tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57398983397810991942024-03-05T16:52:14.480+11:00Wangling LifeJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.comBlogger442125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-79196881397992389762016-08-18T11:25:00.002+10:002016-08-18T11:27:04.136+10:00Not very British, British.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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or informally known as Taco + Tuesday.<br />
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Even though Tuesday is only 6 weeks younger than Taco she is much, much smaller - British shorthairs are one of the few domesticated breed of cats where males are bigger than females - and for all intensive purposes, Taco is going to be a BIG boy.<br />
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We have fallen in love with the breed, they are the softest, kindest little/big kitties you ever did meet.<br />
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For more information on British Shorthairs <a href="http://www.purina.com.au/owning-a-cat/cat-breeds/british-shorthair">go here.</a><br />
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Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-5141433988089640132015-10-04T23:35:00.003+11:002015-10-04T23:41:58.035+11:00Ask Mummy Gibson<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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[<a href="http://jessicamgibson.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/ask-mummy-gibson.html">see Mum's last post here</a>]<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...” </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">― </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Dr. Seuss</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">, </span><span id="quote_book_link_191139" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><i>Oh, The Places You'll Go!</i></span></span><br />
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In our current quest for a home we have moved 6 times in 6 years of marriage. Each and every house has become a home in some way. Some I have valued and loved more than others. Some I will miss and long for, some less so. Each house is piece of my history, the building blocks of my soul.<br />
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<b>Tell me a bit about each of the places you have lived?</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I grew up in Tasmania. Until I was five I loved in Roland. The <span class="il">house</span> was on a hill and looked out over paddocks, the railway station and other <span class="il">houses</span>.
When I was five we moved to Staverton to a farm, and again on a hill.
Out the window were green paddocks, animals and trees. The best part was
if you went to the top of the hill on a clear day one would see a
semicircle of beautiful mountains. Mt Roland, Mt Claude, Mt Van Dyke,
Cradle Mountain, Barn Bluff and Black Bluff. The best view in the world,
I would love a painting or picture of this but it would be too
difficult to get it all in.<br />
At thirteen I went to boarding school in Lyttleton Street, Launceston. A nice quiet area with a view of <span class="il">houses</span> next door, very nice red brick <span class="il">houses</span>.<br />
For a while I went back home to Staverton and then I went to Melbourne, Victoria.<br />
At first I lived in the Salvation Army Hostel in Spring Street. The view there was the homeless refuge next door!!<br />
Then I lived with my Aunt in Moonee Ponds. 1 Dean Street, right near the
junction. No view here except if you went out the back gate you looked
straight across to the Moonee Valley Racecourse.<br />
After that I lived in Sydney, New South Wales. Greenacre and
Bankstown. No view in either place as they were both out the back of <span class="il">houses</span>. Sydney itself had beautiful views.<br />
I then lived back in Tasmania, firstly in Hobart. South Hobart.....no
view, West Hobart with a magnificent view of the Derwent River out the
back and the City out the side.<br />
Then on the Glebe with a beautiful view of the city and the mountain in the background.<br />
The last place I lived in Hobart was just past North Hobart and this had no view at all.<br />
Then I moved to Devonport and lived in a beautiful old <span class="il">house</span>
that was divided into flats. I lived in the back one but if you went
out the front garden you could see all of Devonport and the River, it
too was beautiful.<br />
The next move was to Launceston, firstly West Launceston with a view over the city! then another <span class="il">house</span>
in West Launceston a little closer to the City but still with a lovely
view. Then I moved to Trevallyn Road. This looked straight down over the
River and to the banks beyond. It was a beautiful view and extremely
calming and peaceful.<br />
Then we moved to Invermay and the only view was a lovely garden. Then
came 11 French Street with a view out the back of South Launceston and
out to Kings Meadows. Next to Hobart road with a view out the back of
hills and High school. Then to Penquite Road, Newstead with a lovely
view over the hills and valleys to St Leonards. The next move was to St
Leonards and the view then was back across the River to Norwood and
Newstead. From there I moved to Bridport where I had a panoramic view of
the bay and out to sea. I could spend hours just sitting looking out.
If I looked the other way I saw the golf course (Barnbougle) and the
countryside looking towards Scottsdale. That took me up to retirement
at age 65 and a mission to Salt lake City, Utah where I am at
present.......who knows what the future will bring!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tasmania truly does have some beautiful views, Thanks Mum x</span></div>
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This year Ky turned the big <b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large;">30 </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">which is super old if you ask me. And apparently super close to <a href="http://simonetriffitt.blogspot.com.au/">Simone's</a> age because she is going to be 35 forever.. </span></div>
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I didn't get any ANY pictures at his super sweet awesome 30th birthday party which I definitely organised because I am the best wife ever, and considering I am the self appointed family events planner and photo snapperer - it's mighty disappointing. </div>
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I do have the pictures I whisked up for his invitations though. My inspiration from the wonderful <a href="http://sambret.blogspot.com.au/p/portraits.html">Sam</a> but I'm too stingy and lonesome for life, mostly, so I decided to see if I could create a likeness.<br />
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FYI - it's Kyle at different ages. I know it may not seem like it - but he actually did once have ken doll hair. <a href="http://jessicamgibson.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/unavoidable-decline-of-mr-ks-hair.html">(see here for evidence)</a><br />
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One of his 30th birthday goals was to have one of these... aka a <b>LAND ROVER DEFENDER</b> ( echo echo echo)<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">And then I got a barrage of photo's of his car doing different things (I'll save you the pain) although - this snow pic is pretty cool - the odometer readings every time it hit something "awesome" every ten minutes were not..</span></div>
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All in all - a pretty good start to 2015 for the oldest member of our family. (I just threw that one in to remind you its going to be a few more years before I, myself, turn 30.. )<br />
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Happy 30th Birthday Ky.</div>
Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-72880204819521955602015-10-04T20:27:00.000+11:002015-10-04T20:34:29.380+11:00Chelli Turned 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Chelli turned one (many moons ago) and I haven't been very good at regularly blogging at all this year, but tonight I felt the urge.</div>
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Boy actually loved eating it and had most of them... because who doesn't love mousse topped with Oreo crumbs?<br />
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Chelli eats like a giant and decided that Ky needed some nourishing too.</div>
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The fam , the tree, the cultured croquet course, the park... perfect weather...<br />
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Five things I love about the girl of my dreams.</div>
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3. Your Chelli Chub, especially your legs. I could nibble your legs all day.</div>
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It was a glorious day for a very special one year old.<br />
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Happy 1 Chelli Bubba x<br />
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It has been a difficult few weeks since my last post.<br />
