I'm back!!!

I’m back!!!  Hehe…

It’s been so long since I last posted an update that I’ve forgotten how to write a blog post!  LOL

I’ve managed to find some of the old blog community from Parent24 & now follow their new sites but for those that I haven’t found please send me your site!  I miss keeping up to date with everyone.

So….  What’s new with me?  Well, sadly, not much.   Still not preggie :-(  We are trying, but we not making an issue of it just yet.  We’ve both been under a lot of stress lately which I’m assuming is the reason for the delay but we not giving up.  It will happen when the time is right.

Hubby is smoking again.  Such a pity because he did so well in the beginning, but with all the stress it was just an excuse to start again.  I’m not on his case about it because that just ends in a fight, so we’ll take it as it comes.  He STILL hasn’t found a new job (yes, he’s been searching for a year now!) so hopefully when he does he’ll feel more confident to quit.

Declan is doing very well.  He’s thriving in his new school despite me being called into the principal’s office 3 times this year.  The principal is extremely strict & well you know how boys are, always pushing the boundaries.  Sometimes I feel she is overwhelmingly strict but then I see how much Declan has benefited & learnt from her “rules” & realise it’s for his own good.  “Bend the tree while it’s still young” they say… 

It seems like he has grown up over night.  He went for speech therapy for his language & a slight word stutter, for a few months (until the medical aid ran out) & it did him the world of good!  I love the conversations we have!  He’s a typical “know-it-all” 4 year old but I love seeing the world through his eyes.  He’s such a compassionate, gentle soul but at the same time very strong willed & stubborn.  I just love our afternoon time, when I fetch him from school.  He sits by me in the kitchen while I cook supper & we’ll just chat & laugh until our tummies hurt, while drinking hot chocolate :-)  Some days when it’s not too cold, he’ll play outside & draw in the sand & then call me every 2 minutes to see his masterpiece LOL.  Sometimes I’ll get very irritated because I need to finish supper & I’m exhausted, but then I have to remind myself that one day I’ll look back & wish I wasn’t so caught up in routine that I missed the special little moments like that.  Besides, I could do with the exercise of running back & forth lol.

I was told that this is a “heart with a shooting gun and sword” LOL  Don’t ask me where cause I can only make out a small heart but nothing else lol  My little Picasso!

Sometimes I try to remember back to when he was a baby & it’s so difficult!  We look at pictures & remember a few important moments but the rest is a blur.  It’s like it went by so fast that my memory didn’t have a chance to imprint on it.  So now I make a point of cherishing every day.  I suppose it would help if I blog more often to jot down those moments! Lol

As for me, well, I’m ok.  Work has it’s good days & it’s bad days.  I just wish I could afford to work half day!  We don’t have a domestic worker anymore so trying to juggle a full day at the office plus Declan & then cooking, cleaning & hubby, it just gets too much some days.  Hubby does help but he works long hours so by the time he does come home I’ve done everything lol.  But I am grateful that I have a home to clean & a family to care for…  I just need to remind myself of that when I feel overwhelmed.

Seems I have to remind myself of a lot of things lately… to keep me sane of course! LOL

Oh!  13 years ago today, hubby & I started dating!  Can’t believe how quick time flies.  Although he drives me bonkers at the best of times, he really is my soul mate.  I heard an elderly couple on the radio last week who have been married for 70 years, and they said something that just resonated with me… “We are joined by the soul”.  I love that!  And it’s exactly how I feel about my soul mate <3

Well, there is still so much going on in my head that I wish I had time to jot down right now, but I better get back to work.

Feels good to be back :-)

Thanks for reading!

xxxx