Presesident who???

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Im in the bad books again... Ohh hang on no thats not right Ive never left! My Stick up her bottom mother in law sent me the floowing email:

An email from Ireland to all of their brethren in the States... a point to ponder despite your political affiliation: About all the information you might need..... THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I know that some of you don't like to read long drawn out missives... so here's the executive summary......... Congress Military John McCain 26 Years 22 Years Barack Obama 143 Days 0

We in Ireland can't figure out why you people are even bothering to hold an election in the United States . On one side, you had a pants wearing female lawyer, married to another lawyer who can't seem to keep his pants on, who just lost a long and heated primary against a lawyer, who goes to the wrong church, who is married to yet another lawyer, who doesn't even like the country her husband wants to run! Now... On the other side, you have a nice old war hero whose name starts with the appropriate 'Mc' prefix, married to a good looking younger woman who owns a beer distributorship!! What are ya lads thinkin' over in the colonies!?

I thought it was funny so I sent a funny back:

Im on team Obama! I think its about time the country had a minority run the
country he might have some new ideas instead of being a stuffy old windbag
who probably wont live through a term in govenment giving it to a woman whos
daughter cant keep her legs closed.

Ok I know it was a bit tongue in cheek but hey its all a bit funny really I mean here in Australia we are a ittle bit more layed back when it comes to putting someone in the top job. Never the less my Inlaws didnt see my humor and I got a SLAP back this morning:

We should remember that our Presidents of the church are usually well past
the age of McCain when they became Presidents. As I recall Allen liked John
McCain. I wouldn't dream of getting involved in Australian politics because
it is not my place to do so as I am not a citizen. I remember a biblical
phrase that goes something like this......let he who has not committed a sin
cast the first stone. A parent cannot be with their child 24 hours a day 7
days a week I'm sure that you have regrets over some of the things you did
growing up also.
I am a registered Republican and so is Allen's Dad, for a Democrat with a
reputation of being the most liberal Senator be elected President we feel it
would be a BIG mistake. Sally and Billy

How or who we elect as our President is our responsibility not yours. We
don't tell you who you elect as your representatives. So in reality it's
none of Australia's business or concern. If you like him so much we will
send him to you. Billy
Allen and I thought that was a bit heavy handed and ALlen asked me to type this back to them:

Gee why dont you just cut my head off ! Excuse me but I was joking! As for representing MY country well since Im going to renounce my citizenship and become an Australian I really dont care who you vote for.
Allen

Its funny but here we are taking the election seriously I mean its looking like the next leader s going to be the first black pressident which is going to make him a very big target for a would be gunman. Australia knows that we have a huge amount of money invested in American banks as well as our exports to the states this all has a big impact on who is voted in. I noticed while in the states last year that the amount of overseas news coverage was very limited which made it very difficult to keep up with whats going on at home.

OK so Ive had my say I dont thin I did anything wrong and Allen and I agreed that they took it out of context AGAIN and refuse to see the funny sie in ANYTHING. Gee lighten up lifes to short to walk around with a face like a cats bum. Puckering up.

weather problems

Im well and truely sick of this cold weather! Its been so cold here and the wind is freezing. The nights are still way to cold for me with it getting down to 1 degree last night! Im refusing to take the electric blanket off the bed till at gets up to t least 10 overnight.

The wet weather has also taken a toll on my tolerance. The little kids especilly Gabriel are feeling a bit cramped being inside for days on end. We went to playgroup on Monday but that was not enough of a break for either of them so I in my infinite wisdom decided to bring out 2 toys that I thought would reduce the bordom factor. I went and got the water table first (I know what your thinking) it has a table with a place to put water and sand, plus allthe acceccories that go with sand and water. Not wanting either of those in the house I used what the do at knda and got the rice out it acts in a similar way to water and sand so I thought perfect! It ws going well till Gabriel thought he would poor half the rice on the floor, then Niamh who is "crusing" around the furniture decided to pull herself up on the table it toppled over and rice went EVERYWHERE! Gabriel thought this was so funny that he shuffled his feet through it all and took it to parts of the house that we never thought it would end up.GRRRRR