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It is hard for me to, at this point, push past certain inviolable facts. It has been such a freeing process allowing myself to be vulnerable and finding strength, which I have so often failed to have myself, from others around me.<br />
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I thank-you. All of you. For your acknowledgement and your supportive words. Each and every person who has publicly or privately told me they hear me. That they are listening.<br />
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I remind myself - life continues. I exist. My feelings are true, my reactions are mine.<br />
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I understand lately, now, more than I ever have, how affected I have been.<br />
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How undeniably broken I have been.<br />
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The resolve I felt and the courage it took to speak out about my own sexual assault freed me from years of carefully built omissions.<br />
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I have, in the last few weeks, found a more genuine self. Not only do I embrace the light I have within myself, but I am learning - ever so slowly, to embrace the dark.<br />
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For who am I without the darkness? Feelings of anger, discontent - they have been there all along bubbling under the surface. Action and reaction. Yet, it is only now that I can truly embrace my self - all of myself, that I have been able to face each emotion and accept them as my own.<br />
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This shift has allowed me to challenge myself.<br />
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It has allowed me to love myself more deeply than I ever thought possible.<br />
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Through your acknowledgement, I have been renewed.<br />
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It feels so very very good to be heard. </div>
Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-86550201909898602812015-01-31T12:06:00.002+11:002015-06-12T11:02:19.252+10:00My Story<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I was reading an article, online, about another
woman who has recently spoken out about her abuse at the hands of Bill Cosby.<br />
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I scrolled through the article and at the end came across the comments.<br />
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"Why go to a movie with a married man " said one commenter.<br />
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"The timing of her disclosure makes me skeptical " said another.<br />
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"Don't tell me she didn't know what she was doing " another berates.<br />
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"What is the point of bringing it up now if the statute of limitations has
passed " accuses another.</span><br />
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The comments continue further down the page. The more and more I read the
sadder I feel.</span><br />
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How can we possible expect victims of abuse to speak out if we belittle them
when they do? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">How can we create an open conversation where
people are supported for taking the brave step of speaking out when they are
criticised: from what they were wearing to who they were with – even how long
they took to speak out.</span><br />
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1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men will be sexually abused in their lifetime.<br />
(aic.gov.au)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">This culture of accusation only perpetuates
the silence victims of abuse struggle with. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Abuse is not straightforward. It is not a
case of A to B and then to C. Everyone’s circumstances are different, everyone
has a different journey to travel. A different story to tell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Recent statistics state that 1 in 3 girls and
1 in 7 boys will be sexually assaulted by the time they reach 18. ( aic.gov.au
)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">You are more likely to be abused in the first
18 years of your life than the other 70.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">You are also more likely to be sexually
abused by someone you know. In fact 90% of abuse victims knew the attacker and
in most instances the crime was committed in their own home or in the home of a
close relative or friend.<br />
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'An understanding of child sex offenders, based on the available evidence, is
critical if child sexual abuse is to be prevented and responded to in effective
ways.' (aic.gov.au)<br />
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Child sexual abuse is any sexual act or threat to a child or young person under
the age of 16 that causes them harm or causes them to be frightened or fearful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">From my own experience - from when someone I
knew attempted to groom me and then sexually assaulted me, on more than one
occasion, at the age of 13. Through to the first time I told someone at 16 I
was abused and beyond into adult hood I have heard similar words from many,
often with well meaning intentions, but nevertheless a hugely misguided
understanding of the depth and severity of the emotional wound and subsequent
scarring on this, my own journey of survival. <br />
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I have been told:<br />
" If it was me, I would try and forget it."<br />
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I have been told:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">" I hope one day that the saviour can
help you ...hand it over to the Lord and move forward."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I have been told (on asking for support): </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“If
I have to”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Worse than these sentences which reverberate
around the inside of my skull, taunting me and quashing my self worth, telling
me that I should be further along in my healing or - not need healing at all. Worse
than the depression, the anxiety and the subsequent PTSD is the deafening silence,
which occurs after the “advice” is given.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The judgement hangs in the air like a
stifling hot day with no wind, the air barely breathable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Moreover, the only
truth about it is that it is more a reflection on the critic than on the aspirants
themselves.</span><br />
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If victims of abuse are to feel validated and heard. If we are to feel loved and
supported. .. If you would like to know how to help us feel safe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Simply, just, listen.</span><br />
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Another year and another quarter!<br />
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<a href="http://jessicamgibson.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/the-yearly-fraction-quarterly-book-club.html">Last quarter we had the opportunity to read 4 fantastic books !</a><br />
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Read my review of each one here:<br />
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<a href="http://jessicamgibson.blogspot.com.au/p/east-of-eden-by-john-steinbeck.html">East of Eden by John Steinbeck</a><br />
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<a href="http://jessicamgibson.blogspot.com.au/p/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-by.html">The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot</a><br />
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<a href="http://jessicamgibson.blogspot.com.au/p/all-birds-singing-by-evie-wyld.html">All The Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld</a><br />
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<a href="http://jessicamgibson.blogspot.com.au/p/all-these-things-shall-give-thee.html">All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience by Neal A. Maxwell</a><br />
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This quarter the books for book club are as follows:<br />
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the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East
Germany ceased to exist. In a country where the headquarters of the secret
police can become a museum literally overnight, and one in 50 East Germans were
informing on their countrymen and women, there are a thousand stories just waiting
to get out. Anna Funder tells extraordinary tales from the underbelly of the
former East Germany - she meets Miriam, who as a 16-year-old might have started
World War III, visits the man who painted the line which became the Berlin Wall
