It seems that the yuk bug within our house has abated somewhat with Mr Almost 3 being well and merry but alas and alack Mr 5 came down with it at 0300 on Friday morning and was a write off for all of the weekend and is still tired today. So no EIP today but he want to go to kindergarten this afternoon, we shall see. Must admit it was nice that every one slept in on Friday (Miss 8 had a in service day..So no school) and I did not wake up till 0900..Oh my, oh my it was WONDERFUL.
There are some interesting matters about in Sunbury at the moment. An alternative forum, Sunbury Community Forum, has posts about supposed, underlying threats made by a local representative because he doesn't like what they post about him. So much so he has spat the dummy on another forum and left the area (again) as he did this once before. I think if you enter the political arena ;at what ever level; you have to know before hand that perhaps not everyone likes or agrees with you. That if you have extreme right wing ideals (capital punishment, indeterminable incarceration, detention centres for asylum seekers, etc.)you should perhaps keep them to yourself a bit instead of spouting them about for people to disagree with you and if you don;t like it ,get out . Easy enough??
Open debate is subjective but can become objective, debate based on fact and not fallacy, methods not majority, facts not fears is the manner is should be conducted. If people choose to openly express their ideals on a public, local forum and they are a local, elected representative...Their ideals and comments become public record and are subject to public comment and scutiny by the constituents. I don't see HoWARd running to Ruddock every time a columnist lampoons him for what he says. Can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Everyone has a right to an opinion and everyone has a right to disagree with that opinion, but if your opinion is ill based, inciting of hate, biased or even just wrong...Others have a right to say so...Without personal attacks. Some people seem to be getting away with calling others "naive", "commos" "social bleeding hearts" and if reversed, the batter doesn't like the bowling he's getting.
I really hope other people within Sunbury recognise that a new broom sweeps clean and much of the other side of our representative is left unacknowledged by the local press. PALS (which has no web site, I can find) is a organisation which supposedly supports victims of crimes...How I am unsure as they seem to be AGAINST things. Plus why are there support groups like PADV if we have caped vigilantes like PALS??? Why do they not have a web site? What are they hiding? And why is this person known by one name as an elected official and another in his duplicity of roles as President of PALS? Why is he the ONLY person ever to speak on behalf of PALS? Is it true as he stated in Chambers ...He has "no mates"?
Monday, August 01, 2005
Thursday, July 28, 2005
What Is a Car??? And other inane questions
Today Mr 5 had his assessment for PSD funding today, the psychologist was a very nice fellow who really related well with Mr 5. We did the test at the Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Special School which is a great, friendly, "homey" type of school full of smiling faces and happy sounds.
Some of the questions were strange..What is a car? "Has wheels" was the response. How many legs on a cow? "seben (7)" whilst holding up three fingers. What colour are leaves? "ellow" then he changed his answer to "gween". The matching of the block patterns went fine until he had to match patterns from bi colored blocks then it got hard. The picture matching went ok, but he thought a fork and a paint palette go together, and a car is the same as a boat, as well as other strange match offs. At the 1/2 hour mark he wanted to go and was fidgety, the marking of the same lines/circle into the same shape (copying) was a task, as he has yet to master a proper pencil grip, he managed a line and a half in the allocated time frame...Good,bad or indifferent...Don't ask me.
The fellow gave me a Vineland test for completion by Mr 5's EIP co ordinator which will be done in conjunction with myself. Usually the child's pre school teacher would do it but given that his teacher has left and the new one has only been there 2 weeks...The co ordinator and I will complete it. This , together, with the cognitive testing carried out today will help decided if he is allowed to attend the special school parttime. Our hope is that he deviates enough from the "dream line " of 68-71 in his scores to allow the assessor to mark him down accordingly. The average of all the scores are compiled to a mean score....Given that the reason we want him at the special school is to augment and not facilitate his entire formal education goes in our favor a bit, I hope. If he was scoring too high in the test we would not have been given the Vineland test for completion ,I am told ,so there is hope.
Mr Almost 3 has diarrhea, not really bad ,but suffice to say that everythings passing through within a few hours of digestion. I think it is gardia (not for the weak stomached)as Miss 8 had it as a baby and it needs a prescription...But the doctor who diagnosed it in Miss 8 was an "old school" doc who knew by the smell and nappy contents what is was. But now, if it persists, I will need to get "samples" and even freeze some of them (don't even ask how I do this, you just don't wanna know) just to find out what an "old school" doctor with many years experience could tell me in one consultation. Not taking anything away from "newbie" doctors, but I think a lot more older docs could take on the teacher/mentor role and teach the "newbies" a lot that the text books and labs cannot. There should be incentives for them to do this and incentives for the "newbies" to stay on learning from the "old hands" rather than running out to start money spinning "super clinics" where they don't even know the patients name. Just me venting, sorry folks.
Some of the questions were strange..What is a car? "Has wheels" was the response. How many legs on a cow? "seben (7)" whilst holding up three fingers. What colour are leaves? "ellow" then he changed his answer to "gween". The matching of the block patterns went fine until he had to match patterns from bi colored blocks then it got hard. The picture matching went ok, but he thought a fork and a paint palette go together, and a car is the same as a boat, as well as other strange match offs. At the 1/2 hour mark he wanted to go and was fidgety, the marking of the same lines/circle into the same shape (copying) was a task, as he has yet to master a proper pencil grip, he managed a line and a half in the allocated time frame...Good,bad or indifferent...Don't ask me.
The fellow gave me a Vineland test for completion by Mr 5's EIP co ordinator which will be done in conjunction with myself. Usually the child's pre school teacher would do it but given that his teacher has left and the new one has only been there 2 weeks...The co ordinator and I will complete it. This , together, with the cognitive testing carried out today will help decided if he is allowed to attend the special school parttime. Our hope is that he deviates enough from the "dream line " of 68-71 in his scores to allow the assessor to mark him down accordingly. The average of all the scores are compiled to a mean score....Given that the reason we want him at the special school is to augment and not facilitate his entire formal education goes in our favor a bit, I hope. If he was scoring too high in the test we would not have been given the Vineland test for completion ,I am told ,so there is hope.
Mr Almost 3 has diarrhea, not really bad ,but suffice to say that everythings passing through within a few hours of digestion. I think it is gardia (not for the weak stomached)as Miss 8 had it as a baby and it needs a prescription...But the doctor who diagnosed it in Miss 8 was an "old school" doc who knew by the smell and nappy contents what is was. But now, if it persists, I will need to get "samples" and even freeze some of them (don't even ask how I do this, you just don't wanna know) just to find out what an "old school" doctor with many years experience could tell me in one consultation. Not taking anything away from "newbie" doctors, but I think a lot more older docs could take on the teacher/mentor role and teach the "newbies" a lot that the text books and labs cannot. There should be incentives for them to do this and incentives for the "newbies" to stay on learning from the "old hands" rather than running out to start money spinning "super clinics" where they don't even know the patients name. Just me venting, sorry folks.
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Snape....you've got to be kidding???
You scored as Severus Snape. Well you're a tricky one aren't you? Nobody quite has you figured out and you'd probably prefer it stayed that way. That said you are a formidable force by anyone's reckoning, but there is certainly more to you than a frosty exterior and a bitter temper.
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Still pouring....
Figuratively speaking of course..Last time it poured here was February. We have had some rain but need lots more over many years to bring us out of the drought conditions and the primary industries back in line with the CPI. Primary producers have lost out big time and when they raise their prices to meet the market cost..They are being greedy. Trouble is, unlike two generations ago when every family had some of them still "on the land", it is very rare to meet someone from a farming family now unless they live in a cattle/dairy/ sheep/wheat/whatever area. I know people look at me a bit odd when I say I was on a farm until the age of 10 and I still enjoy working on my family's properties. Maybe I'm just weird or just know where my roots are and I respect where I come from.
Speaking of pouring...Mr Almost 3 had worsened and threw up on Monday night (Do not read on if offended by spew stories) And he says "Oh, no not again" Again??? What ??? There's more??? I think. I ask him whilst cleaning him up (Dad was cleaning the floor) "were you sick before?" "oh. No not again" is the response.
So we're going on a spew hunt, a spew hunt, going on a spew hunt to try and find some spew....SUNG TO THE TUNE OF "GOING ON A BEAR HUNT"
Hey if you don't laugh about it you cry...OK
Any way after searching all places possible, toy boxes, book shelves,under beds, in beds...There was no more...So it was a wild spew chase :)
He also had a temperature of 38.6 yesterday so after another chuck and some really ,really bad diarrhea and even worse flatulence combined with the coughing..We headed off to the doctors to get him checked out. There's gastro about apparently (DUUUUUUH) and his glands are up (least he is not prone to ear infections as Mr 5 was) and his eczema is running rampant with him being ill...Great. If he's not better in a week, he has to go back for tests. This is because 23 months ago when he was a bub, he had diarrhea for 6 weeks and no reason was found, no bug, no viral infection, zilch. So now if he gets it they only wait a week before they start tests.
Today, after 12 plus hours of sleep and a massive chuck yesterday afternoon and various other bodily expulsions I will not go into detail of...My bubby has awoken asking for chocolate. What the...? I gave him toast with Vegemite for breakfast and watered down apple juice. Now he is eating some dry biscuits and cheese. And still asking for chocolate......
Tomorrow ,Mr 5 is "tested" by the Department Of Education for funding for his primary school education. If he succeed in passing above the require level, he'll get nothing...But we will use the test results and give them to the CEO (Catholic Education Office) and he may get some help via the school he will attend if he doesn't make it into the Specialist school on a part time basis. It's refreshing to see in the forum of Dyspraxia Support Group a few mums of older kids giving genuine reassurance and hope to the mums who are struggling with the day to day stuff and the trauma and ,sometimes, joy of the diagnosis.
Speaking of pouring...Mr Almost 3 had worsened and threw up on Monday night (Do not read on if offended by spew stories) And he says "Oh, no not again" Again??? What ??? There's more??? I think. I ask him whilst cleaning him up (Dad was cleaning the floor) "were you sick before?" "oh. No not again" is the response.
