Wednesday, June 19, 2013

If you could have a plane ticket, where would you go?

Not feel the blogging love recently. It's my own fault. Been busy at home with the inlaws looking for a house and moving and house inspections.

So I turned to twitter, as you do, for some inspiration. Sharon from Twitchy Corner gave me a question to answer.

If you could have a plane ticket, where would you go and why?

If I had the choice I'm really not sure if I can choose one place. My husband and I love watching Anthony Bourdain in his No Reservations show. We want to visit almost every country he has visited just to eat the food.

I would love to go to.....

New York just for some shopping.

China just to experience the hustle and bustle of it to see if it is as it seems on the TV. I want to visit the Great Wall of China.

Paris of course. I want to eat all the Macaron's and croissants. I can see my self putting on a few kilo's in France. Seeing the Eiffel tower is also a must.

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Las Vegas baby. Just want to see all the pretty pretty lights maybe gamble some money and see another UFC live event. Get re-married by Elvis of course.

California. I want to go to the beach. I want to go to Disneyland. 

Greece. For no particular reason. 

Alaska. I think it looks beautiful and something that is a must see. I want to witness the Aurora Borealis. It looks so mystical. 



Even though I would love to visit the country my parents came from I think there are more places in the world that I would also love to see. But to see my grandparents one more time would be perfect. 

So many places to see around the world so little time. 

Where would you love to go?

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

The Wednesday Review #10- With update.

This is a short and sweet update for you all cause I know your all on the edge of your seat to know about the toilet training.

Well we are having great dry days. She will go on 3-4 day streak with no accidents. Then something triggers it and she will have an accident.

After my last post about it I was really at my lowest point and I'm still not coping. Even though things are getting better it's still hit me hard with my parenting. I have had many dummy spits over it. It's just so annoying how this one thing can break you as a parent.

I ended up taking her to the doctor's again. Got some samples which came back clear. She then also sent her to have a ultrasound on her bladder and kidneys. She thought there maybe something going on since it has been 2 years and no progress. If there was something then I wouldn't forgive myself.

We went to the ultrasound and she freaked out. First she needed to drink water and hold it in. She couldn't and as soon as we were at the ultrasound place she needed to go. So I took her so I don't embarrass me or her. She emptied her whole bladder.

Meanwhile Kids 1, 2 and 4 were in the waiting room being noisy as.

So I tried to make her drink more water before the person calls us in. Obviously she didn't drink enough. We walked in the room. She freak out. I layed her on the bed and held her hand tight. He squeezed the gel on her and she freaked out again. I'm thinking this is great. She is going to be so freaked out by this that I can use this as a scare tool. I know I'm a mean mum.

Her bladder was empty and we had to wait 15 mins and make her drink more water. She had to go through that again. She was so scared that for the rest of the day she was dry and stayed dry for the next week.

This ultrasound practically cured her. She has been really good ever since and only has minor accidents now. She still has to change her own clothes and clean up after herself. But it's much less now.

Her ultrasounds all clear and nothing is wrong with her. Which I knew about but secretly wanted what happened to happen.

I do have a punishment if he has an accident and that's to take her most prized possessions. She keeps them in her bed. Her ba, car, barbie, frog, Disney princess pillow and her blankie. I put them up in her cupboard where she can see them and strive to perfect her toileting the next day. I then start to give her stuff to her sister which she hates even more and it's working.



So shoot me.

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Android Vs Apple: My mediocre showdown.

***Not Sponsored just my honest opinion***
Ignore the dirty screens. That's what happens when you got kids. 
Android and Apple have been battling it out for years. Every year Android comes out with something different while apple comes out with something the same but different. My last phone was an Iphone 4. My current phone is a Samsung Galaxy SII 4G (what a mouthful). I am an android convert now but by what I have to say your probably not going to believe me.

Apple seems to be the choice that everyone makes for their phone. The iphone's throughout the years to me haven't really changed much. Not in looks and not in features. They improve the system and change bits and pieces yes but it still looks the same.

I loved the Iphone when I first got it. It was my first smart phone after having a Nokia for years. I love how the Iphone is so smooth with it's touch features. I think that is something they are winning at. Another thing I think they are winning over with Samsung is battery life. We all know Iphones have crap battery life as they are now. But my Samsung is worse.

The Iphone is easy to use and They have the same platform across all their products like tablets, ipods etc. This makes it easy for everyone as things are the same.

Something I didn't like was the syncing of Iphones. When you have two or three different Iphones on the same apple account and you hook up one of them to the computer it will automatically sync the other iphones things to yours. Unless you were smart and learnt from the first time how to stop it. Wiping out all your contacts and photo's. If you haven't backup your phone it's all gone.

I can't speak for the new Samsung S4 cause I don't have it, but I would love to know how it runs.

My SII 4G is pretty good. Easy to use. You have to get used to it but once you play around with it they're just as easy as the Iphone. The screen is bigger but the phone isn't that much bigger. So it's not like holding a brick to the side of your head.

I like Internet browsing on the Android better then the Iphone. Google search looks better and works better. Websites that don't have a smartphone function still works fine like you're on a computer. It's easy to turn on and off WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS.

That's another thing I love about the Android. The GPS. I hate navigators as you have read about it here and here. But the Android phones use Google maps and the navigation system is free. Is is really nice not like my navigator I have in the car. I also think it's a lot more accurate and keeps up with you. Once you reach your destination it shows you a street view picture of your destination. How cool is that.

