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Ladies!

Molly & CWM Goch!

Where oh where do I get good chooks from?
What are the best layers?
I have heard the Isa ones stop laying after 5 years or so ... is that true?

What are the lovely spotty ones? I want pretty ones that lay :p


nb: probably wont be getting them before dec/jan ... just doing homework.

Anti Genetically Modified Foods?

Go to MADGE

True

Someone has this as their Sig. It cracks me up because it is so true :p

Juicing and Pigeons (nb: NOT Pigeon Juice)

I don't think this brand even exists any more, but it is the BEST JUICER EVER!

 I decided it was time to get back to juicing! I have a new juicer. It is SHIT! So, I dug out my dads old juicer that still works as good as new - even though it is about 35yrs old now.
I have been doing blends like
Apple and carrot
Apple, carrot and strawberry
Apple, carrot, strawberry, plum and beetroot.
etc.

Can I just say, that if you drink the juice of a whole Beetroot, it is true that you pee and poop pink for 24hrs!!!!
Ahahahahahahahahaahahaha

Anyway, I love fresh vegetable juice. And I need it as I am not a huge fan of actually eating vegetables (unless they are in a soup or roasted).

Scarecrow

Now, the area I live in seems to be infested with flying rats (aka pigeons). I flipping HATE them. I am a stones throw away from calling in pest control to posion them all. I open my garage and they come inside and gah, just PISS.ME.OFF!
So, the boys (knowing how I feel) decided to make me a scarecrow to scare them away (bless). The above picture is the final result. It so doesn't work at all, but it is the thought that counts.
I had to have a good old laugh as well when the following converstaion happened...

Nonna "What are you doing there?"
Eldest "We are making a scarecrow!"
Nonna "What for?"
Eldest "To shoo away all the bloody flying rats!"
At which point Nonna looks at me and says, I wonder where he got that from?!

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Seriously?

Woman sues ex-fiance after falling while peeing from his verandah

What kind of foul bitch urinates from a verandah?!

{quote}Her statement of claim says that her injuries while urinating were "a danger which could have been avoided with reasonable care on behalf of the defendant''.{quote}
It was a danger that could have been avoided if she, I dunno, used a TOILET!!!!

Jesus, I don't know why I am shocked at the actions of supposed humans any more.

Surgery

Well, that all went well :)
Nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be. Basically they went in and shaved some bone (so it doesn't 'catch'), removed a patch of calcification on the supraspinatus tendon, cut a ligament (so it will become longer) and excised the bursa (to remove the bursitis).
I cannot tell you how nice it is to not wake up in pain every day! Am generally feeling a lot 'nicer' because I don't have this awful 'white noise' of pain in the background all the time anymore. Well, so far. Touch wood it stays this way!
But man, the nurses really were a bunch of total cunts. I discharged myself at midnight that night! No way do I put up with sub par care and loud, mouthy, rude nurses. Complaint has been filed.

Creative Macaron! from Diary of a Ladybird (see link below)

That is it! I am inspired! My husband loves Macarons and he found this website in his trawling
http://diaryofaladybird.blogspot.com/2010/06/little-macs-cheeseburger-macaroons.html

I am going to give them a whirl in a couple of weeks. I will probably do a chocolate buttercream "patty" though instead of using a chocolate biscuit. I think it would achieve the same look, but probably taste a heap nicer - also having a nicer texture to combine with the macarons.
Or I might do a Cayenne Chocolate Ganache filling. I can pipe out "patties" onto baking paper and put it in the fridge to set in order to achieve similar 'patty' look.

Great Adverts

Today I have spent some time thinking about cool ads that I have seen.

A fair while ago (like a few years back) I remember seeing a bunch of adverts from Nat Geo kids that really struck a chord with me. I think they captured the essence of adventure about being a child. When you are little, ever slight hill looks like Mt Everest. The scale of things to kids is massive (as they also don't have the comparison). Anyway, I can't really vocalise what exactly I mean tonight. My brain feels all jumbled in the lead up to my next operation (later this week). So, I will just show you guys the ads instead. Click on the pictures for the full size (because the writing is small).

