Just Jo!

I read some more of Our Island Story last night. OK, I’d forgotten about it, but had a sudden panic attack that it’s probably overdue now, despite having renewed it as much as is humanly possible!
Olivia asked if there was anything about Victorian’s in it. I had a quick look, “Yes, at the very end.”
“Whew! That’s alright then. You can’t have history without Victorian’s!”
Think you can though….just a little bit anyway….you know, the little bit of a few thousand years, give or take….
There were a few speeches I had to read, one by Queen Anne and I did a very near perfect queenie voice. Olivia giggled into my pillow. The second was actually a Scottish poem, about the end of the Jacobites. I demonstrated a very near perfect Scottish accent. Again, Olivia giggled helplessly into my pillow.
“What?!”
“Grandad..(giggle)..can..(giggle)..do..(giggle)..so..(giggle)..much..(giggle)..betterthanyou!!”
“Well, duh! (Yes, I can be a teenager when I want!) He’s Scottish!”

We were going into town yesterday, but the weather persuaded me otherwise. Olivia got a bit more ‘educated’, despite her overly dramatic protestations, “But I reallyreallyreally hate using a dictionary!”
I think my ever so slightly raised eyebrow was sufficient to silence her….
We were going to head into town again today, but hey! ‘puter’s fixed! And I wanted to play facilitate my daughter’s education. Tomorrow is the start of Chinese New Year, so I had to find stuff. I know we have done it in depth over the last few years, but I didn’t have a ‘puter then. I have the power to go waaay over the top now!!

Yep, it’s the year of the pig….
I will now try to be a little sensible (see how long it lasts!) and provide a link to lots of info about Chinese new year and another one, even how to learn Chinese. Think I can live without the pig-flavoured stamps though!

BREEDING PIGS
A city boy decided to quit the rat race and bought himself a farm, which included a few sows. He wanted to breed the sows, but had no idea how to go about it. His neighbour volunteered his boars for the job, and told the city boy to bring them over in the pickup the next day.

In the afternoon when he went to pick them up, the city boy asked how he would be able to tell if the sows were impregnated. He was told to look and see where they were early in the morning. If they were up on the hill, they were pregnant; if they were in the sty, it hadn’t worked.

The next morning, he leapt from the bed and looked up the hill, but alas the pigs were down in the mud. Grumbling, he loaded them back into the pickup and headed for the neighbours. The following three mornings were just the same; he would leap from the bed, look up the hill, find the pigs down in the mud and have to return them to the neighbours to let the boars have another shot at them.

On the fifth morning, he looked up the hill, and there were no pigs. He looked down in the sty; still no pigs. He called to his wife, “Where the hell are the pigs today?”

Amid hysterical laughter, she managed to choke out, “They’re down in the truck, and the big one is honking the horn!” (from Miss C)

But what have we actually been doing today??
Olivia resurrected a fire-cracker decoration from last year’s festivities….

Spent hours designing and building a Lego house, furniture and shop….

She also blogged and added some photos, including her Valentine scrapbook page.
I found and uploaded some photos from last year’s celebration….

The rest are over on Flickr, including a few from Spain last year. I may well put some more on, but there are literally hundred’s to trawl through, so don’t hold your breath….
Found the answer to the triangle problem over on Eleanor’s blog.
The washing machine had obviously been feeling neglected, since the ‘puter has had so much attention over the last few days, so that decided to play up today.
It’s not draining properly, clothes dripping all over the place, such fun….
Thank goodness it’s a Lush night tonight. If they ever go out of business…..no, no, no!!! Doesn’t bear thinking about!
Right….dinner, Our Island Story, film and Lush….

Just before I go….