Still not learning from my first mistake I decided to put the batteries in the organ for Gabriel to play with ... forgetting that the last time I did that he spent 3 days just playing the "demo" music up on high all day! He likes playing with music and I dont mind taht but the demo setting is super anoying! Still they have found that heaps of fun and have played together with Gabriel up one end and Niamh at the other they did look very cute :o)

I am grateful that Gabriel is now old enough that he will sit through most of a movie without moving hes discovered the muppets and we are watching those at the moment, its better than the wiggles everyday.... I just hope the sun comes out soon so we can get out in the garden! Ive bought a heap of toys for the little ones to play with outside for Christmas. I jst hope the sun is out by then to use them.

stress week

Its been a stressfull week for me. Ive been waiting for Allen to tell me he has a new job but Im still waiting... We went to Centrelink to fill in alll the forms ... Only to fond out that because we have money in the bank we cant get anything till the middle of next month! I mean thats just madness, Its just silly just because we have been smart enough to save we are penalised for it. Its crap!
On the plus side this week Gabriel and Niamh have had afun week of playing together and Niamh has discovered the trampoline and thinks its great fun to crawl around on the mat with me and Gabriel.
I did manage to get some mowing done with it all being done by yesterday. woohoo. Ive also managed to find out how our escape chickens were getting out and now Im not checking all the garden for the eggs.
Ive also started another Jody Pilcoult book and have another one ready to read when Im done.
Im hoping that we get a call this week about a job. Ive got to take dinner to Sue and her family tomorrow as shes having a cateract operation and wont be able to cook so Im making something for her and her family for the next few days. Its her birthday on Friday so Im making her an early cake tomorrow :o)
I made a cake last week for Shiela and Harrys 65th wedding anniversary and everyone thought t was great :o) I made sure that it loked good as well as tasted great. I made a "tester" cake a few days befroe hand and got Simone to check it for me, I love having her next door to talk to and taste all my dodgy creations.

babies and billiecarts

Its been a busy week and it seems that the closer that we get to the end of the year the days seems to blend into each other. After doing the shopping on Tuesday it all turned into a blur. I did my visting teaching on Thursday morning an I felt really good after I visited all my sisters. I spent lunch with Peggy who is so special I love her alot, Ive learnt alot from her too. The kids have been so funny this week with so much rain the walls feel like they are closing in on me and Gabriel NEEDS to get outside! We went to playgroup on Monday which ws great bu it poured with rain so he didnt get to play outside. Im hoping tomorrow will be clear enough for him to get out. Niamh is crawling about and a really quick pace, and has started pulling herself up onto funiture and legs and anything else thats upright. Shes still so little she looks like a baby doll :o)

Today we went to Xaviours soccer pressentation its always longgggg as there are so many kids at the club ab Gabriel was getting very tired of sitting still. ALlen got up and thanksed all the parents for their help and support each week and the kids gave him a great photo of them all in a frame with a plaque. He was really pleased.

Yesterday we went to the Stake BIlliecart challenge its fun every year watching these kids go zooming down a huge hill. This year ws no different with lots of spills a few misshaps with the carts and LOTS of sheep poo flying everywhere. It was a girls against the boys race and for the record Our girls from Deloraine chappel won! Simon our resident police officer bought the radar gun with him to clock everyones speed. The girls got up to 47kph! They all had a ball as you can see by the photos. Gabriel even got a ride int he cart as they were towed back up the hill.

Allen has another job interview tomorrow morning so cross fingers and toes! This week will be a bit quieter :o) phew.

Ohh and congratulations to Jay and Sarah who are expecting :o)

blog week

Its been an interensting week without the "big" kids here. Jasmine off on tour and Xaviour in Melbourne. Allen and Xaviour did manage to put the trampoline together before they left which was funny to watch hehehe.