The adverts are all done by
Agency: FoxP2 Advertising, Cape Town, South Africa
Creative Directors: Andrew Whitehouse, Justin Gomes, Noel Cottrell
Art Director: Andrew Whitehouse
Copywriter: Justin Gomes

Last one to the top...

Ready or not...

Marco Polo

Are we there yet?

Art Classes

It's a "Salmon Fish"

My pre-primary lad has recently started doing art classes after school (I tried being a soccer mum, but I just couldn't cope).
I must say that I am absolutely thrilled with it. He loves art and the teacher he has knows how to keep him in line (she is very strict!). He started this fish on his first lesson and finished it up on his second lesson. The lesson here was to learn blending of colours (in between drying he did crayon rubbings of the backs of leaves ... the kiddie version of 'do you want to come back to my place and see my etchings?' LMAO).
I know I am totally a boastful mother, but I think he has a real knack.

NHMRC likely to declare homeopathy unethical

Reading Australian Doctor (April 29 2011 edition) I see the article 

NHMRC likely to declare homeopathy unethical by Paul Smith. Below are some excerpts.

"Health insurers will be under pressure to pull the plug on funding quack remedies, with Australia’s leading medical research council expected to declare homeopathy "unethical"."

“There is sufficient scientific evidence to conclude that homeopathy is no more efficacious than placebo. Homeopathy, while not harmful in its own right, may pose a risk to patients if safe and efficacious conventional treatments are rejected or delayed in favour of homeopathic treatments.”

"If the public statement is formally adopted by the council, the major health insurers – Medibank Private, HCF, NIB and MBF – will have to justify why it is using taxpayers’ money to fund “unethical” homeopathic treatments."*

 *All four insurers, which receive a substantial portion of the $3 billion annual private health insurance rebates paid by the Commonwealth, offer their members funding for homeopathy. MBF also pays for iridology and reflexology.

According to the confidential documents obtained by Australian Doctor, the draft says: “NHMRC’s position is that it is unethical for health practitioners to treat patients using homeopathy, for the reason that homeopathy – as a medicine or procedure – has been shown not to be efficacious.”

 Well, I for one am EXTREMELY happy about this. :) 

Anyway, for those confused about Homeopathy, here is an explanation on

How does Homeopathy work?

Things...

Things are pretty up and down at the moment. We recently received some news that put us into a bit of shock. There are good moments and bad moments and a lot of uncertainty.
Trying to keep the house running as smoothly as possible and keep some 'normality' for all of us.

Sooo, this week has involved Mr Carnivore learning how to make Greek Rice Salad (yummy), Art classes for Mr Fussy (the improvement by just the end of the first class was amazing!), the boys started their swimming lessons and loved it - only tantrums were when we had to leave, Gaaaah! For craft this week we made bangles out of coloured dough and bake set/dried them out to make them hard. And today Mr Carnivore and I are making a chocolate devil food cake :)
Then kids will help me make a Beef Vermicelli salad for dinner (if it turns out nice I will post recipe at my food blog in the next few days).

In between it all I have been feeding my ipad gaming addiction. Between Angry Birds (HD, Seasons and Rio), Zombie Farm, Plants vs Zombies and Mortal Kombat it is a wonder that I get anything done!

My Zombie Farm :)

Botox Mum

Well, at least there is some common sense somewhere in the world.

Kerry Campbell loses custody of 8-year-old daughter she injected with Botox

I can't believe that it took authorities so long to protect that child though! Kerry Campbell has been giving interviews and has been "out" for at least a few months about giving her 8yr old daughter botox injections.

I have mixed feelings about this whole thing though. Yes, the child will be better off, but the child must be hurting right now.

