.
Doesn't matter
that the purchaser of that gift has ALREADY
paid sales tax on it in the country of
origin!!
*****
Wednesday
December 5th
Hey.. I should
start a GOVERNMENT BLUNDER section!!!!
Today our
'illustrious' Prime Minister is talking
about...
'PRIVATIZING
THE POLICE FORCE'
What IS this
man ON ???????
So what happens when they go BUST
like all the other Government Businesses
they've already sold off to private
enterprise??
HUH???
******
OK here I go
again... went to Jared's school Speech
night... changed my mind... it's
Christmas... I'm not going to bitch about it
!! Hey, how am I going??????
A
bit dark... Jared getting presented with a
certificate by the Head of Primary on Speech
night. His teacher is the twit in the black
robe in the centre of the adults. Thank God
this year's over.
As you know,
Jason has moved back home since dumping the
girlfriend. BUT she won't take "NO" for an answer. Everywhere he goes she
turns up!!
He was working
out at the Gym, had only been there about 5
minutes when she showed up.... they were
asked to take their "discussion" outside. Jason had to go back later and
apologise, plus he's hoping to get a filming
job from the gym and doesn't want to
jeapordise it.
He took Jared
to the beach and she turned up!
Sunday 16th
December 2001
Jared and Jason
went to a Christmas party at the beach today
and she must have been cruising along the
esplanade because she turned up there too! He
got to her before she got close to the
group... she talked.. he said nothing. She
left!!
I told him to
have her charged with stalking. Heavens, he
can't even use his mobil phone any more
because she calls 20 or 30 times a day..
never gets an answer.. but continues to
call.. She needs serious help!
Mum, Jared and
I went to Brisbane last Wednesday for a
couple of days. I was going to call in and
visit friends but they invited us to stay so
we accepted, hadn't seen them in years.
The main idea
was to go shopping to get Jared something for
his Christmas. He's a strange child, he won't
take just anything because it's available to
him. He kept picking up things and putting
them back. Either they really didn't interest
him or HE decided they were too expensive!
We didn't have
much success the first day :-((
He's not quite
sure about Santa any more... wouldn't have
his photo taken with him (sob... sob...) So I
bought a Santa suit in the hopes that Jason
would wear it on Christmas Day and Jared
might sit on HIS knee for a photo. More about
the Santa suit later....
The next day we
took him to ice skating which he's loved
since learning when we were in Houston thanks
to Barbara and Betty who took us to a
wonderful ice rink there. He hung around the
edge for a while, made friends with some of
the kids there and then was scooting around
the rink for a couple of hours like a pro,
playing tag with his new found friends. His
legs were sore the next day *S*
Before we went
skating we managed to get some shopping in...
with some success this time.
(for Jared) Phew!
Skating
pics not too clear.... moving target... <grin>
He wasn't sure
he was going to like staying with friends...
BUT he was up early in the mornings to go
walk the dog with Phil and also in the
evenings. They played handball and Phil
worked up a sweat and they both had early
morning swims in the pool.
These
Gameboys are quite interesting *S*
Lord, this kid
was on his BEST behaviour!! It was
incredible... the little "table
pig" was left at home <grin>. His
manners were impeccable!!
He was even
sympathetic when I got lost the day we
arrived when I was trying to find my friend's
home. I drove all over the place... I can't
believe I could be so dumb! I stopped at a
garage finally and the guy asked if he could
help me.... "I'm lost!!"
Turned out that
my instinct had me on the right path (how
lucky can you get???) All I had to do was
continue along the road I was on. So, I rang
my friends.. to let them know I'd arrive
eventually ....
The 20 minute
trip from one side of Brisbane to the other
took me over an hour!! When we went shopping
and to the Ice Rink, I got Phil to draw me a "mud map".. I followed that better
than any directory!!
When we left
Brisbane Phil and Maureen led the way in
their car to take me to the Freeway with
instructions that they would pull over and "point" when it was time to turn
right onto the freeway. WELL...... all was
OK.... UNTIL we got to the Freeway.. they
pulled over just as they said they would and
I was so busy waving goodbye.... I sailed
right past the turn off (which had a huge
sign.. I might add <grin>)
I realised my
mistake quickly (thankfully) did a U turn and
headed in the right direction... much to
their relief, I found out later. We had a
good laugh about it when I called them. I
tried to make out I did it intentionally just
to trick them... BUT they didn't believe
me... wonder why???
We stopped at
Maroochydore on the way home for lunch and
more shopping.(about two and a half hours
from home on a good run) Mum wasted so much
time it became too late for me to continue on
home... I hate driving in the dark and it
would have been dark about an hour from home.
So we booked into a hotel for the night.
That's what she wanted all along... I guess
it was a good idea even though I WAS sh@#ty
about it at the time. On the way down to
Brisbane I was becoming hypnotised by the
white line on the road and it was making me
see double. It was scary... I had to stop for
coffee and a break. I never used to be like
this. Heavens I used to drive to Sydney all
the time (1300k) in one hit with no problems,
now it's a different story. :-(
Anyway we
finally arrived home... Saturday... the
glasses we'd left in the sink 4 days earlier
WERE STILL THERE under MORE dishes and Jason
was nowhere to be seen. He'd promised to get
rid of some of his chattles from around the
place... what was I thinking.... I actually
hoped he'd done it... another
disappointment!! The place was worse than how
we'd left it! Needless to say we weren't at
all thrilled at being home.
Anyway I got
over it... he got the Christmas tree from the
garage for me and got all the decorations
down from the cupboard this morning. Jared
helped me put up the tree but they had to go
the the Christmas party at the beach so the
lights and decorations were left to me.
Jared
was sitting having lunch before he left... as
I said... he's not quite sure whether or not
to believe in Santa. So he hit on a great
idea... he thought!
"Why don't
we leave the video camera on and we can catch
Santa in the act???"
"Of course
he BETTER NOT be wearing a watch or rings
like yours or Lena's!!"
Is this kid
cluey????????
Mum went off casually
to Jason's room while I was agreeing with
Jared that it was a brilliant idea *S* I knew
what she was up to.... we'd bought a Santa
Suit while we were in Brisbane... Jared
hadn't seen it...
Jason is going
to wear the suit... and get "caught in
the act"... on video *S*
Then.... Jared
said we better leave out some cookies and
milk, continued with his lunch, paused, and
said "How about we put a SLEEPING PILL
in his milk!!!
I cracked up!!!
I knew exactly what he was thinking... I
almost spluttered my coffee all over the
table. What a little devil!! Thought he's be
able to "knock out" Santa so that
he'd still be there when he got up on
Christmas morning!!!!!
Now, you can't
say this kid isn't a DEEP thinker <GRIN>!!
Before I go...
the Lord was so very kind to me today... it
rained all day so it was nice and cool for me
trimming the tree and what's normally a day
and a half job got done in one day.
Sincerely hope
I haven't bored you to tears
HAPPY
HOLIDAYS!!
Jamie