So we're going on a spew hunt, a spew hunt, going on a spew hunt to try and find some spew....SUNG TO THE TUNE OF "GOING ON A BEAR HUNT"
Hey if you don't laugh about it you cry...OK
Any way after searching all places possible, toy boxes, book shelves,under beds, in beds...There was no more...So it was a wild spew chase :)
He also had a temperature of 38.6 yesterday so after another chuck and some really ,really bad diarrhea and even worse flatulence combined with the coughing..We headed off to the doctors to get him checked out. There's gastro about apparently (DUUUUUUH) and his glands are up (least he is not prone to ear infections as Mr 5 was) and his eczema is running rampant with him being ill...Great. If he's not better in a week, he has to go back for tests. This is because 23 months ago when he was a bub, he had diarrhea for 6 weeks and no reason was found, no bug, no viral infection, zilch. So now if he gets it they only wait a week before they start tests.
Today, after 12 plus hours of sleep and a massive chuck yesterday afternoon and various other bodily expulsions I will not go into detail of...My bubby has awoken asking for chocolate. What the...? I gave him toast with Vegemite for breakfast and watered down apple juice. Now he is eating some dry biscuits and cheese. And still asking for chocolate......
Tomorrow ,Mr 5 is "tested" by the Department Of Education for funding for his primary school education. If he succeed in passing above the require level, he'll get nothing...But we will use the test results and give them to the CEO (Catholic Education Office) and he may get some help via the school he will attend if he doesn't make it into the Specialist school on a part time basis. It's refreshing to see in the forum of Dyspraxia Support Group a few mums of older kids giving genuine reassurance and hope to the mums who are struggling with the day to day stuff and the trauma and ,sometimes, joy of the diagnosis.
Monday, July 25, 2005
It never rains, it pours.....
Just when you are laughing up your sleeve at every one else with sick kids (because yours are all SOOOO healthy and rarely get ill, yeah right)..It happens. Mr 2 Almost 3 has a cough and runny nose; it's know as post nasal drip, the mucus runs down the back of the throat causing a cough..TOO MUCH INFORMATION..BAD LUCK!!! Miss 8 who never is ill, came home Friday from school..Did not want to go swimming !!!!! And had a headache and fever and chills and stayed in her PJ's all Saturday and even slept for part of the day. She was a little better yesterday but it is now at 0900 and she's still asleep (12plus hours now) and I guess there's no school for her today. I will have to get her up soon as Mr 5 has EIP at 1100 and kinder at 1300. And as the great mums of the know all, be all committee have deemed fruit duty defunct effective TODAY, I have to get to the shops to get Mr 5 something interesting for his snack...I will get him pistachio nuts as they are good for his fine motor skills ( and it will piss off some of the parents whose kids don't eat nuts) But hey, if you take away fruit and the tongs..I have to replace it with something he can practice his fine motor on, don't I ? And you'd be denying him the practice if you complain.
Thursday is Mr 5's assessment for PSD (Program for Student with disabilities) he will miss his AM kinder session but he should be OK as this psychologist has a good reputation. I will be interested to see how he goes....His EIP co ordinator and SP don't think his cognitive level is low enough to get him into the Specialist school..Ideally he'd do a part time enrollment..3 days there and 2 at mainstream.
I also have to try and organise Mr Supamums paper work so he can get his tax done this week. He has papers every where and will try and find them 10 mins before he has to leave. So I will enlist him in sorting out stuff tonight..Hopefully. I'm also trying to get quotes for a new garage door and auto open system. What is it with companies, they think you are going to buy from them without getting additional quotes?? So many will not quote unless you are going to give them the job and the others stuff you about with times to come and quote. So any one who wants to quote a garage door and auto open system, leave a message in the comments box. So I am everywhere and no where today.
Thursday is Mr 5's assessment for PSD (Program for Student with disabilities) he will miss his AM kinder session but he should be OK as this psychologist has a good reputation. I will be interested to see how he goes....His EIP co ordinator and SP don't think his cognitive level is low enough to get him into the Specialist school..Ideally he'd do a part time enrollment..3 days there and 2 at mainstream.
I also have to try and organise Mr Supamums paper work so he can get his tax done this week. He has papers every where and will try and find them 10 mins before he has to leave. So I will enlist him in sorting out stuff tonight..Hopefully. I'm also trying to get quotes for a new garage door and auto open system. What is it with companies, they think you are going to buy from them without getting additional quotes?? So many will not quote unless you are going to give them the job and the others stuff you about with times to come and quote. So any one who wants to quote a garage door and auto open system, leave a message in the comments box. So I am everywhere and no where today.
Friday, July 22, 2005
What Am I doing?.......
Wonder if anyone else ever asks themselves this question? If you say "no" you are either a liar or I am a NUT!!! I think everyone does at one stage or another. If not, well, I'm sure the men in white coats will find me eventually. I was just watching my 2 boys wrestle and throw any thing they could get their hands on at each other..Yes, I was watching not interfering...No one was crying yet and I was always told "no, stop that , don't do that" by my father and I refuse to do it constantly to my own. Any way, I was wondering ."What in the hell am I doing here, at home, washing, cleaning, cleaning up and looking after three kids?" how in the hell did it get to this?
Yes, I know how it happened but when you consider a 30yr old who had career, good $$$ and outside interests who considered a visit from her 10 and 8 year old nieces a perfect reason for birth control and WHY NOT to have children...Who now has three kids and is a SAHM..What happened in my mind to get me to this point?
I never was really attracted to kids and the idea of giving birth was more than I could bear (get it LOL) I think I was all "mothered" out in my late teens as I spent almost all my summer holidays at my cousins looking after her four boys (9,2x6 and a 3 yrs old) I liked them but they were little beasts, now over twenty years on they still talk of stealing my clothes whilst I was in the shower and putting them in the front yard. The smell of baby poo, baby chuck and all the sounds, smells and sights my new mums friends raved about was a loss to me..it was poo, chuck and such...Get over it, I thought.
I know I was on Canberra for work, commuting back and forth on weekends or flying hubby up when I thought ...Was this all I wanted to do all my life..I could not envisage myself doing the same thing in a decades time. We had been married six years by then, had paid a substantial chunk out of the house and had most of what we needed ...So I thought we might like to have a baby...We had spoke of this and it was a sort of "on the agenda but not ready type of thing" I don't think any one is ready for a baby or the idea of creating one.
Now as I remember the sights, sensations, smells, feelings, and everything else that goes with the pregnancy , birth and watching a baby grow and develop.. I think there could be nothing else in the world I could have wanted or needed more. It is an experience in itself and individual to each person.
Yes, I know how it happened but when you consider a 30yr old who had career, good $$$ and outside interests who considered a visit from her 10 and 8 year old nieces a perfect reason for birth control and WHY NOT to have children...Who now has three kids and is a SAHM..What happened in my mind to get me to this point?
I never was really attracted to kids and the idea of giving birth was more than I could bear (get it LOL) I think I was all "mothered" out in my late teens as I spent almost all my summer holidays at my cousins looking after her four boys (9,2x6 and a 3 yrs old) I liked them but they were little beasts, now over twenty years on they still talk of stealing my clothes whilst I was in the shower and putting them in the front yard. The smell of baby poo, baby chuck and all the sounds, smells and sights my new mums friends raved about was a loss to me..it was poo, chuck and such...Get over it, I thought.
I know I was on Canberra for work, commuting back and forth on weekends or flying hubby up when I thought ...Was this all I wanted to do all my life..I could not envisage myself doing the same thing in a decades time. We had been married six years by then, had paid a substantial chunk out of the house and had most of what we needed ...So I thought we might like to have a baby...We had spoke of this and it was a sort of "on the agenda but not ready type of thing" I don't think any one is ready for a baby or the idea of creating one.
Now as I remember the sights, sensations, smells, feelings, and everything else that goes with the pregnancy , birth and watching a baby grow and develop.. I think there could be nothing else in the world I could have wanted or needed more. It is an experience in itself and individual to each person.
Funny, how if a little person comes into your life; you tend to see the upheaval or the joy; bit like glass half empty or half full; I remember for the first time not giving a stuff about the washing, ironing or the state of the house (except the floors if baby was on them) I took on the mantra of "Don't sweat the small stuff, and it's all small stuff"
I still get uptight about mess and toys tipped out for no reason, but I like to think that what I'm doing is to help three kids grow and develop at their own individual rates and stages, to learn about things in their own time and way, the encourage a healthy love of learning, but most of all to just be there to wipe away the tears, kiss the sweaty foreheads, hug the fears away and to put my nose to their hair and try and remember the smell of innocence.
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Blogsphere Questionnaire Extraodanaire
Ok, Mr Oz Ramblings has taken the challenge to be interviewed..He may regret it...LOL
1. If you could be any leader throughout history, who would you like to be and what ONE thing would you change about their leadership/reign?
2. What do you most dislike about yourself that is not physical or tangible and why? Would you change it?
3. Do you believe there is life after death and why?
4. What one book would you turn into an epic film (that has not been done already) and who would play the four main characters?
5. If you could be any thing or any one person in the world for one day and you had to cause major changes in the world during this transformation, what thing/person would you become and what would you change?
Enjoy!!!!!
1. If you could be any leader throughout history, who would you like to be and what ONE thing would you change about their leadership/reign?
2. What do you most dislike about yourself that is not physical or tangible and why? Would you change it?
3. Do you believe there is life after death and why?
4. What one book would you turn into an epic film (that has not been done already) and who would play the four main characters?
5. If you could be any thing or any one person in the world for one day and you had to cause major changes in the world during this transformation, what thing/person would you become and what would you change?
Enjoy!!!!!
Blog sphere questions....
Picked this up from The Inner Mind of Jamie (link from my site on side bar) it's fun and if you want to join in the rules are printed below.
1. If there was something you could change about yourself, what would it be? Why?My inability to accepted peoples lethargy about issues and wrongs to themselve and others
2. If you had just one dollar to your name, otherwise broke. Would you give it to a poor person on the street? Why or why not? Probably, I could get a job but if they are on the street they probably need it more than me (although in Melb begging is an art and a money maker)
3. What makes you who you are?Every one I have ever met and everything I have every done, although I think my mum accounts for about 80%of who I am
4. I love this question Spexial. If you had to pick one animal to represent you, which one and why?A cat, because they were once worshipped as demi gods and gods and I think they still think they are today..thats me. I think I'm better than I really am.
5. What is the worst thing you have done to someone? Lodged a undeclared income report with the Tax Office!!!!YES I AM A BITCH ON WHEELS!!!!!
