Wot's Up With Us

Well hello everyone it's been a long time since the last post, life is so busy at the moment that there always seems to be something else to do, well I thought I would make it a priority to give you all an update - thanks for waiting, big kisses x

I got all inspired after reading my clever friend Kaz's exploits on her blog.

We have much on the go at the moment. We have to fix up our place here at Lyons Road so we can move onto the next home. This place is far too small as you all know. We have Emily & Simon Tuesday nights, Emily goes back home to sleep but Simon stays over - he catches the bus to school. They both sleep over every Thursday & Wayne & I take turns in taking Emily to school on Friday's. They then stay over every second Friday & Saturday and go home on Sunday nights. Simon is sleeping over more & more because he can get here & back to school on his own now he is in high school. Needless to say it is around 24 trips to and from Coldstream each month - quite expensive & time consuming. Emily is at high school next year so when she get's settled in she should also be able to come & go under her own steam which should save us a lot of work.

This brings us onto the next venture of finding a new home. We have to stay in a fairly small corridor being either Croydon or Chirnside Park, Mooroolbark or Lilydale so the kids can get to us by school bus. I have been looking daily on the internet now for around six months, occassionally going to look at places that look okay but unless we spend over $400,000 !!!! there is nothing suitable. We are looking for a minimum of four bedrooms & two living areas, it is really hard finding a place for a family we have part time and a family we may or may not have without spending a fortune.

Wayne was totally against building it was simply not up for discussion, but since watching me try and find something he has now reached me halfway in the conclusion that if we are going to have to spend more than $400,000 on something that sort of suits, that building is the road we are going to travel. If we build we can get a house we want that no-one else has lived in, with everything that we want from colours to tiles to room sizes - the list goes on. A good kitchen is very important to both of us so we can get exactly what we want as well as the added bonus of Wayne's lifelong dream of a home theatre room ! My dream of a large bedroom / retreat is also what we will be able to get. BRING IT ON....

I have so far found land & house packages with Bell Real Estate that look awesome, we will check this out but I am also keen of building with Porter Davis Homes if it fit's the budget. So I am waiting on an info pack to come from Porter Davis. Wayne is away camping at Noojee with Andre this weekend so we will look at land together next weekend and start the ball rolling.

Back at Lyons Road we need to have the guttering and fascias done, the roof to be given a new lease of life, gardens and verandah's to be done. Driveway to be put in and then new internal doors, painting & new plasterwork - big job & pain to get done in between work & the kids. Say no more.

We recently went to George Szymanki's surprise 80th which was great - he was totally surprised & a great nite was had by all. Kimmy got a bit trashed & I believe Caroline has some incriminating video footage we are yet to see - oh dear !

Emily's basketball team got into the grand final this Tuesday night, they put up a good fight but they lost, on a brighter note Emily got a trophy which was great !

On the calendar coming up we have Simon's 14th birthday in October and we are taking him skydiving ! Uncle Tony cannot afford it this time but he is coming & will have to patiently watch on the ground. I am taking the kids to the show with Kylie later this month, we will be sure to pack food & drinks so our money can be spent on better things.

I have started up a new business venture which should be quite exciting. I have much work to do to get it off the ground, all I have done at this stage is to register a business name and secure my website domains. I have been looking at this idea for a few years now, & every now & again I checked that the business name & domain names were available & they were taken. Well the uncanny thing is, that one day I was sitting at work & thinking to myself about the business idea again and lo and behold I came back from lunch & a quote from one of those desk calendars had appeared on my desk which was really freaky. The quote said "Half the things that people do not succeed in, are through fear of making the attempt" WELL I took it as a sign & got on the web & checked the availability of the business name & domains names and they were AVAILABLE for the first time ! I quickly registered them & they are now mine ! The name of the business is Essential Heart & my websites will be essentialheart.com & essentialheart.com.au (they are not up & running yet). I will be selling Essential Oils, Essential Oil Blends, Body Lotions, Candles, Oil Burners etc. The timing seems right, I have a friend Tracey who has just left work on maternity leave & her & her husband have just bought a printing business, so there is all my labelling & paperwork at wholesale prices. Another friend, is studying massage & will need bulk massage oils so there is a customer & a friend I work with, Clive, designs web pages & he has offered to design me a website for free. I think the universe it telling me something.

I now need to do a lot of research & learn about small business, tax implications & how I want to structure it ie. party plan or website or e-bay or markets or all of the above. I also need to design a logo & paperwork & look & feel for the business. I want to start it out looking professional & succeed with it. So, I am going to take my time & launch it properly.

Tonight I am going on a ghost tour by lamplight through the city which should be awesome ! only thing I didn't factor in was I would be coming home to an empty house - SHUDDER SHAKE - oh well I can always leave the lights on. Anyway better go for now, need to fire up & get into some housework before heading off to Westy & Michelle's for a gourmet home made seafood dinner !

Next post I will pop some photo's on, havn't had the camera on much lately but I should be able to find something !

Love, hugs, kisses & angel wishes to you all x