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Wednesday, March 4

Annoying

When you were growing up did you like annoying your brother and sister?...... I bet you did! :) My kids love annoying each other when I'm not watching. Samuel is great at annoying Carissa. He knows exactly how far he can push her without getting busted. So he thinks! I love annoying Reuben when he is sleeping. My other two kids would wake up screaming at me if I annoyed them while sleeping. But Reuben loves his sleep and nothing can wake him while he is in a deep sleep. I love poking him and watching his annoyance. He kind of puts on this grumpy face and turns the other way determined not to wake up. Then I poke him again and he turns the other way. It’s hilarious, whatever I do will not wake him up. He gets grumpy but refuses to wake up.

As a kid my Mum tells me that she had to carry me everywhere because a sister who will remain nameless would annoy me and I would start screaming or something. I remember my brother chucking me in the pool in the middle of winter to upset me. I was the youngest of four, poor me. I also remember driving my sister so crazy, she got so annoyed with me that she chased me around the house with a knife and said, “JUST SAY IT ONE MORE TIME!!!" HAHAHA....oh the memories. She said I was like Bart Simpson. Don't know why she thought that. There is something fun about annoying those close to you though isn't there?........ Or am I just twisted? ;) Either way, it's fun for me. :)

I remember taking this box of chocolates to work a while back to raise money for child slaves in Africa. I was selling those fund raiser ones. I remember this lady getting so upset I was selling chocolates to raise money for child slaves with chocolates that were made by child slaves. Made by child slaves? What? hahaha how funny I thought. Every time I saw her I offered some chocolates to her "Would you like some chocolates made by child slaves? ;)" In hindsight not the brightest thing to say. I didn't quite catch how passionate about it she was. After I had said it maybe twice to her she blew her top!! hmmm..awkward moment.

I went home and did my own research and it turns out she was right.

If you don't have 3 minutes to watch this video, at least watch the first 60 seconds.



Tomorrow I will tell you more about this

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This blog is a little bit about me and mostly about being LOUD about making poverty history! I've got an awesome wife NAOMI(The cre8ive one). 3 kids - SAM 9(The brain),REUBEN 8(Playstation addict and Computer wiz) and Carissa 5(The Princess).