If you want to be interviewed here's how it works.....-If you want to participate leave a comment below that says "interview me."-I will respond by asking you 5 questions, each person's will be different.-You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.-You will include this explanation and and an offer to interview others in the same post.-When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them 5 questions.
1. If there was something you could change about yourself, what would it be? Why?My inability to accepted peoples lethargy about issues and wrongs to themselve and others
2. If you had just one dollar to your name, otherwise broke. Would you give it to a poor person on the street? Why or why not? Probably, I could get a job but if they are on the street they probably need it more than me (although in Melb begging is an art and a money maker)
3. What makes you who you are?Every one I have ever met and everything I have every done, although I think my mum accounts for about 80%of who I am
4. I love this question Spexial. If you had to pick one animal to represent you, which one and why?A cat, because they were once worshipped as demi gods and gods and I think they still think they are today..thats me. I think I'm better than I really am.
5. What is the worst thing you have done to someone? Lodged a undeclared income report with the Tax Office!!!!YES I AM A BITCH ON WHEELS!!!!!
If you want to be interviewed here's how it works.....-If you want to participate leave a comment below that says "interview me."-I will respond by asking you 5 questions, each person's will be different.-You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.-You will include this explanation and and an offer to interview others in the same post.-When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them 5 questions.
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Things you find in a car......
Having three children all whom think it is lifethreatening not to take a toy, book whatever in the car for EVERY trip ANYWHERE...You can imagine the SHIT that piles up in the car, especially as kids seem unable to carry stuff back into the house on the return..."tooo hebby" (too heavy)
So once a fortnight (or week depending on how much SHIT is on the floor) I take a rubbish bag to the car and clean up. The last few weeks have been an education as to what my kids are actually doing in the car, Dad seems to be part of this equation as his SHIT is in the car too.
Week 1#: 2 apple cores, 2 empty juice bottles, assortment of fries from Mickey D's, 3 soxs...none matching, a hankerchief, screwed up tissues, 5 Matchbox cars, 3 books (Dr Seuss, Arnold and Thomas The Tank Engine) 2 paperbacks books (Enid Blyton and Gretal Killien) used travel cards, old copies of MX ,number indeterminable (free city newspaper) old copies of financial review. NOTE: This includes cleaning out the boot of the car also
TWO WEEKS LATER......
Week2# mandarins peel, old Salada biscuits, soxs again..none matching the previous three, old copies of Business Weekly, old airline tickets (Dad had been away for work)chocolate wrappers, lollipop wrappers and sticks, pair of sandals (what the...It's winter here!!!)pencils, pens, old kinder art work and the missing Tamagotchi of 2 weeks ago (down beside from passenger seat)
ONE WEEK LATER>>>>
Week 3# Now it gets nasty as it's one week since I cleaned out the car and washed and vacuumed it....
a VERY old half eaten apple, a banana peel, old Salada biscuits, empty water bottle(empty because its leaked on the floor)half a eaten burger(brand indistinguishable) half full flavoured milk bottle (YEEEECH)empty Coke bottle, and a lump of what I think was once cheese.
Now does this stuff mutiple or are there gremlins in the car bringing this mouldy, crappy SHIT into my car over night?? How can I have an apple that looks like its been there since Ned Kelly was a boy if I cleaned out the whole car a week earlier??? Is it the germs already there mutiplying and manifesting into these forms?
Any ideas?
What SHIT is in your car?
So once a fortnight (or week depending on how much SHIT is on the floor) I take a rubbish bag to the car and clean up. The last few weeks have been an education as to what my kids are actually doing in the car, Dad seems to be part of this equation as his SHIT is in the car too.
Week 1#: 2 apple cores, 2 empty juice bottles, assortment of fries from Mickey D's, 3 soxs...none matching, a hankerchief, screwed up tissues, 5 Matchbox cars, 3 books (Dr Seuss, Arnold and Thomas The Tank Engine) 2 paperbacks books (Enid Blyton and Gretal Killien) used travel cards, old copies of MX ,number indeterminable (free city newspaper) old copies of financial review. NOTE: This includes cleaning out the boot of the car also
TWO WEEKS LATER......
Week2# mandarins peel, old Salada biscuits, soxs again..none matching the previous three, old copies of Business Weekly, old airline tickets (Dad had been away for work)chocolate wrappers, lollipop wrappers and sticks, pair of sandals (what the...It's winter here!!!)pencils, pens, old kinder art work and the missing Tamagotchi of 2 weeks ago (down beside from passenger seat)
ONE WEEK LATER>>>>
Week 3# Now it gets nasty as it's one week since I cleaned out the car and washed and vacuumed it....
a VERY old half eaten apple, a banana peel, old Salada biscuits, empty water bottle(empty because its leaked on the floor)half a eaten burger(brand indistinguishable) half full flavoured milk bottle (YEEEECH)empty Coke bottle, and a lump of what I think was once cheese.
Now does this stuff mutiple or are there gremlins in the car bringing this mouldy, crappy SHIT into my car over night?? How can I have an apple that looks like its been there since Ned Kelly was a boy if I cleaned out the whole car a week earlier??? Is it the germs already there mutiplying and manifesting into these forms?
Any ideas?
What SHIT is in your car?
Monday, July 18, 2005
Naughty,naughty Mr Vizard
Why is it that some animals are more equal than others???I never really understood that under that same circumstances ,for the same "crime" diverse punishments can be doled out. Vizard is a millionaire and will be fined $600K , that is chump change to someone with his financial acumen and resources. Rene Rifkin, albeit was under house arrest and got out of jail "free" for some malady or other..But he went to jail and his insider trading involved less money than Stevie baby. Rene, too, was a public figure as is Steve. So why the difference?
ASIC says its too hard to prove insider trading and to prosecute via the criminal system, is it not the job of the Dept of Public Prosecutions the prove that?? They, together with NCA, AFP and any one else who cared to join the fun, had no trouble tormenting John Elliot for getting out of bed in the mornings a few years ago. What's so special about Steve Vizard?
The "establishment" have dropped him like a hot potato...Why? Was he ever really one of the elite or just a wanna be with charisma, a toothy smile and a quick wit...Bit of a court jester. He says he's sorry, deeply sorry and will spend the rest of his life making restitution, this after he flounced back into Melb after nice relaxing overseas jaunt. Really hard to feel sorry for this guy. Why was he not made to surrender his passport???
Insider trading is theft by deception, plain and simple, it involves the breaking of a trust..no wonder he no longer practices law..He'd never be able to uphold client/lawyer privilege. Stocks allocated to him as a stripend for sitting on boards (and what did he do there, provide light entertainment during recesses in meeting??) he sold off with the KNOWLEDGE that changes were about or the company was being sold. This is deceptive and devious.
Steve Vizard should have stuck to what he was good at..But was he ever any good at anything? He's been a lawyer, Uni review actor(who hasn't) TV comedy act, TV host, sat on boards and got his photo in the social pages with the likes of Ron Walker(don't start me on him) I say he pays the full fare, same as Rene, he has the money and can either represent himself ,or, I did recognise a very expensive QC by his side at his court hearing courts are there for a reason, just because he lost money on the deals, only means he's a bad judge of the market; it does not change what he did.
ASIC says its too hard to prove insider trading and to prosecute via the criminal system, is it not the job of the Dept of Public Prosecutions the prove that?? They, together with NCA, AFP and any one else who cared to join the fun, had no trouble tormenting John Elliot for getting out of bed in the mornings a few years ago. What's so special about Steve Vizard?
The "establishment" have dropped him like a hot potato...Why? Was he ever really one of the elite or just a wanna be with charisma, a toothy smile and a quick wit...Bit of a court jester. He says he's sorry, deeply sorry and will spend the rest of his life making restitution, this after he flounced back into Melb after nice relaxing overseas jaunt. Really hard to feel sorry for this guy. Why was he not made to surrender his passport???
Insider trading is theft by deception, plain and simple, it involves the breaking of a trust..no wonder he no longer practices law..He'd never be able to uphold client/lawyer privilege. Stocks allocated to him as a stripend for sitting on boards (and what did he do there, provide light entertainment during recesses in meeting??) he sold off with the KNOWLEDGE that changes were about or the company was being sold. This is deceptive and devious.
Steve Vizard should have stuck to what he was good at..But was he ever any good at anything? He's been a lawyer, Uni review actor(who hasn't) TV comedy act, TV host, sat on boards and got his photo in the social pages with the likes of Ron Walker(don't start me on him) I say he pays the full fare, same as Rene, he has the money and can either represent himself ,or, I did recognise a very expensive QC by his side at his court hearing courts are there for a reason, just because he lost money on the deals, only means he's a bad judge of the market; it does not change what he did.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
I am A SALMON???
Bit of a quiz I linked to from Brians Blog,try it....its funny
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Busy busy and even more busy than before
Seems time flies when you are fighting for your kids rights, have been to Early Intervention Program (EIP) goal setting on Monday morning; this involves setting goals that you want your child to achieve in EIP, I'd like Mr5 to master fine motor skills such as buttons, regain lost toileting skills (which we worked out regressed when his kinder teacher was away) and improve his receptive language and listening skills...Ideally I'd like him to be accepted by his peers at kinder but if the parents are complete dolts when it comes to diversity, what can you do??
Monday night saw a strange phenomenon, a kinder committee meeting sans minutes from last meeting or treasurer report....... Thought the meeting had to be rescheduled if such items could not be tabled,motioned as passed and reviewed? I attended as the additional needs kids in the kinder are being somewhat vilified by the other children and indirectly by the parents, council attended to advise the committee of HCC's (Hume City Councils ) stance on the matter of inclusion and such, the EIP co ordinator attended to offer support to the parents and offer her advice to the committee and parents on the matter of inclusion, HCC supplied no less than 3 representatives...Why, I do not know. The committees reception was mixed to put it one way.
It was a relatively peaceful encounter, the committee wants to abolish fruit duty (preparation of fruit by volunteer parents)as it limits the time with their kids..Yeah right. The real issue is that it was a matter for which the previous teacher stood her ground on and this is their little power play, they even have the support of the other kinder teacher who no doubt was vicariously involved in the covert "get rid of Rachel" campaign. Tuesday saw a day of writing and re writing a letter to the committee, whilst playing trains with my boys and getting Mr 2 some new shoes. Friends visited at 5.00 and their kids ate dinner with mine..They all left at 8.30!!! Their school age child had a curriculum day on Wednesday...But mine don't!!!
