Dear Santa
For Christmas this year I don't want much for myself a new pair of cross trainers will do or I can just wait and buy them myself, its ok.
But could I please ask that all the people of the world remember that without diversity we learn little, without understanding we lack acceptance and without love of our fellow man, we are bitter...So can you sprinkle some understanding and spray some some love about in your nocturnal travels?
Could you help the so called leaders of this world understand that what they think is right is not always right and they are only human...No one can be expected to be infallible ( except God/Allah/ Yaweh and maybe the mortal leaders of all faiths) So some humility for them would be nice too.
Could we please, perhaps, have no disasters...Natural or manmade for 2006, just so the world can get itself sorted out a bit more. It has been proven we are pretty inept sometimes but mostly we are a generous , caring, compassionate society...Despite some leaders lack of response to some things.
Can I please ask that people realise that the world is a melting pot of differing opinions and that to enforce your beliefs or opinions on others does not make it the right one. Respect of others beliefs and understanding of cultural, religious, and other differences would go a long way to solving our troubles, I think.
Can you please make sure all the children of the world get something tomorrow night? Even if it is something little like a special shell upon a beach or some extra food, toys and such mean little when you have nothing.
For my family , could my children enjoy good health and happiness,and my special "sausage" enjoy his first year at school with minimum disruption, my first born learn that best friends do not stay best friends forever and my youngest continue to be a source of utter amazement to us all with his antics. For my soulmate, my friend, my lover, my eternal love I wish only happiness and health and the occasional sleep in.
For my friends, close and afar, I wish them all the joys of Christmas in the true spirit in which it is meant to be , that they enjoy family, friends, and fine health along with the occasional overeating/overdrinking of what ever they chose to indulge in.
A lot to ask for I know, Santa, and you are busy but without your help with some of the above, I fear for the joy of Christmas future
Thanks
Merry Christmas
Supamum ( u know who I am)
PS Biscuits and milk under the tree, carrots and reindeer food on the lawn as usual
Friday, December 23, 2005
Thursday, December 22, 2005
My Blogger type
Thanks to Brian (he finds all the GOOD stuff)
| Your Blogging Type is Artistic and Passionate |
 You see your blog as the ultimate personal expression - and work hard to make it great. One moment you may be working on a new dramatic design for your blog... And the next, you're passionately writing about your pet causes. Your blog is very important - and you're careful about who you share it with. |
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
MERRY BLOODY CHRISTMAS
I am ropable today, some person/s without any sense of responsibility or concern for others saw fit to STEAL the 3 foot high bear light we had in our garden. The bear was dressed in a Santa suit and had a candle light which they left behind ( so if you've stolen if for your own garden I will find you next year cause you won't have the candle, revenge is a meal best eaten cold so watch out, arsehole)
We bought the light for the kids as do many people who put up lights and displays, for our kids and the neighborhood kids and the ones who visit every night looking at the lights in the court...Not to win any competition, just for the Christmas spirit of it.
Now I have a 3 year old who wants his teddy back, a 5 year old who wants the other lights down in case someone steals them too and a disillusioned and jaded 8 year old who wonders "why some one would do that because its only for the kids to look at"
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE ARSEHOLE, BASTARD, DICK BRAIN WHO HASN'T THE SENSE TO SEE HOW THEIR PRANK HAS AFFECTED OTHERS....THEY CUT THE WIRE SO THEY COULD NOT USE IT EVEN WITHOUT MASSIVE REPAIRS AND THEY WENT TO SO MUCH TROUBLE TO REMOVE IT AS IT WAS TIED TO A STAKE TO HELP PREVENT THIS.
I WON'T BE GETTING ANOTHER AND WILL THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT DISPLAYS NEXT YEAR AS WE HAVE ALREADY HAD A WOODEN ELF STOLEN THIS YEAR ALSO.
MAYBE NEXT YEAR ...NO DISPLAY, LET'S WRECK IT FOR EVERYONE EH??
PS: And we just discovered they took the "Santa please stop here" light and a neighbors deer all were cut and are useless to any one really...senseless, just senseless
We bought the light for the kids as do many people who put up lights and displays, for our kids and the neighborhood kids and the ones who visit every night looking at the lights in the court...Not to win any competition, just for the Christmas spirit of it.
Now I have a 3 year old who wants his teddy back, a 5 year old who wants the other lights down in case someone steals them too and a disillusioned and jaded 8 year old who wonders "why some one would do that because its only for the kids to look at"
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE ARSEHOLE, BASTARD, DICK BRAIN WHO HASN'T THE SENSE TO SEE HOW THEIR PRANK HAS AFFECTED OTHERS....THEY CUT THE WIRE SO THEY COULD NOT USE IT EVEN WITHOUT MASSIVE REPAIRS AND THEY WENT TO SO MUCH TROUBLE TO REMOVE IT AS IT WAS TIED TO A STAKE TO HELP PREVENT THIS.
I WON'T BE GETTING ANOTHER AND WILL THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT DISPLAYS NEXT YEAR AS WE HAVE ALREADY HAD A WOODEN ELF STOLEN THIS YEAR ALSO.
MAYBE NEXT YEAR ...NO DISPLAY, LET'S WRECK IT FOR EVERYONE EH??
PS: And we just discovered they took the "Santa please stop here" light and a neighbors deer all were cut and are useless to any one really...senseless, just senseless
Monday, December 19, 2005
Meme,Meme,Meme,Meme
Another meme...Thanks to Brian
The rules for this particular meme are as follows:
Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot. Easy, no?
1. Vince
2. Spider
3. Mr. Secret, Woe
4. Mr. Brian
5. Supamum
Then you get to select five people to pass the love on to. This is the best part. Check the following blogs in the next day or two to see what they have to say about me and my meme.
1. Goddess
2. singlemom
3. Danielle
4. FoxyBrown
5. Supermom
(note: I hardly know anyone who like these and have made ironclad promises not to tag some bloggers ever ever again...So I used some of the friends of Brian and Jamie, hope you don't mind.
So here we go......
What were you doing 10 years ago?
December 1995 sans kids, working out of Canberra 14 plus hours a day. Looked in my diary and found I was on a 1430 flight back to Melbourne in the 19th December. Then probably went out to an all night shopping centre to shop at midnight and get the Christmas shopping done.
What were you doing 1 year ago?
Still unpacking after moving on the 10th, trying to Christmas shop, unpack and do the Christmas thing.
Five snacks you enjoy:
1. Chips.
2. Chocolate
3. Fruit
4. Twisties
5. Fruit
Five songs to which you know all the lyrics:
1. "Two Outta Three Ain't Bad" Meatloaf
2. "Copperhead Road"
3. "Evie..Part 1,2,and 3" Stevie Wright and new version by The Wrights
4. "Met Me By the River" Melissa Etherridge
5. Anything from Grease
Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
1. Pay off our house
2. Pay of friends houses
3. Buy 2nd car
4. Put money into trust for childrens educations and support whilst studying
5. Do same for friends children
...all in that order.
Five bad habits:
1. Drinking Coke
2. Being right...You know I am ALWAYS right
3. Speaking before I think
4. Being too much of a friend to everyone
5. Drinking too much Coke
Five things you like doing:
1. Cooking
2. Sleeping...Like I ever get to do that as much as I'd like
3. Going to the gym
4. Training the new pup
5. Doing stuff with the kids
Five things you would never wear again:
1. Ski overalls...Warm but not a good look
2. Ugg boots...When they were in the first time ..NOT NOW PEOPLE
3. Tights with clogs
4. a wedding dress ( hahahahah)
5. Anything my sister in law buys me
Five favorite toys:
1. PC
2. Mobile phone
3. Hot Wheels
4. Polly Pocket
5. Tamagotchi (still going)
So there you are, if you got tagged ( I'm sorry) but its ok if you don't wish to participate and share
The rules for this particular meme are as follows:
Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot. Easy, no?
1. Vince
2. Spider
3. Mr. Secret, Woe
4. Mr. Brian
5. Supamum
Then you get to select five people to pass the love on to. This is the best part. Check the following blogs in the next day or two to see what they have to say about me and my meme.
1. Goddess
2. singlemom
3. Danielle
4. FoxyBrown
5. Supermom
(note: I hardly know anyone who like these and have made ironclad promises not to tag some bloggers ever ever again...So I used some of the friends of Brian and Jamie, hope you don't mind.
So here we go......
What were you doing 10 years ago?
December 1995 sans kids, working out of Canberra 14 plus hours a day. Looked in my diary and found I was on a 1430 flight back to Melbourne in the 19th December. Then probably went out to an all night shopping centre to shop at midnight and get the Christmas shopping done.
What were you doing 1 year ago?
Still unpacking after moving on the 10th, trying to Christmas shop, unpack and do the Christmas thing.
Five snacks you enjoy: 1. Chips.
2. Chocolate
3. Fruit
4. Twisties
5. Fruit
Five songs to which you know all the lyrics:
1. "Two Outta Three Ain't Bad" Meatloaf
2. "Copperhead Road"
3. "Evie..Part 1,2,and 3" Stevie Wright and new version by The Wrights
4. "Met Me By the River" Melissa Etherridge
5. Anything from Grease
Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
1. Pay off our house
2. Pay of friends houses
3. Buy 2nd car
4. Put money into trust for childrens educations and support whilst studying
5. Do same for friends children
...all in that order.
Five bad habits:
1. Drinking Coke
2. Being right...You know I am ALWAYS right
3. Speaking before I think
4. Being too much of a friend to everyone
5. Drinking too much Coke
Five things you like doing:
1. Cooking
2. Sleeping...Like I ever get to do that as much as I'd like
3. Going to the gym
4. Training the new pup
5. Doing stuff with the kids
Five things you would never wear again:
1. Ski overalls...Warm but not a good look
2. Ugg boots...When they were in the first time ..NOT NOW PEOPLE
3. Tights with clogs
4. a wedding dress ( hahahahah)
5. Anything my sister in law buys me
Five favorite toys:
1. PC
2. Mobile phone
3. Hot Wheels
4. Polly Pocket
5. Tamagotchi (still going)
So there you are, if you got tagged ( I'm sorry) but its ok if you don't wish to participate and share
Friday, December 16, 2005
Almost years end and a boy has grown............
I have been remiss and placing meme's on my posts instead of saying stuff...Its just I have sooooo much to say and meme's were nice and easy, plus I do have a love affair with them and cannot help myself if I find one or am tagged for one.
2005 is coming to a close and Christmas is upon us. Mr 5 had his kindergarten pageant the other day and he was one of the three wise men and looked very WISE indeed. The teachers did a wonderful job with the kids for the concert and the kids loved the "chacha cha" song. I watched him as he and the other wise men we're prompted by the kinder assistant to take their places, as he happily joined in the singing of the "chachacha" song but not the other songs. I watched him as he took his cues from one of the aides as to where he was to sit and what he was to do. I watched as my little boy tried to keep up with the actions of the song he so dearly loved and as he did a bloody good job of it too and I cried.
I cried for all the seemingly insurmountable hurdles I recognised which we have almost overcome, I cried for the fact that his innocence once did not allow him to know he was not as able as other children and that innocence is lost now, I cried because I realise the vast differences in my children as Mr 3 has the speech ability now that Mr 5 currently has. I cried for all the struggles he has had to contend with just to make himself understood. For all the struggles yet to come. Most of all I cried because he is at a stage I was once told he would not attain...That of speaking almost coherently, being able to sit and socialise, and about to attend mainstream school.
He may not be able to speak fluently as you and I know it to be, but in the world of children he manages to make his ideas clear enough for others to follow. I was told he may never be able to have fully comprehensible speech...Well, we will prove them wrong for on the day he graduates Grade Six in 2011 he will read the graduation poem I wrote for the Grade Sixs at the school. This decision is usually left up to the Grade sixs to decide but I will "pull rank" as the author and ask that he read it that year.
I have seen him grow into a little boy who loves Buzz, StarWars, "cool" cars, and who tries hard to instigate play with others, I am glad in a way that none of the children he went to kinder with are attending school with him; yet it is sad. He has a wonderful support network at school with some older boys who often play with him at school and have asked about his speech and behavior and have shown great understanding and patience with him...For them I am very grateful. He also has some siblings of his sisters friends who are in the same class as him next year and he knows these children too. He is my "Sausage Chops" who is now a "big school boy", he has been a constant wonder this year to myself, his therapists, teachers and family and I can only hope that he continues to grow and in growing, to learn.
2005 is coming to a close and Christmas is upon us. Mr 5 had his kindergarten pageant the other day and he was one of the three wise men and looked very WISE indeed. The teachers did a wonderful job with the kids for the concert and the kids loved the "chacha cha" song. I watched him as he and the other wise men we're prompted by the kinder assistant to take their places, as he happily joined in the singing of the "chachacha" song but not the other songs. I watched him as he took his cues from one of the aides as to where he was to sit and what he was to do. I watched as my little boy tried to keep up with the actions of the song he so dearly loved and as he did a bloody good job of it too and I cried.
I cried for all the seemingly insurmountable hurdles I recognised which we have almost overcome, I cried for the fact that his innocence once did not allow him to know he was not as able as other children and that innocence is lost now, I cried because I realise the vast differences in my children as Mr 3 has the speech ability now that Mr 5 currently has. I cried for all the struggles he has had to contend with just to make himself understood. For all the struggles yet to come. Most of all I cried because he is at a stage I was once told he would not attain...That of speaking almost coherently, being able to sit and socialise, and about to attend mainstream school.
