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Flat out. . ..

Friday 7 December 2007

<p><a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=725,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/06/scan4.jpg"><img title="Scan4" height="725" alt="Scan4" src="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/12/06/scan4.jpg" width="800" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px" /></a> Scanned this for an old friend. . . .was feeling old today . . .. something to do with the fact that Acacia went to her first night time Disco. . .they hold them at school she wouldn't walk in until her friends showed up and then she was off outa there. . . . .Mel and Kathleen kicked me out told me she would be fine and not to come back before 8.30pm, when I did Maureen was standing at the gate, almost physically handing every child to the gate Acacia was standing behind her. . . in the organised chaos Cacaia saw me and tried to leave neither Kathleen not Maureen would let her. . when I eventually made it close enough and called out they let her go, she got through the gate and burst into tears. . .what's wrong i asked? I'm tired she said. . . .. ofcouse i know it was that she felt she had got in trouble. . . even though she hadn't so explained to her that if they lost her i'd be really cranky. . . .Then in the car I got the stories of break dancing, but she can't break dance. So this is me Year 9 as close to Grade 3 ish aat school that i have. . . . slightly damaged thanks to Katherine. I never reprinted these photos threw most out but a few i cut and kept.</p>

<p>And Kapisha she cried her way through Wooley's this afternoon and i get to the checkout and the checkout chick dared to criticise parents who bring their exhausted children shopping. . . she wasn't referring to me but i don't think she knew what hit her when i responded to her comment. SSome people are so  short sighted. . . .easy to say don't take a tired child to the shops but if the choice is leaving them at home alone i know what i'd prefer. She was tired ofcourse because we didn't get home from work yesterday until after 7pm. . . 12 hours is a long time for a 6 year old. . .Preschool concert. Then to top it off a massive storm last night kept us all awake. . .the worst so far this year.</p>

Gotta love my new camera

Sunday 2 December 2007

On Marriage. . . .

Sunday 25 November 2007

<p>In the car on the way home Miss E pipes up:</p>

<p>E: Mum Jaspar is going to Marry me!</p>

<p>M: Is he Eesh Does he know that?</p>

<p>E: Yes he said so he's going to marry me</p>

<p>M: Is he only going to marry you?</p>

<p>E: He has three no two others is he allowed to marry more?</p>

<p>M: No </p>

<p>E: tHEN Zeb can marry Kayla.</p>

<p>E: Zeb wants to marry me.</p>

<p>M: Does he?</p>

<p>E: Yes but I want to marry Jaspar, Zeb can marry Kayla and Takira can marry Brendan and the Jaspar can just marry me.</p>

<p>She was happy with that solution and once again:</p>

<p>E: I am voting for John Howard. </p>

<p>A: You can't vote only Mummy can.</p>

<p>E: No i can vote Can't I Mummy When are we going to vote?</p>

<p>M: No you can't vote Only Mummy can and later.</p>

<p>E: Oh! (Huff)</p>

<p>M: Who would you vote for?</p>

<p>E: John Howard because he's the Prime Minister.</p>

<p>Just love 6 all the enthusiasm and knowledge Acacia was the same.</p>

<p>On another note November 21st pasted by without so much as a flicker in our house so much so I didn't realise until today that it was past November 21st, a sighn of the times I guess.</p>

6 year olds on POLITICS.

Saturday 24 November 2007

<p>So today Miss E went home with a friend of mine, we met up after piano today and she recited the conversation:</p>

<p>E: Who are you going to vote for?</p>

<p>A: I don't know.</p>

<p>E: wE'RE going to vote for John Howard.</p>

<p>A: Are you? </p>

<p>E: Yes We don't like the other one , we're going to vote for John Howard but he's not going to be the Prime Minister anymore we don't think the other man IS BUT WE DON'T LIKE HIM.</p>

<p>A(nswer): Yes I am voting for John Howard too.</p>

<p>(Eesh was please that person was voting the same way.)</p>

<p>And another 6 year old:</p>

<p>We had to clean out our classroom for the election so we were discussing what the election was</p>

<p>Me: Who is the Prime Minister?</p>

<p>Child 1: Ummm Umm that man</p>

<p>Child 2: Kevin Rudd</p>

<p>Me: Umm no but he might be soon- So then i picked the child I knew would answer John Howard.</p>

My new favourite photo

Sunday 11 November 2007

<p><a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=533,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/10/img_2462web.jpg"><img title="Img_2462web" height="533" alt="Img_2462web" src="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/11/10/img_2462web.jpg" width="800" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px" /></a> FOR TODAY ANYWAY. . . the 100mm f2 lens love it it is awesome</p>

The converaotions today. . . .

