Man-Flu - how to beat it with 1stAvailable.com.au.

I want to introduce you to a new service in town - one that I am totally on board with and I reckon you will be too. No, it is not a sponsored post but the more people who think this idea is fantastic like I do and register can help me out as I would LOVE to get this service up and running! I have registered, will you??

Imagine this scenario.....

Its Friday afternoon. Your husband comes home from work and says the dreaded six words no wife wants to hear.

"I think I'm getting a cold"

Oh good LORD - here we go.

By Saturday morning he is pathetic.

Saturday Afternoon he is wretched.

Saturday night he is writing his last will and testament from the comfort of your couch, X-Box remote, not far from hand.

You have had enough. You want to get him in to see a doctor ASAP so that he can start manning up with some drugs or so someone else can tell him exactly how pathetic he is being.

Trouble is, the doctor is shut and wont reopen for bookings until 9am on Monday, giving you the chance of seeing a doctor on Wednesday. By that time he assures you, you may as well have bought his coffin.

Wouldn't it be so much easier to hop on the internet and book him the FIRST AVAILABLE appointment you possible can for Monday Morning???

Hell YES!!!

We can book airfares and holidays online when it suits us to get the best deal we can, why not doctors appointments?? Wouldn't you rather book an appointment in the quiet online world without your child hanging off your leg crying whist you navigate the phone and receptionists who put you on hold??

This is where 1st Available comes into its own. 

What is 1stAvailable.com.au?

1stAvailable.com.au is a free online service for patients that allows them to find and book healthcare appointments in real time. With the simple click of a mouse or via the convenience of a mobile device, anyone can select the 1stAvailable appointment at a time and location convenient to them.

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Simply register your interest  HERE  and you can go in the running to have you entire HEALTH INSURANCE paid for a year!! 

Yep!! 

If you don't have private health, then you can get it, and 1st Available will pay!

By registering, you will be contacted when a doctor in your area also registers for the 1st Available online booking system.
How easy is that?? Move with the times I say and have a chance to WIN.

And remember, the more people who register their interest sends the message to your doctor to get their butts in gear to register their surgery for this awesome service.

(And yes, the more people who sign up from my page helps me to get to the ProBlogger event in Queensland this year - it is a competition for me as much as it is for you.)

Find 1stAvaliable.com.au on facebook

Do us both a favour and help a girl out?

Much Love

Blog Every Day in May - Day 15 - A Day in the Life

Here is a day in the life if me - today, May 15th 2013, in photos.

I totally forgot about this post until we had arrived home from the morning school drop, so there is no photographic evidence that I got up, had two coffee's, had a shower with Master J (whew - dodged a bullet there didnt you?), kissed Mr Point Five goodbye as he left for work at one minute to 8 for his 8am start, got both boys dressed, made a school lunch, dropped G Man to school, collected the mail and went to the deli for bread with Master J in tow, arriving home at approximately 9am.

Then I did this - popped Master J on the couch with the eee-pad whilst I made my third coffee of the morning and browsed facebook *waves hi to Jane at The Hesitant Housewife* 

    

After surfing for a "while" I did two of the three things in the above photo. Can you guess which one?

Here is a hint.

Yep - I did the dishes from the night before and the mornings breakfast and tidied the family room. Which, for the record looked JUST like that photo 5 minutes after I had finished putting everything away.

My clean washing pile is a work of art. There is a stack of drawers next to it which I try to fill with clean clothes. We all have one drawer except me - I have two :) I plan on perfecting this method on a larger scale in our house of dreams.  G Man knows he has a MUCH better chance of finding his clean clothes firstly in his "kitchen drawer", then the clean clothes pile and THEN in his bedroom drawers. Bite me.

Master J likes to do stuff with me too, although he is quite self content pottering around playing and requesting various things on the toy room TV.  We draw, do sticker books on the couch together, and have snacks at the table throughout the day. If I drag out the vacuum he flat out refuses to let me do it - "Me do, me do" he yells. Its arduous to watch but uber cute as well. He seriously chucks the sads if I try to take it off him and do it myself. And no, getting him a toy vacuum to "help Mum" doesn't work - I have tried it.

This was lunch - I was inspired from BabyMacs blog this morning - here is her recipe.

