5 things
1. The Womens Marathon – OMG how buff are those Olympian Marathon runners. I couldn’t take me eyes off the TV or stop being inspired by their ages and capabilities. It got me thinking that I maybe could do the CT Fun Run (10kms) in a few weeks. I was feeling nervous about whether I could do it or not, so asked Holly to give me a pep talk. I said “Should I do the run or stay at home?” hoping she’d give me a run down on how fabulous I was and how she believed in me and that I could run 10kms no worries. But, she said…”Just stay home mum”. Mental note to self, teach the kids about the meaning of a pep talk!! Anyway, I signed up and the run is on 14th September.
2. Lice has returned. We have scrubbed and washed everything. No more talk about that 
3. Homework. Should kindergarten have homework? Meg doesn’t get any (except readers), but Treasure across the road gets lots of spelling and maths and activities and seems street ahead of Meggie. I can see why they don’t give homework – because it is only kinder and no pressure etc, and I can see why they do. So I’m doing my own workbooks with Meg and she can do them at her leisure throughout the week. She likes it, but I don’t want to make it a chore or I will be battling her to do it for the next 12 years.
4. Babies – Tania is due in about 10 days. Penny in 11 weeks, and Sascha in mid Feb. I have RSI from making blankets, but they keep me warm while I’m doing it so can’t complain about it!
5. Trees – we have 2 massive ugly pines in front of our house and on Saturday we had them chopped down. It took about 2 hours for the bloke to do it. The girls were a bit horrified and ran out to get “memory pieces” of tree branches much to the arborists amusement. There is now so much natural light coming into the house that I don’t need the lights on in the day. So much better. Landscaping of the space is on the 5 year plan (nothing moves very fast here) but I hope to have a little courtyard, retaining wall, sail and new plants. In my imagination it looks sensational!
Thats it.
