Apropos of Nothing
Me to Posy: Darling, we have to go and pick up the girls from school because Rosy has a sprained ankle and can't walk, or get on the bus.
Posy, lying on the floor eating popcorn and watching cartoons: NOOOOOOooooooooo. Can't The Girl carry her?
Further evidence of Bad Parenting. Posy doing obscure Japanese craft with a box cutter, while I am in the shower.
I bought these budget tissues from our odd local supermarket recently. I think they must have bought them as a job lot off the back of a truck or something. They really were very cheap..
Anyway, I am trying to work out how one would 'strive to excel' in relation to tissues. While one was miserably suffering with a nasty sniffle? During the process of wetting one under the tap to gingerly clean out gravel rash on dirty knee of shrieking child? Using one to squash a nasty bug which is causing unbearable trauma to shrieking child who is refusing to go to sleep?
Of course, due to being an supposed 'eco-warrior', striving to excel in relation to tissues would be to not use any, and get out that stash of granny hankies instead. Alas, I really hate washing phlegm, and hence, adore tissues. Sorry, no excelling today.
Posy, lying on the floor eating popcorn and watching cartoons: NOOOOOOooooooooo. Can't The Girl carry her?
Further evidence of Bad Parenting. Posy doing obscure Japanese craft with a box cutter, while I am in the shower.
I bought these budget tissues from our odd local supermarket recently. I think they must have bought them as a job lot off the back of a truck or something. They really were very cheap..
Anyway, I am trying to work out how one would 'strive to excel' in relation to tissues. While one was miserably suffering with a nasty sniffle? During the process of wetting one under the tap to gingerly clean out gravel rash on dirty knee of shrieking child? Using one to squash a nasty bug which is causing unbearable trauma to shrieking child who is refusing to go to sleep?
Of course, due to being an supposed 'eco-warrior', striving to excel in relation to tissues would be to not use any, and get out that stash of granny hankies instead. Alas, I really hate washing phlegm, and hence, adore tissues. Sorry, no excelling today.
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The only time I use them is when I have a *really* bad cold. they're much nicer on the nose than paper tissues (which do start to feel like you are wiping your nose with an unreconstructed lump of wood)
Also, despite apparently not being able to manufacture haemoglobin, I never get colds. Just ladylike sniffles which go away after a day or so. My poor children who get appalling colds, even though they have excellent iron levels, and therefore, presumably, perfect immune systems, do not like this at all. I'm not sure what moral we can draw here. Drink more tea, perhaps?
I was so happy when tissues became the norm rather than hankies. When was it? Sometime in my high school years, I think. Never minded the ironing but hated the crusty, crumpled, smudged hankies in the washing basket. Yuck. Gross.
Think how you're limiting the spread of disease! Gotta be better for the environment.
Jo, I read a book I think you'd love. Mr Wigg by Inga Simpson. (Mentioned it on my blog, but you don't drop by anymore, she sniffs and sooks.)
Anyway, it's not you, it's me.. some weeks I completely abandon the internet in favour of the library card. On the upside, I can now recommend some lovely books..
Totally popping your recommendation on the library list.
I keep feeling a bit out of sorts that for the last couple of years I have been Webbing more than I have been reading. And it's a vicious circle of can't concentrate for long, so surf web instead of reading books, which means I weaken my ability to concentrate for long.
I need to get my reading mojo back.
And so glad you popped by! :)
xofrances
and re the washing of phlegm when one has a nasty cold? throw them in a bucket of disinfectant and detergent and soak them before washing out throughly but sepperately from your clothes. wear gloves if you;re that squeamish, but accept it's your snot, afterall.
i thought the ladies here were made of sterner stuff!! what's a hankie compared to a baby nappy???
Come back to the five and dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Jo!
Hope it is either fun and adventure or lost blogging mojo that is keeping you from your on-line fans and friends.
How are you? It's been ages since you blogged so I am concerned about you. Hope all is well. Missing your lovely and varied posts.
Randy
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