Reconcilling

Sometimes I find it hard to recognise all the parts of myself.

Can the person who watches "living with refugees" and thinks "my God, sometimes I am so bloody caught up in superficial crap" really be the same person who buys the liquid soap which smells like milk and honey, even though it costs more, just because it smells nice?

The person who watched those little children cry and die from being hungry, thinks that anyone who would fritter precious cents away on "luxury" soap is just totally missing the point, and must therefore be some sort of horrible person.

The person who writes in her blog about American conglomerates taking over the worlds oldest and wisest cultures is also the same person who would quite possibly consider signing her child up for such a course, should one become available.

Am I the only one who thinks like this?

PS; I am that pathetic! I just ran spell check and "woohoo'd" when no mis-spellings were found! Shouldn't I not care about that stuff if I'm "grown up" and "worldly" enough to post these sorts of rhetorical questions?

Organ Donation

Just going on the record, not to say what others should do, but to inform everyone what our choices as a family are, in case we are unable to communicate them for ourselves.

Both Stephane and I have agreed on our licences that we want to donate our "everything"...I am also registered to donate bone marrow, as well as being listed on the Australian Donor Registry.

If you want to know more, click here

We have also made the choice that, should anything happen to W, we will donate his organs too.

At the very least, discuss this with your family and friends, so that everyone knows, and hopefully honours, your wishes.

SPIDER!

Hands up who knows what this creepy thing is? I knew as soon as I saw it CRAWL OFF MY TOWEL AND PAST MY TOE that it was a red back! Eeeeep!

All my childhood I remember hearing "watch out for redbacks and funnel webs." I used to laugh at newbies to Australia, especially the English, when they would freak out about living in a country with such dangerous animals. I always thought you had to live somewhere really "bush" to come across one...Now I have proof that you don't.

We caught HER, so she could be milked, but Poisons Info said they don't do that anymore...RIP little missy! She got sprayed as soon as I hung up the phone. I was seriously surprised at how red the "red" stripe is...It doesn't really show in the photo, but it is quite bright.

And no Mother S, this is not a good enough reason to move from Adelaide ;o)

Yay! Joey Jo Jo

Just had a splendorous visit with my great friend Joey! It was so nice to see her, catch up on new stuff, reminisce on old stuff, and most of all, W had someone else to hang with! He now loves "auntie Jo"...the first thing he said when he woke up this morning was "auntie Jo is gone...i miss her :( "

Some pics of our time together...come to Adelaide, and all this hilarity could be yours!

My Top 5's

My top 5 favourite "junk" foods;
1. Peanut Butter M & M's
2. Hawaiian Pizza
3. Lindt Balls
4. HOT chips!
5. Reese's PB cups

My top 5 ways to spend my day;
1. Without a pre schooler ( *grin*)
2. Having a massage/pedicure/spa treatment
3. With girlfriends...I miss having girl friends to chat with!
4. Shopping, provided I have cash to splash!
5. Scrapbooking /playing Sims ( I go through stages)

My top 5 favourite children's books;
1. Anything by Lynley Dodd
2. The ... for a day series by DK books
3. Charlotte's Web
4. Olivia
5. The Velveteen Rabbit

My top 5 places I'd like to visit;
1. Gallipoli
2. Canada
3. US
4. Maldives
5. Bora Bora

The hills are alive...

with the sounds of whinging ! Impromptu hikes and 3 1/2 year olds don't mix!

We went to waterfall gully to look at the waterfall (duh!) , and then decided that, since the weather was not too hot, and because we had no plans, that we might hike to Mt Lofty, which was only 4 k away...

Hahahaha! We made it to "Eagle on the Hill", W rode most of the way on our hips and backs, though he did walk some.

Here's the pretty pictures;

Before and After

Before kids, we stayed in places like the one shown below.

We ate hot meals, we shared our bed, but only with each other. We did spontaneous things, like deciding to go and see a movie,and actually going sometime in the next month. We hardly ever got sick. We slept in on weekends. We had no idea which Wiggle wore which colour skivvy, and we defiantly didn't know all the words to "bob the builder". We couldn't have cared less about a piece of muslin and it's location. We had disposable incomes, and we disposed of them in such fun ways!

But we also never knew how sweet "I love you" could be, the pain of watching your child cry and not being able to do a thing, and how gut wrenching it is when some other kid won't be kind to yours...so many lessons we've learnt, and in such a short time!

Look at the little children! Isn't it sweet that they aren't with their parents, actually learning about life through living, but rather in some elite social greenhouse, learning the great Gordan Gecko lessons, such as "Greed is Good" and "Capitalism and Exploitation are the way of the future!"

Bonus points go to the kid who does a presentation with diagram! Lord forbid she should learn confidence by asking another child to play on the playground, or through talking to the shop keeper while out doing errands with Mum...no, far better that she is in a homogenised, diversification free environment, where there is no room for individual thought...

I am also just tickled pink that an American company is teaching Chinese kids all about greed...because the "natives" haven't known how to do anything, for thousands of years...It's not like they are an ancient civilisation, who's ideas on child rearing, economics and health are now not only being recognised, but actively embraced by those of us here in the western world.

*sigh* Where are we going, and why are we all in this hand-basket?