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June 30 My Clever PreSchool Girl!!!Got Darcy's report on Wednesday! They did her on the 3 year old one because the 2 year old one was redundant for her (their words, not mine, as they handed her report to me!). She got 'almost always' for virtually everything except 'manipulates scissors' (thankyou very much - am glad about that!!!!)
Final comment was: " For a little girl who attends preschool just one day a week Darcy has settled extremely well into the daily routines. Darcy displays some well developed skills, particularly in the cognitive and language areas, and has made steady progress across all areas since commencing preschool (please bear in mind this report is based on the development of a 3 year old). Next term we will continue to work towards further developing Darcy's fine motor and cognitive skills." June 29 Plucked, Pruned and PreenedWell, the Bi-Annual Debutante Ball is upon us. And so it was haircut time on Wednesday and then shedding the skin last night. Can I just say OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peetie came over and lent me some dresses. One she really wanted me to wear - I felt like a granny. Next one - I felt like a hooker! Next one - Breastfeeeding mother! Decided to go for the 3rd look - can put a pin in the top! Peta offended that I thought see looked like said 'breastfeeding granny hooker' I said 'no - I know I dont LOOK like that in it - but I feel like I look like that!'
Found nice granny shoes to wear. Neat and tidy and tiny heel so they may actually stay on all night. Have bribed son with GameBoy game (was on special at Big W- GO ME!!). It is going in my handbag with the red gameboy (a) to keep bribe up until the offical presentation is at least over and b) to keep him occupied after said presentation is over by playing with it.
Daughter is estatic that she still fits into her flowergirl dress from 2 years ago. I was worried about shoes but got BARGAIN pair at BigW (V Good shopping tonight!) reduced to $12 for glittery navy blue 'ballet peeps'. Which went down very well when Daughter came out of dancing.
Husband isn't likely to fit in kilt - but he refuses to go get his stuff ready and Im beyond caring..... OH - and Mother will be pleased - had Son's hair trimmed today.............. June 27 Parent Teacher NightCeilidh first: - walked in the door and her teacher said 'we have to do something about this handwriting!' I wanted to laugh and I felt so sorry for my poor mother - who must have had that said to her every year of my primary school life! I said 'well the poor kid hasn't got much hope. Neither Mark nor I have neat writing, and she's left handed!' Other than that, it seems she is doing very well. She hasn't got a report because she was only there just over 5 weeks, but the teacher had alot of anecdotal notes to show me. She was worried about how she was setteling in as much of that class are very confident and CJ comes over very timid. I said 'she loves it, from what she tells me at home' and Mrs P was relieved as she said she thought she was settling in but wanted to check with me. She said they did Drama yesterday and CJ rocked! She was soooo good and it was like seeing a different kid up there! That made me very happy! She also said that she's doing well in Maths, not so well in her writing - another thing that didnt surprise me. But Mrs P did say she is a very good decoder. Well I am too, I just wish she would read for enjoyment more. I forgot to ask if she had benchmarked her.
Connor 2nd - didnt have alot of time - i was the last and Mrs L was running very late. She showed me his 'busy book' and he's doing well with his story writing. Wrote about 6 sentences and put a title without being asked. Maths he is really understanding, and I did some stuff with him last night and he's started to get the 'counting on' strategy - so I will work on that during the hols. I told her how we weren't going to send him and she said' that's interesting because a few teachers at the start of the year said to her "why did Connor's mother send him? He's not ready. We will need an appointment with her to ask her to pull him out!' And she would say 'no, he will be fine, you wait and see.' Well I looked at Mrs L and said 'and did you take your report of him up ot them and wave it in their faces!!!" (but I said it with a smile!). His report was phenomenal you see - almost the entire thing was 'above expected level'!!
All in all - very good. Just got his holiday homework - full on - speech and everythign he has to do! CJ at this stage, as none. Will see what comes home today or tomorrow....
