WHAT? OTHER PEOPLE DO THIS DON'T THEY?

Yesterday while we were getting ready to go out for lunch, we were all milling around the kitchen bench getting ready to go.
I was filling my bottle with fresh Diet Coke to take out with me... and I glanced at Griffin.

As per usual, his t-shirt was a mess and we always end up telling him to go and get changed, and often he argues that it's not that dirty.  

Well ... I don't quite know why... but I up and tipped Diet Coke all down his front,  then told him he needed to change his dirty shirt!

Bex laughed her head off, and Griffin?  Well he stood there with a shocked look on his face... actually so did Stew and Brylee!

I'm like ... WHAT?  At least he HAS to change it now eh?

 ABOVE:  I wasted a bit of Diet Coke ....

ABOVE:  don't be fooled by that sad face, he thought it was HYSTERICAL !  And Bex.  She couldn't BELIEVE I had done that!  I don't know why, she has lived with me long enough to know I'm unpredictable!   (and yes, I'm playing around with copyright thingee's for me photos)

She laughed at me once in my car over something she really shouldn't have... so I shook up me coke and sprayed her with it!  That's 'normal' right? . . . right?

ABOVE:  for once I didn't have to worry about wetting the flooring... it's ruined already!  la la lah lah!

So...Griffin got changed into a clean blue t-shirt and off we went to Sylvia Park for lunch.
He chose Tikka Misala with rice... a medium hot chicken dish.

ABOVE: and within TWO BLOODY MINUTES he had dropped food down his front!  I don't know why I bothered making him change his shirt... *sigh* (... and sheesh he needs a haircut!)

We then shopped around for new school shoes for him... he's now in an adult size 10 shoe.  I'm a 9, so he's got bigger feet than me now.  I dread to think what size his feet end up being.  

So, today we are going out to find shelving units  for Griffin's room, as we didn't have time yesterday.

I will try to behave... one really shouldn't waste Diet Coke.

BUGGER DAMN AND BLAST.  I put Frontline on the dogs on Wednesday because they were scratching a bit.  I THOUGHT they had fleas, but I have not seen a single flea or flea 'dirt' on them at all.

Worse.

It looks like TEDDY is highly allergic to Frontline!  He has been going BERSERK with scratching, he has been drawing blood with his back legs scratching his sides... remember he's in a cone so can't gnaw himself (thank god).

And he can't sit still.. he keeps jumping up... scurrying around the floor, settling down again for a few moments, then jumping up and running around in circles, crying... then scratching again.  He isn't like that all day ... but still, it's upsetting.  
Dammit.  If he doesn't settle down soon I will  take him back to the vet for some anti histamine medication.  

Poor Teddy.  I used Advantage last time I thought they might have fleas, and he did not have a reaction.  Lesson learnt.  Frontline might be a better product, but it ain't better for Teddy.

I was a good girl yesterday and spent every spare minute reading and catching up on blogs. I hope I got to yours!  After spending hours doing that... I hit 'Mark all as read' on Google Reader, and boom!  About 600 blog posts that I DIDN'T get around to reading disappeared!  HUGE load off my mind I can tell you!
There's only so many hours in a day... and so much to do!

Sadly, it's not sewing much.  I have my machine, but no fabrics.  They are in a really big suitcase, inside a HUGE storage box,  somewhere in a storage facility in Manurewa!
I hope I'm not tempted to go and buy more fabric!   That would make me a very, very naughty girl... lol.

ONWARD...

It's really great how Mitre 10, Bunnings and Warehouse Stationery as side by side down at Manukau Supa Centre... we could go from one to the other, and compare sizes, prices etc ... and at the end of the day we got two shelving units from Warehouse Stationery.

ABOVE: Stew and Griffin bringing in the boxes.

ABOVE: about a 1/4 of the stuff on Griffin's floor and shoved under his bed.  I can't wait to see it all tidy....

ABOVE:  How good does that look!   No more mess... and Griffin loves it.  And YES, he's in yet another blue t-shirt!  

Looking forward to Steve, Bex and Dante coming home soon... 

I just spent an hour and a half dicking around making a new 'Header' for me blog.  It's a photo I've used before... but I still love it.

Update on Teddy:  he seems to be much better today... not manic like he has been.  Maybe he's over whatever was bugging him.  Both dogs are off to the groomer on Thursday, I will be taking the 'special' shampoo for them to use.  NO more nasty reactions to their shampoo.

Steve and Bex are caught in a traffic jam.  At Mercer.  Due to the drag strip traffic heading home.  Wonder how long it will take for them to clear that?  At lease Dante has food 'on tap' ... *smiles*  The 'Big Kids' arrived home safely, just in time for dinner.
DINNER:  a flop!  Too rich.  I'm not sure why, I followed the recipe... which I've used a gazillion times.  OH *sigh*... hopefully next time it isn't so 'flavoursome'.

End of Day:  I've just bathed both dogs, they were a bit smelly.. which is unusual for their breed.  But I put it down to the excess heat we are all enduring.   They hate their bath, yet when they get out they go NUTS and seem to be so happy!  Running helter skelter all around the house, so funny.
Stew is outside supervising Brylee and Griffin on their skateboards.
nite nite