Its listmania time again

here is the current post – click here

ok so here are some jobs i have had!!!

age 3 (unpaid)…….when i was little i used to be looked after by a lady called Mrs C….she would care for me while my Mum did relief teaching jobs…..i loved Mrs C so much i used to cry if Mum DIDN’T go to work!!! Jobs i did while at Mrs C’s was make her son and daughters beds, visit olds peoples homes..and help make her famous meringues!!! (surely these are jobs!!!- i sure thought they were!!!)

age 5 (unpaid)….When i turned 5 and went to school…apparently i moaned about my school lunches for 2 weeks solid!!!! since my mum worked full time she didn’t have time for any of this rubbish…so made me make my own lunches….and i have been ever since!!!

age 7-12 (paid)….once again since my parents worked we were made to do jobs around the house…these included….putting the milk tokens in the bottles and taking them to the letterbox (now who remembers milk tokens!!!)…unpacking the dishwasher, doing the vacuuming  hanging out the washing…

age 12-14 (paid…sort of) my friend C had a paper run (think junk mail) and i used to help her with her run!!! she was meant to pay me half…….im not sure thats what i ever got quietly!!!!!

age 14-15….(paid)…i worked weekend dinner shift in a local old people’s home. The pay was like $12 an hour…and i worked 4 hours over the weekend…..i was actually paid more then friends who work all weekend at Big Fresh for like $3 an hour!!!

BABYSITTING…this was another job i did since i was old enough ….i cared for friend’s kids over school holidays, weekends and evenings….many of these were home help…but the pay was good and i had fun!!!

age 17….left school and went to Nannies College…(top of my class thank you!!!) and went straight into a job ( got my first car AND went flatting….)….so funny when i went back to my 7th form ball…they couldn’t believe i was flatting and owned a car…most of them had mucked around all year and done nothing much!!!! i loved nannying and only stopped after 5 years with one family….well the 8 year olds screaming and clawing at my pants before they flew back to France wasn’t pleasant AT ALL!!!

age 22….(approx) once i had finished nannying i went into Kindergarten teaching…and have been doing this job ever since!!!!!!!!! some days i love it…other days…not so much!!!

lol

(on this day i was made to be a police officer…and trying to write a story on a child….while also making sure K who had my camera didnt drop it!!!!)

happy week all

xxm

Crushes: Then and now

Let’s go down memory lane and remember who you had pinned up on your wall (real or virtual) and then share who floats your boat these days. Pictures and stories encouraged )

THEN

Booker…loved this show…it started after 21 Jump street finished!!! i had this as a poster!!

SOURCE

McGyver…now who did NOT like this guy,.helped everyone and fixed anything!!!

SOURCE

NKOTB….aka New kids on the block…what can i say!! i was young!!!

SOURCE

Now this is a weird one…but i loved Lorraine Downes when she won Miss Universe…1983…i was 7!!! i had her poster and my sister and i fought over it when she moved into her own room!!!

SOURCE 

the funny thing is i ended up teacher Lorraine and Murray Mexteds daughter Jasmine….at kindergarten…and one day i mentioned this to Lorraine…she laughed and then hit my arm…..and said surely not!! lol….

least i won cos i got to meet and know the real person!!! hahahaha and get her signature and lovely card when she left HA!!!!!

NOW

mmm now this is hard!! let me think!!!

 SOURCE – that guy off bridesmaids!!!

Hugh Jackman

SOURCE

and sooooooo many more…too many to share!!

lol

happy week everyone

m

Once again it is LISTMANIA time again… here is the link to the post…. click here

this list is all about SEASONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

*****share your highs and lows , loves and hates of your current season (be it summer or winter)****

well it is summer here in NZ!!! and that means warmth!!! well its meant to be!!!

*im a teacher and have just had a month off …sadly Jan seemed to be wet and windy and foggy!!!!!!!!!!! grrrrrrrrrr

*as soon as i went back to work SMACK we had 2 weeks of 25+ (which may not sound hot…but it is burning heat!!! my friend from OZ was burnt yest in like 20 mins….and she was like whaaaaatttttt)

here are some pics of what summer is to me

colours in the sky at the end of each day

chilling outside with my baby

living in a harbour city…and being near the water!!!

being out and about with my nieces!!!!

blue skies…jelly tip ice creams!!! mmmm

growing yums in my garden

thickshakes on a hot hot day

and some pics from work….i cant include any more as im not allowed to show children on social media…..as i too don’t want to be on theirs!!!! a new age!!!

we have a flag pole…the kids love it..and our new flowing river!!!

so to sum up,….i love

*windows and doors open all day and into the night (around 9pm its still light…love it)

*sitting outside for lunch or to read a book

* no socks or cardys needed

*cool drinks

*BBQ’s

*ice creams

and cold beer!!!

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thanks for reading… sorry its late!!! have a great weekend

M

i came across this site through my online friend Claire

here is her post...so i thought i would join in!!!

here is a link to the site that sets the lists- click here (will be cool to have different prompts each week…..)

so here we go….

List 1:

Currently I am:

Reading: Cathy Kelly’s Best of Friends….

Listening to: the tv…is on in the background!!

Laughing at: Georgie…she is cleaning herself..love how they lick their paw then wipe it all over their head!!!

Swooning over: this new store...loving the cool jewellry items that are on their way to me!!!!

Planning: lunches!!! been off for a month gonna be weird having to make my lunch again!! lol

Eating lots of: bananas…and waiting for some nice plums!!

Feeling: good that stuff from my clear-out is selling on trade me!!!

Discovering: how much better i feel with all the cleaning inside and out i have done over my break…great decluttering the house and having the outside area clean!!!

Looking at: this stupid cloudy mist roll in again!!!

Wearing: 3/4’s and my new favourite green top

Cooking: this morning i cooked up cheerio sausages for my nieces 3rd birthday party!!! (here she is)

Wondering: how i will cope when my alarm goes off tomorrow..back to work…hello term 1 2013!!!

Trying out: a new healthy eating programme…nothing too heavy just cutting back on certain things and trying to have more fruit and veges!!!

hope you enjoyed this..and join in too!!!

have a great week all

xxm