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Reality check

feeds@yuku.com (A and CO) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:32:52 GMT

We go to Woodford the day after tomorrow - 6 nights and 7 days of camping among thousands of people with four children - and I have absolutely nothing organised
I have enough food for a couple of days, so unless by some miracle I manage to do some shopping today (me + shops + pre Christmas crowds + 5 kids = NOT going to happen!) I'll just have to buy food when we get there.
The camper trailer is pretty much ready to go...

Things you can tell just by looking at her

feeds@yuku.com (A and CO) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:50:13 GMT

I saw this the other day and loved it. I was so disappointed when it finished and wanted more. The acting is fantastic and the storyline is engaging and anything but cliched.
It's fairly old - I think it was released in 2002 - But if you can find it at the DVD shop I highly recommend it.

Home made Ice Cream

feeds@yuku.com (u2msdc) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:11:11 GMT

Below is the basic recipe. What I find is that on the 1st or 2nd lot of mixing, you can add frozen or fresh fruits, or flavourings of other kids, chocolate chips, etc, etc, etc, so this basic recipe can allow your imagination to run wild with flavours. DON'T forget to mix thoroughly when it says, or you will end up with some icy bits which take away from the creamyness of this mixture. It is now a family favourite and cheap when you get cream etc on sale!

HOME MADE ICE...

Excited - just booked my trip

feeds@yuku.com (xClancyx) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:33:57 GMT

DS and I are off to the USA, Mexico and Canada on 29 January - very exciting! It's taken me ages to make the decision re. dates but it's done now. We'll be away til the end of April, with DS going to school and me doing some research / writing in Canada for about 2 months, after 3 - 4 weeks travel in the States, mostly in the south (where it's warmer, but also where I have a lot of interest). That will include a side trip to Mexico to look at ruins of Mayan and Aztec...

Horror story - feel dreadful

feeds@yuku.com (Lin) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:45:30 GMT

So I let our budgies out of their cage again a few days ago. And then basically didn't bother putting them back in. It's impossible to catch them when it's light and when it's dark they just flew against the walls until they fell down, so it was quite stressful. They seemed so happy. I decided I'd deal with putting them in the cage when we left on holiday and deal with the training when we got back. They slept on a perch on top of their cage which was on the bookshelves...

Storm warning

feeds@yuku.com (A and CO) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:55:38 GMT

We've had severe storm warnings issued for the past 3 days and each day we've watched the clouds roll right past!!! There's another warning current for this afternoon/evening and it quite eerie here - you can hear the thunder in the distance, see the storm clouds approaching, and there is absolutely no breeze what so ever. I'm really hoping we get a decent down pour this time around. I had to buy water last week - that's NEVER happened before

Oops

feeds@yuku.com (Lin) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:13:53 GMT

Yesterday I decided to take my dog and my friend's dog for a swim at the lake. My friend's dog - Rufus - is a little Jack Russel cross. So I'm driving down this little road past the lake. Nice weather, all the windows down. Rufus is standing on Ella's car seat looking out of the window as usual.

Suddenly I hear a sound from the back seat. Nothing alarming, just a little scratching noise. Then I check my rear view mirror and see the car behind me brake and pull over....

Party mood

feeds@yuku.com (Lin) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:05:26 GMT

It's 8am and I should be walking the dog and getting to work. Instead I'm dancing in the loungeroom to party music that people posted to Facebook. Must be the time of year...

Induction

feeds@yuku.com (jeanie34) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:11:24 GMT

Am off to the hospital now, for all the medical crap that goes with induction - not what I had planned in the ideal scenario, but hopefully between now and Christmas there will be a baby report.

Ciao

Help!

feeds@yuku.com (A and CO) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:59:02 GMT

Miss F has a boyfriend. In her own words - "If the world fell to pieces, K would put it back together again. And he would make sunshine, and rainbows, and all of the beautiful flowers."

Help!

Personal Video Message from Santa

feeds@yuku.com (LaLa07) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:42:03 GMT

DD was absolutely in awe of the personal video message she received from Santa (even for a little girl is still santaphobic). The look on her face was priceless, and she was nodding back to him and trying to talk to him She even tidied up all her toys after the first viewing *ROFL*

I highly recommend this, if you have a spare couple of minutes (and then don't need your computer for the next half hour as it is watched...

End of term

feeds@yuku.com (Lin) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:29:10 GMT

The neighbours across the road had a bit of an impromptu end of term party yesterday afternoon. There was them with their 2 boys, the oldest just finished kindy (prep). Then their next door neighbours who have 2 boys at the local primary school and the neighbours from 2 doors down from them, who have a girl who just finished kindy.

Even though Ella didn't go to school-school yet, this week was the last week of preschool and the last week of daycare ever, so it was a huge...

It is the season...

feeds@yuku.com (Lin) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:06:16 GMT

... to spend. I just bought myself a new tent. Now fingers crossed it will be delivered before Christmas, though it's not vital actually.

And I'm driving to the mall today to get Ella's trampoline. That's over $500 in one day!!! Or about 1/4 of my tax return that I haven't got yet.

PS: It is also the season for behaving like a total DH on the road, it appears. I'm riding my bike to work...

Planet 51

feeds@yuku.com (xClancyx) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:26:00 GMT

This was truly dreadful. Judging from the loud snores I could hear around me, others agreed. Even DS said 'I guess it was ok' which means he thought it was pretty ordinary too. So boring! I drifted off myself for a while, but didn't snore. I'm looking forward to 'Old Dogs' which comes out on Boxing Day.

Miserable...

feeds@yuku.com (GollyGosh) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:43:51 GMT

There's been a gastro thing going around dd's school. DD copped it over the weekend, I have it today. I haven't been sick like this in ages and it really sucks. Everything hurts and I feel miserable. Waaah me!

Five year old religion

feeds@yuku.com (A and CO) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:11:06 GMT

We were talking with friends yesterday and the conversation got around to the meaning of Christmas, and then on to religion. Someone was talking about how Mary and Joseph were given frankincense and myrrh, which were the most valuable commodities of the time, and a few other reasons why they should have been wealthy - yet from all accounts they lived very poorly. The conversation went on for about 10 minutes before Miss J piped up, "You know, maybe, I think that Joseph had a gambling...