Hi All,
We went to visit Auntie Rob this weekend (Auntie Caz was away) who has two doggies, Jasper really likes dogs and is pretty comfortable with them.
They played like this for close to half an hour I think!
Love to All
Cara xo
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Thoughts and Updates
Hi All,
I am typing this in a sleep deprived state with a puffy face, so if there are spelling errors and gramatical errors . . .don't bother telling me!! :-P~~
Sleep deprived because Jasper woke every two hours or so last night to cry for a bit then fall back asleep . . .at times I do wish our bedrooms were at oposite ends of the house!
Puffy face is from some treatment I am having done on my face for Rosacea . . think hot elastic band flicking on your skin constantly and that describes the treatment OWWEEE!
On a much happier note, the lease is all signed, the bond paid and the bond form lodged for my new house. The car is booked on a truck to leave a few weeks before I go over the first time, so that T and I can use it for furniture shopping etc.
The boxes are booked on a different truck to leave a week after the car so that they will hopefully arrive so that we can unpack them and get it all done before I go back for good with Jasper.
Life has been busy but not too hectic, which is nice. The weekend just past was Jaspers scheduled Auntie T sleep over, which meant I got to lay in bed and read on my new kindle Sunday morning before going out for lunch with my oldest friend JL.
Now JL isn't my oldest friend as in her age, we have infact been friends since we were 8 years old!! It occured to me as I drove to meet her for lunch that we have been friends for about 21 years, isn't that CRAZY.
I also had a lovely meal out with my sister in law and we went and saw the new Drew Barrymore movie Going the distance on Friday night. Lunch on Sat Jasper and I met another friend for lunch in Freo before allowing Jasper to run around what I think must be his fav playground The Esplanade in Freo.
Dinner Sat night I had cooked for me by another friend before we watched a dvd . .
I am so blessed with amazing friends and family (I know I constantly say this however it is just so true!!)
I did also have time to do some house organising and premoving culling, including packing up all of my books to give away to various friends and family, as I have decided apart from my small collection of Amish Fiction books and my Harry Potter books the rest can go! Otherwise I either have to pay to store them or pay to send them over . . .and as I don't know where I will be heading after my year is up at the house in Albany Creek I don't want to have excess stuff.
Cool Swing! New Converse shoes: Auntie T Showing some leg!
I have my Mum coming to stay with us for 3 nights over the weekend which I am looking forward too, its nice to see her get some time to relax and spend time with her children and her grandchildren :-))
Fathers Day I had Dad stay with us and got everyone together for a Fathers Day BBQ breakfast which was really nice too and for some reason I didn't get any pictures? Probably because people tend to groan when you get a camera out . . .
Before I go I must thank AG who gave me Jaspers completed 1st Birthday party dvd, it was nice to watch and is something that I will treasure THANK YOU!!
Love to All
Cara xo
I am typing this in a sleep deprived state with a puffy face, so if there are spelling errors and gramatical errors . . .don't bother telling me!! :-P~~
Sleep deprived because Jasper woke every two hours or so last night to cry for a bit then fall back asleep . . .at times I do wish our bedrooms were at oposite ends of the house!
Puffy face is from some treatment I am having done on my face for Rosacea . . think hot elastic band flicking on your skin constantly and that describes the treatment OWWEEE!
On a much happier note, the lease is all signed, the bond paid and the bond form lodged for my new house. The car is booked on a truck to leave a few weeks before I go over the first time, so that T and I can use it for furniture shopping etc.
The boxes are booked on a different truck to leave a week after the car so that they will hopefully arrive so that we can unpack them and get it all done before I go back for good with Jasper.
Life has been busy but not too hectic, which is nice. The weekend just past was Jaspers scheduled Auntie T sleep over, which meant I got to lay in bed and read on my new kindle Sunday morning before going out for lunch with my oldest friend JL.
Now JL isn't my oldest friend as in her age, we have infact been friends since we were 8 years old!! It occured to me as I drove to meet her for lunch that we have been friends for about 21 years, isn't that CRAZY.