So today we had kinder which Mr 5 did not want to attend because two boys (whose names I will not print ) bailed him up in the fort and threw balls at him on Monday, he has been telling me about this since Monday afternoon. Obviously he was hurt (physically and mentally ) by this act and where was the teacher or responsible adult when this was occurring? So after convincing him it would not happen again and that I would talk to the teacher..Which I did, I mean stuff like this happens but Mr 5 was really really caught up in this matter so I thought I'd let the teacher know plus when upset he's hard to understand and this is amplified if you aren't used to his nauces of speech. I also took delivery of Miss 8's replacement Tamagotchi (bought of eBay) so she was very pleased that Mum came through on that (even thought the day after I won the auction the local Toyworld got a delivery in..DRATS).
Saturday we all went to the market to get fruit and vegetables, a weekly excursion but usually it's Dad and boys, mum and girl sort of thing...We had to collect and choose fish for the tropical aquarium and also have a water sample tested. The kids picked one small Angelfish each, some Guramis (?) a Silver tailed shark and we transferred three Black Widows from the cold tank to the tropical (they can be kept in both) Apparently, you only buy small fish with a tank set up as the tank can still "crash" (enviro melt down) Must admit it is very relaxing to watch them and the kids learn so much from them.
Had been trying to get some information about PSD (Program For Students With disabilities) testing along with the EIP co ordinator, we had not heard when Mr 5 would be tested...And lo and behold the letter came Tuesday...Not a lot if info just that a DET (Dept of Education and Training)psychologist will contact me regarding test date. Hope it's not when there is an incursion at kinder..Could be disruptive.
Monday night saw a strange phenomenon, a kinder committee meeting sans minutes from last meeting or treasurer report....... Thought the meeting had to be rescheduled if such items could not be tabled,motioned as passed and reviewed? I attended as the additional needs kids in the kinder are being somewhat vilified by the other children and indirectly by the parents, council attended to advise the committee of HCC's (Hume City Councils ) stance on the matter of inclusion and such, the EIP co ordinator attended to offer support to the parents and offer her advice to the committee and parents on the matter of inclusion, HCC supplied no less than 3 representatives...Why, I do not know. The committees reception was mixed to put it one way.
It was a relatively peaceful encounter, the committee wants to abolish fruit duty (preparation of fruit by volunteer parents)as it limits the time with their kids..Yeah right. The real issue is that it was a matter for which the previous teacher stood her ground on and this is their little power play, they even have the support of the other kinder teacher who no doubt was vicariously involved in the covert "get rid of Rachel" campaign. Tuesday saw a day of writing and re writing a letter to the committee, whilst playing trains with my boys and getting Mr 2 some new shoes. Friends visited at 5.00 and their kids ate dinner with mine..They all left at 8.30!!! Their school age child had a curriculum day on Wednesday...But mine don't!!!
So today we had kinder which Mr 5 did not want to attend because two boys (whose names I will not print ) bailed him up in the fort and threw balls at him on Monday, he has been telling me about this since Monday afternoon. Obviously he was hurt (physically and mentally ) by this act and where was the teacher or responsible adult when this was occurring? So after convincing him it would not happen again and that I would talk to the teacher..Which I did, I mean stuff like this happens but Mr 5 was really really caught up in this matter so I thought I'd let the teacher know plus when upset he's hard to understand and this is amplified if you aren't used to his nauces of speech. I also took delivery of Miss 8's replacement Tamagotchi (bought of eBay) so she was very pleased that Mum came through on that (even thought the day after I won the auction the local Toyworld got a delivery in..DRATS).
Saturday we all went to the market to get fruit and vegetables, a weekly excursion but usually it's Dad and boys, mum and girl sort of thing...We had to collect and choose fish for the tropical aquarium and also have a water sample tested. The kids picked one small Angelfish each, some Guramis (?) a Silver tailed shark and we transferred three Black Widows from the cold tank to the tropical (they can be kept in both) Apparently, you only buy small fish with a tank set up as the tank can still "crash" (enviro melt down) Must admit it is very relaxing to watch them and the kids learn so much from them.
Had been trying to get some information about PSD (Program For Students With disabilities) testing along with the EIP co ordinator, we had not heard when Mr 5 would be tested...And lo and behold the letter came Tuesday...Not a lot if info just that a DET (Dept of Education and Training)psychologist will contact me regarding test date. Hope it's not when there is an incursion at kinder..Could be disruptive.
Friday, July 08, 2005
Careful............
Had to comment on the events of the last 24 hours...Bombs on the London underground and bus system...Really baaaaad stuff. At least not many were killed/injured as in the WTC but that's not the say it wasn't bad. Now Blair is in a spitting match with who ever did this, with his poor attempt to equal Churchill with insipid, pseudo inspiring speeches. You have to be concerned given we have the Commonwealth Games next year, but it seems that it's not events being targeted but daily activities and times when maximum damage can be caused . Just hope things don't go overboard with retaliating within society. People need to understand that factions such as the ones who caused this, are in the minority...So if they are Irish,Islamic, Arabic, Jewish, Koorie, whatever they do not necessarily support the ideals of the majority.
Society need to be aware of tarring all and sundry with the same brush. I do not believe in the continuing English rule over Ireland, but do not support the killings and bombing of the IRA, yet I believe that Gerry Adams can change Ireland for the better. Evil can be found throughout history in all facets of all religions/ beliefs/ideals, but it is the evil acts which scar the belief, leaving it forever for all to see, causing judgment as to how it occurred when all memories of its birth are forgotten.
Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it .
Society need to be aware of tarring all and sundry with the same brush. I do not believe in the continuing English rule over Ireland, but do not support the killings and bombing of the IRA, yet I believe that Gerry Adams can change Ireland for the better. Evil can be found throughout history in all facets of all religions/ beliefs/ideals, but it is the evil acts which scar the belief, leaving it forever for all to see, causing judgment as to how it occurred when all memories of its birth are forgotten.
Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it .
Thursday, July 07, 2005
A day in my life.....
Seeing how this is about learning,expressing, being creative..Whatever , I suppose. I thought I'd do something a little untoward and different;least I hope it will be seen as different. A time table of my day...
0430am Mr 2 arrives in parents rooms for cuddles
0450am I wake up enough to take him back to his own bed
0500am Mr 5 comes into parents room "I'm frightened"
0530am After cuddles and comforting (there really are no monsters under your bed) Daddy takes him back to his bed
0600am Mr Supamums alarm goes off, hit snooze and go back to sleep
0610am Alarm goes off again, hit snooze and go back to sleep
0620am Alarm goes off again, remind Mr Supamum he'll be late
0630am-0645am Lay in bed dozing whilst alternatively awaiting stomp,stomp of little feet and being blinded by Mr Supamum turning light on and looking for things
0650am Mr Supamum leaves for the bus to station, get up an turn off bathroom light, heater light and air vent .
0700am Dozing zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz *SNORE*zzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"toss" zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"turn"zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
almost asleepzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ITS SCHOOL HOLIDAYS SO I CAN DO THIS ANY OTHER DAY I'D BE UP AT 0630am
0710am Mr 5 enters and asks if its day time yet..."no it';s still dark ,You cuddle mummy in the big bed" Don't mention the "S'" word or he'll be up and off. Hoping he dozes off the sleep (fat chance)
0730am Mr 5 announces it is daytime and "sun is up" and so is he, God help anyone who may want to sleep.
0740am Give in and switch on TV to Nicklodean Junior (love that Foxtel) Go back to bed
0800am Mr 2 awakens and comes in to cuddle and alternatively kick mum in the kidneys, back, legs, head.
0810am Mr 2 decides he will watch TV also, by this time Mr 5 has a train set out and is playing with it.
0820am I am in the shower, with alternating visits from the boys asking if "I have boobies" and them showing me their "boobies", asking me to show them my belly button, and them showing me theirs; whilst attempting to wash my hair, and stop them from getting into the shower fully clothed. Get dressed..Try and find clean t.shirt...stuff it wear one of hubbys.
0840am Start breakfast..."What do you want?" "corn flakes with honey" Get cornflakes, and as milk is being poured on them "no no no I want weetbix" comes the cry, me too announces Mr 2!!!
Explain that what he asked for was cornflakes ( have been though this before and know not to give in) Pouting, and slouching by both boys. Leave breakfast in front of them..Eat it or not. Miss 8 is still sound asleep and may not grace us with her presence till 1000am or so.
0900am Boys eat breakfast , whilst asking for more juice (limit of one glass per person per day)or milk or whatever. I put washing on, and empty dryer (used only sparingly in winter to dry out clothes properly after they have been on the line)
0910am Clean up breakfast bench, sweep/mop floor beneath boys seats or let dog in to clean up excess first (depends on how much food and drink is spilt)Empty dishwasher for re load.
0930am Try and have breakfast..if I have something different from the boys they want it too.
0940am Tidy up and fold washing to be put away. Bribe and coerce boys to brush teeth and hair.
1000am Screaming starts, "he's in my room, they woke me up" and the destructive duo stomp from their sisters room laughing, she storms after them swearing a death promise that only could have been heard on "Lizzie McGuirie"
1020am Miss 8 still in a huff, no good asking her what her breakfast wish may be, continue to fold washing
1040am "Mum ,what am I having for breakfast?" "What do you want?" "I dunno"
1050am Destructive duo have gotten to half folded washing and decided to play tents with the sheets and make super hero capes from the towels complete with underpants on their heads.
1100am "Muuuuuum ,what am I having for breakfast??" "what would you like?" "I dunno"
1110am Gather up washing that was previously known as folded, usher boys outside to play (its 16degrees, allow them to put gumboots on and rug up, its ok) Ask Miss 8 what she'd like for breakfast..."Do we have raisin bread?' "No" "Do we have Coco Pops?" "No, we only have junk cereal once a month and you had it last week" (don't tell her last week was last month technically) She looks at the calendar and works this out for herself.."mum, last week was June, now its July so it's next month so we can have junk cereal" "Well, I haven't any junk cereal right now so you will have to have what's there" "When will you get some because it's next month right now" "When I go grocery shopping" "When?" "Maybe tonight after dad gets home" (hoping to get out by myself for a while even to do shopping) "Can I come?""We'll see, now what do you want for breakfast?' "Do we have Coco pops?"..............................Eventually, Miss 8 has toast. It is now 1150am!!!!!
