New Bloggers!

Two new bloggers have joined our ranks

Tania: at http://www.coulterclan-tan.blogspot.com/


Tania has been talking about blogging but she has just gotten around to acually doing it.


Tania has two children (three counting Brad) plus their border Byron. They all live here in Adelaide.

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Sharon: at www.idyllicchick.com/blog.html

Sharon has been blogging for a really long time but she has just recently switched to blogger.

Sharon is newly wed living in Florida with her gaggle of cats and two dogs one of which is just a puppy

So go have a look and leave them a comment! Were glad you joined in on all of the madness!

Liam

With Liam away I have felt most neurotic. That is to say, I hate to be alone. I panic about every noise I hear. I don't sleep well and I don't feel well. It has come to my attention after having spoken to Liam on the phone that we hate to be apart. I could hear the saddness in his voice. Yah, its fun at first to be all free but then it sets in he's not there. I miss his big over sized body taking up most of the couch. I can't sleep without hearing his obnoxious snoring. I feel lonely when its just the two of us and no daddy. I didn't out right ask him if he missed us but I could hear it in his voice. He too was lonely. Perhaps he misses me poking him in the middle of the night saying "STOP SNORING, I CAN'T SLEEP". Maybe he misses me leaning against him as he tries to type important messages. I don't know what it is that makes people so damn fond of each other but somehow we just miss each other. Without him I don't feel complete.

Friday night excitement!!!!

Oh yes, our weekends are just that exciting!

(Hey there's a tiger on my chair)

Your move!

With Liam being gone this weekend the game has lost is appeal!

The Rose and the bunny

I believe he gets fairly good reception with those ears.

Take the carrot you know you want to!

Survey says carrot good!

It tastes much better when not gripped by a sweaty, squealing 4 year old

Bunny Butt!

She likes me, she likes me!

Funny they don't look like bunnies?

definitely not a bunny!

My couch

Why yes they are cream how very observant of you and yes there is a 4 year old sitting on one of the chairs! Please note 4 year old was cleaned with in an inch of her life before her little tushy was allowed to sit on the chair. Why yes cream is a stupid color to buy a couch and two chairs in!

TUBBY TIME

In my family a bath cures all. Got cold take a bath got a fever take a bath. My mother has always thrown both my sister and I in the bath anytime something goes wrong. You know what she's right. A bath does make a world of difference. Rose was driving me crazy this morning so I threw her in the tub and let her float for a half an hour and you know what? She was a much calmer and happier little girl. For some reason it even calms the crankiest of children. Any time my girlfriend Jodi and I feel we would smoosh our children when having a vist we would toss them in the tub and all would be better. I think in the week long vists we use to have they spent half of their time in the tubby. SO GO TAKE A BATH!

Update...

The Rockhampton photos are coming, honest. I just have to download them to my computer then post 'em, so be patient. Quick update though. We went to Repromed at 9:00 on Wednesday morning. We love our new doctor! We had a 45 min appointment and in that short time he made me feel like it was possible to get pregant again and not only that but, I may be able to get pregnant on my own once we get my endomitriosis in order. He also came up with a suggestion as to why Rose was so weird at deliever. He believes she was having withdrawls from the Paxil I took while pregnant with her. What he said all made sense. She was so placid at birth and then went all cranky which is very common for babies coming off of medicine. He also believes that my endo is back and once we take care of that there is an excellant chance we could get pregnant on our own. The thought is that as my endo gets worse the more pain I experience around my period and the least likely I am to concieve on my own. In a sense my own body is attacking my eggs and not allowing me to get pregnant. So we are going to do some cheap test and take a look at everything and wait untill January and go on from there. I have hope again and I am thrilled to be back in the infertility race. Not to mention come Janaury a cycle of IVF is only 2ooo dallors and once you pay your first 1000 the goverment pays you 80 cents on the dallor making each treatment rather cheap (in america a cycle could cost you more than 7000 for the same treatment). I would also like to shout out to Chery Muchow who has delivered a healthy baby boy named Isaac Joseph. Mom and baby are doing well. So congrats to the new family!

HAMSTER DANCE VIDEO

Hamster dance...multicolour style.

what mythological creature are you?

