Big news story.............

Feelin' angry?

Saw this posted on a forum and thought it looked like a great site...useful to many Moms, kids, Dads......................

http://www.angriesout.com/

Its about anger management and how to 'release those mads in safe ways'

sexual purity...how pure are you?

You answered "yes" to 16 of 50 questions, making you 68.0% sexually pure (32.0% sexually corrupt); that is, you are 68.0% pure in the sex domain.
The average purity for this test is 65.4%

Take the Seuss test at: http://www.armory.com/tests/seuss.html

How nice am I???????

I just took a niceness test and these are the results:

You answered "yes" to 21 of 100 questions, making you 79.0% nice pure (21.0% nice corrupt); that is, you are 79.0% pure in the niceness domain.
According to the scoring guide, your niceness experience level is: Warm... You are nicer than most. This is a very good score. You probably lead a happy life, or whatever. Congrats.

You can take the test at:

http://www.armory.com/tests/niceness.html

Be warned some of the questions are 'odd' to say the least ;)

Drowning in chocolate..............

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5264566.stm

stuck in a vat of chocolate for two hours......had to be pulled out.....geez I would eaten my way out in ten minutes ;)

Mighty Machines.................

Our neighbours hay was baled this afternoon.................we sat out on the deck with Sam and watched Mighty Machines taking place in our own back yard (well almost lol)....Sam loved it! Lloyd loved it too.....he would so love a big John Deere tractor...he's thinking of getting a baler to bale the hay from the side and back fields each year................

Waiting for the Baler to pop a bale was exciting...kind of like waiting for an egg to be laid lol..........

Have I said lately that I LOVE living here????????? :) I just love it :)

Chatting on the porch with Abigail.............

The old fashioned way...............

My neighbours cut their grass yesterday ready to bale for hay..................today we went out and wtached them get it into long lines ready for the baler.............they use horses and plough like things...................it was lovely to watch...the children were so excited!!!

So nice to see it done the old fashioned way :)

The pictures aren't great as I was really self conscious about watching them and taking pictures of them lol so I didn't change the lenses and I just snapped a few pics quickly!!!

still can't wake up...............

I'm still so sleepy........today seems to have passed in a blur...............what have we done????...........I baked 4 trays of Anzac cookies and 2 trays of flapjacks (English flapjacks are not pancakes...they are like granola bars).................I phoned and chatted with my Mom for ages and with my Dad for a bit..............I've cleaned up the yard after the dogs................I took some pictures of Abigail out on the porch...we sat out there and had tea and talked......................I've chatted with the girls dance teacher about tomorrows parade.................the children have done their own thing today........pottering about......relaxing...................playing.................colouring........................Susie and Laurie cycled to the mail box to get the mail...................they've played basketball and been on the trampoline....................we've been out with the dogs................................

Its been really ncie to have a quiet day doing nothing much at home...................now Lloyd is home for the weekend yay!!!!! :) I love weekends!!

Oh and my dad was telling me about a farm in the village where I grew up....the farmer just got 6 Bison and is getting Elk...............thats sooooo funny!! So Canadian!!!! :) it will be a real tourist attraction!!!! They have their own mini Elk Island Park to visit now :) in Somerset!! Too funny!

My Aunt...update

I spoke to my dad today.....they still haven't been able to visit my Aunt...they are waiting until my cousins feel they/ she is ready for visitors....................(?????)

My Aunt is conscious.....sometimes she seems to make perfect sense...other times she talks about things that don't make sense and seems confused and other times she babbles and doesn't make sense at all........

They have been told that she will be in hospital until at least October and will then have to go to a rehab centre...thats if she continues doing as she is...........

Fire fairies and farts................................

Last night we decided to make the most of the warm evening....knowing only too well that summer will soon be over................we lit a fire over in the fire pit (no not the fire BOWL Christie lol and no fire 'pit' isn't a British term for a bbq lol) we have a fire bowl that we light over by the porch at times but we also have a big fire pit or stone circle that we light bonfires/ campfires in................

