Castle Hill

You know, this whole area around age regression sometimes takes you in different directions such consider what could of happened had your life had indeed been different  as a child.
One area for me is what would of happened had I of attended a different sort of school such as more traditional girls school.
For one thing, the chances are it would be built from old brick or stone having two stories one of which would be the dormitories, recreation area and prep rooms possible in the shape of a castle with four turrets.
Each would be occupied  based on a house system with each wing belong to a house who compete in various competitions for a prize outside of that of inter form prizes which was something my own school didn't have.
There wasn't  really much to strive form that probably did not aid my motivational issues because there wasn't anything really to set your aims for or encourage you to work hard for your fellow form members taking individual responsibility for a collective effort.
It would have a large grounds to stroll around as  well as sports fields and a swimming pool that could be used by permission at the weekends for fun.

Gordon the gopher

The other week I was tidying one of my shelves and a white pile of dust landed on my head and with it was this:

He used to appear on Going Live and Children's BBC with Philip Schofield and his significance to me was I bought him as a hand puppet in Elvaston Country Park, Derbyshire in the English East Midlands together with some other outfits.
I was with with my family and I came skipping across the fields  jumping up and down with Gordon all excited in this public place with lots and lots of groan ups! Can you believe it!!! I even carried him back all the way on the bus cos I couldn't bear to be removed from him and oddly enough nobody said anything.
I think this would of been the first  time I'd acted as an adult little girl publicly although at the time I don't know it!

Time to change NOW, Jo

This is a staple of my childhood, having many pairs both at home and certainly for school as for anything outside of ball games you simply had to have a pair in your PE Kit, the thing that used to get in trouble for leaving purposely behind even though I did know I need them.
Back in the day, most were lace up which I struggled with  with very poor hand-eye co-ordination and required help doing them.
It also wasn't by any means unknown for people such as gym mistresses to use slippers or gym shoes to spank you with if you were being less than co-operative or disrespectful which certainly was the case when I grew up.
They certainly make a big impression on your bottom

Joanne steps out

Phew! It's been a hot week, not that I'm complaining about the Sun and that but you do need to keep cool so It's been a week of plenty of drinks and icecream.
As well I've been working a bit on my wardrobe  cos as we all know I love my school uniform, pinafore dresses and  shorts  but was thinking something cool and still on the little side of girlie that would  work for me.

This was pretty much (or should I say mooch!) what I was thinking about because its easily available in sizes that fit my waist, although that's a blouse there's no reason not to substitute a t shirt even a long sleeved t shirt  with some detail and ankle socks with ribbed tops are very much me (as are knee length ones).
The skirt type - skater skirts - are just me I think as I like pleats and something airy in the cut (drainpipe trousers never appealed to me) and anyways I got a couple of skirts this week which was as well given it was over 20 degrees outside.

That's the blue one that has four pleats and I also got a charcoal grey one both of which feature  elasticated waists, something I prefer as having a very curved spine I find belts painful and being wide they don't dig in.
I also don't like clothes with lots of branding on as I don't feel like being a walking advertising board for them

Handwriting

Ever wondered about why you feel you can guess male and female handwriting? What makes it so different even though the content may be more androgynous .
There was discussion at a couple of sites about this and as someone who is Ts then in order to be 'me' I needed to find out more about the subtle clues and dare I say practise. One of the best resources out there is the TS Road map who had this to say:Handwriting and gender cues

This is well worth a good several hours careful studying as there is a lot to take in as after all most of us learnt this around age 7 thru 11 years which is a distant memory!

I am continuing on my female handwriting practice.

Gingham dresses

Going back to Junior and even Infants, such dresses were normal for Spring and Summer for girls being cool, easy to put on  and complete with a pocket for your hankie and so not surprisingly they feature in school based stories some of which my reference school discipline.

Summer wardrobe

Finally after what had been a cool, wet and even in some places chilly Spring  it eventually warmed up yesterday with temperatures in the region of 19 degrees C which apart from the benefits of actually seeing the sun, I was able finally to take a layer or two of clothing off.
One thing I spotted - and I do wonder if their available in groan up sizes from River Island was this which is really cute and most practical.

I've remarked before about the practicality of dungarees but this is a super take being a Girls blue dungaree skater skirt and white crew neck t-shirt set. The Pink and blue tie dye pattern on the denim is nice  and the material is hard wearing which is sensible for something you may be wearing while playing. Team up with come cute socks and shoes and you'd be well away.