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thanks Daisy for the meme

A proud day

This morning Rose came to be with a large book under her arm. Hugged tightly to her chest was my favorite book of all time, Little Women. I wasn't sure if she was old enough to understand the book but I began reading it to her. It became immediately clear that she not only understands the book but that she has already found a character to relate to. Before I tell you what character she has chosen to relate to I must first tell you that I have always been Jo. From page one to the very last of the Little Women series I have always been Jo. To this day the book creeps into my thoughts. I recieved this book as a present from my best friend Beth S. on March 19th 1998. Beth and Heather were my bosom buddies and we all related to the book indifferent ways. So when Rose brought me the book a wave of memories hit me from my own childhood. I can not tell you how excited I am to begin this journey of discovery with my own little woman. It is with pride that I introduce Rose to the March family. Rose has found joy and intersest in the youngest of the Marches. Rose is Amy. This makes me giggle because of all the girls I leasted wanted to be like was Amy but Rose loves her and so do I.

Screams of an infertile woman

This posting will not be judge negatively! Why, because I just emotionally can not take it. I have had it up to here. I am sick and tired of being infertile. Because unlike most of you dear readers I can not just pick a month, decide yes that is when I would like to be pregnant and *bam* 4 weeks later I am. No, I get to struggle 3 years and three miscarriages to get my beautiful daughter. And then I get to try 3 years later only to give my self a life threatening disease that will never go away (intercranial hypertension). I have the scar to prove it. I then wait another year only to have three infertility treatments not work. So I come to you in pure desperation. I am fed up and angry and upset and so on. I sit here thinking that Rose will never know the joy of having a sibling to love and hate. Someone to play with and gang up on and with. These thoughts bring me to tears. So on Wednesday we go back in to the waiting game that is infertility. I have an appointment with repromed an infertility clinic here in Adelaide to discuss where we go from here. We have been trying off and on now for a year with no luck and I have had it up to here with my body. Why am I not typing this to you some of you personally well because... your all pregnant or with new babies. I don't want to say anything that may upset you in anyway but I'm jealous. The green eyed monster has reared his ugly head and I am embracing it with open arms. This might sound horrible but I have tried ignoring it but it won't go away. So I am embracing my anger in hopes that I will find another way of dealing with this. Some of you may not know that it took over three years to get Rose. In the end we lost her twin and nearly lost her in was a very complicated delivery. Some of you were even at this wonderful and frustrating event. (Ps I still love you all for being there.) But for now I am at my ungrateful limit. Yes I should be happy with what I got. I have a beautiful and healthy 4 year old who is smarter then some 8 year olds. But me I want it all! I want another baby so send me your voodoo, your hoodo or whatever it is you do! I have gone off my rocker folks and I don't plan to get back on unless I get my way (DAMNIT). Yes I am 2 years old now shut up and pass the sippy cup! Please, post only complimentary comments that do not include but are not excluded to the following sentences just be patient and it will work or if you just stop thinking about it or perhaps it isn't in Gods plan, you don't want to piss off the infertile women!

stay tunned...

Were back!

Pictures to follow

Sign of the times

I am going to be going on vacation with Rose for a week so the blog will be not be updated until I get home. So enjoy these funny signs I found and I will see you in a week. Hey I miss you already!

Little extreme.


I think I'll keep driving!


Everything you need for your "shotgun" wedding! Located in Windsor, Maine. Hussey's slogan is, "If we don't have it, you don't need it."

I don't think I saw that one.

It's a good deal, but... oh, the college costs!

Not everyone likes it that cold!

My Cat Burke

Oh yes, he does look all innocent and sweet but underneath that sweet exterior beats the heart of a maniac. Last night Burke declared war on me. Just about one o'clock in the morning Burke begin to cry. Not just any cry but the cry of an angry Burke. This cry sounds remarkable like someone saying "Mama". Burke has two distant cries one is "Mama" and the other is "Hellllooo." You heard me right my cat speaks to me. So last night Burke begins crying at first I thought it was that he wanted to be in the bathroom so twice I went in the room and turned on the light no Burke. So I go back to bed only to hear him crying again. This time I'm pissed and yelling at him. Liam rolls over and awakes only long enough to let me know that "your arguing with a cat". Yes I know I am arguing with a cat "He started it." Trust me when I say I thought I was going to end it. So I get up once more and turn on the shower and the faucet for just a moment thinking maybe my neurotic cat just wants some "fresh" water. I go back to bed only to here the distict cry of Burke.

Burke "MAMA".

Morgan- "Liam how much do you like Burke?"

Liam- "Why"

Morgan- "Cuz I'm gonna kill him."

