Fire Away...
Its your turn to ask me Questions and I will answer.
Ready?
Steady?
GO!
Jumat, 14 Mei 2010
Hit Me With Your Best Shot!
Fire Away...
Its your turn to ask me Questions and I will answer.
Ready?
Steady?
GO!
Malillany Marin (Galeria 5)
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2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup Count Down
Not that I'm an avid soccer fan, and not that I'll be going to any of the matches either, but I do watch my 7 year old Megan play Under 7's at AFC with great enthusiasum. I normally come back from her matches horse and completely pumped up.
Everywhere you go at the moment in South African people are participating in Football Fridays at work - where instead of our usual casual clothes on a Friday, we adorn our Soccer Civies and wear our South Africa colours. People get very creative with their outfits....jpg)
At least 5 out of 10 ten cars on the road at the moment are decorated with South African flags attached to their arials, Makarabas on the back boards, car mirror flag covers in the SA colours and plenty other patriotic paraphernalia.Our official 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup mascot, Zakumi, is splattered everywhere too, from stuffed dolls, to key rings, hats, pens, you name it!
Soccer Fever is causing quite a hype amongst South Africans at the moment with less than a month to go and people are competing against one another to have as many adornments as possible. I think its brilliant! It nice to "stand together" and be one nation supporting our team. Most of us know our team won't get very far but we're supporting them nevertheless. Go Bafana Banfana!
Hey, for me, its any excuse to blow my Vuvuzela to piss off the neighbours and spook the cat, dress up like an eejit and oogle the visiting Football Eye Candy Players. Yum Yum!
I heart Soccer Hotties!
Here's Shakira and Freshly Ground singing the official 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup song:
Kamis, 13 Mei 2010
55 Fiction Friday - Episode 4
Join me in playing this writing game with hundreds of other bloggers including G-Man and Sepia Mutiny on Fridays, called 55 Fiction Fridays, or 55 Fridays. The idea is to write a complete story in only 55 words.
Remember I don't claim to be a writer but I hope you join me and see if we can have a laugh. So, get your pen poised and either write a 55 word story on your own blog, or you can post it in my comments below.
I’m missing you and your loving touch
Miss your tender words so much.
Our silly giggles we share together,
Miss your humour and good blether.
You make me feel like I can soar
Above the heavens- so much more
I want you close to indulge your wit
Have a fag and shoot the shit.
101 DALMATIANS COLORING PAGE
You don't often see coloring pages of 101 Damlatians - here is a great image of Roger walking Pongo as they walk past Anita and Perdita in the park....
Aspies Girl
When I read up on Aspergers Syndrome it is so typical of my four-year old Kaylin. I was eventually so relieved to find information on the internet that explained why she does the things she does so that I can understand her more and that we can get less frustrated with each other.
You must understand Kaylin and I have a love / hate relationship. She pushes my buttons and in turn she gets to control my reactions. She is the only person that can do this!! At first, I thought she was just a strong-willed spirited child with manipulative nature. We argued a lot, I smacked a lot, we yelled at each other, we ignored each other, I couldnt find a discpline technique that would work for her. She would be defiant, agressive and completely out of control with me.
We went for play therapy from the age of 3 and sorted a lot of our issues out with a very patient lady called Lynne that KK immediately took to. But the therapist said we couldn't diagnose her with Aspies until she was 6 or 7. We left it but the more I read up on Aspergers, the more I understand about it, the more she slots in there.
Firstly, I need to tell you that my youngest girl-child has a few obsessions: clothes and shoes is one of them, making piles and rows of stuff on a daily basis and her connection with animals (espeically our female tabby cat). She terrorises our poor Pickles on a daily basis.
6:30 am this morning I am awoken by my youngest girl-child who's walking around naked and frustrated because the clothes she wants to put on, she can't get on or she's chuffed with herself for puting on a completely ridiculous outfit which is nowhere suitable for the weather. If I try to convince her that she'll be cold or that she can't wear knickers on the outside of her pants, the crazier she gets.
Kaylin sobs, she whines, she screams, she stomps and kicks, she wails and she creates such drama...she wants me to give in and sometimes I do. I know I shouldn't, but sometimes I don't have the energry or the time to indulge her. By then my ears are bleeding anyway.
This morning Kaylin had taken every single one of my pots and caserole dishes out of the cupboard and layed them on the kitchen floor neatly in rows, she was fitting the lids to the pots and saying out loud "Yes, thats the one that fits...maybe it fits another" and swapping the lids between the pots engrossed in her own little world. I was frustrated because I wanted her to comb her hair and brush her teeth. A lot of coaxing to get her away from her queue of pots...*sigh*. Its tiring and draining...
In the beginning of the nursery school year, I spoke to her nursey school teacher about her and made her aware of the things she does at home so that we can monitor the things she does at school too. Just so we can weigh up what she really has difficulty with and what she's just winding me up with. Kaylin is a master at manipulating her Mummy, you see...
Kaylin is a smart little girl but the smallest of things freak her out. She wants to be fiercely independent and yet when she can't get a simple task right she gets frustrated but she does NOT give up. She is a determined little girl. She arranges her toys over and over into little piles or long lines. She can do this for hours. Sometimes she is silent in her play, sometimes she gives a running commentary on what shes doing and you'll often hear "Oh Come on!".
Kaylin loves her routine and likes to know what the programme for the day looks like. Once you've told her the programme she will repeat it over and over again to me, to her sister, to her father, to herself until she has convinced herself all will be okay.
Liz, Kaylin's teacher called me aside this week to tell me that she noticed the first typical Aspergers behaviour with our Kaylin. Liz had 3 or 4 children seated at a table ready to blow paint with straws. All the other children got the hang of it immediately and Kaylin was struggling to blow the paint instead of suck it through the straw. Normally Kaylin would throw everything down and give up and being in a foul mood the rest of hte day.
Liz encouraged her softly and showed lots of patience repeating what she must do everytime she did it incorrectly. She was saying "You can do it, you're doing such a great job" and this got Kaylin so focussed and concentrating so hard on getting it right that her little body was shaking. Liz said that her heart went out to her. Eventually KK got it right and Liz made such a HUGE deal about this and all the other children applauded her. Kaylin was thrilled to bits, appartnetly she was in an awesome mood for the rest of the day, no tantrums, no huffing, just joyous play with her friends and teachers.
It just shows you what an encouraging carer can do for a child. I am so very grateful that someone else can see the greatness in Kaylin. She's such an affectionate, loving, happy little girl most of the time and its how someone reacts to her, that sets her off.
I am so proud of her and how far she has come this year.
Rabu, 12 Mei 2010
He said She said
I said to him ........ You wear pants don't you?
He said to me ................ Shall we try swapping positions tonight?
I said .. That's a good idea - you working in the kitchen while I sit on the couch and fart
He said to me...... What have you been doing with all the grocery money I gave you?
I said to him ....... Turn sideways and look in the mirror!
He said to me....... Why don't women blink during foreplay?
I said to him .... They don't have time.
He said to me.... How many men does it take to change a roll of toilet paper?
I said to him...... I don't know; it has never happened.
He said to me... Why is it difficult to find men who are sensitive, caring and good- looking?
I said to him...... They already have boyfriends.
He said.....What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is every night?
I said..... A widow.
He said to me.... Why are married women heavier than single women?
I said to him....... Single women come home, see what's in the fridge and go to bed. Married women come home, see what's in bed and go to the fridge.
Selasa, 11 Mei 2010
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