Feeling a bit twitchy tonight. It turns out that when we went with broadband a month ago, we didn't anticipate the increased usage that would happen as we thrilled to the speed and convenience of it all... now we are way over our monthly limit and I am nervous about connecting at all! Too bad though, it's been so long since I blogged that I find myself feeling a bit shy about it all.
Well, Christmas was a blast, with my two sisters and father staying for several days, and much food and booze consumed by all. Loads of lovely pressies opened and enjoyed, especially by the kids whose bedrooms need to be rearranged to accommodate the large amount of loot they received from generous rellies. Everyone remained well-behaved [except for me having a couple of PMT-inspired meltdowns in the lead-up to Christmas Day!]. The weather has been, for the most part, absolutely atrocious and practically wintery, very ho-hum. Still, when there's a break in the weather on any given day, you'll find Lockie zipping outdoors and playing on his trampoline - until he gets too cold that is.
Bella has been unwell - viral gastroenteritis no less, since a few days before Chrissy, and for a week after also. Poor mite. And poor me having to change so many disgusting nappies. She's all good now, which is lucky as she decided to undress herself for her bath this evening, including a poo-laden nappy... in Lockie's bedroom for unknown reasons... oh boy. I cleaned up the mess and later told him about it - he announced then that his room 'smelled of dung'. Great. He thinks his sister is a horse/cow/sheep.
Back to work tomorrow, and Lockie possibly to his Nana's in Otaki for a couple of nights. Ahh, peace. I may even go in early to work and help with the huge backload of 'returns' that will be piling up over the long weekend. I will also be setting up a display in the Adult Fiction section, of 'Banned and Challenged Books'. Hope people will borrow them... I haven't done many displays so have some credibilty to build there ;)
3 comments:
I hope Bella gets better soon. Don't know who to feel more sorry for, her for being sick or you for having to clean up the mess!
Whatever does 'banned & challenged' books mean? x
Bella is a box of fluffies now! B and C Books means books that have been banned or challenged by schools,universities, etc, over the years because their content was considered offensive due to religion/sex/racism/violence, etc, e.g. Lady Chatterley's Lover, Call of the Wild, Silas Marner, Of Mice And Men, and many others. A lot of them are books used in high school curriculums!
I highly recommend Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos - was banned in France in the late 1700s. VERY GOOD BOOK! Precursor to the films Dangerous Liaisons and Cruel Intentions.
Switch your broadband plan. If you've got it, of course you want to use it.
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