Thursday, October 19, 2006



Long time no see.
Man I love this place. A space all to myself. The only one in this house as a matter of fact.
Its great....
Then I get this rude awakening!!!
Believe me when you here it. They are about to take our space. Yes the only one dedicated to normal people like you and I. The only place where we can truly express ourselves and guess whose getting it?
Try the pollititions and Celebes that own every other dammed page on the internet that is not owned by a business.
I cant believe with all the pages that they have that they could actually be serious about taking our space.
Not cool...

Its like this adsence I have to pay double tax to use it cause I'm a foriener they made me sign this form to say that it can be sent overseas. But now they refuse to pay because I'm a foriener.
I have one thing to say to those bureaucrats!!!
Don't come to Australia!!!!!!
We pay the taxes of the Americans when they come here. We pay double tax to go to America cause we have to pay for their free tax ride. Then we also get double tax again for your imports to our country while they don't pay for it to go out. The worse bit is that they have bullied us till nearly all our au companies are owned by them. So the money keeps leaving this country.
Where does that money go to you ask. To a Swiss bank account for the USA company directors and there big mansions.
And now they tell me that I cant get a little bit of that back because I'm not from USA. Despite the fact that I still have to pay 70% tax on that!!!
Come on give the little bloke a fair go. Would you like us to withdraw our SAS troops that have been doing all the hard work for you against our will. Man that would sux. Its well known without our troops you don't stand a hope in hell.

And just for the record I'm not racist. I'm a very multicultural person with a very unique backgound.
Something a lot of Americans would be able to relate to.

Anyway....

School has started again. For me that means less money spent on day care for the kids it means, and I quote.... " I don't want to go to school. But mum! I don't want to go...." Followed by the bathroom door being locked. Bit like when they get on there back like a cockroach that has just been sprayed and is dying. Kicking the legs and screaming because they cant get there own way.
Why is that?? I stand there in absolute amazement when they do that. Don't get it.
Neither do they though apparently because if they did they would make themselves look so foolish. Its not going to achieve anything right? Because we don't give in.

Sam has been having a terrible time with his disability at the moment. They need a carer for him at school but they are not willing to give him one and they don't have the funding. We have a major shortage in the public school system with the government privatized everything.
Not good... He was nearly expelled because he cant handle school.
This makes it very hard not having a partner anymore and no family. I now have to run an add to see if anyone is willing to be on call to watch him if he does loose it.
I have to work to pay the bills. I've been warned that this is to stop by my boss because I cant have him with me at work. They wont allow it.
Its times like this I wish I had a family that was there for me and I wish that I had a husband that did the right thing by me. I hate being alone.

Antonio is walking now... yeay..... yep its true. His what... 14mths old now and finally walking. The cheeky baba also likes to tell everyone to "get" and "out". He loves his cars too. Pushes them around all the time. Hasn't quiet mastered the running yet, but that's not far away.

Ben's been doing his newspaper drops and hates doing it. But is beginning to work out that he can get money to buy what ever he wants. Tells me he don't want to do it any more ( I do most of it) but he wont stop till he has brought this and this and this. The list is getting bigger. I'll let you know when the list has run out.

Rose and Josh are doing great they are doing well at school.
Joshs manners when we go shopping are improving. Which is a good thing. Sam showed signs of improvement with this too.
Round of a clap for this effort. Now next time with luck it will be better.
It sounds bad I know but I'm keeping it real. We all had to learn at some stage to go shopping. Some learn quick, others like those two boys take awhile. How many times have we seen parents walk out and leave there shopping because of toilet training or a tantrum.
No one is immune.

On a personal level I have been sick for a few days now. Went to the docs and have to get more tests. They picked up a irreguarity in my heart beat so I have to get more tests.
I've been at work and missed out on work today. I love going to work.
Not cool!! Don't see very many people and I hate being on my own. My few friends are from the net. I don't have many of those either. But anyways.
One day maybe Ill get to go out more and meet people and maybe get married like I wanted to with my ex right.
In the mean time the only person I can count on is myself.
If I'm going to ever get a house to live in or a van I have to work my fingers to the bone. Just like my ancestors did.
Well I got to go now. More pamphlet and newspaper runs to be done. They don't wait for sick people.

Till next time... Ciao

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Business as usual

So what do you know??
Me that all is well. Things are going to plan with a few upsets along the way..... But hey, That's life!

School holidays are coming up soon and with that vacation care..... The time when parents are asked to open there wallets more than usual to keep the lil ones happy while you go to work.
My son is already informing me of vacation care excursions that he wants to take and my budget is saying.... " Not now please, I don't want to know!!!" Poor budget!! Tell the kids that!
Unfortunately for them I lost the house keys in the green waste at the dump during routine clean ups.
This meant after 3hrs on the mobile and no guarantee that the house would not be open for a week ( rental). The police told me the only way in was to break the door down. ( security screens).
So I had to smash the door in. I cried. I can deal with a huge range of crises including gun shots and accident scenes but I could not handle having to break in to my own house!!! That was the sin of all sins.
Needless to say our cleaning exercise cost about AU$500 after that. OUCH......