Wednesday 7 November 2007

<p>cracked me up . . . .This first one 5 minutes ago:</p>

<div><span face="Arial" style="font-size: 0.8em;">Miss Ay: Do you know what? </span></div>

<div><span face="Arial" style="font-size: 0.8em;">Me: What?</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial" style="font-size: 0.8em;">Miss Ay: Kayla kept saying me all day and I told her it's not me it's I but she kept forgetting and I had to keep telling her . . I had to keep saying it's I not me. . .but she kept forgetting all day. . . and i had to keep remembering to tell her.</span></div>

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<div><span face="Arial">aND the one in the car on the way home:</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial">Miss A: wHAT IF WE HAD NO NOSE?</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial">mISS A &I : Then we couldn't breathe.</span> And you die!</div>

<div><span face="Arial">Miss A: What if we had no ears?</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial">Miss I & AC: We couldn't hear?</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial">Miss A: What is we had no mouth?</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial">Miss I : We couldn't eat</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial">Miss A: Yeah we couldn't eat and you die</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial">Miss I: hOW LONG CAN YOU GO WITHOUT WATER BEFORE YOU DIE?</span></div>

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<div><span face="Arial">And still the same trip home:</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial">Miss A what if there was no trees?</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial">There'd be no air we'd die</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial">Yeah because trees and light and carbon dioxied and nutrients make oxygen</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial">Yeah that's right we learnt it at school. . . .</span></div>

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<div><span face="Arial">The whole converation was so long and bizarre it just kept going, no trees no ground, no clouds no, water (How long without water) No eyes no ears no mouth no leg ( that was a crack up you used a wheel chair, no wheel chair use a skateboard a skateboard how? Miss I says yeah i saw it on tv) No scateboard. . .no food. . .To absolutely everything they suggested Miss Ay said what if there was none and they in their 9 year old wisdom had an answer for everything.</span></div>

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<div><span face="Arial">Then : the miss 9's who are constantly in it together discussing electricity ( asa you do when you are 9)</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial">Does electricity travel through water? Yes Which leads to the discussion about how you get electrucuted, and yes they know that electricity can travel through you that was ofcourse what started the whole conversation and the little Miss What if there was no electricity. . . no cars ride a bike. . .no bikes. . .use a horse. . .no horses. . walk. . . .no legs. . . ..etc. .etc. . .</span></div>

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<div><span face="Arial">And another new camera</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial">Actually 2 new cameras this week:</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial">1. Miss A's for her birthday a drama in itself because she opened it started playing with it and then when I was perplexed over the number of shots it could take on the 16mb card we discovered it was the wrong camera so 9:30 sunday morning i was there back at Target getting it swapped for a new one as that one had clearly been used and the right model. . . Ofcourse if i had any brains i would have realised when it wasn't wrapped in plastic, it had batteries in it and the other set of batteries were not wrapped in plastic. Duh! The new camera was much loved and she took around 50 photos on Sunday with the help of Grandpa who took her hunting for flower photo opportunities.</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial">2. My new camera 40 D number 2 arrived. . finally after a very tense weekend I swear air express does not deliver  to Darwin Friday because they sent it Thursday and it did not arrive till Tuesday. . That is NOT express, it's snail mail, I could have driven down picked it up and got back in that time but i had to work!</span></div>

<div><span face="Arial">Anyway the buttons appear to work otr atleast the one that was broken on the other one does, Ayesha wasn't very obliging this afternoon and the gym was terrible so i have to wait till tommorrow to take more photos</span></div>

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10 hour

Monday 29 October 2007

<p><a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=1200,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/28/img_2080_2.jpg"><img title="Img_2080_2" height="1200" alt="Img_2080_2" src="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/10/28/img_2080_2.jpg" width="800" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px" /></a><a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=1200,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/28/img_1730.jpg"> <img title="Img_1730" height="1200" alt="Img_1730" src="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/10/28/img_1730.jpg" width="800" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px" /></a> <a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=1200,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/28/img_2074bw.jpg"><img title="Img_2074bw" height="1200" alt="Img_2074bw" src="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/10/28/img_2074bw.jpg" width="800" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px" /></a> later more photos!!!! <a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=1200,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/28/img_1728bw.jpg"><img title="Img_1728bw" height="1200" alt="Img_1728bw" src="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/10/28/img_1728bw.jpg" width="800" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px" /></a></p>

