Christmas adventures 2011

Ho ho ho! This wasn't the kind of Christmas entry you would of expected a year back don'tcha think but it says a lot about how I feel about me that it's here
This year was special and I do intend to do a end of year piece and one way in which it is is this Christmas had a little side to it of which the first thing was Theodore who kindly wrote about himself yesterday.
The other crazy thing was my sister in law came on over and both of us were singing and making actions to along to that great rockin' number Wombling Merry Christmas by the Wombles as it was on the local radio station as she arrived! This didn't phaze her partner either.
One thing I missed for long time was a tradition of boxes containing a selection of candy usually chocolate children always have presented to them and this year the Hello Kitty selection box put in an appearance.
As well we had annuals and this year I had the Beano annual a comic I grew up with remaining a barrel full of child like fun I could sit on the floor and read. I like Minnie The Minx and the Bash Street Kids.

The initiated know I love reading not withstanding the difficulties I have with both holding books and also with my reading abilities and so I had this years Jacqueline Wilson annual which apart from having some drawing sections, also has some new short stories to read and I adore her books loads.

After going out to eat, I watched Ratatouille on the tv which was fun as for some reason I'd missed seeing it at the local movie theatre and made a note to get the dvd as anything that funny could help on either rainy days or when I'm not well.

I will NOT be naughty

I sometimes wonder how being brought back the mindset of being a child could help.

 As if I had to write lines in front of everyone as the concept of shaming me would bring me down a peg of two especially I I had to stand by it for say ten minutes .
I need this sense of entitlement removing from me.

Non uniform wear

Although much of this blog looks though the eyes of school uniform, being a Middle in a CG/l or disciplinarian relationship this doesn't preclude everyday or play clothes as part of what you were.
Just like an actual child you do wear things outside of those so what could be more appropriate than having your caregiver putting you in cute girlish helly kitty t shirts like this graphic one as it helps you feel their own little/middle as you play in their presence.

The Nutcracker

The last of the two inspired by posts are for a great story-writer who is into also into games  plus contributes generously to 'the community'  although her partner, being poorly, needs her attention too.
She loves ballet and this one is a favourite of hers and also of mine.


The Nutcracker which is based on the E T A Hoffmann tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King music by Tchaikovsky.
It was originally choreographed by Marius Pepita and Lev Ivanov being premiered at the Mariinsky theatre, St Petersberg and seems to be the most ballet being staged in the UK this Christmas season.
Here are two images from the Northern Ballets' production in 2010

I also see we're getting a few more readers which is great news so if that's you, thanks a bunch!

Junior Jo?

There is, I feel a lot more to this whole notion of 'being a  girl' than perhaps I had thought of like the notion of age ranges, the extent to which you may be in or not of that 'Headspace' and just what the role of dress is than I first thought about when I joined Girltalk in January.
Like I tend to think in terms of being twelve but how do square that with having other bits that are clearly Junior and when I was a Junior I wasn't as forward as some of my peers anyway and a bit of this shows in the pull a dress like has on me that your cool twelve in the first year or so of high school would run away from?