A funny thing to see...I hope someone got to enjoy it!!!

Well, it's that time again...Council junk pick-up. Many a treasure can be spied on the side of the road, with a mental note attached to return later to collect it, quite often it'll be gone, but sometimes you get lucky.

One sunny Saturday morning on the way to drop off my Avon order, we spotted a heavily pregnant woman struggling to put stuff out on the footpath. We stopped to see if she was ok and of course, had a sticky beak at what she had ;). There was a rather nice tall chest of melamine drawers in very good condition, couldn't pass them up...

So after managing to fit the box for the trampoline in the boot back in June, we were still mystified that a couple of weeks ago an ironing board wouldn't fit so it was no great surprise that of course these drawers also didn't fit. The drawers themselves were tossed in the back seat, the main body of the chest in the boot...but of course we have no rope.

Luckily it's only a few streets away, so the slow drive with the boot lid up was interesting, keeping an eye out for the police ;).

Not so exciting, I know. The next find is what had us all in stitches late one night..

The story so far : We gained a guinea pig hutch thanks to a school friend, Jo. We thought we'd modify it a bit before jumping in and getting the caveys straight away. A pair of wheels down one end for ease of relocation around the yard as they kill the grass, a handle to manoeuvre it around, covering some of the sharp edges on the chicken wire after Jasmine and Pixie have both been using it as an outdoor chaise lounge.

Dean thought this was the perfect opportunity to scavenge some free wheels, maybe off a discarded mower or something.

Late on the weekend we were coming back from a nice nights' barbecue at Redcliffe, we took the 'scenic route' close to home, to have more of a look. Ever the connoisseur of crap collecting, his eagle eyes spotted a 3 wheeler pram. Mostly in great condition if I ever had any use for it, only the front wheel was broken, guess they couldn't be arsed getting a new wheel.

I joked with Georgia when he got out of the car "betcha he can't figure out how to fold the pram up now, you watch LOL"....

So he gets back in the car, we're thinking he's leaving it behind, maybe it wasn't good enough. He's laughing as he tries to talk...He's pulled the pram alongside the car, put the window down, holding onto the handlebars and off we drive!!!!!

OMG we're all literally pissing ourselves laughing, can't breathe, all we can think about is, 'Gee, this would really look funny if anyone was watching' and 'wonder if someone will call the cops, thinking there's a baby in the pram'. It was only a couple of streets away, but I was sure he was gonna lose it on the dumb little traffic-calming-stupid roundabouts, but he did very well...

I only wish the ride had lasted longer!

Don't hate me cos I'm awesome!....oh alright then, go ahead!

Do you know people like this...people who can't seem to stand you, anything you do, how you raise your kids with manners and moral standards, how your family is actually functional, how you have a decent bloke who loves you and who's a great husband/father/handy around the house/doesn't cheat on you, how you dress appropriately for your body type even if they don't, how you wear a bra when company arrives, how you breathe oxygen...but on the same hand, strive to BE you at the same time
?

I do.

I sometimes refer to them unaffectionately as the 'xerox stalker'. It used to be my ex' and his mates' nickname, as one would do something, the other of them would of course, have to copy them and vice versa. Seems the baton has passed to a new runner! (My closest friends and family know EXACTLY who I'm speaking of ). They are the typical two-faced type, nice as sugar to your face, the minute they're 5 metres away it's bitch bitch bitch!

Sometimes they pop up randomly if I've commented on a mutual 'friends' status...like it's some sort of competition, childlike "well, you were first, but HELLO I'M HERE TOO! and what I said was better even though it sounds oh so fake" Give me a break! The worst was just last night when they took it upon themselves to answer for someone who can quite clearly speak/type for themselves. Geez, butt out bitch, nobody asked you! You'd take away a blind mans' Guide Dog and try to tell them where to walk, I swear.

It's like the song that must be running through their head - "Anything you can do, I can do better, I can do anything, better than you" - Sorry. Fail. You suck. Simple.

They are so insanely jealous of the stupidest things, like I've somehow done these things on purpose just to spite them...like I have no life and nothing better to do...

Like the girls have their own rooms now, with my Son 'borrowing' my eldest daughters' room when he is home, what do you know, now they're getting their own rooms over there all of a sudden...about time if you ask me anyway, if you're going to keep having too many kids you can't afford or look after yourself, don't have any more, simple.

Like my relationship with my eldest daughter and my eldest daughters' relationship with the youngest daughter. Have I kept my eldest daughter captive and chained and brainwashed her to be close to me, her Mother....No. Have I handcuffed the girls together and forced them at gunpoint, you WILL be close to your sister.....No. Yet, some morons must think so, as a result my eldest daughter is in fact 'made' to spend time with her half-sister who she doesn't have the same connection with, which is not her fault, it's simply human relationships, a concept lost apparently.
Like the fact that my eldest daughter is here for more time than my Son, but that supposedly means she is the favourite by default and she 'gets everything'...perhaps this 'everything' that you speak of just so happens to occur in the other 12 days out of 14 that he's not home?????

Eldest daughter and I are going to the movies...oooh quick, better get in and do it 2 days before! Cos' I'm cooler than you...You keep telling yourself that sweetheart if it makes me sleep at night, she's just stoked to be going to see it twice HAHA! She doesn't buy into your dumb crap, pity you don't realize that and spend your energy on your own kids, might have a better time with them, not drive any more of them away in the future...

So many other examples I can't possibly fit here LOL. But it has left me wondering what can I pretend to do, just to see if it's copied hehehe. Everyone knows someone like that too!!!
I know I've reached the point where I find all the antics quite amusing and very coffee-and-gossip worthy ;) I know my eldest daughter is so completely over it and can't wait to get away from the controlling cow...it's so bad she goes to counselling. Oh yeah, xerox stalker asks her 'Why do you go to counselling, do you talk about me?' Paranoid much?
9 out of 10 times it IS about you, she tells me all about it, which I know steams you up, but tough titties I say, you give her the ammunition, she'll eventually shoot someone.

Some people may be surprised to read this and think I have a huge nasty streak...If you know me well, you know that's not the case unless I'm pushed to breaking point, which for me it takes a very, very long time to reach. And they'll also know what this person did to me in the past and what they've continued to do to me and my children over far too many years.
This is more in support of my long-suffering daughter and what she has to deal with, along with all the usual stuff she has to deal with in her teenage life as well. She shouldn't have to put up with this crap at all.
And if it's made me feel a little better to get my vent on, that's bonus too!
So please think about if you're ever in this situation how you might treat someone elses' children, because as much as you wish they were yours, they're not and never will be, and they'll always come home and tell Mum about everything you say and do!
I love you Unit xo