I also had a lovely meal out with my sister in law and we went and saw the new Drew Barrymore movie Going the distance on Friday night. Lunch on Sat Jasper and I met another friend for lunch in Freo before allowing Jasper to run around what I think must be his fav playground The Esplanade in Freo.
Dinner Sat night I had cooked for me by another friend before we watched a dvd . .
I am so blessed with amazing friends and family (I know I constantly say this however it is just so true!!)
I did also have time to do some house organising and premoving culling, including packing up all of my books to give away to various friends and family, as I have decided apart from my small collection of Amish Fiction books and my Harry Potter books the rest can go! Otherwise I either have to pay to store them or pay to send them over . . .and as I don't know where I will be heading after my year is up at the house in Albany Creek I don't want to have excess stuff.
I have my Mum coming to stay with us for 3 nights over the weekend which I am looking forward too, its nice to see her get some time to relax and spend time with her children and her grandchildren :-))
Fathers Day I had Dad stay with us and got everyone together for a Fathers Day BBQ breakfast which was really nice too and for some reason I didn't get any pictures? Probably because people tend to groan when you get a camera out . . .
Before I go I must thank AG who gave me Jaspers completed 1st Birthday party dvd, it was nice to watch and is something that I will treasure THANK YOU!!
Love to All
Cara xo
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Papers Papers everywhere
Hi All,
As the title suggests I have been buried in paperwork and am slowly getting out from under it!!
At one stage I was dealing with stuff for the new house, new daycare, sorting out my phone, dealing with the Bank and had Jasper at home with Foot and Mouth!!
Things however are looking up and looking less stressful this week :-))
Jasper is fully recovered from his Foot and Mouth virus, luckily he only had it very mildly and it didn't really effect him much except that he was contagious so couldn't go to daycare . . .I had to get someone in to watch him at home plus Mum & Dad watched him for one day as I couldn't afford to take time off work.
He is such a happy social little boy and is happiest when we are out and about where he can smile and grin at people.
Walking is proving hazardous he constantly seems to have a bruise or scratch on his face and at the moment has about 3 bruises!!
Things are moving forward with our move, should get the contract for the new house through soon. I have booked all our flights etc including Auntie T's and mine for the end of October when we go over to set up the house while Mum kindly watches Jasper for the week for me :-))
I am getting frustrated however trying to work out the timing of things arriving, like I need to send the car over by truck and then the furniture. They have to go with different companies and it appears that no company can actually tell you exact time frames which makes it hard for me to organise things . . .
We have been doing fun stuff too lots of meals out and fun in the sun last weekend when we experienced spring conditions slightly before the official start of spring.
I am constantly thankful for the amazing family and friends that I have in my life, including new friends that I am making. Hopefully lots of them will come to visit in our year away, at last count I have at least 3 friends who have said they are coming over for sure to visit, including one I NEVER thought would say Yes!!
Just showing some of those facial injuries!
As the title suggests I have been buried in paperwork and am slowly getting out from under it!!
At one stage I was dealing with stuff for the new house, new daycare, sorting out my phone, dealing with the Bank and had Jasper at home with Foot and Mouth!!
Things however are looking up and looking less stressful this week :-))
Jasper is fully recovered from his Foot and Mouth virus, luckily he only had it very mildly and it didn't really effect him much except that he was contagious so couldn't go to daycare . . .I had to get someone in to watch him at home plus Mum & Dad watched him for one day as I couldn't afford to take time off work.
He is such a happy social little boy and is happiest when we are out and about where he can smile and grin at people.
Walking is proving hazardous he constantly seems to have a bruise or scratch on his face and at the moment has about 3 bruises!!
Things are moving forward with our move, should get the contract for the new house through soon. I have booked all our flights etc including Auntie T's and mine for the end of October when we go over to set up the house while Mum kindly watches Jasper for the week for me :-))
I am getting frustrated however trying to work out the timing of things arriving, like I need to send the car over by truck and then the furniture. They have to go with different companies and it appears that no company can actually tell you exact time frames which makes it hard for me to organise things . . .
