I recieved another letter form the CSA. I periodically recieve about 5 pieces of paper printed on one side with information about how little my first husband will pay into my childrens account for child support.
For the past 5 years he has paid $21 per month for 2 of the four children we bought into this world.
I received no support from my first husband when the kids were little and the older two were 16 and 17 by the time the CSA got any teeth.
Now that I have one person at home who is thirteen from first marriage, the amount I can expect has increased to $42 per month. which is $8.00 shy of her Karate classes.
I wonder how many trees are knocked over to inform other customers of the CSA that the payments they can expect are inadequate.
Can't they use email and keep the trees in the ground?
Thursday 20 September 2007
Wednesday 19 September 2007
Drugs on the pollies
In the Mail we received our booklet on Drugs and the dangers of them.
How to make them, let me clarfy that, what the ingredients are and what the effects of them are.
The only thing missing in the magazine, is where to buy them.
Didn't think of that did they?
A page on places to avoid, like night clubs and Seven elevens and car parks not far from ATM machines, where people hand over little bags of tablets to each other.
Also not included is page on people to avoid , the guys who look out of place in a night club, the ones that have no Friends but their other weird looking try hard mates, the narcs I mean, the men in the 70s leather jacket and jeans and black shoes who muscle in on a circle but don't really connect with anyone.
They ask "if you know where they can buy some 'ex' ???"and are way to sleezy about their attempts to 'score' (their word not mine)
Definitely people to avoid. Too funny and provides entertainment.
I don't have a problem with party Drugs, whateva blows a persons hair back is their own thing. I'm pretty cool about the kids and what they do, I accept that this stuff is easily obtainable cheap and on the whole harmless apart from the aging thing and the danger of drowning from the amount of water they drink whilst "chopped".
I've never seen a fight amoung the kids out clubbing or perpetrating harm upon other people, it is a bit like the 'soma' of brave new world fiction.Unlike the alcohol fuelled fights that I had to put up with whenever we went out, there was always someone to spoil an evening.
Education is the important thing.
Telling them that ice will age them 10 years is the biggest deterrent.
Alcohol is a killer too but they happily drink with their mates at the weekend.
We do alcohol really well in this country, consume more booze than water and I read somewhere that the surplus of wine in this country could fill Sydney harbour.
And our civic leaders are concerned about what ?.. that if the kids take a pill and they aren't buying alcohol while they are happy dancing and hugging each other, who is buying the alcohol?
Who will drink all this grog?
The Aborigines aren't allowed it, the parents are over it and too old to get smashed all the time. Their failing memories and alcohol induced Alzheimer's, means they keep going home instead of to the clubs.
This is the dilemma, I think the question is not about having the kids on pills but continuing to perpetuate the notion of a nation of drunks to drink the surplus and of course fund the education system .
We could use all the excess booze in the toilet cisterns when we run out of water and forget drinking the evil drink and just ping away happy and aged ,considerate, polite and helpful and loving. say no to war and yes to partying.
How to make them, let me clarfy that, what the ingredients are and what the effects of them are.
The only thing missing in the magazine, is where to buy them.
Didn't think of that did they?
A page on places to avoid, like night clubs and Seven elevens and car parks not far from ATM machines, where people hand over little bags of tablets to each other.
Also not included is page on people to avoid , the guys who look out of place in a night club, the ones that have no Friends but their other weird looking try hard mates, the narcs I mean, the men in the 70s leather jacket and jeans and black shoes who muscle in on a circle but don't really connect with anyone.
They ask "if you know where they can buy some 'ex' ???"and are way to sleezy about their attempts to 'score' (their word not mine)
Definitely people to avoid. Too funny and provides entertainment.
I don't have a problem with party Drugs, whateva blows a persons hair back is their own thing. I'm pretty cool about the kids and what they do, I accept that this stuff is easily obtainable cheap and on the whole harmless apart from the aging thing and the danger of drowning from the amount of water they drink whilst "chopped".
I've never seen a fight amoung the kids out clubbing or perpetrating harm upon other people, it is a bit like the 'soma' of brave new world fiction.Unlike the alcohol fuelled fights that I had to put up with whenever we went out, there was always someone to spoil an evening.