Its a veggie frittata but I threw in some ham, swapped the cream for cottage cheese and added some mozzarella on top. Mr Point Five came home around middy for his crib and this is what we had. He was spoilt today - normally lunch is "rummage through the fridge and fend for yourself"

School pick up was early today - 2.30pm. Threw Master J in the car who demanded a movie for the one minute car ride there. He was totally put out when we arrived, as you can see. Thats G Mans kindy class you can see in the photo, and a package from Grandma in the car that we got from the post office earlier in the morning. I saved it so the boys could open it together. You can imagine how that went down with Master J earlier on.

In the parcel was some new dress-ups for the boys. So we had a mini Darth Vader and a cutie-pie Pirate in the house after school. Of course Star Wars - the Clone Wars had to go on in the toy room :) G Man had to be coaxed out of his helmet to eat his dinner but Master J had his cozzy off five minutes after this photo was taken.

One of my fave parts of the day - after dinner and bath the boys and their Daddy play in the toy room together. I usually take this time to draft a blog, play candy crush or just enjoy the zen time that is sans children and husband but today I stood in the doorway and took these.

7pm - Master J gets tucked in (bottom left) and G Man goes at 7.30pm. Tonight his extra half hour was spent at the table watching his Daddy put together some Lego Technics that G man got from Grandma in his parcel whilst I helped him with a Pooh Bear activity book.

Now I am typing this, supping on my first glass of wine whilst an episode of Continuum is downloading.

In exactly five minutes me and my Mister will be in our ezy chairs together watching it and relaxing.

There - that was my day.

How was yours?

Do you like Continuum too??

xxx

Blog Every Day in May - Day 14 - 10 things that make me happy.

1. Watching my boys playing sweetly together when they think I'm not looking, followed very closely by seeing that clock roll over to 7.30pm, the boys bedtime.

2. Achieving the next level of Candy Crush Saga without losing a life.

3. Smelling rain on a warm bitumen road or wattle on a spring day is pure joy.

4. Lying under the stars - I have nearly forgotten what this is like since having kids.

5. Sitting down by myself to an episode of Greys Anatomy with a tub of cookie dough.

6. French Champagne, BBQéd crayfish and foie gras.

These could also go on my list of stuff I miss since I got married and had kids.
Nowadays its Yellowglen, frozen prawns and liverwurst.

7. Having a neat, clean and tidy house. 

This moment of pure happiness happens roughly 4 times a year when we have our parents stay for the weekend.

8. The fact that I don't yet let out a little wee when I sneeze makes me happy. Although the fact that I have to clench very hard to achieve this is worrisome.

9. Catching Mr Point Five staring at me with a goofy loving look on his face. It also makes me happy when I see this look on his face when he is watching our kidlets. Tres cute.

10.  My coffee from our Cappuccino Machine first thing in the morning. And the one 2 minutes after the first. I wont say it makes me truly happy but it staves off the irrits which is kinda the same thing at stupid o'clock.

What makes you happy?

Do you pee when you sneeze??

Blog Every Day in May - Day 13 - An Open Apology.

I'm sorry that I offend you with my beliefs and that I sometimes override you with my passion. 

I'm not doing it to piss you off - I am doing it because its the only way I know how to be. 

I am very sorry that what I did and said hurt you. But I'm not sorry I did and said them. 

I believe in the things I say, and don't say most things lightly, but I AM sorry they hurt you.

I'm sorry that I upset you when I disagree with you and that you feel your only option to "deal" with me and show me your feelings is to hang up the phone. 

I'm sorry you cant listen to me anymore. I'm sorry you don't care what I think or how I feel.

I'm sorry I'm not perfect.

I'm sorry I'm not good enough for you.

I'm sorry that I didn't do more with my life and that I have nothing exciting to tell you when we talk. 

I'm sorry that you are no longer my number one and that the people between these four walls are now my everything who I will defend and stand up for when they are hurt by your words or actions. 

I am sorry I put my little family of four's feelings and harmony above what used to be our own.

I'm sorry that I can only listen to your opinions now and no longer take them as the gospel in which they are given. I am sorry that you cannot acknowledge my right to an opinion that is different to yours, without it making me the lesser person.

