the fifo wife

There is just 60 sleeps until Christmas my lovelies so if you haven’t got your list’s under way good golly.  Which leads me to the next question if your partner is a way for the festive season have you worked out your plan of attack? Will you celebrate twice; my least favourite idea having done it once it left us broke, tired and the kids totally confused or will you  create a new Christmas tradition as we have and just celebrate the once and have your own Christmas Day just for your FIFO family?

We started a tradition for our family where instead we choose a day and celebrate it as Christmas Day as normal. Usually our day is the last week of November or first week of December because those months are ‘Christmasy’ January looses its appeal. We start the advent calendar early. The lights go up early. The tree goes up early. The letters to Santa goes early along with his personal invite to come see us early…before the rest of the world. Oh how cool is that my kids scream he comes to see us early. We play Christmas carols and the kids watch Christmas cartoons to capture the mood.

The day is ours. Spent how we want. And celebrated just like Christmas Day.

We are still up until midnight ‘Christmas Eve’ doing last minute gifts and stockings. The kids are still up at 430 am bless there insomniac little hearts on Christmas Day to see if Santa has left them what was on their list. Family come and go all day to eat play and laugh.

Its Christmas day but better so much better. There is no stress. There is no clock watchers. Everyone is there in the moment enjoying each other.

So with husband home this year and Christmas day on the 25 th along with every body else I’m not really sure how I feel about it. I loved our Christmas day.

So my lovelies what are you doing this Christmas?

xx Deb

I love a good kiss and truth be known my husband is a good kisser but life gets in the way and picks and drop off’s become a ‘peck’. Sincere, sweet but where is the fun in that? So with my last drop off being a massive fail I made sure that the pick was memorable.

There was no peck. It was a kiss. It was a lingering hello husband kiss that lasted a good ten seconds. It was sweet it was intimate it was sincere and it has set the mood for the entire month home.

So my lovelies next time you see your partners whether they are going to work or coming home. Heading to the pub or mowing the lawn give them a little kiss but this time kiss them like you did when you were sixteen. Put your heart your body your hands and may be a little nibble into it and make it last a good ten seconds.

It will put a spring in your step, a smile on their dial, a strength to your marriage and who knows may be late for work.

Have a great Thursday lovelies,

xx Deb

I baked with the boys over the weekend not something I do very often; crazy but we are trying to fill in the time before FIFO husband gets home. Cooking with the boys I generally leave that to FIFO husband. He loves it and I must say that cooking with children takes patience non of which I have ordinarily let alone given my current sleep deficit however I have learnt having all the ingredients laid out all ready to go makes it a lot less stress full. The cake we baked on the weekend was my one bowl special it tasted yum if I do say so myself (remarkable given the angst that went into it) and I thought I would make another one today for when husband is home..whenever that may be.

This time I will instead ice it kind of pretty; because I’m trying to impress husband with my domestic abilities, the cake from the weekend just had the icing slapped on in frustration. So wanting to be slightly more impressive I found some fantastic instruction on how to simply jazz up a cake because I don’t really have the time or ability for anything else over at Oh happy day. A blog by beautiful American girl with far to much talent for one person.  Seriously a wonderful blog full of amazing inspiration.

If it turns out as remotely pretty as the one above I will photograph it but don’t hold your breath you may starve yourself of oxygen deprivation.

xx Deb

Its the weekend again seriously. This weekend is busy busy busy we are social butterflies this weekend. The boys have parties to attend and then the count down begins till FIFO husband is home..Monday night. Cant wait. Cleaning. Pruning. Then so much to do to the house..eekk will there be time? Then perhaps I can deal with my sleep deprivation issue and my over thinking can be put to rest for another month.

This week has been a fantastic one. I started at a new gym..love it. I spring cleaned all week more on that next week. But it feels amazing when its done. We had so many new friends join us via subscriptions and face book so thank you and welcome.

Tell me what are you up to this weekend?

xx Deb

This week saw so many new friends joining us via the blog or face book so just a quick thank you. Thank you for joining us in this great big adventure I’m grateful that you are here.

I’m hoping that this blog will create a positive community for this new normal different way to have a family to live life.

So whether your partner is in the mines, offshore, defence or drives a truck that takes them away from home and the family, or even if he is not and your just here with us just because welcome. I’m so glad you came.

Cant wait to meet you,

xx Deb