We have been doing fun stuff too lots of meals out and fun in the sun last weekend when we experienced spring conditions slightly before the official start of spring.
I am constantly thankful for the amazing family and friends that I have in my life, including new friends that I am making. Hopefully lots of them will come to visit in our year away, at last count I have at least 3 friends who have said they are coming over for sure to visit, including one I NEVER thought would say Yes!!
Just showing some of those facial injuries!Love to All
Cara xo
PS. I am off to run more errands including visiting a bank and picking up a new cell/mobile!
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Picture update (post QLD holiday)
Hi All,
What a busy few weeks it has been, we had a nice if not slightly hectic trip to QLD. Then arrived home for a weekend of bday celebrating!
What a busy few weeks it has been, we had a nice if not slightly hectic trip to QLD. Then arrived home for a weekend of bday celebrating!
Jasper sleeping on the way home in his own seat.
Runnning around and away from me!
Playing peek-a-boo with the menu at Pancake house
Lunch out with Auntie Amanda our first day away
They had a cool indoor play area in a shopping centre.
Playing in Byron Bay
There were others to play with
Being cute with the girls already!!
Love to All
Cara xo
Monday, 2 August 2010
Walking Video as promised
Hi All,
Jasper is deff getting the hang of this walking thing, and can now get himself up and to his feet rather then having to pull himself up on things!
I feel so proud watching him walk, I am deff one of the Mothers that feels happy for him that he is gaining some independance rather then sad because he is growing up!
Hope you enjoyed the movie
Love to All
Cara xo
Jasper is deff getting the hang of this walking thing, and can now get himself up and to his feet rather then having to pull himself up on things!
I feel so proud watching him walk, I am deff one of the Mothers that feels happy for him that he is gaining some independance rather then sad because he is growing up!
Hope you enjoyed the movie
Love to All
Cara xo
Thursday, 29 July 2010
7 sleeps! One week! 4 working days
Hi All,
Until I/we are on a weeks holiday YAY!!
I am really looking forward to having some time away and checking out what will be our new State and potential new house/suburb.
The weather looks as though its going to be similar to here just a little warmer in the evenings.
Accommodation is all booked, rental car with child car seat is booked, catch up with the one person I know in QLD is booked in . . . .NOW to do some research for some other fun holiday stuff!
The QLD version of the Royal Show is on while we are there so I might check that out, I won’t be able to do rides etc as I will have Jasper but I can still check out exhibitions etc. .
I am currently in contact with someone I used to work with who is helping me do some research and learning so that I can hopefully move into a different area of work, so fingers crossed I am a quick study. This is for when I am job searching after the move.
Jasper has been pretty grumpy and emo . . .I think its because he has another tooth/teeth coming through, its very frustrating cause I am beginning to feel as though all he does is cry for seemingly no reason!!
He does still have very cute and happy moments I think it’s just more challenging for me at the moment because I seem to permanently feel exhausted!! I went and had my iron and B12 levels checked yesterday and should get the results in a few days, I am thinking its time for a top up on one or both of those. (B12 will be an injection and Iron is an infusion (they drip it into my veins) )
Still waiting for my last group certificate to come through so that I can do my tax and I will be putting in another call today because I got told last week that they were done and should be coming out . . .and still NOTHING GGGRRRRR!
Less then a mth and I am 29 WOW!
Love to All
Cara xo
Until I/we are on a weeks holiday YAY!!
I am really looking forward to having some time away and checking out what will be our new State and potential new house/suburb.
The weather looks as though its going to be similar to here just a little warmer in the evenings.
Accommodation is all booked, rental car with child car seat is booked, catch up with the one person I know in QLD is booked in . . . .NOW to do some research for some other fun holiday stuff!
The QLD version of the Royal Show is on while we are there so I might check that out, I won’t be able to do rides etc as I will have Jasper but I can still check out exhibitions etc. .
