Mother

© Jodi L. Landes More By Jodi L. Landes

Published: May 2019

A mother loves right from the start,
No matter if her children are near or far apart.
A mother gives never-ending love.
She gives us comfort and peace like a beautiful dove.
For us she will always do her best,
Even when we put her patience to the test.
She wipes our tears,
Chases away our fears,
Encourages us to follow a dream,
No matter how far-fetched it may seem.
Her gifts can never compare to any other.
I am so honored to call her my mother.
Looking back on another year,
I was so lucky to have a mother so dear.
So Mom, on your special day, relax and enjoy
And always know that I couldn’t have asked for any other
More incredible person to call my mother.
I love you, Mom!
Happy Mother’s Day

Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/mother-85

Well here we are at another Tuesday what creature do we have today?

The answer is the water-holding frog, technical name Ranoidea Platycephala. It is a frog common to most of Australia. It can live for five years without drinking.

It has developed amazing tricks to help it survive without water, during drought it buries itself and enters a kind of sleep, where its organs almost shut down, conserving water and energy.

It has a super sized bladder capable of holding enough water for up to three years. The bladder provides the only source of water once in its sleep like state.

They are around 72mm for females and 62mm for males in length so a moderate-sized stout frog with a flat head and small eyes that point upwards.

Hello Monday, hello May, you have arrived so fast. Mother’s Day is next Sunday and I have no expectations with how the day will go, worry about it later.

Anyway here are some facts

Tokyo, the capital of Japan is one of the world’s biggest and most overcrowded cities. Once they had men known as “pushers” employed to pack people into the city’s crowded trains.

Akbar the Great, an Indian leader back in the 16^th century, kept over a thousand cheetahs for hunting gazelle and hares.

Polar Bears are left handed

There are two high tides every day, the highest high tides in the word are in the Bay of Fundy between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick on the east coast of Canada. There the water level at high tide can be 14.5 metres(47ft) above that at low tide………..that is about as high as a five storey house.

The world’s tallest mountain, measured from its base on the ocean floor,is Mauna Kea in Hawaii. It is 32,000 feet (9,750m) tall, about 3,000 feet taller then Mount Everest.

Had a good night sleep managed to go to the loo at 4am and also go back to bed and sleep till 6am. I have been feeling good this morning.

Going to be an easy day with no cleaning.

A cool/cold and wet day.

ANZAC DAY TODAY

Had a good night sleep up at 5.40 and while I was having a wash I heard Tasha in the kitchen and I hadn’t rang her yet so that was good.

Kathy arrived around 9ish and stayed to 11ish and she cleaned out my desk with Tasha’s help. Looks good, although they threw out some items I didn’t want thrown out.

Blain was here and tried to help me salvage some stuff.

Had a damn good sleep, slept for 10 hours.

School goes back today for term 2, for Leo other’s go back tomorrow.

Had a dummy spit at Kathy when she rang about not being able to find stuff, also said sorry for it I was just frustrated.

The rest of my day has been ok did nothing much.

Had another good nights sleep, I could get use to that.

Can’t go up with Leo as the doctor is due to ring for my appointment. He rang 45 minutes late and I was his first appointment of the day.

The doc wants me to have an Xray done on my back.

Been a good day more or less

Awake since 4am up at 4.50am woke to pee and wasn’t able to settle back down so got up.

Tried to wear black leggings but found them too tight so took them off and now in shorts.

Managed to do Cole’s online shopping only took 2hrs with many drop outs.

Somewhat restless today but hanging in there.

Had a bloody good nights sleep woke at 4.10am to pee went back to bed but had an anxiety attack where I felt like I couldn’t breath, this happened three times when I laid down, so at 4.30 I decided to just stay up.

Leo not going to school as he doesn’t feel good and his driver tested positive for Covid this morning, so no way to get to school.

Leo did a RAT test and it was negative did 2 tests to be sure. I gave him two ibuprofen which I broke up into small pieces so he could swallow them.

After his headache eased he started to feel better and even cleaned his room.

Had another good night only remember waking to speak to Tim when he got home from work. I then slept till 4.35.

I had a moment around 7am shaking a lot and sweating all over and feeling like shit.

Leo had an anxiety attack not his first but the first one I have witness, rang Jess and she came and settled him down, he also is running a temp and feels sick but still negative for Covid.

Had to send Tim to get the scripts because Tasha forgot yesterday.

By 2pm Leo was looking better and I was falling apart.

Another bloke I have read about is, Lieutenant General Sir Stanley George Savige, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, ED was an Australian Army soldier and officer who served in the First World War and Second World War. In March 1915, after the outbreak of the First World War, Savige enlisted in the First Australian Imperial Force.

He was born 26 June 1890 and died the 15 May 1954.

During the early years of the Second World War,he commanded the 17th Infantry Brigade in the North African Campaign, the Battle of Greece and Syria–Lebanon Campaign.

