tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248928652011-04-22T09:36:33.000+10:00Lake LifeDanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.comBlogger281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-39182298398703579842007-05-28T10:59:00.000+10:002007-05-28T11:05:25.479+10:00Still here... kind of!If anyone ever stops by here anymore (which I don't blame any of you if you don't - but thanks for letting me know that you still do, Ali ;) ) then you'll have noticed I'm rather absent!!Life is very busy, and I've been maintaining a "business" blog over at www.she-essence.com/blog. It's not just business though, it's all about life in general, and I'm thoroughly enjoying DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-65889662969095332192007-03-21T14:07:00.000+10:002008-12-10T22:35:03.731+10:00Just a quick one....Seeing as how it's been so long since I blogged, and I can't even begin to remember what has happened since the start of the year (and even if I could, you'd be bored senseless, so I won't go into detail ;), I've decided instead to share with you this gorgeous piece of work from DS1. It was his homework the other night and had me in stitches for ages. I'd just like to ask... DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1167657186702346342007-01-01T22:51:00.000+10:002007-01-02T19:37:49.376+10:00Happy New Year!!Wow! It's 2007! Can you believe it? I can't! LOL!I've been thinking (way too much really, so if you can smell burning rubber, that's probably why! LOL!)... It’s a New Year, so I’m going to tackle it with a new attitude!!There's so much I want to achieve and improve in my life, and I can't do any of it with a negative attitude. I have to reach for the stars with both hands, and DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1166096743864933622006-12-14T21:40:00.000+10:002006-12-22T01:33:30.543+10:00Clever Kid!Campbell's such a clever kid. And I'm rather slow on the uptake! He's been telling me, "Wees Mummy", and I've been responding... "Good boy, Campbell, you've got a nappy on". After a week or two of this I finally pinged... Derr!! It was toilet training time!! After his lunchtime nap last Monday, I put him into underpants. We had 2 accidents, and 2 successes.Tuesday, that was it. DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1165234816937394222006-12-04T22:15:00.000+10:002006-12-19T16:44:46.770+10:00Why is it never good enough?What the heck is wrong with me? I have a wonderful DH and a wonderful family, but you know what... no matter how hard they try or what they do, I only see the shortcomings... the things that are wrong.DH spent 3 hours assembling our 7 foot Christmas Tree on Sunday. I've decorated it tonight, complaining terribly that he hasn't pulled all the branches on the tree out DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1164852362209794462006-11-30T11:47:00.000+10:002006-12-02T05:18:19.216+10:00A Quick Update :)I'm a slack Blogger, but life has been busy! The egg donation went a little... ummm... well, not quite how I imagined it would go! LOL!! With all the injections I had 9 follicles... 4 great big ones, 3 medium ones, and 2 small ones. My right ovary was being lazy and only produced 2, but my left ovary certainly made up for it.The injections did awful things to me... I swung DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1161034892267729112006-10-17T07:15:00.000+10:002006-10-19T19:53:43.943+10:00IVF Commences and a Baby is born :)Well, the injections commenced yesterday, with the Nurse giving me the first of my Lucrin injections (instead of the Syneral Nasal Spray). I''m very proud of myself, I managed to do it all by myself this morning :) My fingers are crossed that everything will go well and that there'll be no adverse effects on my mental health ;)Just got a call... my girlfriend DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1160471879097246152006-10-10T18:45:00.000+10:002006-10-19T06:54:52.896+10:00I'm a terrible Blogger :(OK, sorry. I've been slack. Lots has been happening... I don't even know where to start. I'll have to go in point form, or I'll be here all night :)* IVF is all go. Egg collection is set for November 7 - Melbourne Cup Day. Looks like I won't be having any drinkies to celebrate... but hey, what a great day to donate :) I was actually born on Melbourne Cup Day a few (!!) DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1156070598750082452006-08-20T20:33:00.000+10:002006-11-30T07:13:20.406+10:00Just quickly...I got tagged... thanks for nothing Kylie! lol!!It's the 5’s... So here goes, my completed tag for you.5 Things In My Fridge1. Milk2. Carrots3. Pumpkin4. Yoghurt5. AvocadoIn My Closet1. Gorgeous cream long jacket... i just love it!!2. Lots of trousers3. Wedding Dress... (10 years this year!)4. Boxes of old Family Circle Magazines (I subscribed for about 5 years :-) )5. Shoes... DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1155386816403022112006-08-12T22:39:00.000+10:002006-10-17T09:29:01.116+10:00We've