He may not be able to speak fluently as you and I know it to be, but in the world of children he manages to make his ideas clear enough for others to follow. I was told he may never be able to have fully comprehensible speech...Well, we will prove them wrong for on the day he graduates Grade Six in 2011 he will read the graduation poem I wrote for the Grade Sixs at the school. This decision is usually left up to the Grade sixs to decide but I will "pull rank" as the author and ask that he read it that year.
I have seen him grow into a little boy who loves Buzz, StarWars, "cool" cars, and who tries hard to instigate play with others, I am glad in a way that none of the children he went to kinder with are attending school with him; yet it is sad. He has a wonderful support network at school with some older boys who often play with him at school and have asked about his speech and behavior and have shown great understanding and patience with him...For them I am very grateful. He also has some siblings of his sisters friends who are in the same class as him next year and he knows these children too. He is my "Sausage Chops" who is now a "big school boy", he has been a constant wonder this year to myself, his therapists, teachers and family and I can only hope that he continues to grow and in growing, to learn.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Guilty or Innocent
Thanks to Brian to forfilling my "hit" of this weeks meme's, I really think I need MA (memes anon.)
The Meme:
Guilty or Innocent?
Singing in the shower?
Guilty...Only the kids know and they aren't telling anyone (oh oh what have I said??)
Left the stove on?
Innocent....Too anal retentive not to check it 10 times after finishing dinner
Ate Stolen food?
Innocent...At least I didn't steal it, I might have and not known it was stolen I suppose
Spit in someone's Drink?
Innocent....Why would you do that anyway??
Stole Something from a friend?
Innocent....never in a million years
Bossed your friends around?
Guilty....I am the boss of everything, you know
Played w/ Barbies?
Never had them as a child but have partaken in the odd tea party at Barbies with my daughter and run them over with tractors with the boys ( they deserve it you know) GUILTY
Sang the wrong words to your favorite song?
Guilty....Always and forever
Lit candles & let wax run all down your desk?
Innocent...No that would be messy and the kids would get to it
Kissed your posters of your favorite stars?
Guilty...You know if you kissed Woody's (Bay City Rollers)pic often enough he'd fall in love with you..you know that's true, don''t you?
Listened to stupid music & said you like it?
Innocent...If its crap, I will say its crap
Had sex w/ a stranger?
Pleading the 5th amendment here, refusal to comment on the grounds it may incriminate myself and/or others
Did a Wrestling move on someone?
Guilty....a girl has to protect herself some how
Had a Tonka or Barbie toy?
Guilty, never Barbie played with my brothers Tonkas though
Gave a surprise party for someone?
Guilty....Always for 2IC, I love surprises for others
Made someone cry?
Guilty....Do 3 year olds count??
Had the balls to ask someone out?
Guilty....I am very forward
Opened your Christmas presents early?
Guilty....What kid doesn't?
Ever been caught doing something "dirty"?
Guilty....But it wasn't my fault, it was all his fault..Yeah yeah yeah
Found money & didn't turn it in?
Guilty....No name on it. But wallets and purses get turned in EVERY time.
Gave money to a homeless person?
Guilty...Yes, I know some of them are frauds, but who am I to judge and decide?
Sang cheesy 80's songs?
Guilty....They are the best
Dug for buried treasure?
Guilty....Who hasn't?
Thought Star Wars was cool?
Innocent....Its not Star Trek but the boys are into it thanks to Daddy
Had a super-hero costume?
Guilty....mum made me an Ocean boy costume because I wanted one.
Still sleep w/ your baby blanket?
Innocent.
Told a family member to fuck off?
Guilty...I really love my little brother
Lied to protect a friend?
Guilty....It was for a good reason , really
Broken a bone?
Guilty....To many to list.
Got lost in your own little world?
Guilty....What were you saying?
Seen "The Goonies" more than 10 times?
Innocent....I hated it
Played a Video game for more than 5 hours?
Innocent....Can think of 100 better things to do
Watched "Scream" and actually Screamed?
Innocent...I don't like scary movies
Dyed your hair a color from the rainbow?
Guilty....Pink, green, blue and magenta (all at different times of course)
Hugged your mom in the past 24 hours?
Innocent....I wish every day that I could hug her again
Drunk until you passed out?
Guilty...If falling asleep counts as passing out
Fought over a boy/girl?
Innocent....Why bother??
The Meme:
Guilty or Innocent?
Singing in the shower?
Guilty...Only the kids know and they aren't telling anyone (oh oh what have I said??)
Left the stove on?
Innocent....Too anal retentive not to check it 10 times after finishing dinner
Ate Stolen food?
Innocent...At least I didn't steal it, I might have and not known it was stolen I suppose
Spit in someone's Drink?
Innocent....Why would you do that anyway??
Stole Something from a friend?
Innocent....never in a million years
Bossed your friends around?
Guilty....I am the boss of everything, you know
Played w/ Barbies?
Never had them as a child but have partaken in the odd tea party at Barbies with my daughter and run them over with tractors with the boys ( they deserve it you know) GUILTY
Sang the wrong words to your favorite song?
Guilty....Always and forever
Lit candles & let wax run all down your desk?
Innocent...No that would be messy and the kids would get to it
Kissed your posters of your favorite stars?
Guilty...You know if you kissed Woody's (Bay City Rollers)pic often enough he'd fall in love with you..you know that's true, don''t you?
Listened to stupid music & said you like it?
Innocent...If its crap, I will say its crap
Had sex w/ a stranger?
Pleading the 5th amendment here, refusal to comment on the grounds it may incriminate myself and/or others
Did a Wrestling move on someone?
Guilty....a girl has to protect herself some how
Had a Tonka or Barbie toy?
Guilty, never Barbie played with my brothers Tonkas though
Gave a surprise party for someone?
Guilty....Always for 2IC, I love surprises for others
Made someone cry?
Guilty....Do 3 year olds count??
Had the balls to ask someone out?
Guilty....I am very forward
Opened your Christmas presents early?
Guilty....What kid doesn't?
Ever been caught doing something "dirty"?
Guilty....But it wasn't my fault, it was all his fault..Yeah yeah yeah
Found money & didn't turn it in?
Guilty....No name on it. But wallets and purses get turned in EVERY time.
Gave money to a homeless person?
Guilty...Yes, I know some of them are frauds, but who am I to judge and decide?
Sang cheesy 80's songs?
Guilty....They are the best
Dug for buried treasure?
Guilty....Who hasn't?
Thought Star Wars was cool?
Innocent....Its not Star Trek but the boys are into it thanks to Daddy
Had a super-hero costume?
Guilty....mum made me an Ocean boy costume because I wanted one.
Still sleep w/ your baby blanket?
Innocent.
Told a family member to fuck off?
Guilty...I really love my little brother
Lied to protect a friend?
Guilty....It was for a good reason , really
Broken a bone?
Guilty....To many to list.
Got lost in your own little world?
Guilty....What were you saying?
Seen "The Goonies" more than 10 times?
Innocent....I hated it
Played a Video game for more than 5 hours?
Innocent....Can think of 100 better things to do
Watched "Scream" and actually Screamed?
Innocent...I don't like scary movies
Dyed your hair a color from the rainbow?
Guilty....Pink, green, blue and magenta (all at different times of course)
Hugged your mom in the past 24 hours?
Innocent....I wish every day that I could hug her again
Drunk until you passed out?
Guilty...If falling asleep counts as passing out
Fought over a boy/girl?
Innocent....Why bother??
Holiday Meme
Thanks again to Jamie for this meme, I wonder if there is such a thing as meme addiction.......
I did change Q7 for the warmer climes.
The Holiday Ten
Instructions: Copy and paste the questions to your blog (with your answers, not mine).
One. What is your favorite holiday movie?
Christmas with the Kranks and Miracle On 34th Street
Two. What is your favorite holiday song (title and artist)?
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band version (LIVE)
Three. What was the best holiday gift you were ever given, and why?
My claddagh ring, it represents my heritage but also the loyalty, friendship and love I share with 2IC
Four. Do you have a special someone to kiss at the stroke of midnight on New Year Eve?
I have four of them...hahahhah
Five. Name of your favorite reindeer?
Vixen.Because I think she'd be a real shit stirrer
Six. Favorite Holiday food?
Ice cream Christmas pudding, BBQ anything
Seven. Warm sunny day- lay outside, read a new book or get into the jobs you had'nt time for before?
Bit of both
Eight. What was your New Year Years resolution for this year? Did you stick to it?
Stop drinking so much Coke. NO way!!!
Nine. Is there really a Santa Claus?
In every heart of every person they know there is. Anyway if you don't believe, he doesn't' come to you.
Ten. Present, or stocking stuffer?
Both I am very greedy!!!
I did change Q7 for the warmer climes.
The Holiday Ten
Instructions: Copy and paste the questions to your blog (with your answers, not mine).
One. What is your favorite holiday movie?
Christmas with the Kranks and Miracle On 34th Street
Two. What is your favorite holiday song (title and artist)?
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band version (LIVE)
Three. What was the best holiday gift you were ever given, and why?
My claddagh ring, it represents my heritage but also the loyalty, friendship and love I share with 2IC
Four. Do you have a special someone to kiss at the stroke of midnight on New Year Eve?
I have four of them...hahahhah
Five. Name of your favorite reindeer?
Vixen.Because I think she'd be a real shit stirrer
Six. Favorite Holiday food?
Ice cream Christmas pudding, BBQ anything
Seven. Warm sunny day- lay outside, read a new book or get into the jobs you had'nt time for before?
Bit of both
Eight. What was your New Year Years resolution for this year? Did you stick to it?
Stop drinking so much Coke. NO way!!!
Nine. Is there really a Santa Claus?
In every heart of every person they know there is. Anyway if you don't believe, he doesn't' come to you.
Ten. Present, or stocking stuffer?
Both I am very greedy!!!
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Here I am AGAIN!!!
Sorry been busy folks...What's new?, who isn't? And who cares? You say...Well if you said the last comment you can leave the room now, go on, you are not wanted here with your swarmy comments..Have they gone? Good. Nasty little piece that one, not needed here at all!!
Now to continue I have been busy, we went to Portland in Saturday because the PUPPY was ready to come home!!!!* cheers, applause and standing ovation* And we stayed at a FANTASTIC place called Trewalla Springs Farm which is just out towards Cape Bridgewater. The farms house is circa 1850;s and the owners live there we stayed in the school house which still has the black boards and is just great. They have ostriches ( Zambia is a bit agro but fun to watch) emus, Clydesdayles, shetlands, ducks, geese, dogs, deer and the children can feed them all (except Zambia who's agro) they even hitch up the shetland to a jinker and take the kids for rides..Its grand and as far as costs go very very reasonable...So if you've children and are headed that way visit Marilyn and Neill...Oh and Marilyn just happens top be a intergration aide a the local school so we had lots to discuss about special needs kids.
The pup is GREAT and slept most of the way home on Sunday, he is very smart and has take to the family as if he has always been here, Jemma , our other dog has welcomed him and will tolerate his puppy antics until a point ( fair enough) then tells him to be on his way and he takes note and goes to find something else to pester....Like a tree or the swing usually something bigger than him. We have called him Lawson, after Henry Lawson, his full title is something like Cutlers Lawson Silhouette or such.
Now to continue I have been busy, we went to Portland in Saturday because the PUPPY was ready to come home!!!!* cheers, applause and standing ovation* And we stayed at a FANTASTIC place called Trewalla Springs Farm which is just out towards Cape Bridgewater. The farms house is circa 1850;s and the owners live there we stayed in the school house which still has the black boards and is just great. They have ostriches ( Zambia is a bit agro but fun to watch) emus, Clydesdayles, shetlands, ducks, geese, dogs, deer and the children can feed them all (except Zambia who's agro) they even hitch up the shetland to a jinker and take the kids for rides..Its grand and as far as costs go very very reasonable...So if you've children and are headed that way visit Marilyn and Neill...Oh and Marilyn just happens top be a intergration aide a the local school so we had lots to discuss about special needs kids.
The pup is GREAT and slept most of the way home on Sunday, he is very smart and has take to the family as if he has always been here, Jemma , our other dog has welcomed him and will tolerate his puppy antics until a point ( fair enough) then tells him to be on his way and he takes note and goes to find something else to pester....Like a tree or the swing usually something bigger than him. We have called him Lawson, after Henry Lawson, his full title is something like Cutlers Lawson Silhouette or such.
Profile of Cutlers Lawson
LIKES: eating, running at glass doors, eating children shoes
DISLIKES: nothing yet has no fear instinct yet
TURN ONS: food, food, my squeaky dumb bell
TURN OFFS: the big dog who lives here who won't play all the time, that they don't have Puppy Pal bites on supply 24/7 here
My wish for the world:what"s a world??
LIKES: eating, running at glass doors, eating children shoes
DISLIKES: nothing yet has no fear instinct yet
TURN ONS: food, food, my squeaky dumb bell
TURN OFFS: the big dog who lives here who won't play all the time, that they don't have Puppy Pal bites on supply 24/7 here
My wish for the world:what"s a world??
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
What I have done (or have'nt)
Now I love meme's but no one else (about town) really seems to and I am on my word not to tag SOME people EVER again, so if you wanna, join feel free( yeah, like any one about here will ) Thanks to Brian again for sharing
I . . .
