Another week rolls by.
Jess has discovered Cola. We only give her a sip - but she loves it. Will watch the can your drinking from with an eagle eye. If you put the can close to her she will reach out and try and grab it. Put it close to her mouth and the sucking reaction comes in. Very funny. She now knows what dinner time is too. Will start cracking it big time when the foodage goes onto the table. I think she wants to see what we are all doing. Ang is giving her a little of our foods (ie. Mashed potatoes, soft maleable foods). She has been excellent. I have been spending a lot of time with her. One smile makes my day worthwhile. Awwwzzz.
Ang has been cracking down on the Jai/Paige/Sarah like a Kommandant in a Prison Camp. They have had the run of the house for too long. Be hard now - they will grow up and respect us later. I was shite scared of my old man when I was a kid. I have the utmost of respect for him now. Rules and boundaries set up a child for a balanced later life. There is hope yet. Jaiden has been the laziest little shit for the last 2 weeks. Sits all day on the computer and WILL not lift a hand around the house. We are going initiate a 7 day Spreadsheet for him. X means No good, O means Ok and a + means he has gone above his duties. If the + outweight the other signs at the end of the week, means he gets $10 pocketmoney. If there are more O's only $5 and if there are more X's - gets cactus, nadda. This shite of sitting on the computer all day has to end. I am close to getting rid of the Net or in the least, going back to the Dial-Up.
It has become painfully clear that anything electronical (Computer mostly) is a drug to Jaiden. He cannot live without it. Seriously. I am not shitting you here. Take it away from him and he reacts like a drug addict. He needs to get out of the bloody house and do something.
The girls have been Ok I guess. I am trying to be more patient with them. Sorta lost it a bit yesterday. But today is another day.
Ang is my rock. Without her I am lost. Love her to bits.
I am now working 6 nights a week. Picked up Maccas Thursday shift. He has another job and when he works at PizzaBoys will only be there for 2 hours. It suxs. Means I will probably be doing close to 30 hours per week now. Means more $$$$ to pay off relatives (NZ, Loans) and other assorted scallywag things (Bills, Mortgage, etc etc).
I bought a new car (with the help of my Dad) during the week just gone. A 1989 TP Magna on Dual Fuel (woot!). Needs a few things done to it (just cosmetics) before it gets on the road. It is a Manual to boot so that means I have to get used to Shifting gears (such a lazy bastard that I am). It has 259,000 kms on the clock but when I went to check it out I took Graeme (From PizzaBoys) with me. He gave me the Thumbs Up. Got it for a steal as well.... $400. Gives me a project for the next couple of months.
My New Car (1989 Magna)
I have been working in the Garden more of late. Clearing shit that is getting beyond the joke. Ang has slackened off out there. Not her fault. I am taking up the slack. I just usually cut the grass and there about ends my garden work. Not now. I do actually enjoy it though.
Well thats it... Woke up at 4am this morning thanx to my crook back. Might trade mine in for a younger model (my back, not my wife, hehe).
Enjoy life, you never know what is around the corner.....