TrashCan: this is the day, this is the day ...

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.

Sunday, 31 January 2010

this is the day, this is the day ...

After dinner tonight I was banished from the dining room for five minutes, when recalled I was greeted by this.

This is my family's creation to celebrate my birthday.

I have had a thoroughly enjoyable 36 hours. Dinner last night with CK and Pr.C-W while d/Boy slept over at a friend's. Breakfast out with the two of them again, then all four of us home for present opening followed by a trip out to the cinema. We saw AstroBoy. Turns out this movie polarises people in terms of knowledge, seems the AstroBoy cartoon wasn't shown here in the UK. The kids really enjoyed it and I guess that is the most important thing. Plus it gave me time for a few micro-naps ;-)

I was showered with delicious gifts that ranged from the frivolous (a wooden face mask on a stick to paint and wear at my party next week) to the absolutely stunning (the pearls my father bought my mother in 1969). And I was also the very delighted recipient of 10 more pieces of fabric towards the birthday quilt. The full details are over here but they are so beautiful I thought y'all might want to take a look.

25 comments:

Jodie said...: Wonderful wonderful happiness to you Mrs trash - and I have a feeling there might be more to come!; 1 February 2010 1:18 am
sewjourn said...: Happy Happy Birthday to you......I hope you celebrate all week and have super fun at your party.; 1 February 2010 1:37 am
Sarah said...: A big Happy Birthday to you!!! How nice to have special events planned especially for you. And I do very much like that selection of fabrics!! Nice pressie.; 1 February 2010 2:40 am
Mary said...: Happy Day - happy week - happy year!!

x; 1 February 2010 3:24 am
Eleanor said...: Happy birthday dear Trashie!!; 1 February 2010 4:30 am
Calidore said...: Happy Birthday to You,
Happy Birthday to You,
Happy Birthday to You,
Happy Birthday to You Dear Trash,
Happy Birthday to You

Hope you had/are having a wonderful day and the family are spoiling you rotton.; 1 February 2010 5:35 am
one little acorn said...: Happy happy birthday to you! The big 40! Enjoy... extend the celebrations to at least a week - you have to make the most of it when it's a special occasion; 1 February 2010 6:01 am
dottycookie said...: Ah, Happy Birthday - it sounds like a good one!; 1 February 2010 7:09 am
Joy said...: Hap-peee Birth-day dear Traaaaashiiiiiieeeee.........
Hap-pee Birth-daaaaay tooooooo yoooou.
Hugs,
Joy :o); 1 February 2010 7:45 am
marit said...: Happy Birthday!!!; 1 February 2010 9:10 am
Kitty said...: Happy Birthday to you, lovely Mrs Trash. So glad you had a great weekend.

What lovely cakes, and the fabric looks pretty darned good too.

xxx; 1 February 2010 9:30 am
Gina said...: Happy birthday Trash! Sounds like it was a good one.; 1 February 2010 11:18 am
a nutt said...: Happy Birthday! Those cupcakes...that idea...how fabulous!!! Isn't it great when birthdays inspire just wonderful times!?!; 1 February 2010 1:22 pm
Mama said...: Happy Birthday to you (cha cha cha)
Happy Birthday to you (ca cha cha)
Happy Birthday Dear Trashy-eeee
Happy Birthday to YOU!! (cha cha cha); 1 February 2010 3:43 pm
julie said...: happy birthday Mrs Trash - glad it's a very happy one with lots of lovely pressies. Have a fab time at your party!; 1 February 2010 3:49 pm
jennyflower said...: So glad you had a lovely day. The cake fabric was more of birthday nod than necessarily for 'the quilt' so do feel free not to use it- I won't be offended! (sniff); 1 February 2010 3:57 pm
Sew Create It - Jane said...: Happy Birthday!!! Sounds like you celebrated with style!; 1 February 2010 5:06 pm
Thimbleanna said...: Happy, Happy Birthday Trashy! I hope you had a wonderful day! And how ever did I miss that link to the quilt blog -- looks like tons of fun!; 1 February 2010 5:36 pm
wonderwoman said...: soo glad you had a lovely day! The fabrics look brilliant and will make a lovely quilt!

xxx; 1 February 2010 6:56 pm
Taz said...: Welcome to the 40club ;) Happy birthday.; 3 February 2010 12:35 am
CurlyPops said...: My dodgy internet foiled my attempts to wish you a happy birthday on the right day, but I really hope that you had a very wonderful day!
Happy Belated Birthday Trash; 3 February 2010 9:57 am
silverpebble said...: I have been thinking of you (during my pukeyfest) and hope you had a wonderful day. Your party! Only three more sleeps! Do you feel different?; 3 February 2010 12:08 pm
Jo in TAS said...: Happy belated Birthday Trashy!
Sounds like it was a marvellous 20-20 birthday!!; 3 February 2010 9:15 pm
Lucy Locket-Pocket said...: Gorgeous pressies Trashy! Happy Birthday! Locket xxx; 4 February 2010 11:49 am
lauren said...: wasn't that a BRILLIANT gift!!! missus stashbasket and missus moogsmum have outdone themselves...and ♥WHO♥ deserves it more, eh?! NOBODY, that's who! happy HAPPY once again, my friend! ♥; 9 February 2010 2:34 pm