June 26 Rain Rain"Rain Rain" by Miss Jackie
1. Rain, rain Rain, rain. Falling from the sky. Falling from the sky Pitter-patter. Pitter-patter. Oops, it hit my eye. Oops, it hit my eye. 2. Rain, rain Rain, rain. Falling on my toys. Falling on my toys. Boom, boom, boom, boom. Scary sounding noise Scary sounding noise. 3. Rain, rain Rain, rain. Falling on my nose. Falling on my nose. Drip, drip, drip, drip. Drip, drip, drip, drip. Squishing through my toes. Squishing through my toes. June 25 TAX TIMEI hate tax time. I particularily hate it this year.
I am trying not to stress but after the mailman today it's hard not to! We hadn't done our taxes for the 04/05 year nor the 05/06 year. I got a nasty 2 months ago from Centrelink to say they were going to stop my Family Allowance if I didnt lodge before the 30th June. (incidently I had it all ready to go last March when the 'shit hit the fan' and it never got looked at again)
Not any easy job lodging at the best of times. But these days - and finding things from 3 years ago, and the fact we sold the flat AND refinanced all in this time - a HORRID JOB.
I was expecting to be with the tax man for all of the afternoon, when we went to see him, over 4 weeks ago.
Ended up that he could only see us for 45mins. He had had a death in the family that morning and wasn't up to it - understandable.
However, it has been weeks and weeks now and we have still been chasing him up. He is not very organised. Great lovely guy, but the sort you sit down and do your tax with then and there because otherwise he misses things etc. Well - in the post today I received 'the envelope' Opened it with trepidation, and it's only the 2005 years.....
Rang the office, spoke to the secretary (who has a thick accent) who said he wasn't in. She finally said he was on leave and when I told her that my centrelink money would be drying up on the 30th then she said he calls each day and she ended up being quite helpful (as helpful as she could be). Asking lots of questions and looking at the stuff online. She doesn't know why he hasn't lodged it because it's all on there filled in, but she won't send it until she speaks to him (which is good!!)
Soooo, she took my numbers and says (haha) she'll ring me back with an answer, and that it 'should' be in by the 30th! Hmmmm
Stress stress stress! Plus knowing we will have to pay capital gains tax doesn't make me happy. And knowing I will actually have to pay centrelink back because my income for last year isn't just my p/t teaching it is half the sale of the flat........
Then I have to get THIS years done! LOL! Hopefully THAT will be easy though.......... hopefully.... Think I'll make an appointment and go and see him during the holidays to get it over and done with! Then won't have to think tax for another 12months!!! June 24 Old Friends!I recently received an email from a friend, whom i haven't yet responded to (sorry Jacquie - i will!!).
We haven't seen each other in years and years, I reckon it was Champion of CHampions in Melbourne in 2004, and we haven't emailed for years either. But she has been keeping up to date with our lives via my blog.
Just like my asbes, whom I dont get to see as often I would like, she knows what's going on in the Griffo house due to the blog. I love that my family and friends are still a part of my life - via the 'sci-fi age' even if I virtually never get to see them face to face!!!  June 23 Update on Mark's LegHe went back to the vascular surgeon on Friday. The clot is still there, less than it was but certainly not gone away. So he has to stay on the Warfrin indefinately at this time, and still have bloods taken every 2 days and visit the GP every week (and ring her every 2 days) and then go back for another scan in a fortnight or so. It is so much better than it was though - just shows how bad it must have been.......... June 22 5 cheeky MonkeysHere is my beautiful 2 year old singing her song!
These are the translated lyrics...
5 cheeky monkeys swinging in the tree
Teasing Mr Crocodile
'you can't catch me'
Along came Mr Crocodile
quiet as can be..
SNAP
4 cheeky monkeys swinging in a tree.
etc etc etc
June 21 Connor the movie star!Well, that's what he calls himself! LOL
I think I wrote weeks ago that at dancing Miss Rebecca did a screentest of some of the little ones to send in for some tv show. Well, last week Con got a call back for an audition.
