2009! OMG Settle down!

I can't believe how busy this year has been.. I just can't keep up! Since Billy started primary school, things have changed. I now have two different drop offs in the morning before heading to work... Work is so busy (which is great) but it's so extreme.. There is so much to keep on top of, and now with having less available hours to work and having to fit a full day in the time I do have is really tiring me out... Leave work at 2.45pm, even though Billy doesn't finish school till 3.15pm. I've got to beat other mum's to get the good parking spots... lol

Then I either pick Jorge up straight away, or I drag Billy along to do whatever errands that need to be done.

I'm so tired already!

I get home and sit with Billy to read his reader, I like to do it straight away as he loses interest later in the evening and I also lose my patience so it's safer for both of us to do it straight away.. lol

The new house is absolutely fantastic... I love my home! All that is left to do is have the study fitted out with the desks and cupboards we've ordered through a client. Should arrive and be installed in about two weeks.. Woo Hoo.. I miss my PC! I can't wait to have all of my personal documents and my photo albums and etc all organised again... CAN NOT WAIT!

Now I did say I love the new house but it's a lot bigger than the old house, which means a lot more cleaning... Down stairs is majority white tiles! White tiles, means vac and mopping pretty much every day...

Tas, still does nothing around the house, but in saying that with the business being so busy, he is spending more time at work.. I'm thankful though that he does his extra hours in the morning while the boys and I are sleeping which means he still has dinner with us and spends some time with us. Even though he usually goes to sleep when the boys do... Which gives me more alone time to fold clothes, or vac down stairs, or mop, or make lunches, or if I'm lucky get to sit on my ass & just relax.

At the beginning of the year I thought the busy thing was only due to not being in a routine with Billy going to school and our move. But it still hasn't settled.. I think unfortunately this is the way things are now!

Well atleast being so busy, days are quickly turning into weeks, which are turning into months.. So Christmas holidays should be just around the corner.. ;)

Today (well I haven't slept yet so as far as I'm concerned it's still Friday 15th May) is the 3rd anniversary of the most influential man in my lifes passing...... NONNO I can't believe it's already been 3 bloody years! I still miss him so much, I feel as though it's all just happened.. Most of you where all there for me during that terrible time for me and appreciate so much all the support and love you all shared with me.. I think I took it all so hard with him not only because he and I were so close and are so alike, it was the first time I'd had to deal with death in immediate surroundings. Tas's grandmother passed away in 2002, and was such a lovely lady but she wasn't mine (so sorry if that sounds terrible.. probably not wording that correctly). Nonno was/is mine! It was like losing a part of myself, when I lost him.. I'll always remember the couple days before he passed where I spent my whole evenings in hospital beside him with my mum, nonna, aunts, uncle and my cousins passing through here and there.. My sister and I were there every night and just sat with him for hours on end! Well until it got really late and had to leave..

I'm so happy that I did so much that he was proud of. No one in my family had ever finished high school, and he was there at my high school graduation and thought I was the most smartest girl in the whole world! He was there at my wedding, and was so proud of me and told me so all day! He was one of the first people to come and visit my boy Billy.. He was so proud of me, and always let me know it. I gave him his first great grandchild that he was actually given the chance to get to know and love.. Billy still remembers him and brings him up.. He mentions his scratchy beard when he'd kiss him.. I am very glad Jorge was able to meet him. Jorge was only 6 months old when nonno past away but I have such gorgeous photos of nonno holding Jorge and the pride in his face is so obvious.

Wow, this wasn't supposed to turn into such a long and emotional post! I'm so sorry guys...

PAOLO SALVATORE TASSO

R.I.P

TILL WE MEET AGAIN NONNO,

I KNOW YOU ARE LOOKING

OVER ME AND MY FAMILY

XOXOXOXOXO

TI AMO!

I absolutely love this photo! It's nonno, holding Jorge not long after we came home from hospital... I think the pride just radiates off him and the happiness is so obvious!!! GOD, I miss him!!!

Bye Bye ABC!

Well on Friday Jorge had his last night at ABC child care.

At the end of December 08, his ABC centre (Epping East) was closed down and he was transfered to ABC Epping South.

The only reason I was okay with this was because mine and his favourite carers (well most of the them) were going along with him.. From day one I wasn't overly impressed with the new centre. Nothing personal against the people who work there as I'm sure they are nice people, but no one even bothered to try to get to know the parents coming from the closed down centre. It was pretty much just saying to parents what needed to be said and be on your way. It was always very awkard...

At the old centre, when I'd go to pick up my boys I was there for roughly about half an hour talking about stuff to any of the carers. All of them where fantastic.. At this centre unless one of the Epping East girls where there I was in and out within minutes picking up Jorge.

It was a hard decision to take Jorge from where he was to start him somewhere new but I felt it had to be done.

He starts at a Pelican centre on Monday (tomorrow) and I'm quite nervous, Jorge isn't really good with change so I know we'll be having those screaming moments in the mornings for a while.

I feel that it's going to be easier for Jorge to get used to the new centre while it's small and just opened.. Rather than let myself get really fed up with the ABC and try to get Jorge to get used to a new centre with 20 upward kids in his room alone.

I'll really miss Fatime but I feel I'll be seeing her soon again soon enough ;)

I'll really miss Sally too, but there is always face book ;) and I'll keep in touch with her..

Fingers Crossed he does ok!!!