TrashCan: Raiders of THE BOX update

Trash Towers Dictionary

a/c - art crap. CK's fond term for the means of assuaging my addictions.

BSD - Been Seen Done. Devised while travelling the Great Ocean Road on CK's first Australian trip. Every lookout point was as fabulous as the previous and we got a little bit magnificenced out so rather than pull in we would shout BSD and keep driving.

Now general usage for when a situation is over or beyond repair.

bob - noun. Princess Curly- Wurly's word meaning all sweets, chocolate and yummy things.

blurry - (pr. to rhyme with hurry) Sth African/Zimbabwean term and my favourite polite swearword. Means kind of like bloody but usuable in mixed company. See 'Feck' & 'Eejit'

eejit - Irish term meaning 'idiot'. Suitable for use in polite company. Used by my Aunt Marion.

feck - Irish term used by my Aunt Marion so it cannot be rude!

ho-ho -(pr. with a short o). Zimbabwean word for bugs.

lani - (sp?) Sthn African word - means posh, expensive, elegant, stylish.

La Villa de Lamaca - (translates from Ital. as The houseof snails. My 'green' house out in the garden with all my a/c (ref: above) stuff in it. Built by CK and Babyman for me. CK lost his fingerprints over it. I cannot actually get in there at the moment!

lubbard - derived from 'beloved'. Devised by my then two y.o. son b/c unlike his sister he could not say 'Mother Beloved'. Usually prefaced by a noun.

OfStEd - Office for Standards in Education. Bossy civil servants who would like to see every child in formal, full-time education from birth.

Q.I. - Quite interesting.

terence - sobriquet applicable to all small children. Originated with one 'borrowed' child who could not pronounce ' terrorist' .

TG - exclamation. Thank God! An interesting choice for the dictionary of a recovering Catholic but is a phrase used by my Irish family and is now deeply fixed in my conversational repetoire. (reference also PG - Please God).

TGTH - The Great Trip Home. Alt. known as 'How I spent Christmas and N.Y 2008.

Wednesday, 16 July 2008

Raiders of THE BOX update

THE BOX of fabulousness has landed at (and left too I think) its first destination. As it wings its way onto the next home let's just outline some sort of game structure.

1. There is a pre-ordained running order for receiving THE BOX. This is known only to me. You only find out who you are sending on to once you open THE BOX! (I liked that little bit - keeps an element of mystery about the whole thing.)

2. When you have your three chosen items/objects/ pieces of creative divineness you may post pictures of them. You do not have to but then we, The Fellowship of THE BOX, may just jam your blog comments and email inbox with howls of 'Let us see!'

Or not.

3. I love that box the contents of THE BOX is contained in. It is so purty it makes me smile.

Also - I snuggled with Baby Will today. He is teeny!

7 comments:

Kitty said...: Oh hooray for baby Will - so glad he's well enough to snuggle with. I can't remember the last time I held a teeny tiddler :-(

Thanks for the box clarification - some of us needed it :-D Can't wait for it to land in my parts (so to speak).

x; 17 July 2008 7:45 am
Gina said...: Getting very excited about the BOX!
Lucky you having a snuggle with baby Will - and so good to hear he's doing well.
x; 17 July 2008 8:37 am
Lesley said...: Is it my turn yet...is it..is it????

I can't wait for 'the box' to get here!!

How lovely to have a snuggle with the little chap. I'm so glad he's doing well :)

xxx; 17 July 2008 1:01 pm
Working Mom Knits said...: Note to T: were you asking about the top secret axe weilding favor? If so, I answer with a resounding YES!!! I am slaving away and will update you the moment it is ready.

ps: we should be hearing another "squeeeee" by the end of the day!; 17 July 2008 2:52 pm
dottycookie said...: Hurrah for Will and baby snuggling!

Can't wait for The BOX to arrive here! Poor postie is taking on a hunted look already ...; 17 July 2008 3:44 pm
angie said...: The box sounds like such a great idea. Love your glossary of terms, too!

Thank you so much for taking the time to pop over, browse around and comment on my posts. I look forward to returning and looking around. :); 17 July 2008 3:45 pm
Lucy Locket-Pocket said...: So many posts to catch up on Trashy - I didn't know where to leave my comment but I decided against the one with the scary dog incase it bit my fingers off while I was typing.

So here are my comments:

I'm a scruff with zero dress sense and one day I will be an old scruff with zero dress sense but will anyone notice the difference?

Can't wait for the box to arrive chez Locket.

I'd be terrified of holding a teeny tiddler like Will - but I bet he was cute!

Scary scooter folk in your neck of the woods by the sound of it!

If I missed any key points then huge apologies but my brain has gone to mush lately.

Locket xx; 17 July 2008 11:05 pm