Education is the important thing.
Telling them that ice will age them 10 years is the biggest deterrent.
Alcohol is a killer too but they happily drink with their mates at the weekend.
We do alcohol really well in this country, consume more booze than water and I read somewhere that the surplus of wine in this country could fill Sydney harbour.
And our civic leaders are concerned about what ?.. that if the kids take a pill and they aren't buying alcohol while they are happy dancing and hugging each other, who is buying the alcohol?
Who will drink all this grog?
The Aborigines aren't allowed it, the parents are over it and too old to get smashed all the time. Their failing memories and alcohol induced Alzheimer's, means they keep going home instead of to the clubs.
This is the dilemma, I think the question is not about having the kids on pills but continuing to perpetuate the notion of a nation of drunks to drink the surplus and of course fund the education system .
We could use all the excess booze in the toilet cisterns when we run out of water and forget drinking the evil drink and just ping away happy and aged ,considerate, polite and helpful and loving. say no to war and yes to partying.
Discipline and the kids of today
I watched a child creating a spectacle yesterday. His mother was becoming more and more exasperated as he ran and kicked and shouted around the shops.
At first his mother appeared to be amused and smiled and giggled at his behaviour saying 'Com'on Jordy ,don't do that'.
Then she became embarrassed as his behaviour grew more out of control until she lost the plot entirely throwing her hands in the air and attempting to use bribery and threats of " I'll tell Uncle Peter" .
Just in the next isle, a woman grabbed her child's arm, wrenching her off the ground and carrying her out of the shop, all the while the child squealed, firstly to continue her obnoxious whining then continued as the shock of being wrenched off the ground and carried,then the wail of pain as she was being carried away. The child was about 3 years old and her mum kept complaining that the child was placing items in the trolley that 'are not on the list' and was annoying mummy and the child should stop it "you know mummy doesn't like that".
The display of inappropriate discipline and the spectacle was so distressing, It just makes me want to buy all my groceries online ,to avoid the displays of socially unacceptable behaviour from both children and parents alike.
Aren't there Parenting classes anymore?
What is this ridiculous notion of reasoning with a child over a game; The lets buy stuff and put things in the shopping trolley game and putting adult concepts into conversations with tiny little people? Three year olds don't know what mummy likes or dislikes, and when they have that awareness they don't always care . It is all about fun and learning not mummy's hangups.
Shopping is a game, if kids are accompanying an adult, they are probably more than willing to help to shop.
Including them in what goes into the trolley is part of the fun , if you don't want an item you just put it back without them seeing you.
Can we please bring some kind of parenting skills to hospitals, in fact before a child is born.
Learning to have fun and survival skills, like paying bills and nutrition training and discipline should all be delivered before the baby arrives.
Teaching new Mums and Dads that saying 'no' is not going to induce psychological damage to their precious child and in fact not saying no is what leads to behaviour problems, and a lack of self discipline and self control.
' No' and 'don't' are words that have saved lives and it is better to have a toddler understand the concept of no from an early age, because once that pathway is established other training tools can be implemented.
'No' and 'Don't', are words that teach about boundary's, guidlines and respect for self and others.
The behaviours between kids who understand that they can't have something who have self respect, and those that have no self respect and demand everything, as nothing has been denied them are so profound.
There is no tantrum, no screeching and running away, knocking people over and destroying property because they can't have their own way.They are gracious, polite smile readily, have a sunny disposition, don't scowl and accept that one day they may have whatever it is that they are unable to have right now, but understand that 'no not this time' doesn't mean never.
For the parent who cannot bring themselves to say 'no' and practices moving the item out of view, has to one day accept that their control is limited and they can't move the world out of view. We have to work within the boundary's provided by our communities and be firm with kids and exercise patience and love.
The law of requisite variety is a terrific rule for really exasperated parents.
When a child screams, scream back. The child soon stops.
The person with the most power wins the tussle. So a parent with a screaming child will do anything to stop the child from hurting himself or indeed risk being handed over to the authorities for suspected abuse, (kids only scream when something is wrong? Or is it because they can't have their own way? like I said, abuse)
If a parent screams back louder the child loses power and doesn't know what will happen next.
the child will give in. Parents can regain the role of guide and friend.