1210pm Washing has been finished for 1 hour but still haven't got to hang it out, boys have all cubby house interiors out to create a space ship and are now chasing dog about the yard, yelling that she is a space monster!!!! Miss 8 has plopped on couch in PJ's to read a book, ask her to brush teeth and hair ..I am talking to a mannequin!!! I realise I haven't brushed my teeth yet.
1230pm "We're hungry" comes the cry from the back door amidst boots being kicked off.
1240pm Make lunch for boys, peanut butter for Mr 5 (on wholemeal bread I hide in a regular bread bag) Vegemite and cheese for Mr 2, fruit for after which will be partially eaten and the rest tossed about on the bench, squished under plates, made into "cakes", whatever.
1300pm Attempt to hang out washing..."Mum, what am I having for lunch?" "What do you want?" "Do we have.....? (refer to 1110am entry to get the gist of this conversation)
1330pm Miss 8 decides to have fruit for lunch
1340pm Complete hanging of washing, boys have now turned front lounge into Spencer St Station with three plus train sets out in various formats and styles and are now landing helicopters amidst the trains. Miss 8 tells them this cannot be done and attempts to correct the perceived error..fight ensues....one child who has been bitten, one who has been hit, one who has been kicked in the "nads" (his sisters new, improved, weapon of choice). Made to aplogise, explained why hitting, biting, etc is wrong,sent all to rooms and I pack up train sets. Sobbing and crying continues.
1400pm Grab a banana to eat outside whilst checking on what's out of cubby and needs to go back and what I could toss whilst they aren't about.
1420pm First of three ventures outside to see if he can play, "If you put the things back into the cubby" "Awwwwwww NO, that my space ship" OK ever tried explaining your area of expertise or job to a novice or someone from another field?? That's what logic is like for a child with dyspraxia..there is no sequence, no consequences, no results...this moment is all that matters to him. He cannot grasp the notion of it possibly raining later if it's not raining right now. So I put the stuff away, with Mr 5 trying to stop me every inch of the way. Miss 8 enters the scene , dressed but without shoes and comes out to help. Mr 2 is running about without shoes or a top and with a "baggy, saggy" nappy to boot.
1430pm Fight with Mr 2 about the wearing of footwear and tops in winter when outside
1500pm Cubby house interiors packed away, I suggest we do something, ...sticker art which involves putting little sticker shapes in and around a picture in lieu of colouring. Its good for Mr 5's fine motor and colour recognition skills, Mr 2's fine motor and Miss 8's imagination and it's fun.
1600pm Mr 5 wanders over to TV and wants to watch Dora the Explorer (I think its finished) we check and find yep, missed it by 1/2 hour or so, tears, tantrums and general unacceptable of the show not being available. Meanwhile Mr 2 and Miss 8 are fighting about who's watching Hi 5 or Animal Planet ( Did I say I hated Foxtel???)
1615pm Bad smell about, ooooh Mr 5 has reversed his role as chief "do it in the loo" boy of late eeeeeewwww. Change, clean and disinfect.
1630 All are merrily watching some cartoon, I try to finish folding washing AGAIN. "Mum. can I have some thing to eat?" This comment is an anomaly as usually they just help themselves, must be the double application of child proof locks on the pantry which has caused this request.I get them some potato chips in bowls....return to washing folding...."thats mine" "no it's not" Yes, It is is has the picture of the fairy on it, yours has Spot the Dog" HIT, PUNCH, KICK, BITE. Here we go again. Tears, bruises, bite marks, off to their rooms ( ad infinium)
1715pm Give up on washing folding and attempt to get tea ready, make salad and put it on fridge...no mean feat with little hands grabbing at carrots, lettuce, cheese, whatever.
1815pm Start cooking tea, steak for Mum and dad, marinated lamb cutlets for the kids
1840pm Dad is home, rough housing with boys who are not yet bathed or behaving
1900pm Tea time, children try to all talk at once AT dad, one is eating his salad but not his meat ,one is eating his meat and telling all and sundry the "salad is yukky" Miss 8 has eaten her meal and is asking for ice cream. I have only just sat down and Dad is still getting the kids their drinks.
1930pm After the umpteenth attempt to have the boys sit and eat, we tell them tea is over and its bath time, Miss 8 is still asking for icecream. I have managed to eat 1/2 a salad and two bites of meat.
1940pm Boys in bath, and out of bath and in bath and out of bath, get it? Dressed in PJ's they are allowed to watch some of the Disney channel. We try and finish our tea. Miss 8 is now asking to be allowed to come with me grocery shopping (RATS!!!)Mr 5 has come over and is now polishing off his meal and the remainders of everyone else's. Stack dishwasher and switch it on, if left to Mr Supamum, he'd forget.
2015pm Boys in bed (for now) Miss 8 and I head off to hunt and gather.
2100pm Love shopping at night...whole shop to yourself almost, carry in proceeds of our venture and start unpacking and putting away, Miss 8 is having a bath ...then we hear "get out" Mr 2 is attempting to get into the bath with his sister.
2130pm Miss 8 realises she has lost her Tamagotchi (virtual pet hung from a lanyard) she was playing with it at the checkout and after a check of the garage and car, its thought it has been lost in the carpark at the supermarket...tears ensue, these damn things are a rare as hens teeth and a friends mum got this one for me from an obscure toy shop in Keilor.
2145pm Sit down and watch re run of L& O have (missed House, MD)talk about our day
2200pm Read some of Jonathon Kellermans "Twisted" Miss 8 out and about "I can't sleep"
send her back to bed(this is a regular occurrence)
2230pm Feed animals, turn off kids night lights, and radio, remind Mr Supamum that I have done these things...he's dozing on the couch
2300pm Go to bed
2315pm Miss 8 visits "I can't sleep" is allowed to get into bed with mum till dad comes to bed
YAWN*zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*SNORE*zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
WELCOME TO MY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
0430am Mr 2 arrives in parents rooms for cuddles
0450am I wake up enough to take him back to his own bed
0500am Mr 5 comes into parents room "I'm frightened"
0530am After cuddles and comforting (there really are no monsters under your bed) Daddy takes him back to his bed
0600am Mr Supamums alarm goes off, hit snooze and go back to sleep
0610am Alarm goes off again, hit snooze and go back to sleep
0620am Alarm goes off again, remind Mr Supamum he'll be late
0630am-0645am Lay in bed dozing whilst alternatively awaiting stomp,stomp of little feet and being blinded by Mr Supamum turning light on and looking for things
0650am Mr Supamum leaves for the bus to station, get up an turn off bathroom light, heater light and air vent .
0700am Dozing zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz *SNORE*zzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"toss" zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"turn"zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
almost asleepzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ITS SCHOOL HOLIDAYS SO I CAN DO THIS ANY OTHER DAY I'D BE UP AT 0630am
0710am Mr 5 enters and asks if its day time yet..."no it';s still dark ,You cuddle mummy in the big bed" Don't mention the "S'" word or he'll be up and off. Hoping he dozes off the sleep (fat chance)
0730am Mr 5 announces it is daytime and "sun is up" and so is he, God help anyone who may want to sleep.
0740am Give in and switch on TV to Nicklodean Junior (love that Foxtel) Go back to bed
0800am Mr 2 awakens and comes in to cuddle and alternatively kick mum in the kidneys, back, legs, head.
0810am Mr 2 decides he will watch TV also, by this time Mr 5 has a train set out and is playing with it.
0820am I am in the shower, with alternating visits from the boys asking if "I have boobies" and them showing me their "boobies", asking me to show them my belly button, and them showing me theirs; whilst attempting to wash my hair, and stop them from getting into the shower fully clothed. Get dressed..Try and find clean t.shirt...stuff it wear one of hubbys.
0840am Start breakfast..."What do you want?" "corn flakes with honey" Get cornflakes, and as milk is being poured on them "no no no I want weetbix" comes the cry, me too announces Mr 2!!!
Explain that what he asked for was cornflakes ( have been though this before and know not to give in) Pouting, and slouching by both boys. Leave breakfast in front of them..Eat it or not. Miss 8 is still sound asleep and may not grace us with her presence till 1000am or so.
0900am Boys eat breakfast , whilst asking for more juice (limit of one glass per person per day)or milk or whatever. I put washing on, and empty dryer (used only sparingly in winter to dry out clothes properly after they have been on the line)
0910am Clean up breakfast bench, sweep/mop floor beneath boys seats or let dog in to clean up excess first (depends on how much food and drink is spilt)Empty dishwasher for re load.
0930am Try and have breakfast..if I have something different from the boys they want it too.
0940am Tidy up and fold washing to be put away. Bribe and coerce boys to brush teeth and hair.
1000am Screaming starts, "he's in my room, they woke me up" and the destructive duo stomp from their sisters room laughing, she storms after them swearing a death promise that only could have been heard on "Lizzie McGuirie"
1020am Miss 8 still in a huff, no good asking her what her breakfast wish may be, continue to fold washing
1040am "Mum ,what am I having for breakfast?" "What do you want?" "I dunno"
1050am Destructive duo have gotten to half folded washing and decided to play tents with the sheets and make super hero capes from the towels complete with underpants on their heads.
1100am "Muuuuuum ,what am I having for breakfast??" "what would you like?" "I dunno"
1110am Gather up washing that was previously known as folded, usher boys outside to play (its 16degrees, allow them to put gumboots on and rug up, its ok) Ask Miss 8 what she'd like for breakfast..."Do we have raisin bread?' "No" "Do we have Coco Pops?" "No, we only have junk cereal once a month and you had it last week" (don't tell her last week was last month technically) She looks at the calendar and works this out for herself.."mum, last week was June, now its July so it's next month so we can have junk cereal" "Well, I haven't any junk cereal right now so you will have to have what's there" "When will you get some because it's next month right now" "When I go grocery shopping" "When?" "Maybe tonight after dad gets home" (hoping to get out by myself for a while even to do shopping) "Can I come?""We'll see, now what do you want for breakfast?' "Do we have Coco pops?"..............................Eventually, Miss 8 has toast. It is now 1150am!!!!!
1210pm Washing has been finished for 1 hour but still haven't got to hang it out, boys have all cubby house interiors out to create a space ship and are now chasing dog about the yard, yelling that she is a space monster!!!! Miss 8 has plopped on couch in PJ's to read a book, ask her to brush teeth and hair ..I am talking to a mannequin!!! I realise I haven't brushed my teeth yet.
