Rather than the obligitory birthday ramble

I thought I'd share some raging music from the time I was born.

And now:

Could you get anymore polar opposites? Scary to think what people are going to be listening to in the next 21 *cough* years.

Online Junkie

 Just today I happened to be talking to some of the girls at work about online forums and they seem to have come to the conclusion that I'm some computer freak. Now I don't think that I'm all too over the top and I know a lot of people that frequent online forums, but how much is too much?

I joined my first online forum way back in 2004. It was a parenting forum. I'm still a member to this day but post very sporadically. To be perfectly honest, I use that forum more as entertainment, fodder for other forums which have sprung from it's loins. Which brings me to all the other forums I've picked up along the way. There has been the one whose "name shall never be mentioned" on the aforementioned parenting site, two or three weightloss forums, forums that have sprung from friendships from the original site, forums that have sprung from the "name shall not be mentioned" site, forums from TV shows, private Facebook groups. They are just a few that spring to mind.

Now I'm no longer a member of all of them, but there are at least three that I am a regular poster on. I've made friendships through some of them that I hope are lifelong. I've met people IN REAL LIFE, not just names on a screen. I've even been to a group meet in another state, which may seem quite weird to some but these women have been in my life almost daily for three years now.

So who else is part of the freak show? Are you a forum member? How many forums do you follow?

And here I was wanting a refund

This is the child that just two days ago I was willing to give away not just to a good home, but to any home.
This is the child that I wanted a refund on.
This is the child that is a screaming banshee.

But this is also the child that tells me "I love you all the way to the moon, the stars AND the butterflies".
She is also the child that climbs into my bed an some ungodly hour every single night and sticks her little feet up the back my top just because she needs to feel my skin.
She is also the same child that has the hugest doe eyes and longest dark lashes and knows how to use them.

This is her. How could I ever refund that?

Dancing with Wags the dog - the red nose day special

Since I'm heading of for a lovely child-free night with some girlfriends in a really freaking cold place I was thinking that I should find some sort of beanie. Now I'm not a hat person. Not by choice, I love hats. I just can't wear them. I look freakin' ridiculous. So today I went on a mission to Target to find something warm for my head. FAIL

All I did was create an endless source of amusement for not only Imogen but for Brian as well. Especially when one hat I tried on caused fits of laughter from Imogen and me apparently looking like Wags the dog.

So just the share the amusement, and because it's about time that I shared a pic of me, here's me (the red nose day edition).

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Hey fellow bloggers, don't forget today is FYBF so make sure you check out some of the awesomeness below:

FlogYoBlog Friday 24/06

1.	Donnie Darko VS Bear Grylls	39.	Alert! Play date novice on the approach
2.	DIary of a SAHM - a FYBF giveaway. Today only!	40.	my all-nighter with the gorgeous blonde
3.	Girly and (maybe) Zombie Tales	41.	Nicole McLachlan
4.	Depression and getting help	42.	Just a regular day @ Mia's Mummy
5.	Are you really happy?	43.	You Can Help Your Child Develop the Habit of Listening
6.	Mission Butt Kicked	44.	SAHMadness- Pillow Talk
7.	Fox in Flats	45.	Free Bread Anyone?? Giveaway
8.	Dollar Seeds A Necessary Evil Part 2	46.	BeckyandJames: The Preconception of Shoes
9.	Come to the Pissa Party!	47.	Did you always want to be a cheerleader? Admit it ... you did
10.	Perth virgin no longer	48.	Bruised babies and just what is considered over-reacting
11.	Wherever the day takes you	49.	Gas
12.	Duplo Rescue helicopter giveaway	50.	Suburban Sonnet wonders whether to lock them up
13.	Blogopolis or BUST	51.	I will not go back...
14.	Parental Parody : Giveaway	52.	Life As Mummy Max - Hubbys Birthday
15.	Kate Says Stuff - Systems Junkie	53.	Chicken Soup for your Soul
16.	I'd rather you didn't all comment on my posts - @ThreeLil	54.	Parenting - not so much beer & skittles but shits & niggles
17.	Getting the most from social media @ Help!Mum	55.	Why am I so popular in the bedroom.
18.	People Don't Eat Enough Fudge	56.	Heartache
19.	A Dose of Dannie	57.	Blogger MIA
20.	Cate @ Ill Think of a Title Later	58.	Parenting & technology-a help or hindrance?
21.	A Little Birdy Told Me	59.	When Love isn't enough
22.	Mum-ments - Tears, Mumma bear angry & Breathing again	60.	Blue Zone: The Mother load of "Mother guilt"
23.	ATBOTG - Uninformed versus Ignorant	61.	TGIF (or does it really matter anymore?)
24.	Good, Bad & Unnecessary - What's On Your Mind?	62.	The Princess Mummies
25.	Best Parenting Book Ever Written	63.	Some Days
26.	A deformed banana + chopstick fangs.	64.	Nico's Toybox
27.	How I got hubby an iPad2 for less than $50 - MummyK	65.	Mental Health (very coarse language)
28.	When you don't have to but you kinda do	66.	Eye o the tiger time
29.	A Book, A Girl, A Journey	67.	How do you chose a charity @ Mum in search
30.	Fussy Eater's Mum	68.	Finding My New Normal
31.	Lil-Going Left	69.	Dodgem cars
32.	Go Back to Where You Came From	70.	FoodMuster - Courtney
33.	Mich- Weird thoughts of an insatiable optimist	71.	The Sweet Smell of Senility
34.	Calm Blue Ocean's Cars 2 Giveaway	72.	Vegan Master Chef!
35.	Amy@N.A.I.D - Im getting itchy!	73.	Pampers&Pinot: Romantic Comedy
36.	How To Find Yourself Castrated By The End Of The Week	74.	nothatgoodofaperson
37.	More Than a Mummy Vegie Smugglers Giveaway!	75.	Bronnie
38.	Doggy dementia

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Gas (no, not what you're thinking - the Energy kind)

This was Brian

Rewind back to last Thursday:

You would think that finishing work at lunch time would be a fortunate thing - especially when your husband has the day off so you can spend some quality time with him and your daughter.

Fortunate probably wasn't the most apt word when I arrived home to a husband who looks like

< this.

Although I did contemplate slinking back out the front door without being seen, my curiosity got the better of me and I had to know what the cause of all the wrath was. Ah yes, the old faithful utilites. I think every household has had at least 5 phone calls to some sort of utility company when the ended up looking like the above. Today is was Origin Energy's turn. For some reason unknown to not only us, but also to Origin Energy, our gas had been disconnected. And so the saga began.

Phone call after phone call after phone call we where promised that some sort of service call had been lodged. Day after day after bloody long, bloody cold, and bloody smelly day we waited and we phoned. During this time not only did I have no gas, but this meant no hot water, no cooktop and no heating. Brian was in Sydney for a conference. Jack had some sort of Gastro bug and vomited for 3 days straight. Imogen, not be left out, decided to get in on the action and ramp up her constipation issues causing the Mt Etna of projectile vomits (Yeah sorry about that John. Hopefully your eyes have stopped burning now). Funnily enough the one child who I would have thought would have had the most issue with all of this going on was the one child that took it all in his stride and was the sanest of the lot of us. Liam was going for a Sainthood.

This was me

By the time this morning rolled around it had  been seven nights and I was going into my eighth day with no gas. It was no surprise that I looked like

this >

If I could have crawled through the phone lines and physically attacked the person or persons responsible for our lack of gas I probably would have. I was that mad this morning that I don't even really know what I said to the lady. What ever it was it must have been some serious shit because within an hour I had a service technician knocking on my door telling me he'd just turned the gas back on. I was so overjoyed that I could have kissed the guy. I'm thinking he may have realised this as he was backing away quietly as soon as he could. Or I guess it could have been the fact that I had birdsnest hair, crazy eyes and was more than likely drooling at the site of him.