ayesha's gym comp

Sunday 28 October 2007

<p>Her 3rd but she did much better this timeatleast on bars (1580) and vault (1620) both 1A routines a miricle because she only got her back hip circle again on wednesday, so halfway through the bar routing she forgot what she was doing - she was a bit sad afterwards because all of her training buddies got medals and her two favourite friends in her group came 1st and 2nd overall. . .and this is my favourite photo from today - <a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=1200,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/27/img_1778bwweb.jpg"><img title="Img_1778bwweb" height="750" alt="Img_1778bwweb" src="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/10/27/img_1778bwweb.jpg" width="500" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px" /></a> </p>

<p>Some more later but i have to convert them all to jpegs. . . Acacia is tomorrow. . .</p>

Today

Tuesday 11 September 2007

<p>After the hectic chaos of the last few weeks between the car and everything, today we skipped gym went to Piano, made it home before 5 had left overs for tea so i didn't have to cook and took a walk down the end of the street, bush walking in our own backyard - our area is pretty much surrounded by bush - we were searching for cycad's and pandanus trees to photo<a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=1066,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/10/img_0691.jpg"><img title="Img_0691" height="666" alt="Img_0691" src="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/09/10/img_0691.jpg" width="500" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px" /></a>graph for Acacia's latest homework project - a scrapbook about the buildings in our school which are all names after plants - we found a stack of eucalypts but she has finished that page with photographs from school, but we also found a stack of really tiny gum nuts that the girls had an awesome time collecting. Then we found a small creek <a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=1066,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/10/img_0709.jpg"><img title="Img_0709" height="666" alt="Img_0709" src="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/09/10/img_0709.jpg" width="500" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px" /></a> which at this time of the year in the mid of the dry is not much more than a slimy green mess but the girls had a great time throwing rocks into it and watching them splash, reminded me lots of skimming stones across the water at the beach in emsworth years ago. It was lots of fun despite the fact that eesha was paranoid about all the holes in the ground<a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=1066,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/10/img_0672.jpg"><img title="Img_0672" height="666" alt="Img_0672" src="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/09/10/img_0672.jpg" width="500" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px" /></a> . Not sure if they were snake holes of frog holes or Lizard ones or all of the above. These are my favourite photos, Acacia throwing rocks, Ayesha with her collection of gum nuts now covering my bench, the prickly leaves  cycad i think and the pods on the plant a cycad . These plants have been burnt in the last 3 months i think.<a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=1066,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/10/img_0679.jpg"><img title="Img_0679" height="666" alt="Img_0679" src="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/09/10/img_0679.jpg" width="500" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px" /></a>  and my favourite one from Friday<a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/10/img_0593.jpg"><img title="Img_0593" height="375" alt="Img_0593" src="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/09/10/img_0593.jpg" width="500" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px" /></a> </p>

It's my party. . .

Monday 3 September 2007

<p>and i'll cry if i want too. . .</p>

<p><a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=1066,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/02/img_0438.jpg"><img title="Img_0438" height="666" alt="Img_0438" src="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/09/02/img_0438.jpg" width="500" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px" /></a> this taking too long and i am too lazy to resize. She had a great party but was very tired.</p>

Territory Day

Monday 2 July 2007

<p><a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=1066,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/01/img_9029_2.jpg"><img title="Img_9029_2" height="666" alt="Img_9029_2" src="http://runningonnttime.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/07/01/img_9029_2.jpg" width="500" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px" /></a> </p>

<p>. . .otherwise known as quick run for cover. . . . dodgem while your driving. . . . . bang bang day. . . . . we headed to the beach for the markets . . . best move ever despite the fact that it took ten mins to park and that was extremerly lucky and 15 to get something to eat. The markets were tame no people throwing fireworks and a spectacular show most of the time we were eating(crepes yum yum) but managed to get two good shots of the fireworks. Eesha has taken to my bed for the night claiming the bangs from the firewworks are too scary to sleep in her bed, like it makes a difference when i am not there!</p>

For Uncle Paul

Saturday 30 June 2007

<p>. . .  who winged that i hadn't posted.</p>

<p>It is holidays one would think that would mean i was less busy but Nooooooooooooo! We have actually managed to get home later the last two nights than usual.</p>

