Suzie 
- I just love to be cheeky! Some days I feel 100, others 18!
Today is fun! We are looking after our little grandbaby which is always fun, especially during the day. I had earned movie passes in my last job & we gave 3 to our OS, DIL & GS so that just the 3 of them could go to a kids' movie, without our GD. They have gone to Devonport to see Ratatouille which I thought looked really funny. I think, like lots of those movies a lot of the humour will go over A's head but will be appreciated by his parents. I hope they have a good time. We have dinner cooked so that when they get back they don't have to worry about going home & getting that ready. I use the royal "we" which is really my LH, doing the cooking & me the washing up, which I am more than happy about.
We are mixing our cuisines & countries tonight but hey, this is Australia. What is our cuisine? We have pizzas made, one a plainish chicken, the other with hot salami, anchovies, olives etc; a Thai meatball dish that is going on fettuccini(!) & have cooked vegies, including spuds (I may not have any-well maybe 1) and I have a lot of fruit cut up for afters.
Our little GD is such a beautiful child. She is very strong minded, loves her food & has quite exotic tastes like her grandparents. My Lh cooked some chicken in soy sauce etc & she demolished most of it, plus some grated Mozzarella cheese & grated apple. She is now sound asleep with her bum up in the air. This is the first time I have got her to have a nap in the middle of the day. I felt so relaxed about it.
I have one of our spare bedrooms set up nicely with a rattan screen in front of the doorway, a Thai silk throw over it. A portacot is set up along the wall near the screen, with some teddies & bedding from when my 2 boys were babies. It is bright red & white with little rabbits. There is a double bed in there with a lovely Indian throw, a nice big trunk, a little portable sound system playing a world mix that she (& I) like. I left the wooden blinds open, popped back in twice & it took her about 40 minutes but she went to sleep & is out like a light! She mostly just grizzled & sung out in baby talk that grandparents suck!
My sweet hubby asked me how long
we could stand her crying before we went to get her out which made me laugh. He is such a softy. I knew she wasn't fair dinkum about crying. It was just a strong protest. She had trouble keeping her eyes open & I think she needs as much sleep as her dad used to.
Our OS at
9 weeks of age slept from 7 at night until 7 in the morning & had 2 naps of about 1&1/2-2hrs each day!!
During my lovely day yesterday Gigi & I were discussing potential jobs for myself & my LH. There is a local pub that has been closed for renovations & is trying to go up-market. I was thinking how I would go about mentioning to my husband that it might suit him but he brought it up first & thought he would pop a resume in. I think I had better get organised for the 2 of us. 2 applications to complete for jobs with the Electoral Commission & 2 resumes that need to be brought up to date. I still have not been to Launceston or Devonport to check out computers, printers, desk & comfy computer chair etc but can get things printed in Del at the online centre but I don't much like the place. It's fairly grotty.
I am busting to go walking again. I have 2, possibly 3 days that I can't go which is a bugger. I have an ap't to see a vein specialist in Oct, we will be in Melb another week & my mum says she can't walk up hill. Mmm. I don't want to miss any walks really. I might see if I can change the ap't to a Wed but it might mean waiting even longer. I have had this ap't for a long while. Mum is coming over to visit in November around about her birthday(83rd) as I thought it would be nice & also for her to be here when the Deloraine Craft Fair is on. The fair is huge & I haven't been for years so this will make me go.
Mum lives in a small town up on the Murray river & comes over to Tassie once a year, at least, to stay with us. She is quite active really but does struggle with hills, especially our driveway which is very steep. Our block is on top of a hill so all walks require an uphill walk on the return. I will take her out and about for exercise. She loves to shop. She is a tiny thing compared to me. I take after my dad in more ways than one. Dad was 6'1," Mum 5'1" but she has shrunk in the last 10 years & has osteoporosis(?). He always struggled with his weight, Mum never has had to. She couldn't put it on if she tried but she does eat like a bird!
Well, little E is giving me time to post. What a good little grand-daughter she is. I have done lots of housework while she was complaining so will be able to give her my undivided attention when she wakes. Her Dad just messaged me to say the movie was great & that they were doing some shopping & wondered how the grandparents were & I sent a msg back saying "Great! Sound asleep!" so they will be relaxed & happy about that. I think my DIL will be getting some driving practise as she is still nervous about it.
I will have a quick look about & won't check for typos-please excuse me, cheers for today, happy grandma,
Cate.
(as you can tell I've just discovered the icons!)
It is still hit and miss if my 21 month oild daughter sleeps through without waking the household up. And my 4 month old son did his first night of 9 hours. Why can't I have one of those lovely children that sleep through?