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Another birthday is nearly here.<br />
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Two days until my Uni course starts...I am biting my nails a bit. I volunteered again today in the school Library as a parent helper. Didn't feel quite as hopeless as the previous week. Managed to help kids borrow, found some more Premiers' Reading Challenge books that hadn't been been marked properly, got a hug from Noggin & a hug from Drama Queen. I remembered things a bit better.<br />
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Perhaps my brain isn't totally MUSHY?<br />
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Here's hoping & praying that I can study again & won't fail the first subject...<br />
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A few Librarians have encouraged me to change courses...it might work out a bit cheaper to do a Masters! Who'd have thought? I wonder if Dad would be proud - or would he call me the perpetual student? I guess we are all life long learners!<br />
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<br />Lissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16003757202305679509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738399973034831496.post-88357890301543074562012-02-21T21:45:00.003+11:002012-02-21T21:45:53.871+11:00This time five years ago......David was trying to get used to living in a hospital as he had just been diagnosed with Leukaemia.<br />
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This was a picture during transplant time...even looking at the photos brings back so many memories - many of them painful. We have seen people we know lose their battles with cancer, we have seen others go on to live for many years.<br />
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Hooray for five more years of life...<br />
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This is also kind of distracting me from the fact that tomorrow is D-Day - the cut off date for Uni enrolments...I am booked in, I'm strapped in, I'm just about ready to go mentally - that's what I'm telling myself. I will do one semester & see if the brain is working!?Lissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16003757202305679509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738399973034831496.post-50725342475808454282012-02-10T17:33:00.002+11:002012-02-10T17:33:36.498+11:00Swimming Carnivals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today was the Primary Swimming Carnival! (This photo was grabbed off the internet.)<br />
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'The Drama Queen' came 2nd in breaststroke & 4th in backstroke.<br />
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Mum is proud!<br />
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I dropped her off then next thing I was helping out...tonight I am exhausted after standing for hours.<br />
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Trying to ward off hubby's "Man-Flu". Honestly, I don't know why he just didn't go to the Dr & get some drugs. I guess having spent so many hours in hospitals he wants to avoid more meds & visits, but I worry that he expects too much from his body. It is nearly 5 years since the BMT which is awesome, but any help you can give a run down body is actually OK to do...sigh.<br />
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2012 is rolling along, whether we want it to or not!Lissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16003757202305679509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738399973034831496.post-27222590944850840282012-02-04T21:36:00.002+11:002012-02-04T21:36:24.827+11:00World Read Aloud Day...WOW!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Lissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16003757202305679509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738399973034831496.post-78707702451097864632012-01-30T17:59:00.000+11:002012-01-30T17:59:49.589+11:00The SSO turns 80!<iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/c6RpEnGj6P0?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div><br /></div><div>There's nothing like hearing live music - the SSO is truly amazing to hear live. </div><div>Pondering what to see this year!?</div><div>Hooray for 80 years...</div>Lissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16003757202305679509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738399973034831496.post-54592930721155080402012-01-27T16:39:00.001+11:002012-01-27T16:41:17.535+11:00Holidays SCREAMING to an end!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday was Australia Day so the Melon & Mum made Damper of course!<br />
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It wasn't the <b>best</b> I've made, but it was made with love by us both! Lovely with some golden syrup & butter fresh out of the oven.<br />
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Trying to psych up for another year at work. Trying really really hard. Sometimes I remember all the wonderful things I love about education & why it is so incredibly important. Then I remember how exhausted & bitter I felt at the end of last year. I remembered the amazing joy I felt about considering further study, then I wondered if I could...could I really. It's how I felt before I started my B.Mus.Ed, & I survived that. Now I am churning again...can I, will I. Is my brain still up to the challenge or has it been so burnt out & wounded over the years that it's not going to be able to cope with everything??<br />
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I keep thinking, if I don't try I'll never know. So I should at least make a start! Sigh...<br />
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Kids starting to get nervous & narky too. A busy weekend ahead. We are saying goodbye to two wonderful assistant ministers at church...*tears*. I hate goodbyes, I hate change. I know I shouldn't feel like that but it's just my selfishness. I want things to be easier for ME, but that's not caring for them...<br />
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2012. It's barely begun & I am taking very tentative steps forward...Lissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16003757202305679509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738399973034831496.post-31532038897722217392012-01-18T15:20:00.000+11:002012-01-18T16:15:29.918+11:00A very cool cover of a song...great HSC idea...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/d9NF2edxy-M?fs=1" width="480"></iframe><br />
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Standing ovation for <b><a href="http://www.walkofftheearth.com/" target="_blank">Walk off the Earth</a></b>. A great cover...I LOVE a good cover!! I love performers that think outside the box...students getting HSC pieces ready try to copy songs EXACTLY like the artist who wrote the piece, but a transformation of a song is sooooooo much more interesting. Something like this would get into <a href="http://encore.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/">Encore</a>!!?? (Hey, it's the start of the year. A teacher is already thinking of possibilities ahead...however, once I have students sneering at me, ignoring an instruction & bouncing off the walls of course I will be crying that the holidays were way too short!!)<br />
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OK, so I have tried to enrol SIX (yes you read that right) times in the course that I am keen on...<br />
