I refuse to eat meat!

Currently in the latter stages of an epic weekend involving Freya's school disco, several dinners out, a trip to the movies (grownups only - woo hoo!), several catching-ups and a halloween party.  Am completely wrecked.  Today we caught up with Kate, Chloe & Henry for lunch, and the girls had hot dogs for lunch.  As the eating progressed Kate suddenly realized that the plates had been swapped, and Freya was happily munching away on Chloe's non-vegetarian hot dog (insofar as any of them contain any actual meat, rather than meat related animal by-products).  Chloe didn't like her (vegetarian) one and Rebecca tactfully suggested that she swap it with Freya.  She didn't want to, and Freya announced "I refuse to eat meat!".

I think this is one of those occasions were a small omission of the truth is quite reasonable!

Is it wrong to hope one's child is ill on Monday so you can take the day off work?

Not sure on that one.  Ask me tomorrow?

On a more excellent note, was in the local bookshop and wondered when the next Iain M. Banks was likely to arrive.  I looked on the shelf and Lo!  There it was.  Purchased promptly, and will read it instead of doing important stuff like marking homework.

In other good news, Freya's ballet rehearsal was on Saturday and wasn't anywhere near as bad as I was expecting.

You appreciate t3h intarwebs more when you can't get them!

Stupid phone company appears to have unplugged our phone line from the exchange.  Happened a couple of days back while we were out at the Melbourne show.  Most inconvenient as it also kills the phone... grrrr.  Vaguely remember that this is what things were like in the early 1990s before the internet becamevery widespread.

Currently writing from the super-slow wireless hotspot at the nearest McDonalds to home... how sad.

Other than that the holidays are going OK... too short tho!

I am starting to think that there is too much junk in my shed...

However I could be wrong.

Made some good progress on the Goblin powered vehicles... perhaps because there were no Goblins involved.  Am having a few cunning plans about them too... with a few months left before the big event for this year I might even get some of them done.

Wobbly tooth!

Boog has a wobbly tooth!  How exciting.  Now if only she can get over the 39 degree temperature she's had all week...

Oh cr*p!

Fairly disappointing non-result in the election, although the Labour party should probably be thankful that they didn't get completely slaughtered.  Fingers Xed that things will improve over the next few days.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

The sound I make when marking mid year exams.  See the following graph for further enlightenment: