http://www.peta.godage.net The world according to Peta Godagé !!! Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:51:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Poem by Joshua Godage The teacher talked, talked all day While I was dreaming time away It was raining hard outside I knew the weather channel lied They said it was going to be sunny Now this really wasn't funny I couldn't believe my eyes The puddles started to rise Water flooded into the room Was this about to ... http://www.peta.godage.net/?p=17 It was a Tuesday and I was on my way to pick up Miki from school ( she finishes early on Tuesdays) when I got the call from the school nurse.  Josh had 'dislocated' his finger playing football at lunchtime.  I was to pick him up and take him to ... http://www.peta.godage.net/?p=16 [flashvideo filename=http://www.godage.net/videos/Ethan4birthday.flv /] My baby has turned four! How did he grow up so quickly? He started kindy this year and is loving it. i thought he might fuss, at first, about being left because I had not left him much. He would never go into children's ... http://www.peta.godage.net/?p=15 [flashvideo filename=http://www.godage.net/videos/mikkibaptise.flv /] After some very good advice from some young friends of ours, we sent Josh and Mikki off to the Riverview youth camp during the summer holidays.  It was a four day camp and the kids were quite apprehensive about going.  Josh was able to take his friend Troy ... http://www.peta.godage.net/?p=14 The long awaited Perth-Mandurah trainline finally opened on Sunday December 23rd. I had been so looking forward to the day. At this point I have no idea why because I have my car and public transport is not a necessity for me. I guess I was ... http://www.peta.godage.net/?p=13 It is official - I am now over the hill. I have faced my fears and live to tell the tale!! A friend of mine turned 40 a couple of months before me and she assured me she felt no different - in fact, when she wrote to me, she ... http://www.peta.godage.net/?p=12 [flashvideo filename=http://www.godage.net/videos/wiggles.flv /] James, Sarah, Laura, Kaitlyn, and Ethan along with their Mums and Grandma at the Wiggles concert. We all had a great time at the Wiggles concert.  Our seats were not the best, way up the back on the tiered section thanks to a bit of confusion on my part ... http://www.peta.godage.net/?p=10 Teenage boys are an enigma. Men think women are hard to understand but I think teenage boys are even harder. Josh is now 14 and as his mum I am finding it a difficult stage. The boy becoming a man, no longer the child I knew ... http://www.peta.godage.net/?p=7 [flashvideo filename=http://www.godage.net/videos/etdancing.flv /] http://www.peta.godage.net/?p=6 I'm having a 40th birthday party - argh! My sisters insisted I needed to have one - I'm not so sure. Keep having to resist the urge to cancel the whole thing. But I'm looking forward to having my friends here (all three of them) - and ... http://www.peta.godage.net/?p=5