(x) smoked a cigarette
( ) crashed a friend's car
(x) Got drunk with a good friend
( ) stolen a car
(x) been in love
(x) been dumped
( ) shoplifted
(x) been fired
(x) been in a fist fight
(x) snuck out of your parent's house
( ) been arrested (may be/ maybe not)
( ) gone on a blind date
(x) skipped school
(x) seen someone die
( ) been to Canada
( ) been to Mexico
(x) been on a plane
( ) purposely set a part of yourself on fire
( ) eaten Sushi
(x) been skiing.. snowboarding
(x) been moshing at a concert
(x) taken painkillers
(x) love someone or miss someone right now
(x) lain on your back and watched cloud shapes go by
(x) made a snow angel
(x) flown a kite
(x) built a sand castle
(x) gone puddle jumping
(x) played dress up
(x) jumped into a pile of leaves
(x) gone sledding
(x) cheated while playing a game
(x) been lonely
(x) fallen asleep at work/school
( ) used a fake id(maybe/maybe not)
(X) watched the sun set
(x ) felt an earthquake/tremor
(x) touched a snake
(X ) slept beneath the stars
(x) been tickled
(x ) been robbed
(x) been misunderstood
(x) pet a reindeer/goat
(x) won a contest
(x) run a red light
(x ) been suspended from school
(x) been in a car crash
(x ) had braces
(x) eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night
(x) had deja vu
(x) danced in the moonlight
(x) liked the way you look
(x) witnessed a crime
(X) questioned your heart
( ) been obsessed with post-it notes
(X) squished barefoot through the mud
(X) been lost
( ) been to the opposite side of the country
(x ) swum in the ocean
(X) felt like dying
(X) cried yourself to sleep
(X) played cops and robbers
(x) recently colored with crayons
(X) sung karaoke
(x ) paid for a meal with only coins
(X) done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(x ) made prank phone calls
(X) laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(X) caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) danced in the rain
(x) written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) been kissed under a mistletoe
(x ) watched the sun rise with someone you care about
(x) blown bubbles
(x ) made a bonfire on the beach
(x) crashed a party
(x) gone roller-skating
(x) had a wish come true
( ) worn pearls
( ) jumped off a bridge
( ) ate dog/cat food
(x ) told a complete stranger you loved them
( ) kissed a mirror
(X) sung in the shower
( ) had a dream that you married someone
(x ) glued your hand to something
( ) got your tongue stuck to a flag pole
( ) kissed a fish
(x) sat on a roof top
(x) screamed at the top of your lungs
( ) done a one-handed cartwheel
() talked on the phone for more than 6 hours
(x) stayed up all night
( ) didn't take a shower for a week
(x) pick and ate an apple right off the tree
(x) climbed a tree
(x ) had a tree house
(x) are scared to watch scary movies alone (or at all)
(x) believe in ghosts
( ) have more then 30 pairs of shoes
( ) worn a really ugly outfit to school just to see what others say
( ) gone streaking
(x ) gone doorbell ditching
( ) played chicken
(x ) jumped into a pool/hot tub/lake with all your clothes on
(x) been told you're hot by a complete stranger
(x) broken a bone
(x) been easily amused
() caught a fish then ate it (but I cooked it before eating it)
(x) caught a butterfly
(x) laughed so hard you cried
(x) cried so hard you laughed
(x) cheated on a test
( ) have a Britney Spears CD -
(x) forgotten someone's name
( ) French braided someone's hair
(x ) gone skinny dipping in a pool
() been threatened to be kicked out of your house
( ) been kicked out your house
() have had a fantasy over someone you love as a good friend
(x ) sun tanned naked(topless actually )
( ) ran naked in the rain
Well that's more about me, happy reading and don't forget to wash the windows!!
I . . .
(x) smoked a cigarette
( ) crashed a friend's car
(x) Got drunk with a good friend
( ) stolen a car
(x) been in love
(x) been dumped
( ) shoplifted
(x) been fired
(x) been in a fist fight
(x) snuck out of your parent's house
( ) been arrested (may be/ maybe not)
( ) gone on a blind date
(x) skipped school
(x) seen someone die
( ) been to Canada
( ) been to Mexico
(x) been on a plane
( ) purposely set a part of yourself on fire
( ) eaten Sushi
(x) been skiing.. snowboarding
(x) been moshing at a concert
(x) taken painkillers
(x) love someone or miss someone right now
(x) lain on your back and watched cloud shapes go by
(x) made a snow angel
(x) flown a kite
(x) built a sand castle
(x) gone puddle jumping
(x) played dress up
(x) jumped into a pile of leaves
(x) gone sledding
(x) cheated while playing a game
(x) been lonely
(x) fallen asleep at work/school
( ) used a fake id(maybe/maybe not)
(X) watched the sun set
(x ) felt an earthquake/tremor
(x) touched a snake
(X ) slept beneath the stars
(x) been tickled
(x ) been robbed
(x) been misunderstood
(x) pet a reindeer/goat
(x) won a contest
(x) run a red light
(x ) been suspended from school
(x) been in a car crash
(x ) had braces
(x) eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night
(x) had deja vu
(x) danced in the moonlight
(x) liked the way you look
(x) witnessed a crime
(X) questioned your heart
( ) been obsessed with post-it notes
(X) squished barefoot through the mud
(X) been lost
( ) been to the opposite side of the country
(x ) swum in the ocean
(X) felt like dying
(X) cried yourself to sleep
(X) played cops and robbers
(x) recently colored with crayons
(X) sung karaoke
(x ) paid for a meal with only coins
(X) done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(x ) made prank phone calls
(X) laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(X) caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) danced in the rain
(x) written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) been kissed under a mistletoe
(x ) watched the sun rise with someone you care about
(x) blown bubbles
(x ) made a bonfire on the beach
(x) crashed a party
(x) gone roller-skating
(x) had a wish come true
( ) worn pearls
( ) jumped off a bridge
( ) ate dog/cat food
(x ) told a complete stranger you loved them
( ) kissed a mirror
(X) sung in the shower
( ) had a dream that you married someone
(x ) glued your hand to something
( ) got your tongue stuck to a flag pole
( ) kissed a fish
(x) sat on a roof top
(x) screamed at the top of your lungs
( ) done a one-handed cartwheel
() talked on the phone for more than 6 hours
(x) stayed up all night
( ) didn't take a shower for a week
(x) pick and ate an apple right off the tree
(x) climbed a tree
(x ) had a tree house
(x) are scared to watch scary movies alone (or at all)
(x) believe in ghosts
( ) have more then 30 pairs of shoes
( ) worn a really ugly outfit to school just to see what others say
( ) gone streaking
(x ) gone doorbell ditching
( ) played chicken
(x ) jumped into a pool/hot tub/lake with all your clothes on
(x) been told you're hot by a complete stranger
(x) broken a bone
(x) been easily amused
() caught a fish then ate it (but I cooked it before eating it)
(x) caught a butterfly
(x) laughed so hard you cried
(x) cried so hard you laughed
(x) cheated on a test
( ) have a Britney Spears CD -
(x) forgotten someone's name
( ) French braided someone's hair
(x ) gone skinny dipping in a pool
() been threatened to be kicked out of your house
( ) been kicked out your house
() have had a fantasy over someone you love as a good friend
(x ) sun tanned naked(topless actually )
( ) ran naked in the rain
Well that's more about me, happy reading and don't forget to wash the windows!!
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Puppies...............................................
Puppies..........this is Pup, he has no name yet. Ain't he cute. He's only three weeks old here. woof woof woof
Equal representation = true representation
Local elections are all over bar the shouting, we voted, we decided, we overcame. After years of an inequitable situation where the "representation" of women in the community was left up to the nuances of MEN...We now have not ONE but TWO female representatives on Council. Well done to Ann Potter (Jackson Ward) and Moya White (Aitken Ward)!!!
The concept of real independent, representation stems not from the ideal of non alignment with party polices or guidelines but from the representative taking an advocating role for groups and individuals as well as a spokesperson and representative role for the community who elected them. This is not to say that every little upset and dispute can be solved by the Councillor, but that people have a sounding board who can often explain processes and assist in minimising later problems in the matter. Many people do not realise that Crs have NO control over Council employees. Having female representative allows for accessiblity to a wider part of the community who may not have spoken out before or felt they had true representation.
Councillors who attempt to push their own issues in the guise of the communities issues have a mistaken understanding of their role as a REPRESENTATIVE. The use of a public office, be it local, State or Federal, for the grandstanding and pushing of ones personal agenda is an abuse of the faith placed in a person by the electorate.
I , for one, am glad we now have more women on Council..I'd like to see more but I think it is an unenviable position to take on the role as advocate and spokesperson for so many people with diverse opinions. But I am grateful to those who do, they represent the mother, the female form, and often the voice of reason, they offer another view, another opinion that is not dominated by a tetstorone generated pissing contest.
** With apologies to all my male readers.
The concept of real independent, representation stems not from the ideal of non alignment with party polices or guidelines but from the representative taking an advocating role for groups and individuals as well as a spokesperson and representative role for the community who elected them. This is not to say that every little upset and dispute can be solved by the Councillor, but that people have a sounding board who can often explain processes and assist in minimising later problems in the matter. Many people do not realise that Crs have NO control over Council employees. Having female representative allows for accessiblity to a wider part of the community who may not have spoken out before or felt they had true representation.
Councillors who attempt to push their own issues in the guise of the communities issues have a mistaken understanding of their role as a REPRESENTATIVE. The use of a public office, be it local, State or Federal, for the grandstanding and pushing of ones personal agenda is an abuse of the faith placed in a person by the electorate.
I , for one, am glad we now have more women on Council..I'd like to see more but I think it is an unenviable position to take on the role as advocate and spokesperson for so many people with diverse opinions. But I am grateful to those who do, they represent the mother, the female form, and often the voice of reason, they offer another view, another opinion that is not dominated by a tetstorone generated pissing contest.
** With apologies to all my male readers.
Friday, November 25, 2005
I played with Lego...........
I spent yesterday morning on "fruit duty" that's "Claytons fruit duty" , the fruit duty you do when there is no fruit...But I digress. I was on duty at Mr5's kinder which means Mr 3 gets to be a big boy and attend also. I love fruit duty...This is shitting me... Let's call it kinder duty OK?? Like I said, I love kinder duty as it gives me an opportunity to watch Mr 5 in an environment outside of his control ( the kids are not additional needs and all speak well , apart for the two other additional needs kids there) to watch him communicate his needs and ideas to other and how they react and reciprocate (or not).
There is a new Lego set called "Action Man" which has propellers, wingsets, wheels and cockpits for construction of flying machines and space ship which George Lucas will never ,ever think of. Do you think I can find this set of Lego any where...Of course not!!!! It was amazing, the Lego set has been available for play during free time for weeks and all the kids gravitate to it, good thing they have quite a few sets or there'd be trouble. The concepts that these minds come up with and what they put on the "ships' is just beyond comprehension...Their minds are like blank paper and along comes an instrument of creation like a pen and a masterpiece is created. It was wondrous to watch and when asked to build something I could come no where near to the masterpieces these kids created.
I watched and helped some girls cut and paste some balls for a juggling clown, listened to them chatter and chatted with them...One is going to Italy on a cruise for a holiday at Christmas, she tells me...I was later told by the teacher this is a fib and she is only saying it because her friend did go on a cruise to Italy. One upmanship and competiveness starts at 4 it seems.
I was involved in a conspiracy to hide one of the teachers shoes, I built a landing pad with wooden blocks for a the spaceships, I painted funny pictures whilst they ate their snacks, I played with play dough, made cakes and pizzas and "ate" them, I coloured, read ,painted and kicked, climbed the fort (one child would not leave it when it was time to go back into the classroom) I had a ball...dunno about the kids but I had fun.
There is a new Lego set called "Action Man" which has propellers, wingsets, wheels and cockpits for construction of flying machines and space ship which George Lucas will never ,ever think of. Do you think I can find this set of Lego any where...Of course not!!!! It was amazing, the Lego set has been available for play during free time for weeks and all the kids gravitate to it, good thing they have quite a few sets or there'd be trouble. The concepts that these minds come up with and what they put on the "ships' is just beyond comprehension...Their minds are like blank paper and along comes an instrument of creation like a pen and a masterpiece is created. It was wondrous to watch and when asked to build something I could come no where near to the masterpieces these kids created.
I watched and helped some girls cut and paste some balls for a juggling clown, listened to them chatter and chatted with them...One is going to Italy on a cruise for a holiday at Christmas, she tells me...I was later told by the teacher this is a fib and she is only saying it because her friend did go on a cruise to Italy. One upmanship and competiveness starts at 4 it seems.
I was involved in a conspiracy to hide one of the teachers shoes, I built a landing pad with wooden blocks for a the spaceships, I painted funny pictures whilst they ate their snacks, I played with play dough, made cakes and pizzas and "ate" them, I coloured, read ,painted and kicked, climbed the fort (one child would not leave it when it was time to go back into the classroom) I had a ball...dunno about the kids but I had fun.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Driving in America
And this is just as scary,who Do you give way to???? maybe I am never meant to drive OS. AND maybe our driving is just as scary to OS visitors as us
Monday, November 21, 2005
Nearly the years end....
Sadly, it is almost the years end and time will definitely fly for the remainder of the year. I still have to wait and see if Mr 5 has gained any funding at school, although given that he has had an one hour orientation session he, the teacher/s seem very aware of his limitations and asked about pencil grips (something they picked up on without my mentioning it) and if he signs at all for words he cannot pronounce. We did not encourage sign (Auslan or other) as it would allow him an "out" for trying to say the word...Whilst he understands some signs, he has never been encouraged to sign instead of speak.
