Here we go again

My twos:

Two names I go by:

1. Wifee (to Hubby who likes Charles Spurgeon's name for his wife)

2. Slee (This is a version of my real name which was given to me when I was a teenager by a precious little girl called "Emily" who is now in the presence of the Lord Jesus. Her mother still calls me Slee. )

Two things I am wearing right now:

1. Ugh boots (it's winter)

2. A lambs wool and angora wool cream coloured jumper with silver threads (It was given to me by my sister-in-law. Looks kinda strange with ugh boots.)

Two of my favourite things to do:

1. Walk in the bush

2. Read a really good book

Two pets you have/had:

1. A bay horse called "Pippin"

2. A dog called "Speckles"

Two things you did yesterday:

1. Read a lot of the book of Esther to see if I was right about how much of the story was changed for the movie "One Night With the King" that I watched recently. (I was right about the changes).

2. Ate chocolate my Mum bought us to cheer us all up as we're all sick with a cold.

Two things you want very badly at the moment:

1. Hmmm, a hot chocolate would go down well. Hint, hint Hubby if you're reading this over my shoulder.

2. More time, but that's a hard one for any SINKs Mummy.

Two things you did yesterday (I did this twice by mistake because I wrote this in two bits - just keeping the twos theme):

1. Visited with two of my sisters-in-law

2. Sorted through a pile of clothes

Two things you ate yesterday:

1. Rice Crackers with Brie cheese (I love cheese :o)) Oops, I've got a double chin - I didn't eat THAT much cheese.

2. Left over gluten-free pizza

Two people you last talked to:

1. Mike, to hug and kiss him goodnight

2. Lloyd, to ask him to put out the rubbish

Two things you're doing tomorrow:

1. Finding library books to send back.

2. Washing, washing and more washing (it's winter)

Two longest car rides:

1. Brisbane to Rockhampton

2. Brisbane to the Blue Mountains

Two favourite holidays:

1. Christmas, because it means summer holidays and a huge break from school.

2. ANZAC Day - I like to be reminded each year about the sacrifices of those wonderful young men who have fought in the wars.

Two favourite beverages

1. Hot chocolate

2. Strawberry milkshake made with real strawberries instead of the synthetic flavouring

Just obeying orders

We always have a laugh at those lovely things from Engrish.com like the one featured on TobyBo's blog recently - a sign saying "Be Dangerous" which I assume was to warn English speakers of "Danger".

Some years back we became the proud owners of a "Lucky Teapot" for the grand sum of $3. It was one of those little glass teapots with a tea infuser inside and we thought we'd make tea the proper way, instead of using tea bags. The instructions were rather interesting. Such as: Add hot water and leave for 45 min for imediat alirigt. With our temperature plumetting at the moment if we did this the only thing which would be "alirigt" would be iced tea. (OK, I know those in the US don't sympathise with 5 degrees Celcius being cold, but for us sunny Queenslanders that's starting to get chilly). The teapot actually made great tea (when left for 5 min) and I was sad when my clumsy ways meant it shattered one day. I guess the Chinese ought to know how to make tea.

Have you ever thought though what it must be like the other way around? We had a taste of this last week. Matt was doing a project about dangerous animals in Queensland. His job was to produce a brochure for tourists letting them know about the dangers of the tiger snake and how to treat snake bite. He decided to produce the information in different languages and thought he'd be clever and use an internet translation site.

When Anika read the brochure's French though she started laughing fit to burst. Apparently "Watch out for them [snakes] all year in Queensland and on southern summer nights," translates as, "Watch out for Queenslanders, especially on southern summer nights."

In light of the "Be Dangerous" sign I guess we're just obeying orders.