With the apps android and apple pretty much have the same apps. Any apps you get on a Apple you can get on an Android. Some work better on the Android too. Android doesn't come out with a new system every couple of months so you're not constantly updating. Some apps get their updates a little later then Apple. That because Android system is on many different phones with different resolutions and screen sizes. Where as Apple phone is one thing across it all.

Another thing is your phone doesn't need to be hooked up to a computer on one program. There are several programs you can use. Or you can use the ones they recommend. They are easy to navigate but again you have to get used to it just like anything else that's new.

Personalisation. I can personalise a lot more on the Android then on the Iphone. In terms of what widgets I want and where I want my apps to be. With apple all apps need to be in a row. But with Android I can move apps where ever I wish. If I want one page of apps to have all the apps as a box around the outline of the phone and have it empty in the middle I can do that. The widget I love the most is the Google widget. I have it on my home screen so that if I need to Google something real quick it's their already.

Obviously I have the most used apps on the front page like Facebook, Twitter and Candy Crush. 
Now for some negatives. It needs resetting at least once a week. Again might just be my phone but might not be. Sometimes it freezes or lags. I'm backing up the Android here cause it could mean my Internet connection is crap so it lags and freezes. Or it could be an internal thing.

Another thing, that is probably my carriers fault, is my contacts don't show up when they are calling me. So I don't know who the hell is calling me. I answer the phone with this fake "Hellooo". Then I have to try figure out who the voice is. So if your calling me tell me your name first. (rant over)

Something else I just remembered. The podcasts. It's so easy to get podcasts on a Iphone then it is on an Android.

But all these flaws and I still love the Android. Samsung make really good phones now and are really giving Apple a run for their money to improve their game. Will I ever go back to Apple? Mayyybbeeeee but I don't really want to.

Are you Android or Apple?
Would you ever consider the other brand?

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

The Wednesday Review #9


This week I'll be talking about some of the things I am loving at the moment. I went on a little shopping spree last Thursday without kids. I walked into any bloody shop that I wanted to without kids or husband wanting to leave or buy stuff.

The winter is here and it's freaking freezing. I hate winter for a million reasons. One thing I didn't wear while I was wearing my hijab was a neck scarf. I know the hijab covered my whole head and neck and it was warm in winter with it. But something with a scarf wrapped around your neck just makes your whole body warm. So I have been obsessed with buying neck scarf's. Plus they look good and make me look like I know how to dress myself.

I'm also loving my new boots. I finally found boots with heels that didn't break my bank. I also got flat boots and some slip on shoes. Just obsessed with boots. I must have looked like I knew something about fashion because a lady asked me for my opinion on the shoes she was trying on. Must have been the scarf and boots.

I have no idea. Told her they look fine and she kept talking to me. What I really didn't want to say was "They look fine for a person of your age". They were older ladies shoes. Something I wouldn't wear but my mum would kind of thing. So I packed up my stuff and walked to the next isle so she wouldn't talk to me any more.

I walked into a home wares shop and I shouldn't have. I wanted ALL THE THINGS! Especially their range of Maxwell & Williams dinnerware. I swear I could get lost in those places telling my self "I need this and this and I have no idea what to do with this but I need this too". If only I had all the money to buy all the things.


I ended that shopping trip with waffles, chocolate, banana's, strawberries and ice cream. *drools just thinking about it*


We went and watched the premier of Epic the movie over the weekend. The movie was great. Kinda reminded me of Honey I shrunk the kids but not. The only thing I wasn't digging was the 3D Must have been my eyes because they didn't like it. I kept going cross eyed and getting watery eyes. The 2 yr old on the other hand was enjoying it. Sitting their with her 3D glasses on. It was to cute.


Silicone cupcake moulds. Something I just bought over the weekend thinking I will turn into Betty Crocker and bake some shit for the kids. Usually I buy the mini cup cakes from wollies or coles but I thought I can do this. Betty Crocker I am not. But the moulds are awesome. Will keep making the cup cakes. Even though my kitchen motivates me to do nothing at all.


There are two things I didn't want to get into. Candy crush saga and Games of Thrones. Both I failed at and I am totally into. I have a love hate relationship with Candy crush saga. My fingers and brain don't yet seem to work well together. Games of Throne I watched the first two episodes thinking this isn't a show for me. But then I wanted to know what happens.

One last thing I'm loving are my nieces and nephews. They share a special part in my heart just for them. Love them all.

What random things are you loving this week?

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

How not to remove wall paper.


My sister moved into the granny flat at my mums place with her hubby and daughter. Way before they moved in my brother and his wife were living their with their son. They decorated the 2nd bedroom for their boy.

It was cute boy theme with animals, blue curtains and blue light covering.

My sister wanted to remove the strip of wall paper around the room and we thought easy.

Wrong.

Obviously I'm not a builder, painter, plasterer, or wall paperer (so a word). Neither is my sister. We are really dumb in that sense.

Here are 5 tips on how not to get rid of wall paper.

1. When you peal the paper off the wall and its working don't celebrate. Once you start thinking this is working, it stops working.

2. If it doesn't work in one section of the wall it wont work on the other parts of the wall. Stop now.

3. Don't try and use a flat head screw driver to peal off the wall paper. You will scratch your wall.

4. Painting over the parts that didn't peal off wont make it disappear. It accentuates it.


5. Sand papering could have worked if we had good sheets of sand paper and knew how to use that machine.




If all else fails just use stickers to cover over the stuck on wall paper. 



When my brother came over he said that water would have worked. Oh kaka.

What reno disasters have you had?

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