survived the Birthdays!!Well, that's the boys' birthdays over and done with for another year! Yippee!!Campbell's 2nd Birthday was yesterday, and he had a great day, with cake at Day Care (yes, I had to work, and felt guilty all day!) and then gifts and fun in the evening. He got lots of goodies... a scooter (too many arguments when there's only one in the house LOL!!), a football, books, DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1155032974303586632006-08-08T20:12:00.000+10:002006-10-17T09:30:02.423+10:00So much to tell!Well after 3 weeks of having a very sick little boy, Campbell is finally recovering. We're still not 100% sure exactly what it was that got him (besides tonsillitis, bronchitis, a sinus infection & conjunctivitis), but gee it got him good! Before he got ill, he was almost 14 kilos. He now weighs a touch over 10.5. Scary!! At least he's laughing and playing again, albeit with a DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1153893651196312712006-07-26T15:45:00.000+10:002006-07-29T21:29:09.920+10:00Sick bubs....(Feel free to log off here, this is only a little "woe is me" whinge!!)Campbell has been sick for over a week. It started last Monday afternoon with a temperature, and then with him awake Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night crying... We took him to the Doctor and he gave us antibiotics for tonisllitis last Thursday. Thursday night he slept through... thank goodness!Friday night he DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1153282621619791812006-07-19T14:14:00.000+10:002006-07-19T14:17:01.636+10:00Well, today was the next step!!DH and I went to Brisbane and attended the Fertility Clinic, where I filled in lots of paperwork, spoke at length with the coordinator, we both had to have blood tests and then attend a psychologists appointment, and basically got lots more details about the whole process.The best part was finding out that I don't have to wait to donate! 6 months is long enough DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1152509185819335362006-07-10T15:21:00.000+10:002006-07-12T11:10:29.346+10:00Two posts in a day...I thought you might enjoy the story of our outing today... it goes like this...A spur of the moment impulse led me to the Strawberry Farm at Pimpama today. I thought we’d go and see the animals (they have like an animal farm there too), and have a bit of a play in the glorious sunshine.When we arrived, we ventured into the animal enclosure, with the goats, sheep, pigs, donkeyDanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1152490763699006182006-07-10T10:08:00.000+10:002006-07-10T10:19:23.726+10:00Listening to my Inner Voice...At work yesterday, I had a special moment with one of the customers. The lady (in her early 40's?) came in with her parents and aunt to do a wine tasting. During the course of the tasting, I kept admiring her gorgeous "crop" hairstyle... I loved the style and the colour, and as I've been considering getting a crop myself, thought, "this is just the exact look I'm DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1152100669007342842006-07-05T21:52:00.000+10:002006-07-05T21:57:49.020+10:00Worst Parent!!I feel like the worst parent tonight. Brighton did something really bad, and all I could do was laugh... and laugh... and laugh... in fact, I've still got mascara streaked down my face from all the tears I cried, I was laughing so hard!!DH was giving the boys a "horsey ride" around the lounge room when I decided it was really cute so would grab the camera to get some shots... I tookDanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1151573609912752192006-06-29T19:21:00.000+10:002006-07-02T21:09:00.313+10:00Geez I'm boring!I haven't blogged, not because I don't have anything to blog about, but because what I do have to blog about is boring!! Just my day to day drivel!Have had an uneventful week... one good thing is that our appointments with Queensland Fertility Group are all set up for about a month's time (once school goes back), and despite a minor setback with a piercing (I have to wait 12 DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1150770740352237952006-06-20T12:26:00.000+10:002006-06-20T12:33:11.610+10:00Yikes!Once again, not much to tell... well, OK, there is a bit to tell, I'm just not in a particularly chirpy enough frame of mind to be able to tell it, but I'll give it a go anyway...I ended up with the horrid bug last Tuesday night / Wednesday. NOT a pleasant experience!!Brighton went to a disco on Saturday night, and (God help me) learnt how to "Break Dance"! You should see him spinning DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1150152958668471262006-06-13T08:44:00.000+10:002006-06-13T20:50:08.376+10:00Three Days of sick kids :-(Not much to tell... I worked the weekend (as usual), and was lucky enough to miss out on the day of Campbell's Gastro on Sunday - gotta love that! Poor DH was just a little frazzled by the time I got