American Election - Obama

Big congratulations to Obama and family. Also congratulations to the American public, who have been given a second chance at fixing the mess they are in.
From what I can see though, I wouldnt like to have Obamas job. See, this is what I make of it - the Republican's, a lot of which are extremely religious, usually well off and somewhat red-necky, walk around with their heads up their butts. That's generally speaking and obviously wouldn't represent them entirely of course.

Then there are the democrats, who sometimes get a little idealistic and flowery, but on the whole are "thinking" about a better future. A future that comes with changes and sacrifices, NOW. A thinking person realises, that it's best to cut back on things, on your own terms. Rather than have it forced upon you, when everything goes to the total crap-farm. So hopefully the Americans see it that way, sooner, rather than later. We here in Australia take it for the team, when it comes to taxes and other related levies, to provide for the long-term. It might bode better for the likes of the mining companies to do the same, and this money be tucked away for our future children. (This will be a subject for another blog).

It may also seem that the American election was won on the subject of Abortion and Gay marriage. So take note the heads of our two main political parties, it's looking like the same might happen down under. Not legalising these two matters does not make them go away, it makes them ugly. If we legalise these issues we can "move forward" to a better place. One that faces reality - we have gays in our communities (and more than you could even realise). And they should have the same choices as heterosexuals (gosh it sound sstupid even making this statement, it's so obvious)
On the matter of Abortion, people have many reasons to seek assistance with abortion, none of them easy. Abstinance does not work (the Catholic church is proof of that). Let us legalise Abortion so we can get on with trying to create better ways of avoiding the need to have one. Until we do this we will be stuck in a world that still doesn't understand human beings. We do things wrong, we make mistakes and bad things happen. Let's not make them worse by ignoring the outcomes and sweeping them under the table.


I saw a video clip the other day that was done by some uni kids, the subject was gay marriage. It was quite funny.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/12/college-humor-gay-men-will-marry-your-girlfriends-video_n_2117777.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false


I also saw a clip of what is typical of a lot of Americans (this girls beliefs handed down from parents). This comes ffrom FEAR, of what I really have difficulty understanding, but fear breeds hate and it is sad.
 

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2012/11/08/14/57/us-teen-think-australia-has-a-christian-male-president

Food for thought xx

 

Breaking Dawn 2 -Review

 

 

Breaking Dawn Part 2 - Review

 

Well, hubby and I (yes, surprisingly he will come to this girly flick with me) just saw Breaking Dawn Part 2.

First up, I must admit, I am a Twilight Loverrrrr ! The first editions of this saga were a little B grade, however I still enjoyed them. With most stories, the books are usually much better and I know this has been said before. The same goes for Twilight. I do think it is a difficult one to convert to screen though as a lot of the story goes on in peoples thoughts.

Anyhoo, I think this last installment is the best, it has grown up a lot and the acting wasn't as wooden. I really enjoyed it. As usual the geography and special effects were great. Such beauty and contrasts, I love the clean crispness of the scenes in these movies. I also love the opulence. So much aesthetically pleasing objects all through the movie- ahhh.

It was great fun, highly recommend you go and see it, even if your not a huge fan xxx
 

 

 

 

Breaking Dawn 2 Movie 

Sooby - Subaru Outback - Feel the Love

The Curiser had to go!

My family have been big Toyota supporters in the past. I have had 3 Toyota Camry's. We have had 2 Toyota Land crusiers and we still have a Toyota Rav 4 for the business. For many reasons, practical and emotional we decided it was time for the land cruiser to move on.

My husband was very apprehensive, which made my two boys even more emotional about selling this beast.

What is it about a car? The attachment, the memories, the habit, the worry that you might be moving on to something worse ?

I think all the idea tossing we were doing, was making the kids fret even more about selling the cruiser. That and all the teasing we were doing.  They would say stuff like, "how could you sell this car mummy, it hasn't done anything wrong" and would even cry !!!!! It ended up being  joke in the house, with me talking to the car and saying that it had to go. 

It is really an awful process off-loading a car that you have many memories in, so I tried to make light of it.  

Cut a long story short. I took the boys to see an Outback that looked promising. We went for a test drive, it was black leather interior, beautiful bucket seats in the back and a great huge boot. Then we explored the sports button !!! Well this sold it to the boys, it didn't take much for them to start rationalising the need to sell the cruiser and get this little baby. After a bit of haggling and so on and so forth, little Sooby is now a part of our family.

We have loooooved it so much so far, the best thing I ever did. I can now whip into car parks, it's heaps cheaper on fuel, oh and that sports button is the bomb.

 

What did husband think? We took it on a two week road trip to Victoria, take a look at the following pictures.

 

Yep, it definitely cut the mustard, we are very happy with this new (old) car. Its a 2008 model but has all the mod-cons.

 

What car love's and lost's have you suffered ?