Month: August 2011

P365 – Day 242 – lava lamp

Juniordwarf is the official turner on and off of the lights in the house, as well as the official raiser and lowerer of the blinds. Tonight he decided, in this capacity, that we were going to turn on the old lava lamp in the lounge room and, because that...

P365 – Day 241 – Dear Inner Critic,

I think we need to have a talk, you and me. Until recently I’ve been letting you get away with being pretty mean to me. I’ve let you undermine my confidence in my ability to do things. I’ve let you set ridiculously high standards and then beat me up...

P365 – Day 240 – some of what we did today

This morning I looked into Juniordwarf’s room and this is what I saw: He said he was lining up all the numbers. He’d obviously run out of room at the bed and had to continue the sequence under his bed. He was taking one number or one picture under...

P365 – Day 239 – fishing days

On Monday, Slabs took Juniordwarf fishing after daycare, and Juniordwarf caught his first fish! He was very excited to show me when I got home (although he didn’t want to touch it because his hands would get dirty). We decided we’d go on a family outing to the same...

P365 – Day 238 – something is missing

One of the things my counsellor told me was that I have to take a little bit of time to do things purely for myself without feeling guilty about it. So to cut a long story short, I decided to take a day off work (and not eat into...

P365 – Day 237 – I did not speak too soon

I did not speak too soon . . . I did not speak too soon . . . So OK, after a glorious morning, at lunchtime the weather decided it was winter time again, the temperature dropped by several degrees, the wind started blowing (up to 109 km per...

P365 – Day 236 – spring has sprung

Last week one of my workmates was saying how lovely it was that spring was finally here: the weather was warming up, the spring bulbs were in bloom and it was still light at 5 pm. Another colleague insisted that it wasn’t spring yet; that there was still two...

P365 – Day 235 – here be dragons

A few years ago, Slabs and I watched the movie based on the book Eragon. I didn’t think much of the movie, but had a feeling that the book (or books – it’s a trilogy, with the fourth bok due out sometimes later this year – apparently there was...

P365 – Day 234 – bus trip

I usually catch the early bus in to work on Monday. Here I am, attempting to take a photo of my reflection in the screen thing that separates the rear door from the nearest seat (I have no idea what it’s called). You can see me, can’t you?...

P365 – Day 233 – dressing gown

Earlier in the week Slabs and Juniordwarf went shopping and they bought a dressing gown, which Juniordwarf was very excited about. He took it with him to his grandmother’s place last night. This morning we were outside doing some weeding when Juniordwarf and his grandmother arrived at our place....