and gets drunk with the legendary "Mik Jegger" of the East, once
declared by the authorities to his face to "no longer to exist".</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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days, and then I'll be safe. I wonder whether the procedure will hurt. I want
to get it over with. It's hard to be patient. It's hard not to be afraid while
I'm still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn't touched me yet. Still, I
worry. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. The
deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you
don't.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that the cure for love will make me happy and safe forever. And I've always
believed them. Until now. Now everything has changed. Now, I'd rather be
infected with love for the tiniest sliver of a second than live a hundred years
suffocated by a lie. There was a time when love was the most important thing in
the world. People would go to the end of the earth to find it. They would tell
lies for it. Even kill for it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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final years of his life, Elder Neal A. Maxwell told a grandson of Henry
Eyring's, "You need to write your grandfather's story."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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story of Henry Eyring, perhaps the Church's most acclaimed scientist. It is a
book about science and Mormonism, written to be easily understood by newcomers
to both subjects. It demonstrates why one of the Church's highest-profile
intellectuals was also one of its humblest believers. In fact, this story of Henry
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Ah yes! It's another jolly Christmas season which also happens to be Cheli's first.</div>
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She celebrated the beginning of the festive season (DEC 1st) by licking all the glitter off the baubles.</div>
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(Ahh! those cheeks, those dimples.. that smile!)</div>
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Boy celebrated by dressing up in 'that guys' hat and wearing stockings as socks. Which totally makes sense..</div>
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(It really does, who has big socks just for hanging.. not me!)</div>
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Secretly I think Boy is an absolute legend. ( So full of spunk) </div>
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Then with a bit of team work (Cheli quality checked each bauble by taste and Boy hung them) we had finished the tree.</div>
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In an attempt to get him into the spirit of giving rather than getting we took a stroll to the local toy store but alas I'm not sure the 4 year old in our house has quite grasped the concept since he keeps suggesting we swap Nora's present with one of his old toys so he can have the new present.</div>
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Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-85065655721166531622014-11-21T14:05:00.001+11:002014-11-21T14:11:23.151+11:00The Co-Op we decided to start.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Aunty R, Aunty J and I got to talking about starting a Co-Op the other week...<br />
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Essentially the aim was to be able to purchase organic products at a price which is approximately the same as the current non-organic brands we are purchasing (and hopefully cheaper) so that we can stretch our weekly budgets further and feel good about eating organic products.<br />
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So the Geelong Organics Co-Operative was born..<br />
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A Co-Op or Co-Operative is:<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.75;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.75;">A democratic organisation, owned and controlled by its members for a common benefit. </span><br />
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Members of a co-operative can benefit from economies of scale through the combined purchasing, distribution or marketing power or influence of the group. (<a href="http://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/businesses/registered-businesses/co-operatives/what-is-a-co-operative">definition found here)</a></div>
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We are currently investigating options for boxes of organic fruit and veg in the Geelong area (less food miles) but I have managed to find some non-perishable organic items elsewhere at prices which I think are pretty awesome:<br />
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Coconut Sugar ( $8 for 1kg)<br />
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Extra Virgin Coconut Oil ($15 for 1L)<br />
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Raw Cacao Powder ( $16.50 for 1kg)<br />
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Desiccated Coconut ( $8.80 for 1kg)<br />
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If you want to be a part of the Co-Op or have any idea how to start one - drop me a line x<br />
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Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-91586234710818413372014-11-12T12:33:00.000+11:002014-11-12T12:44:14.498+11:00The ball is slipping..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
School/Exam<br />
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Moving<br />
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A Wedding..<br />
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The blog ball is slipping - but just so you know we are still alive - here is a picture taken by the lovely <a href="http://juliaarchibald.com/">Julia Archibald</a><br />
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I asked for her to document an afternoon with us as a family - my favourite type of photographs of us are always leisurely and uncontrived - we seem to seize up when we remember there's someone down the barrel of a lens staring at us..<br />
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She didn't disappoint. She never does.<br />
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We went down the the boat house in Melbourne a few weeks back now to spend some time with our Melbourne Besties (cause we miss them a lot)<br />
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It was a blast. I love having creative and free-spirited friends - it's always going to rock when you get Adam in a boat .. (wink)<br />
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And even the geese put on a show for us (think special geese cuddles)<br />
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*We have moved three times in the last three years and it was really hard to say goodbye to 3056, it's the hardest decision I've made in the last almost 6 years since getting married - even harder than deciding to move out of Tassie 5 years ago and even harder than choosing when to have babies.<br />
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I can only hope that the choices we are making now are the right ones not only financially (our main reason for moving away from the beautiful city of Melbourne) and that we will soon find somewhere to settle which leaves us with memories which are just as vibrant and long lasting.<br />
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We are now on the hunt.<br />
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If you think your town has affordable housing prices, excellent quality education, a friendly community and lots and lots of good food, hit me up for ideas...</div>
Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-1817627780312948942014-10-02T15:30:00.000+10:002014-10-02T15:33:51.759+10:00Cheli is Older. (But apparently not wiser)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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That's right. I missed it. The 6 month mark. Life +1 point Me -1 point *high five life*<br />
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So Cheli is officially right about.. 6.75 months (I am assuming, I can't actually be bothered figuring it out)<br />
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Anyway. [over] 6 month old Cheli is:<br />
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" so very very beautiful and cute " (Boy)<br />
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"fat" ( The guy who came to steam clean the mattress )<br />
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"...possibly whiter than you Jess! " (Collette)<br />
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" old enough to stop eating ever 3 hours 24/7 " (Me - wishful thinking)<br />
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"getting tall... she won't be short " (Mum, who secretly wishes one of the grandchildren would grow up to her short stature )<br />
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"placid" (the seamstress)<br />
