the fifo wife

Have  you ever embarrassed yourself in public so bad that even you are in convulsive fits of laughter..that was me on Tuesday.

Now I’m using the fact I was running on three hours sleep after a month long swing so the relaxing phase of this FIFO gig was in operation.

So here is what happened. Are you ready for the absolut stupidity of it.

I closed the back cab window of the truck on my head knocking myself out. It’s a pull down window that I had to do with my own hand with my own arm attached to my own body to which somewhere along the way is attached to my brain. Which in all theory should have told the rest of my body including my head to step back but no. So I closed that window on the cab of the truck on my head literally knocking myself out. Because I usually do it with such force and as it happens I caught my head with the corner of the window which as it turns out is rather sharp and left not only a massive bump on my forehead but a cut and a welt down my nose. Nice.

How does one forget to remove their head from a window that they have closed countless times before. How? How does that happen? How? Its not rocket science.

Perfectly it happened in the Woolworth’s car park. I kid you not. A full car park. Once I came to. I sobbed and sobbed with embarrassment. All the time thinking whats likely hood this will end up on you tube. Then laughed and laughed and I’m still laughing about it.

My husband just stood their in complete dumb founded shock. Didn’t offer to help just stood and looked.

I’m just glad I had clean knickers on, my legs were shaved and that my office was tidy. Crap…head lines read…women killed by closing a window…weirdest suicide ever.

I’m no longer allowed near the electric windows nor the fridge and freezer.

So my friends whats the dumbest thing you have ever done in public…come on tell..lets have a giggle..

xx Deb

This is not an authentic recipe but its easy quick and yum..you could also do this with beef.

What you will need:

500 g of chicken thight fillet or breast (your choice)

1 tbls of peanut oil

1 clove of garlic

1 small chilli thinly sliced (optional)

1 squeeze of lime juice

2-3 teaspoon of curry powder

1 tablespoonof soy sauce

2 heaped teaspoon of crunchy peanut butter

250 ml of coconut milk

2 tablespoon of coriander

 

How to:

1. Heat pan, add oil, onions, chilli garlic, and curry powder cook for one minute.

2. Add chicken and cook until brown.

3. Add soy sauce, coconut milk, lime juice and peanut butter and stir until smooth.

4. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

5. Stir in coriander and serve.

Serve with rice and steamed vegetables.

XX Deb

 

So one of my biggest fears of when FIFO husband is away is falling sick. I have been there once with a bout of food poisoning and it was the most hellish 24 hours of my life. Trying to care for the babies while I was resembling the fountain of David. It was horrible. I spent most of the time curled up in a ball on the lounge room floor cursing my mother in law. It was her version of marinated chicken that had got me there; how ever it was something I had snatched off B1 after I had seen the colour of the ‘chicken’. She made such a fuss that it was okay I ate it. It was not okay. Fortunately my boys where angels. Angels. And just watched TV and ate nutri grain for 24 hours as I nursed and cursed by way back from the brink of the toilet bowl.

Now I’m so paranoid I avoid eating out 72 hours before FIFO husbands home swing ends. Paranoid.

Now if I feel the slightest bit unwell or the kids are sick I start taking that inner health plus..its probably a placebo but it works for me (that is not an endorsement of any sort)

However there are times when nothing has worked and well whilst I was looking for something else on the big wide web I came across this . Ways to entertain your kids when your flat on your back (or sick) from the baby centre. There are 30 more but heres my top 10.

1. Newly crawling babies can play a mean game of fetch, which is lots of work for them and not much for you.

2. Your child and you set up a tent, which you lie down in. They pull out a pile of books and you pretend you’re camping

3.  Have special coloring books tucked away that you only bring out when your sick. Also allow your children extra time on the computer and a movie.

4. Be the patient and lie on the couch or bed. Let the kids be the doctor, taking your vitals, bringing you “medicine,” and giving you shots with their doctor kit.

5.  Board games are great, since they keep everyone mostly still and don’t require too much energy. Chess is one of my standbys. Uno is a good game, too; you can hold the cards in bed.

6.  Play-Doh guarantees at least an hour of quiet. Even though it’s messy, letting my boys play with it gives me time for a nice hot, steaming shower, which then gives me the energy to clean it all up.

7.  Put your kids in bed with you. Play with toys in bed or on the floor and nap together

8. Let your kids do something that’s normally off-limits, like drawing on the driveway with chalk. The novelty of the activity keeps them occupied way longer than usual

9.   Make it a point to have juice boxes, water, and easy snacks ready for my kids. Fill each circle of a muffin pan with a different snack – fruit, cereal, cut-up meat, diced cheese, little crackers – and leave it in the fridge where they can get to it themselves.

10. Sometimes you just can’t suck it up. If my husbands away send your children to some one else’s house.

So My lovelies what do you do when your sick and the kids aren’t?

xxDeb