*Home from Hospital*

Happy Dance! I'm home from hospital! Yay! For those of you that didn't know, I have spent the last four days in hospital with diabetes complications relating to a bout of gastro! It's become an annual thing for me to spend anywhere up to a week - once a year (usually in September when its the gastro season) in hospital. I was hoping that this year would be different - alas! Both Ryan and Luke had the bug the week before and i did think I had by-passed it but Wednesday night I started throwing up and also had the runs and well, by Thursday I had ketones (diabetes complication) and so ... up to Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital. Luckily they weren't overloaded so I was put straight into emergency and then into a ward by that evening. They pumped 13 litres of fluids into me over a 24 hour period - and boy oh boy - I am still feeling those effects - like a little Michelin blimp! Just to give you an idea - I normally weigh 57/58 kilos - and right now I am 66 kilos - so there's still alot of excess fluids I have to get rid of. Little porker! A few more days and I will be right! Just need rest.

Fab did a great job with the boys - and the boys were fairly well behaved. They all had a busy weekend with Luke's trophy presentation and footy wind-up. Chad and Ryan both had parties to go to and then there was the usual day-to-day things at home to be done ... plus visits to see me! But the lads coped well. Ryan - bless his cotton sox - wont let me out of his sight today - keeps coming to the study to check that I am here.

Not much else to report really - lovely sunny day! Would be nice to sit out in the garden but it is far too bright for my eyes which are still very sore and puffy (from all the fluids) so I am stuck inside. Just trying to get through a bunch of stuff that accumulates when I am away. The list is long but I am taking it easy and will tackle bits as the week goes on. Have to cancel a few plans for this week so that I can regain all my strength. Not long till we go away so I want to be 100% fit for that.

Enjoyed IDOL last night - check out the update that I downloaded from the IDOL site on last nights performances. I think that Brianna might be the one to leave tonight - or Holly - everyone else did a marvelous job - even Carl singing WALTZING MATILDA! Now that was something different.

Well, best get off and get to that list - take care and have a good day. Love Mik xxx

Perfect Spring Day!

Good afternoon friends! Hope everyone had a good weekend and enjoyed their FATHERS DAY! What wonderful weather we had (here in Perth anyway) and today is a picture-perfect Spring Day - forecasted 27º - not sure if it's got there - but wouldn't be far off. The skies are so BLUE and the gardens everywhere are starting to bloom with colour. So glad that Spring is here at last - so NOT a winter person - hate when it's cold and wet! Love the sunshine - makes me feel happy and like running through the park (not like that's going to happen, too unfit at the moment).

We had a nice weekend - Luke played his last game of footy and their team won. Luke managed to kick a very fancy goal in the dying minutes even though he was playing in defense. Luke and Fab went off to the Eagles game afterwards (another win for us - yay) and I took Chad to a birthday party at Wild Kidz (indoor playground for those that dont know - mad crazy place that it is). Ryan spent the afternoon at a friends place. Unfortunately later that evening, he wasn't feeling very well and did the 'upchuck' a few times ... whatever bug he had has been passed onto Luke who is also not well and home from school today. My tummy doesn't feel the best either - not happy - I don't want NO GASTRO coz a bout of that usually sends me into hospital and that I can do without!

Is anyone watching the new IDOL series? If you've read my blog you will have noticed that Jacob Butler is my FAVE man this series and TARISAI (finally got her name right) is my FAVE girl. For someone so little (they call her the Pocket Rocket) she surely has a decent set of lungs!

I am looking forward to seeing them perform again. I am not sure who I would like to go through from the WILDCARD contestants - I don't think any of them really put on 100% performance worthy of going through to the Final 12 - but I'm guessing that Sarah (who sang CANDY MAN) will be voted in by the audience and probably also Daniel (who sang LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME). They are the most appealing to the younger generation that makes up most of the voting. I think I'd like to see Mark (who sang EVIE) and Natalie (who sang FEELING GOOD) voted in by the judges. It's a very different group this year around - most of them seem rather young compared to previous years - do you agree with the starting age of 16? Are they old enough to really be able to commit and more importantly COPE with the whole IDOL experience? Is it fair to let them in ... only to have them voted out straight away because they can't cope (due to the pressures and being so young)? And what about schooling? Sure, singing may be their chosen vocation but everyone needs an education and I believe that 16 is just too young to start something like this! I'm sure there are "OLDER" (than 30 years) people that could become the next IDOL - but I guess it all comes down to money and record selling - are the over 30's as appealing as a sexy, fresh young 16-18 year old. Would love some opinions on this one!

Also this week - we see the WEDDING OF THE YEAR on Home & Away - am a big fan of this so looking forward to that.

I have been browsing on eBay alot over the past week - looking for summer bargains! Last year I redid my whole summer wardrobe courtesy of eBay and probably spent 1/10th what I would have done in the shops and got about 10 times as much. My belief is that if the funds are low and the wardrobe bare then there is nothing wrong with 2nd hand clothes OR "hand-me-downs" as I like to call them. I got some lovely items so far and are looking forward to receiving them. Here are some of my bargains - all for less than $3.50 (plus postage)!

Not really sure about this white dress but it was only $1.00 - sure it would look good with a bright coloured sash, some beads and some nice sandals.

Scored a bargain with these items as well - think the peachy swing top would look good with the black capri's and the other capris will look nice with the swing top below.

The other bargain for this week were these gorgeous knickers - scored the 4 pairs for just $2.50. Sure that something went wrong with that bid - because it was a SECOND CHANCE bid and I thought I had initally put in $7.50 the first time around. Oh well! My gain! Makes up for another top I bought 3 weeks ago and have never received!

Ok - its some time now since I started this post - and have since ducked out to get Chad - so I better start with the homework, dinner, chores etc. Nice chatting! Enjoy your evening and please leave a message if you get a chance. Leave you with this little quote -

I BELIEVE:- that you can keep going long after you think you can't!