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"does have my ears!" (Aunty Rach, who then recommended she grow her hair out)<br />
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"thighs that feel like chicken drumsticks " (Hunna, while giving them a good squeeze)<br />
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" .............. " (Hayden, who just likes to stare at her )<br />
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"easy" (Simon - on taking her to the zoo)<br />
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"just so good at rolling" (Aunty Renee)<br />
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"looks like you" (just about everybody)<br />
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It's nice to have known you for over half a year Cheli baby. Keep on rolling!<br />
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Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-49023588146693385372014-09-23T10:07:00.002+10:002014-09-23T10:15:35.970+10:00The Yearly Fraction -- A quarterly book club<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I know, for me, reading is one of my greatest pleasures - However, as a busy Mum, it is always on the bottom of my list of things to do.</div>
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I have decided I don't read enough and I have decided I need to prioritise reading more. Hence, I have come to the conclusion that a book club is in order.</div>
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Each quarter I hope to choose four books from the categories: Classic, Fiction, Non-Fiction and Spiritual.</div>
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If you would like to join in I will be posting the titles before the quarter begins and hosting a book club get together at the end of each quarter.</div>
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Read one, read all. For me - it is a chance to do something I love and invite the people I love to join in with me.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #262626;"><b>East of Eden</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #262626;"><b>John Steinbeck</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #262626;">A masterpiece of Biblical scope,
and the magnum opus of one of America's most enduring authors, in a
commemorative hardcover edition In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John
Steinbeck called "East of Eden" "the first book," and
indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich
farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel
follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the
Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and
the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The masterpiece of Steinbeck's later
years, "East of Eden" is a work in which Steinbeck created his most
mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of
identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's
absence. Adapted for the 1955 film directed by Elia Kazan introducing James
Dean, and read by thousands as the book that brought Oprah's Book Club back,
East of Eden has remained vitally present in American culture for over half a
century.</span></span><br />
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ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s, her small, dying hometown of
Clover, Virginia — wooden slave quarters, faith healings, and voodoo. Today are
stark white laboratories with freezers full of HeLa cells, East Baltimore
children and grandchildren live in obscurity, see no profits, and feel
violated. The dark history of experimentation on African Americans helped lead
to the birth of bioethics, and legal battles over whether we control the stuff
we are made of.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Prophet Joseph Smith was told, “All these things shall give thee experience,
and shall be for thy good.” The world at that moment was shown anew that God is
aware of man's suffering, and that pain is not without purpose. Such concepts
are not always easy to accept, but, as Elder Maxwell observes, “the hardness is
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Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-86609579727872517372014-08-28T12:03:00.000+10:002014-08-28T12:13:55.794+10:00The 6 degrees of chubCheli turned 5 months old this month.<br />
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My favourite thing about my <span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: 29px; line-height: 36px; white-space: pre-wrap;">petits bébés </span>is the delightful rolls which start to form.<br />
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Cheli's little legs have the consistency of raw chicken thighs. Its almost like she could burst at any minute.<br />
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There is just something about my little chubby children that makes me want to eat them.<br />
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It is a little disturbing.<br />
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Isn't it strange when you love a little person so much the only thing you want to do is consume them.<br />
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Breathe them in. Squeeze them. Kiss them. Smell them... and then possibly eat them.<br />
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I have a habit of squeezing her cheeks together like an annoying Aunt and saying " Ooo you're so cute, you're so cute "<br />
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It really is disturbing.<br />
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This is Boy at a similar age. Check out his baby chub.<br />
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Cheli & Boy are a perfect chub match.<br />
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I love making carbon copies.<br />
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Copy paste, copy paste, copy paste.<br />
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<span id="goog_1510565123"></span><span id="goog_1510565124"></span><br />Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-66037086756357718002014-08-11T11:16:00.000+10:002014-08-11T11:16:54.949+10:00Its nothing personal, its just economics<br />
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I have been awfully quiet around here. This is because I am busy. Busy back at school.. yeah - school! With a 4.5 month old, crazy!! But - why not?<br />
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In June I said to myself "Gee this whole two kid thing isn't as challenging as I thought, why not have a crazy life and head back to school?" (I didn't - who would say that?)<br />
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So I am only doing one unit a semester.<br />
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I'm doing an online course in Business Accounting. I'm studying Microeconomics this teaching period.<br />
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It's crazy.<br />
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I have no idea what I am doing.<br />
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It is the best fun.<br />
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There is SO much reading. I think I may die from reading.<br />
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Can you die from reading too much?<br />
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It is a definite change in direction.<br />
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Contemporary Arts with a major in Photography to Accounting. ACCOUNTING .. like a bonified smart person. (Even more surprising they let me in... are they letting anyone into University these days or is it just me?)<br />
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But I realised something over the last 5 years while I've had the longest study break in history...<br />
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I love art, but I am also good at other things. Other things which don't mean going on campus to study, other things which will give me the flexibility in the workforce I am looking for when I graduate.<br />
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The best thing: I got heaps of credit.<br />
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There are a few other life changing decisions going on at our place.<br />
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But I have to go read 3 chapters of a text book so I better go...<br />
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<br />Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-5066855864080297202014-05-27T16:53:00.000+10:002014-05-27T16:53:30.321+10:00wrapping up 5 years<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Next month will be our 5 year anniversary.</div>
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I am pretty sure I absolutely have to be one of the luckiest girls alive.</div>
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In all the mess of life I have a true gentleman by my side.</div>
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What's changed in 5 years? Not much really.. </div>