1230pm "We're hungry" comes the cry from the back door amidst boots being kicked off.
1240pm Make lunch for boys, peanut butter for Mr 5 (on wholemeal bread I hide in a regular bread bag) Vegemite and cheese for Mr 2, fruit for after which will be partially eaten and the rest tossed about on the bench, squished under plates, made into "cakes", whatever.
1300pm Attempt to hang out washing..."Mum, what am I having for lunch?" "What do you want?" "Do we have.....? (refer to 1110am entry to get the gist of this conversation)
1330pm Miss 8 decides to have fruit for lunch
1340pm Complete hanging of washing, boys have now turned front lounge into Spencer St Station with three plus train sets out in various formats and styles and are now landing helicopters amidst the trains. Miss 8 tells them this cannot be done and attempts to correct the perceived error..fight ensues....one child who has been bitten, one who has been hit, one who has been kicked in the "nads" (his sisters new, improved, weapon of choice). Made to aplogise, explained why hitting, biting, etc is wrong,sent all to rooms and I pack up train sets. Sobbing and crying continues.
1400pm Grab a banana to eat outside whilst checking on what's out of cubby and needs to go back and what I could toss whilst they aren't about.
1420pm First of three ventures outside to see if he can play, "If you put the things back into the cubby" "Awwwwwww NO, that my space ship" OK ever tried explaining your area of expertise or job to a novice or someone from another field?? That's what logic is like for a child with dyspraxia..there is no sequence, no consequences, no results...this moment is all that matters to him. He cannot grasp the notion of it possibly raining later if it's not raining right now. So I put the stuff away, with Mr 5 trying to stop me every inch of the way. Miss 8 enters the scene , dressed but without shoes and comes out to help. Mr 2 is running about without shoes or a top and with a "baggy, saggy" nappy to boot.
1430pm Fight with Mr 2 about the wearing of footwear and tops in winter when outside
1500pm Cubby house interiors packed away, I suggest we do something, ...sticker art which involves putting little sticker shapes in and around a picture in lieu of colouring. Its good for Mr 5's fine motor and colour recognition skills, Mr 2's fine motor and Miss 8's imagination and it's fun.
1600pm Mr 5 wanders over to TV and wants to watch Dora the Explorer (I think its finished) we check and find yep, missed it by 1/2 hour or so, tears, tantrums and general unacceptable of the show not being available. Meanwhile Mr 2 and Miss 8 are fighting about who's watching Hi 5 or Animal Planet ( Did I say I hated Foxtel???)
1615pm Bad smell about, ooooh Mr 5 has reversed his role as chief "do it in the loo" boy of late eeeeeewwww. Change, clean and disinfect.
1630 All are merrily watching some cartoon, I try to finish folding washing AGAIN. "Mum. can I have some thing to eat?" This comment is an anomaly as usually they just help themselves, must be the double application of child proof locks on the pantry which has caused this request.I get them some potato chips in bowls....return to washing folding...."thats mine" "no it's not" Yes, It is is has the picture of the fairy on it, yours has Spot the Dog" HIT, PUNCH, KICK, BITE. Here we go again. Tears, bruises, bite marks, off to their rooms ( ad infinium)
1715pm Give up on washing folding and attempt to get tea ready, make salad and put it on fridge...no mean feat with little hands grabbing at carrots, lettuce, cheese, whatever.
1815pm Start cooking tea, steak for Mum and dad, marinated lamb cutlets for the kids
1840pm Dad is home, rough housing with boys who are not yet bathed or behaving
1900pm Tea time, children try to all talk at once AT dad, one is eating his salad but not his meat ,one is eating his meat and telling all and sundry the "salad is yukky" Miss 8 has eaten her meal and is asking for ice cream. I have only just sat down and Dad is still getting the kids their drinks.
1930pm After the umpteenth attempt to have the boys sit and eat, we tell them tea is over and its bath time, Miss 8 is still asking for icecream. I have managed to eat 1/2 a salad and two bites of meat.
1940pm Boys in bath, and out of bath and in bath and out of bath, get it? Dressed in PJ's they are allowed to watch some of the Disney channel. We try and finish our tea. Miss 8 is now asking to be allowed to come with me grocery shopping (RATS!!!)Mr 5 has come over and is now polishing off his meal and the remainders of everyone else's. Stack dishwasher and switch it on, if left to Mr Supamum, he'd forget.
2015pm Boys in bed (for now) Miss 8 and I head off to hunt and gather.
2100pm Love shopping at night...whole shop to yourself almost, carry in proceeds of our venture and start unpacking and putting away, Miss 8 is having a bath ...then we hear "get out" Mr 2 is attempting to get into the bath with his sister.
2130pm Miss 8 realises she has lost her Tamagotchi (virtual pet hung from a lanyard) she was playing with it at the checkout and after a check of the garage and car, its thought it has been lost in the carpark at the supermarket...tears ensue, these damn things are a rare as hens teeth and a friends mum got this one for me from an obscure toy shop in Keilor.
2145pm Sit down and watch re run of L& O have (missed House, MD)talk about our day
2200pm Read some of Jonathon Kellermans "Twisted" Miss 8 out and about "I can't sleep"
send her back to bed(this is a regular occurrence)
2230pm Feed animals, turn off kids night lights, and radio, remind Mr Supamum that I have done these things...he's dozing on the couch
2300pm Go to bed
2315pm Miss 8 visits "I can't sleep" is allowed to get into bed with mum till dad comes to bed
YAWN*zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*SNORE*zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
WELCOME TO MY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Skool holidays, Fishy Tales,TV and Other Stuff.
It's the second week of the school holidays which means Miss 8 is home, Mr 5 has no pre school or therapy sessions and Mr 2 is upset because he has no "mum and him" time. Needless to say there is yelling, fighting, hitting, pinching and a bit of biting going on...And that's just me..LOL just kidding. It seems that when together for huge amounts of time, some kids cannot cope with their sibs. Miss 8 has her own room, if she wants to be alone she can and then the destructive duo decide they love their big sis sooooomuch they just have to be with her in her room...Which she doesn't want to happen. So starts the screaming, then the push me,shove you, then the hitting and pinching and biting and then the tears and denial. Love the denial when the fist is still raised to hit again!!!! We have been to the drive ins the see "Herbie" which was REALLY cool, lots of good music and funny storyline...kids loved it and mum and dad did too. Drive ins are rare in Melbourne I think there are only two..one at Coburg and the other in Frankston. The kids love the idea that you can SMS your food order and have it delivered to your car..We've yet to do it but they love the idea. Miss 8 has "issues" with a girl in her class at school, who she says"thinks she is popular and so good" everyday this girls name arises in some manner, and during the school holidays it has risen with the onset of a temper outburst of some sort. Unsure if this child is tormenting Miss 8 at school in some way or if Miss 8 genuinely likes this child and want to be friends with her but is rejected, or if as Miss 8 is the youngest in the class and is just her immature social skills shining through...What ever it is, her brothers and myself are suffering the brunt of her trantrums and outbursts of anger. She will discuss it when she calms down..This I know from experience.
We collected Mr Supamum from work on Friday and went to Coburg Aquarium to get some more fish for our fish tank (freshwater, Jebo 350l, if anyone's interested) the kids picked out some Black widows (Tetras) and 2 fantails, whilst showing the kids the reef tank there, Daddy was looking at a tropical set up...Something we said we'd do when we mastered the freshwater and had moved (both which have happened) and before I knew it, Mr Supamum had a deal for the tropical set up, tank and all, plus 10% discount for accessories (plants, rocks, etc.) and had arranged delivery for that night (delivery was at the cost of 1/2 dozen Crownies, as the guy lives in Sunbury) Expensive night to be had by all. It took all weekend to set up the tank, and the cost of an extra heater, which got broken when it was not fixed in properly and fell onto some rocks...GREAT! Now the tank is up, running, filtering and settling...This weekend we get the fish. FYI: freshwater tanks need to run for 24-48 hours and tropical for a week before you add fish.
As to TV, haven't watched much but for my addictions, Last Man Standing was on again last night and amidst Adams lesbian sister wanting his best mate, Bruno( who is also her ex lover) to father her and her partners child..There was the inevitable goof up with production again..This is ongoing it seems. They must think the viewing public are stupid. This weeks goof is the location managers problem. Adam and whatshername are going to Daylesford (Spa and health resort country, very bohemian, relaxing, said to be overrun with lesbians...But I have never really noticed and I love the place)anyway the scene shows them stopping the refuel and restock on munchies...Where is the scene shot? The BP service station at Werribee South. Geographically no where near the route to Daylesford, even if you lived in Werribee South or Altona...And Adam lives in East Melbourne (near Apollos Gym off Spencer St) So my little fault picking exercise seems to becoming a weekly thing..Let's see how many more we can find in the weeks to come. Doesn't deter from the entertainment factor but it's annoying and I know that a good production supervisor and location scout would not make such an error on a locally made show.
I have to applaud Bob Geldoffs et. al. efforts with the LIVE 8 production, not asking for money but raising awareness was BRILLANT. Publicly telling the G8 representatives that the world is watching their every move and highlighting the fact that whilst they are playing golf and eating meals in Five Star hotels that children are dying. I also applaud anyone who sponsors or decided to sponsor a child/family as every bit helps. What is needed is clear concise guidelines as to the help needed, infrastructure, utilities, the means and know how to build and maintain them..Not awarding the work to an already established country's business, when the aid money goes to them (at an inflated price) and they have the ongoing contract to maintain the system forever(more money going out of the country who needs it). Trade agreements have to be upheld with no subsides paid to the parties own producers (not naming anyone, Mr Bush). Countries have to be able to participate freely in international trade, none of this "we'll buy your corn but you have to buy our beef" rubbish. This is not a game, this is life and many of them.. This is freedom to have the rights allocated to other countries of this world. We have to look after one another, not look after ourselves, every one is your brother and your sister, the G8 leaders need to look to the needs of the many instead of the few..This is the chance to change history, make poverty a thing of the past and to become history for the right reasons. THINK ON IT!!
