End of an Era

Today marks the end of an era. After almost 30 years, Lynn Johnston, creator and writer of For Better or For Worse has finally put down her pencil. I have been following the Patterson's many and varied stories for ten years now and have loved every moment of them. Poignant, funny, insightful and always relevant, Johnston has created a family whose daily life has become an important part of my own. I will miss following their lives further but am very much looking forward to reading the strip again from the beginning - especially those first 20 years!! :) Thanks Lynn for telling such great stories in your own inimitable style.

xx J.

Epiphany

I am going to let you all in on a little secret...

...I dislike Geelong...

Now, don't get me wrong, it's not personal... I am sure there are nice people in Geelong (in fact I know quite a few) and there is Anaconda and Spotlight and bead shops... but as a way of getting from A to B, efficient it is not.

However, on a recent trip through I realised it has one major advantage over all the other towns on the Princes Highway...

...it has the cheapest petrol.

And not just by a piddly few cents either - it is at least ten cents per litre cheaper and in some cases FIFTEEN!!

So, thank you Geelong. I have filled my tank for the first time in weeks.

xx J.

Lost....

....in my own library....

yes, shock and indeed horror....

We have weeded about 25% of our collection and MOVED ALL THE BOOKS...

I don't know where anything is!!! Thankfully I know my DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification) and I can find things if I look properly. WEll, that's the theory, anyway... :P

The upside of all this is, of course, that we now have more space for things like, well, library users and computers... I least I am told that is an upside...I would prefer more books myself....lol

xx J.

Hmmmmmm....

Ok, I thought mice were supposed to be clever...

I came home from my nice five days away from my workplace (but I WAS working, honest!) to a subtle smell and being not quite sure where it came from...

I took me a while to find it...

And it is well and truly STUCK... I am going to have to leave it there for a day or two or else break it in half.

And the blasted cat doesn't even LOOK at it when he comes in the door...

xx J.