I still have to source a speech pathologist(S/P) for him as he cannot access his s/p at EIP after he starts school and she is leaving to have a baby this week anyway. I want a private one anyway so they can attend meetings with the school and teachers and such...But many do not know what their client base is until December so he is on umpteen waiting lists. Some do not even call you back , even after 4 messages!!! And others you get references for from the Victorian Independant Speech pathologists Network and some of them are associated or work through bigger offices so if you pick a S/P based on credentials (what else would you choose them on...LOOKS?) You get a call back from an admin person who tries to allocate you one who has to drive by your town on the way to the office instead of the one you choose based on credentials!!!!!! If I want convenience I go to 7-11, if I want a S/P I pick the most relevant and experienced.
Mr 5 was very exited about his new, "whizz bang" school bag and I am thankful to the designer who has placed a drawstring net bag attachment on the side so drink bottles which are unsealed can leak happily everywhere but INSIDE the bag. We also have a art smock with racing cars on it and a library bag with rockets on it (I was told we could not use the Thomas Tank Engine library bag he has for kinder as" big boys at school don't do Thomas") we have shorts and polos for summer, his sisters old sports shorts will fit him and her tracksuit pants. I am leaving winter pants till later in term 2 as I am sure he has some growing to do. Shoes we will get in January as well as new ones for Miss 8, new runners for her and Mr 5 has a brand new pair of Nikes which a friend bought for her son but are the wrong size and for yet fit Mr 5 perfectly.
some people have Christmas decorations going up already, I think it is the influence of the shops who had lights and decos on sale as early as three weeks ago. I am dreading getting the lights out at they were put up in a rush last year and put away in almost as much haste. They seem to be a tangled puzzle which I know I have to tackle some time but keep finding other things to do , like cleaning the toilet, washing windows, digging garden beds...You get the picture.
I still have to source a speech pathologist(S/P) for him as he cannot access his s/p at EIP after he starts school and she is leaving to have a baby this week anyway. I want a private one anyway so they can attend meetings with the school and teachers and such...But many do not know what their client base is until December so he is on umpteen waiting lists. Some do not even call you back , even after 4 messages!!! And others you get references for from the Victorian Independant Speech pathologists Network and some of them are associated or work through bigger offices so if you pick a S/P based on credentials (what else would you choose them on...LOOKS?) You get a call back from an admin person who tries to allocate you one who has to drive by your town on the way to the office instead of the one you choose based on credentials!!!!!! If I want convenience I go to 7-11, if I want a S/P I pick the most relevant and experienced.
Mr 5 was very exited about his new, "whizz bang" school bag and I am thankful to the designer who has placed a drawstring net bag attachment on the side so drink bottles which are unsealed can leak happily everywhere but INSIDE the bag. We also have a art smock with racing cars on it and a library bag with rockets on it (I was told we could not use the Thomas Tank Engine library bag he has for kinder as" big boys at school don't do Thomas") we have shorts and polos for summer, his sisters old sports shorts will fit him and her tracksuit pants. I am leaving winter pants till later in term 2 as I am sure he has some growing to do. Shoes we will get in January as well as new ones for Miss 8, new runners for her and Mr 5 has a brand new pair of Nikes which a friend bought for her son but are the wrong size and for yet fit Mr 5 perfectly.
some people have Christmas decorations going up already, I think it is the influence of the shops who had lights and decos on sale as early as three weeks ago. I am dreading getting the lights out at they were put up in a rush last year and put away in almost as much haste. They seem to be a tangled puzzle which I know I have to tackle some time but keep finding other things to do , like cleaning the toilet, washing windows, digging garden beds...You get the picture.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Truth, fact and undeniabilty
I have been listenng and watching(listening in the car , watching the DVD) a concert by Melissa Etheridge. It was to launch her album "LUCKY" which is goodness knows how old. On it is a brillant song which is track 9 on the album and I think is called "Up and Down this Road I go" its about a guy who was on Flight 93 on Sept 11,2001. About how "he loved his mom, her loved his dad,he loved his home and he loved his man", its about "who you love is'nt who you are" , She sings of the fact that "you cannot change this , you cannot erase this , you cannot pretend this is not a truth" its about no matter who you are, or what label people put on you that we are all equal when it comes down to it.
I have always been a person who has accepted people on face value not creed, race, religion, sexual preference or any other aspects on which bias and hatred is fueled. This story goes a long way to proving that diversity is the key to our society, that it matters not what the diffference is (percieved or otherwise) it is acceptance which is the key. You don't need to understand it all, just accept that we are not all the same and regardless of that, we all have something to offer the world and sometimes it might just be sacrficing our life for others.
And for the record ,I have always liked Melissa Etheridges music, even before she "came out" and I have even more respect for her as a survivor of breast cancer.
I have always been a person who has accepted people on face value not creed, race, religion, sexual preference or any other aspects on which bias and hatred is fueled. This story goes a long way to proving that diversity is the key to our society, that it matters not what the diffference is (percieved or otherwise) it is acceptance which is the key. You don't need to understand it all, just accept that we are not all the same and regardless of that, we all have something to offer the world and sometimes it might just be sacrficing our life for others.
And for the record ,I have always liked Melissa Etheridges music, even before she "came out" and I have even more respect for her as a survivor of breast cancer.
Two plus two
I got tagged..nah,nah,nah,nah by Brian who knows I love memes, so hold on to your seats, awaaaaay we go:
Two Names You Go By --
1. Soso
2. Mummy
Two Parts of Your Heritage --
1. Irish
2. English
Two Things That Scare You --
1. Needles
2. Being out of control
Two of Your Everyday Essentials --
1. Fruit
2. Gym
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now --
1. Jeans
2. husbands t shirt
Two of Your Favorite Bands or Musical Artists (at the moment) --
1. Melissa Etheridge
2. Jet
Two Things You Want in a Relationship (other than Real Love) --
1. togetherness in majority of things
2. to be in charge
Two Truths --
1. I am very venegeful and hold a grudge for a LOOOOOOONG time
2. I need to have more faith in my parenting abilities
Two Physical Things that Appeal to You --
1. Physique
2. hands
Two of Your Favorite Hobbies --
1. writing
2. reading
Two Things You Want Really Badly --
1. To just be able to do what we want to the house NOW
2. Another car for fun
Two Places You Want to go on Vacation --
1. Tasmania
2. Ireland
Two Things You Want to Do Before You Die --
1. Commence another career and excel in that field doing something for the community
2. Write my thesis on what I want not what some one else thinks I should
Two Ways that you are stereotypically a Guy --(do I change this or not?, let's leave it more fun that way)
1. I can fix most things on a car, change tyres etc
2. I don't wear dresses
Two Things You Normally Wouldn't Admit --
1. I used to like the Bay City Rollers and wore "roller strollers"
2. I am a sneak chocoholic (I hide it from the kids)
Two Things You Are Thinking About Now --
1. the boys are quiet, what are they up to, do I look now or later?
2. who will I tag with this?
Two Stores You Shop At --
1. Colarado
2. Rivers
Two people I haven't talked to in a while --
1. my da
2. my kids godmother and my cousin,Simone
Two bloggers who may now dislike you for passing this on to them --
1. Jamie (cause he has new glasses and can see stuff now)
2. Not the 6'o clock news ( cause they hate this and I promised not to do it again hahahha)
Th-th-th-th-that's all folks, don't forget to put the toilet seat down!!!!
Two Names You Go By --
1. Soso
2. Mummy
Two Parts of Your Heritage --
1. Irish
2. English
Two Things That Scare You --
1. Needles
2. Being out of control
Two of Your Everyday Essentials --
1. Fruit
2. Gym
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now --
1. Jeans
2. husbands t shirt
Two of Your Favorite Bands or Musical Artists (at the moment) --
1. Melissa Etheridge
2. Jet
Two Things You Want in a Relationship (other than Real Love) --
1. togetherness in majority of things
2. to be in charge
Two Truths --
1. I am very venegeful and hold a grudge for a LOOOOOOONG time
2. I need to have more faith in my parenting abilities
Two Physical Things that Appeal to You --
1. Physique
2. hands
Two of Your Favorite Hobbies --
1. writing
2. reading
Two Things You Want Really Badly --
1. To just be able to do what we want to the house NOW
2. Another car for fun
Two Places You Want to go on Vacation --
1. Tasmania
2. Ireland
Two Things You Want to Do Before You Die --
1. Commence another career and excel in that field doing something for the community
2. Write my thesis on what I want not what some one else thinks I should
Two Ways that you are stereotypically a Guy --(do I change this or not?, let's leave it more fun that way)
1. I can fix most things on a car, change tyres etc
2. I don't wear dresses
Two Things You Normally Wouldn't Admit --
1. I used to like the Bay City Rollers and wore "roller strollers"
2. I am a sneak chocoholic (I hide it from the kids)
Two Things You Are Thinking About Now --
1. the boys are quiet, what are they up to, do I look now or later?
2. who will I tag with this?
Two Stores You Shop At --
1. Colarado
2. Rivers
Two people I haven't talked to in a while --
1. my da
2. my kids godmother and my cousin,Simone
Two bloggers who may now dislike you for passing this on to them --
1. Jamie (cause he has new glasses and can see stuff now)
2. Not the 6'o clock news ( cause they hate this and I promised not to do it again hahahha)
Th-th-th-th-that's all folks, don't forget to put the toilet seat down!!!!
Sunday, November 13, 2005
You have to laugh............
Had a peek at SOL
Seems that very few people are talking on there of late, I mean views that women should be home with their kids, and they would not have time to run for Council as a mother...Well maybe others are better organised than some and can. If we all held to that belief, the rights our mothers fought for would be wasted. Other comments of the ilk that because you don't come on line to answer to questions you are denying the community access...So are the running mates and preferences of the commentator. Then a topic about ALP branch stacking, today's AGE newspaper reports the same in Govt. Looks like its a political pandemic!!!!!!!
Then there's the old furphy about paedophiles, well, its not the ones you know about you have to worry about it's the one you don't. I can hardly see the realistic application of the proposed "paedophile free zone" what before you can buy a house you need to agree to a police check?? Before you can move to the area and rent whilst building?? Untenable, and unachievable. Amoral and illegal. If people look out for their kids and take responsibility and teach them to
be aware, the risks are limited. Research shows that paedophiles work for months to gain trust of a victim, if the kids are aware they learn to be knowledgeable but not afraid of their own shadow.
And then there's the other stuff but I am tired now and if you wish to read it all, use the link on the side of the page and have a giggle
Don't forget to change you shirt, you might be on TV today!!!
Seems that very few people are talking on there of late, I mean views that women should be home with their kids, and they would not have time to run for Council as a mother...Well maybe others are better organised than some and can. If we all held to that belief, the rights our mothers fought for would be wasted. Other comments of the ilk that because you don't come on line to answer to questions you are denying the community access...So are the running mates and preferences of the commentator. Then a topic about ALP branch stacking, today's AGE newspaper reports the same in Govt. Looks like its a political pandemic!!!!!!!
Then there's the old furphy about paedophiles, well, its not the ones you know about you have to worry about it's the one you don't. I can hardly see the realistic application of the proposed "paedophile free zone" what before you can buy a house you need to agree to a police check?? Before you can move to the area and rent whilst building?? Untenable, and unachievable. Amoral and illegal. If people look out for their kids and take responsibility and teach them to
be aware, the risks are limited. Research shows that paedophiles work for months to gain trust of a victim, if the kids are aware they learn to be knowledgeable but not afraid of their own shadow.
And then there's the other stuff but I am tired now and if you wish to read it all, use the link on the side of the page and have a giggle
Don't forget to change you shirt, you might be on TV today!!!
Ain't technology great........
Any one tried an iPod lately? Yes I know most people are either Apple or PC, Mac or IBM but I got one for 2IC few months ago and it is the best, download of the net OOOOPS I mean from your own music library OOOOPS thats not right either is it. .... well you download LEGALLY. And just keep loading and loading. Charge it up via the USB port on the PC whilst loading, sound quality is good, its versitile and compact and at about $150 about as much as we used to pay for a decent discman or walkman. Consider it for a pressie for someone special as I have really come to appreciate how cool they are as 2IC has his on all the time too and from work.
In so far as stereo, TV, DVD/video comglomerations go, who thought of them....an airline pilot??, NASA astronaut???, the guy who invented Rubiks cube??? Three remotes for three components, what happened to life being easier?? I hate the AV1/AV2/ Component/and whatever bloody well else is there; to try and go from DVD to video, it shits me. Sorry peoples, Mr 5 has been on a rampage with switching from DVD to video for the ONE hour I have allowed him to watch a movie or such, so he has managed to watch about 5 minutes of each of the following:
Shark Tales, Thunderbirds, Star Wars, Thomas the tank Engine, Rescue Heroes and Robots.
Bye and don't forget to claen the shower!!!!!!!!!
In so far as stereo, TV, DVD/video comglomerations go, who thought of them....an airline pilot??, NASA astronaut???, the guy who invented Rubiks cube??? Three remotes for three components, what happened to life being easier?? I hate the AV1/AV2/ Component/and whatever bloody well else is there; to try and go from DVD to video, it shits me. Sorry peoples, Mr 5 has been on a rampage with switching from DVD to video for the ONE hour I have allowed him to watch a movie or such, so he has managed to watch about 5 minutes of each of the following:
Shark Tales, Thunderbirds, Star Wars, Thomas the tank Engine, Rescue Heroes and Robots.
Bye and don't forget to claen the shower!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Not life as some know it, Captain
This is cute, courtesy of Guruann
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Friday, November 11, 2005
Wise Words
From the wisdom of Mr Brian all I can post is the following:
People can be ignorant and not be prejudiced, but one cannot be prejudiced without being ignorant.