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We collected Mr Supamum from work on Friday and went to Coburg Aquarium to get some more fish for our fish tank (freshwater, Jebo 350l, if anyone's interested) the kids picked out some Black widows (Tetras) and 2 fantails, whilst showing the kids the reef tank there, Daddy was looking at a tropical set up...Something we said we'd do when we mastered the freshwater and had moved (both which have happened) and before I knew it, Mr Supamum had a deal for the tropical set up, tank and all, plus 10% discount for accessories (plants, rocks, etc.) and had arranged delivery for that night (delivery was at the cost of 1/2 dozen Crownies, as the guy lives in Sunbury) Expensive night to be had by all. It took all weekend to set up the tank, and the cost of an extra heater, which got broken when it was not fixed in properly and fell onto some rocks...GREAT! Now the tank is up, running, filtering and settling...This weekend we get the fish. FYI: freshwater tanks need to run for 24-48 hours and tropical for a week before you add fish.
As to TV, haven't watched much but for my addictions, Last Man Standing was on again last night and amidst Adams lesbian sister wanting his best mate, Bruno( who is also her ex lover) to father her and her partners child..There was the inevitable goof up with production again..This is ongoing it seems. They must think the viewing public are stupid. This weeks goof is the location managers problem. Adam and whatshername are going to Daylesford (Spa and health resort country, very bohemian, relaxing, said to be overrun with lesbians...But I have never really noticed and I love the place)anyway the scene shows them stopping the refuel and restock on munchies...Where is the scene shot? The BP service station at Werribee South. Geographically no where near the route to Daylesford, even if you lived in Werribee South or Altona...And Adam lives in East Melbourne (near Apollos Gym off Spencer St) So my little fault picking exercise seems to becoming a weekly thing..Let's see how many more we can find in the weeks to come. Doesn't deter from the entertainment factor but it's annoying and I know that a good production supervisor and location scout would not make such an error on a locally made show.
I have to applaud Bob Geldoffs et. al. efforts with the LIVE 8 production, not asking for money but raising awareness was BRILLANT. Publicly telling the G8 representatives that the world is watching their every move and highlighting the fact that whilst they are playing golf and eating meals in Five Star hotels that children are dying. I also applaud anyone who sponsors or decided to sponsor a child/family as every bit helps. What is needed is clear concise guidelines as to the help needed, infrastructure, utilities, the means and know how to build and maintain them..Not awarding the work to an already established country's business, when the aid money goes to them (at an inflated price) and they have the ongoing contract to maintain the system forever(more money going out of the country who needs it). Trade agreements have to be upheld with no subsides paid to the parties own producers (not naming anyone, Mr Bush). Countries have to be able to participate freely in international trade, none of this "we'll buy your corn but you have to buy our beef" rubbish. This is not a game, this is life and many of them.. This is freedom to have the rights allocated to other countries of this world. We have to look after one another, not look after ourselves, every one is your brother and your sister, the G8 leaders need to look to the needs of the many instead of the few..This is the chance to change history, make poverty a thing of the past and to become history for the right reasons. THINK ON IT!!
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Friday, July 01, 2005
The ABC of Me
I am doing this as a dare as I was told I have an answer or knowledge of just about everything and I needed to apply it to myself.
A is for animals, I love all and every kind
B is for babies, which I swore I'd never have
C is for cats, of which we own two
D is for dancing which I studied at school and uni
E is for eggs, can't stand the smell of or eat them
F is for fear, I fear dying young and leaving my family
G is for God, supreme being, whatever, whoever, I believe what I want not necessarily what I was taught to believe
H is for Highpoint, one of my favorite girl and mum shopping places
I is for idealistic, what I am told I am
J is for jealous, I am that too
K is for kindred, something I feel with some people I met, sometimes
L is for love, which I feel immensely almost all the time, either for someone or from someone
M is for mum, mine who I miss terribly, but hope that I can be half of the mum to my own kids, that she was to me
N is for no, something I have trouble saying if asked a favor
O is for objective, something I can be if I REALLY apply myself
P is for patience of which I have NONE
Q is for quiet, which my voice is not either
R is for realistic, which I can be or can't be...Depends who you ask
S is for stupidity, which I have no patience for
T is for tense, which I am most of the time
U is for under appreciated, which is how I have felt in every position I held except one.
V is for vicious, which I can be if it relates to somethng which affects my children
W is for wary, of door to door salepeople, strange cars in the court, suspicious people, etc
X is for xenophobia (ha thought I'd get stuck here didn't you) I have no tolerance for this, it is not an illness!!!! But conditioning.
Y is for yelling, what I know I do a lot and wish I did less of
Z is for zenith, which is the optimum stage I want to achieve in all I do.
There you go, the ABC of me, hope you enjoy it. Feel free to comment or even write your own..But it has to be about YOU!!!!.
A is for animals, I love all and every kind
B is for babies, which I swore I'd never have
C is for cats, of which we own two
D is for dancing which I studied at school and uni
E is for eggs, can't stand the smell of or eat them
F is for fear, I fear dying young and leaving my family
G is for God, supreme being, whatever, whoever, I believe what I want not necessarily what I was taught to believe
H is for Highpoint, one of my favorite girl and mum shopping places
I is for idealistic, what I am told I am
J is for jealous, I am that too
K is for kindred, something I feel with some people I met, sometimes
L is for love, which I feel immensely almost all the time, either for someone or from someone
M is for mum, mine who I miss terribly, but hope that I can be half of the mum to my own kids, that she was to me
N is for no, something I have trouble saying if asked a favor
O is for objective, something I can be if I REALLY apply myself
P is for patience of which I have NONE
Q is for quiet, which my voice is not either
R is for realistic, which I can be or can't be...Depends who you ask
S is for stupidity, which I have no patience for
T is for tense, which I am most of the time
U is for under appreciated, which is how I have felt in every position I held except one.
V is for vicious, which I can be if it relates to somethng which affects my children
W is for wary, of door to door salepeople, strange cars in the court, suspicious people, etc
X is for xenophobia (ha thought I'd get stuck here didn't you) I have no tolerance for this, it is not an illness!!!! But conditioning.
Y is for yelling, what I know I do a lot and wish I did less of
Z is for zenith, which is the optimum stage I want to achieve in all I do.
There you go, the ABC of me, hope you enjoy it. Feel free to comment or even write your own..But it has to be about YOU!!!!.
Thursday, June 30, 2005
And the winner is.......
Ok enough is enough, just what is that makes Shane Warne so great? Apart from being able to bowl? He has ABSOLUTELY nothing going for him. He is the personification of the A- typical suburban cricket hoon, all mouth and an ego to match their perceived notion of their own skill level. If he is SMS'ing women here ,there and everywhere and having torrid affairs...Isn't that between his wife and him? Personally, he would've been out the door with his manhood stuffed in his "box" and I would've had the locks changed when the issue first arose...But, hey, that's me!!! This guy has had the cricket world in a frenzy forever, he's not an all rounder and I think there have been better and there will be..He is damaging Australia's reputation and the ACA. HE is the winner of my GRAND WANKER AWARD.
MDA (Medical Defence ????) is back on TV tonight, a great Aussie show about medical law suits and the investigations and the defence team who defend doctors against malpractice suits. It is enthralling and all encompassing...Last years ratings where poor so it may not continue, it has a four part series starting tonight. They have roped in local stars like Sigrid Thornton (god if I could look like her at when I'm her age) to help revive the failing ratings. But Aunty ,you have a good show and with some more promotion, it can and will be great...Look at the cult "Sea change" created. This is the winner of my Best Aussie TV SHOW AWARD.
Now on TV shows, I also watch a Aussie show called "Last Man Standing" on Mondays at 2130. It's like Sex In The City but with guys and set in Melbourne not NY. It's funny and well done but the continuity person has a lot to answer for in Mondays episode...Call it nit picking but it peeved me. In one scene, Adam (complete spunk) enters his work place in a leather jacket, it's raining outside, rain running down the window of the office..His hair is not even wet..But that's not all..He chats with the girl (forgot her name) who he had it off with the night before and she's wearing a halterneck, backless number like it was 39degrees outside...get real guys. On another note, Cam is supposedly landscaping and paving, he's wearing gloves that look like welders gloves, using "brickies sand" instead of a washed sand/cement dust mix and is leveling with a lump of 4by 2 instead of a spirit level!!!!!Now being married to a landscape gardener(no longer on the tools) and a dab hand myself I know that you don't wear gloves to pave as you can't get the bricks/pavers in close enough, I know brickies sand (orange /red) is for concrete and such and that spirit levels come in 1m lengths with smooth edges for just this purpose. Call it picky but a bit of realism please. They was also the gratuitous but ingenious "product placement" they visited a mythical Mega Mitre 10 warehouse in the show, we have Mitre 10 but Bunnings is the king of warehouse hardware places...But in the ad break came ads for the OPENING of TWO MITRE 10 MEGE WAREHOUSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!BRILLIANCE IN STELLAR FORM. Winner of two awards:
1) Stupidity in story line, continuity and realism
2) Excellence in product placement and making zillions in advertising revenue with the story line link
Now to the next award.....The illustrious "I"m with stupid, oh no I am STUPID" I give to past Labour Party leader, Mark Latham. If you are going to be in a party, that's what it is a party...group legislation, assurance on the majority of issues (at least) common goals, etc....You don't go writing a book and kicking the party that fed you in the guts. I have little time for pollies, call it jaded, but saw too much, learnt too much, in too little a time to trust them, their parties or their motives. But I think that if you have the respect and trust of the party you belong to; to the point that they elect you leader of the Opposition...you should honor that respect....Don't ask, don't tell does not apply here...Simply don't tell!!!! He probably had a ghost writer anyway as he was forever being watched by the eagle eyed spin doctors of the party, the guy has the morals of an alley cat and has proven he was never to be trusted. Let Big Kimmy have a go, he might not be a poster boy like Latham but he's got knowledge. So Latham wins the "I'm with Stupid, Oh no, I am STUPID" award.
MDA (Medical Defence ????) is back on TV tonight, a great Aussie show about medical law suits and the investigations and the defence team who defend doctors against malpractice suits. It is enthralling and all encompassing...Last years ratings where poor so it may not continue, it has a four part series starting tonight. They have roped in local stars like Sigrid Thornton (god if I could look like her at when I'm her age) to help revive the failing ratings. But Aunty ,you have a good show and with some more promotion, it can and will be great...Look at the cult "Sea change" created. This is the winner of my Best Aussie TV SHOW AWARD.
