Do not consume easter eggs whilst watching this.

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“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” - Rebecca, age 8

“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.” - Billy, age 4

“Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.” - Karl, age 5

“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.” - Chrissy, age 6

“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.” - Terri, age 4

“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.” - Danny, age 7

“Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss” - Emily, age 8

“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.” - Bobby, age 7

“If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate.” - Nikka, age 6

“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.” - Noelle, age 7

“Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.” - Tommy, age 6

“During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore.” - Cindy, age 8

“My mommy loves me more than anybody . You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.” - Clare, age 6

“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.” - Elaine, age 5

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.” - Chris, age 7

“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.” - Mary Ann, age 4

“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.” - Lauren, age 4

“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.” - Karen, age 7

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn’t think it’s gross.” - Mark, age 6

“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.” - Jessica, age 8

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We spent our weekend here.

And stayed here.

And played the pokies here.

More when I’m not so tired and zonked out on this.

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I send my Easter greetings early because, for the next few days, I will be too busy to blog - too busy walking along the beach, swimming in the pool, catching up with relatives, and eating copious amounts of food.

And if you’re on the road this weekend - be bloody careful!

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Josh moved me over from Movable Type to WordPress, and then tidied things up for me.

He also made that cute little kitten icon that should be in your address bar.

And changed the Kitten Cam photo. But I took the picture and was quite pleased with the way it came out.

Darcy is cute, isn’t he? He looks good surrounded by purple.

Josh is cute, too

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I am completely unsurprised by my results:

Link: The GNU Linux Test written by spooked_gal on Ok Cupid

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As a girl growing up in the 80’s, I had a lot of choice when it came to girly fiction - Sweet Valley High, The Babysitter’s Club and Dolly Fiction, just to name a few.

But my favourite books were Sweet Dreams romances! Stories of good all-American girls who were in high school and went on dates with boys, and always ended up with the “right” boy in the end. They got good grades, were involved in extra-curricular activities, had weekend and summer jobs, and for the most part seemed to get along with their parents. On the weekends a boy would come and take them out to a movie, followed by pizza or ice-cream, and then he would drive her home and walk her to the front door and kiss her goodnight.

A few years ago I did some book reviewing for the youth section of the newspaper, and the books I was sent where a LOT different to those I read when I was in my pre-teen and teen years. These ones were heavy, tackling topics such as rape, murder, drinking and drugs. And SEX - they were all having sex, or at the very least wanting to have sex!

What happened to the innocence of those early teenage years? When did kids decide that going to a party, getting pissed, getting laid and throwing up was their idea of a good time? Where did the time go when holding hands during a movie and having a chaste kiss on the front porch at the end of the night was a big enough thrill?

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