Books, Holidays and Boiling hot days

Yes. I have been remiss, I have deja vu now cause I am sure I have said it before..Oh well I might be a tad stir crazy. As I said before 2IC has had the car as I don't really need it ..So we are at home doing stuff. Allowing for the kid across the way who is being "babysat" by her two older sisters, being HERE for 6-8 hours a day...Its just me and mine.

I have now read in addition to the other books I listed, "Are you afraid of the dark" Sidney Sheldon, "The Broker" John Grimshaw, and now I am sharing the experience of "The Chronicles Of Narnia" C.S Lewis with Miss 8, I read it and when I am not reading it she reads it..She is a bit upset that I am so far ahead. I did not realise that "The Magicians Nephew" was written as a preclude after he wrote L,W & W. Hopefully I can finish it before the end of the holidays. Reading it as a child was fun, re reading it now is pure escapism!!!!

We have not been doing a lot as there have been some exceedingly hot days..Usually on week ends when 2IC is home and we could do something all together. But a few solutions to those with kids and without the benefit (?) of cable, car or unlimited cash.
Bigpond Movies
They have a ONE MONTH FREE trial and you have 3 DVDs at a time and choose from the website and just mail than back after you finish with them ( the Sunday HUN had a 2 month freebie trial a week ago the address for that freebie is www. bigpondmovies.com/heraldsun.htm with the access code being herald622 this offer ends Feb 28.
it'll get you through the hot days and costs ZERO because you will cancel it BEFORE the expiration date of the freebie offer!!!!!!They are mailed to you and come with a reply paid DVD envelope and you can even go on line and list it as returned so you can list more favs...List a few more than 3 ( like 30) because as soon as your choices become available,they are sent and as soon as the returns are received/logged as returned, they send the next available on your list.

New Idea magazine had a discount voucher for $16 off the entry price to Melbourne Aquarium
MA is a pretty expensive place anyway sort of a once every few years deal, so a $16 saving voucher helps ( I found out from my pal, Jen, after we had left for the dusk to dark opening of the MA LOL)

Let them eat cake, or biscuits or Smoothies ,this site not only has some easy for kids recipes but helps maths and science into the bargain .
I found it quite by accident when searching for kids recipes and it has the best of both worlds.

So there you are some stuff to do over the summer holidays, what's left of them.

On another note, I had to laugh at this.
Given the Midsumma Festival is about gay pride and such I have to wonder if the dealership in question really knew the artist was also showing his work a the festival or if the "art" really is inappropriate. I also applaud the decision of the firefighters of Melbourne who will join the Victorian Police in the "Gay Pride" march, and to think it was Christine Nixon (Vic Police commissioner) who joined her fellow members as a sign of support and respect which started it off...........It only takes one drop to be called rain and many to become a storm.