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<br />Lissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16003757202305679509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738399973034831496.post-90709678829024985462012-01-12T22:07:00.000+11:002012-01-12T22:07:24.470+11:00The Joy of Books<iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SKVcQnyEIT8?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Lissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16003757202305679509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738399973034831496.post-74956001537261511152012-01-10T17:35:00.002+11:002012-01-10T18:40:15.098+11:00Today, I *heart* this...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These colours & this kitchen (& the little nook in the background) made me smile today...<br />
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P.S. I posted off my Uni documents registered post this morning. Fingers crossed they arrive this time...<br />
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There's still more to do. Still trying to sort out my enrolment at Uni (which I have been trying to finalise since November last year)...the original fax didn't work properly, then the email didn't go through properly, then I sent one documents at a time via email, then I posted the documents which apparently were scanned at the PO in Melbourne but didn't reach the person/venue they were mailed to...TOMORROW I am getting all the documents resigned, & I'm off to the local PO to get them posted off CERTIFIED MAIL. I tell you, if I wasn't determined I would have just thrown my hands in the air & said "It's just not meant to be!!!" But I AM determined...Lissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16003757202305679509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738399973034831496.post-61768582608236190592011-12-31T15:36:00.001+11:002011-12-31T15:38:06.890+11:00Happy New Year 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's to a blessed new year full of new things to learn & new adventures to have!<br />
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Much love to you all...<br />
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For those who like to reflect on the year behind, here's some <a href="http://simplemom.net/20-questions-for-reflecting-on-your-2011/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+simplemom+%28Simple+Mom%29">questions</a> to ponder...<br />
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I LOVE this cartoon...<br />
Go the Mayans ;-)Lissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16003757202305679509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738399973034831496.post-87844979429114479682011-12-26T21:34:00.000+11:002011-12-26T21:38:37.709+11:00Christmas over for another year...How delightful to sleep in this morning!! It was totally awesome.<br />
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It was great to celebrate Jesus' birthday yesterday. Our band was rostered on in church so that was fun to play at - there were lots of laughs, a few mistakes & lots of joy. Wonderful to hear some Truth. My two had a great morning - they really loved all their gifts & it was great that they loved watching us open a few things too. I hope they keep growing into caring adults...<br />
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Marea & Alf got caught in nightmare traffic do didn't get here until a bit later than we thought, & Katherine & Andrew were running late too...but we all had lunch eventually although I forgot to put a few dishes out. & the bonbons got left up high on a shelf where D had put them! Oh well, it was lovely to relax together & EAT. We will be eating left overs all week?<br />
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Tonight D & I wanted to watch an old Dr Who episode that I'd taped...however it was quite scary. So Noggin is sleeping in my side of the bed with D & Drama Queen is sleeping on the lounge so they feel safer. You forget how dreadful fear can be to a child...I am such a dreadful mother...I thought it would get better & they did have pillows over their faces...sometimes it's what you don't see that can be scarier than what you do see & what you imagine is worse than reality...hmmm, maybe there is a lesson there for me as I think about career etc...I am so dreadfully nervous about considering all my options...Lissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16003757202305679509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738399973034831496.post-30685249749402264142011-12-23T14:31:00.002+11:002011-12-23T14:31:57.164+11:00Sounds wonderful...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a great article by Petrea King...we learnt so much for spending a week at her centre post D's transplant. It was so helpful! She has some really good comments to share about Christmas & pain after a loss...worth a read!<br />
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...madly cooking things I can find around the house as the bank balance is pretty empty until Thursday!<br />
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D's group of school guys have planned to have a meal together & then they're watching "12 Angry Men"<br />
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What a great movie to see as a student! Anyway...back to the cooking ;-) I hope as Noggin grows up at school he has great teachers who will teach him great things & inspire him...Lissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16003757202305679509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738399973034831496.post-34305611809574753412011-12-18T22:13:00.001+11:002011-12-18T22:13:45.995+11:00*Holiday Crisis Cleaning* (Thanks FlyLady!)<br />
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Does a holiday get any better? Coffee from <a href="http://www.beanhunter.com/cafes/review/Little-Gunga">Little Gunga</a> & beautiful scenery...sigh. We stayed with friends at Lake Conjola - time to read, pray, rest, play, kyak, eat, laugh & walk for <b>miles</b> to the toilets in the caravan park we were in. There were three shower blocks, most days one was open...I must be so fit now.<br />
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We loved having pizza together our last night & Santa came into the shop to say hello while we munched on wood fired pizzas. You never know who you might meet at Milton. Could have sworn I was behind Vince Jones at an IGA.<br />
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Ah, memories of the 70s. I love everything vintage on this <a href="http://bloesem.blogs.com/vintage/">blog</a>!Lissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16003757202305679509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738399973034831496.post-11964081028627769602011-12-09T19:50:00.001+11:002011-12-09T19:56:19.769+11:00End of year staff luncheon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How lovely to celebrate the end of the year with all the staff today!<br />
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A farewell to some, hugs & relief for others, and a slap on the back for all teachers who have made it through the year AND SURVIVED!<br />
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All staff were fed & watered & given a small gift - a paper weight. Great for knocking ourselves out when life gets tough...or holding down the thousands of papers we should mark on a windy day...<br />
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It really is a lovely school with such encouraging staff to work with.<br />
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I am still trying to get confirmation from OUA to find out if I have been accepted to study...I tried to resend some copies off this afternoon & it still won't accept my scanned copies. They haven't confirmed that they got my faxed papers!? Sigh...at this time of year I feel like teaching is wonderful, but then I feel like it's not able to be sustained. My health just can't keep it up for too much longer...so very hard.Lissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16003757202305679509noreply@blogger.com0