So perceptive, , so right
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Dicko
Tufts of cloud, free
Amidst a blue, blue sky
That's what I'll think of
As I say
Goodbye.
The quintessential larrikin
Australian through and through
Jesus, Mary and Joseph...
Dicko
I'm going to miss you.
A husband to my cousin dear,
A sister I could not hold nearer,
Best every father to four fantastic boys
Now men; tall,strong and proud,
Four blond heads bobbing in the pool
With a Dad who always made time.
Teaching them things about trucks and cars,
Playing "frogger", sending canetoads to the stars
Chants of "Lilliee" still rent the air,
As amongst the clouds I search
And hope that you have found
the rest and freedom
you deserve.
But clouds make no sound.
Love you, Dicko...See ya
IN memory of my cousin, Richard, who died last 1st November, 2005 and will be cremated today.
Monday, November 07, 2005
What are the police for???
It appears there is a conflict in statements as to what happened to a well known commentator whilst at a beachside resort. If what is claimed to have happened, by either party, happened....go to the police. All that is happening now is a media circus, with all the damage being borne by the resort and prospective tourist revenue losses. Why was there the need to go to the media instead of the police?? Why are losses such a a $1200 earring being touted about? Threats of legal action against the parents of the alleged instigators...Any solicitor, not in it for a buck ,will tell anyone that is a waste of time without police charges being laid. If the concern is for the material losses (earring, prescription glasses) many such items are covered by the household insurance and I really think that if the incident occurred with Joe Bloggs involved it would not have made the impact it has. As it stands, neither party has seen fit to go to the police...The locals perhaps because they feel it was nothing, the other party because...Who knows. As an ex policeman, you'd think it'd be the first thing done...Reporting the incident. But time will tell, I guess or big bucks for a good mouthpiece in court.
Friday, November 04, 2005
Born Before 1986????????
Snooping about the Blogespere I found this little gem, thanks to xloso for sharing and Carl whoever you are..a trip down memory lane for many
According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 60's, 70's and early 80's probably shouldn't have survived, because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with pans.
When we rode our bikes we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and fluorescent 'spokey dokey's on our wheels. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat selts or airbags - riding in the passenger seat was a treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the same. We ate chips, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy juice with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.
We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no-one actually died from this.We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded. We did not have Playstations or X-Boxes, no video games at all. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no DVDs, no Internet chat rooms. We had friends - we went outside and found them.
We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no law suits. We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents. We played knock-knock-runaway and were actually afraid of the owners catching us.We walked to friends' homes. We also walked to school; we didn't rely on mummy or daddy to drive us to school, which was just round the corner. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls. We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood.
According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 60's, 70's and early 80's probably shouldn't have survived, because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with pans.
When we rode our bikes we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and fluorescent 'spokey dokey's on our wheels. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat selts or airbags - riding in the passenger seat was a treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the same. We ate chips, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy juice with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.
We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no-one actually died from this.We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded. We did not have Playstations or X-Boxes, no video games at all. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no DVDs, no Internet chat rooms. We had friends - we went outside and found them.
We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no law suits. We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents. We played knock-knock-runaway and were actually afraid of the owners catching us.We walked to friends' homes. We also walked to school; we didn't rely on mummy or daddy to drive us to school, which was just round the corner. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls. We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood.
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
I'm BAAAAAACK.........................
Well I think I am out of my frump but then again is is probably PMD or just with Cup Day holiday and curriculum day Monday, my little sense of control over my little world and all that live in it was out and so was I ....Make sense??? No? Tough!
I am watching with interest the outcomes of preferences for the local election, some people have been dudded it seems, others 150 word info blurbs actually support other candidates who do not reciprocate in theirs. Interestingly, a vision of rats jumping a sinking ship comes to mind.
I won two prizes in a Stay At Home (SAH) raffle on Friday night, those who are unfamiliar with this type of fundraising read on , every one else...Well, skip on or buzz off. A SAH raffle is run the same as a regular raffle but you put you phone number on the ticket with your name. From a certain time on the designated night they commence drawing the tickets ( and drinking ,I hear tell) prizes are lined up or in another draw and you answer your phone and get told what you have won. You have to be home and answer the phone to win and drawing continues until all prizes are won. I won a SLAB............(hahaha made you look ) of soft drink (24 cans) and a flower pot. And I only bought 5 tickets. Too Good.
Miss 8 has almost finished Harry Potter And the Philosophers Stone (HP1) however ,by the time school is over today she will have finished it as I noted she left her hat at home which will designate her to the shaded area at lunch today where I know she will read. They say from the mouths of babes come gems.... I was told today that HP is the best book she has ever read (this is saying something as she reads Enid Blyton, Lauren Child, Gretal Killeen, Megan McDonald, Ronald Dahl et.al) because" you feel like you are really there". She showed little interest in reading it before now and has finished it in four days. Onwards to HP2???
Mr 5 asked for a "friend" to came over after kinder today...Given that the mother is one of the 22 whom I have rubbed the wrong way...I was apprehensive and then came the lifesaver in that the child says "yeah, I want to come because he has Buzz and Buzz's rocketship and Lego like at kinder" Not because he is the friend my son thinks he is, but because of what he has. So there was a NO to that little escapade. I have had enough "friends" over to play with him who only play with his toys or worse still if there is more than one child over, they exclude him. He was happy enough to come home and play in the sand pit with his brother and the new "tagtors" (tractors) Mr 3 got for his birthday.
Tomorrow is Oaks Day at the Spring Racing Carnival otherwise known as Ladies Day....For a laugh you could park by the main stations to many suburbs in Melbourne and outer Melb for that fact and watch the inebriated toddle home in $500 dresses with heels they'll never wear again. And yes, I could have got marqee tickets but no one asked.
Bye and don't forget to hose out the milking shed.
I am watching with interest the outcomes of preferences for the local election, some people have been dudded it seems, others 150 word info blurbs actually support other candidates who do not reciprocate in theirs. Interestingly, a vision of rats jumping a sinking ship comes to mind.
I won two prizes in a Stay At Home (SAH) raffle on Friday night, those who are unfamiliar with this type of fundraising read on , every one else...Well, skip on or buzz off. A SAH raffle is run the same as a regular raffle but you put you phone number on the ticket with your name. From a certain time on the designated night they commence drawing the tickets ( and drinking ,I hear tell) prizes are lined up or in another draw and you answer your phone and get told what you have won. You have to be home and answer the phone to win and drawing continues until all prizes are won. I won a SLAB............(hahaha made you look ) of soft drink (24 cans) and a flower pot. And I only bought 5 tickets. Too Good.
Miss 8 has almost finished Harry Potter And the Philosophers Stone (HP1) however ,by the time school is over today she will have finished it as I noted she left her hat at home which will designate her to the shaded area at lunch today where I know she will read. They say from the mouths of babes come gems.... I was told today that HP is the best book she has ever read (this is saying something as she reads Enid Blyton, Lauren Child, Gretal Killeen, Megan McDonald, Ronald Dahl et.al) because" you feel like you are really there". She showed little interest in reading it before now and has finished it in four days. Onwards to HP2???
Mr 5 asked for a "friend" to came over after kinder today...Given that the mother is one of the 22 whom I have rubbed the wrong way...I was apprehensive and then came the lifesaver in that the child says "yeah, I want to come because he has Buzz and Buzz's rocketship and Lego like at kinder" Not because he is the friend my son thinks he is, but because of what he has. So there was a NO to that little escapade. I have had enough "friends" over to play with him who only play with his toys or worse still if there is more than one child over, they exclude him. He was happy enough to come home and play in the sand pit with his brother and the new "tagtors" (tractors) Mr 3 got for his birthday.
Tomorrow is Oaks Day at the Spring Racing Carnival otherwise known as Ladies Day....For a laugh you could park by the main stations to many suburbs in Melbourne and outer Melb for that fact and watch the inebriated toddle home in $500 dresses with heels they'll never wear again. And yes, I could have got marqee tickets but no one asked.
Bye and don't forget to hose out the milking shed.
Monday, October 31, 2005
Some things you might like to know.....OR Not
Quick entry today busy busy.........Mr 3 had his official party yesterday with cake and presents and balloons and friends.
And thank you to my BIL (brother in law) for breaking the back of one of the stools the kids use at the breakfast bar....Took 6 trips to IKEA to find the bastard chairs and the kids have been banging about on them for 6 months without breaking them and you do it in a minute...Stupid tosser asshole. And people really need to know that it is a kids party and that staying until 10pm is a bit too much.
And whilst I am at it...NO ,I DO NOT HAVE A TIP FOR THE MELBOURNE CUP....Despite my Da having racehorses, and a well known trainer being his trainer and a well known equine specialist vet being a co owner...I have no tips. I detest horseracing. Geez I am in a frump today better go before I really let off some steam. Don't forget to bring the washing in if it rains...........
And thank you to my BIL (brother in law) for breaking the back of one of the stools the kids use at the breakfast bar....Took 6 trips to IKEA to find the bastard chairs and the kids have been banging about on them for 6 months without breaking them and you do it in a minute...Stupid tosser asshole. And people really need to know that it is a kids party and that staying until 10pm is a bit too much.
And whilst I am at it...NO ,I DO NOT HAVE A TIP FOR THE MELBOURNE CUP....Despite my Da having racehorses, and a well known trainer being his trainer and a well known equine specialist vet being a co owner...I have no tips. I detest horseracing. Geez I am in a frump today better go before I really let off some steam. Don't forget to bring the washing in if it rains...........
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Happy Birthday to my baby
Today is Mr Almost 3's Third Birthday....So he is now Mr 3!!! Actually not really till 1334 today but hey, birthdays are an all day affair. It is strange to have no baby in the house any more with as by the time the others were this age there was a baby about so it is a very strange feeling. No!!! I am not contemplating another.
I am not that selfless that I am able to do the night feeds, walking the floor and such with the unquestionable dedication that I hear others doing. Although I read about a book titled the "Myths of Motherhood" or such and how we all hate the sleep deprivation, the confinement ,the routine, etc and that it is really HARD WORK and psychologically and physically draining and anyone who tells you otherwise or neglects to tell you the 80% bad stuff is perpetuating the myth.
Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BABY BOY...Although he tells me he is not a baby but he will always be my baby. He was the last, he is the youngest, he is the happiest (for now) Just as Miss 8 is my baby girl because she was the first and is the only girl, Mr 5 is my baby boy because he was the first boy. They are and will always be ,my babies.
I am not that selfless that I am able to do the night feeds, walking the floor and such with the unquestionable dedication that I hear others doing. Although I read about a book titled the "Myths of Motherhood" or such and how we all hate the sleep deprivation, the confinement ,the routine, etc and that it is really HARD WORK and psychologically and physically draining and anyone who tells you otherwise or neglects to tell you the 80% bad stuff is perpetuating the myth.
Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BABY BOY...Although he tells me he is not a baby but he will always be my baby. He was the last, he is the youngest, he is the happiest (for now) Just as Miss 8 is my baby girl because she was the first and is the only girl, Mr 5 is my baby boy because he was the first boy. They are and will always be ,my babies.
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Last Man Standing has stood
You may recall my slight fixation with a locally produced TV program "LAST MAN STANDING" which sadly and unfortunately was cancelled a few weeks ago and aired its last episode last night. Any one who wants some insight into the show, read the blurb on the link above it also has some great piccies of the very spunky (I think so anyway) Rodger Corser who plays Adam.
I am sorry the show has finished as it was a good Australian production, writing and casting...Despite my nit picking about location errors. I am sorry that I will no longer have my Tuesday night perve at half naked men,gasp at the audacity of machoism and chauvinism, revel in the reality of it in relation to real life situations, and swear at the sexism ...But then so are thousands of others who are just not game enough to admit this.
Like I said before it was like Sex In the City for men, but it's women who were the majority viewers and some aren't ready to confront such realities head on yet. Goodby Adam, Cameron and Bruno you will be missed by some. And I hope Marieke Hardy writes another series soon!!!!!!!!!
I am sorry the show has finished as it was a good Australian production, writing and casting...Despite my nit picking about location errors. I am sorry that I will no longer have my Tuesday night perve at half naked men,gasp at the audacity of machoism and chauvinism, revel in the reality of it in relation to real life situations, and swear at the sexism ...But then so are thousands of others who are just not game enough to admit this.
Like I said before it was like Sex In the City for men, but it's women who were the majority viewers and some aren't ready to confront such realities head on yet. Goodby Adam, Cameron and Bruno you will be missed by some. And I hope Marieke Hardy writes another series soon!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Seven things about me
I got tagged by Jamie because I felt left out by Brian and Supamum SHOULD never be left out (are you all listening to this?, yes, good!!!) Luv you Jamie and Brian too even though he knows I love this stuff but he is SUCH a megastar and knows SOOOOO many people he cannot be expected to tag everyone!!! LOL
SO onwards and whatever......
