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Something that periodically gives me the shits...
It's when I open LJ to find it has adopted a seasonal theme - like just now when I went to post and the banner at the top of the page is all green and spring-like. Umm, excuse me but in this hemisphere it's autumn - how about some acknowledgement that some of your users might be in a different hemisphere? Similar themes that tick me off are the ' ( Read more... ) -
In the cinema...
There was a family of four sitting in front of us. The father of the family had classic male-pattern baldness.
"Mehmeh," said Curls loudly enough for everyone to hear, "I can see someone with almost no hair..."
And there was I doing the 'shh shhh shhhh!' thing while trying not to wet myself laughing. -
Fair enough.
We went to two fairs this weekend; the Therapy Focus Sunny the Sunflower Fair (they do in school therapy for Curls and this was a fun day out for children of all abilities.) and the Sun Fair at UWA, a fair promoting sustainability and solar energy ( Read more... ) -
Men in Uniform
Both the boys want to join the Scouts ( Read more... ) -
Mass consumption
It's Mantoux testing time for the school today!
Wish me TB-free lungs! -
Randoms
*My Friday off was good. 2.5 hours in the hairdressers was fantastic - especially that shampooing and rinsing and treatment and head massage. Hair is less grey and less triangular now. Then shopped for clothes, make-up before having lunch in a cafe while reading a trashy mag. Home for nap before menfolk returned ( Read more... ) -
These things are sent to try us.
Spike stomped into the bedroom looking grim ( Read more... ) -
Easy Virtue (spoilers & personal angst content)
As part of my day off today (another post) we went to see "Easy Virtue". Now I don't know the original play and I don't know how far this screen version matches it or not. I'm not interested in that. ( Read more... ) -
Autumnal
Drove up to the Swan Valley Carilley Estate to eat a leisurely lunch of prawns and prosciutto, camembert and crab, smoked salmon and salami washed down with the Carilley sparkling red. We had a table overlooking the rows of now-yellowing vines, clusters of relict shiraz grapes turning to sultanas thereupon. The boys love lunch out and they were ( Read more... ) -
Intl Women's Day
I missed this. :(
I was too busy hacked down trees, tidying the house and kid-wrangling.
You could say I was being an International woman.
Happy Day, anyway.