Now on TV shows, I also watch a Aussie show called "Last Man Standing" on Mondays at 2130. It's like Sex In The City but with guys and set in Melbourne not NY. It's funny and well done but the continuity person has a lot to answer for in Mondays episode...Call it nit picking but it peeved me. In one scene, Adam (complete spunk) enters his work place in a leather jacket, it's raining outside, rain running down the window of the office..His hair is not even wet..But that's not all..He chats with the girl (forgot her name) who he had it off with the night before and she's wearing a halterneck, backless number like it was 39degrees outside...get real guys. On another note, Cam is supposedly landscaping and paving, he's wearing gloves that look like welders gloves, using "brickies sand" instead of a washed sand/cement dust mix and is leveling with a lump of 4by 2 instead of a spirit level!!!!!Now being married to a landscape gardener(no longer on the tools) and a dab hand myself I know that you don't wear gloves to pave as you can't get the bricks/pavers in close enough, I know brickies sand (orange /red) is for concrete and such and that spirit levels come in 1m lengths with smooth edges for just this purpose. Call it picky but a bit of realism please. They was also the gratuitous but ingenious "product placement" they visited a mythical Mega Mitre 10 warehouse in the show, we have Mitre 10 but Bunnings is the king of warehouse hardware places...But in the ad break came ads for the OPENING of TWO MITRE 10 MEGE WAREHOUSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!BRILLIANCE IN STELLAR FORM. Winner of two awards:
1) Stupidity in story line, continuity and realism
2) Excellence in product placement and making zillions in advertising revenue with the story line link
Now to the next award.....The illustrious "I"m with stupid, oh no I am STUPID" I give to past Labour Party leader, Mark Latham. If you are going to be in a party, that's what it is a party...group legislation, assurance on the majority of issues (at least) common goals, etc....You don't go writing a book and kicking the party that fed you in the guts. I have little time for pollies, call it jaded, but saw too much, learnt too much, in too little a time to trust them, their parties or their motives. But I think that if you have the respect and trust of the party you belong to; to the point that they elect you leader of the Opposition...you should honor that respect....Don't ask, don't tell does not apply here...Simply don't tell!!!! He probably had a ghost writer anyway as he was forever being watched by the eagle eyed spin doctors of the party, the guy has the morals of an alley cat and has proven he was never to be trusted. Let Big Kimmy have a go, he might not be a poster boy like Latham but he's got knowledge. So Latham wins the "I'm with Stupid, Oh no, I am STUPID" award.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Because we're women..................
Because women's work is never done and is underpaid or unpaid or boring or repetitious and we're the first to get the sack and what we look like is more important than what we do and if we get raped it's our fault and if we get bashed we must have provoked it and if we raise our voices we're nagging bitches and if we enjoy sex we're nyphos and if we don't we're frigid and if we love women it's because we can't get a "real man" and if we ask our doctors too many questions we're neurotic and/or pushy and if we expect community care for our children we're selfish and if we stand up for our rights we're aggresive and "unfeminine" and if we don't we're typical weak females and if we want to get married we're out to trap a man and if we don't we're unnatural and because we still cannot get a safe contraceptive but men can walk on the moon and we can't cope or don't want a pregnancy we're made to feel guilty about abortion and.... For lots and lots of other reasons we are part of the womens liberation movement. Joyce Stevens, Womens Liberation Broadsheet, International women's Day, 1975.
Thirty years on this piece remains as one of the icons of the women's lib movement, some of it still stands true today. I have had this piece for many years, it has been inside the cover of every school diary since I was given it when I was 14, it has been confiscated many a time by teachers who thought it wrong for it to be my personal mantra and guide. I had copies, lots of them. It has been framed in every workplace I ever slaved in and on the wall of all my offices. Given the questions now raised by women who believe they were "mislead" by their mothers about "having it all"..I had to resurrect this piece; given that it was my personal life guide; to see if it really affect my ability to "have it all" or at least my concept of having it all.
Yes I worked in male dominated workplaces where the "old boy" school reigned, but you don't have to be one of them to beat them. I worked in totally male oreintated fields such as insurance and vehicle repair...Many a contractor entered my office enquiring "where's the boss, love" or a solicitor would ask for the manager ( THAT WOULD BE ME, IDIOT) I reveled in their embarrassment and quite enjoyed my discussions about repair techniques etc. As far as "trapping" a man, well boy meets girl, both agree its not really heavy..no joint bank accounts etc and four years later boy asks girl to marry him...laws of nature. I don't expect community care for my children I have the option to stay at home and care for them, but many do not.. and until ALL the businesses of this society get their arses into gear and realise the untapped potential in all women and create some adaptive workplace practices in regards to hours and subsidised childcare, they that do not; are only missing out on the rewards. Women have freedom of choice even if that means the choosing to follow a religious creed which directs you to remain answerable to your husband/partner/significant other as long as that choice is made without duress or pressure, it remains their choice. As is with abortion, religious zealots aside; it is a personal choice made by that person (and perhaps their partner) for their own personal reasons..no one should interfere. I cannot claim to ever understand what it would be like to tetter on the edge of such a decision and think they that do, deserve others respect for their wishes..it cannot be an easy decision.
I think the concept of "having it all" a personal one...is to "have it all" to have it all at the same time...fulltime work, children, family life...it's really hard. I don't think our mothers and the libbers of the '70's lied to us ..they gave us the means by which to make the decisions so that we could "have it all" but perhaps they did not mean all at once... do the career thing,have the family, do the kid raising thing, change careers to suit the family dynamics, whatever. But no one was ever meant to have it all at once. We owe a lot to the pioneers of women's rights....they suffered the slings and arrows to make it easier for us...the fact that some think it made it harder is a fallacy created by their own inabilities to see the creed as many shades of grey and not just back and white.
Thirty years on this piece remains as one of the icons of the women's lib movement, some of it still stands true today. I have had this piece for many years, it has been inside the cover of every school diary since I was given it when I was 14, it has been confiscated many a time by teachers who thought it wrong for it to be my personal mantra and guide. I had copies, lots of them. It has been framed in every workplace I ever slaved in and on the wall of all my offices. Given the questions now raised by women who believe they were "mislead" by their mothers about "having it all"..I had to resurrect this piece; given that it was my personal life guide; to see if it really affect my ability to "have it all" or at least my concept of having it all.
Yes I worked in male dominated workplaces where the "old boy" school reigned, but you don't have to be one of them to beat them. I worked in totally male oreintated fields such as insurance and vehicle repair...Many a contractor entered my office enquiring "where's the boss, love" or a solicitor would ask for the manager ( THAT WOULD BE ME, IDIOT) I reveled in their embarrassment and quite enjoyed my discussions about repair techniques etc. As far as "trapping" a man, well boy meets girl, both agree its not really heavy..no joint bank accounts etc and four years later boy asks girl to marry him...laws of nature. I don't expect community care for my children I have the option to stay at home and care for them, but many do not.. and until ALL the businesses of this society get their arses into gear and realise the untapped potential in all women and create some adaptive workplace practices in regards to hours and subsidised childcare, they that do not; are only missing out on the rewards. Women have freedom of choice even if that means the choosing to follow a religious creed which directs you to remain answerable to your husband/partner/significant other as long as that choice is made without duress or pressure, it remains their choice. As is with abortion, religious zealots aside; it is a personal choice made by that person (and perhaps their partner) for their own personal reasons..no one should interfere. I cannot claim to ever understand what it would be like to tetter on the edge of such a decision and think they that do, deserve others respect for their wishes..it cannot be an easy decision.
I think the concept of "having it all" a personal one...is to "have it all" to have it all at the same time...fulltime work, children, family life...it's really hard. I don't think our mothers and the libbers of the '70's lied to us ..they gave us the means by which to make the decisions so that we could "have it all" but perhaps they did not mean all at once... do the career thing,have the family, do the kid raising thing, change careers to suit the family dynamics, whatever. But no one was ever meant to have it all at once. We owe a lot to the pioneers of women's rights....they suffered the slings and arrows to make it easier for us...the fact that some think it made it harder is a fallacy created by their own inabilities to see the creed as many shades of grey and not just back and white.
Monday, June 27, 2005
Dog People
Having been a "dog person" but now reformed I find this little piece quite funny....I used to compete in Obedience not Show, but it still holds some truisms to both Show and Obedience dog people.
Dog People Are A Special Breed...
Dog people are a special breed not usually recognised by the public. They...
Think everyone has crates in their living room
Have messy houses..even thought their kennels are spotless
Can always fins a show catalogue from somewhere within arm's reach
Have kids who know more about the "birds and the bees" when they are 5 than most people know when they are 40!!
Drive trucks, vans ,station wagons especially equipped to haul dog crates
Can never be reached on weekends, they are usually at a dog show
Will drive 400 miles, spend $100 on petrol, $200 on a motel and $150 on meals to bring home a 25cent ribbon
Have kids who regard "bitch" as just another household word
Have lush, green beautiful backyards...and have never bought a bag of fertilizer
Get up at 6 am to walk the dogs, can be ringside , dressed to kill at 8 am but have trouble getting to work on time
Will usually give up a $150,000 home in the suburbs to move to a shack on 10 acres, so they can have a $150,000 kennel
Never miss a closing date for entries-but pay the mortgage 10 days late
Would rather be audited by the Tax Office than investigated by the Canine Council
Use dog food bags for trash cans and 300 gallon trash cans for dog food
Talk for hours on the phone to another dog person in a language known only to dog people
Have parents who think they've lost their minds.
This is reflective of my life before children (BC), working, training, trailing,committee meetings, etc. Although we didn't do all of the above...Close to..I know many who did and still do. I think that people who have a extra interest outside of work and home life have something else to contribute to society and the world. If any of the beginners I help train 10 odd years ago, came away with a better understanding of their dogs or even went on to competition; I feel I accomplished something. If I learnt nothing more except persistence, I'd be surprised..I trained one of the most stubbornest dogs who had the most pleasant nature with people but could not stand Rottweillers or larger male dogs. He was attacked at the age of 6 months by a Rottweiller which is all we could put down his subjective aggression to.
He was the most wiley, street smart, ring wise, little SHIT you could imagine. Tolkien was an Australian Cattle Dog (Blue Heeler) he would be 17 now we lost him when he was 13. He was the biggest brute of a heeler you'd ever see...True working dog stature. He would work and work and work for me, training and training, till we were almost foot perfect..In the ring he knew I could not correct him...So he'd play up.
We must've been the biggest joke in the obedience world...But I didn't care nor did Tolly..He was happy and so was I, we were doing something.
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