His outspoken criticism of professional soldiers earned him their rancour. He returned to Australia in early 1942, and later commanded the 3rd Division in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.

He ultimately rose to the rank of lieutenant general in the Australian Army, commanding the II corps in the Bougainville Campaign.

In later life, Savige was a director of Olympic Tyre c Rubber Ltd from 1946 to 1951 and chairman of Moran & Cato Lt from 1950 to 1951. He was also chairman of the Central War Gratuity Board from 1946 to 1951, and a commissioner of the State Savings Bank of Victoria.

He received the following awards Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Greek War Cross.

He was also the founder of Legacy Australia.

Well it is Tuesday and school has returned for term 2, those two weeks went fast. This weeks extreme creature is the Emperor Penguin.

This penguin lives and breeds in bloody freezing weather of the Antarctica the coldest place on Earth with temperatures going as low as -60 degrees Celsius.

The emperor penguin is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching 100 cm in length and weighing from 22 to 45 kg. They have a lifespan on 15-20 years.

They can dive deeper than any other bird, including other penguins, they do not build nests.

Baby penguins are called chicks or nestlings. A group of baby penguins that band together for protection against the cold and predators is called a creche, which is derived from the French word that means “manger”.

Hello everyone here we at Monday and this Monday is a special one as it is ANZAC Day. A day that has come to mean more to me the older I get.

Like many my great-grandfather on dad’s side served in WW1 and my Pop (mum’s dad) served in WW11, dad’s father didn’t serve as he was a coal miner and they were needed at home.

Here are some facts about ANZAC Day.

ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. …

The Anzacs were all volunteers, there was no conscription. …

Two-up is a traditional gambling game only allowed to be played on Anzac day through pubs and clubs in Australia. …

There is no town called Gallipoli.

Anzac Day was first observed in 1916. The day has gone through many changes since. The ceremonies that are held at war memorials up and down New Zealand, and in places overseas where New Zealanders gather, are modelled on a military funeral and remain rich in tradition and ritual.

Had a decent night, found myself wide awake at 5.30 so up I got, washed, dressed and made my own breakfast.

Tim up at 6.30am and off to work by 7am.

Leo came down at 8am to hang out in his room. He left at 11am to go meet Emma (girlfriend).

Tasha came down and cleaned out 3 kitchen cupboards.

I was expecting Kelli to come and get me ready for bed but she hasn’t turned up. Thankfully Tasha was here and put me to bed.

Awake and out of bed at 5.10 just felt awake so go up. Had some trouble dressing but got there in the end.

Found 3 letters on my table this morning, Tasha checked the P O Box yesterday. I answered all three this morning.

Kathy turned up around midday with the girls and her and Tasha cleaned out more kitchen cupboards and threw a load of clothes on to wash.

Sydney-May walked down and posted my letters for me.

Kathy also showered me.

Tuesday is here and I had a good nights sleep last night. Although I had to sit naked in the bathroom waiting for Tasha as all my clean clothes were in the dryer and the dryer is outside.

Kathy here by 8.45am and her and her dad have cleaned the bathroom and behind the TV and changed the curtain over the front sliding door. In fact her and Tasha have done a bloody lot as well as getting their dad motivated to chip in and do stuff.

I even found a new shower curtain now just have to get Tim to change it over.

The house is looking good.

SAMANTHA’S BIRTHDAY

A new day and I have been up since 5.20 but for the most part I slept well.

Tim drove me to see podiatrist as him and the girls are not cleaning today.

He also to the cans/bottles over to be cased in. We have borrowed the neighbours trailer to throw rubbish in for a tip run.

I had a shit night so bloody restless and unsettled up and down like a bloody yo yo.

Dad passed 3 years ago today.

Kathy and the girls arrived at 9am and left around 1pm, she cleaned out the storage under the dinning tables seats. I even let her throw out a few things.

Tasha here cleaning out the fridge a job well overdue.

Spoke to Sandy about going to the cemetery and she agreed the ground will be to soggy for me to visit.

Had a better night last night did sit up with Tim for an hour but after that I settled ok. Slept through to 4.30 but then felt wide awake so I got up at 5am.

Kathy and the girls arrived at 9am and stayed till 1pm, she cleaned off the book/storage shelves in the dining room.

She also showered me before leaving.

Only saw Tasha when she dropped off the shopping she did.

Had a real good night waking at 11.30 to pee but going straight back to sleep. Then waking again at 4.35, I peed but found afterwards I was wide awake so got up.

No bloody internet this morning even though the computer and modem show it is working, so restarted the computer that didn’t work so turned modem off and back on which also didn’t work.

9.30am and still no internet at 11am after restarting laptop twice I got it back.

Tim at last was able to go and get Kathy’s old fridge for Jess as the two Jess had are on their last legs.

Kathy helped me get ready for bed.