May 25, 2009

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  I dealt with a nine year old throwing a tantrum on Friday night.  Which was, to be honest, about as good as some of the ones I threw aged seven.  I am not sure whether the amaaaazing bruise on my upper arm is a direct result of said tantrum or not.  It's huge, painful and being treated with Arnica under direction from the Marine. There was a lovely moment when 3 of the other Brownies, and I tried to get the tantree off the floor.  It did not work.  At all.  Shoes were thrown many times, she rolled around the floor, she tried to lock herself in the loo (foot-in-door merely meant I got the light switch flicked into my face), she tried to run down the fire escape, her Dad nearly left her at Brownies (the Guides got a bit worried by this.  I said to ignore, he knew what he was doing - scaring her into submission).  She has a new baby sister, they are moving house, and Granny died recently: however, it's jolly exhausting and I think she really needs some quiet, one-to-one attention.  She's not getting that at home: last week I got told "there's no-one to look after me!".  ARGH!

  • Launder sheets
  • Knit Eff a garter (being difficult, I will be doing this on 2mm needles and with some rather ancient crochet cotton than with the pattern that uses 3.75mm needles).
  • Write
  • Supper out Saturday
  • Drinks Sunday Well, it was a nice evening other than an incredibly off-colour joke about Auschwitz.
  • Mum Monday
  • Make up bed again
  • Fold t-shirts the Guides decorated for Race for Life (these t-shirts are FAB!) store into bag ready for Div Meeting
  • Enter the team for Race for Life
    http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/girlguidingstpancras
  • Desultory tidying up
  • Empty dishwasher
  • Take recycling downstairs
  • Some sort of food shop

  I have just performed a stash dive - choice for garter was sealed when I found the 40 crochet cotton, instead of having to substitute something lace weight but not silky for silky laceweight.  The crochet cotton is geriatric, and I think was my Grandmother's.  I've used it for miniature knitting and crochet before now...

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