P365 Day 222 – would you trust this person to do your hair?
Juniordwarf has had this thing about my hair for as long as I can remember. He hates me wearing my hair tied up or tied back, to the extent where he will clamber all over me in an attempt to pull the band out of my hair. Usually I’m...
P365 -Day 221 – five years (9/8/2011)
Tonight is officially Census Night. The Census is taken every five years, and the last Census was in August 2006. So much has changed in my life – our lives – since then. In the last five years we have lost some loved family members, and have also welcomed...
P365 – Day 220 – office supplies
I can’t remember how long I have had this historical relic for. I picked it up in one of my public service jobs several years ago, and it has moved around with me from job to job since then. It doesn’t get much use these days....
P365 – Day 219 – afternoon nap
I wasn’t feeling well today and spent a lot of the day in bed, leaving Slabs and Juniordwarf to their own devices. They were obviously tired too, because when I managed to drag myself out of bed this afternoon, the house was quiet. I looked into Juniordwarf’s bedroom and...
P365 – Day 218 – at the footy
Another Saturday afternoon at the footy....
P365 – Day 217 (5/8/2011) – dear family assistance office . . .
. . . why are your forms and procedures so complicated? I know some of the work I do has proven to be difficult to understand for some of the people who we deal with. But even being an expert at ‘bureaucratese’, I have trouble understanding what you are...
P365 – Day 216 – home readers
This term Juniordwarf has started bringing home ‘home readers’ from school. The explanatory note from his teacher said that the books have ‘simple and often repetitive texts’ and that the aim is ‘to encourage children to develop a positive attitide to reading, develop confidence in their own ability and...
P365 – Day 215 – massage
Just what my sore back and neck have been needing for the last few weeks. What a shame I had to go back to work afterwards, to do . . . um, what is it I do again?...
P365 – Day 214 – little boxes
A few weeks ago I picked up a brochure on decorating ideas and I thought a couple of them might work in my scrapbooking space. One of the ideas was to mount some pen holders on the wall with picture hanging strips. I had a look around for some...
P365 – Day 213 – headwear
A few weeks ago, when it was particularly cold, I was thinking I needed a warm beanie that I wouldn’t be too embarrassed to wear in public. The one I normally wear (for dog walking, in the dark) is a plain black one, and whenever I wear it I...