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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 103982" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day, everybody.</p><p></p><p>While you're immersing yourselves in snow, we have steam heat in Sydney. And more storms, fast and spectacular.</p><p></p><p>Linda, I often freeze of fridge cookie dough so I can take it out and bake a few when I have the time or the energy. It's getting so that difficult child 3 will bake them, once the mix is ready. But then, he eats them all anyway!</p><p></p><p>Sharon I, congratulations on the great result with the food drive! It will be a thrill for the students to get their faces on TV. Good luck with getting everything done that you need to - this is a busy time of year and each year seems to be worse.</p><p></p><p>Sharon II, I hope you and difficult child can stay healthy. It's a bad time of year to be sick. And you have a Houdini hermit crab!</p><p></p><p>Smallworld, your hamster escaping too? Our budgie (budgerigar) is also an escape artist, we now have to tie the doors on her cage shut with twist ties. Or we use pegs. Only I think she has now worked out how to get the pegs off. She's also chewing them. But the good thing is, she's getting much better at finding her way back the cage, after flying around the house all day.</p><p></p><p>Today can only be described as very, very special. An early start, because we couldn't risk being late and held up by traffic. As we got to the school (an hour ahead of time!) the storms had rolled in, the city looked as black as night. We were early enough for difficult child 3 to have a burger for breakfast which he ate at school. He was also determined to finish off more schoolwork (bribes are working well). We had to wait until 9.30 am for the hook-up by satellite - a NASA tour! They have been working with our Board of Studies to develop lessons in line with our school curriculums. Today was a test run, with difficult child 3's school, a country school on the edge of the outback (Dubbo) and of course, NASA. The lesson was the history of space flight and was designed for students from 7 to 17. Of course, parent/supervisors got to attend as well. husband was jealous but he couldn't get time off work. It was a really enjoyable hour. And again, cultural differences - the NASA guide kept referring to "nuke-you-lar" energy, and at one point forgot to say "heck" instead of h*ll and amused the students when he apologised profusely (in Australia we use that word all the time with absolutely no issues). I'm glad he did most of the talking, we might have said something to horrify him!</p><p></p><p>Then difficult child 3 had a music lesson, finished off some more schoolwork so I ended up handing in a bundle of completed work several inches thick, was AGAIN asked if he is coming to Presentation Day next week (sounds like he is getting an award, they hinted as much today) then we left at midday to go shopping.</p><p>Lots of Christmas shopping (mostly window-shopping), groceries, fruit - summer fruit is well and truly in, I bought a box of mangoes, a tub of cherries, two tubs of nectarines and lots of strawberries which difficult child 1 is currently eating after I added some sugar and Grand Marnier.</p><p>And wonder of wonders - difficult child 3 did MORE schoolwork while we sat in the car waiting to pick up husband from the train.</p><p></p><p>Is it any wonder I'm absolutely exhausted?</p><p></p><p>My cleaner is coming tomorrow to help me tidy up and cook. I need my sleep, it's always an exhausting day when we clean. But when he's gone - they say that tomorrow we should have fewer storms, we might even get enough sun to go to the beach. I don't like being at the beach when it rains - the sand sticks to everything. These storms - most of Sydney is getting drenched (and then it steams off again) and the dams are now just over 50% again, but we're not getting much rain at all.</p><p></p><p>What a day!</p><p></p><p>Enjoy yours.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 103982, member: 1991"] G'day, everybody. While you're immersing yourselves in snow, we have steam heat in Sydney. And more storms, fast and spectacular. Linda, I often freeze of fridge cookie dough so I can take it out and bake a few when I have the time or the energy. It's getting so that difficult child 3 will bake them, once the mix is ready. But then, he eats them all anyway! Sharon I, congratulations on the great result with the food drive! It will be a thrill for the students to get their faces on TV. Good luck with getting everything done that you need to - this is a busy time of year and each year seems to be worse. Sharon II, I hope you and difficult child can stay healthy. It's a bad time of year to be sick. And you have a Houdini hermit crab! Smallworld, your hamster escaping too? Our budgie (budgerigar) is also an escape artist, we now have to tie the doors on her cage shut with twist ties. Or we use pegs. Only I think she has now worked out how to get the pegs off. She's also chewing them. But the good thing is, she's getting much better at finding her way back the cage, after flying around the house all day. Today can only be described as very, very special. An early start, because we couldn't risk being late and held up by traffic. As we got to the school (an hour ahead of time!) the storms had rolled in, the city looked as black as night. We were early enough for difficult child 3 to have a burger for breakfast which he ate at school. He was also determined to finish off more schoolwork (bribes are working well). We had to wait until 9.30 am for the hook-up by satellite - a NASA tour! They have been working with our Board of Studies to develop lessons in line with our school curriculums. Today was a test run, with difficult child 3's school, a country school on the edge of the outback (Dubbo) and of course, NASA. The lesson was the history of space flight and was designed for students from 7 to 17. Of course, parent/supervisors got to attend as well. husband was jealous but he couldn't get time off work. It was a really enjoyable hour. And again, cultural differences - the NASA guide kept referring to "nuke-you-lar" energy, and at one point forgot to say "heck" instead of h*ll and amused the students when he apologised profusely (in Australia we use that word all the time with absolutely no issues). I'm glad he did most of the talking, we might have said something to horrify him! Then difficult child 3 had a music lesson, finished off some more schoolwork so I ended up handing in a bundle of completed work several inches thick, was AGAIN asked if he is coming to Presentation Day next week (sounds like he is getting an award, they hinted as much today) then we left at midday to go shopping. Lots of Christmas shopping (mostly window-shopping), groceries, fruit - summer fruit is well and truly in, I bought a box of mangoes, a tub of cherries, two tubs of nectarines and lots of strawberries which difficult child 1 is currently eating after I added some sugar and Grand Marnier. And wonder of wonders - difficult child 3 did MORE schoolwork while we sat in the car waiting to pick up husband from the train. Is it any wonder I'm absolutely exhausted? My cleaner is coming tomorrow to help me tidy up and cook. I need my sleep, it's always an exhausting day when we clean. But when he's gone - they say that tomorrow we should have fewer storms, we might even get enough sun to go to the beach. I don't like being at the beach when it rains - the sand sticks to everything. These storms - most of Sydney is getting drenched (and then it steams off again) and the dams are now just over 50% again, but we're not getting much rain at all. What a day! Enjoy yours. Marg [/QUOTE]
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