Tuesday, June 26, 2012
What are you doing....
Dinoboy - What are you doing? You're not in there to muck around, you're meant to be finding my pyjamas.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Happy Birthday
"Go shorty, it's your birthday
We gon' party like it's your birthday
We gon' sip on Bacardi like it's your birthday"
We gon' party like it's your birthday
We gon' sip on Bacardi like it's your birthday"
50 Cent.
Happy Birthday Lucy.
I'm kind of angry and always sad that you aren't here to share it with me.
Sometimes I visit your blog just for old times sake, to revel in how splendidly unperfect you were.
I miss you.
Happy Birthday Lucy.
I'm kind of angry and always sad that you aren't here to share it with me.
Sometimes I visit your blog just for old times sake, to revel in how splendidly unperfect you were.
I miss you.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Word search
Y7 was doing a word search for his homework. We had a conversation that ran like this...
Y7 - "I found another one".
Me - "What is it".
Y7 - "Ho".
Me - "um, I don't think ho's a word". (to myself - "where the hell did he pick that up?")
Y7 - "Yes it is".
Dinoboy "It's what Santa says".
Y7 - "That's right!"
Me - "Oh".
Y7 - "I found another one".
Me - "What is it".
Y7 - "Ho".
Me - "um, I don't think ho's a word". (to myself - "where the hell did he pick that up?")
Y7 - "Yes it is".
Dinoboy "It's what Santa says".
Y7 - "That's right!"
Me - "Oh".
30 cm's
30 cm of snow fell on Perisher last weekend.
The first significant fall of the year.
I'm excited.
I'm also kind of nervous. Y7 is a hard charging, speed loving, all terrain skier. He skis like a boss and he knows it and it makes me scared because there is a gap there. A big space between his wisdom and his ability. His coach last year praised him for being a safe skier and I cling to that because it is a dangerous sport. There are all the risks inherent in a sport that consists pretty much of controlled falling at high speeds and then there are the risks of environment. Thankfully avalanches aren't the killers in Australia that they are elsewhere but there are other dangers out there for a boy who skis better than most adults with only a small portion of their knowledge.
Dinoboy...... he's not so hardcharging, not so fast but he loves the park and the park is full of hard things and scary tricks. And the jumps get bigger every year.
So I take them out there because I love it and because they love it too when it's all going right but sometimes I question it. Sometimes I wonder if we should all just go home and have a hot chocolate and get into a big fluffy ball of cotton wall.
EDIT - I've done a bit of googling and it seems that the average (mean) speed on an intermediate piste is 43.0 km/h. My boys ski faster than the average.
And 43 km/h is pretty fast. For comparison a good speed for a well trained road bike rider is about 35 km/h.
On the positive side competitive downhill skiers reach speeds in excess of 120km/h. My boys aren't that fast :)
The first significant fall of the year.
I'm excited.
I'm also kind of nervous. Y7 is a hard charging, speed loving, all terrain skier. He skis like a boss and he knows it and it makes me scared because there is a gap there. A big space between his wisdom and his ability. His coach last year praised him for being a safe skier and I cling to that because it is a dangerous sport. There are all the risks inherent in a sport that consists pretty much of controlled falling at high speeds and then there are the risks of environment. Thankfully avalanches aren't the killers in Australia that they are elsewhere but there are other dangers out there for a boy who skis better than most adults with only a small portion of their knowledge.
Dinoboy...... he's not so hardcharging, not so fast but he loves the park and the park is full of hard things and scary tricks. And the jumps get bigger every year.
EDIT - I've done a bit of googling and it seems that the average (mean) speed on an intermediate piste is 43.0 km/h. My boys ski faster than the average.
And 43 km/h is pretty fast. For comparison a good speed for a well trained road bike rider is about 35 km/h.
On the positive side competitive downhill skiers reach speeds in excess of 120km/h. My boys aren't that fast :)
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Possibly the best liability waiver ever....
This is from a snake handling Church. One of the ones where they drink strychnine, handle highly venemous snakes and recklessly ignore the rules of grammar and punctuation.
More snake handling.....
Friday, May 18, 2012
Chick Flicks Are Full of Suck!
Chick Flicks! Ugh!
Please Hollywood can you stop telling me that I should enjoy romantic comedies.
I look forward to the day when I can watch a movie about a woman who finds fulfillment by running off into the sunset with her dog, her sports car, her great career and a few good friends.
Yanno what's better than the average RomCom?
A Marmot!! With pear.
Please Hollywood can you stop telling me that I should enjoy romantic comedies.
I look forward to the day when I can watch a movie about a woman who finds fulfillment by running off into the sunset with her dog, her sports car, her great career and a few good friends.
Yanno what's better than the average RomCom?
A Marmot!! With pear.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
In which I win a KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer
2 posts in a month!!
It's a freaking miracle.
This is even more exciting than dead marmots. I know, I know........it's a tough gig to follow.
Delicieux is giving away a Kitchen Aid and since I'm way too cheap to buy one I'm pinning my hopes on winning one.
and a Marmot.........
It's a freaking miracle.
This is even more exciting than dead marmots. I know, I know........it's a tough gig to follow.
Delicieux is giving away a Kitchen Aid and since I'm way too cheap to buy one I'm pinning my hopes on winning one.
and a Marmot.........
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Dead Marmot.
Today with nothing better to do I had a quick look at the stats for my poor neglected blog. In particular the search terms that bought them here.
I fear that most people were disappointed.
These are a few of the search terms that have bought people here in the last month .
