"My binnie lies over the ocean..."

"My binnie lies over the sea... My binnie lies over the ocean... Oh bring back my binnie to me..." (Apologies to all Scottish for the misappropriation of lyrics from "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean") 

Now... imagine that the ocean/sea is made of living room carpet... and the binnie... is... a bin (of waste paper type)... lying annoyingly out of reach! 

Adrianna was stumped by my speech... and went in search of... a beanbag... and came back with my laptray (which has  a beanbag underbase)... Smart thinking...! (Especially since it wasn't that far from lunchtime :D) 

Translation errors (totally understandable with only 1 weeks practice at it!) were soon overcome by a bit of pointing... (at the required object!)... 

But... since my NAME  (Elspeth) is Scottish... I was tempted to wonder whether I had inadvertantly picked up a slight Scottish brogue to my ahem original (as in unique) "accent".  The wondering was short lived... as I think Aunty Liz (of true Scottish blood) would say nae!

 

"Help! I need somebody..."

"...(Help!)...Not just anybody...(Help!)... I need someone... Won't you please, please help me?" (Apologies Beatles fans if I've not quite remembered the lyrics correctly!) 

Things have come to a sorry pass folks... yes... there is need for this diagram, placed appropriately in the bathroom: 

 Too many "close shaves" with the wrong substances for the intended task... (And its not just my wooly brained thinking either lol)  What next? .... Actually... I don't want to think about what might happen next... I'm just glad I don't use hairspray :D  

I already have 2 kitchens in the house, fridges all over the place - that look strangely like radiators, and sometimes even like washbasins -  a garage (I don't have a car and there is no actual garage) and goodness knows how many bathrooms (but strangely enough not many bedrooms...) ALL in one "big" craft house (yup... some people have a craft room... I have a craft HOUSE! :D) 

Welcome to the madhouse!  

(P.S. if you hadn't already guessed my surplus of rooms and even the occasional large piece of  furniture... is largely (haha!) a product of cognitive/speech disorder... but it keeps everyone... sometimes even me... guessing as to what I am going on about!)

Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes...

Knees and toes! 

Or... not... In the weird and wonderful world of Ellie and Adriana... body parts get kind of mixed up... 

I've been solemnly announcing that my ankle(shoulder) is hurting, so better watch out that my leg(arm) doesn't drop off...

Adriana has been asking if my bum is in my bra and my boobs in my pants (panties)...

I think maybe we both need a brush up lesson in basic (infant school) anatomy here! ;) 

Either that... or we both are getting to know each others particular dialect... so... as long as WE understand what each other means... all is well :D

All together now.... "Heads, shoulders, knees and toes... knees and toes...!"

When life imitates craft...

... You find yourself using everyday objects for reasons they were not intended for... (but NOT crafty reasons...See Crafty Twitchings blog for details...)

For example... Using the non-business (handle) end of a plastic serving spoon to bang on the ceiling... (upstairs neighbour issues...)... Hmm... maybe in the future one will look at plastic serving spoons in a new light... with BOTH ends being "business" ends...?

Plastic not being the most effective tool for the job... the lowly garden broom was then brought in from the shed... and again... handle applied sharply to the ceiling... Again... perceptions of which end of this object is most useful... have shifted... 

I suppose at the end of the day... the answer to the question of usefulness... lies in what purpose you want to achieve with the object/tool to hand... Answer that... and the answer to the first question is simple once more... (Or if you are a meerkat... simples!) 


 

Tonight Matthew...I am...

...Agnetha... Falktskog... of Abba! 



Well... not me... but... Adriana has announced that she plans to go blonde... and I keep muddling her name up and calling her... Agnetha! 

So... we feel that a little fancy dress and kareoke session might be in order :D She's practising her moves... (Super trouper anyone???) ...as I type! :D

"It"....

...What exactly IS "It"...?

This is a query that flitters through my brain from time to time... usually leading to two other questions...

2.  Have I ever had "It"?
3. Can one lose "It" if one doesn't KNOW if one has ever had "It" in the first place...?

Oh... ok... there is one more "It" related question...Seeing as "It" is undefined... is it possible that I might be an "It Girl" without knowing it?!?!? ;)  :D
 

You know you haven't had enough morning hot chocolate when...

...You try to put the hand wash on your toothbrush... and then wash your hands with the toothpaste..!

If I find that there's a hand wash that has mint in it... oh boy! 

Just goes to show that this morning was obviously a TWO mug morning... I only had the one... (and I thought that there wasn't that much caffeine in hot chocolate... either I am fooling myself... or there's something else in it that wakes me up lol!)