I'm sorry our lives seem to no longer share any simile or mutual happiness, so very sorry.

I'm sorry I grew up and away from you.

I am sorry for the distance between us, both in land and mind.

I'm sorry we don't even seem to enjoy each others company anymore.

I'm sorry that you don't see anything wrong with your attitude towards me.

I'm sorry the respect has seemingly gone.

I am really sorry we are so much alike 

It is killing our love. 

I don't want it to die.

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But I am NOT sorry that I became the woman I am.

I am a good person.

I am the best person you taught me how to be.

I am a product of your upbringing.

I am doing a damn fine job of being a Mother, even if you wont say so.
I AM GOOD ENOUGH.

I want to be your friend, not your daughter.

I don't want to be taught as a child anymore, I just want to be accepted for the woman I am.

I'm sorry its come to this.

Truly I am.

Blog Every Day in May - Day 11 - Sell yourself in ten words.

Ten Words?

"You can have me for free if you're Stephen Amell"

SOLD!!

Easy as.

Blog Every Day in May - Day 10 - Most Embarrassing Moment

I think my threshold of embarrassment must be getting higher as I get older. 

Does this happen to anyone else?

I mean, I do dumb things sometimes.... 

especially when I am pregnant....

....but they really aren't embarrassing to me. Maybe to my husband, but I just really don't feel like I want the earth to swallow me whole.

I have to admit, I went to my friends on facebook today and I asked them to remind me of any embarrassing things that they can recall me doing.... There were a few things from the past few years thrown around, but to honest I wasn't real embarrassed that they happened....

My care factor for embarrassment on the cusp of 40? 

Less than zero.

My BFF from high school  chimed in and reminded me of a phone call in year 10 inviting a certain boy to a certain social. Ooooohhhhh I reply, I REMEMBER that!!!!

Yes - that was when I rang my crush of three, yes, THREE years and asked him to be my date at his school social. I had drooled from afar over this young God for nearly 36 months. He was blonde with deep blue eyes. His hair fell over his eyes, just a little. Think River Phoenix. My Dad (teacher at his school) used to coach him tennis in the summer and hockey in the winter and I would eagerly await my train stop en route from school, so I could get off and watch the God practise his craft. For three years. THREE.

So anyway....I decided to man up and call him. On the phone. He was a boarder (we both went to single sex private schools) and I had to negotiate my way through a plethora of boys to get to my love. His voice was like honey. Warm, silken honey. I said to him: you don't know me but my I watch you practise tennis and hockey (stalker much?). I was wondering if you would like to go to the school social with me this weekend?? He was lovely, really gorgeous in his most heartfelt apologies. I'm really sorry, he said, I would love to, but I have to go to a sheep auction (I told you he was a boarder from a farming family) with my parents. Maybe the next one? I forgave him instantly. What a mature young man. Putting family obligations before true love. How gorgeous. I told him I would I understood and would wait with baited breath for us to talk soon. I hung up and swooned. My poor darling family obligated nearly boyfriend.

You can imagine my horror, humiliation and pure embarrassment when he turned up at the school social with a stunning girl that was not me. 

Sheep auction my arse. 

Lucky for him I was not the tenacious and bold thing I am now.

Anyway - I suggested this story to my highschool bestie and she said No, no, no. Not THAT story, the other one. Other one?? Yes, when I was too chicken to ask my crush to the social so YOU volunteered to do it for me. 

Except when you rang, you got chatting and asked the person who you thought was him. 

You asked his 40 year old father to accompany your 14 year old BFF to the school social instead.  

Her memory is of me dying of shame with her standing next to me as my wingman. 

Apparently I hung up the phone. Quickly.

Ummmm - whooops!!

Embarrassment.

Total.

Totes as we now would say.

picture courtesy of Sonia at Life, Love and Hiccups :)

I used to get embarrassed a LOT back in high school and in my early 20's.

Now?? Not so much.

You??

Blog Every Day in May - Day 9 - A moment in my day

Forgive me for cheating a little for today.....

About a year ago, I wrote this post.

Check it out as it is what I want to share again for this theme today.

It is about a very special time of day for me and my babe, who is now two.

It still happens just like this but at about 6.30am now. 

Seems I have gained an extra half hour of sleep for being a good Mumma for a whole year.