I took Fletcher back to the doctor again today.



He had been prescribed antibiotics on the weekend. Anyway, I didn't feel like he had improved, so I took him back.



Only to be told:



"It's a virus, you'll just have to ride it out."



So I left, armed with a prescription for more Pamol. And having also been told by the doctor that cough medicines are a waste of time (take note, Jamie!).



The poor little munchkin is full of snot and is coughing lots (there doesn't seem to be anything in the cough though, its just kind of a dry cough). And his eyes are yuck. Hopefully they clear up soon.

He doesn't feel like eating much and is getting tired earlier in the day and sleeping longer.

I hope to have better news later in the week!

What a morning!!

Well I guess you could say it started last night....


I had given Fletcher a bath and put him to bed when I heard him make a funny cry. I went to investigate. He has been coughing so much that he threw up his dinner (well, the toast he had for dinner, seeing as that is all he will eat). So I had to change his sheets and pyjamas and put him in the bath again and wash it out of his hair.


Then I abandoned it all into the laundry.


I let the dogs out.


I hear the dogs growling and see them playing tug of war with....Fletcher's sleepsuit!! He loves it, it is like a cuddly to him. Anyway, Mum, it is ruined!! I washed it anyway, I can't quite decide what to do with it. They ruined his pyjama top too.


(FYI, my house is 'old style' so the laundry is out the back door, all the gumboots etc are in there, I usually leave the door open, which is how the dogs got in).


This morning I was sitting at the back door writing a letter, the washing machine going nearby. Then I noticed the puddles of water all over the floor......


Our washing machine hose empties into the big sink next to it. Anyway, I had left a face cloth in the sink, it had blocked the plughole, the water had nowhere to go except.......all over the floor.....


Mop that up.


Then I did another load of laundry. I see there is another big pile of water on the floor....has my nine year old washing machine finally ground to halt?? I will have to go mop up and investigate!!

Poor Fletchie..

...is sick.

I took him to the doctor yesterday (Saturday). The doctor said he had a case of the flu - red ears & throat and conjunctivitis. He prescribed some antibiotics.

So we are on day two of the antibiotics and he doesn't seem to have improved a great deal yet. Mind you, he hasn't had a sleep today, so perhaps I should say he is doing very well. I don't think he will last much longer - hopefully he will have some dinner before he goes to bed. He didn't have any dinner last night.

First night of daylight saving tonight - it is a beautiful day, a perfect night for a BBQ.....maybe next week!!

A Big Welcome to My New Nephew

This lovely little munchkin is my new nephew, Joshua Stephen Grasser. He was born on 10 September (already two weeks old)!

Joshua lives with his Mummy (my sister Tracy) in Holly Springs, North Carolina. Isn't he cute? Look at his cute hair and his lovely lips...

I AM BACK!!

Oh the joy! Oh the excitement! The courier arrived about 3pm this afternoon with my lovely new Dell laptop. I got it in white so I could pretend to be a Mac.

Anyway, as I had three little kiddies hovering around, all I could do was read the set up guide and wait for their bed time!! I got it set up as easy as a wink and have been surfing for a while, checking out all the blogs I read etc.

And I have joined Facebook! Hopefully I will have oodles of "Friend confirmations" in my inbox tomorrow.

The laptop is great. I am even finding the weeny keyboard and mouse thing easy. Hardly any cords under the computer desk!!

And you will be pleased to know that I am taking our old desktop down to the E Waste Day on October 4.

Daylight saving starts this weekend!! It will be great to have the extra daylight, and to have darker mornings. I am waking up waaay too early at the moment!!! However I am not looking forward to Sunday morning because I am on music team. I usually have to be there an hour and 15 before the service and this week it will be like two hours & fifteen...:(

'til next time!

Still offline...

Hopefully we will be back in cyberspace by the end of the week.

Meantime I have called in to work to use the computer to check email and do banking.

Just an at home day with the boys, we'll head off to the library next.

Have a great day!

Computer Troubles...

Well! The reason for my lengthy absence from the WWW is that my computer has crashed!!

So I am presently at Sarah & Martin's. They are busy in the garden, enjoying the sunshine, while I am tucked away in their office.

Me & Jamie decided to buy a laptop, so I ordered one from Dell yesterday. I think it will be a few more weeks before it arrives. Last time the computer had problems, it cost over $300 to fix. So if I pay that again, it is more than half the price of a new computer!

I don't have all day, so I shall leave it there.

Another busy day has passed. We looked after Chelsea again, and we will see her on Thursday too. All the kids had a great morning at coffee group.

This afternoon the clouds finally disappeared and the boys exhausted themselves playing outside. I have just put them to bed, a little earlier than usual.

Tonight I plan on a little "Third Watch" viewing. I mentioned it on my last posts - I rented out the whole first season on DVD. Over 15 hours of viewing! I'm not even sure if we are half way through...

Sleepwalker

I think I witnessed some sleep walking from Lachie last night!

I was watching an episode of our all time favourite TV show, (Third Watch) and Lachie appeared in the kitchen. He didn't say anything (highly unusual!) and then stumbled into the lounge. By then I realised he was sleep walking so I walked him back to his bed and tucked him in again. Again, not a word was said and he was "back to sleep"!!

A busy few days...

Our week was much the same as usual, grocery day Monday, coffee group Tuesday, work Wednesday.

Thursday and Friday we had Chelsea both days. Her Granny is away in Samoa so we needed to help out for an extra day. We went to the playground on both days. The kids had a great time, and we stayed so long, they were ready to leave and it wasn't a drama trying to get them into the car!!Fletcher had a great time going down the little slide. He even went up the really big slide. He's a very courageous boy!!

And here he is showing his sweet side. He found Chelsea's sunhat in her bag and wore that around the house!

Lachie had a great time playing with the other kids at the playground. A couple of girls asked him how old he was. He said "three". Then he ran over to me and said, "Mum, am I still three?".
He climbed over these green bars for the first time!!
Our morning started out with a phone call from Auntie Tracy, who is *enjoying* strict bed rest in Holly Springs, NC (another post on that later, I'm sure).

Then we went to Jordan's 2nd birthday party in the wonderful sunshine. Unfortunately it has now disappeared! Might have to get my slippers on...