I'm now starting to work on a larger scale and that means paper work on Mondays driving 10hrs tues to fri and house work in the evenings and weekends. I also help my son with pamphlet and news paper runs mon tue wed fri sat and sun as well...
That's business for you and if we ever want to get anywhere in life we don't have much choice.

Josh is showing signs of social issues at preschool with his peers and we are referring him to get new assessments to see what it is... I think he is ADHD but my step mum says he's showing signs of aspergers syndrome ( low level autism).

Antonio has been sick with a mystery illness but is getting better. I missed out on a few days work because of this ( and lots of sleep). Hopefully he will be back at day care tomorrow so I can make some money to put food on the table ( and pay some of those dreaded bills).

The other children are good and Sam wants to go to his friends bday party I have to see as his is Interlectually impaired and I cant take his brothers with me so I have to see if they will make allowances for him.

Well I have to go now got work to do and forms to sign....
Get some more house work done before work tomorrow will be good too...

So until next time..... Ciao.

Friday, September 01, 2006


Welcome to my family.

So where do I start...... thats a good one.
Its kind of funny that I cant think of what to say. Im the one that has to be so organised all the time.

As its my first time I'll fill you in on a few details so u know where Im at.

I am a single mum from Australia and I have a large family.
A large family isnt a word you hear of too often here. A large family is considered to be Mum, Dad, and 3 kids.....

My family defenatly is not all that!!

I have come a long and hard rocky road to be here today and I'm proud to stand up and be counted as a dieing breed.

I have 6 children ranging from 9yrs to 1yrs.
Matthew is my eldest and lives with the boys father. He's 9.
Benjamin is 7 turning 8 soon. Samuel is 6 turning 7. Joshua is 5 and very proud of the fact.
Rose-Marie is 3 and my only girl and baby Antonio is my last and final at the tender age of 1yr.

I get a lot of flack for being a single parent. I get it for being only young. I wont lie I'm 27. Then again I get a lot of flack for having a large family.
Who do these people think they are! They think they can treat you like dirt because they can't do it? But they think its different for the school and day care teachers. ???
I dont care what they think and I'm just gonna let it make me be more determined to be the best parent I can be.
Today I was surfing the web and here I am. Thanks to the many other large families out there like myself who had the guts to stand up and be counted and show the world that there's more to being a parent of a large family. To those families I thank you and wish you well you deserve it.
Keep up the good work.

My family life is a very interesting one..... as most are!
I have been working since Feb part time as a delivery driver. This is a time I cherish. It feels good to be able to earn money for my family to help to purchase the things we need ( Van come to mind). Having a large family and being on a low income can be very interesting. We cherish what we have.
I just finnished training recently and I'm now doing Taxi driving on Medi buses. These are large vans designed to accomodate sick people/ wheel chairs/ cargo and up to 12 people.
Driving these can be intersting and I love it. Some of the people you meet are an inspiration.
I work a couple days a week and the rest of the time I play mum and household manager. Bit like running the small business.
Yes... I'm self employed.
The children go to day care for the week and go to the local school.
Some times I drive them to school but most of the time they're on the bus.
Before this was a full time parent and did voluntary work and study.
In this country like most, single parents are required to work. We do get some assistance but we work. I dont mind because it gives us the chance to get those things we would like.

The boys can be a bit hyperactive and noisy. I'm sure the nieghbours love us. We live in the suburbs ( much better when they have an open paddock to explore).
Samuel is level 2 I.I. meaning his interlectually Impaired. This on its own can be very challenging but hes a beautiful natured child. We love him. This means we sometimes have to make allowance for Sam. But like they say "It's all good!".

Ben is in grade 3. His you typical 7/8 yr old. Full of energy and 1 hell of a loud mouth! We are trying to teach him to not yell. His getting there slowly. His had his hearing tested twice and seems to be fine. His uncle on his dads side of the family is the same so I think it might be in the genes.

Sam does SEU ( special ed.) intergrated into class rooms. He has not long been going full time to school. His in grade 1. Repeated preschool and did a lot of occupational and speech therapy.
He has had a tougue operation for tougue tie 2 yrs ago and has been going in leaps and bound ever since. He was born at 32 wks gest. was on high oxygen and humidity with a reaccuring staph infection on the chest. This led to on going problems that he was determind to defy.

Josh goes to preschool at the day care centre and loves it. Can you believe its easier and cheeper to pu them in day care for preschool.
We have terriable waiting lists for preschool here. As of next year they are bringing in this new system that does away with preschool. They call it prep year. Thats going to be interesting.

Rose does kindy and loves going to "school" ( day care).
she is a darlin' and I wish I had more girls, but I won't complain.

Antonio goes to the babies room and loves playing with different toys and his friends. He always crawls up to me when I come, ready for me to pick up for a cuddle. That is the best time. Our evening hug.

Bringing up a large family can be very interesting, as you will see as you get to know us.
I don't have any family or friends much ( 1 or 2 in another town), I moved here not long ago..... long story...... My next of kin is the mobile ph and unfortunatly along with many other things I have discovered having a large family is the reason I dont have many friends or get to go out on dates( not that I have much time) along with a multitude of what ever they can throw in your face.
I find people very intolarable to this subject.

What matters is that I love my family and that we do our best.
We make time for ourselfs and each other.

Well its late here.... Till next time.

Ciao.