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sad times, hard times, good times

Posted on August 28th, 2009 by Tracey

so, this week has been a bit harder, weirder, longer than my ‘usual’ week.

my ‘usual’ week, i work and the kids are with my parents (or at home with Regan). this week was/is a little different.

on saturday, just after finishing a yummy yum cha brunch (yes I had a bit too!), mum got a call that her father had had a stroke and it wasn’t look good. he had been in the hospital for the past few weeks, for treatment for cancer. anyway, dad and i had already planned to go out to the gluten free expo together after yum cha, so we went and came back quick so that we could help mum organise her ticket back to malaysia and get things organised. we had known for a while that he wasn’t well, so it wasn’t a total shock but this time, we knew something was different.

since my parents usually take both kids while i work during the week and mum was going to be away for a while, dad took Jasper on monday while he organised himself a ticket and other things and Jovie came to work with me. she was surprisingly really good, i suppose because she’s not crawling anywhere yet she has no choice but to sleep 😛 my grandfather sadly passed away on monday night, at home surrounded by family. my dad left on tuesday and i had the kids on wednesday and thursday, and Regan has them today. my grandfather’s funeral was on wednesday, with more ceremonies today. Mischa has come to stay with us, i’ll have the kids again on the weekend while Regan works and mum will be back on sunday night.

so why am i detailing this? many reasons why – how fantastic i think my family is, how we pull together and how much my parents do for us. how tiring and adult and fun and lucky we have it.

i don’t pretend to know my grandfather, i’ve only met him three times in my life, we speak different languages and are from very different generations and lifestyles, but his passing has made an effect on me. it’s made me see how lucky that my children know their grandparents as well as they do, and how the passing of one generation makes me feel like my generation has stepped up, naturally on their own accord. i say this very often in my blog, but i do feel very fortunate, happy and blessed to live the life that i do. it’s nothing fancy, i’m not rich or famous, but i have everything that i need, right here with me and that’s all you can ask for.

australian baby blog updated

Posted on July 24th, 2009 by Tracey

… finally.

it only took me a WHOLE YEAR, but i finally updated the australian baby blog design and have started to post new stuff to the blog.

australian baby blog

i’m still working on it though! since i start back at work on monday (blah), i’ve been madly trying to find some time to update all my neglected sites (including the gluten free food blog and the girl loves to shop). it’s tough to find the time, but i’m determined to keep it up.

another thing i’ve let go is the photographic projects… bugger. i need to streamline things, don’t you think? 😛

one thing i want to do is start giving away little gifts – i like the idea of giving and making someone’s day a bit brighter, so this is definately in the cards too.

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fifteen facts

Posted on July 6th, 2009 by Tracey

found via the ever lovely Chantelle, the latest challenge from blog this is to –

Tell us fifteen fascinating, far fetched, frightening, funny or frivolous facts about yourself. Those bits of trivia that are floating around in your life.

so here goes nothing ..

1. first and foremost, i really really love my family. like scary love. if anyone has doubts about getting married, staying married, having kids and having another – that you don’t know whether love can grow and that there would be enough for everyone – i’m telling you this – love knows no bounds.

2. i’m a visual person, not a word person. which is why you rarely get an amazingly well written blog entry from me.

3. i’m a tv addict, and sadly i think my kids are already displaying signs of following in my footsteps. oops. at the moment we’re catching up on 30 Rock and Dexter.

4. i’m so hard on myself, that i fear i will never get anything truly finished.

5. i have a major sweet tooth so i tend to bake alot. alot alot.

6. i love residential architecture. i wish i was smart enough to become an architect, instead i just love to sketch things out in my notepads and dream dream dream. today, while out on a walk with Jasper, i found myself walking past certain houses THREE TIMES just so i could drool at the exteriors and imagine what the interiors were like. i stopped short of pressing my face up against their windows. just.

7. i’m often mistaken to be much younger than i really am. i only dislike it when people look down on me for being ‘too young to have kids’.

8. i really looked forward to giving birth to both my kids and was fortunate enough to have great labours.

9. i take after my father – when i want something, i get it (and usually straight away). i get it myself though, don’t picture me cracking a whip or anything 😛

10. i don’t wear makeup. moisturiser & lip balm is good enough for me.

11. i do love taking photographs – at the moment they’re just of my home life (kids, food etc) but i hope to get back into doing other stuff later on. i love documenting my kids lives though, i’ll never get this time back so i don’t regret it at all.

12. i’m a homebody.

13. i don’t drink alcohol, i just don’t like it. same goes for drugs, the thought of both makes me feel gross inside.

14. the most famous person i’ve been in contact with is …. haha, not telling.

15. my favourite Michael Jackson song is The Way You Make Me Feel. (AIN’T NOBODY’S BUSINESS BUT MINE AND MY BABY’S, HEEE HEEE!!). i still shudder hearing about his passing, i’ve got to gather my words for a proper entry on how i feel.

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