Relocation

Time has flown & as i take a glimpse back i realise i haven't Blogged for well over  year now which is disheartening.
Life moves at such a fast pace, i continually feel myself holding on tight so i can just keep up & as my mind boggles with 501 things i should /would /could do -when realistically i only have time to do a handful.

With having a very busy 3 year old & now 5 year old rearing for Prep in 2015 , & the steady pace  at which Funky Tikes Boutique has taken off i am a very busy lass :)

We relocated out to Moranbah where Hubby works in Mining & my gosh its been an incredible experience we will all treasure & look back on fondly..

We have been here just short of 2 years but in that time we have made Lifelong Friends & become such a close unit.
Moranbah has been a very welcoming friendly Town , one of those places you can't go into a shop without recognising someone & saying hello .

With living in another Mining Town (be it Moranbah is so much larger than the last) it soon became apparent on days off there wasn't a lot to do so we grew closer as a Family  , brought a Motorbike for Aaliyah which the Girls have loved learning to ride on. &Have taken on much more Up-cycling, the Children have grown in leaps & bounds! & Once Aaliyah hit Kindergarten this year she took off Developmentally & in all aspects has gained a lot more confidence .

The C & K Kindergarten out here in Moranbah is one to rave Home about  & the Teachers have gone above & beyond all expectations .The Children this year have been a blessing as have the Parents which made our time here even more enriched.

Lacey-Jay is very independent & has been for quite some time so is itching to Start kindergarten , being a July baby she has just missed the cut off for 2015 but we have got her Into the Pre Kindy Joey Class at another C & K kindergarten Down in Brisbane which i will get to shortly.

I have been busy with work (Funky Tikes Boutique) as it has flourished since moving out to Moranbah busy ordering stock labelling, pricing, hanging , merchandising , doing Markets the list is endless there is so much behind the scenes work that really is very time consuming & as those close to me no i don't like doing things that i don't commit to 100%! & That means i won't sell something unless it looks right & is displayed beautifully..

Hayden has moved around jobs quite a few times since the move due to the Mining downturn which has been stressful each time to say the least.
It honestly is like sitting on the edge of your seat & the pressure that it puts on a Family is darn right horrible & to have this happen so many times in a short space of time is just mentally & physically exhausting for everyone.

With Hayden's current job situation & the huge amount of job cuts in the area & the way things are going with his current job he believes he would be set to be made redundant again So along with my consent has made the decision to cut our time in Moranbah short & move down to Brisbane & start afresh yet again.

We have moved around Australia so much & i think that time has made us each grow so massively by learning new traits temperaments & learning to adjust to different ways of living each time. It has enriched us both & let us explore a lot we would never even begin to imagine Australia has to offer.

We often sit & reflect on some incredible things we have seen along the way, The Beauty of Nature truly does surround but as you tread into the Outback i think its there  true Beauty lay strongest .The scenery & wild life is just spectacular.

So we have finally Brought & decided on a Suburb in  Brisbane North not far from where i worked all those years ago :) Its a sad but Happy time buy that i mean in my true Heart of Hearts i want to Live in NZ & i don't think that will ever leave me but for now its  Brisbane & it really is such a Beautiful Home.

We ventured down to put our feelers out & if something stuck out  felt right we would make the move & for this we allowed 2weeks.  
I drove down with the Girls for the first week & i can tell you i was totally overwhelmed, i couldn't handle the People the traffic was intense & the Shopping Centres near sent me into meltdown .
Suffering Severe  Anxiety with everything going on & all the Decisions that were pending it all seemed to much .
I literally freaked out as did the poor Children, Its really hard to explain but from living remote we really didn't go anywhere in the last 12months apart from a 2night stay on the Islands which again was remote so from no traffic Lights one small tiny Shopping Centre & no hustle & bustle it was Traumatic (I have suffered Anxiety all my Life very bad).

Far to say the full first week everything seemed to hard & nothing felt right we viewed House after house & Tried to figure School Zones /Kindy's/ Airport runs (for Hayden to do fifo) the list of things to figure & sort was a page long..
Then after the 6th night of my usual relay to Hayden  on nothing being "The One" or "worth the upheaval" i agreed to at least view some Houses he had emailed to me, One of which an agent that day had mentioned she would like to show me.

So once picking Hayden up from the Airport we went along viewed the fist House then moved to the second & literally within 4minutes being in the House we scuffled along the lounge & looked at each other in the eye & both said on par "I love this" do you? & we both loved it.
It just felt so Homely & just right offering all the things we Love - Large section for the Girls to play , Fruit Trees & the fact it was Old was super appealing.
So that was it we put an offer in went back & fourth and the Home is ours.

We leave next Thursday Dec 11th & its been such a busy busy time with Xmas looming the Shop has been so busy & all end of year activities that come up Kindy Graduation etc.
I feel like the wheels are starting to fall off but i have just about finished packing up, what a mammoth task it has been this time round with Lacey-Jay getting very sick in the middle  its been a complete drag i haven't been able to find my rhythm & my PSA is in complete full Flare ( Whole other Story there) I have tried alternative treatments to go off my God retched Chemo Med but today i caved & succumbed to needing it to function & be the Mother i want to be. 
i am literally debilitated without it & the Joint degeneration is bad getting much worse & The Limp is back i have had huge swelling & my ankles have been Black with bruising from the Pressure & fluid on Joints. The pain is through the roof & the Tears have  flowed steady over the past 3 months.
So back to the slow build up of dose & the Horrid 3month Sickness as body readjusts but i pray and i generally mean pray it will work again. 
Enough of the dark doom & gloom stuff Life is to be lived & although this big badger is trying to bowl me down i am not going over without one hell of a fight.

One of the most exciting things about the new move & what will soften the re adjustment for the Children is my Mum lives ten minutes up the road so after living here for 7 years it will be nice to have Family along side us :)

Everyday is a new beginning ,
Take a Deep Breath and
START AGAIN !!!!!