TrashCan: Uhoh! I've just handed in my notice....

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.

Monday, 15 September 2008

Uhoh! I've just handed in my notice....

... today I finally plucked up the courage to tell 'my' parents that come the New Year they will need to look elsewhere for childcare.

Yes that is correct - I am self-unemployed.

And I feel pretty happy about that :-)

Who knows what I will do after Christmas, that can take care of itself.

Anyone fancy a celebratory drink?

19 comments:

Lucy Locket-Pocket said...: Fantastic Trashy!!!! I'm off to open the wine immediately! (It is after 6 so not too early!) Lucy x; 15 September 2008 6:04 pm
April said...: yes - let's get drunk immediately as I've just handed in my notice today as well - stay tuned to find out why soon...

April xx; 15 September 2008 6:28 pm
Gina said...: Good for you! No more stroppy parents!; 15 September 2008 6:38 pm
Marmadaisy said...: Poor me one (or two!)
Hurray for not working :); 15 September 2008 7:53 pm
wonderwoman said...: good for you!! i'll definitely have one (or two) with you!! i bet that feels a huge load off - no more parents letting you down or messing you about - wahooo!

x; 15 September 2008 8:11 pm
dottycookie said...: Excellent news, good for you. I am off to have a glass of red so I'll raise one to you too!; 15 September 2008 10:20 pm
our shabby cottage said...: Good for you Trash! How liberating..."pop"; 16 September 2008 12:05 am
Stine said...: I also handed in my notice today! We will be moving clear across the contry to be near our son and family (he said it was ok). Congrats to you and enjoy the wine!; 16 September 2008 12:15 am
Cosy said...: Congratulations! I bet it feels good - in a slightly panicky way!

It was good to read your dictionary. Hope Feck is used often, like Father Jack in Father Ted.; 16 September 2008 1:05 am
Kitty said...: Oh well done Mrs Trash - how utterly liberating for you. Will you look for gainful employment? Or lounge around on your ar$e all day like wot I do?

x; 16 September 2008 12:04 pm
Genevieve said...: congrats!!; 16 September 2008 8:16 pm
Working Mom Knits said...: Jealous! I'm so jealous!

(LOVE my job but it'd be pretty cool to be self-unemployed.); 16 September 2008 8:31 pm
Marie said...: Hurrah! You'll be a Lady-wot-lunches. Plenty more time for crafty-ness. Yey :)

xMx; 17 September 2008 2:58 pm
Lesley said...: Good for you Missus! I'll be raising a glass to toast your imminent unemployment...mind you, I'll raise a glass to the opening of a window, me!!

It's a big scary step but I'm sure it'll be for the best and I just know you'll never be bored - just beautifully relaxed and stress-free :)

xxx; 17 September 2008 11:20 pm
Kate said...: good one! Enjoy the freedom!; 18 September 2008 4:55 am
Bethany Hissong said...: Yeah!!! Congratulations on your decision and good luck with your transition :); 18 September 2008 1:26 pm
katelnorth said...: i am ALWAYS up for a celebratory drink.... congratulations on your decision.; 18 September 2008 10:47 pm
Rachelmp said...: Good for you Trashy! Have a drink for me; 19 September 2008 2:04 pm
lauren said...: HOORAY and CONGRATS to you oh brave one!!! how totally *fab* is that! (btw, if you get bored in t'new year...i still have plenty of stuff that needs doin'...will be happy to make a little list...should you need it...you can thank me later!) ;)

xo♥lb; 21 September 2008 2:20 pm