Firstly, you have a mother injecting toxins into her childs face. One slip or something wrong with the batch and the child would face permanent facial disfigurment (in form of paralysis).

Then, you have an obviously ignorant mother (to the dangers of botox), but now you have a child that does not understand why she was taken away from her mother. The child will probably also probably face a lifetime of body dysmorphic issues because of the mothers actions (ie. She was not beautiful enough as she was).

At the end of the day though, I am saddened by how much publicity this woman has received over the last few months. I am saddened because for every 9 people that saw the atrocity in her actions, there was probably one parent who thought it was a brilliant idea and why not try it.

:(

I would like to know though ... Why is it a CPS worthy event to remove a child from care for receiving injections for aesthetic reasons, yet many parents are allowed to remove their sons foreskins for purely aesthetic reasons ("because it looks nicer" "to look like daddy") and no-one bats an eyelid!

Lake Leschenaultia, CWM Goch & Babies!

Wow, what a wonderful day!
Today we headed out to Lake Leschenaultia. Was a mainly overcast day, but that can be just brilliant for a picnic because not too many other people go out for a picnic in the threat of rain!
Turned out that there was a "festival" on at the Lake. We hadn't seen any advertising about it in our web trawls searching where to go for a picnic. I felt bad for the event as it was a pretty crap turn out. About 30 people? not including the volunteers (which looked like equal number). BUT they did have free face painting and bouncy castle so all the kids (mine and my nieces) were very happy!
We were the first of our party to arrive and we managed to nab an excellent table hutchy thing by the water and away from the band set up.
Was a gorgeous day and wonderful to spend time with family :)
Here is a photo from Lake Leschenaultia.

As you can see, the water level was a bit low, but the water quality seems pretty good (especially after the recent scare) and it is crystal clear - if freezing cold!

Anyway, on the way home we decided to take a detour and drop in on the most lovely CWM Goch. Oh my that woman has done wonderful things to her garden! And I don't think she realises how much of an inspiration she is from all the hard work she does!
All the kids had a good run around while I was walking around in awe of all the yummy fruit and veg (read her post on Food Forest concept) and the lovely ponds ... and well just all of it is so lovely and I am so completely JEALOUS!!!
I am also now completely hooked on Lemonade lemons!!!! and I have some gorgeous ?golden nugget pumpkins to add to tomorrow nights casserole! nom nom.

All the Lemonade Lemons that I have left :(  And the Golden Nugget Pumpkins.

My kids had their first Ferret Introduction

And they had a play with a Doggie.

Then we headed off home where we unloaded the car and I took off to see The Crone and meet her gorgeous new bubba! Oh my he is just a little bundle of perfection! I got a wonderful cuddle until he wanted some more boob action (men! pfft! lol) and had a lovely catch up with Crone until I had to head home to get some dinner!

I realised today how much I miss my friends. Friends who understand you and know you and not judge you, but take you as you are.
I am lucky, not only in knowing that people out there like this exist, but to also be able to call them friends :)

Today has been a wonderful day!

Restock!

Have restocked kids crafty bits. They have a new Craft tub filled with all sorts of crafty bits from stick on diamontes to shredded cellophane. Have also gotten them a new big play dough tub filled with all sorts of shape cutters, coloured dough, presses etc.
Bought a tea set for my daughter. I noticed at my second sons cooking classes the other day that she was happy to sit for the duration of the lesson having a tea party with herself. It has turned out to be a huge hit. The 3 of them sit around having impromptu tea parties or picnics in various places around the house. Very cute!

On another note, I have become slightly obsessed of late with "Born this way" by Lady Gaga. Now I can't stand her herself. I find the whole package rather contrived. But her team up with Zombie Boy and her matching costume has really been floating my boat. I just love the imagery of it. It probably also helps that my husband and I are a tad Zombie obsessed, lol

Zombie Boy - His are tattoos (actually all over body tattoo). Gaga made up to look the same.