Quick Catch You Up.

Well... now that I have gotten past that little rant below, I thought I would get on and post a little catch you up so that I could let you know that I am alive... in one piece and okay.

It has been about a month since I last blogged and I have realised that in the eyes of many bloggers, that is simply not good enough. But... as you have probably well guessed by now.. im far from being like most bloggers. I vanish with no word... and then just re-appear... as politically incorrect as I was just now... or with no word what so ever.. just a post, as though I have not been anywhere but here the entire time.
Hmmmm... So ... Ummm... ~crickets chirping in the background~

Oh.. yea.. hmmm.... where have I been? No where...
What have I been doing!? .... not overly a lot..

Work... sleep... work... gym.... work... gym... work.. work... work...
now that you have the picture... hahaha.

IWe are still waiting to start our house... we are now two months over date on our settlement due to bad weather, though we are hoping, from what we see, that this month shall be the settlement month.
We have been waiting for our block to have our lot number put back up so that we could get a soil test done... we went for a quick run up there today and saw that they have put the site numbers in... yay! So... this means that we should be able to do our soil test next week... hopefully, that will come back fine and we will be able to run everything by council and have ourselves ready to pour as soon as the land settles.

We have decided, after checking out flooring last weekend that we will be doing all that our selves. (getting a private company to do it instead of the builders)... we will be saving a packet and in the end, getting way better quality stuff.
We are going nylon short pile for our carpet, which will just be in the bedrooms and theatre. We thought wool, though we dont want track marks, which we were told will happen quickly with wool... and considering the carpet we have chose ins just as lovely to touch as the wool, and a fraction of the cost, that is where we have settled.
We have decided on beechwood coloured timber laminate flooring, which will then join up with the same beechwood, decking for our entertainment area.
The biggest area that we have seen that we will be saving is in the tiling in the laundry and bathroom. We are able to purchase large porcelain tiles for $33 a meter unlaid, where our budget with the builder was $44 laid. For that, we could not find anything half way nice in ceramic (which is as much as they would allow us to get as porcelain was an extra)... these tiles are glossy and oh so purdy... and... big.. did i say they were big!? They are going to look so hot against the white of our spa and next to the timber floor as you leave the bathroom. I cant wait to show pictures.. though, at the moment... we only have one sample tile.. which i dont think would show up to its true potential in a photo... soooo.... i guess that means that you will have to wait! ~L~

Sully: well.. we are still waiting for the insurance guys to make a descision.. so at the moment, we still have her, dents and all... and we are hoping, minus the dents, to keep it that way. I know she is just a car and that we are all safe, though she is ours... she is sully... she is beautiful. Besides that, Cathy has yet to meet her.. and see why we love her so much. ~L~

The kids are great... growing like weeds... ploughing through the year at school with great Grades. Matt is great... He has started his own business... we have taken on a partner... so you have to go check out their new dig... Red CactusHe unfortunately was not promoted like we were hoping this year.. so he has been posted out at the end of the year, which means that we will have one of two descisions. 1. build, move into the house and then move out months after to move, or 2. Matt will move by himself for a year, so that the kids can continue at the same school and Kiera will be able to complete her senior years at the same campus... so.. we have decided on choice two. Well.. Matt has. He wont putt any of them out of school since they are all happy... he wont well the house, OR put anyone else into it as a rental... and wont let me quit my job and move to try and find another. It will be hard though we have talked long and hard and think this is by far the best option... other than him leaving the defence which he is not prepared to do just yet.

We have figured that the defence sends him home every 8 weeks, so inbetween, we will just organise cheap flights every other 4 weeks. Hopefully, with him doing photography jobs, going to the gym and working, me working, looking after the kids and finishing off things around the new house, the year should fly by.
If the defence doesnt give him a position back here after 12 months, then he said he will look at getting out.

Now all that news leaves me as lucky last.. I am still working out.. and it is working out great for me. I have now lost a total of 7.5kg and am still going strong. Matt has joined the gym with me so will be my "pusher" as of tomorrow. He figures that since he wont be here next year to see the final results, that he will come along, push the shit out of me and make me work harder, thus getting to the final results faster. I like the idea... there is nothing wrong with being pushed a little harder than you would push yourself, right? We are working me back into things a little slowly, as for the last 3-4 weeks i have not been well and after being cleared of cancer (5 years post) at christmas, I have been going through testing all over again.. though tests so far has come back very positive looking... so we are hopeful that I have just had some nasty nasty (GAY) virus!

Anyway...that is it i think... i am certain that I have bored you all enough by now.. I have still got layouts to post, though will try and get to those soon... but until then, i shall say... HAPPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL... Stay safe and dont eat too much chocolate.
Love and hugs
xxxx

PS: you know what? I think my "gay gay gay" mood is passing.. though im not going to tempt it by going back to my desk just yet! hahah.
xxx