Category: Things We Should Talk About at the Dinner Table

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Prop 8

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Yesterday the Californian people voted for change when 61% of them gave their votes to Obama. But they also voted against change when they passed Proposition 8. It seems 52% of Californian voters could not find it in their hearts to say no to a constitutional amendment that would say to some of their fellow citizens “you are not good enough to share the same rights and privileges that I have”. I had hoped. I had hoped that logic and compassion would prevail. I had hoped that the bigotry and hatred of the Yes on 8 campaign would be seen … Continue reading Prop 8

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I always miss historic moments

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But not today. This afternoon I came home with the kids after spending pretty much the entire day at the school doing canteen duty, helping out with refreshments for the Kindy orientation and giving my intro to the P&C speech for the second time. I opened up my laptop and was greeted with the news that McCain had conceded and the USA has as President-Elect one Barak Obama. I was just in time to jump on board the Hoyden’s live blogging of the event (in mostly lurker mode) and the kids, Adam and I sat in the lounge room with … Continue reading I always miss historic moments

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This will be a photo free post*

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Adam finally went to the doctor to have his ingrown toenail dealt with this afternoon. The beginning of this story is probably about 10 months ago when his occasionally troublesome toe began to be a frequently troublesome toe that never quite got back to normal. I suggested he go to the doctor. The toe remained swollen and sore. I nagged him to go to the doctor. The toe got a little bit better…but then went right back to ickyness. I INSISTED he go to the doctor. He took to soaking his foot in antiseptic every night. And then, eventually, a … Continue reading This will be a photo free post*

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Interesting

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I have not weighed myself for nearly 2 months. I’ve been eating what I wanted, when I wanted. I’ve been walking the dog but not doing much else by way of exercise. I haven’t been thinking about food all the time. Last night I was out with friends having an awesome meal at Chinta Ria, followed by a thoroughly decadent chocolate overload at Lindt Cafe and then a quick visit to the Pumphouse pub all accompanied by liberal quantities of wine. This morning I decided to have a look at the numbers. I was a little apprehensive, surely all this … Continue reading Interesting

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Well, there’s nothing wrong with that

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I had a long conversation with my daughter recently which was sparked off by a couple of things that had come up at school. It started with her recounting a conversation that took place when the word “gay” was used an insult by one one of the boys to one of Caitlin’s friends, the friend responded by asking him if he knew what gay meant and he replied “Yeah, it means happy”. Caitlin’s friend said “No, it’s when 2 boys or 2 girls love each other” and Caitlin chimed in with “Well, there’s nothing wrong with that”. Then Caitlin’s friend … Continue reading Well, there’s nothing wrong with that

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More on the Hillsong thing

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Further info on the Hillsong run “personal development course” – another article in the SMH, Hillsong accused of closet zealotry. What on earth possessed anyone to think that letting a religious group run a class for the kids who have explicitly opted out of any religious studies was a good idea? “The teacher’s federation representative for Cheltenham Girls High, Doug Williamson, said non-scripture students at the school were being invited to join the Shine program, where they were exposed to religious content.” At least in that case the parents were apparently informed that Hillsong was running the course and had … Continue reading More on the Hillsong thing

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Hillsong helping girls “discover their value and created uniqueness”

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This makes me feel physically ill: From the SMH – Hillsong hits schools with beauty gospel You know what? Even if you take away any religious connotations the mere fact that there is a course being taught IN SCHOOLS, purportedly to boost teenagers’ self-esteem, which includes teaching “a range of skills including how to put on make-up, do their hair and nails, and walk with books balanced on their heads” makes me furiously angry. Continue reading Hillsong helping girls “discover their value and created uniqueness”

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Done with dieting

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I’m not doing the Weight Watchers thing any more, haven’t been for quite some time now. I was getting nowhere, making myself miserable and ending up binge eating on a fairly regular basis. Since I stopped dieting (and make no mistake about it, Weight Watchers is a diet) my weight has stayed stable, my binging has drastically reduced (I still have the occasional episode if I’m feeling really down) and I’m feeling pretty much OK about myself. I had blood tests done a few weeks ago and all the numbers came back good except my cholesterol. Which isn’t particularly surprising … Continue reading Done with dieting

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Ask and ye shall receive – more or less

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I woke up this morning at about 3:00am with an absolutely torturous sinus headache, took some sudafed and proceeded to toss and turn for nearly an hour listening to Adam snore. So when the alarm went off a few hours later I was still somewhat worse for wear. Adam got the kids up, dressed, fed and off to school and I rang the doctor, made an appointment for 3:45pm and went back to dozing. Sometime mid-morning I realised I could breathe…and my sinuses were beginning to clear…and I was hungry. Hmm, what should I ask the universe for today? I … Continue reading Ask and ye shall receive – more or less