On a VERY VERY WET cold Friday we drove into North Sydney and he disapeared for 20mins whilst they asked him questions in front of a video. Afterwards he was telling CJ and I how the told them he looked after his baby sister and helped Mummy change Darcy's nappy! WTF - DEe hasn't been in a nappy for a year! LOL! CJ said 'well u did tell him to make stuff up and be silly' True true true! Anyway, got a phone call yesterday - he got the job! Filming at Linfield on July 12th for Raggs - the Dumpster segment! When I told him he said 'for the REAL Dumpster!! Coool!' lol June 20 I RECKON THIS SUITS HIGHLAND DANCERS TOO........ALL DANCERS............................... 1. Really would rather be dancing 2. Hate conceited dancers 3. Outside of class are actually very clumsy and accident-prone 4. When at the shops dancing is imminent. Turns, jumps, and poses are sure to happen as soon as the aisle is clear. 5. When we hear music we have danced to, we have to do a part of that dance, no matter who looks at us! 6. No where else but in a ballet studio will you see people take off so much clothing AND no one notices. 7. If we get hurt, we lie and say we're okay no matter how bad it is. 8. Classical ballet is harder than it looks. 9.'Off days' are the worst kind of days we can have. 10. If we do something stupid, you must tell everyone else how and what we did before being able to carry on with the class! 11. When we fall on our butt, we have to make it look like we did it on purpose and end it in the most beautiful pose you've ever seen. 12. Its not unusual to buy a cd with a song we have danced to on it, just for that one song. 13. When you do something amazing, no one sees it. End of story. 14. We always count turns no matter who does them 15. We find rhythm in everything: music, hammering, turn signals, walking, walking down stairs... 16. There are no counts after 8, once you get to eight you start again from 1! 17. We stand in either first, third, or fifth positions and not notice, with the occasional second or fourth. 18. All ballet dancers must hate cheerleaders. 19. Watching ballet with non dancers is the worst. 20. We constantly whine about how bad we are. 21. We are always too fat. 22. On video, we suck 23. We always get great applause, for the easist things 22. If we dont feel like bending down, we can just do an arabesque. 23. Being flexible is natural, nothing too special. 24. Pointe shoes really do suck 25. Our bare feet are not pretty, EVER! 26. You can never have too many leotards 27. Breaking in new Pointe shoes is the worst. 28. At least one time per class, you see bobby pins flying through the air when someone is turning. 29. We dont sweat, we glisten 30. Nothing done well can ever be repeated when asked to do it in front of a class June 18 Yes Sir I Like To BoogieMister
Your eyes are full of hesitation Sure makes me wonder If you know what you're looking for. Baby I wanna keep me reputation I'm a sensation You try me once, you'll beg for more Yes Sir, I can boogie
But I need a certain song. I can boogie, Boogie boogie All night long. Yes Sir, I can boogie If you stay, you can't go wrong. I can boogie, Boogie boogie All night long. No Sir,
I don't feel very much like talking No, neither walking You wanna know if I can dance. Yes Sir, Already told you in the first verse And in the chorus But I will give you one more chance. Yes Sir, I can boogie
But I need a certain song. I can boogie, Boogie boogie All night long. Yes Sir, I can boogie If you stay, you cant't go wrong. I can boogie, Boogie boogie All night long.
I found this song on Peta's MySpace. God I love the clip!! It is soooo groovy! LOL! Don't you love the kungfu arms during the chorus!! LOVE IT!!!!!!!
June 17 My 3 Babies dancing today!!!And because i had all my dancers dancing too, I didnt get a chance to take a photo of my children all together. Im going to have to dress them up in their 'KNEES UP' outfit to get a shot, because they looked gorgeous!
 Ceilidh will proudly tell you she 'I WAS IN SEVEN ITEMS MUMMY!'
 Connor just asks 'Was I good up there?' (yeh, up there but not down here!)
 And Dee says 'I wanna do Knees Up Mother Brown, where are my pumps!'
 They had a wonderful time, as did all my dancers. It is a really great day - albiet stressfull as all hell! lol
June 16 SCOTTISH DANCING CONCERT - THIS SUNDAY (TOMORROW!)If its another awful rainy day and you're getting cabin fever then come along to the "NSW State Committee of Highland Dancing" annual fundraising concert. It is a really great afternoon. Lots of contempory highland dancing form different studios across NSW and ACT, plus traditional highland, plus singing and other stuff too! When - Sunday 17th June 2pm Where - St Marys Band Club, Great Western Hwy, St Marys How Much - $12 adults and $8 Concession. So cheap for a great afternoon!!! June 15 Connor and AssemblyHe loves me going up to assembly, and the only reason I go is because it is straight after reading on a Friday. He says 'are u staying mum are u staying mum'. So even tho it was freezing and I hadn't brought in my jacket - i stayed today!