<p>Monday afternoon i picked up a book. . .  bad move. . .should've done the folding instead.. . .the book was good very good (nineteen minutes)  (did however manage to make it to the brand new scrapbook shop that opened tuesday , funny about that!)I finished it Wednesday in between getting the car serviced. . .my favourite thing to do  and a visit from a friend. . . . .still no folding. . .  oh well i have all thursday. . . </p>

<p>thursday i dropped the girls at gym Jo had done it wednesday and took off for the hairdresser. . . .i had a 10:30 appointment  finally got served at 11:00 i was nearly in tears because i knew that i absolutely could not be late to pick the girls up. . . . anyway got hair cut and dyed and finally made it out of there at 12:40 no time for lunch make it to the gym at 12:50 (ten minutes to spare) get a coke from the vending machine before they spot me . . "Lisa are you picking Miss I up?" "Yep" " She's hurt her arm we think it's dislocated we tried to call you and Jo" " oH  So does she need to go to the hospital" (says me duh!) "Yes"  "so i should take her straight to the hospital? " "Yes" So anyway we get Ireland in the car loaded up with Ice and otherpeoples clothes shoved under her arm to hold in up. . . meanwhile i might add she is just saying it hurts. . Then as they do that i call Jo. . "Jo I hurt her art I'll meet you at the hospital. . Bye" (Poor Jo) Then I can't find the keys, spend what feels like 5 mins looking Catherine comes over then I remember they are in the door where i left them when I opened the car. . .head for the hospital while I wimpers she wants her Mum and cries out softly when the  road is bumpy (so much for speeding we actually went slower. . .at the hospital, no parking so i parked right outside Emergency. . .left the car "what if we get in trouble says Acacia" "Too bad if they tow it i'll pay to get it out" I reply. . .into the emergency we say the triage lady and the reception. . good thing Ireland's birthday is the same as Mums. . .sit down and wait says the receptionist. . . I was spewing I thought they'd let us right through. . it was packed though. . . It was like 5 mins then Jo arrived . . .and I left to go and move the car. . by the time we got back Ireland had been seen to SO we found her and i grabbed Indi and Master S and took the 4 kids to Macas. . . .The poor kids were starving by that stage since it was 2pm aand the girls had not eaten since brekky and had done 3 hours of gym. . . . . The day went on like that we made it home for 10 mins at 5 and then again at 7:40pm for the night. Turned out Miss I had broken her arm and dislocated her elbow. . such an unusal event that the ER doc took a photo of the arm and xray for teaching purposes. Today was much like yesterday. . .had gym then after gym we had lunch at cas then went to stay with I for the afternoon while Jo went home for a while. So that folding I should have done on Mon is still sitting there. . . .for tommorrow. .  . </p>

<p>pHOTOS COMING HAVE SOME GOOD ONES, TURNS OUT aCACIA CAME 5TH in the states gym comp. for level 3 wag, not a bad effort considering she was sick. Eesh well who knows what she came there were 40 level 1's and no doubt she was the only 5 year old so i think even if she came last (which she didn't) that was a huge achievement.</p>

<p>Photos later.  </p>

More on numbers

Saturday 26 May 2007

<p>. . . long time. . . busy. . Where did April and May go?</p>

<p>So for work we did these assessments on number. . the number 6 to be exact. . . Making 6 as many different ways as you can . . . . needless to say Ayesha did rather well . . .so her teacher says to me Did you do it with her? Ofcourse I didn't . . .so i said no she is just cluey with numbers. Then the other day I had some chocolate and she says " Mummy you've got 6 pieces of chocolate" So I said "how do you know that?" So she says " Well 3 and 3 is 6". . . this is the story I told the teacher. But today as I went to access this page I reread part of an old post a conversation with Ayesha and it depicted exactly what I had said to the teacher.</p>

<p>aND Aas for Miss A1 i will say only one thing I am entirely sick of the 7 ancient wonders of the world and the great wall of china and indeed anythhing ancient. This month I have had a view of the future ruled by homework scheduals and assignments!!!! Who was the very unintelligent person who invented homework?</p>

Birthday Happy

Wednesday 24 January 2007

<p>So today i kept myself so busy that i forgot to call my sister for her birthday... . . Yes i knew it was her birthday i even told a few people but every time i said it i was out infact i am sure that i was home less than 2 hours today. . .one of those days.. . .Girls got off ok then i was at work most of the day. . . . had dinner at a friends and then saw a movie. Dreamgirls. I swear I have never seen such a long queue anywahere in Darwin before it took up 15 minutes to get our tickets.</p>