Living Upside Down - Down Under

We had a good Christmas starting at 6.00am when M's alarm on his mobile phone went off.....grrrr.  I guess it could have been a lot worse, with 2 excited kids wanting to get up and see what Santa brought them.  Actually Amelie was not that interested in her pressies, she just wanted her breakfast lol.

I'm off work until 7th January but I have yet to hit the post Christmas sales - very difficult with two children in tow!  Although it's probably a good thing as I would spend too much money anyway.  Today I'm taking Ryan to the Hobart Aquatic Centre to meet some of his friends for a splash around.   

Amelie has been waking once through the night and is up again around 6am.  I seem to be constantly tired at the moment and going to bed earlier doesn't seem to help much.  If only she wouldn't wake through the night, I could deal with 6am starts easily enough.   

Somehow I don't think I'm going to make it to midnight on New Year's Eve.  Happy New Year!!

Ho Ho Ho !!

20 months - my baby's 2nd Christmas.  Almost a smile but at least she tolerated the reindeer antlers :)   MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

The Things I Hate The Most

Mosquitos are a pest.  Flies are disgusting.  The occasional ant is horrible too.  I can cope with these inside the house now and again as revolting as they are.  But I can't cope with this:

Wolf Spider   The website says they are 'often found in lawns and gardens'   NOT ON MY INTERNAL STAIRS!!!   I can't tell you how much I hate spiders.  Thankfully M noticed it and somehow (cos these buggers move faster than lightning) caught it in a plastic container.  Ryan was very amused - I could not even bring myself to look at it in its plastic prison.  M later released it at the very back of the garden, despite my protests ' what if it comes back inside for REVENGE?!' 

Urgh.   I'm going to call the pest control people.    My logic is that if there's one of those things, there's bound to be more.    Apparently symptoms of a bite from a wolf spider  is ' minor, restricted to local pain or itchiness'.   Ha!  In my mind there is no such thing as a 'minor' spider bite.  Just seeing that thing crawling around in my house would be enough to send me into heart failure.