Thursday Thinking about

I think too much.
And I probably try to put too much into every post.

But at least I am actually doing things as well. Today SmallBoy and I peeled a heap of apples and pears together, then I cooked them up so we will have some yummy desserts and toppings on porridge or cereal. It is so easy to do. Plus we had a lot of fun talking and doing something so simple together. . There are still about a dozen apples left - many will go into the lunch box and SmallBoy has decided he is going to make the 'stuffed' apples made on camp. That was how he got a sliced finger from the apple corer while on camp. We don't have an apple corer - that would be me with a knife. I'm excited to see him interested in cooking too.

I have been given an award and I am chuffed!!
Scather - from the blog Scathing Weekly nominated Mands On A Mission for "One Lovely Blog Award". I think for all the certificates and such received over the years, this award was one to value because it was given to me by someone who has enjoyed what we are doing without seeking something in return.

The requirements of accepting this award are as follows:

1. Link back to the blogger who gave you the award.
2. I have to tell you seven facts about me you might not know.
3. Pass the awards along to as many as fifteen blogs you have found recently.
4. Notify the bloggers of their awards.

The link back to Scathers blog is above, and here are the seven facts about me:

1. I wrote for international magazines while still at school
2. I can pick up mice, snakes, crickets, worms and lizards but not spiders
3. I have never left Australia
4. It's taken 30yrs, but I like mashed potatoes
5. I write songs, sing and play piano
6. I played pool with bands like U2, The Cure and 
7. I gave it all up for my son

Now, here are ten lovely blogs that I have found - there are heaps more but I could be here for hours:
Man vs Debt : That's Serendipity : Bad Mummy : The Happiness Institute : The Serendipity Cafe : Reinventing Rosemary  : GoodGoog  : Woogs World  :  The Simple Dollar  : A Dose of Dannie


Just Stuff

I don't write political well. It does feel to me, the little person in the bush in a teeny continent away from the rest of world, for all the technologies and advancements - we not really doing so good on the whole are we? I just can't see where we are going as a race - humans in 'control' seem to have no idea. Watch the ABC's coverage of Question Time with our government and you will wonder what is really going on with our country. I'm not a greenie, I'm not overtly materialistic, I'm not into brand name stuff at the prices attached...

No matter how hard I am trying, what I am writing here right now is not what I really mean. It's like if you're not doing a zillion things with oodles of groups and earning or multitasking to the point of exhaustion - there is something wrong with you. Nah - still not getting the right message out - so here it is in a bit of a song.

Is This Really It?

We started out on hands and knees

Learning to walk, our life was free

Took a bat and hit a ball

Back then the grass it seemed so tall

Lit a fire to keep us warm

Built a shelter from the storm

Traded food with friend and foe

Then we watched things start to grow

Made a tower that touched the sky

Found a way to make us fly

They set up rules to keep us safe

Now the world's a dangerous place

Why burn it - when there's no air left to breath

Why use it - there's no life left here to see

You fight it - but its the children left to pay

Doesn't matter - when we're all dead any way

Picked an apple from a tree

Threw a rod out to the sea

Some thought it smart to use a net

There are a few fish left to get

Stripped the coal out from the earth

Won't use the sun for what its worth

Why burn it - when there's no air left to breath

Why use it - there's no life left here to see

You fight it - but its the children left to pay

Doesn't matter - when we're all dead any way

Turned to blaming, then to war

You'd think we'd learned that one before

No more talking face to face

Its all FaceBook or MySpace

But we leave it all to be

Do you say It won't affect me

Why burn it - when there's no air left to breath

Why use it - there's no life left here to see

You fight it - but its the children left to pay

Doesn't matter - when we're all dead any way

Fight the farmers for their crops

To make no profit is their lot

That's for business not for man

Business holds the upper hand

See a chance to make a buck

Create a fine to charge - that sucks

It is time to stand together

To push for change whatever

There's more to life than work and pain

What have our children learnt to gain

For whatever life you choose

You've lost the right - you lose

Why burn it - when there's no air left to breath

Why use it - there's no life left here to see

You fight it - but its the children left to pay

Doesn't matter - when we're all dead any way

Tomorrow is a future we won't have to play

Who cares really any way...?

Still not quite right - but it will do. *sighs*

Back to the debt tomorrow ~ yes, regular blogging will resume and we can move on from this feeling society is going down the toilet ~ Oh and another give away. This time there will be three winners so you need to get your cleaning gloves on and aim for the laundry or the kitchen and bring out your hints and tips.  More tomorrow...