Happy birthday Golden Gate Bridge from 1965

Where am I?

We’re going to play a game. I’m going to show you some photos that were taken in 1957 by Papa and you’re going to tell me all about them.

Now I believe these were all taken in the USA and I realise that its a big big place but you never know, someone out there might recognise something and if you don’t ask you don’t learn things (or whatever that saying is).

So, basically any who, what, where, whatever thanks. If not you still might just like having a look. And let this be a lesson – write on the back of your photos because one day someone will want to know what they’re all about

 

Still bitchin’

I know I bitch about this ALL the time but I’m going to do it again anyway.

People who don’t keep their dogs on leads should be flogged. Especially people who have big dogs that they obviously have no control over not on leads. And the lazy bloody, whats he called again, oh Compliance Officer, should get his lazy arse out of his car every now and then and walk through the park instead of sitting up on the highway in his car and do the flogging for me.

Because I am sick of apologising or explaining Chicken Little’s behaviour when I shouldn’t even have to because I do walk her on a lead and keep her away from dogs because I know that even though she looks sweet, she’s really a big scary monster inside. And I shouldn’t have to pick her up because some stupid person thinks we want their stupid dog to come play with us. But I have to pick her up because I know she’ll attack said stupid dog and then that dog would probably/maybe attack back and it would be Chicken who would end up hurt because she’s not really a scary monster she’s a mini foxy with a bad attitude.

You know who are just as bad? Those people who walk their dog on a long, long lead and they let them come right up to you. Just because I have a dog it doesn’t mean I want anything to do with your dog.

And while I’m at it, what kind of idiot lets a German Shepard run around on the loose in a kids playground. I know they’d say – oh he wouldn’t hurt anyone, he’s gentle, he loves kids yadda yadda yadda and well he might but I know for sure that if I had my toddlers playing at a kids park that I wouldn’t want an alsatian running amongst them.

Don’t even get me started on the Rottweiler that scared the shit out of me the other day when I saw it coming towards us being walked by a girl who clearly had no control over it. Chicken of course thinks she’s a Rottweiler so she was getting pumped but she’s funny because if you pick her up and put your hand over her eyes she just walks past and doesn’t make a sound and doesn’t even try to look around or get away. I’m thinking of buying her a set of blinkers.

She’s getting ready for winter.

 

 

Farewell Demonstration and Instruction

Oh well Deliver information activities and events module and Provide training through instruction and demonstration of work skills module, we’ve had some fun over the past six months but I can’t say I’ll miss you, in fact I’m jumping with joy that you’re over.

I’ve taught a group how to make an origami hat and how to prepare and roll vietnamese rice paper rolls, I’ve trained a class in the art of conducting a childrens storybook session and the enthusiastic way to read Hairy MacLairy to a group of preschoolers. I’ve made a presentation to the class on the genre of Mills and Boon and another on the genre of YA dystopia (you had to do one on a genre you like and one on a genre you’ve never read before and I’d just like to point out that the Mills and Boon was the one I’d never read before). Now I’ve done my last training session which was to run a session teaching senior citizens how to open a flickr account and upload a photo, god help me. My husband said I could go around the retirement home where Mum lives and help them with computer problems and queries but honestly I’d rather poke my eye out with a stick.

It doesn’t matter how many times you stand up in front of a group to do a presentation you always get a bit of a funny tummy but it does get easier and we have had some laughs. One thing I did learn early was to memorise everything you want to say because the people who stand up there with bits of paper, you can tell how nervous they are because you can see the paper shaking.

So thats another two modules down. Today I hand in three more assessments and then I start placement next week. Four more weeks and one more in class assessment and I’m finally finished. Really can’t believe thats been 18 months.