Gonna be a long day...

[charliesmum]

We're getting the reminants of Hurricane Cindy, so it is dark and rainy today.

We've learned that the hard drive on our 'new' computer went 'bye-bye'; classic example of getting what you paid for, I think. So yet another weekend sans internet access. Gah.

I have yet another new icon that someone made yesterday in response to a metaquotes where someone pointed out how tea solves everything. It's cute, and I think it is a nice tribute to the famed British stoicism. If anyone thinks I ought not to display it being neither British or involved in yesterday's bombing, let me know.

I did actually have something to say when I started this post, but it's gone right out of my head. I'm sure it was going to be terribly witty and full of insight, too.

Charlie came home with some school work he did, and on the back of one of the papers, he'd made his schedule. It was really cute, and I wish I'd written it down, but here it is to the best of my recollection:

7:00 Dinner
9:00 Bathtime
10:01 Bedtime
8:00 Go to School
7:30 Wheel of Fortioun. (that's how he spells it)

It was ever so sweet. And yes, I know 10:01 is a late bedtime, but he's in his Jammies by 9, and we always 'cuddle' until his bedtime, so he's at least resting, and my bedroom clock is 15 minutes fast, so really his bedtime is 9:46.

Comments

[lizzyrose89.livejournal.com]

I love that icon and that quote! And you are totally entitled to use it. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise! If we can't laugh at these things, then we're all totally buggered, as horrible things happen every day. The more people that laugh, the better, I reckon.

Besides, you're an Anglophile so you get extra props for liking us all before it became cool to do so!

And I may have to start calling it the Wheel of Fortioun now!

[cactus-wren.livejournal.com]

And yes, I know 10:01 is a late bedtime,

No, it's not late for summertime. At least not at my house. We let them stay up til 10 or 10:30 every night. I mean, what the heck, it's summertime, you can sleep in & stay up late, right?

[wolfma.livejournal.com]

I was watching parts of Battle of Britain last night (couldn't stomach the bombings), and during the part where the Nazi government representative is talking to the British ambassador and telling him what the Nazis would do to the British if they didn't comply, the ambassador interrupted him, saying, "One lump or two?"

Just thought that went along with your wonderful new icon.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Your icon makes me giggle.

I have to say I've always been facinated with the Blitz - seems to me a people that can survive that can survive anything.

[carlanime.livejournal.com]

The icon is lovely, and cheering. You wear it well.

[october31st.livejournal.com]

The icon actually makes me think of Paula Poundstone's "club soda" bit, on how flight attendants seem to think that'll solve everything. "THE WING'S ON FIRE!!" "Club soda?"

[october31st.livejournal.com]

Crap, I didn't mean to reply to this, but to the entry in general. This layout's kind of confusing.

[zakkati.livejournal.com]

It's so true. Tea is a cure for all evils! Do you drink it yourself?

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Of course I drink tea! What kind of Anglophile would I be if I didn't drink tea?

I actually buy my tea from this shop near my parents that is called The British Connection. I get PG Tips. It is yummy, I think.

And I put the milk in first. So there. :)

[zakkati.livejournal.com]

Yay! I guessed right.

I bet the rationing of tea during WW2 was worse than anything Hitler could do to the Brits! That's where he went wrong. Bomb us? We'll cope. Stop the delivery of tea? Okay, we surrender!

Actually...I think I'll go and make up a brew right now.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Do you do milk in first?

There was this whole thing on hp_britlish about putting the milk in first or not. The people I was friends with in High School who were English are the ones who introduced me to the whole 'milk in first' concept, and I've followed it faithfully ever since.

[zakkati.livejournal.com]

Oh, milk first,m'dear. Anything else just isn't cricket!

:)

[fayzalmoonbeam.livejournal.com]

Love the icon, and I definitely approve of your choice of tea :) Loose leaf or bags? How much do you pay for your PG-if it's cheaper over here, I can always send you some :)

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

I get tea bags, the store doesn't sell the loose leaves, or I would get them. I think I pay around $6.00 which would be, yikes, around 13 pounds, no? I guess importing it is expensive.

It's a good store, even though she has to get her Smarties from Canada because the stupid FDA doesn't approve of the dye used in the British Smarties.

I also buy sometimes this packet of seasonings for Shepard's Pie. Oh, and Cadbury Flake which is the yummiest thing ever.

I'd totally send you money to buy me stuff. That'd be cool!

[fayzalmoonbeam.livejournal.com]

LOL! I dread to think what it is about the dye in British Smarties that's so bad and wrong-perhaps I'd better stop eating them! And it would be fun to trade some things-perhaps we could swap tea for coffee? Drop me an email on fayzalmoonbeam@hotmail.com and we can sort something out :)

[agatha-s.livejournal.com]

Your icon reminded me of this quote:

You must not refuse any additional cups of tea under the following circumstances: if it is hot; if it is cold; if you are tired; if anybody thinks that you might be tired; if you are nervous; if you are gay; before you go out; if you are out; if you have just returned home; if you feel like it; if you do not feel like it; if you have had no tea for some time; if you have just had a cup.

(It's by George Mikes, a British writer of Hungarian origin. He wrote a humorous book about Britain in the fifties seen from the point of view of a visitor from continental Europe.)