Seven things I want to do before I die:
1. See my children grow up and achieve what they want, because its what they want .
2. Complete my book
3. Practise law (pro bono)
4. Have the garden and interior that we want without wanting the change it
5. Travel the England and Ireland and track down some more relations
6. Get over my fear of flying
7. Go to Tasmania again
Seven things I can do:
1. Write a what Iwant first time most times
2. Cook stuff from scratch
3. Swear
4. Talk A LOT
5. Swim laps whilst remembering poetry and lines from plays
6. Change a tyre, oil , trans fluid, bleed brakes and lines
7. Drive a tractor
Seven things I cannot do:
1. Watch an injection, give an injection, see an injection...You get the idea\
2. See without my glasses
3. Not be compulsive about a new author, hobby, food, shop, etc
4. Stop talking
5. Drive a truck
6. Eat seafood
7. Be comfortable at a gathering where I don't know many people
Seven things that attract me to the opposite sex:
1. Sense of humor
2. Laugh
3. Conversation
4. Eyes
5. Facial features
6. Physique
7. Shoes
Seven things that attract me tot he SAME sex: (had to think on this)
1. Sense of humor (has to be warped)
2. Conversation
3. Knowledge
4. Common interests
5. Dress sense ( practical, not going to Oaks Day every day dress sense)
6. Likes to talk ALOT
7. Openness
Seven things I say most often:
1. What a tosser!!!
2. SHIT
3. Give that to Mummy, please
4. There you go....
5. How dare they... ( usually when talking to my friend whilst she is at work and she has to see someone)
6. Sexy (refers to anything good, that I like, that is yummy whatever)
7. Come back here!!!!!
Seven celebrity crushes:
1. Richard Gere
2. Sean Connery
3. Richard Gere
4. The guy who plays Adam in "Last Man Standing"
5. George Clooney
6. Randy Jones ( cowboy from Village People, yes, when he was younger, however VP supported Cher here at her concert and he still has it)
7. Did I mention Richard Gere???
Seven tags:
OK will tag some I have never tagged but I visit their sites occasionally:
Sign Language, Enzogopher ( cause I think she'd have fun with this) Snow White, PDD etc,
and any one else who wants to I guess as not every one like these memes I know.
Bye and don't forget to put on clean undies.
SO onwards and whatever......
Seven things I want to do before I die:
1. See my children grow up and achieve what they want, because its what they want .
2. Complete my book
3. Practise law (pro bono)
4. Have the garden and interior that we want without wanting the change it
5. Travel the England and Ireland and track down some more relations
6. Get over my fear of flying
7. Go to Tasmania again
Seven things I can do:
1. Write a what Iwant first time most times
2. Cook stuff from scratch
3. Swear
4. Talk A LOT
5. Swim laps whilst remembering poetry and lines from plays
6. Change a tyre, oil , trans fluid, bleed brakes and lines
7. Drive a tractor
Seven things I cannot do:
1. Watch an injection, give an injection, see an injection...You get the idea\
2. See without my glasses
3. Not be compulsive about a new author, hobby, food, shop, etc
4. Stop talking
5. Drive a truck
6. Eat seafood
7. Be comfortable at a gathering where I don't know many people
Seven things that attract me to the opposite sex:
1. Sense of humor
2. Laugh
3. Conversation
4. Eyes
5. Facial features
6. Physique
7. Shoes
Seven things that attract me tot he SAME sex: (had to think on this)
1. Sense of humor (has to be warped)
2. Conversation
3. Knowledge
4. Common interests
5. Dress sense ( practical, not going to Oaks Day every day dress sense)
6. Likes to talk ALOT
7. Openness
Seven things I say most often:
1. What a tosser!!!
2. SHIT
3. Give that to Mummy, please
4. There you go....
5. How dare they... ( usually when talking to my friend whilst she is at work and she has to see someone)
6. Sexy (refers to anything good, that I like, that is yummy whatever)
7. Come back here!!!!!
Seven celebrity crushes:
1. Richard Gere
2. Sean Connery
3. Richard Gere
4. The guy who plays Adam in "Last Man Standing"
5. George Clooney
6. Randy Jones ( cowboy from Village People, yes, when he was younger, however VP supported Cher here at her concert and he still has it)
7. Did I mention Richard Gere???
Seven tags:
OK will tag some I have never tagged but I visit their sites occasionally:
Sign Language, Enzogopher ( cause I think she'd have fun with this) Snow White, PDD etc,
and any one else who wants to I guess as not every one like these memes I know.
Bye and don't forget to put on clean undies.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Where have I been?
No one really cared enough to ask (except one) so I'm not telling!!! See now I'm all shitty and sulky. I have been damn busy is all. Busy busy busy. Doing doin doing lots of stuff...So there PHAAAAAAAT!!!!
Mr Almost 3 is three next week so we had to go shopping for a birthday present, and found a few items to ask Father Christmas for for the others. Nice that the shops have all the Christmas stuff out NOW....TWO WHOLE MONTHS BEFORE YULETIDE!!!!!! Miss 8 has asked if Santa will still come if we are getting the puppy early...Santa told me it was ok because the puppy needs to know he has a family BEFORE Christmas comes. This is very important to Santa as he needs to know that the puppy will be happy,loved and looked after before he delivers presents.
2IC has been ill (STILL) and amidst losing his voice and coughing fits and lack of sleep, I convinced him that he needed to attend the doctor again, which ended in 3 days away from work, a blood test, chest x ray, 3rd lot of antibiotics and a dose of steroids. I say three days away from work as that's all it was as he worked from home on the laptop and mobile.
I have been gyming it big time at least two nights per week and walking whenever possible, doing the garden, planting some seeds, this and that.
Mr 5 is doing ok but getting very angry and frustrated as he is being pushed to his upper limits at the moment by kinder and EIP in order to "condition" him for school a bit. Most days he doesn't want to attend kinder, hates it and tells me all the kids are "rats" (brats)...But so am I a brat when he is angry with me.
I have been on a cooking binge trying new recipes and "fibbing" about the content to the kids ..."Yes, that is chicken...Its just cut different" "no, no , it's not stir fry..Its pasta and vegies"
Oh well got to go, got washing to fold, you know the drill, don't forget to feed the fish....................
Mr Almost 3 is three next week so we had to go shopping for a birthday present, and found a few items to ask Father Christmas for for the others. Nice that the shops have all the Christmas stuff out NOW....TWO WHOLE MONTHS BEFORE YULETIDE!!!!!! Miss 8 has asked if Santa will still come if we are getting the puppy early...Santa told me it was ok because the puppy needs to know he has a family BEFORE Christmas comes. This is very important to Santa as he needs to know that the puppy will be happy,loved and looked after before he delivers presents.
2IC has been ill (STILL) and amidst losing his voice and coughing fits and lack of sleep, I convinced him that he needed to attend the doctor again, which ended in 3 days away from work, a blood test, chest x ray, 3rd lot of antibiotics and a dose of steroids. I say three days away from work as that's all it was as he worked from home on the laptop and mobile.
I have been gyming it big time at least two nights per week and walking whenever possible, doing the garden, planting some seeds, this and that.
Mr 5 is doing ok but getting very angry and frustrated as he is being pushed to his upper limits at the moment by kinder and EIP in order to "condition" him for school a bit. Most days he doesn't want to attend kinder, hates it and tells me all the kids are "rats" (brats)...But so am I a brat when he is angry with me.
I have been on a cooking binge trying new recipes and "fibbing" about the content to the kids ..."Yes, that is chicken...Its just cut different" "no, no , it's not stir fry..Its pasta and vegies"
Oh well got to go, got washing to fold, you know the drill, don't forget to feed the fish....................
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
Pup, pup, puppies
Well, the pups have been born, there are NINE, there was 11 but two were stillborn ( it happens). Miss 8 has not stopped asking about when we get it, what to name it, will it look like Chauncy (the sire) what colour will it be, etc, etc. The pups are at Portland and our friend who is a stickler for training ,likes pups to trained from 6 weeks..I advocate this too. The after 12 week thing is a breeder issue to do with infections and such, if the dog socialises with vaccinated dogs, it cannot catch anything..It NEEDS to socialize before the rough play behavior and status levels kick in , before someone mistakes themselves as the ALPHA DOG. You see in my house, I AM THE ALPHA DOG/CAT!!!!
So hopefully we will get the pup in early December, in plenty of time for Christmas (early present). Miss 8 wants to train the dog, I told her she can help and I will train it and she can compete (Fun Day competitions) But I will be taking the dog into OBEDIENCE comps....Yes, I am re entering the realm of the obedience ring after a eight year break, last competition I was in I was 7 months pregnant with Miss 8. I have a lot to learn as the gradings have changed, the exercises have changed, event the titles for the dogs have changed.
This dog will be very important to us as our friends will choose it for us, his dog is the sire and he and his wife taught us almost all we know about dogs and obedience training. They no longer compete; as he is ill, so this in a way is a legacy to ensure that something carries on. This has never been spoken of but between friends such as us...Words are not needed. He is a man of few emotions, but of great honour whom we respect greatly. They are like surrogate grandparents to our children. And I will achieve with this dog all that he is capable of and ensure the legacy lives on in my children too.
So hopefully we will get the pup in early December, in plenty of time for Christmas (early present). Miss 8 wants to train the dog, I told her she can help and I will train it and she can compete (Fun Day competitions) But I will be taking the dog into OBEDIENCE comps....Yes, I am re entering the realm of the obedience ring after a eight year break, last competition I was in I was 7 months pregnant with Miss 8. I have a lot to learn as the gradings have changed, the exercises have changed, event the titles for the dogs have changed.
This dog will be very important to us as our friends will choose it for us, his dog is the sire and he and his wife taught us almost all we know about dogs and obedience training. They no longer compete; as he is ill, so this in a way is a legacy to ensure that something carries on. This has never been spoken of but between friends such as us...Words are not needed. He is a man of few emotions, but of great honour whom we respect greatly. They are like surrogate grandparents to our children. And I will achieve with this dog all that he is capable of and ensure the legacy lives on in my children too.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Time to move.........
"The forward youth that would appear
Must now forsake his Muses dear,
Nor in the shadows sing
His number languishing:
Tis' time to leave the books in dust,
And oil the unused armour's rust,
Removing from the wall
The corslet of the hall."
from An Horatian Ode, Andrew Marvell
On Cromwells return from Ireland in 1650 before he took action against the Scots .
I am on a roll now, after yesterdays early intervention session and talking to the other mums in the group, I have come to the timely realisation that there is a HUGE gap in the systems which support children with additional needs as well as others. Not just in the education sector, but support services, information access, Government assistance schemes, you name it. As for my self I have become a sponge for absorbing information from others who are happy to pass it on, for many it is just too much to take in when your child is young, initially diagnosed, you have other children. All these services, information, funding etc, need to be
1) Easily and readily accessible
2) Found in one area or with valid, quick to locate links and cross references
It needs to be in a folder format with interchangeable pages as info changes available at doctors, pediatrician, community health centres, pre schools, where ever ...Not every one is PC savvy, Web literate or even wants to spend hours on the www looking up stuff. It also needs to be on the Web. Stuff like continence nurse information, assistance with continence aides, respite care (this takes many forms )Govt assistance (Carers Allowance, Carers Payments or even just a Health Care card for your child), speech pathologist and therapist listings, OT and physio listings, the funding system for both Govt, independent and religious schools, the lists and information seems endless. It is vast and it is varied. I have meet people with kids with bed wetting and toileting issues who are not defined by additional needs but who knew nothing of continence nurses, funding for aides, medical assistance available..Who just thought they had to struggle along with this unhappy child and the ongoing issues.
I cannot believe the amount of information, assistance and funding there is out there and that to locate it requires half a day on the telephone, dialing six numbers, talking to seven people and a cut lunch!!!!
Same goes for the Net, for example, there is an assistance with ongoing therapy available through Medicare known as Enhanced Care Plan, it involves paperwork being completed by the GP to an allied health professional who must be registered with the HIC (Health Insurance commission)it covers Aboriginal Health Workers, Audiologists, Dieticians, Mental Health Workers,OT's, Physio's, Podiatrist or chiropodist, Chiropractor, Osteopath, Psychologist, and SP's. The completion of these forms allow for a rebate of $45.00 per session for any of these services up to FIVE per calendar year....Well worth the paperchase. But is this on the Medicare site...NO. Call Medicare and no one knows what you are talking about. This is my point, the assistance is there but poorly advertised, non accessible and information poor.
I am going to start compiling information in relation to services, funding, assistance, whatever, primarily for additional needs kids but hopefully it will encompass and cross over into some aspects of regular kids who just need a bit of help with this or that. It is something which needs to be done, should be done and I will try and get it done. Any one who reads this blog who knows of any such services (Australia only)which I might not know of, please drop me a line with details. I will also look at including help groups and discussion groups although from my personal point of view they are a bit daunting, inaccessible and non feasible if you have other kids and limited child care options, but I am happy enough to list them.
LEGAL NOTE: Any smartie who thinks they might steal the idea as a money spinner or just as your own, beware, it has been listed with a copyright registration as a idea owned by ME!!!!DON'T BOTHER
Friday, October 07, 2005
Music, music ,music
Brian has the best meme's at times, this is such a music lovers one and requires little or no thought, just memories.
Go here. Type the year you you finished school in the search box. Click the link for the top 100 songs of that year. Copy and paste the list to your blog.Put an "X" next to those you hated; Bold the ones you liked; COLOUR the ones you loved.