Saturday we spent all day at the hospital with Niamh who had croup and has been sick all week coughing and crying cause it hurts her chest :o(

Gabriel was being a good brother and feeding his sister yoghurt they were playing and he hoped down from his chair at the bench and decided to share some with Niamh who had allready had a full one but he shared his it was super cute to watch :o)

Our chickens are finally laying eggs woohoo!

ALlen and I have been enjoying eating lots of fish this week and I made a really nice prawn salad with rice noodles on Thursday night, Gabriel wasnt as thrilled with it and started throwing it accross the table at us. Now normally I'd yell and tell him to knock it off but I was feeling silly and decided to join him :o) The result was noodles all over the floor and table and even the wall. ALlen totally refused to clean it up and so I waited till the morning when they had all gone crusty and sweeped them up.

Not much happened this week, Allens at home again his week so we'll have a chnace to get some stuff around the house done (thats if the weather improves).

Jasmine is due home tonight after a long flight so its going to be back to school for them on Monday :o)

Lets hope for some warmer weather this week

slack on blog

Ive been sooo slack not updating the blog (sorry). Its been a fun and interesting week. Last Wednesday Jasmine had to go into Launceston for a flag ceremony and the chior performed 1 song. They sounded ok the sound system wasn't the greatest :o(

We aslo had a huge cold snap last week w ith hail falling for about 30 mins! The deck was white from hail stones. We have also had some funky chicken business with the chickens constantly escaping from their pen and I found one of them (shes the leader) on the trampoline outside the sliding door looking at me through the window. Cheeky chicken. I was about to give up on them ever laying an edd when YIPPEE! We have eggs! I got so excited I did a little happy dance outside which unfortunantly my neighbour caught me doing (opps).

With soccer finally finished for the year and Jasmine having a free Saturday we decided to have a family day out. We went to the wildlife park in Launceston which was fun we had a great day out before going to Jasmine and Xaviours awards night at church. The awards night was great the food was alot better than last year and the kids got 2 awards each.

Jasmine went off to her chior tour on Monday I spoke to her last night on the phone and she is having a great time away and enjoying the sunshine.

Niamh and Gabriel are doing well Gabriel is going through another naughty stage hes escaping from the yard and getting into the washing powder again grrrrr. Niamh is going through a growth spurt and is eating everything that isnt nailed down. She had made such a mess the other day with a lamington that ALlen had to get the vacume out to clean her off before getting her out hehehehe. She just sat there watching :o) Ive been spending some time in the garden the past few days its ben so nice to be in the sunshine I mowed the back lawn yesterday while Xaviour did the front. I'm thinking about heading to the nursery on Saturday to get some more plants. We are also waiting for the kids new trampoline to arrive this week :o)

engrish is my second lanuage

I was watching the morning show last week when they reviewed this website called http://www.engrish.com/ its so funny it has heaps of miss spelled and miss translated things from all over the world. I finally had a bit of a look tonight and found this heheheh I thught it was great I might see if I can order some for dad. I mean with fathers day coming up Im sure Robyn will get some use out of it :o) HAHAHAHA!

Well Its the first day of Spring and I was looking forward to taking the kids to Playgroup thismorning we were up and ready to go I asked Gabriel to find his shoes and for the first time he actually bought them to me to put them on! I was so excited that he'd managed to do that, that I didnt hear that outside it was literally raining cats and dogs! With no car (allens been taking mine) it meant a day at home stuck inside. I managed to get Niamh down for her morning nap and was about to get Gabriel some morning tea when I noticed he had suddenly become very quiet hmmm not a good sign so I went in to see where he was and he had fallen asleep on the couch. awwww he looked so cute so I grabbed the camera only to find the batteries were flat !!!! AGHHH. Im hoping that the rain will go away by Wednesday as Jasmine is signing in Town.

ALlen is taking Mother Jacki to the airport in the morning she off to Melbourne for a while to help Alison out. I know she'll sort things out :o)

Well Im off to bed Ive been going to bed early each night so as to get a few hours sleep before Niamh wakes up at around 12.30am.