New Kids on the block - the roof, the roof, the roof is...

...on.

Windows and doors installed and roof trusses go up. It's really starting to look like a house now.

How to cervix play?

So did you all read this title and go WTF??

See here's the thing, somebody was googling "How to cervix play" and not once, not twice but five times has now landed on my blog. So yeah, I was thinking WTF as well. Turns out it links up to my post about The Human Body exhibition at Scienceworks. Still, too freakin' weird for me.

Someone has way too much time on their hands and absolutely no imagination if they're googling how to play with their bajingo (and yes I did steal the use of the word bajingo from a post of absolute gold literary skills from a classic oversharer).

New Kids on the block - Looky at what I found this morning

Windows and sliding doors delivered this morning. The look kind of greenish on the truck. They'd better not be.

New Kids on the block - Man these framers can move

Frame is up for the second floor, just no roof.

New Kids on the block - Put it in a frame

First floor frame is up. To anyone concerned about the short time frame, as long as no weight bearing structures go up it's fine.

New Kids on the block - Slabby, slab, slab

I can haz slab. It's all done and looks great (if you can see it through the dark haze since it was taken on dodgy phone cam)

Who said fishing was peaceful?

Certainly not my husband after spending the afternoon at Cunningham Pier with the boys. The boys had fun, but came home empty handed much to their disappointment.

As for me, well after having a girly day at home with just Imogen and myself, I headed out to a girly night with dinner with friends at Fresh Chilli in Wyndham Vale. Have to be honest and say that the service was a little average, but the food was brilliant. If you're even in the area, definitely check it out.

New Kids on the block - I get my shovel and I dig, dig, dig

The electricity box went in on 06.06.11




Then this morning there is a digger busily digging away. I'm assuming they're getting ready to lay the pipes.

It all started with a gorgeous family

Reproduced from ninemsn: 

I happened across this gorgeous family yesterday. Two adoring parents with their three gorgeous children. Everyone seemed happy well adjusted just like any other normal family that I come across daily.

Except here is the difference. This family, whether it be to their face or behind their back (as yesterday's case would be) are experiencing horrible bigotry. Not only did a random stranger make the comment "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" with a smirk on her face but someone I mix with weekly threw me a huge curve ball with her uneducated, bigoted, homophobic comments.

I have always been one to say that everyone is entitled to their own opinion but where do you draw the line between an opinion and a uneducated irrational rant. Some of the comments went along this line:

• Gay people give up their rights to have children when they become gay
• Gay men are born this way because they're born men when they where meant to be women
• They can't have two girls. They're gay. What are they going to tell them? How can they raise two girls? (Well duh you're a single mother of two boys - How can you raise them? *shakes head*)
• People only become gay later because they where abused. 
• I used to hang around a lot of hairdressers so I know all about gays

I could go on and on but I was so enraged that I couldn't even tell you the rest of what was said. Let just say that I lost my friggin mind and went off my tree. I was soooo mad that I don't even know what half the things I said back to her where. In reality I would have loved to punch her in the head but I had to be the bigger person.

I have people in my life that I love and care very deeply about that are not only gay, but SHOCK HORROR have children. And guess what? They're brilliant parents. Their kids love and adore them. Regardless of sexual orientation, parents are parents. A child needs a loving and nurturing family, that's what's important.

