Rememberance Day,Veteran’s Day, Poppy Day

Whatever you call it, 11-11-11 is a great day to remember those who have served for your country

Macaroni & Magoo’s school held a fantastic assembly to honor the day

The kids sang patriotic songs, waved flags, read essays they’d written about what a veteran means to them

And whether they knew it or not, were learning to respect the people that have, and continue sacrifice for their freedoms

Diamond’s Dad, who served in Vietnam, came with us. He doesn’t say much about his time there, but I could see the pride on his face as he watched his granddaughters and all their little friends show their pride for their country and it’s veterans

The girls, in turn, were beyond chuffed to have their very own veteran to honour

I can’t tell you how wonderful I think it is  that ceremonies like this take place all over the world

So many kids at the school have family members currently serving overseas. I got more than teared up seeing those kids, wearing hats from their family member’s branch of the military, proudly march through the gym carrying flags

They even had a bagpiper play Amazing Grace. And that was the end of me

Magoo got to say the pledge of Allegiance, which she nailed. If you don’t count that it sounded more like the Pwedge of Awegiance

But my favourite part, was actually one of the veterans who assisted in the flag folding. After explaining to the kids about the significance of the flag & how it’s folded (read about it here)

He told everyone that he was at the Lincoln National Cemetery yesterday, and he folded a flag to present to a family of fallen soldier.

He presented 11 flags, at 11 soldier’s funerals yesterday. You could feel his sadness as he told the room this

Then, as the kids walked back to their classrooms, they thanked the veterans and exchanged high fives. These children may not totally ‘get it’ yet. But thanks to days like this, they will. And they should

It was beautiful to see that same sad veteran, end his morning with a big grin on his face

Lest we forget.

 

So I got me the new iPhone

It’s pretty cool

The battery doesn’t seem to last as long as it did in my old one

But that is more than made up for by the new phone having SIRI

Ah Siri

Here’s how she is ‘officially’ described

Siri on iPhone 4S lets you use your voice to send messages, schedule meetings, place phone calls, and more. Ask Siri to do things just by talking the way you talk. Siri understands what you say, knows what you mean, and even talks back. Siri is so easy to use and does so much, you’ll keep finding more and more ways to use it.

Firstly, let me say that I was excited to have a voice recognition gadget that I didn’t have to fake an American accent for. Hello EVERY company’s automated phone directory that never fucking understand me

Of course, it didn’t take me long to start fucking with Siri

Asking her all sorts of personal shit

Actually Magoo was the first

Asking Siri what her favourite colour was

And I was like…..ooooh…this could be F-U-N!

Diamond wanted to know, why DID the chicken cross the road?

Well played Siri

Macaroni wanted in too

She asked Siri if she knew any good jokes

Ha,  apparently Siri’s got a sense of humour

 

But when I wanted Siri to answer MY questions….

Siri, do you think I’m funny?

What? You answered everyone else’s questions

OK, what about…where do you live Siri?

Nice….vague….but nice

What do you look like

Um, yeah….it kinda does. I don’t want to be the one person with the ‘ugly’ Siri on their phone

I think you might have a bit of bitch in you Siri

And PMS too apparently

Do you think I should dye my hair dark again Siri?

Work? This is very important Siri. This is the kind of shit I need ANSWERS to girlfriend

Gah…now you made me go and google arbitrary. I think if you’re going to use words I don’t understand, like exercise or low fat, or arbitrary – you should give me the definition too

Are you fucking with me Siri?

You ARE fucking with me!

Aren’t you supposed to be NICE to me? And HELP me? ‘Cause right now, all you’re doing is my head in

I don’t know why they called you Siri. They should have called you Nasty, or Bitchy

Or Cunt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a pic of me in 2003

When I was about 4 minutes pregnant

Before I exploded into a pile of hemorrhoids and stretch marks

Yeah,  I was one of those ‘lovely’ looking up the duff sheilas towards the end

8 years ago today, Diamond I became parents

Happy Birthday Macaroni

* will not cry * will not cry * will not cry * will not cry * will not cry * will not cry * will not cry * will not cry * will not cry * will not cry * will not cry * will not cry * will not cry *

 

After six shows in a row

We’re ready for our day off today

I’m thinking of heading to the biggest shopping centre I can find

And get a start on my Christmas shopping

Believe it or not, I’m normally DONE with my Chrissy shopping by this time of year

But I have saved Diamond some time

‘Cause I already know what I want for Christmas

I met him yesterday

He’s my cousin’s beautiful 8 month old baby boy

His big sister is Dad’s newest best friend too

Which is no surprise considering he paid her in ice-cream

So all I need to do is find a shop that sells ones just like this

That don’t come with a sore vajay-jay, stretch marks or sleepless nights

But be warned

If I find a shop like that

I’m probably going to walk out with a matching set