I am currently in contact with someone I used to work with who is helping me do some research and learning so that I can hopefully move into a different area of work, so fingers crossed I am a quick study. This is for when I am job searching after the move.
Jasper has been pretty grumpy and emo . . .I think its because he has another tooth/teeth coming through, its very frustrating cause I am beginning to feel as though all he does is cry for seemingly no reason!!
He does still have very cute and happy moments I think it’s just more challenging for me at the moment because I seem to permanently feel exhausted!! I went and had my iron and B12 levels checked yesterday and should get the results in a few days, I am thinking its time for a top up on one or both of those. (B12 will be an injection and Iron is an infusion (they drip it into my veins) )
Still waiting for my last group certificate to come through so that I can do my tax and I will be putting in another call today because I got told last week that they were done and should be coming out . . .and still NOTHING GGGRRRRR!
Less then a mth and I am 29 WOW!
Love to All
Cara xo
Friday, 23 July 2010
13mths and counting
Hi All,
Jasper is 13mths old today and I think I can say that he is WALKING!!! (not all the time but he can walk for maybe 10-20 steps on his own)
For those that haven’t seen the video on my facebook page I will try and get a better one over the weekend to put on here :-))
I am the Mum of an over one year old, that’s just CRAZY!!
His fav word is still Ta and he says it with meaning, so when he wants stuff he will point to it and say Ta, pretty smart little man. He can recognise what other words mean like when I say its bath time he’ll head to the bathroom and if we say breakfast etc . .
He still gets emo in the evenings with other people if he is really tired . . .and not just with other people but with me too if he is really tired, just what you want at the end of the day!!
Food well just wave some in his way and he wants it :-))
We have a play date this Sunday with Auntie Jenny and Nyah to go to the indoor playground up near me which I have started going to atleast once a weekend, its lots of fun and Jasper really enjoys it . . unfortunately you can't take pictures in there so you'll just have to try and picture his smiling face playing in the ball pit and climbing up everything!!
13 more sleeps and we are on holidays YAY :-))))
Love to All
Cara xo
Jasper is 13mths old today and I think I can say that he is WALKING!!! (not all the time but he can walk for maybe 10-20 steps on his own)
For those that haven’t seen the video on my facebook page I will try and get a better one over the weekend to put on here :-))
I am the Mum of an over one year old, that’s just CRAZY!!
His fav word is still Ta and he says it with meaning, so when he wants stuff he will point to it and say Ta, pretty smart little man. He can recognise what other words mean like when I say its bath time he’ll head to the bathroom and if we say breakfast etc . .
He still gets emo in the evenings with other people if he is really tired . . .and not just with other people but with me too if he is really tired, just what you want at the end of the day!!
Food well just wave some in his way and he wants it :-))
We have a play date this Sunday with Auntie Jenny and Nyah to go to the indoor playground up near me which I have started going to atleast once a weekend, its lots of fun and Jasper really enjoys it . . unfortunately you can't take pictures in there so you'll just have to try and picture his smiling face playing in the ball pit and climbing up everything!!
13 more sleeps and we are on holidays YAY :-))))
Love to All
Cara xo
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Holiday / Research trip
Hi All,
Jasper is going to have his second plane trip early next month, I have booked us a trip over to QLD to check it all out and have a look at some daycare centres etc . .
There actually is a house that I think might be perfect for us, we will go and see it when we are there, it’s in a suburb not too far from Brisbane CBD and has recently been renovated. The owners are going overseas for a year at the end of October which is perfect cause that is when I am heading over and wanted to give it at least 12mths over in QLD to see if it’s for us or not.
If that house is as awesome in real life as it is in the pics and descriptions I have had from the owner then Jasper and I will have lots of time to holiday and relax because that cuts out my suburb research I was going to do when I first booked the tickets. Instead I will check out the daycares and get my name down and I think just do some relaxing . . .find some fun stuff Jasper and I can do together.
