Spaghetti Bolognaise
Thank goodness - cause it meant I didn’t have to do any cooking.
Pictures of the posters will be forthcoming, as soon as a) I find batteries for the camera and b) Telstra actually does something about connecting us a phone line and I organise some form of internet connection.
Until next week….
In case you were unaware, I live in Queensland. This weekend is our local government elections (for international readers, local governments are our small, localised governments who take care of roads, water and development applications).
Due to the middle of nowhere regional nature of the area we live, we only vote in local government elections with a postal vote. So earlier this week, Hubby and I filled in our ballot papers and sent them off.
Being very civic minded, we’ve never hidden elections from the kids. In fact, Redneck Mommy’s post last week (I think) about this very thing is similar to how we approach politics in this house. Right down to Hubby and I being of very different political persuasions, and trying to get the kids on our side. Of course our kids are not nearly old enough for it to be effective yet. But I’m working on it.
So when we voted, we had the inevitable questions. What are you doing? Why? Can I vote? Etc etc. I decided (because I have nothing better to do) to show them the process, and hold an election.
Today is election day. We have made posters. How to vote cards. Shortly they will be each making a speech detailing why we should vote for their food of choice. That’s right, we’re holding a secret ballot to determine what we’re going to have for dinner tonight.
The contenders are: Spaghetti Bolognaise (leftover from last night), Haystacks (vegetarian nachos) or Pumpkin Soup. Amazingly, since neither of them like Pumpkin Soup, Kiki is pushing for that one to be selected. M&M jumped on the Spaghetti Bolognaise bandwagon (apparently it was tasty last night), leaving me to advocate the relative merits of Haystacks.
I’m anticipating dirty tricks, personal attacks and downright bribery. Or maybe not. Either way one thing is for sure, we’re all going to be hungry tonight after spending all day talking about food.
Because of my numerous comittments at the moment, I’ve been unable to doorknock for the past few years for Red Cross. This year I thought I’d try something different. If you click on the above image in the sidebar (did you get that? the image above is in the sidebar as a link….I hope….) you’ll get taken to my fundraising page. There you can make a donation which will go towards my target of $500. Lofty goals I know.
Red Cross do a lot of great work all over the world, but I guess the main thing we know them for here in Australia are their blood banks. While I’ve never had to partake of their blood yet (or given any - they won’t take mine!) it is a comfort to know it’s there if we need it.
So if you feel so inclined, click on the link and make a donation today! Remember that for Australian’s donations of over $2 are tax deductible (you’ll get a receipt when you make your donation).
I know, it’s getting pathetic. Unfortunately that means my plan for this week starting the menu plan/recipe post on Monday has been postponed for a week. I may make it next week. It all depends on Telstra.
They were supposed to come on Monday, but no one showed up and when we called about it, apparently the person who came to our house (what the..?) didn’t have the necessary skills to fix the problem. Firstly, no one came to our house on Monday. Secondly, it’s a new connection. If the person didn’t have the necessary skills to perform a new connection, why were they sent to perform a new connection.
Anyway. I’m probably not going to be around for the rest of the week either. I’m hoping that by next week I’ll be able to use the internet via dial up from home, rather than having to interlope on the in-laws computer all the time.
It also means that because of my lack of internet, my general organisation with everything, including house, study and kids, has fallen to virtually nothing. Guess I’ll have to start again soon.
Uni went back last week, but unfortunately, I kind of didn’t. In my defense, I did move house, plus, you know, I have a 3 week old baby.assuming hoping the lecture has some indication of its location. So I’m waiting on the CD. And I gotta say, it’s frustrating to be in the dark. For my other subject, I’ve found the website, and it’s nice to see some familiar names popping up on the forum, and I’m looking forward to catching up with them in April at our on-campus session. Plus, that one’s an actual exam (as opposed to a take-home exam) so I’m obviously giving that subject more attention than the other one.
We’re off today to visit my friend who came up over new years. And I get to show off my new bubba. We’re heading to the 
I’ll report back next Tuesday, hopefully with some pictures.
No phone either, but I can live with that. But no internet 
We have moved into our new house (duplex) and while moving into a new house has some advantages, the disadvantage is that we will have to wait at least 2 weeks to get a phone connected. Which means 2 weeks without internet. So I am madly trying to get as many posts written as I can, so you hopefully won’t have to go too long without me.
Fortunately, the in-laws understand my obsession need to use the internet to keep me sane for study related purposes and have graciously allowed me to use their internet as I need to. So hopefully I can stay on top of things, but I probably won’t. Bare with me if I get behind.
In other news, the new house is lovely. I’m not sure how we managed it, but despite one less bedroom, I’m certain we have more room and more storage. Poor Miss Moo is without a bedroom at this time, but as she is rarely anywhere else than attached to my chest rarely sleeps anywhere other than our bed, I don’t anticipate that being a problem for some time to come. M&M & Kiki have a bigger bedroom than they did before, and more storage space, which to my deluded brain may mean less mess for me to clean up. The only thing they are missing at this stage is a backyard. We have a lovely courtyard, and a small patch of grass, but nowhere near enough room to set up a swingset or any other large play equipment. We even now have a hole. An eating type area for which we have no furniture to fill 
I’m tossing up turning it into a study area so I can keep an eye on the kids while working, or buying a cheap, small, secondhand table and chairs for breakfast and the kids work, or turning it into a play area for the kids. Except that it’s right at the backdoor, so I’d fall over toys everytime I had to go anywhere. Once I get the majority of stuff unpacked I’ll see what I can come up with. Unless someone else has any other ideas….
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