Killing a Fly with a Ukulele: A song for Woody

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.

09 June 2011

A song for Woody

I should blog more, shouldn't I? I just enjoy reading YOUR blogs so much, chat to my friends, stalk people on Facebook by hacking into Mr de Elba's Facebook account because I don't have one, and hanging out on My Fitness Pal - what a great site! And Nowadays instead of siting in my office in the cold, I am snuggled up in my comfy armchair with a ridiculously small laptop which is difficult to type on. IT's not all that good for blogging.

I would like to dedicate this song to Woody. It could have been written for him.

7 comments:

B said...: Yes, please blog more. I love reading your stuff. But...no pressure.... You know.... let it flow... etc etc. Love your work.; 09 June, 2011 20:49
Givinya De Elba said...: Well how could I not respond to that? Coming up next, I do battle with my random-text-deleting keyboard in order to tell you about the one about the pharmacy assistant and the two purple jelly beans.; 09 June, 2011 21:56
Catherine said...: Heh. I used to share a facebook page with my husband until one day I took the "which Jane Austen Character are You?", and from then on, Dave's facebook page said "David took the "Which Jane Austen Character are You? Quiz and David is Miss Elizabeth Bennet!"

I was expelled from the garden.; 09 June, 2011 21:57
Givinya De Elba said...: That has me in stitches! He never seemed all that Lizzyish to me! Mr de Elba has just nearly busted something laughing at this comment.; 09 June, 2011 22:10
Tracy P. said...: Glad to see you aim to please! Yes, more!

"I haven't spilled since yesterday!" "NO!" I adore Larry.; 09 June, 2011 23:49
Emily Sue said...: Given that I almost always drink from a thermos cup (ie, grown-up sippy cup) and I have just replaced it because the last one used to dribble and drip... yeah, this song resonated in a disturbing way. ;); 10 June, 2011 20:17
Shel said...: Apparently "This video contains content from UMG. It is not available in your country." Boooooooooo...

On another note, I do myfitnesspal too!; 11 June, 2011 02:50

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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.

Some of my posts are sad, lots are funny and sometimes I subject you to my pondering. We have our celebrations, when I write a decent poem I share it with you and when I'm held hostage, I do the occasional meme.

Other people who are special to me feature here too, some of them being my Dad, my Mum, my Crazy Sister (her blog), my Wee Brother and my good friend Hippomanic Jen (her blog).

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.

And if all that is too much, just read my “Best Of."

No, they didn't.

They called me Katherine.

I go by Kate.

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 ...

09 June 2011

A song for Woody

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