We sat by the fire...I was cuddling Sam, Abby was by Lloyd....the others were all inside......pottering about..........Chris exhausted from being at work 8am until 4pm..........Lauire tired from his sleepovers and Susie tired from playing at MP all afternoon.............Abby and Sam had had their energy renewed from naps!!!

The fire kept cracking and sparks would fly up and we wre telling Abigail that they were fire fairies flying off for the evening.........................

We pointed out the International space station to her and a low plane flew over ...landing at the little airport not far from us.....................and then we saw the nights first star...................so we sang the wish song 'Star Light Star Bright'........................

Amber and Rosie were running about playing together............then Amber came and sat beside us.........after a few minutes she farted loudly...then she stood up, turned around and sniffed and licked the ground where she had farted.......I guess it smelt good ;) hehehehehehhe!!

Aren't dogs lovely?????!!!

Robert Barrington Leigh..............still missing

www.findrobert.ca

20 year old Robert is STILL missing....it's been 5 days now and the police have taken over the search........100 people turned out yesterday to help search for him...............his credit cards and bank cards haven't been used at all........his bike hasn't been found.................

Please visit the website...look at the pictures and keep an eye out for this young man..................I just can't imagine what his parents are going through..............his poor Mom looks heartbroken on the news.................its so so sad.............

Please let there be a happy ending to this story...............

Supersize She......................

The other night Lloyd and I flopped in front of the tv for an hour and watched Supersize She.............a documentary about a British female bodybuilder..............it followed her training for the Miss Olympia contest..............

http://www.five.tv/programmes/hiddenlives/supersizeshe/

I don't pretend to understand what attracts women to this sport.......I watched the show and just sat there thinking WHY???????? Is it just that you start weight training and it becomes addictive? You just want more more more?????

In the article on the link above, Joanna (the lady in the documentary) says she is sure people think she is a freak...I don't think she is a freak but I do wonder what she thinks when she looks at herself in the mirror.....can she really like how she looks....I mean her facial features....she was so pretty as a teen but all the women in the contest just looked like men.....like bad transexuals .....their jaws are now so masculine......and their voices...so masculine too...why on earth would you wnat to change yourself in that way?????

I'm not criticising or judging.....I just don't understand.........

I think men should be men and women should LOOK LIKE and SOUND LIKE women........why would you wnat to look such a way that people think your are a transvestite? Not that theres anything wrong with being a transvestite...or transexual at all...its just I don't know why a woman would choose to look like one...................

I don't like big muscles anyway...but it isn't the muscle part of it that I don't understand...its the willingness to lose all your femininity just for the honour of being Miss Olympia........

I just don't understand that.

Moon sand....................

So I saw this new product in Zellers a few days ago......moon sand..............it sounded really good, kind of like modelling clay but different...kind of like magic sand that goes in water......but different................so we bought one of the small tubs..............

I am so glad we didn't buy a big set because its useless stuff....you can't really do anything with it...it doesn't mold very well and it is just a crumbly mess.....yes it floats on water....woohoo thats exciting for like quarter of a second!

I give Moon sand 0 points out of 5!!!!!!

Bye bye Thursday...................

Happenings at home today....................

Its a quiet day at home today.......Lloyd went into work late today...is having a long lunch witha friend and is coming home early.......such a hard life lol! Supposedly its a 'business lunch' as his friend also happens to be a colleague.................he says they 'will' talk work for a while so its true but...I can see the conversations leading into radio controlled cars and planes, holidays....oh and they are driving out to see his friends old car..............I think its a 1930's car......................

So I had coffee with Lloyd this morning.........thats always nice.....Abigail came in and saw Lloyd in his work clothes and got upset that he wasn't staying home.......but after he left she sat in bed with me and we watched the breakfast news and both did some writing...I was writing a letter and Abby was writing in her notebook and copying some writing I had done in my blog notebook...........she also wrote out some math sums for herself......but one of them was 4 - 8 = which meant we had to talk about negative numbers......... 8am and having to explain math to a 4 year old is beyond my little brain lol! I need two cups of coffee and the clock to read at least 10am before I can think of such things lol! But there I was talking math in bed at 8am............

Abigail has been at the table making candy canes out of red and white pipe cleaners..........no idea why!!!! Sam has been sat playing with play doh which he loves...we also read his tractor book and he played with his dinosaurs...............

