Its Monday! How was your weekend my lovelies. This weekend saw me and the FIFO husband painting the rental that we own. We are down to the trimmings and windows having finished all the walls. We have managed I must saw bursting with immense pride and satisfaction done it with out a mean word muttered.
Yet painting leaves you with one thing to much time to think.
So here are the top ten things that ran through my head this weekend. In no particular order.
1. The last time I painted the exterior of the house I did it with a baby strapped to my back. OH & S completely would not have approved neither would have child safety but pffft it got the job in half the time with non of the stress. From me or the kid. It also occurred to me that my life is getting so much easier as the boys get older and how happy that makes me.
2. So Sunday saw us busy painting. It also saw my boys aged 7, 5, 3 years old get there own lunch. They got left overs put it into microwave containers popped them into the micro wave heated them up, dished them into bowls and poured them selves a drink. They also made a strawberry sandwich for the 3 year old brother. The pride I felt; despite the food they had stretched from the sink to the microwave could have been a second helping to serve China, must have been the same pride my mother felt when she discovered at age 8 I could also make myself some dinner whilst her and her friends indulged in some alcoholic beverages under what we affectionately called the poofta tree. Yes you read that right. It was the 80’s. It was Darwin. What can I say and no I dont know why it was called that.
3. Google has made me a hypochondriac. I have a ‘ting’ developed in my left ear every time I hear a loud noise or I yell at the kids. I googled it. I could have tinnitus or the start of MS. Guess which I have decided to obsess over?
4. Speaking of obsessing. I have become a sun cream freak. Freak. I’m the pale one with the hat in the corner. Never can you have enough. I wish I could say it was for health reasons no I’m vain I don’t want or need any more life lines on my face. Although the damage is done although I’m told its nothing a chemical peel cant fix. Yet if I could tell my sixteen year old self anything it would be wear sunscreen that and you are a smart cookie. don’t believe a word that Paula girl said even though she has gone on to being a world class disease researcher. What would she know? Sunscreen? So my favourite brand at the moment is the Woolworth’s band select and no I don’t have an association I just like it. Its light non greasy smells good and has vitamin a and e thrown in for good measure. Slather it on I say.
5. I hate the way my feet look now as mush as I ever did although given I have them I should learn to appreciate their value.
6. Leggings are not pants and should not be worn as such.
7. Should I get the mullet chopped off and start again? I like these and these. Although don’t think my chubby little face could carry them off half as well.And I should accept that growing the mullet out may well be the only option.
8. I want to renew my wedding vow’s. I thought I would ask the same bloke I married given that we seem to be working out so well.
9. I feel so connected to the world right now that if I smile any harder my face will literally burst. I think that has to be the most alternate hippified thing I have ever said.
10. And I finally met someone else that is as shy as me..I could have cried screamed and carried on with happiness just to have met someone who can relate to being mistaken for rude when in fact its terrible shyness…instead I sat looking at the ground to shy to say yes that’s me me me yes thank god you understand that’s me.
Well thats it my lovelies hope you had a great weekend and given its now Monday night a fantastic Monday,
xx Deb
