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, 28 July 2010

Uhoh...

... think my head may be about to explode.






Want to paint new pattern I found at painting this week.

Want to finish knitting 'plane socks'.


Want to finish knitting Will's Christmas present.


Want to finish Treeclimber's wonky star quilt.


Want to start pirate quilt.


Want to bake fabulous recipes from here.


Want to knit something with the stunning bright red 2 ply lace yarn from Posh.


Want to knit scarf with gorgeous brick red alpaca yarn.



Want to read 'clever' book. (not sure which one but something not chick lit-ish)


NEED to finish current block for Around The World - Christmas - Swap.




Want to finish travel, quilt, picnic blanket and all the other bazillion WIPs I have lying around.





Head-exploding due to fact that someone somewhere has decided that


i) 24 hours is sufficient for a whole day


ii) I require sleep.

11 comments:

Locket Pocket said...

Pshaw to sleep! I'm sure it's over-rated! Night night! Me xxx

quinn said...

Hmmm. Perhaps you need a hobby? ;)

Jo in TAS said...

I'm sure there's a way to stretch a 24 hour day!!

Copper Patch said...

Ummmm well housework and sleeping longer than 15 minutes is out the window but think of the craft-fest you'd be having if you made such a sacrifice!
Go forth and craft.
Ab

Gina said...

Recognise the problem!

Nonblogger said...

TG that pesky family of yours is gone on hols.... you can dedicate your time! Now get to it ;-)

Kitty said...

I have a want list as big as that too - s'not fair that one cannot pack more than 24 hours into any given day, is it?! Hope you're having fun at the house on the hill all by yourself :) x

Thimbleanna said...

I feel your pain Trashy! My list is long and glorious -- not to mention a few (very old) painting items too! Love those little houses -- who did that pattern? It looks familiar but ... JoSonja (sp?) maybe?

trash said...

Oh Anna there is no hiding your painting background now. Yes that is a Jo Sonja pattern.

Michaela said...

Oh how I know this feeling so well!

lauren said...

oof! yes!!!!!! i feel yer pain. and share it. constantly. :)