1. Every Breath You Take, Police
2. Billie Jean, Michael Jackson X
3. Flashdance... What A Feelin, Irene Cara
4. Down Under, Men At Work X
5. Beat It, Michael Jackson X
6. Total Eclipse Of The Heart, Bonnie Tyler
7. Maneater, Daryl Hall and John Oates X
8. Baby Come To Me, Patti Austin and James Ingram
9. Maniac, Michael Sembello
10. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), Eurythmics
11. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, Culture Club X
12. You And I, Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle X
13. Come On Eileen, Dexy's Midnight Runners
14. Shame On The Moon, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band X
15. She Works Hard For The Money, Donna Summer X
16. Never Gonna Let You Go, Sergio Mendes
17. Hungry Like The Wolf, Duran Duran
18. Let's Dance, David Bowie
19. Twilight Zone, Golden Earring
20. I Know There's Something Going On, Frida
21. Jeopardy, Greg Kihn Band
22. Electric Avenue, Eddy Grant
23. She Blinded Me With Science, Thomas Dolby X
24. Africa, Toto
25. Little Red Corvette, Prince
26. Back On The Chain Gang, Pretenders
27. Up Where We Belong, Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
28. Mr. Roboto, Styx
29. You Are, Lionel Richie X
30. Der Kommissar, After The Fire X
31. Puttin' On The Ritz, Taco X
32. Sexual Healing, Marvin Gaye
33. (Keep Feeling) Fascination, Human League X
34. Time (Clock Of The Heart), Culture Club X
35. The Safety Dance, Men Without Hats X
36. Mickey, Toni Basil X
37. You Can't Hurry Love, Phil Collins
38. Separate Ways, Journey
39. One On One, Daryl Hall and John Oates
40. We've Got Tonight, Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton
41. 1999, Prince
42. Stray Cat Strut, Stray Cats
43. Allentown, Billy Joel
44. Stand Back, Stevie Nicks
45. Tell Her About It, Billy Joel
46. Always Somethmg There To Remind Me, Naked Eyes
47. Truly, Lionel Richie X
48. Dirty Laundry, Don Henley
49. The Girl Is Mine, Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney X
50. Too Shy, KajagoogooX
51. Goody Two Shoes, Adam Ant X
52. Rock The Casbah, Clash
53. Our House, Madness
54. Overkill, Men At Work
55. Is There Something I Should Know, Duran Duran
56. Gloria, Laura Branigan
57. Affair Of The Heart, Rick Springfield
58. She's A Beauty, Tubes
59. Solitaire, Laura Branigan
60. Don't Let It End, Styx
61. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You, Laura Branigan
62. China Girl, David Bowie
63. Come Dancing, Kinks
64. Promises, Promises, Naked Eyes
65. The Other Guy, Little River Band X
66. Making Love Out Of Nothing At All, Air Supply X
67. Family Man, Daryl Hall and John Oates X
68. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', Michael JacksonX
69. I Won't Hold You Back, Toto
70. All Right, Christopher Cross
71. Straight From The Heart, Bryan Adams
72. Heart To Heart, Kenny Loggins
73. My Love, Lionel Richie
74. I'm Still Standing, Elton John X
75. Hot Girls In Love, Loverboy
76. It's A Mistake, Men At Work
77. I'll Tumble 4 Ya, Culture Club X
78. All This Love, Debarge
79. Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy, Sammy Hagar
80. Heartbreaker, Dionne Warwick
81. Faithfully, Journey
82. Steppin' Out, Joe Jackson
83. Take Me To Heart, Quarterflash
84. (She's) Sexy + 17, Stray Cats
85. Try Again, Champaign
86. Dead Giveaway, Shalamar
87. Lawyers In Love, Jackson Browne
88. What About Me, Moving Pictures X
89. Human Nature, Michael Jackson X
90. Photograph, Def Leppard
91. Pass The Dutchie, Musical Youth
92. True, Spandau Ballet
93. Far From Over, Frank Stallone
94. I've Got A Rock 'N' Roll Heart, Eric Clapton
95. It Might Be You, Stephen Bishop
96. Tonight I Celebrate My Love, Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack X
97. You Got Lucky, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
98. Don't Cry, Asia
99. Breaking Us In Two, Joe Jackson
100. Fall In Love With Me, Earth, Wind and Fire
Won't tell what year these are from and it I haven't marked them it's because I never heard of them or don't remember them, Enjoy and don't forget to wash the car .
Go here. Type the year you you finished school in the search box. Click the link for the top 100 songs of that year. Copy and paste the list to your blog.Put an "X" next to those you hated; Bold the ones you liked; COLOUR the ones you loved.
1. Every Breath You Take, Police
2. Billie Jean, Michael Jackson X
3. Flashdance... What A Feelin, Irene Cara
4. Down Under, Men At Work X
5. Beat It, Michael Jackson X
6. Total Eclipse Of The Heart, Bonnie Tyler
7. Maneater, Daryl Hall and John Oates X
8. Baby Come To Me, Patti Austin and James Ingram
9. Maniac, Michael Sembello
10. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), Eurythmics
11. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, Culture Club X
12. You And I, Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle X
13. Come On Eileen, Dexy's Midnight Runners
14. Shame On The Moon, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band X
15. She Works Hard For The Money, Donna Summer X
16. Never Gonna Let You Go, Sergio Mendes
17. Hungry Like The Wolf, Duran Duran
18. Let's Dance, David Bowie
19. Twilight Zone, Golden Earring
20. I Know There's Something Going On, Frida
21. Jeopardy, Greg Kihn Band
22. Electric Avenue, Eddy Grant
23. She Blinded Me With Science, Thomas Dolby X
24. Africa, Toto
25. Little Red Corvette, Prince
26. Back On The Chain Gang, Pretenders
27. Up Where We Belong, Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
28. Mr. Roboto, Styx
29. You Are, Lionel Richie X
30. Der Kommissar, After The Fire X
31. Puttin' On The Ritz, Taco X
32. Sexual Healing, Marvin Gaye
33. (Keep Feeling) Fascination, Human League X
34. Time (Clock Of The Heart), Culture Club X
35. The Safety Dance, Men Without Hats X
36. Mickey, Toni Basil X
37. You Can't Hurry Love, Phil Collins
38. Separate Ways, Journey
39. One On One, Daryl Hall and John Oates
40. We've Got Tonight, Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton
41. 1999, Prince
42. Stray Cat Strut, Stray Cats
43. Allentown, Billy Joel
44. Stand Back, Stevie Nicks
45. Tell Her About It, Billy Joel
46. Always Somethmg There To Remind Me, Naked Eyes
47. Truly, Lionel Richie X
48. Dirty Laundry, Don Henley
49. The Girl Is Mine, Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney X
50. Too Shy, KajagoogooX
51. Goody Two Shoes, Adam Ant X
52. Rock The Casbah, Clash
53. Our House, Madness
54. Overkill, Men At Work
55. Is There Something I Should Know, Duran Duran
56. Gloria, Laura Branigan
57. Affair Of The Heart, Rick Springfield
58. She's A Beauty, Tubes
59. Solitaire, Laura Branigan
60. Don't Let It End, Styx
61. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You, Laura Branigan
62. China Girl, David Bowie
63. Come Dancing, Kinks
64. Promises, Promises, Naked Eyes
65. The Other Guy, Little River Band X
66. Making Love Out Of Nothing At All, Air Supply X
67. Family Man, Daryl Hall and John Oates X
68. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', Michael JacksonX
69. I Won't Hold You Back, Toto
70. All Right, Christopher Cross
71. Straight From The Heart, Bryan Adams
72. Heart To Heart, Kenny Loggins
73. My Love, Lionel Richie
74. I'm Still Standing, Elton John X
75. Hot Girls In Love, Loverboy
76. It's A Mistake, Men At Work
77. I'll Tumble 4 Ya, Culture Club X
78. All This Love, Debarge
79. Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy, Sammy Hagar
80. Heartbreaker, Dionne Warwick
81. Faithfully, Journey
82. Steppin' Out, Joe Jackson
83. Take Me To Heart, Quarterflash
84. (She's) Sexy + 17, Stray Cats
85. Try Again, Champaign
86. Dead Giveaway, Shalamar
87. Lawyers In Love, Jackson Browne
88. What About Me, Moving Pictures X
89. Human Nature, Michael Jackson X
90. Photograph, Def Leppard
91. Pass The Dutchie, Musical Youth
92. True, Spandau Ballet
93. Far From Over, Frank Stallone
94. I've Got A Rock 'N' Roll Heart, Eric Clapton
95. It Might Be You, Stephen Bishop
96. Tonight I Celebrate My Love, Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack X
97. You Got Lucky, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
98. Don't Cry, Asia
99. Breaking Us In Two, Joe Jackson
100. Fall In Love With Me, Earth, Wind and Fire
Won't tell what year these are from and it I haven't marked them it's because I never heard of them or don't remember them, Enjoy and don't forget to wash the car .
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Thinking Reality not numbers
Ohhh shit , have heard about people posts being "eaten" now have to say I too have had the experience....So I will start again. I have been successful in getting Mr 5's paperwork submitted to the Catholic Education Office(CEO) for funding for 2006. This is after his cognitive scores were borderline but too high for part time entry to the local special school, his speech pathology assessment scores not indicative of anything other than language disorder, even if the term dyspraxia was used it has to be SEVERE to qualify. And his Global Developmental Delay (GDD) is no longer global given that he has mastered and come into line with some of the skills of children of his age.
After last week, I sat and thought about the future and what he has now and has a right to have...If we sit back and let everyone tell us that this is the way it is nothing changes for any one, EVER. My child does not meet any criteria set by bureaucrats because they are just that, not parents, not carers, not therapists. Why should a child need to fit into a diagnostic box?? Nothing is ever black and white but many shades of grey, I was always taught. So on this basis, I moved forward...To the Director of the CEO. 24 hours later I received a very NICE call from the special services co ordinator, I put our case to her, told her that Mr 5 does not fit into any set category but together his associated issues qualify for further investigation, his scores do not permit him to be considered for funding but overall he is a child who will struggle in the classroom, the playground and the social environment of mainstream school. I was not willing to take a "wait and see" approach in regards to his step in the realm of formal education. There is no going back once on this track, only being kept back. I am a person of action and believe in pro activity, hence why I went into bat for consideration outside the realm of numbers and scores. For what good it will do, the principal has been instructed by the CEO to submit a funding request for Mr 5 for 2006. I will be submitting (for anyone else who might like to take it on) the following:
1) pediatrician letter in support of an intergration aide ( I actually asked for a letter outlining his diagnosis/es over the past years and got a support letter)
2) Speech pathology Assessment report (CELF-P) showing scores
3) cognitive Assessment report complete with Vineland scores
4) Supporting paper work showing him to be a danger to himself and others which gained additional assistance for pre school.
Having been told by the principal that based on the cognitive scores it was not worth applying for funding, you really have to wonder about why they want everything neat and tidy , labeled and boxed. If I had let this lie, I would not be where we are now, which is significantly further than last week as the application goes in tomorrow. The submission serves several purposes:
1) If declined, they at least have the paperwork, so that WHEN they decide he has a learning problem which requires assistance, they can apply for a second round of funding. (NOTE : I say "when" not "if")
2) that in the event that something happens to my child or another as a result; direct or otherwise, of his limitations..I have fully disclosed the possibilities of such to the school and the governing body by way of this paperwork. They will have not forfilled their duty of care in support services for him.
3) that in the supply of the information to the school I am ensuring that my child's limitations and/or condition will not be discussed with another parent in the event of an incident, as that would be a breach of confidentiality .
I am tired of trying to make others understand and be open about my child's limitations in an attempt for him to be accepted by his peers, all it has done to date is cause bias, judgment and vilification. If you don't tell, they cannot talk. No longer will I explain my child's condition to another parent, his sister just says "he has special needs" although she understands the way in which his brain does not allow his vocabulary to work ("broken wires from the stereo to the speaker") if any one asks, and I doubt they will, I will want to know why... For often it is for gossip only and not genuine empathy or care.
So for parents/carers of additional needs children, take note, accept nothing as the end of the rope, go over other heads, ask for another opinion if it sounds wrong or unjust. You are the only voice your child has right now, they need your mind to be a storm, your voice ..Thunder, your words need to be like lightening. There is a way to make that round peg fit into that square hole.
After last week, I sat and thought about the future and what he has now and has a right to have...If we sit back and let everyone tell us that this is the way it is nothing changes for any one, EVER. My child does not meet any criteria set by bureaucrats because they are just that, not parents, not carers, not therapists. Why should a child need to fit into a diagnostic box?? Nothing is ever black and white but many shades of grey, I was always taught. So on this basis, I moved forward...To the Director of the CEO. 24 hours later I received a very NICE call from the special services co ordinator, I put our case to her, told her that Mr 5 does not fit into any set category but together his associated issues qualify for further investigation, his scores do not permit him to be considered for funding but overall he is a child who will struggle in the classroom, the playground and the social environment of mainstream school. I was not willing to take a "wait and see" approach in regards to his step in the realm of formal education. There is no going back once on this track, only being kept back. I am a person of action and believe in pro activity, hence why I went into bat for consideration outside the realm of numbers and scores. For what good it will do, the principal has been instructed by the CEO to submit a funding request for Mr 5 for 2006. I will be submitting (for anyone else who might like to take it on) the following:
1) pediatrician letter in support of an intergration aide ( I actually asked for a letter outlining his diagnosis/es over the past years and got a support letter)
2) Speech pathology Assessment report (CELF-P) showing scores
3) cognitive Assessment report complete with Vineland scores
4) Supporting paper work showing him to be a danger to himself and others which gained additional assistance for pre school.
Having been told by the principal that based on the cognitive scores it was not worth applying for funding, you really have to wonder about why they want everything neat and tidy , labeled and boxed. If I had let this lie, I would not be where we are now, which is significantly further than last week as the application goes in tomorrow. The submission serves several purposes:
1) If declined, they at least have the paperwork, so that WHEN they decide he has a learning problem which requires assistance, they can apply for a second round of funding. (NOTE : I say "when" not "if")
2) that in the event that something happens to my child or another as a result; direct or otherwise, of his limitations..I have fully disclosed the possibilities of such to the school and the governing body by way of this paperwork. They will have not forfilled their duty of care in support services for him.
