We're pretty happy with how it turned out! :-)
THANKS AGAIN NITE... and EVERYONE!!!!
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We're pretty happy with how it turned out! :-)
THANKS AGAIN NITE... and EVERYONE!!!!
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Labels: Baby Talk, Blogger Celebrities, Photos
A DUCK??????
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Labels: Baby Talk, Bad health, Silly Stuff, Things that piss me off
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Labels: Baby Scan's, Baby Talk, Cool Widgets
But just when I thought that all the heartache was over... unfortunately while we were waiting for dinner, something made me look outside and my heart shattered to find that Albert had just been run over by a car, and his limp little body was laying dead on the road just outside our house. Apparently Hubby heard a thump, but I didn't hear a thing... but something came over me to look outside anyway.
Thank god I didn't hear the thump, because I know the sound would have haunted me for the rest of my life.
The woman driver was just as distraught as I was and stopped to give her condolences. I don't resent her what so ever as I know it was just an accident, and just a case of Albert having no sense of danger and running under the wheel of her car before she could stop. (It's such a shame that animals have no road sense.)
I am very grateful to her that she had stopped though, otherwise I would have imagined the worst and put it down to the arsehole hooligans that have no compassion for animals and target them like bullseyes, with their mad reckless driving up and down our neighbourhood!
I feel better knowing that is was an accident and he died instantly without suffering, rather than finding him later tonight wondering for the rest of my life how long he may have suffered for.
Though I am still truly saddened by his loss, as he was very, very special to me. I tried to stay strong while my parents were here, but I fell apart as soon as they left, and it's going to take me some time to accept that he is gone.
It's just such a shame that we lost him so soon... it wasn't that long ago that we only just rescued him.
He was a very affectionate cat, so full of love and had the heart of an angel.
If you don't know the full story of Albert and are interested, you can read it here.
Please spare a thought for the little angel... he will be missed dearly by me.
xx
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Labels: Breakdowns, Dadda, Muussy, My cats, My love for Animals, Neighbourhood Watch, Sad stuff
With the next scan coming up on the 14th of November, and it being my last chance to find out the sex of bub... I wanted to give you all a chance to have one last guess!
I've set up this little game for you to guess the sex, date etc (the rules are stated on the website!)
So click on the button above and get to guessing! And to tempt you even more... there WILL be a prize for the winner!
Lurkers are welcome to guess too! But only if you have your own blog and leave me a comment on this post with a link to it... so that I know that you are a real person and not messing with me! :-P
*Note to my family - This game is for my blogger friends only... the family one has been sent to your email, but if you want, I'll let you have another guess on this one too! :-)*
GOOD LUCK!!
xx
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Labels: Baby Scan's, Baby Talk, Competitions
I wanted to scream... I wanted to somersault and do a belly flop (but that would not have been good for the baby!!!)
I was just about ready to kiss the ugly ogre until she concluded this dramatic episode with a TWIST...
Slackbitch continued - "But no doubt you'll see me again anyway... you see my main job is up in the birthing suite, so I'll most likely be there with you through the birth..."
DUN DUN DUNNNNNN.....
Someone shoot me now ffs!
xx
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Labels: Baby Talk, Bad health, Muussy, Slackbitch, The Adventures of RAT GiRL, Things that piss me off
OK... so first of all let me start off with how the hospital went.
Mum and I got there bright and early at the women's and children's blood collection clinic, only to be told that all the staff in that area had called in sick! So we had to go to the other blood clinic which is a 'sit in and wait' kind of thing.
There were many many people cramped and squished on this long uncomfortable wooden bench outside the waiting room! This bench was where me and mum were to wait for AT LEAST 2 hours while I had my glucose test! NOT COMFY AT ALL!
I was already very agitated and absolutely STARVING as I had been fasting for the 10hrs before that. Actually to be honest, I hadn't eaten at all for the last 24 hours because I was feeling extremely sick all day before, and by the time I was actually hungry, it was too late... it was time to fast!
