Tips for surviving this Christmas:
Two days before Christmas ask the kids what they are up to and listen to their answers.
Christmas Day turn off the TV. Instead ask the kids to help you with making the dinner. Accept if they say no but make sure you've flipped the circiut breaker controlling the TV socket.
Talk to them about what they have been getting up to. Ask if they have had any luck with what they were doing two days ago. If they ask why you are being so nosy tell them that you are trying out some tips from the internet. Don't Swear!
After dinner get the old board games out or maybe a jigsaw.
Keep talking! About anything, everything. And listen to what you kids say. That means shutting your mouth and opening your ears. Treat you kids as equals and they may just treat you the same way.
If this doesn't work this Christmas then make turning of the TV a thing every Sunday. Regular dinners eaten at the table, instead of the TV, also helps. If you get your kids use to being a family the whole year through, they are less likely to buck against it come Christmas.
Monday 19 December 2011
Friday 2 December 2011
Christmas
I would like to know please, why people keep celebrating Christmas if they don't believe in Christ. Why celebrate the birth of someone you don't believe in?
I have notice also that in many cases the so called 'Christmas specials' in shops are degrading in quality. Many people would prefer it if, instead of spending your money buying them something, you spent your time making something for them. It requires a lot more thought and effort to make something for someone than to buy something for someone.
Also, to all those people who try and force their family to be a family at Christmas time and then find that all sorts of nasty little tensions come spilling out - a family is for life, not just for Christmas.
I have notice also that in many cases the so called 'Christmas specials' in shops are degrading in quality. Many people would prefer it if, instead of spending your money buying them something, you spent your time making something for them. It requires a lot more thought and effort to make something for someone than to buy something for someone.
Also, to all those people who try and force their family to be a family at Christmas time and then find that all sorts of nasty little tensions come spilling out - a family is for life, not just for Christmas.
Tuesday 29 November 2011
Following Blogs
O.K. I'm fed up of this now.
I try to follow a blog. I type in the extact address where I'm suppose to. I follow all the provided steps. It comes up with 'you are now following ....' I go away to update my own blog. I come back to find it is saying 'you are not following any blogs at the moment'. What do I do to make it stick? Because I'm fed up of it swallowing the blogs I am following.
I try to follow a blog. I type in the extact address where I'm suppose to. I follow all the provided steps. It comes up with 'you are now following ....' I go away to update my own blog. I come back to find it is saying 'you are not following any blogs at the moment'. What do I do to make it stick? Because I'm fed up of it swallowing the blogs I am following.
Wednesday 23 November 2011
Madness in EU
So Brussels has had some scientist 'prove' that what is unhealthy.
Apparently water does not actually help the body stay hydrated. Did somebody not tell these scientists that 80% of the human body is water? And just how did they test to see whether water helps hydrate the body? Dry someone out until they looked like an Egyptian mummy and the give them a glass of water to drink? "No change in appearance? Well looks like water doesn't help hydrate the body."
Why is, since time out of mind, when you find someone severely dehydrated you gave them little sips of water to rehydrate them? What do they think makes up the greater volume of all drinks other than water?
Also, what on earth was Brussels doing, wasting their money on a study that is not going to help anyone and might in fact might actually damage the economy further because water can no longer be sold as a 'healthy' drink? When they could have been studying something like making a wind turbine that is ultra efficient? Or maybe a solar panel that doesn't damage the environment in production? I.e. something that could be patanent and sold to countries that have money and who are trying to do their bit to keep the environment clean. Sold, as in we make produce and give it to someone else in return for money. Isn't that what everyone is trying to do at the moment to stop the world going into recession?
Or am I just being too sensible and clear thinking and solving the problem too simply? After all if it's not complex enough a politician won't understand it.
Apparently water does not actually help the body stay hydrated. Did somebody not tell these scientists that 80% of the human body is water? And just how did they test to see whether water helps hydrate the body? Dry someone out until they looked like an Egyptian mummy and the give them a glass of water to drink? "No change in appearance? Well looks like water doesn't help hydrate the body."
Why is, since time out of mind, when you find someone severely dehydrated you gave them little sips of water to rehydrate them? What do they think makes up the greater volume of all drinks other than water?
Also, what on earth was Brussels doing, wasting their money on a study that is not going to help anyone and might in fact might actually damage the economy further because water can no longer be sold as a 'healthy' drink? When they could have been studying something like making a wind turbine that is ultra efficient? Or maybe a solar panel that doesn't damage the environment in production? I.e. something that could be patanent and sold to countries that have money and who are trying to do their bit to keep the environment clean. Sold, as in we make produce and give it to someone else in return for money. Isn't that what everyone is trying to do at the moment to stop the world going into recession?
Or am I just being too sensible and clear thinking and solving the problem too simply? After all if it's not complex enough a politician won't understand it.
Tuesday 15 November 2011
Speed Cameras
In light of the M5 accident I think that the discussion about speed cameras should be reconsidered.
Point one - speed limits are put there for a very good reason! They are there to protect people, children and pets from inconsiderate jerks who do not automatically computer - built up area therefore there may be children/pets around = I'd better slow down!
Point two - speed cameras were put there to enforce this law since even before the cuts we did not have enough police men to do so.