I get up with furry in my eyes and the taste of murder on my lips. "Burke, darlin you better run." Please note it is now 2am in the morning and I am not happy. I take off after the now thrilled Burke. Whippee were playing. No, were not. I never did catch him but on my tirade around the house I found two Tyelnol PM and a glass of water. Around three am I got to bed only to be awaken by... Rose "Mama".

Red Tie Event

Yes, thank you, I do look like an opera singer! We had a black tie event for Roses school. I had 1 glass of champagne and 5 glasses of chardonnay. Yes I did dance not with Liam but my girlfriend Ann Marie. We buggied hard. So despite me balking hard at going I had fun and plan to go next year. Next time however I will avoid sitting at the head of the South Australian Church and the Head of the School.

Yes, I am a chunky monkey

my daughter

Who would have ever guessed that my daughter would be a risk taker in creative writing?

my baby

My baby! Click on the image and take a better look.

Please mom I wanta' go home

Please mom I want to go home, but they won't let me go, please mom I want to go home!

I am feeling terribly homesick today. I am stressed and sad and I want to go home. I feel I have grown a bit being out here on my own in the great big world. I am heading towards my ultimate job being a photographer. My daughter is doing well in school and for the most part is happy. Will is doing great and enjoying his job. Me I want to go home. I just can't afford it. I miss my mommy and daddy and sister and niece and nephew. I miss my aunts and grandma I miss the good old USA. I want to go out at 10 o'clock at night and find something open. I want to shop at a superstore and get everything I need at one stop. I want Taco Bell. I want well... I want my family. It's been 7 months since I last stepped foot on my homeland and believe it or not I miss it. Australia is beautiful and for the most part the people are great and caring. They seem to genuinely love their country. The landscapes are stunning and the oceans are amazing but I miss Pittsburgh. I miss the rolling hills and the sweet little creek that runs behind my parents home. I MISS WALMART. I miss going to my mothers home for dinner and drinks. I miss sitting in her little pool and playing games with the kids. I just want to go home. I miss home.

My mothers daughter

I am my mothers daughter. I have inherited her ability to debt collect. I wasn't sure it was something that was passed through the genes but apparently I was wrong. Perhaps its like a super power inherited through the womb during my all important debt collecting growth moments in utero. If you don't know my mom you are truly missing out. She is 5 foot nothing and full of beans. She use to debt collect when she was pregnant with me. Were talking repossesing cars, beds, houses you name it. She was good at it. Apparently people like to have there stuff taken by a cute, short, little Italian. I have began debt collecting at work. For the past three years no one has wanted the job and it has gone undone for way to long. The strangest thing about all this is I like doing the work. I don't mind calling people up and saying hey you owe us money when can you pay up? I am my mothers daughter.

Movies I've seen in the past two weeks!

I've been busy!

oh the weight loss.

Today I went jogging. Yes you heard me right I jogged. I went out for 25 min and 12 seconds and actually jogged for at least 10 minutes of it. So now I have been going to the personal trainer for two weeks and have started to add Veggies and fruit. I even made Lamb with White wine, garlic and lemon with an herb rub. Plus steamed veggies. I head for the gym again tomorrow so perhaps I will even lose some weight this month.

flicker photos

Photos have been added to flicker you can now print them out using flicker. So go have a look at all the new photos from Kangaroo Island.

Why Me?

Why me? I just got out of having to go to a black tie dinner about 2 weeks ago due to a nasty cold and now we have a Red Tie dinner for Rose's school. We weren't going to go we hadn't even read very far on the flier all we knew was it cost money so we weren't going. But "no" says fate, your going. Today we get a call from the principal of the school. My first thought "oh no what has Rose done." No she's calling to invite Liam and I to the dinner as Marions guests. I know she wants to get in good with Carnegie Mellon but it is Rose's school and I couldn't say no. So now I have to go this dinner. I am not cut out for fancy dinners I would be better at farm feast not a black tie dinner. I don't have a dress nor do I have the money to get one. My hair hasn't been dyed in 7 months and looks horrible. I have until July 1st to find a dress a babysitter and a new body. WHY ME?

Happy Fathers Day

FATHERS ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE

Fathers are wonderful people

Too little understood,

And we do not sing their praises

As often as we should...

For, somehow, Father seems to be

The man who pays the bills,

While Mother binds up little hurts

And nurses all our ills...

