Comments for rachelhenwood's weblog http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com All about life, surviving kids and what it's really like to live Down Under Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:22:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Long live the King, the King is dead by heiko http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/micheal-jackson-the-king-of-pop-dies-of-a-heart-attack-at-50/#comment-479 heiko Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:22:18 +0000 http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/?p=1586#comment-479 Personally, the part about this whole ordeal that I enjoy the most is all the distastefull MJ jokes that are going around. They put everything in perspective for me. Have you heard the one about his nose? :) Personally, the part about this whole ordeal that I enjoy the most is all the distastefull MJ jokes that are going around. They put everything in perspective for me.

Have you heard the one about his nose? :)

]]> Comment on What is a Spoodle? by Planes, trains & watery accidents « rachelhenwood’s weblog http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/what-is-a-spoodle/#comment-469 Planes, trains & watery accidents « rachelhenwood’s weblog Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:14:47 +0000 http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/?p=256#comment-469 [...] to shoo the dog away as I re-dress, empty, bleach and wipe is the hardest part of [...] [...] to shoo the dog away as I re-dress, empty, bleach and wipe is the hardest part of [...]

]]> Comment on Shark attack by Planes, trains & watery accidents « rachelhenwood’s weblog http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/shark-attack/#comment-468 Planes, trains & watery accidents « rachelhenwood’s weblog Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:10:45 +0000 http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-468 [...] son knew better than to say he needed a poo. Half an hour later, when we were standing underneath the sharks inside the aquarium, my husband ventured to speak to me. “Well obviously we’ll buy a [...] [...] son knew better than to say he needed a poo. Half an hour later, when we were standing underneath the sharks inside the aquarium, my husband ventured to speak to me. “Well obviously we’ll buy a [...]

]]> Comment on Houston, we have a problem by Planes, trains & watery accidents « rachelhenwood’s weblog http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/houston-we-have-a-problem/#comment-467 Planes, trains & watery accidents « rachelhenwood’s weblog Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:09:12 +0000 http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-467 [...] patience, stamina and will to live. Air travel in particular can be stressful at the best of time (something I wrote about before),  but throw in a couple of kids and a several tonnes of ‘can’t get by without [...] [...] patience, stamina and will to live. Air travel in particular can be stressful at the best of time (something I wrote about before),  but throw in a couple of kids and a several tonnes of ‘can’t get by without [...]

]]> Comment on A spot of colonic – doggy style by A spot of colonic – doggy style | Bulldog Training Tips http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/what-is-a-spoodle-giving-a-dog-colonic-irragation/#comment-441 A spot of colonic – doggy style | Bulldog Training Tips Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:59:21 +0000 http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/?p=1568#comment-441 [...] See a strange post here:  A mark of colonic – doggy style [...] [...] See a strange post here:  A mark of colonic – doggy style [...]

]]> Comment on When BIG really isn’t beautiful by Healthy Diet for Kids | Healthy Diet for Athletes, healthy foods http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/when-big-really-isnt-beautiful/#comment-437 Healthy Diet for Kids | Healthy Diet for Athletes, healthy foods Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:44:56 +0000 http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/?p=1335#comment-437 [...] When BIG really isn’t beautiful [...] [...] When BIG really isn’t beautiful [...]

]]> Comment on Drunk Aussie booted out of UK by Mauritz http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/andrew-symonds-sent-back-to-australis-in-disgrace-from-australias-twenty20-world-cup-squad-cricke/#comment-423 Mauritz Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:11:04 +0000 http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/?p=1555#comment-423 I agree ......... completely. Get rid of the bastard. I agree ……… completely. Get rid of the bastard.

]]> Comment on Down with those Dolls by Amanda Vlahakis http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/down-with-those-dolls/#comment-415 Amanda Vlahakis Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:58:31 +0000 http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/?p=280#comment-415 Sometimes I often rather arrogantly think to myself "Well I turned out well, so these methods must work", so I often deliberately do the things my mother did! :-)) I agree with keeping children as children as long as possible. One of the things that horrifies me the most is when I'm standing in BHS and looking at padded bras for little girls ....gargghhh!! What they only just get their first boobs and we are already telling them they aren't big enough? What sick society do we live in? I don't let my children watch the news or read newspapers or magazines, I want them to enjoy their childhood and innocence for as long as possible before finding out too much about the horrible bits of the world around them. I warn them of dangers of course and I can't avoid that, but there are plenty of things they don't need to know about yet and so I conceal a lot from them. I let them on the Internet, but only on certain allowed websites. They certainly don't get a free reign on Google or Youtube for instance. As for the pussycat girls, thankfully I don't actually watch music tv, we tend to listen to music rather than watch it. I think as my daughter is no 7yrs old I would wonder about the impact of her seeing things like that. I even make my husband hide his magazines like Maxim which have women half naked and posed provocatively on the cover, because I don't want her thinking that women are sex objects to lust over on the cover of magazine. Of course they often are, but I'll keep her innocent mind as long as possible and allow her to grow without these influences as long as I can. I am old fashioned in many ways, I think it's a good thing to be honest. Sometimes I often rather arrogantly think to myself “Well I turned out well, so these methods must work”, so I often deliberately do the things my mother did! :-) )

I agree with keeping children as children as long as possible. One of the things that horrifies me the most is when I’m standing in BHS and looking at padded bras for little girls ….gargghhh!!

What they only just get their first boobs and we are already telling them they aren’t big enough? What sick society do we live in?

I don’t let my children watch the news or read newspapers or magazines, I want them to enjoy their childhood and innocence for as long as possible before finding out too much about the horrible bits of the world around them.

I warn them of dangers of course and I can’t avoid that, but there are plenty of things they don’t need to know about yet and so I conceal a lot from them.

I let them on the Internet, but only on certain allowed websites. They certainly don’t get a free reign on Google or Youtube for instance.

As for the pussycat girls, thankfully I don’t actually watch music tv, we tend to listen to music rather than watch it. I think as my daughter is no 7yrs old I would wonder about the impact of her seeing things like that.

I even make my husband hide his magazines like Maxim which have women half naked and posed provocatively on the cover, because I don’t want her thinking that women are sex objects to lust over on the cover of magazine.

Of course they often are, but I’ll keep her innocent mind as long as possible and allow her to grow without these influences as long as I can.

I am old fashioned in many ways, I think it’s a good thing to be honest.

]]> Comment on Sloths, skunks and boozy buses by Heiko http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/sloths-skunks-and-boozy-buses/#comment-408 Heiko Fri, 29 May 2009 13:52:42 +0000 http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-408 I had the same experience, coming here from a country where we raced at a minimum of 160km/h between two towns in the middle of now-where. The max speed I have ever seen in WA is 110km/h - this is still lower than the speed I drove when I went to work in the mornings. I found that it is possible to drive 40km/h - it is very much like watching a movie backwards. I had the same experience, coming here from a country where we raced at a minimum of 160km/h between two towns in the middle of now-where. The max speed I have ever seen in WA is 110km/h – this is still lower than the speed I drove when I went to work in the mornings.

I found that it is possible to drive 40km/h – it is very much like watching a movie backwards.

]]> Comment on I’m sniffing, I must have Swine Flu by Heiko http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/information-about-the-worldwide-swine-flu-epidemic/#comment-403 Heiko Thu, 28 May 2009 15:02:37 +0000 http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/?p=1499#comment-403 Yikes - I think I caught the siffles just by reading your blog! Oink oink... Yikes – I think I caught the siffles just by reading your blog!

Oink oink…

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