So I was really crook, and now had to wait even longer to even start my test, as it was now first in best dressed and not via appointment. (and there were A LOT of people in front of me, just for one off blood tests.) I was actually the only one out of all of these people that was there for a glucose test, so i was a little disappointed that they couldn't get me started asap.
And there was only ONE poor nurse that had to look after us all! She was very lovely and helpful, but gosh I felt so bad for her as she had no one to help her!
The only entertaining part, was watching the looks on each face of the people who would come around the corner to find the room packed! Some looked like they had just stood in dog poo, others stood like a frozen dear in head lights wondering whether they should stay or come back NEXT YEAR!, but most people just looked as though they just sh*t a brick and kept walking! (Thank heavens because that would have been more people we had to wait for!)
Because an emergency appointment was made for me at the W&C clinic, I didn't need any paper work, but now that we were in a different section, we now had to wait for someone to bring us a form to fill out before they would even CONCIDER putting me in line. So that meant that the more people who came in... the longer we had to wait.
After waiting an hour and still no sign of this 'form' Mum confronted the lady for answers, because by this stage I couldn't even stand I was so weak! But the nurse felt so bad for us that she actually bent the rules by putting me through without paper work! She told me that she could get in so much trouble for it, but she could see I was getting restless and decided to let me get started with it. So information was scribbled on a piece of paper for the time being.
First she took my fasting blood test and handed me this horrid green glucose drink to scull! (It was HIDEOUS!) It tasted like pure lime cordial that WASN'T watered down. YUCK!
Then the actual waiting began... I had to sit still for an hour on that horrid wooden bench until my next blood test.
I became really nauseated and restless, felt like I was going to faint, or vomit or both. I kept getting hot and cold flushes, so this glucose drink obviously was not reacting well with my body.
An hour later it was time for my next blood test. She used my other arm this time, but had trouble finding my vein!! So in and out and in out out the needle would go! It was awful! Then!! When she finally found the vein... the suction on the syringe was apparently broken, so when she tried pull it out, something went very wrong and the needle actually broke and bent in my arm!! It was soooo painful!
She said that the needle must have been really old... and then got a new syringe and was successful finally with another vein! But Boy have I got a big bruise from that one!
So another hours wait, and feeling more and more faint (and my arm aching!) Eventually it was time for my last test.
Meanwhile the form STILL hadn't arrived.. so she got Mum to go and fetch it for her (should have done that in the first place!)
For the third blood test she had to use the other arm, because she mangled the one before! But it was quick and easy this time. Then she quickly jotted everything down on the form, and quickly entered all the info into the computer system (she was extremely rushed off her feet.) And finally we were free to go! Where we would wait to hear the results via a phone call the next day.
There was one concern I had about this whole thing and that was that they never asked me for my Pregnancy Health Record. (Which is a little green book that all pregnant patients must have with them all the time, and all information is to be read and stored into this booklet, to keep track of everything.)
But no body asked for it, so I found that quite strange.
But anyways... after getting some food in my belly and going home for a huuuuge sleep, I was feeling much better!
Now let me tell you about how slack that Midwife of mine is...
The next morning I woke up to find a message on our answering machine from my Midwife who had left the message one hour before.
It said "Hi ummm, Giggle is it? It's Slackbitch from the hut here... listen your test results have come back and they are extremely elevated so I'm going to need you to call me back ASAP.... or what ever... on this number... *reads number*"
So I start getting anxious again, and I get straight on the phone and try to call her! But the phone rings about 3 times and then is disconnected (it was obvious she had deliberately hung up the call.) I got really cranky, because that is rather a rude thing to do, so even though it was obvious she didn't want to talk to anyone, I tried ringing again and again anyway!
