Have you ever thought of using black for a childs room? A teenagers liar maybe but never a childs room but why not? The colour would hide sticky little fingers, sleeping shouldnt be a problem and the toys and soft furnitings would be the ‘pop’ colour every room needs. I like it. I like it a lot.
Have a great Tuesday friends..Im off to mow the lawn..its a mad rush before FIFO husband is home tomorrow…YAY!!
xxD
Who doesnt love a sweet wedding?
Have a great Tuesday friends,
xxD
I love this picture. LOVE IT. It got me thinking…dangerous I know. I have four dogs yep that’s right four dogs. If we are to be honest we, by that I mean I never intended to have children hence the large brood of canine’s. The first two a poodle and kelpie are what we affectionately call the pet shop rejects. They were the last last ones in the shop that no body wanted. The third was an abused animal left tied up at the kids daycare centre (however the idiot failed to be discreet and he was dobbed in- unfortunately the dog wasn’t the only thing he abused) and she is wonderful dog a dingo cross. The final arrival a massive staffy cross is one that wondered in and has never left and despite door knocking, advertisements and much ah what do I do, he is still here.
These dogs have been good to me and my children. They have taken care of me. They look after us at night and have forced me out of bed when some days it was just easier to pull the covers up and over my head. They look after my kids in the yard when my eyes aren’t there. They have told me when a visitor was no good, I truly believe that a dog can sense ‘good and bad’ people. They have been good to me truly.
Anyway they are ALL allowed inside and yep they ALL sleep on the bed if they so desire. Yep life is good here if you are a dog.
The ‘family’ is abhorrent that they are allowed inside and worse in the kids bed. However and here comes the well reiterated speech I give everyone who questions my decision to allow them (the dogs) in. I vacuum everyday, mop every week, they are wormed every three months (including the kids-did you know worms make kids irritable and are horribly transferable in schools and daycare centres), treated for fleas and ticks, they are cleaner than my kids most day. Honestly they are. I wash the sheets every week and every three months I hot wash (boiling hot water). I pull everything off and literally throw it in a hot wash. I hot wash the floors, carpets, curtains and couches its insane but it makes me feel better. What people think shouldn’t matter but some comments never leave your brain I suppose.
Add to that I’m not a ‘fanatical clean’ mother life is to short and heaven knows being a FIFO parent and wife there is just not enough time in the day to care. Whilst I’m not proud I will admit my kids have eaten more than there fair share of chicken poo and survived. We don’t drink filtered water and I have a ten second rule about food dropped on the ground, within reason. So having a few dogs in the bed what difference does it make? And they are part of our family. Each of them holds an important place. A house isn’t the same without a pet.
But is got me thinking dogs in or out what do you think?
Have a great Monday,
xxD.
Apologies for the lack of posts my friends. I have spent the last week nursing a sever ear infection in B1, a head cold in B3 so not pretty and then spent most of Friday at the accident and emergency after B2 lost consciousness when he fell off the table hanging out his washing.
Take in to account that I have boys all boys.
Oh the drama involved.
FIFO husband is home in a week.
Will be back to normal to Monday.
My mother used to say Mondays bring a fresh start.
Have a great Sunday.
xxD
I’m not sure if its a FIFO thing but my FIFO husband doesn’t have a lot of ‘mates’ here at home. It use to worry me no end. It seemed strange and unusual. All my past boyfriends and my girlfriends husbands all usually had or have a ‘pack’ that they occasionally hang out with. My FIFO husband no pack no nothing. It didn’t seem to worry him but it did me. I would restrict myself with my going outs because I felt really bad that he didn’t have ‘mates’ here at home so to speak. He has a couple but no one that he hangs out with. I seemed to be it and even though he is my best friend and I’m his I was really sure he must need someone other than me. That’s how its meant to be right? They all need a blokey mate(s).
My thinking led me to believe it was the transient nature of his job so to calm me down he joined the local fire brigade. I was happy but still apart from going out on call outs and doing training together once a week that was it. I thought he would go out and do blokey stuff with them every now and then. I thought going out and doing ‘blokey stuff’ was as important to him as a regular girls night out was for me. It worried me until I just had to ask what was going on. This was his response.
His mates are at work and they hang out everyday. Four whole weeks. 24 hours a day. They go to the gym together. They eat together. They drink (coffee no alcohol allowed) together. They talk blokey stuff I imagine that this is real estate, shares, football and porn lets be honest huh? When they are in port they hang out together some more going shopping, movies, dinner, bars and clubs. He lives and breathes his ‘male’ work mates. His friends.
So when he gets home he just wants to be with me and the boys and help me out. I’m his best friend. He doesn’t care that I go out with my friends; my work mates are here at home he understands that and he encourages me to go out with my friends. Just like its his time off its my time of too. And he doesn’t care that he doesn’t have any ‘mates’ here because they are all over the world but his best friend the one he really wants to spend time with is at home.
Nice huh? Makes sense but I do wonder if that’s the same for all FIFO husbands or did I just make a really good decision in marrying this man?.. lol..