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(The not-so-secret diary of life and stuff in a hilltop town)
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, 25 January 2010
A nice treat.
CK is away for work for 24 hours. The dog is walked. The children are at school. Restoring the house after the weekend can wait.
Gorgeous poppies! I just set a pot of tea to brew before getting online, and now I am inspired to enjoy it in a pretty cup, instead of the normal mahoosive clunky mug.
Now, if only I had a yummy pastry to go with the tea. Clearly, I need to work on my "meal planning."
It must have been a very quite home that day :-) Having kids around and all the things you need to do must have used up all the adrenaline your body can give. Good for you to have even just one day of relaxation :-)
(ps: do not know what to crave most...lucious pain au choc or the DIVINE china?! *that* is the daniel craig of teacups right there!!! serious drooling over both ensues!)
11 comments:
Mmm, pain au chocolat or chocklit crasonce as we call them here. And I love your teacup.
What a fabulous idea! I'm lovin' that gorgeous tea cup too.
Oh Enjoy! Such days are precious and rare!
Mmmmm, that looks good!
xx
Damn I wish I lived closer! I love chocolate croissants and would quite like a cup of tea too!
Mmm..what a perfect and well-deserved treat :)
xxx
Gorgeous poppies! I just set a pot of tea to brew before getting online, and now I am inspired to enjoy it in a pretty cup, instead of the normal mahoosive clunky mug.
Now, if only I had a yummy pastry to go with the tea. Clearly, I need to work on my "meal planning."
Don't you just love that feeling?
It must have been a very quite home that day :-) Having kids around and all the things you need to do must have used up all the adrenaline your body can give. Good for you to have even just one day of relaxation :-)
Mizpah,
Li
Such a gorgeous picture! Beautiful china you have there missy!
be right over. put the kettle on, missus! ♥♥♥
(ps: do not know what to crave most...lucious pain au choc or the DIVINE china?! *that* is the daniel craig of teacups right there!!! serious drooling over both ensues!)
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