And Father struggles daily

To live up to "HIS IMAGE"

As protector and provider

And "hero or the scrimmage"...

And perhaps that is the reason

We sometimes get the notion,

That Fathers are not subject

To the thing we call emotion,

But if you look inside Dad's heart,

Where no one else can see

You'll find he's sentimental

And as "soft" as he can be...

But he's so busy every day

In the grueling race of life,

He leaves the sentimental stuff

To his partner and his wife...

But Fathers are just WONDERFUL

In a million different ways,

And they merit loving compliments

And accolade of praise,

For the only reason Cad aspires

To fortune and success

Is to make the family proud of him

And to bring them happiness...

And like OUR HEAVENLY FATHER,

He's a guardian and a guide,

Someone that we can count on

To be ALWAYS ON OUR SIDE.

Helen Steiner Rice

"That is the thankless position of the father in the family-the provider for all, and the enemy of all." -- J. August Strindberg

"It is a wise father that knows his own child." -- William Shakespeare

"It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was." -- Anne Sexton

"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." -- English Proverb

"To be a successful father . . . there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years." -- Ernest Hemingway

"A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father." -- Gabriel García Márquez

"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." -- Sigmund Freud

"I miss you Daddy."--Casey

the break-up spoiler

Tanya and I went to see this movie Friday night and came out feeling a bit empty. I am a hopeless romantic and I wanted to see a Hollywood ending. You know where everyone walks into the sunset arm and arm. Well if that is what you want then you want another movie. I left feeling empty and unfufilled. The arguments were true to life and you could see yourself in the characters. The man argument of the movie is why won't some men do things for their partners just because there partners want to do it. Like sitting in a motorcycle shop for hours in the cold just cus that's where the man you love is. Why can't he inturn go to the arts festival just because you love it? Well in my world that just doesn't happen. My favorite quote from the movie is

"So you want me to do the dishes"- Gary

"No, I want you to want to do the dishes" -Brooke

That's all were askin' here men we want you to want to do something for us just because you love us. Is that so much to ask? So I guess what I am saying is the movie is good just a little to close to home and I wanted it to all work out in the end.

Fall

You enjoy your summer fun. For here fall has sprung.

I love rust

For: Will , Jim, Brad, Byron, Micheal, John Mc., John M.,

The million dollar night

Okay remember when I was complaining about being sick yesterday well I would gladly put up with it if it meant it took back last night for Rose. Rose woke up last night with her first ever ear ache. At 4 in the morning she climbed into bed complaining about her ear. After two hours of crying and fighting us for any help we could give her we went to the Womens and Childrens Hospital to see what they could do. What they did was make her throw up all over me TWICE. So after three hours of waiting and puking and crying we were seen by the worlds cutest Irish Doctor wearing red Doc Martins. He concluded that she did indeed have an ear infection but that antibiotics would not help and just to give her ear drops and tylenol to ease the pain. So with that "Million" dollar advice we took home a much happier daughter. Right now its 3 pm and she looks pale but she is happily playing Barbie by herself.

Nose ahead

I'm sick (said through sniffles). I have been so for around a week. My head hurts, my throat hurts, my nose hurts...! Lets just say I am going for a whole body ache! I can't seem to shake it. I fear it may be permanent. Where does all this snot come from anyway? I can blow and blow and blow and it seems to do absolutes no good what so ever. On other news I have just been informed that The Greater Pittsburgh Renaissance Faire has closed its doors for good. There will not be a thirteenth season. On that note I am going to go and blow my nose!

Java anyone.

I have decided to give a bad habit a chance. No I am not taking up drugs or alcohol! I have ADD and we have addictive personalities as it is. I am taking up caffeine. Why caffeine well I am rather tired and I have a sluggish metabolism. So I am going the way of the coffee. So here it goes. Cross your fingers that it doesn't make me to crazy!

Kagaroo Island

Kangaroo Island is 155km long, and 55km wide, it is the third largest island off the Australian mainland. Kangaroo Island was uninhabited when it was discovered in 1802 by Matthew Flinders (an English explorer) and approximately one third of the island still has native vegetation in it of which the majority is conserved in National and Conservation Parks.

Leaving Cape Jervis

Parndana Wildlife Park: Koala
Red Kangaroo
Koala sticking his tongue out
Baby Possum Kissing

Kelly Hill Caves

Island Pure Sheep Farm
Cape du Couedic Lighthouse
Pelican Feeding