Killing a Fly with a Ukulele: Flap Flap

I am the Mum.
If life was a circus, I would be the plate-juggling lady with monkeys on her shoulders who stands on one leg on a horse's back as it canters around the ring.

I am the Writer.
I use too many commas, dashes and dot-dot-dots, and I often start sentences with conjunctions because I like my blog to look the way it sounds in my mind.

I am the Hero.
Life is a bit like a superhero action comic, except that the superheroes are tiny children dressed in super-suits who possess no actual powers, while I just get them food, break up fights and clean their super-suits.

13 August 2008

Flap Flap

Eeek! Sorry about that radio silence! Jen, you were right. A snap decision and a quick trip to the beach for three nights - no time to post and say "Bye!"

I'll fill you in soon in a post I'm thinking of calling 'Flap Flap', which is how I packed for four people in an hour - flap flap flap.

6 comments:

Hippomanic Jen said...: I would love to see video footage of how you packed for four people in an hour.; 13 August, 2008 16:47
Givinya De Elba said...: In fast forward. With Yackity Sax as a musical backing track.; 13 August, 2008 17:07
Allegro ma non troppo said...: Ah, I was about to send a search party. Nice weather for the beach, was it?

By the way, there's a question about Breakfast In The Bathroom on my blog that you might be the best person to answer.; 13 August, 2008 21:26
Jen said...: I am glad that you didn't fall off the planet. I will await the you return.; 13 August, 2008 23:48
Lynda said...: Good to see you back and flapping!; 13 August, 2008 23:53
Tracy P. said...: I need that post--will be doing this tomorrow, I suspect! Bring it on!; 14 August, 2008 05:47

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This is the story of me, Givinya de Elba, and my adventures with Mr de Elba, my children Buzz, Jessie, and Woody and our dog, Bullseye. We have plenty of good times, some weird times and a huge dose of drama.

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I am a part-time speech pathologist, and try to cook, keep a garden alive and take photos that don’t make us look like we are pharmaceutically affected or dangerously homicidal.

I often suffer from Mumfail but I keep hanging on to the One who picks me up when I fall. If you email me, I’ll answer.

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They called me Katherine.

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I came up with the pseudonym Givinya de Elba in highschool and it was based on a joke from an episode of Dad's Army called 'A Soldier's Farewell.'

In the episode, after eating too much toasted cheese, Captain Mainwaring dreams he is Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. I don't remember much about the episode other than Mainwaring telling his loyal men (Jones, Pike and Godfrey) that he has been exiled to the island of Elba.

Jones quips, "Hence the expression - Givin' ya the Elber!" (giving you the elbow, i.e., pushing you around.) I thought that Givinya de Elba was a half-decent pseudonym for someone who likes to joke and push people around, and I stuck with that.

My sweet niece ...

13 August 2008

Flap Flap

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