He got a 'blue sticker' for sitting quietly (harhar har - Mrs Low had one left over when they said 'stand up all the blue stickers' and he was sitting next to her!) and he jumped up and scanned the back of the room for me then held it up proudly - was sooo cute!!
He then always asks for me to stay for Recess, but I don't cave to that! LOL
Today I will be picking he and CJ up at 1pm because he has an audition at North Sydney (of which I now have to look up and see where to go!) June 14 As Reported By BBC.CO.UK on the 2nd May 2005.....Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight
Tickets had been sold-out three weeks before the much anticipated fight, which took place in the city of Kâmpóng Chhnãng. The fight was slated when an angry fan contested Yang Sihamoni, President of the CMFL, claiming that one lion could defeat his entire league of 42 fighters. Sihamoni takes great pride in the league he helped create, as was conveyed in his recent advertising campaign for the CMFL that stated his midgets will "... take on anything; man, beast, or machine." This campaign is believed to be what sparked the undisclosed fan to challenge the entire league to fight a lion; a challenge that Sihamoni readily accepted. An African Lion (Panthera Leo) was shipped to centrally located Kâmpóng Chhnãng especially for the event, which took place last Saturday, April 30, 2005 in the city’s coliseum. The Cambodian Government allowed the fight to take place, under the condition that they receive a 50% commission on each ticket sold, and that no cameras would be allowed in the arena. The fight was called in only 12 minutes, after which 28 fighters were declared dead, while the other 14 suffered severe injuries including broken bones and lost limbs, rendering them unable to fight back. Sihamoni was quoted before the fight stating that he felt since his fighters out-numbered the lion 42 to 1, that they “… could out-wit and out-muscle [it].” Unfortunately, he was wrong.
June 13 This is what they think of us! LOL!I lifted this from my friends brothers blog. He lives in Amsterdam with his wife and kids (on a houseboat!), but he's orginally a Pom......
A woman sitting in an Adelaide restaurant suddenly began to cough. After a few seconds it became apparent that she was in real distress, and two locals, Shane and Darrel sitting at the next table turned to look at her. " Ken ya swaller?" asked Shane The woman signalled 'No!' desperately shaking her head. " Ken ya breathe?" asked Darrel. The woman shook her head 'No!!!' With that, Shane walked behind her, lifted up the back of her dress, yanked down her knickers and ran his tongue up and down the crack of her bum. This shocked the woman into such a violent spasm that the obstruction flew out of her mouth and she began to breathe again. Shane swaggered back to his table and took a deep swig of his beer. Darrel said in admiration "Ya know Shane , I'd heard of that bloody Hind Lick Manoeuvre, but that's the first time I ever seen somebody do it! June 12 Geez I wish my ship would come in! And bring Antonio Bandarez with it! lol!The Three of Wands card suggests that my power today lies in opportunity. I lay it on the line, take a chance, and look for signs of positive encouragement. I am open to new worlds and am actively patient in expanding my connection, increasing my standing, or waiting for my "ship to come in," but "if I can't get to the party, I will bring the party to me." I am empowered by a sense of responsibility and a readiness to believe and receive and I transform through creative resourcefulness.
The last 2 nights there were 2 Antonio Bandaraz films on - Zorro and Take the Lead. Oh boy is he SMOKIN!!!!! :) June 10 Birthday partyConnor went to his first school birthday party today. It is weird that these people live just around the corner from us, all his mates. Im just not used to that!
Looks like Ive got more pupils too! These twin girls that were there, their grandmother is Scottish and the mum wants them to dance - but next year. Cool! My girls went to the shops with Nan and Pop whilst the party was on.
We have a playgroups friends party next Sat arvo and then a family friends party in 3 weeks.
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