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First baby tooth gone

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Today marked a momentous occasion in the JC household. JJ finally lost his first tooth. He’s nearly seven and a half and is the last of his classmates to have reached this milestone.

It’s been loose for some time and this morning it was at a right angle to where it was supposed to be and I knew it wouldn’t take long.

He was eating popcorn at school today and out it came then. It’s now home so maybe the tooth fairy might visit here, although JJ said he doesn’t believe in the tooth fairy. He’d like some cash though. Dilemma!

Has the tooth fairy visited your household? It never did mine as a kid.

First baby tooth gone

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New beginnings

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When I moved into my house I had to clear a lot of junk from the yard as a hoarder used to live here. Consequently there wasn’t much of a garden. All I really had was a grapevine and an orange tree. A lot’s happened in the ten years I’ve been living here and at this time of the year the fruits of my efforts come to the fore.

Part of the garden makeover involved planting two native frangipani trees which look glorious this time of the year with their small yellow flowers.

Native Frangipani

I have numerous bulbs too but they don’t always flower and this year everything has.

My bearded irises had taken a break for a couple of years.

Bearded iris

And so had this plant, a red Hippeastrum.

Some sort of bulb

While I was walking around my garden taking photos I noticed one lone hibiscus flower on one of the bushes.

Hibiscus

Last but not least this cactus is having its first year flowering. A friend bought it for me quite a few years ago and I’ve never seen it flower before.

Cactus flower

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Thank goodness

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I rarely talk about politics here and I don’t know that I even mentioned how happy I was at the results of the last Australian election, but I can’t let today go by without mentioning how happy I am about the results of the US election.

Thank goodness America, you got it right this time.

It’s been hard, even all the way over here, not to know that the election was happening in the States around now.  We’ve probably had more press about it in mainstream media than we did about the Australian election last year but, bloody hell, it was an important election.

Also because I read lots of blogs etc from people who live in the States it’s been hard to avoid from that aspect also.

I hoped from the beginning that Obama would win and then thought he was onto a pretty sure thing when Palin was announced as McCain’s offsider. I still don’t quite get that decision.

I was sitting watching the 7.30 Report on television tonight and beaming at it while Barack Obama made his acceptance speech in Chicago. I also watched a household of African Americans dancing in their home in absolute joy at the outcome. All the political commentators that Kerry O’Brien from the 7.30 Report spoke to were ecstatic also. Is it just me or does it look like Professor Allan Lichtman wears a wig? When I first saw him I thought it was a joke and then I realised he was for real. He obviously knows his politics, but he needs a better hairdresser.

Nobody I have spoken to here wanted McCain to win, but then nobody admitted to voting for John Howard in previous Australian elections either.

Now we all sit and wait (probably not for too long if the experts have any say in it) to see what changes come about.

Thank goodness!

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The winner

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In the end there were four people who wanted to win the phone. Thanks to:

Do I choose between someone who wants to stay in touch with their family, someone who’s had extremely bad luck with their phones, someone who’s written an ode to their phone, or someone who’s little boys keep stealing her phone?

Mmmmm.

I have to choose, I can’t avoid this any longer. I’m gonna choose Yvonne at Tea Party Diva so she can keep an eye on her new grandchild from afar. Yvonne, email me via the contact link at my blog and let me know your address so I can post it.

Thanks to the others who also entered. I hope to have some other giveaways down the track so stay tuned.

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Soon

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Thanks to the people who entered my giveaway. This is a short post to let you know I’ll be reading through the entries over the next couple of days. I haven’t been able to get to it sooner because of life.

It’s gonna be a tough decision.

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