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Except now we get to mug on each other over our two greatest accomplishments.*</div>
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Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-89529442708948752502014-05-14T17:52:00.000+10:002014-05-14T17:52:00.206+10:00The Happiest Boy <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You are kind.<br />
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You have character.<br />
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You are the best big brother little Cheli could ask for.<br />
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You are the funniest cat I know, with the best facial expressions this side of the world.<br />
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5 Things we love about Boy.<br />
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1. How you say Tiger with a C. "Ciger"<br />
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2. How you mug on Cheli ALL the time.<br />
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3. How you do yoga with us and on your own.<br />
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4. How you wear a singlet now because it's cold. (An upgrade from just undies)<br />
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5. Your shy smile, your cheeky smile... well just your smile. (with a side of dimples of course)<br />
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Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-34901731079857853082014-05-07T15:57:00.000+10:002014-05-07T15:57:01.673+10:00Mummy Gibson on a mission<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The night before May 1st I got a skype call from a Chapel in Tasmania.<br />
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It was <a href="http://simonetriffitt.blogspot.com.au/">Simone</a>.<br />
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Mum is the first and last Gibson <a href="https://www.lds.org/search?lang=eng&query=missionary">missionary</a> in our family.</div>
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Mum has wanted to go on a mission for absolutely ages, we are glad she has finally found the time to accomplish something she has always wanted to do.</div>
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On the way Mum had a stop over in Melbourne.</div>
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We went to the airport to say sayonara for 18 months (maybe 2 years)</div>
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Boy says Nan is going on a big adventure.</div>
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Boy says he wants to go on a big adventure too.</div>
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We love and miss you Nan, but we are also very proud you chose to become a Missionary.</div>
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Now we have two <a href="http://elderwheelermission.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/weekly-gaijin-power-letter.html">members of our family </a>on Missions at the same time.</div>
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Our family has served missions all over the world.</div>
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One in Korea, <a href="http://jessicamgibson.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/2-of-2-my-missionary-man.html">One in Queensland</a>, Two in Japan and our latest Missionary, Mum, has gone to America.</div>
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Tomorrow is 7 weeks since the birth of our beautiful Cheli. The time has absolutely flown and we have settled into our new normal with four in our little family now.<br />
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<b>Can you tell me about my birth?</b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Jessica was the fourth child in our family, the others being 18, 15 and 6 when she was born, all girls. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We didn't figure on a boys name at all, we thought that would tempting fate. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We had many discussions and arguments about a name so in the end we all put a name in the hat and agreed the one drawn out was it. </span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The name Jessica was put in by <a href="http://simonetriffitt.blogspot.com.au/">Simone</a>. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I had worked right through my pregnancy and had put on the most weight of all 4 pregnancies. I had been extremely tired throughout and found it very difficult to maintain work etc. I also suffered with blood pressure which I had had since Collettes birth six years before. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I was 40 in the July and she was due on 31st October. I worked up until the school holidays in early September, thinking this was giving me time to rest before she was born. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I was on weekly visits to the Doctor because of the blood pressure and he became concerned that the baby was stressed. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In those days they still did the shave but were not so keen on the enema. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I liked the enema so I asked if I could have one but they didn't do a really good job. At 8 am Dr Roberts-Thomson broke my waters and inserted an IV drip to induce labour. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The contractions started straight away and came thick and fast. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Her labour had stopped,I couldn't believe it when she was making so much noise. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">There really isn't a lot to tell for the next 4 hours I had full on contractions. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Jessica was born around 12 o'clock on 26th September, 1988. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She weighed 9 lbs. 6 ozs. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It was the bi-centennial year and she was sent a medallion for being born in that year. </span></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I wonder if you took the recommendation that baby should sleep outside in the daytime as much as possible, even on a cold day, seriously?</span><br />
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Lisa - 17<br />
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Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-52884504126014339542014-04-18T10:29:00.000+10:002014-04-18T12:30:09.632+10:00Cheli is Blessed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We invited friends and family to join us for the naming and blessing of our little Cheli.</div>
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It was a beautiful blessing at the Geelong chapel.</div>
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Hunna did a great job and we are really proud of his thoughtful and kind words.</div>
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We are also thankful for those special few who participated in helping bless Cheli, there is something really touching about seeing generations of priesthood holders, from both sides, gather in unity to cherish and bless each of our beloved children.</div>
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After the blessing we invited everyone back to the Shire for some morning tea and a good ole chin wag.</div>
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With each new baby we welcome I am thankful for the friends and family who gather to adore, admire and genuinely love on them.</div>
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Cheli is such a joy for us and we are so happy that she is ours to keep for eternity.</div>
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Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-54480004409221417622014-04-03T15:14:00.001+11:002014-04-18T12:30:31.475+10:00I am a duck.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Motherhood is such a roller coaster.<br />
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Throw in a newborn and a nearly 4 year old and I look around and think how does everyone else do it and still look so kept together.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span><br />
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One Sunday in Tasmania, one of the Mums stood at the pulpit and spoke about how they'd only just made it in time for the start of church.<br />
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She told the congregation how she had given each of her 4 children a quick wipe down with wet wipes to make them look clean and presentable and then sent them through the door.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span><br />
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Moments before she took the pulpit I'm sure many other mothers were looking at her children all dressed and clean sitting in the pew wondering how she does it all..<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span><br />
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So the truth is. All mothers are ducks.<br />