"how to grow a tom selleck mustache" - I can only reiterate my previous advice. If you are not a man of maturity don't bother. People will call you fluffy.
"dead marmot" - Ummmmm....... yes. I have a photo of a dead marmot in my blog. I do wish I know why a Russian person was looking for dead marmots.
"tough mudder what to wear" - Glad I'm not the only person who spends more time worrying about my clothes than my fitness.
"alligator chained to a tree in nimes" - Yes, there is an alligator tied to a tree in Nimes. I forgot all about it.
I fear that most people were disappointed.
These are a few of the search terms that have bought people here in the last month .
"how to grow a tom selleck mustache" - I can only reiterate my previous advice. If you are not a man of maturity don't bother. People will call you fluffy.
"dead marmot" - Ummmmm....... yes. I have a photo of a dead marmot in my blog. I do wish I know why a Russian person was looking for dead marmots.
"tough mudder what to wear" - Glad I'm not the only person who spends more time worrying about my clothes than my fitness.
"alligator chained to a tree in nimes" - Yes, there is an alligator tied to a tree in Nimes. I forgot all about it.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Tough Mudder - Day 1.
I've neglected my blog lately - probably because I haven't been doing anything that excites me and blogging the minutiae of life in the 'burbs isn't my cup of tea.
Anyways..... in what can only be described as a fit of temporary insanity bought upon by the lateness of the hour and a pressing need for distraction I entered myself in a Tough Mudder event in September.
Then just to make sure I couldn't back out I let everyone know that I had done so.
What is Tough Mudder you ask? It a 20km obstacle course. Obstacles being fire, mud, ice and 10'ooo volt live electrical wires (sometimes at the same time).
Smart move ChloChlo.
There was one in March but luckily I wasn't quite crazy enough to think that I could be fit enough in 8 weeks so instead I have given myself 8 months to train.
Day 1's training consisted entirely of deciding what to wear. Yes, clearly I'm going to kill this thing.
It's actually more complex than it sounds because I wear a scarf so I need an outfit that covers me but is also appropriate for crawling through mud and receiving electric shocks.
Luckily for me there has been an explosion in recent years of awesome athletic wear for Muslim women.
Capsters in The Netherlands makes wonderful head coverings for sport.
Compression garments weren't designed for Muslim women but they are awesome as bottom layers and they also design some for hot weather . All I need to do is pop a tennis skirt or a pair of running shorts over some tights and a yoga top with a tight waist band over the top and I'm covered and ready to rock the Mudder.
Lorna Jane stocks some lovely tops that are loose with a waist band to keep them in place but I've asked about their supply chains and they couldn't give me satisfactory answers about their workers. I got the line about being paid award wage which, in China, isn't a living wage so I don't shop there. Luckily RockWear in QLD manufactures right here in Australia and there are numerous other fitness brands who also provide ethically manufactured clothing. Funnily enough a lot of them are primarily Yoga brands - I guess I can see the link.
Maybe tomorrow I'll figure out what colour to wear. Or maybe not, I'm boring like that. I nearly always wear black.
Hopefully over the next few months I'll visit my blog more to track my exercise and progress.
Before the school holidays my routine was BodyPump™ 2 or 3 times a week. Cardio on the days I didn't do BodyPump™ and BodyBalance™ and some heavy weights once a week.
The boys start school on Tuesday so I think that for the next month I will stick with that to ge back to where I was and then start to build on it.
Anyways..... in what can only be described as a fit of temporary insanity bought upon by the lateness of the hour and a pressing need for distraction I entered myself in a Tough Mudder event in September.
Then just to make sure I couldn't back out I let everyone know that I had done so.
What is Tough Mudder you ask? It a 20km obstacle course. Obstacles being fire, mud, ice and 10'ooo volt live electrical wires (sometimes at the same time).
Smart move ChloChlo.
There was one in March but luckily I wasn't quite crazy enough to think that I could be fit enough in 8 weeks so instead I have given myself 8 months to train.
Day 1's training consisted entirely of deciding what to wear. Yes, clearly I'm going to kill this thing.
It's actually more complex than it sounds because I wear a scarf so I need an outfit that covers me but is also appropriate for crawling through mud and receiving electric shocks.
Luckily for me there has been an explosion in recent years of awesome athletic wear for Muslim women.
Capsters in The Netherlands makes wonderful head coverings for sport.
Compression garments weren't designed for Muslim women but they are awesome as bottom layers and they also design some for hot weather . All I need to do is pop a tennis skirt or a pair of running shorts over some tights and a yoga top with a tight waist band over the top and I'm covered and ready to rock the Mudder.Lorna Jane stocks some lovely tops that are loose with a waist band to keep them in place but I've asked about their supply chains and they couldn't give me satisfactory answers about their workers. I got the line about being paid award wage which, in China, isn't a living wage so I don't shop there. Luckily RockWear in QLD manufactures right here in Australia and there are numerous other fitness brands who also provide ethically manufactured clothing. Funnily enough a lot of them are primarily Yoga brands - I guess I can see the link.
Maybe tomorrow I'll figure out what colour to wear. Or maybe not, I'm boring like that. I nearly always wear black.
Hopefully over the next few months I'll visit my blog more to track my exercise and progress.
Before the school holidays my routine was BodyPump™ 2 or 3 times a week. Cardio on the days I didn't do BodyPump™ and BodyBalance™ and some heavy weights once a week.
The boys start school on Tuesday so I think that for the next month I will stick with that to ge back to where I was and then start to build on it.
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