Finally she rudely answered... "YES? WHAT IS IT?!!" I was stunned! But replied "Oh.... hi... it's Giggle, you had left a message for me to call you urgently about my test results?" She said "Oh yes! I'm just busy at the moment, I'll call you back later!" *She hangs up*
So I waited a couple hours anxiously for her call, and finally she returns it...
Her: "Hi Giggle, sorry about that, I was just catching up with an old friend!"
(I'm thinking... oh... that sounds important! Too busy to give me urgent results because you are catching up with an old friend!!!!)
Me: "That's ok... I was just anxious to hear this emergency?"
Her: "Yes, your results have come back extremely elevated, so you need to make an appointment with the hospital urgently for a glucose test!"
Me: "Sorry hang on... so I have to go have another test at the hospital?"
Her: "Huh? WHat do you mean another? Your test was here, it came back 9.5"
Me: "Oh wait a minute, so you're talking about the results from the test you gave me last Thursday?"
Her: "Yeah, what else would I be talking about?"
Me: "Listen, I waited anxiously for your call all Friday for those results, and in the end I gave up and called myself to find out. Another lady helped me out and booked me an appointment at the hospital, which I have since already done, and now I'm waiting anxiously for the NEW results which I thought were what you were talking about."
Her: "Oh what a good girl!!!" You're onto it arent you?!"
(I'm thinking, Um yes!!! Better than you ya slack B*tch!)
Me: "Oh, but they didn't record it in my green book, should they have?"
Her: "What? Oh that's not right... they have to record everything in that book, in fact they usually don't want to know you with out it!"
Me: "Oh no, so what does that mean?"
Her: "I'll ring them and see if they have your new results and I'll call you back, but the only thing is, that if the results are extremely elevated, you may have to get a new midwife, a specialist."
(Me thinking... well damn... lets hope the results are bad then!!!!"
Me: "Thank you for calling, I appreciate it!"
So I waited for ages for my phone call, but I was really ticked off at how slack she had been and I rang Mum to have a winge about it LOL! But just as Mum answered I got call wait, and so I had to call Mum back.
It was Slackbitch with the results...
Her: "It's me... everything is clear!"
Me: "Pardon?... Whats clear?"
Her: "Your results from the glucose test! It's all normal and nothing to worry about!"
Me: "But... I was told that I was pretty much guaranteed to have it!? I don't understand?"
Her: "Yeah! Weird isn't it! I was so sure there was no getting out of it... I don't know what the hell was going on with you that day when I took your test!"
Me: " Ummm sooo... what were the results exactly?"
Her: "Fasting test came back 3.9, glucose test came back 9, and the last test came back 6.8 So you're fine!"
Me: "But isn't 9 a little a high?"
Her: "Ummm I don't know... I doubt it... I don't think they care about the second reading, they only care about the first and last, so you're fine!"
Me: "But you're not sure? Sorry I'm just confused."
Her: "Look I'll ring again to double check that the middle reading is not a concern, and I'll let you know!"
Me: "Ok thanks."
Meantime I ring Mum to tell her the results are clear... she's in disbelief too as she has been with me through this whole process and has even noticed symptoms in myself that are signs of diabetes (and she would know... she has them!)
Then Slackbitch calls back for the last time...
Her: "Yep! The second reading doesn't matter... everything's fine, What's better is you don't have to get another midwife!"
Me: "Great!" (in a sarcastic manner!)
So after all that... apparently I'm in the clear!!!
With all the dramas that went on, we were a little concerned that maybe something coud have gone wrong as the process was very rushed and I felt not taken as seriously as it should have been.
So Mum and I decided to put it to the test ourselves.
I borrowed Mum's glucose blood tester (where you prick your finger and test the sugar level in your blood) and I got to testing!
I tested first thing in the morning when I woke up, and it read back 2.5! (Very low, especially concidering the difference from 9.5!)
Then I had a glass of milo and 2 hours later I tested again... it read back 8.6! (Too high, especially for just having a milo!)
