Do you have any idea how much trouble a hyphen can cause?!?!?!?!

A whole bloody lot of trouble, that's what!!

I'm absolutely livid!!!!!!

I'm heading overseas in May, and attempted to get a passport for myself and for Maygan today. BUT...... I can't even hand in the application, because apparently I'm two different people!

On my birth certificate I'm Nathalie-Anna, and on ALL my other ID I'm Nathalie Anna.... no hyphen......... and it's because of this that I now have to change my name by law!!

&%^)(^(^*(!$*(&*()_^*&^&%*&~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you believe such a stupid thing?!

I could either change all my ID to have a hyphenated name, or change my legal name to have it without the hyphen and pay $160!!!!!!!!!

Easy I thought. I'll just get my ID changed.

NOT!

Because Maygan's birth certificate I have my name without the hyphen (and this CANNOT be changed), I have no choice but to pay the 160 bucks and change my name. Now seeing as I have to change it, I thought I should change it to something completely different.

Like Gertrude.

Or Cyril.

Or maybe even Maude.

I am officially blaming Al Quaeda for this bloody nonsense! The passport office has become super strict!

Oh, and I blame my mother. For putting a stupid hyphen in my name and then never using it again!

ARGH!

~Natt~

I think my cat is suicidal

Yes folks, you read correctly! I think Charlee is suicidal...... when I came home on Wednesday from my grandma's house ( I walked there and back with Maygan in the pram) I found Charlee in the front yard trying to play with a tiger snake.... A SNAKE!!! The silly boy thought it was lovely to tap the snake with his paws, follow it across the yard and then try to sniff its head! This is when the snake reared up at him and he jumped back. The snake continued on its merry way, WITH Charlee following him across to the garden, and under the house!

I will admit I was pretty scared, for the cat! I was nervous for me, but the snake was already leaving when I got there!

Since then I've managed to pluck up the courage to go out to the clothesline several times, and also this morning continued on my fitness kick of running up and down our long driveway. Now the aim of exercise is to get your heart beating faster so you burn fat.... does simply going near where I saw the snake (thus causing my heart to race!) effective enough to burn fat? One will never know I guess.... I just hope I NEVER see it again, and sincerely hope that it's left the premises all together and hasn't decided that under the house is a nice place to camp!

On that note, I think I should give you an update on Miss Maygan who can now walk independently thank-you-very-much!!

YES, she's finally walking!! And has been doing so for 2 weeks so far... although she still staggers like a drunk sometimes hehe

Here's some photos for your perusal... just because she's so cute!

Watching tv in her favourite yellow shoes, which she chose herself I might add! She's like her Daddy when the box is on.... you can stand in front of her and she'll just look around you to see the telly!!

Sitting at her new table and chairs with Elmo. Now she can actually get up on the chairs by herself and says "sit", or she'll point the the chair and say "seat".... yes, she's so smart!!

And here's my gorgeous girl yesterday! It was so hot she ran around in just her nappy and a pair of shorts on.

~Natt~