Point three - the speeding fine is not just the government making money, it is your punishment for breaking the law. Don't like the punishment? Don't break the law!
Point four - considering how bad the M5 accident would have been if the vehicles involved and around them were going faster than 70mph, the government should not be considering putting the speed limit up to 80mph, they should be enforcing the law, as it is, with a zero tolerance policy and up the fine to at least 1000 pounds. If you can't afford to drive your car, you can't break the speed limit and therefore put a live, or lives, at risk. If this makes getting to work difficult then next time don't break the speed limit.
Point five - If you do not like this opinion please bare in mind this - speeding puts both your life and the lives of the others around you at risk! If in the course of you speeding you hit somebody and kill them you are the one who must live with being a killer for the rest of your life!
Point six - If you do not care if you kill someone while speeding - what kind of human are you?
Point one - speed limits are put there for a very good reason! They are there to protect people, children and pets from inconsiderate jerks who do not automatically computer - built up area therefore there may be children/pets around = I'd better slow down!
Point two - speed cameras were put there to enforce this law since even before the cuts we did not have enough police men to do so.
Point three - the speeding fine is not just the government making money, it is your punishment for breaking the law. Don't like the punishment? Don't break the law!
Point four - considering how bad the M5 accident would have been if the vehicles involved and around them were going faster than 70mph, the government should not be considering putting the speed limit up to 80mph, they should be enforcing the law, as it is, with a zero tolerance policy and up the fine to at least 1000 pounds. If you can't afford to drive your car, you can't break the speed limit and therefore put a live, or lives, at risk. If this makes getting to work difficult then next time don't break the speed limit.
Point five - If you do not like this opinion please bare in mind this - speeding puts both your life and the lives of the others around you at risk! If in the course of you speeding you hit somebody and kill them you are the one who must live with being a killer for the rest of your life!
Point six - If you do not care if you kill someone while speeding - what kind of human are you?
Friday 11 November 2011
Anarchy
Anarchy. For millennium politicians, political commentators and the compilers of dictionaries (who are funded by politicians) have done their best to convince us that this is the state when mankind devolves into a blood bath of violence and destruction, the ultimate chaos. They are wrong.
Anarchy means 'to be without leaders', not 'to be without order'.
In short, true anarchy is the moment when every single living human being takes full and total responsibility for their own actions. When every single human being stops saying 'I won't steal because I'll get caught' and starts saying 'I won't steal because it is wrong'.
Politicians have told us that this is impossible but if we didn't believe that without our leaders we would destroy our selves in uncontrolled aggression they wouldn't have jobs, would they?
Therefore I post this challenge to all my readers. For the next week don't make any excuses for your behaviour. Instead, before you act or speak, ask yourself 'how would I feel if someone did/said what I'm thinking of doing/saying to me?'
See how responsible you can be.
Anarchy means 'to be without leaders', not 'to be without order'.
In short, true anarchy is the moment when every single living human being takes full and total responsibility for their own actions. When every single human being stops saying 'I won't steal because I'll get caught' and starts saying 'I won't steal because it is wrong'.
Politicians have told us that this is impossible but if we didn't believe that without our leaders we would destroy our selves in uncontrolled aggression they wouldn't have jobs, would they?
Therefore I post this challenge to all my readers. For the next week don't make any excuses for your behaviour. Instead, before you act or speak, ask yourself 'how would I feel if someone did/said what I'm thinking of doing/saying to me?'
See how responsible you can be.
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Thoughts
Alright, I'm going to risk being a little controversial but this was my thought when I read about Gaddafi's death in the newspaper:
If we become what we hunt we are more than lost, we are damned.
If we become what we hunt we are more than lost, we are damned.
Monday 31 October 2011
Rich Quick
Who was who said that writing was a get rich quick fix? They obviously had no idea of the work involved. First you have to have you idea, then you have to have the time and the dedication to write out the first one or two drafts. After that you need the courage to show it to an editor. Finally you need to make the publishers interested in you. Easier said that done in this economy. Mostly they are not interested unless you have an agent and the agents are not interested unless you have had at less two short stories published in such a way that they have earnt you money. So not only do you have to keep working on your novel, you also have to churn out short stories by the dozen in the hope that you can find a magazine that will take them or a competition that you can win. On top of that you also need to create a presence on blog and twitter, although hopefully they will be fun. Still they are time consuming, especially as you have to comment on things other than your writing if people are not to lose interest because you cannot put down details of your book in case some horror steals your ideas and reaches the publishers first. Who's idea was this?
Sunday 30 October 2011
First Go
Hi all,
My first blog here, have no idea of how this is going to go.
For the record I am a young Asperger woman, who is pursuing a writing career, an interesting choice as not only am I Asperger I also have a good dash of Dyslexia as well (how come they made Dyslexia so hard to spell!). Means that I have to have a very good editor.
Due to the social communication problems I have, I may offend without realising I have done so. Please bear with me and no big flames in the reply box please.
My first blog here, have no idea of how this is going to go.
For the record I am a young Asperger woman, who is pursuing a writing career, an interesting choice as not only am I Asperger I also have a good dash of Dyslexia as well (how come they made Dyslexia so hard to spell!). Means that I have to have a very good editor.
Due to the social communication problems I have, I may offend without realising I have done so. Please bear with me and no big flames in the reply box please.
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