Then 2 hours after having two slices of toast with apricot jam... it read back 9.4! (Way too high!)
So something is definately wrong... and we will be getting a second opinion!
The hospital results may very well have been right, but it's better to be safe then sorry I say! Because this is serious... there is a baby at risk!
And I'm going to take it very easy anyway and keep my diet healthy and avoid too much sugar.. just in case!!!
So fingers crossed!!!
xx
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Labels: Baby Talk, Bad health
*Proof that I've been sick in bed!*
*GiGGLeS*
*Hubby bonding with the bump!*
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Labels: Baby Talk, Bad health, Muussy, Things that piss me off
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Labels: Baby Talk, Perfectionist, Silly Stuff, The Adventures of RAT GiRL
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Labels: Breakdowns, Creativity, The Adventures of RAT GiRL
These animals are her pets. Most are free to roam their home and/or the spacious back yard. Dogs and cats are not crated. Only the parrots are caged. The water fowl, chickens and pigeons are penned at night for their protection.
There is never a fee when she adopts an animal with special needs. They depend solely on supporter contributions which come to her from all over the United States. They even have supporters from as far away as Canada, France, Germany ,The Netherlands, Africa and many from Japan.
This lady is everything that I wish I was as a person, a selfless angel with a heart of gold and I idolise her more than any other person in this world. I had absolutely no idea that there were people like her out there, because I never took the time to allow myself to listen long enough to hear if there ever was a happy ending to heartbreaking stories such as these. Sure I know of animal shelters and the RSPCA, but I've never heard of any one that has put so much heart into it the way she does.
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Labels: Breakdowns, My love for Animals, Sad stuff
These are Trubs beautiful little girls... my lil angel pies who I adore!!! 'Sugar Plum Bum' 8 yrs old, and her gorjus lil sis 'Grubby' who recently turned 1! Aren't they precious?!!
He's a special lil guy! And I will be thrilled if my baby turns out even half as cute as these kids!!!
Anyways on with the post...
That top photo was taken at another friend of ours baby's first birthday last Saturday, it was a lovely day at the park where we were surrounded by lotsa kiddywinks!!
The best conversations are the ones you have with kids, they say the damn CUTEST things, and they don't even realise it! With some of the cutesy convos I had with some of them, I got to thinking about some of the best kiddy lines I have heard and I wanted to share them.
First of all when I first arrived at the party, I seen a little girl 'Petal' 5 years old who I haven't seen in such a long time. She spotted me first and ran up to give me a hug, I was soooo excited to see her!
This is how our conversation went...
Petal: *running from a distance yelling with excitement* "GIGGLEEEEEEEE..."
Me: *Hugging her* "OMG Hello Petal!!! I haven't seen you in so long!!! How are you???!"
Petal: *Catching her breath* "I'm Good thanks, I didn't pee the bed last night OR the night before!!!"
Me: *Giggling* "Oh that's EXCELLENT hunny! You must be very proud!"
Petal: "Yes! I'm a good girl, aren't I!!"* as she runs to the playground*
I just love it! I wish we could all be as open as children are!!
Kids can also be great therapy too!!! Well... sometimes anyway! :-P
Another conversation I had with her a long time ago was when I was at Trubs house they were having a little gathering and I wasn't feeling 100% with food poisoning.
Petal caught me with a frown on my face and ran over to me.
Petal: "Giggle why do you look so sad?"
Me: "Oh I'm not sad hunny, I'm just not feeling very well."
Petal: "Well you should feel happy all the time, do ya know why?"
Me: "Why?"
Petal: "Because You're BEEEEEAUUUUTIFUL!!!!"
Me: "Awww what a sweet thing to say Petal, Thank you!"
Petal: "And you know what?"
Me: "What?"
Petal: "When I grow up, I'm gonna be as beautiful as you too!!!"
Me: *Giggling* "Oh but you ARE beautiful Petal and you always will be!!!"