The first night I am staying at a hotel near the airport but the other 5 nights I am booked in a 1 bed apartment that I got really cheap on the Gold Coast. The only thing I haven’t done yet is book my car rental. .. .
It’s been a bit of a headache with deciding what to do with my furniture and belongings (for the actual move in October/November) however I think I may have come up with the solution but I won’t finalise it all until I have come back from QLD next mth :-))
I am looking forward to having a week off work and some warmer weather!!
Love to All
Cara xo
Jasper and Chloe before she left daycare
Jasper and Kable unwrapping at his bday party!
Jasper is going to have his second plane trip early next month, I have booked us a trip over to QLD to check it all out and have a look at some daycare centres etc . .
There actually is a house that I think might be perfect for us, we will go and see it when we are there, it’s in a suburb not too far from Brisbane CBD and has recently been renovated. The owners are going overseas for a year at the end of October which is perfect cause that is when I am heading over and wanted to give it at least 12mths over in QLD to see if it’s for us or not.
If that house is as awesome in real life as it is in the pics and descriptions I have had from the owner then Jasper and I will have lots of time to holiday and relax because that cuts out my suburb research I was going to do when I first booked the tickets. Instead I will check out the daycares and get my name down and I think just do some relaxing . . .find some fun stuff Jasper and I can do together.
The first night I am staying at a hotel near the airport but the other 5 nights I am booked in a 1 bed apartment that I got really cheap on the Gold Coast. The only thing I haven’t done yet is book my car rental. .. .
It’s been a bit of a headache with deciding what to do with my furniture and belongings (for the actual move in October/November) however I think I may have come up with the solution but I won’t finalise it all until I have come back from QLD next mth :-))
I am looking forward to having a week off work and some warmer weather!!
Love to All
Cara xo
Jasper and Chloe before she left daycare
Jasper and Kable unwrapping at his bday party!Thursday, 15 July 2010
Decisions Decisions Oh So Many
Hi All,
As the title says Decisions and too many of them!! Don’t get me wrong though I am thankful that I have a great life and live in an awesome time and place that I have choices.
That said . . . my head is spinning!
I had my head and heart set on the Gold Coast as a place to settle in Queensland, I just love the atmosphere and location, beach’s etc . .
Then I decided to google again the commute time to work in Brisbane and also chatted to someone that has moved from there to here just recently . . .lets just say I don’t have enough time in my life to spend 3hrs a day getting to and from work!! It would mean I would basically drop Jasper off go to work, pick him up then put him to bed . . .NOT the lifestyle I am wanting.
Some may be asking why working in Brisbane, basically the answer is that there aren’t too many jobs in the gold coast in my industry, and I don’t want to take a step backwards work wise at this time of life, not when I will soon be paying for schooling costs.
So this has led me to think that perhaps living in Brisbane would be better, of course it will have to be the right location and the right cost . . .so that I can go to the gold coast on weekends and stay over etc . .
NOW let’s talk about the cost of transporting your goods and car across country FAR OUT! I have had a few quotes so far and neither is particularly cheaper then the other even backloading which everyone says is supposed to be cheaper??!!!
This means I am now thinking wether its worth taking it all over or wether to leave it in storage here for say a year then decide if I am staying over there or coming back. That means though that I need to get a fully furnished rental or buy really cheap furniture when I get over there and just a minimal amount
Arrrgghhhh that’s just a small snippet of all the things running through my head!
Anyone out there reading with some advise I can use???
Love to All
Cara xo
As the title says Decisions and too many of them!! Don’t get me wrong though I am thankful that I have a great life and live in an awesome time and place that I have choices.
That said . . . my head is spinning!
I had my head and heart set on the Gold Coast as a place to settle in Queensland, I just love the atmosphere and location, beach’s etc . .
Then I decided to google again the commute time to work in Brisbane and also chatted to someone that has moved from there to here just recently . . .lets just say I don’t have enough time in my life to spend 3hrs a day getting to and from work!! It would mean I would basically drop Jasper off go to work, pick him up then put him to bed . . .NOT the lifestyle I am wanting.
