Inky fingers...

My fingers are all inky as I have spent the afternoon experimenting with my Distress Ink and chipboard and different papers and card stock. All my finger nails are brown...yuck - it looks as though I haven't bathed in a year!!! Fun though :) I'm loving what you can do with this stuff!!!

The Gay Soccer World Cup

So the Gay soccer world cup kicks off today....and I have to say this bothers me - it's in its 17th year so I guess its a success...but I just don't get why they need to have a Gay Soccer World Cup.

To me it just seems wrong. Gay people should be seen as just a part of the every day community and be part of soccer generally - I just think that having a separate world cup for homosexual people still separates and creates a 'them and us'.....

Wouldn't it be a better world if being gay wasn't such a big 'different' thing but just a normal part of life.....why make a big thing about it? Does that help? I don't think so.

There is a show over here that I love - it's called Open House America - and basically each episode shows three different US cities and then shows you what you can buy for various price ranges.....almost every episode there is a gay couple showing them home and talking about the renos and how much money they have made on their property...I love this - I love that they don't come across as the 'token gay couple' but are just a normal part of the show - which is how it should be....I love that it shows a real mix of families on that show from across the US. Thats how it should be :)

So I'm sorry but I don't think things like Gay Soccer World Cups do anything to help homosexuality become a normal part of our lives an dour community...it just makes 'them' stick out like sore thumbs again.....and yes I do say 'them' because thats how it seems to deal with what should be a normal part of life.

Monday

So the weather forecast has changed and so my plans for each day have changed....we'll head to the zoo on Friday to enjoy the gorgeous weather!

Today is my sister Karens 42nd birthday....you all know her as 'Commode' who posts comments sometimes. Happy Birthday!

I found out last night that some of my layouts and altered items have been in the newsletter at SH over the last few months - I had no idea!!!! How exciting :) Thank you Donna - I guess I feel extra proud because the talent at SH is soooo amazing that for my layouts or items to be in the newsletter is just amazing!!! Truly amazing!

I'm sad today. Today is my chickens last full day of life possibly. Tomorrow a lady is coming to get them all and they will be butchered for her freezer. We know we can't keep them - or at least there is no point in keeping them...but its sad all the same. They are layers but they are starting to lay less...it was difficult to keep them through the winter last year and then we were told that people here don't do that anyway - they have them through the summer for eggs and then they are butchered for the meat in Fall. We can't bring ourselves to eat them - or even kill them - so I am very grateful that someone else is happy to have them and will have a freezer full for her family!

I got a post-it note on the monitor this morning - Chris apologising for over sleeping and not doing his chore before school (he was on dishwasher duty)

3 days until Lloyd heads to Toronto.

Ok I have to get a few chores done as we are heading out at lunchtime!