Parenting is not about being a Nazi or a headcase, It is about providing boundary's for offspring to be safe, loved and be equipped to venture out into the world to survive and develop and be the best they can be.
I despair of the next gen with their lack of self control and their selfish 'all about me' behaviours.
I think when they are 40, they will be angry about not having everything they want and angry that their ears will ring with tinnitus from the loud music they and all around them get to listen to through those earphones. (ever sat nxt to a gen y on a bus with that hip hop blaring?)
Angry with my gen for using all the water and buying up all the real estate in high places and building houses on it instead of leaving some natural bushland.
And they will be eventually asked to reduce the angry population by half by eating a relative. (which will be a good thing in 20 years and cannabalism will just be responsible eating)
Please can we discipline the delinquent parents!
At first his mother appeared to be amused and smiled and giggled at his behaviour saying 'Com'on Jordy ,don't do that'.
Then she became embarrassed as his behaviour grew more out of control until she lost the plot entirely throwing her hands in the air and attempting to use bribery and threats of " I'll tell Uncle Peter" .
Just in the next isle, a woman grabbed her child's arm, wrenching her off the ground and carrying her out of the shop, all the while the child squealed, firstly to continue her obnoxious whining then continued as the shock of being wrenched off the ground and carried,then the wail of pain as she was being carried away. The child was about 3 years old and her mum kept complaining that the child was placing items in the trolley that 'are not on the list' and was annoying mummy and the child should stop it "you know mummy doesn't like that".
The display of inappropriate discipline and the spectacle was so distressing, It just makes me want to buy all my groceries online ,to avoid the displays of socially unacceptable behaviour from both children and parents alike.
Aren't there Parenting classes anymore?
What is this ridiculous notion of reasoning with a child over a game; The lets buy stuff and put things in the shopping trolley game and putting adult concepts into conversations with tiny little people? Three year olds don't know what mummy likes or dislikes, and when they have that awareness they don't always care . It is all about fun and learning not mummy's hangups.
Shopping is a game, if kids are accompanying an adult, they are probably more than willing to help to shop.
Including them in what goes into the trolley is part of the fun , if you don't want an item you just put it back without them seeing you.
Can we please bring some kind of parenting skills to hospitals, in fact before a child is born.
Learning to have fun and survival skills, like paying bills and nutrition training and discipline should all be delivered before the baby arrives.
Teaching new Mums and Dads that saying 'no' is not going to induce psychological damage to their precious child and in fact not saying no is what leads to behaviour problems, and a lack of self discipline and self control.
' No' and 'don't' are words that have saved lives and it is better to have a toddler understand the concept of no from an early age, because once that pathway is established other training tools can be implemented.
'No' and 'Don't', are words that teach about boundary's, guidlines and respect for self and others.
The behaviours between kids who understand that they can't have something who have self respect, and those that have no self respect and demand everything, as nothing has been denied them are so profound.
There is no tantrum, no screeching and running away, knocking people over and destroying property because they can't have their own way.They are gracious, polite smile readily, have a sunny disposition, don't scowl and accept that one day they may have whatever it is that they are unable to have right now, but understand that 'no not this time' doesn't mean never.
For the parent who cannot bring themselves to say 'no' and practices moving the item out of view, has to one day accept that their control is limited and they can't move the world out of view. We have to work within the boundary's provided by our communities and be firm with kids and exercise patience and love.
The law of requisite variety is a terrific rule for really exasperated parents.
When a child screams, scream back. The child soon stops.
The person with the most power wins the tussle. So a parent with a screaming child will do anything to stop the child from hurting himself or indeed risk being handed over to the authorities for suspected abuse, (kids only scream when something is wrong? Or is it because they can't have their own way? like I said, abuse)
If a parent screams back louder the child loses power and doesn't know what will happen next.
the child will give in. Parents can regain the role of guide and friend.
Parenting is not about being a Nazi or a headcase, It is about providing boundary's for offspring to be safe, loved and be equipped to venture out into the world to survive and develop and be the best they can be.
