Dementia 

Men’s Group – My New Adventure

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As many of you know I volunteer for Alzheimers Australia to raise awareness for the disease in the community. I am also pleased to announce that I am also volunteering at my Dad’s Memory Support Unit (Care Facility) in a ‘hands on’ capacity as a co-ordinator of the ‘Men’s Group’ . I am really excited to be working with men with dementia and especially in a field that needs developing. It is so much different to sales, yet rewarding in a completely different way. I am looking at ways to…

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Family 

Australia Day Celebrations – Woodside Style

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Australia Day Celebrations (Woodside Style) Congratulations to Karate Sensei Gary Finch who received an award for his work in the community and his stance against domestic violence against women. A great role model for our boys. I was so tempted to yell out a “C’mon Power!” straight after the national anthem like we will at the 2015 AFL Grand Final:-) Was getting worried when I thought we had to sing the 2nd verse of the Australian National Anthem.

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Random 

How Aussie are you? . . .Take the test here

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Are you a TRUE BLUE, DINKY-DI AUSSIE? How many Aussie traits below do you have? When at the beach you put your keys/ phone inside your shoe and hide it under your towel and think no one will find them. Before starting a fist fight you ask a question like ” do ya wanna go??” You wipe your dirty knife back in the margarine after spreading toast You lick the underside of the lid on your cornetto You put salt and pepper on your meals before you work out whether…

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Family Teenage Times 

Tough Love for the Modern Teenager

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  TOUGH LOVE in the Partington Household today! My teenage boys have been sleeping in up till midday through the holidays. We thought we needed to get their body clocks ready for school next week, so we had a practice at getting up at 6.30am today so they can catch the bus by themselves. As expected, both boys slept in till 8am(when their bus would be leaving) I decided to teach them a lesson. I burst into their rooms with a megaphone, sounding an ‘air raid ‘ siren at full…

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Family 

Max Leaves Note to Parents

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Reply Letter to my 12yo son Max!: Dear Max, I have spotted your note on our home office door and I cant believe I actually didn’t disturb you on your holidays as you must be so busy “livestreaming” (whatever that is?). I gather you are burning up our family internet data allocation and putting load on our modem etc making every electronic device in the house run slow. We can no longer download movies on Apple TV anymore due to all the rubbish (games) you and your brother are putting…

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Teenage Times 

Do you approve of teenage sleepovers?

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“Nothing good comes from a sleepover!”. This is the mantra that I tell my two boys everytime they ask if they can stay over at a mate’s place. Can someone please tell me what the purpose of a sleepover is and why as parents we allow them to happen? I don’t know about you but my boys come back the next day as tired, snotty little ferals with a whole heap of gangster attitude that us parents have to put up with for the rest of the weekend. What are…

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