Memorable Moments

It's kinda vague now that I think back but I definitely remember slamming Fuzz's car door shut on my hand. I remember that it was weird. VERY weird. WEIRD? Yes, weird. Weird because I didn't really feel any pain - well maybe a bit - but not nearly as much as you'd think you know? Like when you get stung by a bee on your foot and at first you think it's a prickle, until you look and see it's actually a bee and then it's automatically a gazillion times more painful because you can clearly SEE that you've stood on a bee and not a prickle (I've had this happen to me). Yet I felt the door close on my hand, and I actually stood there for a good few minutes musing over how the door was shut on my hand, and how said door was flush with the car - and yet - unbelievably my hand was somehow in there squished betwixt car door and car body - HOW??? I also took a few moments to wonder why it wasn't particularly sore and how best to extricate my hand. OW.

So there you go - the first of many memorable moments.

And really....it didn't hurt all that bad - although possibly shock and endorphins mercifully kicked in and saved me. Who knows...

Sick day, Late night musings...

I didn't get to church today. I have a tummy bug. In the interests of being discreet I'll just say that I don't feel nauseous and I'm not throwing up. We'll leave it at that.

As such I've kept myself on the usual strict diet of toast or stewed apple to combat this (we're out of edible bananas and I haven't drummed up the motivation to cook myself some rice). Two days now. Doesn't seem to be working. I usually put my kids on this "diet" when they're afflicted with tummy bugs - it seems to clear things up amazingly quickly - I'm having a re-think, a re-examination of this synopsis now though after eating slice after slice of plain toast and finally giving in and putting spread and Marmite on a couple - just for want of some flavour! Maybe they weren't better methinks now....maybe they were just SICK of this bland "diet".

Which leads me to some further musings on the subject....

I wonder if "reverse psychology" works with this sort of thing....could I eat something that would only make my current affliction worse in the hopes of "tricking" my body....? Would my body really be fooled? Would it think...hang on. she shouldn't be eating this. It's only going to make matters worse!...and then in this particularly confused state would eating the "wrong" thing help me get better rather than worse...?

I'm willing to give it a try....

But an even more attractive option lies in wait - tonight at dinner, Grandma happened to mention that sweetened condensed milk helps clear up these sorts of things - REALLLY? I exclaim hopefully and excitedly.

I must say I feel somewhat duty-bound to test this particular remedy. Oh look and there just happens to be TWO.WHOLE.CANS. in the store room.

What luck!

Just sayin'

1. You see "shortcut", I see drive-way, my drive-way - which incidentally I, myself that is, as well as other family and friends drive up and down on. Frequently. With our vehicles.

2. Just because there are No Parking signs on every other lamp post doesn't mean that you can park in between!

3. Attn: Turning traffic - you do not have right of way - give way to straight going traffic! Attn: Straight-going traffic - you have right of way! Don't give way to turning traffic!! Blare your horn at them (both hands if you like) , and bowl on through!

4. Just because as the produce department of a Supermarket you make a "special" effort to provide "exotic" fruit and vege for foreign locals don't think that you're doing them a favour catering to them and their tastes! It's not a favour if the produce you're providing is rotten, mouldering, old, dry and generally nasty rubbish - you're just buying rubbish and then trying to re-sell said rubbish - at a profit!

Just sayin'......

Size MATTERS....

I was just reflecting on clothing sizes, in particular mine. Pre-children: 24 inch waist. Post children: (THREE of 'em) 28 inch waist. Not bad. In fact relatively speaking, I thought to myself, my waist is still quite small...relatively speaking...in comparison to certain other parts of me. Still quite small. Relatively. Then I found myself thinking HOWEVER....unfortunately it's really not one's waist that one has trouble fitting into clothing....rather those other particular parts....boo!