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On the surface we look like we are effortlessly floating along the pond, barely making a ripple.<br />
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Underneath the water, however, our legs are pulsing 100 times a minute to keep us afloat, well balanced and heading in a reasonable direction.<br />
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I don't think it makes a difference what your personal circumstances.<br />
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Whether you work or stay at home. If you have 5 children or 1.<br />
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You're a damn good duck. And don't ever forget it.<br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Today I am grateful for beautiful photography of our Cheli child from <a href="http://photoswithpop.com/" target="_self" title="">Julia Archibald</a>.</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 1.3em;">On hard days, following nights with very </span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">little sleep, pictures remind me of what's most important.</span></div>
Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-49719874098480867052014-03-16T22:55:00.001+11:002014-03-16T22:55:45.594+11:00Hello world #2<p>Nora Patricia Mary was born on Friday 14th March at 4:58 pm</p>
<p>7 pounds 6 ounces</p>
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<p>Here's what my obstetric summary says:</p>
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<p>1st Stage being: 1 hrs 42 minutes</p>
<p>2nd Stage being: 0 hrs 8 minutes</p>
<p>3rd stage being: 0 hrs 22 minutes</p>
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<p>THE STORY</p>
<p>At 10 am on Friday I had an appointment with my GP.</p>
<p>I had been doing shared maternity care and I had a 39 week appointment scheduled to check my fundal height which had been tracking on the low side since 29 weeks ( leading to a 37 week growth scan to check the baby wasn't IUGR) and had recently dipped to the very low side.</p>
<p>At 39 weeks I should've been measuring about 39 cm in fundal height but was only measuring 34cm.</p>
<p>Although my growth scan only 17 days earlier had shown a healthy girl on the 20th percentile once you reach 5 cm out the doctor is obligated to send you in to the hospital for a CTG and amniotic fluid level ultrasound.</p>
<p>All pretty standard stuff.</p>
<p>So I left the doctors office and took myself down to the hospital with Mummy Gibson and Boy in tow.</p>
<p>Because it was an emergency booking I told Mum I would probably have to wait a very long time to be seen, so I sent them to the park which is a block away from the hospital to play and avoid the stuffy waiting rooms filled with pregnant women.</p>
<p>I arrived at the hospital day clinic waiting room at 11:30am.</p>
<p>I sat down.</p>
<p>I waited an hour.</p>
<p>My phone went flat. " Boo" I thought because then I had nothing to do.</p>
<p>I was feeling a little achy in my back, but since I'd been sitting in an uncomfortable waiting room chair I thought nothing of it.</p>
<p>Braxton Hicks had been toying with me since 37 weeks, coming and going.</p>
<p>My name was called. " Yay" I thought because it had only been an hour so far.</p>
<p>I was taken behind a curtain and lay on the bed while she hooked me up to the monitors.</p>
<p>The CTG would check the heart rate of baby and if I was having any contractions.</p>
<p>I lay there for half an hour.</p>
<p>It was a bit of an awkward position.</p>
<p>Sometimes when you lay/sit in awkward positions the Braxton Hicks hurt more..</p>
<p>So I thought nothing of being a little uncomfortable and feeling a few regular niggles.</p>
<p>When she came in at the end of the test she commented " Oh have you been having Braxton Hicks. "</p>
<p>I nodded and said " Nothing serious, just a little uncomfortable "</p>
<p>I went back to the waiting room and sat waiting to be called for the Ultrasound.</p>
<p>I waited for another half an hour or so.</p>
<p>I was called to the ultrasound room.</p>
<p>I hadn't been to the toilet since before the doctors because I was scared I would miss it when they called my name and I wanted to get back to the park to take Mum and Boy home.</p>
<p>So my Braxton Hicks were a little stronger ( this can happen when you haven't pee'd in a while )</p>
<p>I went into the ultra sound room and she ask me to lay down.</p>
<p>I was having another annoying Braxton contraction as she asked and I said.</p>
<p>" I really need to go to the toilet, I'm having Braxton Hicks.. Could I quickly go now?" </p>
<p>She replied, this will only take a second and then you can go to the toilet.</p>
<p>As I lay on the ultrasound bench she saw my belly have another contraction.</p>
<p>She commented the head of the baby was really low.</p>
<p>She said " Are you sure you're not in early labour "</p>
<p>I said " I don't think so, I think I just need to go to the toilet" </p>
<p>She said " Can you talk through the contractions"</p>
<p>I said " If I wanted to"</p>
<p>She said " I might check you to see how dilated you are, if you were in early labour.. even a centimeter or two, you'd wanna know "</p>
<p>I agreed.</p>
<p>I went to the toilet.</p>
<p>I went back to the waiting room.</p>
<p>I sat and waited.</p>
<p>She came out and asked if I had eaten lunch and I replied no.</p>
<p>She said it'd be another 20 minutes before she could check me and sent me off to find some lunch.</p>
<p>I went down stairs and tried to call Mum from the front desk to find out if she was still at the park.</p>
<p>She didn't answer.</p>
<p>I called Kyle and left a message to tell him I didn't know where Mum was, that my phone was flat and that I was still at the hospital.</p>
<p>I called Collette for good measure. She didn't answer.</p>
<p>I wandered down to the food court, decided I wasn't actually hungry ( which is weird cause I hadn't eaten since breakfast ) and thought about how regularly these Braxton Hicks had been coming.</p>
<p>Between them and not wanting to eat, I decided perhaps I was in early labour and if that was the case, I wanted to get upstairs, get checked and head home so I could melt in a warm shower while I waited to progress.</p>
<p>I headed back upstairs, sat down in the waiting room once again and was soon called to be checked.</p>
<p>I lay down on the bed.</p>
<p>The midwife explained the process and inserted a gloved hand.</p>
<p>She looked up and said " You're 4 to 5 centimeters dilated - 6 at a stretch and fully effaced."</p>
<p>I said " Oh.....I want to go home"</p>
<p>She said " I don't think you'll be going home today"</p>
<p>I said " But I wouldn't mind a hot shower "</p>
<p>She said " You can have one of those upstairs in the birthing suite"</p>
<p>I said " I suppose I should call my husband, my phone has gone flat though"</p>
<p>She got me a telephone.</p>
<p>I called Kyle.</p>
<p>As I called I had the first contraction that really stopped me.</p>
<p>He picked up as it was peetering out and I said something incoherent.</p>
<p>I told him I was 5cm dilated and at the hospital.</p>
<p>He said something and I said he should come to the hospital and could he call Mum and tell her to go home if she was at the park still cause I couldn't contact her.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if I was sounding urgent enough because I was getting another contraction when he agreed to meet me and I just said " Ok, good. " and then hung up.</p>
<p>I then realised I didn't tell him where I was in the hospital.</p>
<p>I sat in the curtained room for a moment and the midwife came in and asked if it would be ok for me to go back in the waiting room because they were busy and needed the room.</p>
<p>I agreed. </p>
<p>Just as I was getting up to go out Mum arrived with Boy.</p>
<p>It was about 3.30pm, I told her I hadn't packed a bag yet and sent her off to grab me some things.</p>
<p>She had only been with us since Wednesday and her phone was going flat. She was worried she would get lost on the way home. </p>
<p>I was trying to rush through instructions because I was about to have another contraction and they were starting to pull my concentration a lot.</p>
<p>She left.</p>
<p>I sat in the waiting room.</p>
<p>The midwife came over to tell me that there wasn't any room in the birthing suite and they were just trying to find space. ( they were having a very busy Friday)</p>
<p>She said that she hoped I'd be going up by 4pm.</p>
<p>I sat in the waiting room. </p>
<p>At 4 pm Kyle arrived. Still in his work clothes. And I was glad he hadn't gone home to get changed and had found me since I hadn't sounded super urgent or told him where I was.</p>
<p>By now the contractions were starting to hurt and I was concentrating really hard on not freaking out the other pregnant women in the waiting room.</p>
<p>I was looking at the clock and wondering why I wasn't being sent to the birthing suite yet.</p>
<p>I was getting really sweaty and just wanted to strip off and hop in the shower, I really didn't want to be pretending life was joyful in a waiting room of pregnant women anymore.</p>
<p>At 4.15 the midwife bought a wheelchair over and wheeled me, Kyle in tow, up to the birthing suite.</p>
<p>I was admitted. </p>
