What was I doing the last couple of days?

[deird_lj]

On Saturday, we had a "Women's Wellness and Wellbeing" day at my church - the name being purely so that they could shorten it to "WWW" day (my church is very into acronyms).

There were all kinds of fun activities like crafts, and hip hop dance, and facials, and so forth. And I did none of them, because I was wandering around taking photos of everyone else.

We also had a marketplace, with many many fun things, and I bought a bag ...and almost bought huge amounts of earrings, too.



Then, I spent Saturday night babysitting Caleb.
We made a fire, and sat in front of it, cuddling. (Caleb said nothing for about half an hour, except for "It's a BIG fire, Auntie Deird", over and over again.)

And I stayed overnight at their house, so I got to have breakfast with my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew this morning.



This afternoon, I've been MULCHING.

I believe I have, on previous occasions, mentioned the fact that I don't really like gardening.
Let me qualify that statement: I don't really like gardening, unless it involves shoving things into very loud machines that pulverise them and spit pieces all over the backyard.

Mulching. It's what engineers do to make gardening AWESOME.



I am tired now. I plan to spend the evening eating spaghetti, and watching Gremlins 2.

Comments

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, that's so funny. I had no idea it was like a catchphrase - in fact, I really don't know where I picked that up. The interwebs makes me talk funny. :D

[deird1]

It really is astonishingly easy not to realise that people are using catchphrases.

(It took me forever to realise that "Yes, Virginia, there IS a _____!" was a quote.)

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

(It took me forever to realise that "Yes, Virginia, there IS a _____!" was a quote.)

Saywhaaa? Never heard it.

*is old*

[deird1]

Oh, it's all over the place.

Let's see...

Quick googling gets me
"Yes Virginia there is a Bull Market"
"Yes Virginia there is a magenta"
"Yes Virginia there is a Cthulhu"
"Yes Virginia there is a Delphi MacOSX"
"Yes Virginia there is a Pet Heaven"
"Yes Virginia there is a basic phone"
"Yes Virginia there is a War on Science"
"Yes Virginia there is a Cracker in your Box"
"Yes Virginia there is a Cuban Sandwich Truck"
"Yes Virginia there is a New Economy"
...and on and on.

It's all apparently from Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus - which is from 1897, so it seems that actually, you're not old enough.
:)

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh, wait wait wait. I am not too young for that shit, 1897 was the good ol' days, girly.

Rather, I'm a geek and I've read about these sorts of things. Let's see, without clicking on the link, Virginia writes to the newspaper editor of like the Boston Globe, and he writes a very poignant response about how there IS a Santa Claus, and it's all very adorable, and it gets reprinted sometimes.

Okay, seems it's the New York Sun, but otherwise? I am a history BEAST.

I just didn't know that it had become catchy net slang. I'll keep that in mind. :D