Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / November 2004

Well, the fish didn't make it, but DH flushed him before we could discuss,
so DD didn't get the closure I was hoping for :o(  We told her that the fish
died, and went to fish heaven, is very happy now and not sick anymore etc
etc etc, but she still asks for him and cries when she ...

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Thursday when I left to take DD to school I stopped to check the mail
forgetting that it was Veterans Day.  I said as such to DD(5) and she asked
"What is Veterans Day?"  So the ride to school was spent talking about
veterans, the draft, my step brother who just returned from Iraq ...

Warning! Rambling to follow...
   My brother is an NCAA swimmer for Michigan State University and my
parents really try to get to most of his swim meets each season. This
weekend it was at Notre Dame in Indiana (about 5 hours from here) so I was

Can I get away with decorating a kids cake the day before? It will have
lollies and chocolates all over it (a kid's dream right?) and I'm wondering
if it will keep well enough. Also will freezing a plain chocolate cake for a
day or two do it any harm texture/taste wise? Should I ...

God help me our Christmas tree is up and it's only mid November /cries
I bought a fake one a few days ago and realised they gave us the wrong
size (240cm instead of the 180cm I asked for) so we decided to put it up
to see if it fit, and it does ...just. But now the sprites won't ...

The good:
DH's work family party was at Luna Park. I got to ride on a mini roller
coaster for the first time (eeeep), and the kids had a great time on the
rides. The company put on face painting, Santa and part bags. So the kids

I salute the veterans on this Veteran's Day in the U.S....
Nan

Is there a way where I can show all messages that I myself have written
as 'read' by default? I know you choose to *not* show any of your own
messages, but I do want to see them, I just don't want to mark them as
'read' manually.

I posted earlier about the film maker that was murdered this morning.
That in itself was sad enough.
The latest news is that one of the nation's favourite sports heroes has
died of cardiac arrest, aged just 53. Gerrie Knetemann was a former

Ornament on its way...should be there by Wednesday or so.

absolutely shattered
it's almost like a bad comedy movie over at home... lol
mum is at one end of the small hospital and dad is at the other... you run
from one to the other like a mad thing!

Top Ten Things You'll Never Hear a Dad Say
10. Well, how 'bout that?... I'm lost! Looks like we'll have to stop
and ask for directions.
9. You know Pumpkin, now that you're thirteen, you'll be ready for

A Teenager is...
A person who can't remember to walk the dog but never forgets a phone
number.
A weight watcher who goes on a diet by giving up candy bars before

A guardian angel...the laugh of a child, the small tinkle of bells as the
music drifts over the shifting patterns of the wind.
A twinkle of the eye...a knowing smile...tiny wings enfold, and silken
feathers drift gently to the ground.