<p>15 minutes later I'd had my blood pressure checked, the fetal heart rate checked and had a shiny new wrist band with my name on it.</p>
<p>I told the midwife in the birthing suite that I just came in for a CTG.</p>
<p>She smiled at me.</p>
<p>Finally. I could get in the shower.</p>
<p>I told the midwife I needed to go to the toilet first.</p>
<p>She asked if I had a lot of pressure. I said it felt like I needed to poo. ( in this amount of time I'd taken all of my clothes off rather unceremoniously because I was so sick of being uncomfortable after sitting in the waiting room )</p>
<p>She asked to check me.</p>
<p>I stood next to the bed while she shone a torch up yonder and I asked if I could have a bath instead of a shower.</p>
<p>She told me she didn't think we would have time for the bath to fill up.</p>
<p>I didn't completely understand because after all I only found out I was in early labour an hour ago but agreed to hop in the shower instead.</p>
<p>Kyle aimed the hot water on me and I had instant relief from the intensity of pain. </p>
<p>I focused on breathing.</p>
<p>The contractions were about 4 minutes apart but really, really, really strong.</p>
<p>I told her I had heaps of pressure and thought in a couple more contractions I wouldn't be able to help but push.</p>
<p>She said that was fine.</p>
<p>I was surprised and said " but am I dilated enough?"</p>
<p>And she said " I didn't even need to manually check you, everything is nice and ready ..."</p>
<p>I was a little shocked.</p>
<p>She explained she would grab a mat and when I was ready I could come out of the shower and try pushing on all fours.</p>
<p>The next contraction I barely held off from pushing, I told her I thought I would be ready.</p>
<p>She told me that she would get me to breathe through some of the next few contractions and if I listened very closely I wouldn't tear.<br>
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<p>I was right and during the next contraction I flung myself at the mat on the floor next to the shower.</p>
<p>It was the longest contraction ever ( lots of breathing and pushing )</p>
<p>At the end she asked me to just breathe and I listened like a good student.</p>
<p>The midwife exclaimed my waters were still intact and she was excited at the prospect the baby would be born inside them.</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Kyle had moved to allow me to lean on him and we had another 3-4 minute wait before the next longest contraction in history.</span></p>
<p>By the end of it I was seeing stars behind my tightly closed eyes.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><br>
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<p>Then out came baby Nora. ( my waters burst as her body came out ) </p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">I pulled her from the hands of the midwife - her little arms flailing up as if reaching for me and she spluttered a little cough because she'd swallowed some waters before deciding I was decent enough and went to sleep.</span><br>
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<p>I was completely shocked.</p>
<p>I looked at Kyle and said " I totally just had a baby"</p>
<p>And we just stared at each other stunned..</p>
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<p> </p>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-64050918854439600342014-03-11T10:37:00.001+11:002014-03-11T10:37:52.009+11:0038 weeks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlFWHMQANScsGA9vEJxlYy7LWnd2VMglYofv1ux9zJ1HjotpiGdHAH0bSPOK8qbTwyyStRViISr7KMGSy232Kki8tIgx2hnyrlseS5j7tG0R94vBDyA3W_SIltG2hgpfou5qNpFjcUA0/s1024/Photo%25252011%252520Mar%2525202014%25252010%25253A35%252520am.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlFWHMQANScsGA9vEJxlYy7LWnd2VMglYofv1ux9zJ1HjotpiGdHAH0bSPOK8qbTwyyStRViISr7KMGSy232Kki8tIgx2hnyrlseS5j7tG0R94vBDyA3W_SIltG2hgpfou5qNpFjcUA0/s500/Photo%25252011%252520Mar%2525202014%25252010%25253A35%252520am.jpg" id="blogsy-1394494671477.0159" class="alignnone" width="500" height="667" alt=""></a></div>
<p>I am about to pop.</p>
<p>Literally, the skin across my belly is so tight ( perhaps because of that neat non-flexible surgical reminder up the middle ) I fear it will split right up my exploratory scar and all my guts will fall out onto the ground.</p>
<p>Then there is the pressure. The kind that makes me feel as if I don't pop the baby will just fall right out from between my legs one day while I'm walking the supermarket beat.</p>
<p>I am 38 + 4 today.</p>
<p>I have had terrible insomnia this pregnancy.</p>
<p>Terrible Braxton Hicks upwards of 8 times a day for the last 3 weeks.</p>
<p>I am ready to have a baby, so ready.</p>
<p>When Boy was in utero it was utter bliss right up until the end. No pain, no insomnia. Just an end of pregnancy glow. There wasn't a hint he was coming out and I didn't mind one tiny bit.</p>
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<p>Dear baby girl, </p>
<p>It is getting closer- much, much closer to the first time we will meet face to face.</p>
<p>I say face to face because we have all ready met 1000 times before.</p>
<p>For 9 months we've shared the space between my ribs and pelvis.</p>
<p>Your huge tumbles and rolls giving way to jabs and pushes as you ran out of room.</p>
<p>I can feel your little feet, your little knees all scrunched up down my side.</p>
<p>It must be very squishy in there now.</p>
<p>Even for a little girl who is predicted to only make the 20th percentile.</p>
<p>Last Saturday we went about making final preparations for your arrival.</p>
<p>This week, as is traditional, I will look for a blankie for you.</p>
<p>Just like I did for Boy.</p>
<p>One that he still sleeps with, although his big Boy feet stick out the end when he's wrapped up in its comforting warmth now.</p>
<p>The edges are worn and the corners have been sucked and chewed from when he was teething.</p>
<p>But the blankie will always be his, it will always be a reminder of how small he was as a newborn.</p>
<p>Of when he walked, dragging that blankie behind him, and his bear in the other hand - a perfect toddler.</p>
<p>Of when he would take it to Daycare and by Pre-school felt safe enough to leave it behind.</p>
<p>I can't wait to meet you, to hold you and to wrap you in the warmth of your Daddas arms and your very own blankie.</p>
<p>For that blankie to carry your very own stories.</p>
<p>Love,</p>
<p>Mumma x</p>
<p> </p>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-31885045462074828512014-03-06T14:35:00.001+11:002014-03-06T14:35:50.595+11:00The Park<p><em>*toot toot! all aboard my hormone train</em></p>
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<p><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Sometimes I wonder if we are actually safer in low-socio economic areas than in wealthier burbs.</span><br>
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<p>Sometimes I wonder if we are ever truly safe.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>The illusion of safety a shimmery facade we build in our minds to cope with the constant dangers we face daily.</p>
<p>I mean... In the end, we are all gunna die right?</p>
<p>Whether it's from a freak accident where a tree in a school yard drops a limb on your head or from years of bad eating habits and a slow diabetic death.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>Whether we are accidentally gassed one night while we sleep from a faulty appliance or we live to be 86.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>( I've seen 1000 ways to die)<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>Only one thing is certain. Death is inevitable.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>Not to seem morbid or dark, but it IS the truth.</p>
<p>And so many of us, daily, avoid the truths of life.</p>
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<p>Two things:</p><p> </p><p>First of all, I'm pretty sure our local park had a drug dealer- swapping packages for packages in the far corner with several different, white middle class people the other afternoon.</p><p> </p><p>Funny thing is, they all looked like normal everyday working class guys.</p><p> </p><p>Not the tattooed, bikie, drug pushing stereotype you see on the news.</p><p> </p><p>I lived in a low-socio economic suburb last year. I went to the park. But I never saw a drug swap and I never felt unsafe.</p><p> </p><p>What is it with well off people and their drugs?</p><p> </p><p>But while I watched one guy on a rather nice push bike pull up to the dealer in the afternoon sun, swap and ride off again - I still didn't feel unsafe.</p><p> </p><p>Maybe the sun was having too much of an affect on me.</p><p> </p><p>Maybe I'm hormonal.</p><p> </p><p>Or maybe I'm just too desensitised to bother even batting a judgemental eyelid, so instead I shrug and just observe the fishbowl across the park.</p><p> </p><p>It's another life. One I'm not apart of. One I never wish to be a part of. But it's just too darn riveting for me to stop looking.</p><p> </p><p>Secondly:</p><p> </p><p>There is actually ONE thing at our beautiful shady local park I refuse to witness.</p><p> </p><p>What is with twenty something, inner suburb dwelling guys that says it's ok to go down to the local park, without a shirt on, and work out on the play equipment.</p><p> </p><p>There's a lovely half court - even a large grassy area, where they could choose to work out. Preferably WITH a shirt on.</p><p> </p><p>But not on the playground equipment.</p><p> </p><p>And for reference we don't have that work out type play ground equipment at our park that you see sometimes mimicking gym equipment.</p><p> </p><p>No, think - slide, flying fox, monkey bars, generic wiggly kangaroo type park.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHKDBolMY_K_qsFT2FbwPs6E574CYy2RATFKNZUJoqjXgy2wx7T7xBcViLokR1waY29cKwE7VSk2VH8fdKozS27N8zw1jC6uSyjqvFm4wxvD4XeuIRxIwKn6ZDW4Lcqr4pP9fAGGU6Cg/s640/Photo%2525206%252520Mar%2525202014%2525202%25253A26%252520pm.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHKDBolMY_K_qsFT2FbwPs6E574CYy2RATFKNZUJoqjXgy2wx7T7xBcViLokR1waY29cKwE7VSk2VH8fdKozS27N8zw1jC6uSyjqvFm4wxvD4XeuIRxIwKn6ZDW4Lcqr4pP9fAGGU6Cg/s500/Photo%2525206%252520Mar%2525202014%2525202%25253A26%252520pm.jpg" id="blogsy-1394076948020.2893" class="aligncenter" width="640" height="640" alt=""></a></div>
