A Song That Made Me Think

When I was a child this use to be one of my favourite songs

Today as I was busy doing housework and keeping an eye on B14 doing his

home schooling

I sang to B14 to "put another log on the fire"

As I went back to the dishes I thought about how sexist this song is

My views have certainty changed since I was a child

I believe a family should consist of all people lending a hand

whether they be female or male

Upon reading through the lyrics its little wonder she wants to leave him

Men dont treat your woman as slaves

cherish them

love them

and treat them as your Queen

am I asking too much

too bad

Im not expecting anything less anymore

Maybe one of the reasons I liked this song was it catchy tune

A Simple Piece of Firewood or Two

I LOVE D4s great imagination

I took these shots last night

They arent the best quality

playing his guitar

"Ok 1 2 4 9"

(singing) "you can too

I want a car for my birthday" (which isnt till November)

I want a real one"

Then his guitar becomes a boat along with the help of a cardboard box

it has paddles "my favorite thing in the whole world"

Next it becomes a sword so that "when a dragon comes through I just go swing swing"

swinging the "sword" from side to side

Before I know it hes back "in the water

and in a minute this boat is going to flip over!! Theres a shark at the bottom of my boat. I can see a baby shark."

He builds a gang plank

"walk off the ship

The old people get off the ship (making his fingers be the people walking off and on the ship)

The new people walk on the ship"

Simple Womans Daybook

FOR TODAY... 14th June

Outside my window. . . its fine :) yaye I was thinking yesterday morning that as much as I dont like the cold that winter brings I can manage better if its fine

I am listening to...the fire roaring warming up the lounge

I am thinking... the day ahead

I am thankful for...tech savvy son :) He introduced me to a new game on the computer yesterday :)

I am wearing... my dressing gown gonna dressed soon

I am going... to clean up the house this morning, after I pick D4 up this afternoon we are going to go and see B14s private tutor for our mid term catch up

I am currently reading... Find me a River - Bronwyn Blake - one of the books I got from the book fair on Saturday

I am hoping... to keep warm I want the Summer

One of my favorite things . . .warmth

Few Plans for the Rest of the Week . . .to stuff organized so B14 can start his 2nd year with the Correspondence School. Ill need to talk to his CS superior and then to his Granddad - who has access to the family trust which pays for it

Saturday

Yesterday morning I was woken up at 630ish by B14. Off we went to his paper run. Ive got him in training to take over his paper run in the summer time. He like most teenagers I dare say finds it hard to wake up early.

Then I went and got 2 new tires for my car. One had a whooping BIG nail in it, the other had no tread left. The people at Tonys were really good. Washing my windows, pumping all my tires up and giving me a cup of free coffee.

Next B14 and I went to an annual book sale. I got 3 new books, a collection of Little Golden Books for D4 and a couple of books for Billy. I LOVE Little Golden Books and while I will be reading them to D4 I will keep them in my collection so they dont get ruined in any way.

After working in the afternoon I came home and dyed my hair. The greys were really becoming to much for me to stand. As the dye did it stuff I read and soaked in the bath. Then I painted my nails too.

Simple Womans Daybook

FOR TODAY... 7th June

Outside my window. . . its wet

I am listening to...silence

I am thinking... the day ahead

I am thankful for... God whose always just right there :)

I am wearing... my dressing gown

I am going... to clean up the house, after I pick D4 up this afternoon we are going to go and play at one of friends from kindys house - hes been asking to play there for a while and as today is Queens Birthday here in New Zealand we will :)

UPDATE They werent home so went and saw another friend :) D4 had fun playing hide and seek except he gets too excited and cant stay quiet

I am currently reading... Volcano Adventure by Willard Price

I am hoping... it fine on Wednesday when I do my catalogue drop

One of my favorite things . . .a warm to hot shower

A Few Plans for the Rest of the Week . . .home schooling now that B14 is better again

Sunday Afternoon

B14 had the flu last week

today he had cabin fever

so this afternoon we went and ate our late lunch here (in the car)

and went for a little walk but it was too cold

then we went and popped in for a coffee at a friends :)

The First EarthQuake in this House

Last night I was awoken by a earthquake it was nearly midnight

it was a magnitude of 4

so it wasnt too bad

I however dont like earthquakes

the fact that this is the first one I have felt since moving to our house on the hill is in my opinion very good

Napier is prone to earthquakes it in fact was reshaped in 1931 by a biggy