tricky

no, not trick or treat time yet
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(altho Mini-Teen has purchased her outfit, she's going as a pink kitten - apparently in the "chick flick" movies she watches with her friends all teenage girls do Halloween in kitten outfits. . .) (interestingly she also wants to make a Guy and leave him outside the house with a "penny for the guy" bucket. . .)

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yesterday was a bit of a turbulent day at the house - nothing to do with me, for a change, altho a minor set of words with The Teen were exchanged - and using the word "bit" is a slight understatement

I have to hold my own tho (where does that phrase come from?*) and keep doing what I'm good at - being an efficient housewife, a patient mother, erm, *thinks*

*thinks some more*


yup, that's it actually. . .
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possibly that's just as well. . .
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. . .for the moment

I hope you are able to do
what you are good at today

have a happy one!

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* all I can find is this, the former is what I initially thought and the latter ties in nicely with the sonics from The Tower:

"this phrase may be from sailing ships where a weak or inadequate person would not be allowed to hold a rope unassisted - perhaps it may even come from bell-ringing where an experienced ringer holds the rope with someone not yet competent at holding their own rope - to avoid damaging the bell and avoid the inexperienced ringer being hoisted into the air: a ringer who had received approval at being safe would 'hold their own' rope"