<p>Think, monkey bars so low I can reach them with two feet on the ground.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>So when a twenty something guy comes and try's to unsuccessfully, (shirtlessly) do chin ups on those low bars because he's too tall for them while 5 or 6 kids run around him playing.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>He honestly just looks like he doesn't understand social etiquette.</p>
<p>Or the social etiquette in my head.</p>
<p>Worse is that there's been more than one shirtless offender.</p>
<p>And trust me. They're not all something to look at.</p>
<p>And even if you have a six pack.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>( and I'm talking about you olive skinned twenty something with the body that glistened like Edward Cullen in the midday sun )</p>
<p>Although I appreciate your perfectly defined torso - go get a gym membership. Or run the block.</p>
<p>But please don't take your shirt off and feign exercising in front of a bunch of 4 year olds and their Mums at the park.</p>
<p>Because it's awkward and <span style="line-height: 1.3em;">you just look like a narcissist.</span></p>
<p>And nobody likes a narcissist.....unless they themselves are one. </p>
<p>( this is all making sense now... Ugh, I'm so pregnant )</p>
<p>Interestingly, in my low-socio economic suburb, I never saw a half naked man exercising at the local park.</p>
<p>Perhaps the lower class is a little classier when it comes to knowing park etiquette than the middle class.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>Or perhaps they're all down at the bottle'o getting a different type of 6 pack.</p>
</div><p> </p>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-25861714016117537122014-02-18T14:10:00.001+11:002014-02-18T14:10:28.510+11:00Truth35.4 weeks pregnant.
<p> </p>
<p>My hormones are happily flying all around my head.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>It's like they're not even a part of me any more, like they have a mind and will of their own.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Swirling around my head. Buzzing and whirring.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I've gone into complete end of pregnancy mode.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Some days I have the energy of a raging bull and I scrub and clean and nest and feel on top of the world.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Other days I feel fat and heavy and tired and I just want to sleep and sleep and sleep because all my energy is gone.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Yesterday Boy woke up with a sniffle which started running and gained momentum later in the evening.</p>
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<p>The arm smearing and sniffing and grumpiness began and continued through the entire night, a little vomiting at 11pm just adding to the nightmare.</p>
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<p>So one person in our house feels like their eyes will fall out of their head today from tiredness and the other is hyperactive from lack of sleep, and continuing to smear mucus all over the house.</p>
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<p>( N.B: I'm the tired one. )</p>
<p> </p>
<p>So we cancelled plans and I did what any good - tired, heavily pregnant mother of a sick three year old would do...</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I put ABC kids on the T.V.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>It's been on ALL day.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I hate the T.V on so many levels, I hate watching kids shows.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>But it is the absolute best on days like today.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>We always need more than one coping mechanism in our arsenal, and I thank the person who invented the T.V on days like today.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Even more. I thank the person who came up with the idea of having just a children's channel on free to air T.V</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Boy thinks it's the best treat to sit and watch T.V because he's never allowed.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>He's quiet, he's in the one spot. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>He's not making any mess.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Thankyou. Thankyou.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Tired pregnant women all over Australia with sick pre-schoolers adore you ABC kids.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739898339781099194.post-23351146496737172192014-02-04T23:48:00.001+11:002014-02-05T00:00:04.650+11:0004.02<p>I suppose I should feel a certain way today.</p>
<p>Sometimes I will it, like if I don't feel reflective or grief stricken or anything on the twelfth anniversary of Dads passing I am a failure.</p>
<p>After twelve years I could almost miss this day completely.</p>
<p>I don't look to it, I don't remember it.</p>
<p>It has become just another day.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>February has become just another month.</p>
<p>I suppose that my grief has changed a little over the last twelve years- that it has morphed from the constant thought and missing.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>From everything constantly reminding me he's gone.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>The first day of school without him, the first Easter without him, the first Christmas without him.</p>
<p>From the <a href="http://jessicamgibson.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/to-dad.html" target="_self" title="">constant dull ache</a> in the back of my chest.</p>
<p>The hole so deep it never seemed to have a bottom.</p>
<p>Into this. Into this ... Third dimension.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>The third dimension of grief.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>How did I get here?<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>How did I go from anger and sorrow to this.. this calm.</p>
<p>I almost feel like he's never left - like I imagine him in all the places he should've been over the last twelve years.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>My memories filled not with loss, but with his presence.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>Quietly reclining in the corner, his belly, his beard, his scruffy white hair - all there, just as they should've been.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>The silent watcher.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>I see him sitting on the yellow mustard leather chair, his feet raised on the velour blue pouffe he bought for Mum one Christmas, it's shape deflated with use.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>His elbows resting on the dark wood arms where the lacquer is worn thin from years of elbow resting.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>His chest softly rising and falling as his breathing slows and he nods off into slumber.</p>
<p>The sound of his breathing deepening as he falls further into sleep.</p>
<p>And it's as if nothing has ever changed.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>Like he's always been there, and I just missed him because I was too loud or too distracted, but he was there. He was always there.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>Quietly listening.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>His presence alone, encouragement enough.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>I just wish I'd seen. I just wish I'd known.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>To stop.</p>
<p>To listen.</p>
<p>To feel.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>So I might not have missed seeing him.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>So I might've snatched a moment.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></p>
<p>To say:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I love you.</p>
<p> </p>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532362862910847668noreply@blogger.com1