Some may be asking why working in Brisbane, basically the answer is that there aren’t too many jobs in the gold coast in my industry, and I don’t want to take a step backwards work wise at this time of life, not when I will soon be paying for schooling costs.
So this has led me to think that perhaps living in Brisbane would be better, of course it will have to be the right location and the right cost . . .so that I can go to the gold coast on weekends and stay over etc . .
NOW let’s talk about the cost of transporting your goods and car across country FAR OUT! I have had a few quotes so far and neither is particularly cheaper then the other even backloading which everyone says is supposed to be cheaper??!!!
This means I am now thinking wether its worth taking it all over or wether to leave it in storage here for say a year then decide if I am staying over there or coming back. That means though that I need to get a fully furnished rental or buy really cheap furniture when I get over there and just a minimal amount
Arrrgghhhh that’s just a small snippet of all the things running through my head!
Anyone out there reading with some advise I can use???
Love to All
Cara xo
Thursday, 8 July 2010
Biding Time
Hi All,
Now I have made the decision to go to the Gold Coast I feel like I just want it to be time to go. Its not that I dislike it here in Perth or that I won’t miss my family and friends very much its just that I feel like I am treading water waiting for it to be D day.
Does that make sense to people?
I have lots of things to do before I leave including organizing movers, narrowing down suburbs, researching childcares, sorting stuff to go into storage (not going to take all my books and childhood things) etc…
D day actually doesn’t have a date yet cause there are lots of factors that make that up however I hope to know be the end of this mth fingers crossed!
On the home front things are good, Jasper is continuing to grow and get stronger on his feet . .still no walking yet. He was very much enjoying some fresh pretzel that I gave him yesterday and still eats heaps of anything with rice, I swear if they didn’t know me so well at daycare they would have me up on starving charges . . .Jasper has had 3 bowls of lunch a few times this week!
Our daycare is something that I will very much miss when we leave . . . I am lucky that the first daycare I got him into is the best. The facility is nice and new and bright and fresh, the staff are just awesome, I think it does help too that I take the time to talk to them and find out how he is going. I don’t just dump and run or pick up and run . . .quite often I will sit down on the floor and have a chat when I go to pick him up.
Jasper went to his first 4th of July thing on the weekend, unfortunately we got there a little too late to get the good food and things they had on sale . . .I don’t think they expected it to be as popular as it was.
I am considering a few days break somewhere maybe next mth, however will wait till I do my tax and until I decide on a Gold Coast departure date.
Now I have made the decision to go to the Gold Coast I feel like I just want it to be time to go. Its not that I dislike it here in Perth or that I won’t miss my family and friends very much its just that I feel like I am treading water waiting for it to be D day.
Does that make sense to people?
I have lots of things to do before I leave including organizing movers, narrowing down suburbs, researching childcares, sorting stuff to go into storage (not going to take all my books and childhood things) etc…
D day actually doesn’t have a date yet cause there are lots of factors that make that up however I hope to know be the end of this mth fingers crossed!
On the home front things are good, Jasper is continuing to grow and get stronger on his feet . .still no walking yet. He was very much enjoying some fresh pretzel that I gave him yesterday and still eats heaps of anything with rice, I swear if they didn’t know me so well at daycare they would have me up on starving charges . . .Jasper has had 3 bowls of lunch a few times this week!
Our daycare is something that I will very much miss when we leave . . . I am lucky that the first daycare I got him into is the best. The facility is nice and new and bright and fresh, the staff are just awesome, I think it does help too that I take the time to talk to them and find out how he is going. I don’t just dump and run or pick up and run . . .quite often I will sit down on the floor and have a chat when I go to pick him up.
Jasper went to his first 4th of July thing on the weekend, unfortunately we got there a little too late to get the good food and things they had on sale . . .I don’t think they expected it to be as popular as it was.
I am considering a few days break somewhere maybe next mth, however will wait till I do my tax and until I decide on a Gold Coast departure date.
Love to All
Cara xo
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