I should just let the agenda of the narrow minded bigots be a blip on my radar, but what has been said can never be unsaid. I have to cross this person, at the bare minimum, weekly. I have to be mature, I have to be responsible. But I know I will seethe whenever I look at her now, but I will remember this:

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

 - Benjamin Franklin

NB: Article photo published from: Gay couple have twins

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Anyone after some extra reading, check out the links below:

FlogYoBlog Friday 10/06

1.	Wharever the day takes you _ I WON!	36.	A Book, A Girl, A Journey: A Time I Broke the rules
2.	Don't Cry for me Argentina - Martyrhood	37.	MummyK almost peed in a military helicopter
3.	Working towards running 100km in June!	38.	Gorilla Parenting
4.	Amy @ MahliMoo- Making more time for me!	39.	Food for thought...
5.	ninja mail	40.	Working Mums: Selfish, Guilty or Over it?
6.	A celebrity is visiting the blog @ ThreeLil	41.	He's growing up too quickly
7.	Want healthy hair?	42.	Nappydaze & The (Full) Circle of Life
8.	Madmother Mourns A Hero	43.	Life As Mummy Max
9.	The Waiting Room Cure	44.	How to be happy
10.	Blogtastic! Annabel Blogs About My Blog- Seana Smith	45.	All the cool people
11.	"That Kid" @ The Mummy Autobiography	46.	Family Traditions and Rituals
12.	A Dose of Dannie	47.	Vegetarian Sausage Rolls?
13.	Letter to Tricky - ONE YEAR!	48.	Under The Windmills - Sparkles in the Sky
14.	Parental Parody : Miss5's Fashion Faux Pas	49.	An ode to my washing machine
15.	Do you need FREE accomodation for Blogopolis?	50.	I Wanna Be A Billionaire - Mum's Wishlist
16.	Talk to the tomato - the patronus strategy	51.	Queensland Girl - Small things...
17.	Diary of a SAHM- Today	52.	Living Life Playing the Glad Game
18.	Wednesdays From The Womb - Week 22	53.	What's for Dinner? This week.
19.	Mrs Woog's Opposite Day	54.	4 types of mini-me mothers. Which one are you?
20.	Lulu @ Cherry Blossom Adventures	55.	Mich- Toilet Traing the cat Part 2
21.	Strategies to help kids cope with anxiety	56.	BM-I Dont Care and her Soul Pimples
22.	Lark Creations	57.	Finding My New Normal
23.	Fussy Eater's Mum	58.	Mia's Mummy
24.	A Real Fairytale	59.	Just a Mum
25.	Growing Pains	60.	People Don't Eat Enough Fudge
26.	Gill@AliceBecomes Tomboy Style. When blogs becmoe books	61.	food for the gods - fish and chips
27.	I popped in on Poppins	62.	The Four Rainbow Day
28.	It all started with a gorgeous family	63.	Pipped My Pinterest
29.	picklebums - no regrets	64.	Tonight was the best contraception
30.	The things I'd Tell You - On dead horses and flogging them	65.	FoodMuster - Good Food and Wine Show giveaway
31.	Have you seen her lately?	66.	Blogger Catch Up
32.	Our Whirlwind Adventures - Flogging Someone Else's Blog	67.	Just Me - Passwords
33.	Amy@New Adventures - Whats the one thing i've been scared to blog about?	68.	sleep wars
34.	A nursery rhyme with a twist!	69.	Splish Splash
35.	ATBOTG - This is a blog, not an advertising company...	70.	A little bit in love with my job

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Move over GLEE

Cause TheBBoys are taking over with their song and dance routine.

I don't know what's funnier - Jack trying to break dance or Liam who has obviously been watching too many music videos.

The smile says it all

With a smile as big as this, what else could it be other than her birthday.

Happy 6th Birthday Princess Allyra.

Fail Mother strikes again

 

THIS

 DOES NOT EQUAL THIS

Or so I was told....numerous times.
But hey, I tried.

I want something else, to get me through this semi charmed kind of life

So after having threeish weeks of crapola days I decided that today is back to usual programming.
This week was a mental health week for me. A week for doing nothing, not worrying about anything, and pampering myself...which I did none of.

So today I'm reclaiming that. Except the gods have better ideas. Just to piss me off they've bestowed me with the eightth wonder of the world - Yes we have Mount OMFGyoulooklikeoneofthosethingsfromtoystory appear right smack bang in the middle of my eyes. Yes the Gods are laughing.

