Wildlife Crossings

Driving home in 100km squally winds, and a sheet of rain was dangerous enough... Okay the winds were only about 50km but hey that's still pretty bad!

Then on a relatively busy road, I was forced to come to a halt by...






A gaggle bevy (thanks Google) of swans decided to cross the road, at peak hour, on a dark, cold, stormy afternoon...

I drive around three lakes on my homeward journey from work to home via kindy. That was lake #1.

At lake #2 on another busy road but even darker and stormier than the swan crossing, I was once again forced to stop and wait for wildlife crossing the road, this time a herd of wild rabbits.

All I can offer from lake #3 is some stupid idiot out running in the rain!

All of this within 8km of the city :)

There was humour on drive-time radio that I wanted to share, unfortunately the clip I wanted to share obviously was not deemed humorous enough, and is unavailable for downloading on the internet.

Who is God?

Grandma was reading some nursery rhymes to Boo

I see the moon

And the moon sees me

God made the moon

And God made me

I honestly thought the words were 'God bless the moon, And God bless me' but not in this book. These words would have made my life easier over the past couple of days, because Boo's first question to me was "Did God make me?"

Now for those of you who know Boo, or are familiar with Boo, will know that she's not just going to let this rest...

I'm a bit of a fence sitting heathen when it comes to religion. I don't necessarily not believe in God, I am sceptical on many fronts. That being said, I am sending my child off to Catholic school next year, so I feel compelled to foster Christian beliefs in her at this point.

I was on my way out the door at the time, so I reminded her that I grew her in my tummy, and maybe God helped in making her. Phew!!!

Next day driving in the car came the big question "Who is God?"

"Oh great! Couldn't you just wait until next year to have these questions answered by someone who can answer them with a bit more credibility than me? I'm not really sure. He is a spirit, and lots of people think that he made the world, the sky, the trees, the first people, Adam and Eve..."

Boo went on to ask about all the things she was looking at from the car, as to whether God had made them. We talked about lots of things that people made but God might have helped them.

I think I was going quite well. Don't you???

"If God's a spirit, does he live in heaven?" Yes.
"When did he die?" I think he was always a spirit.
"Is he in charge of all the spirits?" Yes.
"Spirits are like angels, aren't they?" Yes
"God is a big spirit angel man" Yes, I guess!
"Can we go to the indoor playground today?" Not today. Safe for now...

Boo went out with grandma today, to visit my grandma 'where the old people' live. She came back knowing all about Michael Jackson, not just that he died, but all about his life history!?! And guess what he is now a 'big spirit angel man rock star!' Leading to more God questions.

At bedtime she wanted to talk about spirit-angels we know, and how you catch cancer... more God questions.

Discussions with 3.5 year olds are never boring but giving age-appropriate information is certainly taxing my brain!

Sole Parenting Pitfalls

I love Boo to bits. I love spending time with her, I love everything about being her mum.

I love being a sole parent except for

1. I'd like to run. I cannot just get the dog and go for a run before Boo gets up or when she goes to bed, and she cannot ride her bike fast enough yet to go with me
2. I'd love to home school Boo... but who would pay the mortgage? Instead I will ensure she gets the best possible education I can provide for her
3. The spontaneous night out, is mostly out of the question
4. The ease and logistics of packing up and moving country, moving city, or even moving to the country to remove the itch from my feet
5. The worry that donor dad will at some point disrupt the status quo

I think I can live with that list of cons, I won't give you the pros the list would go on forever... and as for home schooling as much as I love the *idea* and envy those of you that home school, I really don't think I could, Boo and I would kill each other!

Fairy Wand Fun

On a rainy afternoon, there is nothing like a Fairy Wand Production line to amuse little girls.





I was very disappointed when I asked the girls if they liked the wand I made. They looked at me with sympathy in their eyes and told me, NO! Because I had only used purple glitter paint and stuck on a feather... apparently not enough colours and definitely not enough glitter :(



If I don't win Mother of the Year, I'm sure to win Aunty of the Year... Just quietly, I'm chuffed that my niece will say to her parents when in trouble or unwell "I want my Aunty Lani"

Oops... Missed It!

I knew my blogoversary was coming up. I planned to write a blog about something, not sure exactly what, but it would definately have included my lovely blogger buddies...

I missed it, it was the 12 June...

Belated Happy 1st Blogoversary to Me & Boo

An Acquisition

I could tell you how the gas was disconnected because some idiot hijacked my account.

Or, I could tell you how my team at work has been accused of being aggressive bullies!

Or, maybe I could tell you about how the wind broke the gate and the joys of getting a tradesman to even quote on a replacement...

But I won't because I'm sick of having things to whine and rant about this week, so instead I'll show you our new acquisition.


The opportunity to become a two computer family arose, and I grabbed at it. There is no longer any arguing about whose turn it is on the 'puter.

P.S Boo cried when she first saw this 'puter because she wanted a 'puter NOT a TV. And I guess when you're 3 and have never in your life seen a big clunky monitor it's a reasonable misconception!

Big Brother is watching

Excuse my previous rant. I can't promise this will be any better, I'm still moody and irritable (bugger the hormones).

I decided to work slowly today. My aim was to read blogs, and Tweet.

Bzzzz!!!

Darn government server has blocked access to all sites they don't think are work related, and have logged my attempt to access restricted sites. Bastards!

But then I had luck... My Google Reader was accessible, and for some strange reason I could access Ebay. How Ebay is work related I don't know??? I tried a myriad of websites without a whole lot of joy :(

One more thing... To that child, who keeps trying to be my Facebook friend. GO AWAY! I am never going to be your Facebook friend (or any other type of friend for that matter).