Well, a blog - never thought I would create one and really don't know how well I will keep it up as I have never been very good with keeping diaries in my life.
I'm 42 and married to the greatest life partner I could wish for, Ron (50) and we have a son, Rieley, who is 16 months old. Ron has two children from his previous marrieage, Cathie (27) and Jamie (25). Cathie has two children, Jonathan (9) and Shaye (4). Jamie has one child, Lilly (2). We have two furry girls - Jessie who is a kelpie cross, and her daughter, Twister who is a Whippet, Kelpie cross. That's our family.
Although, I must make a mention of the bub I have growing in my tummy at present - we are 5 weeks, 5 days into the pregnancy and conception was through IVF using the ICSI method. As was Rieley.
We live in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Which is in the tropical north of Australia. For most of the year, it is very muggy - which after almost 2 years, I'm still getting used to. The winters are pretty nice though.
I'm a SAHM and love it 95% of the time. I love being there for Rieley, being his major influence and after the years of waiting to have a baby, I find the time with him so very precious and I really don't want to miss a moment. I would feel so ripped off if someone else got to see his 'firsts'. I worked for just shy of 20 years and none of that was as fulfilling as what I do now.
Although sometimes it would be nice to have that time out of the house, earning some money, getting recognition for a job well done, being able to have regular conversations and relationships outside of the house. Right now my conversations totally consist of Rieley and I'm sure I bore everyone silly with that.