I despair of the next gen with their lack of self control and their selfish 'all about me' behaviours.
I think when they are 40, they will be angry about not having everything they want and angry that their ears will ring with tinnitus from the loud music they and all around them get to listen to through those earphones. (ever sat nxt to a gen y on a bus with that hip hop blaring?)
Angry with my gen for using all the water and buying up all the real estate in high places and building houses on it instead of leaving some natural bushland.
And they will be eventually asked to reduce the angry population by half by eating a relative. (which will be a good thing in 20 years and cannabalism will just be responsible eating)
Please can we discipline the delinquent parents!
Monday 17 September 2007
Australia post
I recently filled out my Tax return sent it off, and waited for a hopefully positive response.
My tax return came back with the request for Shaun’s income.
Shauns Tax return has been sent to his accountant in Qld.
So I wait for the return of his tax things and the verdict on what he in fact earned last financial year.
So that I can complete my tax return.
Shaun thought he had better inquire as to how the processing was coming along.
His accountant finished with his claim and had returned the package of receipts and expenditure to our old address.
A phone call to Australia post revealed that again incompetent people get placed in positions of authority. Too quick to blame systems or personnel.
“Too confusing” came the reply .
Not received any mail for your name at the post box!
Which has got to be bollocks! We have been paying the redirection fee for our mail since we moved. And have received mail from our neighbours, who receive our mail in their boxes and forward it on to us!
We thought something was a bit odd, when mail had no redirection stickers on .
Calling Australia post for an explanation is a fruitless waste of time, no one returns our calls and no one takes responsibility for what ever has happened.
I don’t want a refund of the $120 per 6 months that the service has not been provided, I would just appreciate an explanation and for someone to take charge of the situation.
Gosh.(tirade over)
My tax return came back with the request for Shaun’s income.
Shauns Tax return has been sent to his accountant in Qld.
So I wait for the return of his tax things and the verdict on what he in fact earned last financial year.
So that I can complete my tax return.
Shaun thought he had better inquire as to how the processing was coming along.
His accountant finished with his claim and had returned the package of receipts and expenditure to our old address.
A phone call to Australia post revealed that again incompetent people get placed in positions of authority. Too quick to blame systems or personnel.
“Too confusing” came the reply .
Not received any mail for your name at the post box!
Which has got to be bollocks! We have been paying the redirection fee for our mail since we moved. And have received mail from our neighbours, who receive our mail in their boxes and forward it on to us!
We thought something was a bit odd, when mail had no redirection stickers on .
Calling Australia post for an explanation is a fruitless waste of time, no one returns our calls and no one takes responsibility for what ever has happened.
I don’t want a refund of the $120 per 6 months that the service has not been provided, I would just appreciate an explanation and for someone to take charge of the situation.
Gosh.(tirade over)
Friday 14 September 2007
Static electricity
I am so glad the weather has warmed up.
Over the winter i have been so cold being our first winter in Canberra I didn't manage well. Most of the time i wore a pair of hugg boots that seb gave me for mothers day, and a jumper of Shauns this attire was as well as being daggy created static electricity.
Anyone I touched received a belt from me. My hair stood on end and some materials in the house gave an electrical charge back to me.
I picked up my keys and zapped them ,the gizmo inside was fried , $220 for new keys.
Cenedra and I were at home cleaning out the lizard's aquarium, and I picked up the lizard and he received a bolt of elelctricity, which was too much for his tiny little body sadly he is now resting.
I have put the hugg boots away and the jumper,and surprise surprise no longer zapp things, it became silly, the children were tentative about touching me for fear of recieving a jolt.
thank goodness for the warmer weather.
Over the winter i have been so cold being our first winter in Canberra I didn't manage well. Most of the time i wore a pair of hugg boots that seb gave me for mothers day, and a jumper of Shauns this attire was as well as being daggy created static electricity.
Anyone I touched received a belt from me. My hair stood on end and some materials in the house gave an electrical charge back to me.
I picked up my keys and zapped them ,the gizmo inside was fried , $220 for new keys.
Cenedra and I were at home cleaning out the lizard's aquarium, and I picked up the lizard and he received a bolt of elelctricity, which was too much for his tiny little body sadly he is now resting.
