately exit to DOS so I could find my way around. "cd.." and "dir/w" were my friends. Then, just as I got used to Windows, it changed. He installed a different one, and the 3.1 I had finally figured out how to work was no longer there. Suddenly, I had to tell the computer to turn off before I could push the off button, or it got sulky and refused to work. Not only that, DOS had become a hard-to-get-to lesser choice, despite being necessary for everything I used the computer for.
The changes in Windows since have been comparatively minor (and occasionally welcome - no longer do we need to push the off button after telling the computer to turn off), but the changes in the computers themselves have been huge. For one, no longer content with floppy-floppy disks and hard-floppy disks, CDs were added to the computer. The number of available drives became ridiculous. Especially since at one point we had 3 separate hard-drives, because our machine wouldn't accept a drive bigger than 2GB could exist. So we had A: (floppy-floppy), B: (hard-floppy), C: D: and E: (hard drives) and F: our super fast 8speed CD drive which was the envy of all my friends. Half my games were either on the big old "floppy" floppy disks or needed a bootdisk to run, but the newer ones on CD ran so smooth on our super-fast machine. And what amazing games they were. Games that took up so much file space the manufacturers decided not to bother spreading them over 8 floppy disks, but put the whole game on one CD.
It wasn't just computers though. Our mobile phone was amazing. Dad could take this phone anywhere and it would work. It didn't need to be plugged into the wall, and it had almost the same number as our landline. It would be put on the table when we went to restaurants, partly so everyone could see we had one, partly because at nearly the size of a house brick, it was far too large to fit in a pocket.
My father also brought the internet to our house fairly early for my peer-group. We were online in 95, and at one point we were paying only $5.00/hr for access, with a 28.8 modem. Super, super fast. And with 3 telephone lines (not including the mobile) I could chat online to friends in the US while my father sent a fax for work and my mother was on the phone.
My children aren't going to understand any of this. Mobile the size of a brick? 28.8 speed modem that sings at you as you connect?? 2GB hard drive??? Computer game on a floppy disk????? Since before he could talk, Critterbug has been "talking" on a mobile barely bigger than his hand. The only computers he's familiar with are laptops, and I doubt he's ever even seen a floppy disk. People may complain that my generation are wired, constantly talking on their mobiles, facebooking from their crackberries and talking into the air with their bluetooth headsets, but look at our kids. They have no other choice. Its a wonder they arent implanted with computerchips at birth.
I grew up with computers. I don't remember ever not having one in the house, though I'm sure there must have been a point when we didn't. I learned to type rather quickly when my father used the computer as a bribe in and of itself. Half an hour of Typequick and I was allowed to play on the computer - maths and spelling games mostly, though Alley Cat and some dinosaur game were also popular. Eventually he made it a challenge - whoever out of my sister and I learnt to type the fastest, would get $50.00, and since my sister had no interest in the games offered as instant reward, I won.
Over the years I've learnt to work various operating systems. I was confused beyond belief when my father first installed something called "windows" on the computer, and refused to use it. If it was my turn and Windows was open, I would immediately exit to DOS so I could find my way around. "cd.." and "dir/w" were my friends. Then, just as I got used to Windows, it changed. He installed a different one, and the 3.1 I had finally figured out how to work was no longer there. Suddenly, I had to tell the computer to turn off before I could push the off button, or it got sulky and refused to work. Not only that, DOS had become a hard-to-get-to lesser choice, despite being necessary for everything I used the computer for.
The changes in Windows since have been comparatively minor (and occasionally welcome - no longer do we need to push the off button after telling the computer to turn off), but the changes in the computers themselves have been huge. For one, no longer content with floppy-floppy disks and hard-floppy disks, CDs were added to the computer. The number of available drives became ridiculous. Especially since at one point we had 3 separate hard-drives, because our machine wouldn't accept a drive bigger than 2GB could exist. So we had A: (floppy-floppy), B: (hard-floppy), C: D: and E: (hard drives) and F: our super fast 8speed CD drive which was the envy of all my friends. Half my games were either on the big old "floppy" floppy disks or needed a bootdisk to run, but the newer ones on CD ran so smooth on our super-fast machine. And what amazing games they were. Games that took up so much file space the manufacturers decided not to bother spreading them over 8 floppy disks, but put the whole game on one CD.
It wasn't just computers though. Our mobile phone was amazing. Dad could take this phone anywhere and it would work. It didn't need to be plugged into the wall, and it had almost the same number as our landline. It would be put on the table when we went to restaurants, partly so everyone could see we had one, partly because at nearly the size of a house brick, it was far too large to fit in a pocket.
My father also brought the internet to our house fairly early for my peer-group. We were online in 95, and at one point we were paying only $5.00/hr for access, with a 28.8 modem. Super, super fast. And with 3 telephone lines (not including the mobile) I could chat online to friends in the US while my father sent a fax for work and my mother was on the phone.
My children aren't going to understand any of this. Mobile the size of a brick? 28.8 speed modem that sings at you as you connect?? 2GB hard drive??? Computer game on a floppy disk????? Since before he could talk, Critterbug has been "talking" on a mobile barely bigger than his hand. The only computers he's familiar with are laptops, and I doubt he's ever even seen a floppy disk. People may complain that my generation are wired, constantly talking on their mobiles, facebooking from their crackberries and talking into the air with their bluetooth headsets, but look at our kids. They have no other choice. Its a wonder they arent implanted with computerchips at birth.
Things I Never Want To Do Again
Drive 400km (twice!!) with a not-quite-5-yr-old who won't stop talking (despite having his own portable dvd player and 16 gazillion movies to watch), and a baby who feeds every 2 hours.
Other than that, it was a pretty good trip.
Other than that, it was a pretty good trip.
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