Then you have the kiddy crushes!
Another time years ago, there was this gorgeous little boy that lived next door "Spiderman" about 4 years old at the time. He has an older sister so I use to go over to play barbies with her!
Spiderman had a bit of a crush on me, and use to pick flowers for me and was keen to do anything for me.
One day he approached me with something I was not expecting...
Spiderman: *Gets down on one knee* "Giggle, when I grow up I'm going to marry you...!"
Me: *Stunned*
he continued...
Spiderman: "... So who are you gonna marry?"
Me: *Rolling on the floor laughing!!!*
Unfortunately things didn't go to plan... Hubby beat him to it! Sorry Spiderman!!! :-P
A similar thing happened years ago with my friend Red's little brothers 'Cheeky' and 'Cherub' who are twins about 5 years old at the time.
They too both had a bit of a crush on me and would fight for my attention.
One day when I was over their house I spotted Cherub sitting in the corner crying he's little heart out.
I walked over to him...
Me: "Cherub whats wrong??"
Cherub: *Rubs eyes* "Cheeky said that he is gonna be your boyfriend!"
Me: *Blushing* "Well he can't decide that! But why are you so upset?"
Cherub: "Because I WANT to be your boyfriend! But he says that I'm too young for you!!!"
(Cheeky is like 2 minutes older than him!!)
Me: *LMAO* "Don't worry about it... besides, just between you and me... I think you're cuter than him ;-)"
Boy did that boost his little ego!!! Even to this day LOL! (They are now 20 years old mind you!)
But then you get the ones that can be a little embarrassing! Although this next one was cute as hell it wasn't appropriate timing!!!
Hubby and I use to go to an awesome church when we lived in NZ where it was always packed with hundreds of people!
The room was dead silent when the pastor would talk, you could hear a pin drop it was so quiet!!
There was this cutie little boy 'Pokemon' 3 years old at the time who would love to come and sit with me and Hubby during the service. He would often sit on my lap, sometimes Hubbys.
This one particular day, he was sitting on my lap facing towards me, and the Pastor was preaching on a very serious subject.
Pokemon kept poking at the buttons of the pockets of my top which were practically in line with my nipples! Hubby kept whispering to him... "Pokemon... don't do that" because sometimes he would pull the buttons so hard, that my top would start to fall down showing my cleavage!!
Even the whispers of Hubby attracted attention! As quiet as he was, heads would still turn to see where the whispers were coming from!
The pastor had JUST finished a speech and was preparing to put a video on for us to watch, when the room went completely silent!
In that exact moment... Pokemon yells "WOW!!!! You've got BIGGGGGGGG TITTIES!!!!!"
And of course there was not one person that didn't hear it and didn't now have their eyes on us!!
LOL so embarrassing! But at the same time I was pissin myself in hysterics!!! Even the pastor had a giggle!
I could go on and on about more of the cutest conversations I've had with kids, but this post has to end somewhere!!!
But the cutest thing yet that was an absolute heart melter was when Trub handed Grubby a chocolate milk last Saturday night and Grubby's eyes lit up and said "Tocky milk!" It was soooo gorjus!!! She's only 1!!! And they are the first (English) words I have heard from her so far!!!
Just gorjus!!!
What is the cutest conversation you've had with a child?
Oh and Muussy... if you're reading this, can you remember a specific funny convo that came out of my mouth as a child?
xx
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From the food and cocktails…
(Our pink G-String cock waiter!)
To my fun dressed up guests!!!
(Red, Cockwaiter and Hef)
First we had cocktails and played games at Muussys house…
(Hef and her Mama)
And then we went on a pubcrawl!
(On the bus)
Where we were forced to follow really hard rules and had to scull alcohol from a hideous funnel if we broke one!
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Labels: Dread, Ex, Hubby, Monster 1, P, Photos, Special Events, The Adventures of RAT GiRL, The Battles