Chris has been using his Lego Moviemaker......a few weeks back he phoned Lego and asked how he could buy a replacement cd rom to go with the newer computers.............they said they'd send him one FREE!!!! So he has waited and waited and yesterday it arrived!!! So he is busy making Lego movies again.......Lego Movie Maker came with all kinds of scene backdrops and characters, the movie camera, editing software etc etc....they love it!

Laurence opened the pack of moon sand that I bought and he played with that for a while, molding it dry and then floating bits in water........we're not very impressed with moon sand to be honest.......I think its a waste of money...it ind of looks like cotton candy when its been squashed and gone dry....................you can't really do much with it...............

Susannah has been playing with our rabbits........playing with Sam.............playing with Abbys crafts and Lauries moon sand and just pottering around...................now they are tidying up the basement as Laurie will be sleeping down there with his friends tonight................

I need to clean the fridge today...................and do a couple of loads of laundry probably......but apart from that I don't plan on doing much.........................lazy day......quiet day...............we have a busy day tomorrow to face so I'm happy being home seeing no one today :)

Imitrex and Topomax........................TGIF

Its Friday!!!! Woohoo................and I am STAYING HOME!!!!!!!!!!!

I am just soooo tired.......it may not seem like we've been that busy this last week but for me it's difficult to be out doing stuff every day........I get migraines when my routine changes.....when I rush about and my breathing changes my migraines increase.........so every night this week I have had the start of a migraine...luckily I have managed to only take Imitrex once.....I have other things I try first before resorting to Imitrex as I am not allowed to take more than one a week and ideally should be limited to 2 a month.

Imitrex is like the lesser of two evils....the side effects are horrible....it works by shrinking your blood vessels fast...it leaves every nerve ending on your body painful to touch....you can't chew, swallow....your chest feels tight.....you can't touch your skin.....you can't rest an elbow on a chair..you can't brush your hair...rub your eyes....everything hurts......this lasts for a couple of hours...

As bad as the die effects are though...its wonderful because two hours of hell is nothing compared to 18 hours of vomiting........20 hours of head pain...not being able to cope with light, sounds, smells......even movement...if anyone wobbles the bed during a migraine its awful.....

Please don't compare a migraine to a headache.....they are nothing like headaches.....I don't get many headaches but I can get 2 or 3 migraines a month...in the early years I was hospitalized with migraines...I thought I was dying...that was before they were diagnosed.......they thought I had meningitis......or kidney failure (often during a migraine your bowels and bladder switch off so you don't pee and your stomach stops working so digestion ceases.................

People with migraines often have trigger factors..they vary from person to person.....mine tend to be tiredness, change of routine, stress and the biggy is hormones............I also have to watch my blood sugar levels..........

I have been on Imitrex for 4 years now and it has changed my life.......only twice in that time has it not worked............

I am considering going on Topomax though which is a preventative......you take it daily......I used to be on a preventative but it made me fatigued.......left me with no energy and makes you gain weight.......Topomax is newer so might be better..............

I inherited my migraines from my Dad and my Son Laurence has inherited them from me.........mine started at 17 and will probably lst until menopause.............they can improve then.......childhood migraines often cease in adult hood so that could be good for Laurie..........he doesn't take meds but sleeps them off.................he vomits once or twice normally but can feel better within an hour or two...we have to be careful about things like sleepovers and missing meals because late nights and getting hungry are two of his triggers.............

I am not sure I have 'auras' as such but I do know the signs that a migraine is coming.......I start yawning ( a lot!!!) which is the brains way of getting extra oxygen...........and I get starving hungry suddenly......

Lloyd is always reminding me to keep snacks with me....in the car and in my bag etc........and that I should have meds with me.....he also gives me great massages which really help...my Doctor explained how.....Lloyd also nags me to eat regularly, get plenty of sleep and rest and has generally learnt how to help me get as few attacks as possible........we have made our life as a family as stress free as possible........DD and I start our yoga class this Fall too which should really help.....

And Lloyd works with Doctors and Pharmacists so he's finding out as much as he can about Topomax to see whether I should try it out..................