home after cleaning up vomit and diahorrea all day ;-). Although Campbell seemed much better yesterday, unfortunately it hit Brighton (while at a birthday party... the DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1149847508853680892006-06-09T19:51:00.000+10:002006-06-13T20:48:28.980+10:00What a day in the Lake household!! :-DWow! It's been a big one today!First we started off with Granparents day at school for Brighton, so my Mum, the kids' "Mardi" stayed last night and went off to school with Brighton this morning while I took Campbell to Day Care and got myself off to work.I collected Brighton after work and he's been a good kid today (yippee!!), so we decided to go for his DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1149560068215233422006-06-06T12:13:00.000+10:002006-06-06T21:37:23.120+10:00ROFLMAO!!!Oh dear, I still can't stop laughing!! This morning, we all slept in! We have to be out the door by 8:15 and I didn't wake up until 7:35.I jumped up, and tried to wake Brighton... "Come on Brighton, time to get up... gotta get going, we're running a bit late this morning... come on mate, wake up... Brighton, you've got to get out of bed..."He lifted his head and looked at me all bleary DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1149490846137283632006-06-05T16:50:00.000+10:002006-06-06T21:36:26.483+10:00A bit to tell...It's been a little while, sorry! OK, some things that have happened that I forgot to blog about, or have not yet blogged about...I'm so proud of Brighton! He's been trying really hard to improve his behaviour both at school and at home, and boy has he come a long way! He went for his 7th Gup grading (yellow belt with 3 stripes) at Taekwondo last week and got it!! He's actually DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1149073043832492052006-05-31T20:53:00.000+10:002006-06-06T11:16:23.343+10:00Two posts in one day!!OK, but I'm excited!!I had my appt with my Dr today to get his approval (or otherwise!) for me to go further with the egg donating. He went through quite a few issues with me and made me put the idea into a "job box" - which is bascially that I get a "report card" when my "job" (donating eggs successfully) is complete. I'm not to be emotionally connected with whether or DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1149036929553101642006-05-31T10:41:00.000+10:002006-05-31T21:07:20.293+10:00They ate everything on their plate!Yep, the 3 of them ate everything on their plate! Woo Hoo! If only it had been an exciting meal... but it's a start!! We had home made fried rice and DH and I had steak while the kids had fish fingers. Boring, but hey, at least they ate it! A win for me ;-)I'm a little nervous today... I have my appointment with my Dr to see if he'll allow me to become an egg DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1148892284961103782006-05-29T18:41:00.000+10:002006-05-30T15:22:20.130+10:00I am sick to death of....Cooking meals that nobody will eat. Or that one or two of them won't eat. For crying out loud, it's not a bloody restaurant. I'm sorry, but it's not. Eat it or starve.DH is not setting a very good example to the boys either by not eating his meal. How can I expect them to finish (or even start for that matter Grrrrr) what's in front of them when he won't finish his DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1148730385115116572006-05-27T21:45:00.000+10:002006-05-29T16:03:23.896+10:00It's Saturday :-)So off to work today (and yesterday too - and of course, tomorrow!). Even though I've only just started (Day 5 today), I'm actually really enjoying it. It's nice to interact with other adults for a change, and it's great to be earning a little bit of money. Not to mention that the work isn't half bad either ;-) I'm doing cellar door sales at a winery on Tamborine Mountain (DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1148557999492875002006-05-25T21:44:00.000+10:002006-05-29T16:02:02.616+10:00Another Day....Well, today was a bit unproductive ;-) So much to do, so little motivation!DH and DS2 have been sick with 'flu and I feel a little bit like I'm headed that way myself, so not much to report here! (although I did manage to make the Apricot Balls from NicoleJ on the she-essence site - YUMMY!)I also managed to keep my walking date with Kylie tonight - thanks mate! - and I do feel DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24892865.post-1148469412057892162006-05-24T21:10:00.000+10:002006-05-25T19:43:25.756+10:00Welcome to my Blog!Well, here goes nothing I guess!I'm new to the world of blogging... been reading others but too scared to start my own!The aim of my blog is to just have somewhere to get all the thoughts out of my head and onto a page, and hopefully not bore you silly in the translation ;-)I'm happily married to Simon (almost 10 years!) and mother of two gorgeous boys, Brighton and Campbell (DanniLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490265582441423354noreply@blogger.com1