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Embracing the Art of Play
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2023 – A new direction for us
2023’s likely to be another year of turmoil, with occassional shortages of food, energy, etc
(At the moment there’s a shortage of eggs, caused by Government / supermarket policies. It doesn’t affect us because we have alternative supplies available)
Last year was a year of attending protests against the mandates, mask wearing, farm regulations, 3 waters leglisation, etc.
This year, we aren’t going to bother and we will simply look after ourselves and our likeminded friends.
There’s a general election late this year, and most people I know, simply think that a change of Government will fix everything -it wont.
It’s likely to be a year of self-congratulations to the covid response..
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/special-lapel-pin-covid-19-workers-pm
Followed with election bribes and dirty politics, with a failing economy lurking in the background, along with the consequences of past actions.
2022 was a crap year for most, 2023 isn’t looking promising.
Been prepared for the oncoming storm though, has a good feeling about it, and that raises our confidence levels.
2022 -a year to forget?
This has been a year of consolidation for us as a family
Such was the hysteria with covid in 2021/2022, that they even pushed unvaccinated children out of any sports by threatening to withdraw any government funding from soccer clubs, rugby, ballet, etc.
School closures over lockdowns in 2021 disrupted not only their education, but also effected their social skills and confidence.
One of the best decisions we had made at the start of the year, was to enroll our kids in an online school (Mt Hobson), and to join up with the homeschool crowd for social gatherings.
We now position ourselves so that we aren’t solely reliant on any Government or government funded organisation.
The local ‘Voices For Freedom’ (VFF) group have been very supportive throughout the whole covid saga at a time, when so many were ostrasizing the unvaccinated and running around like paranoid squirrels.
As I wrote in a previous post, the kids have done very well this year at their new school. https://uncoffined.wordpress.com/2022/12/20/those-dreaded-words-does-this-outfit-look-ok/
2022 will be a year to forget for most, partly because of the lack of social cohesion thats now becoming apparent.
Covid is everywhere and getting it isn’t a death sentence, unless you already have one foot in the grave.
It seems a lot of families are now talking to each other again, with the mutual understanding that that V subject isn’t mentioned.
To this day, simply going to a cafe wearing VFF gear, seems to set off discussions in the background and if there is one thing that has became obvious to us this year, it’s that people can be fickle and are prone to sustained peer pressure and mass advertising.
Oh, and Government is not the solution to everything.
Merry Xmas to you all, and a happy new year.
Here’s looking forward to a better year next year.
Those Dreaded words -Does this outfit look OK?
It’s the end of the school year and we are going to our daughters prizegiving ceremony.
It requires formal attire which means I’ll be wearing my suit that normally only comes out for weddings and funerals. -all sorted -no sweat
It’s a LOT more complicated when it comes to my wife and daughters though…
Several outfits are paraded in front of me with the dreaded words uttered each time..
‘How does this look?’
OH CRAP
This is a no win situation folks.
Compliments are good, but you can’t do this for every outfit, because obviously, ‘you arent paying attention’!
Honesty could have you sleeping on the couch.
Somehow, I bumbled my way through this minefield, relatively unscathed.
The prizegiving itself had some surprises for my wife and I.
Those who follow my blog will know we pulled our kids out of public school, because covid hysteria meant school closures and no classes for months on end last year.
Our kids now attend an online school, which is similar to home school.
It seems my oldest daughter is a quiet achiever. She got 5 excellence awards out of a possible seven, as well several other awards.
(and here we were thinking she was just doing the bear minimum to pass)
My wife and I are very pleased about it all. We have been doing our best to keep our kids in a good learning environment throughout the ongoing covid saga.
Some things have worked out for the better for us.
Uncoffined 
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