I Want to Ride My Bicycle

I took the girls to a quiet stretch of road behind my work today so they could ride their new bikes that they got for Christmas.  The road is desserted and the road is dusty but smooth so they could get some good speed on their bikes. 

The weather was cool and overcast and started drizzling just before we left.

They had fun!

KK posing for the camera

The view

Megan in 7th Heaven

Name The Decade.

Every decade has had a "nick name" and has been famous for something:

So, I love the Charlston dancing, six inch cigarette holders and the classic model T of the Roaring Twenties,

The funky fashion and hats of the Thrillin' Thirties, which also gave us Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz and the ridiculous Plus Fours. 

The glamourous Hollywood hairstyles of the Retro Forties, the time where Anne Frank went into hiding and they invented the Slinky toy. 

Elivs and the Fifties saw the Cold War and the popularity of roaring V8 cars with bench seats and bold diners.  Hoola Hoops and girls with wide skirts and bobby socks and guys with their Brille Cream and leathers.  The first ever Grammy Awards.

Then came the awesome music festivals of the Swinging Sixties where the drugs came easy and cheap and the skirts were super short.  The decade of the Baby Boomers and the first man on the moon.

It was followed by the Hippy Seventies where Feminism became fashionable and was also known as the woman's decade, Margaret Thatcher ruled politics, disco was king, trousers were bell-bottomed and everyone's hair was long.

The Eighties was over-sized shoulder pads and the Rubik Cube.  It was the time of Haley's Commet and the falling of the Berlin Wall.  Madonna and Duran Duran.  It was the decade of women power dressing, the spiral perm and BIG hair.

The Nineties showed us movies including Wayne's World and Mrs Doubtfire.  The Spice Girls were "it"  and made the union jack dress famous.  We wore baggy jeans and fanny packs.  Reece's Crunchy Cookie cups and Donkey Kong.  Teletubbies and Pound Puppies.  Everything was "Slammin'!" and Tony Danza was hawt. 

The Nougties followed with Y2K and the millenium celebrations.  Irritating mobile ringtones and You Tube and Twitter. The Sopranos, all things social networking, information overload, 9/11 and the credit crunch.  Mac outrated PC and a global recession.

What do you think this decade will be called and what do you think it will be famous for?

Which has been your favourite decade and what sticks in your mind for each one?

Megan Models her new School Uniform

Here it is (without the jumper).  Gosh it leaves a huge lump in my throat.

Etsy T-shirt Giveaway

Being Brazen is having another one of her fantabulouz Give Aways. 

This time it is some awesome T-shirts from Etsy. 

They have some really funky prints.  Go and check them out.

Wot a Plonker!

I got Kaylin all prepped and ready to go back to school today, new bag, all her toiletries and a lunch box filled with nutritional snacks.  She was so excited to be seeing her little friends and teachers again after being at home for three weeks.

We got there this morning and...... the gates were closed, everything was locked up.

Boy, did I feel like a fucking idiot.  I always seem to get it wrong!  Why do I NEVER read the shit-arse memos? 

Thing is, I looked all over the house yesterday for a newsletter to find out when the exact date that school is re-opening.  I couldn't find anything, I sent a text a fellow mum who also said she thought it was today.  I looked on their website and I have emailed the principal. 

What else can a Mum do? Oh the boring mediocrity of being a SAHM. 

I guess I should've kept the newsletter from last year.  Must've been all that bullshit called clearing out and spring cleaning during the holidays.

I guess we'll have to try again tomorrow.