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Bare and grin

Posted by WonderWoman in : Kids stuff , 2 comments

Must share today’s tricky toddler moment:
Wonder girl (aged 2.5) asked to be a bear this morning. This meant I had to style her pigtails high and make them into little loops that, apparently, resemble bear ears.

I said: “So you want bear hair?”. She said yes.

Style complete, she said: “Look Dad, I’ve got bear hair.”

Then, pointing to her shoeless feet, said:
“And I’ve got bear feet too.”

Harvesting the suburbs

Posted by WonderWoman in : My life , 2 comments
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Most of this is a copy-and-paste job - from my response to a post by the Nookster called ”Ms”… but I love the topic, welcome responses and so wanted to put it on my own page…  

 

Milling around trash at hard0rubbish time can be tricky; you never know where Oscar the Grouch might pop up.

For this reason, I do have one rule for my own hard-rubbish treasure hunts:

Never procure goods from your own street.

That way, if you do clash with a grouch, there’s the distance of at least a block between you and the muppet.

I find it best to harvest when fewer people are out and about - very early morning is good. Avoid weekends if poss.

I say: Reduce, REUSE, RECYCLE! … whoever gets there first.

And, seriously, it is not stealing. It’s borrowing. Long-term. Anything I have reaped will eventually become trash again … AT A LATER DATE.

For example, I have a toddlers’ castle with slide that had been sitting, ripe, on the footpath moments before the collectors were to arrive (I could hear their truck). Post-toddlerdom, my children will tire of it. And when they do, I’ll put it on the footpath at hard-rubbish time. See? By reusing and recycling this “trash”, I am but optimizing opportunities that the Universe provides.

Turn off Sesame St and turn on the Curious George movie (or soundtrack). Then tune in to the track Reduce, Reuse, Recycle by Jack Johnson!

Ever got in trouble for saying thank you?

Posted by WonderWoman in : My life , 5 comments

I recently got a serve for thanking someone for a job well done - from the someone that I thanked.

I would love to hear from anyone who has had a similar experience as this is brand new for me!

Meet the Real WonderWoman

Posted by WonderWoman in : My life , 5 comments

The real nook WonderWoman has been revealed. Check out my new avatar.

This is truly me - aged 9 or so… with a bit of photoshopping from a friend to create a beautiful background (as opposed to the trees and people at my school fete in the original pic). I remember being a bit annoyed with my mother for not being able to provide GOLD (rather than yellow) Contact to make the eagle and belt and wrist bands.

Here is the evidence that I have ALWAYS wanted to be WonderWoman.  Unfortunately, it took me until age 30 to work out that being WonderWoman is impossible.

And, importantly, I couldn’t fit into the costume anymore.

I love that I can still be WonderWoman here!