3) that in the supply of the information to the school I am ensuring that my child's limitations and/or condition will not be discussed with another parent in the event of an incident, as that would be a breach of confidentiality .
I am tired of trying to make others understand and be open about my child's limitations in an attempt for him to be accepted by his peers, all it has done to date is cause bias, judgment and vilification. If you don't tell, they cannot talk. No longer will I explain my child's condition to another parent, his sister just says "he has special needs" although she understands the way in which his brain does not allow his vocabulary to work ("broken wires from the stereo to the speaker") if any one asks, and I doubt they will, I will want to know why... For often it is for gossip only and not genuine empathy or care.
So for parents/carers of additional needs children, take note, accept nothing as the end of the rope, go over other heads, ask for another opinion if it sounds wrong or unjust. You are the only voice your child has right now, they need your mind to be a storm, your voice ..Thunder, your words need to be like lightening. There is a way to make that round peg fit into that square hole.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Puppies, Puffers, and Speechies
Have been VERY busy last few days, what with school returning for the last term and the eldest being sick with asthma, 2ic sick and refusing to see a Doctor or take time off work. Reports to file,research to do,papers to write, stuff to get ready, things to do, people to see, puppies to view...Yes, that's right folks, puppies to view (get to that later)
Miss 8 had an infection which has long gone but the by product being asthma(activity induced) which leaves her coughing and tired, a visit to the GP yesterday confirmned the fact that the asthma has not gone and has gotten worst....Great and we all thought she was growing out of it. So back to preventatives and meds again.
I have been trying to gain access to a speech pathologist (SP)for Mr 5 for 2006 also as he will not be able to see his existing one as she is leaving on maternity leave at the end of November, plus she works primarily with the EIP groups and we are unsure if/when she will be returning in 2006 anyway...I'd pay anything for her to continue as his SP but it's not to be. We are on 3 waiting lists for SP's as they have to wait to see if their current patient load will decrease at the end of the year or not before committing to new patients. I do not want him to start school without ongoing SP but finding one is harder than I thought, it seems to be the job of choice for part time work and job sharing as none seem to work full time (MORE POWER TO THEM I SAY) Must say some of the them are very organised with CV's and costings being sent out within days of placing him on a list... Some even have teaching degrees which is brilliant as his therapy may have to be incorporated into the curriculum. So have to wait and hope he gets in with someone.
We have decided that the children are old enough for another dog, both of us grew up with dogs and we have one now but Jemma is now 11. We always had two but lost Tolkien 4 years ago he was 13 and should never had died, but for a corn cob thrown over the fence by a neighbor's child which Tolkien ate, it got caught in his lower intestine damaging the tissues on the way. Miss 8 still has his picture up in her room, they were inseparable. Having trained two Australian Cattle Dogs in obedience, had them as pets and farm dogs, we have looked at something different this time round. Some very good friends have had Koolies for many years and all our kids have grow up knowing these peoples dogs. Koolies are a working dog breed so have the stamina and brains to be able to be trained, are a tad bored with repetition which is fine with me as I like to train my dogs at one level ahead of what they actually compete in. But they are a very social dog ( most dogs can be if socialised properly) which is what we want for the children. The colours, sizes and coat styles come in many hues and types..It's wondrous. Our friends have also been at us to get another dog and suggested a Koolie for many years, now these are two people who between them have over 50 years experience in the dog world so it is not a recommendation we take lightly. On Sunday we visited with our friends at the clubs meeting, met some very nice Koolie owners and people who understand their dogs and are working towards DNA testing of all Koolies for breed histories and family links. And had a great time catching up with our friends, it seems that our friends dog has sired a litter( due 18th October) to a very nice bitch (yes, female dogs are bitches in the dog world and I will not apologize for using the word in the correct context) we know the history of both dogs and have seen the mother of the sire as well as the sisters and half sister of the dam. So we hope that all going well , we will be able to have a puppy before Christmas. We want a male as we already have a bitch and they would get on together better. A pup would bring more life into Jem not that she's lacking but it'd brighten her up a bit too. The kids loved the Koolies and there were two pups there which our tribe demanded "we take home" but they were Jack Russell crosses who had been rescued....These people take their dogs very, very seriously and one member runs a Koolie rescue and adoption service and she is also a registered Obedience judge...So this is how serious the proper promotion and protection of the breed is taken.
Miss 8 had an infection which has long gone but the by product being asthma(activity induced) which leaves her coughing and tired, a visit to the GP yesterday confirmned the fact that the asthma has not gone and has gotten worst....Great and we all thought she was growing out of it. So back to preventatives and meds again.
I have been trying to gain access to a speech pathologist (SP)for Mr 5 for 2006 also as he will not be able to see his existing one as she is leaving on maternity leave at the end of November, plus she works primarily with the EIP groups and we are unsure if/when she will be returning in 2006 anyway...I'd pay anything for her to continue as his SP but it's not to be. We are on 3 waiting lists for SP's as they have to wait to see if their current patient load will decrease at the end of the year or not before committing to new patients. I do not want him to start school without ongoing SP but finding one is harder than I thought, it seems to be the job of choice for part time work and job sharing as none seem to work full time (MORE POWER TO THEM I SAY) Must say some of the them are very organised with CV's and costings being sent out within days of placing him on a list... Some even have teaching degrees which is brilliant as his therapy may have to be incorporated into the curriculum. So have to wait and hope he gets in with someone.
We have decided that the children are old enough for another dog, both of us grew up with dogs and we have one now but Jemma is now 11. We always had two but lost Tolkien 4 years ago he was 13 and should never had died, but for a corn cob thrown over the fence by a neighbor's child which Tolkien ate, it got caught in his lower intestine damaging the tissues on the way. Miss 8 still has his picture up in her room, they were inseparable. Having trained two Australian Cattle Dogs in obedience, had them as pets and farm dogs, we have looked at something different this time round. Some very good friends have had Koolies for many years and all our kids have grow up knowing these peoples dogs. Koolies are a working dog breed so have the stamina and brains to be able to be trained, are a tad bored with repetition which is fine with me as I like to train my dogs at one level ahead of what they actually compete in. But they are a very social dog ( most dogs can be if socialised properly) which is what we want for the children. The colours, sizes and coat styles come in many hues and types..It's wondrous. Our friends have also been at us to get another dog and suggested a Koolie for many years, now these are two people who between them have over 50 years experience in the dog world so it is not a recommendation we take lightly. On Sunday we visited with our friends at the clubs meeting, met some very nice Koolie owners and people who understand their dogs and are working towards DNA testing of all Koolies for breed histories and family links. And had a great time catching up with our friends, it seems that our friends dog has sired a litter( due 18th October) to a very nice bitch (yes, female dogs are bitches in the dog world and I will not apologize for using the word in the correct context) we know the history of both dogs and have seen the mother of the sire as well as the sisters and half sister of the dam. So we hope that all going well , we will be able to have a puppy before Christmas. We want a male as we already have a bitch and they would get on together better. A pup would bring more life into Jem not that she's lacking but it'd brighten her up a bit too. The kids loved the Koolies and there were two pups there which our tribe demanded "we take home" but they were Jack Russell crosses who had been rescued....These people take their dogs very, very seriously and one member runs a Koolie rescue and adoption service and she is also a registered Obedience judge...So this is how serious the proper promotion and protection of the breed is taken.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Voluntary Tag
I ,again, put my hand up for Jamie to ask any questions, I have to answer them and list a reason why. Here's the rules for any one who dares.
1. If you want to participate, leave a comment below saying, "interview me".
2. I will respond by asking you five questions - each persons will be different.
3. You will update your journal/blog with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview others in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
Jamies questions of me:
1. What is your favorite childhood memory? Standing on the fence by the milking shed watching the cows get milked and seeing how happy they were, the smell(?), the coldness of the air, the freedom of it.
2. What is the most important thing that you teach your children?
Acceptance and understanding, with these they will I hope be better people in a world of hate and suspicion.
3. If you were to leave one thing behind when you die, what would it be and why?Tangible, my wedding ring, my mothers wedding ring and my grandmothers wedding ring, all of which I wear now because all signify the unity which allowed the next generation to be born. Intangible: happy, laughing memories for my family
4. What one thing would you change about your past, if you could?That my mother did not die when she did or that I was not so ANGRY with the world for so long about her dying and me and mine having to live without her.
5. Thoughts on reincarnation?My religious teaching tells me that the soul goes to "heaven", my logic tells me it is the "soul plus something else" unsure of what, my experience has shown me that those who have gone come back in some form when you need them.
1. If you want to participate, leave a comment below saying, "interview me".
2. I will respond by asking you five questions - each persons will be different.
3. You will update your journal/blog with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview others in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
Jamies questions of me:
1. What is your favorite childhood memory? Standing on the fence by the milking shed watching the cows get milked and seeing how happy they were, the smell(?), the coldness of the air, the freedom of it.
2. What is the most important thing that you teach your children?
Acceptance and understanding, with these they will I hope be better people in a world of hate and suspicion.
3. If you were to leave one thing behind when you die, what would it be and why?Tangible, my wedding ring, my mothers wedding ring and my grandmothers wedding ring, all of which I wear now because all signify the unity which allowed the next generation to be born. Intangible: happy, laughing memories for my family
4. What one thing would you change about your past, if you could?That my mother did not die when she did or that I was not so ANGRY with the world for so long about her dying and me and mine having to live without her.
5. Thoughts on reincarnation?My religious teaching tells me that the soul goes to "heaven", my logic tells me it is the "soul plus something else" unsure of what, my experience has shown me that those who have gone come back in some form when you need them.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
SLD but still no help.....So where does it start??
Got Mr 5's SP report yesterday, short of boring all and sundry with the techno terms; it boils down to the fact that he has a Severe Language Disorder (SLD) but as his Clinical Evaluation Of Language fundamentals-Preschool (CELP-P) test shows his receptive language to be 69, expressive language to be 69 with a total language score of 67, the mean being 100 and a standard deviation being 15..He still would not qualify for help in the Govt system as his score needs to be 55. This is despite him being "delayed in articulation skills as he can be unintelligible and the word and phrase level" and that "these factors will have a significant impact on his learning and language skills".
Yes, I know I have beaten this dead horse so much, but the fact that there are so many kids out there with similar issues; they have a problem which does not fall into a clear cut category in the world of DET but the refusal to acknowledge that these condition/s will ultimately affect a child's learning abilities seems to be lost on the Minister and her cronies. Given that parents can fight and fight but soon wear out, leaving their child to struggle in a supposed learning environment without PSG's(Program Support Group) or even an IEP(individual education program) without the therapies promised or even any at all...Where is the responsability to the child? Where does a educational facilities role as an educator cease to be feasible because of the child's condition/s? Who makes such a call and who declared them God? State schools only obligation is to get the child to Grade 2 level of reading/comprehension, I know parents who have questioned the help their children are/are not receiving to be told this by principals. Where do teachers obligations now lie? With keeping to budget and not making it too hard for themselves? Or are there still the unjaded ones who are in it for the "right" reasons and genuinely care enough to help, support and encourage??
I can fight, I can fight for my child FOREVER for what he needs, but what he and all kids who fall in the "cracks" of the system really need is a voice, lots of them, loud angry ones full of upset, soft spoken voices of reason, voices who speak through the power of the pen, negotiator with a clear mind, advocates who can speak objectively, everyone has some of these attributes and more for a child; be it their own or another.
People need to not accept the restrictions placed on support services supplied to their children based on the Government policy (and I am speaking of whatever Govt..Not inasmuch a political party) Ministers need to be "EDUCATED" in what their decisions mean to the children at the coal face and what it means to the teachers of these children. Until we do, our children will remain without a voice, will have lost the opportunity to be the future and have had the right to forfil their own potential taken from them.
Yes, I know I have beaten this dead horse so much, but the fact that there are so many kids out there with similar issues; they have a problem which does not fall into a clear cut category in the world of DET but the refusal to acknowledge that these condition/s will ultimately affect a child's learning abilities seems to be lost on the Minister and her cronies. Given that parents can fight and fight but soon wear out, leaving their child to struggle in a supposed learning environment without PSG's(Program Support Group) or even an IEP(individual education program) without the therapies promised or even any at all...Where is the responsability to the child? Where does a educational facilities role as an educator cease to be feasible because of the child's condition/s? Who makes such a call and who declared them God? State schools only obligation is to get the child to Grade 2 level of reading/comprehension, I know parents who have questioned the help their children are/are not receiving to be told this by principals. Where do teachers obligations now lie? With keeping to budget and not making it too hard for themselves? Or are there still the unjaded ones who are in it for the "right" reasons and genuinely care enough to help, support and encourage??
I can fight, I can fight for my child FOREVER for what he needs, but what he and all kids who fall in the "cracks" of the system really need is a voice, lots of them, loud angry ones full of upset, soft spoken voices of reason, voices who speak through the power of the pen, negotiator with a clear mind, advocates who can speak objectively, everyone has some of these attributes and more for a child; be it their own or another.
People need to not accept the restrictions placed on support services supplied to their children based on the Government policy (and I am speaking of whatever Govt..Not inasmuch a political party) Ministers need to be "EDUCATED" in what their decisions mean to the children at the coal face and what it means to the teachers of these children. Until we do, our children will remain without a voice, will have lost the opportunity to be the future and have had the right to forfil their own potential taken from them.
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