I have put the hugg boots away and the jumper,and surprise surprise no longer zapp things, it became silly, the children were tentative about touching me for fear of recieving a jolt.
thank goodness for the warmer weather.
Thursday 13 September 2007
Rocky returns to the wild
Sebastian called the other night concerned for his pet Kangaroo.Little Rocky needs his own kind.
Sebastian had visited a wild life officer who informed him that joey's need to see other Kangaroos before they are 6 months old or they never return to the wild successfully.
Sebastian really didn't fancy having rocky taking up the passsenger seat in his car for the next 15 years, and taking over the house for much longer, so he decicded the only responsible thing to do was to return him to the wild.
Kangaroos are sociable animals and Rockey will be adopted by a flyer (a girl Kangaroo) very quickly.
Sebastian had visited a wild life officer who informed him that joey's need to see other Kangaroos before they are 6 months old or they never return to the wild successfully.
Sebastian really didn't fancy having rocky taking up the passsenger seat in his car for the next 15 years, and taking over the house for much longer, so he decicded the only responsible thing to do was to return him to the wild.
Kangaroos are sociable animals and Rockey will be adopted by a flyer (a girl Kangaroo) very quickly.
goulburn for lunch
What a lovely town is Goulburn. The great Ram at the city's entrance, the view from on top of the hill overlooking the town ship.
The lovely old homes, A really enjoyable place to visit.
We went on a Sunday, the shops were shut.
I forgot how the rest off the country has Sunday off.
Loving living in Canberra, everyday is a shopping day or tourist attraction day.
Goulburn has the best Chinese restaurant in the whole area. We enjoyed a leisurely lunch and continued exploring the Town then headed home.
A brilliant day out.
The lovely old homes, A really enjoyable place to visit.
We went on a Sunday, the shops were shut.
I forgot how the rest off the country has Sunday off.
Loving living in Canberra, everyday is a shopping day or tourist attraction day.
Goulburn has the best Chinese restaurant in the whole area. We enjoyed a leisurely lunch and continued exploring the Town then headed home.
A brilliant day out.
Monday 3 September 2007
I signed up for Pay per post!
I began blogging earlier this year.
I thought it would be a great idea to keep a diary of events as so many things have happened to us and to record our adventures.
When I learn't I could be paid to write about the things I like on this journey I was absolutely ecstatic!
I joined Pay per post get paid to blog and with each new topic, I am introduced to a new aspect of e-commerce.
This is the fastest growing way to generate an income and gives me an opportunity to develop my writing skills.
I tell everyone about it !
Because we all have a story to tell and It is more interesting to read a personal account of a situation or place than on some drole adverisment or magazine.
Real people and real stories, that is what I love about pay per post.
Pay per post have incentive programs where readers are offered opportunities to earn by posting or advertising a site on the web.
there are heaps of resources for researching the opportunity, and before you know it just for writing a promotional story you have a tidy sum in your account. Not bad for 1/2 an hour at your computer.
I reccomend signing up for pay per post and taking the opportunities as they arise, it also gives blogs a variety in readabiity.
Have fun explore the huge range of e commerse sites available and get paid to blog
I thought it would be a great idea to keep a diary of events as so many things have happened to us and to record our adventures.
When I learn't I could be paid to write about the things I like on this journey I was absolutely ecstatic!
I joined Pay per post get paid to blog and with each new topic, I am introduced to a new aspect of e-commerce.
This is the fastest growing way to generate an income and gives me an opportunity to develop my writing skills.
I tell everyone about it !
Because we all have a story to tell and It is more interesting to read a personal account of a situation or place than on some drole adverisment or magazine.
Real people and real stories, that is what I love about pay per post.
Pay per post have incentive programs where readers are offered opportunities to earn by posting or advertising a site on the web.
there are heaps of resources for researching the opportunity, and before you know it just for writing a promotional story you have a tidy sum in your account. Not bad for 1/2 an hour at your computer.
I reccomend signing up for pay per post and taking the opportunities as they arise, it also gives blogs a variety in readabiity.
Have fun explore the huge range of e commerse sites available and get paid to blog
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