At least I can laugh because every time I look in the mirror I keep thinking of the band Third Eye Blind and humming Semi Charmed Life to myself.

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 Oh and as an aside to this, I've decided to join on up to Flog Yo Blog Friday. So here we go.
In keeping with my theme of all things Alien, link me up Scotty:

FlogYoBlog Friday 03/06

1.	Look at ME! Look at ME!	41.	You don't always get what you want, but you often get what you need
2.	Reservoir Dad	42.	5 pigtail hairstyles you can wear without being confused for your daughter
3.	15 mins to live...	43.	Flog your facebook fanpage
4.	Om nomalicious veggie slice	44.	Wherever the day takes you - It's COLD outside
5.	Stupid Boobs	45.	Gelato in Winter?
6.	People are animals too	46.	Lil - Going Left
7.	High Tea | Red Strawberries	47.	Self doubt, blue blazers and nicely shaped eyebrows
8.	Parental Parody	48.	TME - can't do it all
9.	Amy @ MahliMoo	49.	Lulu @ Cherry Blossom Adventures
10.	Mastiff Maiden	50.	Fussy Eater's Mum -Weeds
11.	A Dose of Dannie	51.	FlogYoBlogFriday 3.6.11
12.	Sshh Mummys on the Phone: Selfish, Guilty or Over It	52.	Mrs Woog gets a Book Deal - almost
13.	How to be happy~if only	53.	Meh. May....
14.	Yay For Home!	54.	Win a Gnomeo and Juliet DVD!
15.	Introducing: Date Night	55.	BeckyandJames.com - Giving Myself a Month
16.	Lacking	56.	Blossom Heart on Carer's Leave!
17.	kate says stuff - Win a kids DVD!	57.	Toddler Tantrums @ Help!Mum
18.	Kinder cakes and sugary crap	58.	Good, Bad & Unnecessary - The Calm After The Storm
19.	Beauty, you can suck it	59.	ADHD, Aspergers & Anxiety Issues
20.	Sarah @GettingfromHeretoThere	60.	Win a gorgeous cloth nappy
21.	Introducing Jitterbug! Ta dah!!	61.	Brain Crash for a Cake Smash
22.	Flossy Locks	62.	The red pill or the blue?
23.	A little space like home	63.	Muddled Up Mumma
24.	It's a Manifesto, Jim, But not as we know it	64.	PJ and pointless rambling
25.	Baby-jail in a basket	65.	The sausage roll fiend
26.	Careful What You Preach	66.	Climbling Mt Foldmore
27.	Dear Diary,	67.	Families ARE important.
28.	The Things I'd Tell You - My thoughts on Slutwalk	68.	Childhood anxiety-what's normal?
29.	The Almost Adoption @ The Mummy Autobiography	69.	whens a good time to bleach your moustache?
30.	Domesblissity: 5 things to do with a BBQ chook	70.	Living Life Playing the Glad Game
31.	Join me for Friday drinks? CUPCAKE VODKA!!!	71.	When little idiots make big plans - what could go wrong?
32.	Gnomeo & Juliet DVD Giveaway	72.	Jamie Oliver, you change my life.
33.	What inspires you?	73.	Lost Old Faithful
34.	$100 Kmart Voucher Giveaway	74.	Chocolate Mousse. This is not a recipe!
35.	Walking the Walk	75.	Finding My New Normal
36.	Put the fluffy bunny down and step away from the cash register!!	76.	Dept of Immiwankers
37.	The body canvas - Wanderlust	77.	Culturally Specific Parenting Programs
38.	Fuck Modesty	78.	Pampers & Pinot: Tough Bitch
39.	Mummyk's life as a journalist	79.	Mop Till you Drop!
40.	Under The Windmills - For the love of lego	80.	Memorial Weekend

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