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, 25 August 2010

Sad news today

I received an email imparting sad news this morning.



Unconsciously it coloured how I have dealt with my children all day.



I have been quite mean.



Perhaps I shall be more pleasant tomorrow.



I shall definitely shed more tears.

15 comments:

quinn said...

So sorry you and yours are having a tough time, Trashy. I hope you feel a bit better soon.

Bianca Jae Makes Stuff said...

Bummed for you Trash. You ok? Anything I can do?

Great thing about kids is they love you no matter what.

Hope you tears soon clear xox

Joy said...

The kids will bounce back ...they know you love them.
Hang in there.
Hugs,
Joy :o)

Gillian aka Silly Gilly said...

Let the kids know that you are sad. Mums are allowed to be sad too!
Thinking of you and hoping that tomorrow helps you feel a bit better.
x

Jo in TAS said...

It's okay to cry in front of your kids, let's them know you're human, who knows they might even give you a much needed hug too!
Thinking of you
Jo

Stomper Girl said...

The kids'll be right, they take it on the chin. Meanwhile take care of yourself.

Copper Patch said...

Chins up xx

jennyflower said...

Look after you, we are all mean to the kids sometimes- sometimes they're mean to us- it all evens out in the end. xxxx

Mary said...

I think your meaness would pale into insignificance compared to mine.

Hope tomorrow is a brighter day

one little acorn said...

Oh Trash, so sorry you have had sad news. Big hugs to you.
xx

Liesl said...

Kids seem to look past these things, when you're their mum.

Thinking of you. x

Annie said...

Hope you are ok trashy - thinking of you

Miss Jenn said...

Biggest hugs. I think kids trust us more when we allow them to see we're hurt, then explain it to them. Good on ya.

Mama said...

My darling, what's happened? Sending hugs, kisses and a stiff drink.
xoxo,
C-

Locket Pocket said...

Oh Trashy! Hope you are ok. Locket xxxx