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I iz in yur garden squishing yur plantz

I iz in yur garden squishing yur plantz, originally uploaded by Miss DV.

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sometimes you get given a reminder of just how lucky you are

Whilst dragging my still slighty lurgied arse o the shops with the oh-so-very lurgied munchkin in tow, we stopped at the lights behind a group of kids and their carers. What made this different to any other school outing was that all these kids had spina bifida.

Like any parent, having my child have anything wrong with him kept me up at night while i was pregnant. We had already agreed to terminate the pregnancy if the tests showed that there was a high likelihood of Downs Syndrome. But there are a lot that you can't prepare for and those are the scary ones.

The fact that I have a happy healthy child who has all the bits he should, none that he doesn't and seems to have at least average learning capabilities really is something I should be grateful of more often.

phneh

i hink i'm so used to being at Fight Club onna Tuesday night that I don't know what to do with myself when we don't go. Torby has been home all day with MrNw so he wasn't a grumpy infectious thing at daycare today. He has my lurgy and is still too young to understand the 'no sneezing on people' rule.
Nw is also a bit sickly and really really tired so he's gone to bed.

This leaves me all on my lonesome.

no wine, no chocolate, no nuthin!

oh the woe!

red

Got into the shower this morning, turned water on, turned around to get shampoo and smiled at the red balloon that Torby had obviously dragged into the shower yesterday.

Every shower needs a red balloon apparently.

(naturally, my mind went to this song)

i neeeeeds a spiky pouch

found here via this cunning chick

For some reason I though of Hrothgar...strange really :)

I remember...

This lovely lass talks about her dad dying and has requested stories.
My mum died when I was 11. She had cancer for many many years before that so it wasn't a surprise.
I remember having to help her shower and massage her legs to help bloodflow.
I remember wearing her fake bosom on my head as hat and making her laugh.
I remember her crying because she was frustrated at being unable to do anything.
I remember being given a duckie by a woman who was in a bed next to mum.
I remember her brushing the few hairs she had left.
I remember feeling numb when dad got back from the hospital to tell us she had finally died.
I remember wearing yellow to her cremation.
I remember when I was pregnant with Torby wishing like hell that my mum could have been there to tell me what to expect and to feel and to think and to do.

Miss you mum.

For Nw when he reads this on Monday morning..

yes,yes you may have a cheeseburger

I'm finally getting around to it..

Post Festival Roundup

Missed Nw and Torby the days/nights they weren't there. More convenient to not have a 2-yr old to wrangle at festival but not worth the sadness from missing them.

Loved our combined encampment. Nice to have big open space for kids to run about in etc.

Every campsite needs a Rusty :)

Lovely dinners with chums. Especially liked impromptu combined ninner on monday night. Also had one of the more enjoyable lemmicelli feasts I've had in a long time.

Had a hoot in the tavern..nice to be able to work behind bar again even if it was very sporadic.

If one more person complains about heat/humidity I may scream... yes it was hot, it will be better next year when it's later in the year.

Dancing Petit Vriens with Hunnydddd and Isobel made my Sunday...the grin on Belabels face was a beautiful thing.

The rain was very manageable but do have fears for just how gooky that site could be if it was more torrential.

Icycold teatowles and getting feet wet in the river are FTW

All up, I had a hoot...wished I had have caught up with more people, but that's nothing new.

Now to continue with the cleaning an the drying and sorting out.

festivalyness

I went, I saw, I had a hoot and now I'm clean again.
Will wait for my brain to catch up and then may actually write more about it all.
For now I say, go see my flickr page for photos

Because I keep losing the recipe..

Lamb shankseyness (add more onion and less stock, ditch the potatoes and serve on mash and with some peas)

also have made this chicken stew (fry bacon for a bit before adding leeks and mushrooms) and these appley pancakes (add some vanilla and allspice to batter) for festival

stuff

• Coz n Ob get here tomorrow. yay

• Went campling at new festival site yesterday. Was nice, we have a lovely little area. Glad that we have it setup the way that it is. Looking forward to actual event now (as long as it doesn't rain).

• Bought leopard spotty gumboots today. After spending morning at site getting very wet slushy feet from wet grass.

• We're watching Centre Stage on tv. Haven't really watched any tv except for ABC kids TV and downloaded stuff for ages and ages. Had forgotten how annoying ads can be. Am also waaay behind on my pop trivia. Have no idea what half of the shows are about anymore.

• Is very nice that Finn can use GTalk in exotic Beijing. I am crap at keeping up with people unless it's instant. All the minutae of my day is what i excel in telling people and that always seems pointless in an email or letter etc.

G'night

heh

i wish i could write this well..

i remember having the same internal argument.

Dr Nik came for a visit today and got a new admirer.

Oh the Stampiness

Stampy has spent the last hour curled up on the bed, in the middle of a nest of blankies, snoring her heart out....fark me, she's loud!!!


I'd wake her up, but she's far too cute to move.

teehee

woot

I have finally remembered to clean up my flickreynes and put things in sets etc. Much tidier now and has served to help the procrastinatory efforts of this afternoon.
Now I'm sure I have something that desperately needs alphabetising.....

dinner and weddings and bowls, oh my!

I have had a truly lovely weekend and man-oh-man, I'm exhausted!

Scruffy and J's wedding on Saturday was beautiful and funny and sweet and lovely and all that you could ever ask for.
The two of them have been going out for so long that it was nice to see this next step finally begin.
I occasionally forget that we all scrub up okay when we put our best party frocks on. The ever lovely Charlie took lost of photos for me. Go look at Flickr

Sunday saw us at Petersham Bowling Club for Birthday Barefoot Bowls for Sarah and myself. The fact that Sarah couldn't be there due to lurginess was the only downer on a glorious afternoon spent lounging around and bowling and watching the various children 'help' everyone (including other groups of people. Mixed Doubles with Toddler Tournament really go look at my flickr and definately go look at TOA's flickr for some truly gorgeous shots.

We followed up bowling with some lounging around and the I did a stint at being useful and being a Festival Bookings minion and then got home, collapsed and slept solidly.

Was rooly trooly a lovely weekend.