Wordless Wednesday - 18 Candles

Happy 18th Birthday D on the 18th

Of course you need little brothers to help blow out 18 candles

 

 

 

How do they grow up so fast ?

“Giving birth does not make a mother…. Placing a child for adoption does not make her less of one.” ~ Unknown - 

I also give thanks to my son's birth mother~ he 's only been ours for 17 yrs.


However motherhood comes to you, it's a miracle ~ Valerie Harper Adoptive parent




 ♥ Never miss a post

Things I know -

Things I know

 ..no matter how many times I tell myself selling our home and moving to Central West is going to be a good thing my heart is still anxious .I feel very sad about selling & leaving family and friends. This , too, will pass. I pray. I do love the farm.

  ...keeping perfectly clean a house with twin 4yr old tornadoes and a 'tumultuous' untidy teen is going to be my greatest challenge. I hope the first family who sees our house buys it.

...It's fantastic news the Teen got a new job and mini promotion this week but having him leave at 6am means we all have an early wake up . DH wakes to make sure the Teen has woken and this wakes me and the boys some days. Praise God for ABC TV.

...Some days you just want to pull the blankets back over your head and stay there ...of course, you rarely can, except maybe for 20 mins longer if DH gets up :) .Others you spend basking in the Autumn sunshine with a little more crispness in the air, listening to the blessed, infectious laughs of your children. I know what I prefer more.

...The new Babies movie is sure to bring smiles & giggles all round. See below if you would like a free ticket to the preview or an in season family pass if you live in a regional area or Interstate. 

What do you know this week ? Share your wisdom by hooking up with Shae @Yay for home.  
♥ Never miss a post

Grateful Saturday- things I know

It's been a strange week.

Coming home from a weekend like no other and with my husband being home almost everyday ...all day. Technically unemployed now we have stopped taking on new business and no business premises to operate from.

Things I know - my Internet time has been and will continue to be severely curbed for a bit . Maybe that is a good thing because we have to get 'moving' on preparing our house for sale. I'm both grateful and sad that it is happening.

I'm grateful for being able to attend the Aus Blog Con and garteful for the community of amazing women to which I am proud to belong.

Things I know - I enjoyed myself immensely although I missed my family terribly and got all teary talking to my little lads on the phone who stayed with my mum & brother. DH was at the farm.I was very anxious about them the whole but I did enjoy a break from the constant "MUM".



I'm grateful that my oldest son still plays his drums in a band .... at his friend's house. It was lovely to see S & J drag out and play the old drums the other day when they watched ZingZilla's.They had a blast and it was funny to see them so excited.

Things I know - The Teen's friend's mum is worth her weight in GOLD to have the bandmates play (& eat) at her house.The neighbours are more than grateful too .We haven't had any more council visits for noise complaints from the 'neighbour' (who lives in the corner at the back fence mind you).
 
I'm grateful for my very first paid sponsored post ...reviewing  ZingZilla's. Our income is very limited at the moment and every little bit helps while we still have a huge mortgage to pay until we sell our house.

I 'd love you to join in the conversation ...Does your child want to be in a band? 
What instrument or song do they love the most?

Grateful posts are here today at Maxabella's gorgeous sister a twin mum extraordinaire @Then there were four.

I am also playing along with Shae @ Yay for home's - Things I know too because she was so 'engaging' and friendly to meet. Go say hi - she made her self well known and was a dancing queen.

  ♥ Never miss a po

Escapes and exits

1. Scrabble Letter E, 2. Educational Block E, 3. The paradise exists: spot the 2 elephants in the crystal clear water, 4. E

Three weeks ago our 17 yr son got a job...minutes after he entered the employment support/job finding agency

.

It was a labouring job . The company were having trouble keeping employees. DH took our son there the same afternoon and they said start the next day;Friday
Teen started and was told by 'somebody' the 'pay' was $580 a week.
He was very excited but they were so wrong.
The teen had to start at 6.30am and work to a quota of 410 widgits.
His first pay he got about $319.
We weren't sure it was for a full week or not , or what the day the pay week started.
The teen was less than happy.
I discovered under most awards teenagers and up to 20 yrs old are paid less ...
at 17 it was 55% of the award.
Even though he had to do exactly the same job & fill the same quota.
18yrs get 70%
19yrs get 85%
only at 20 yrs was it 100%
Grossly unfair ... probably.This clause exists in most industrial awards.
Dh was getting up every day to drive him the 10kms to work at 6.10am.
Anyway, the next week we escaped went to the farm. DH rang him at 5.30am both days to make sure he was awake & ready .
Teen told us he was going to work ...but didn't both Thursday & Friday.
Later his excuse was he was exhausted.
He probably was ...just saying he has a certain attitude to hard work. It doesn't agree with him.
However he neglected to call in absent.
His next pay on Friday was $216 for 3 days.
Last Monday DH dropped teen at work . The teen was told his services were no longer required and he was shown the

We were very disappointed in him ... and for him. Still I make no excuses for him because it was his own fault.

---

Escape ...
Have you ever dreamed of living in paradise, where you can hear the ocean , feel the calm ocean breeze and smell the scent of salt in the air ?

I do all the time LOL ...but we'll soon be living with the scent of this in the air !

Once we bite the bullet and put our house up for sale.

---

Elephants ...
Have you seen the new female baby elephant at Taroonga Zoo born 2nd November .
Did you know elephants are pregnant for 22 months and their babies are born at 120kgs.OMG my eyes are watering.

I have a thing for elephants at the moment ...especially reminding me to take things one step or bite at time. The elephants above live in my kind of paradise.

Escapa ...this game is purely a time waster & difficult. Don't even bother.
♥ Never miss a post

Weekly Winners 45 2009

Nov 15th - 21st

It is the get me to Ball formal edition this week. It was our Teen's Y10 formal this week. His highschool has about 228 y10 students and it was huge.
Many met before hand, in the local park, for photos and to show off their cars.There was another public highschool , whose formal was the same night, there too. OMG I have never seen so many vintage & classic cars and people in the park.

I am always telling him to pull up his dacks.
It was so hot 39 ° he wouldn't couldn't wear the black jacket even for a photo at home. I had rivers of sweat running down my back within minutes.
Parents were invited to attend the formal dinner dance , not the littles...we dropped them off on our way.

They came by ...

yes, it is was a hearse complete with a rear passenger

Chev Impala ( I love cars with chrome badges)

yes ...MR Toyota there is a drought but seriously ?




(I cropped the perv on the left)

I couldn't capture the sea of people ...most had started to leave.


I &hearts: the shiny blue Kenworth

Holden ute

56 Holden ...it's pink

Mustang (because I looked)

Antique Firetruck ,my favourite ...

Don't ask me what all the cars are ... this one it's just a shiny red car to me lol

It was hot all week but we still made these Christmas shortbread as a practice run ...how many are left ?

♥

Never miss a post

Weekly Winners

June 15th -June 21st
Lotus @ Sarcastic Mom is the host of Weekly Winners.

In honour of his 15th birthday
These are a few of the Teen man as a toddler

Walk this way

Bucket Head circa 1997

Look Drums
'New' Drums
Ceiling Cat is a Myth
Cosy in Cot
Not again
Twin Love
Whispered Secrets
Bye !

Blogger is not up loading well tonight - I have to be off to bed anyway.
♥