Standards, mysteries, grand plans, experiments and interesting competitiveness

A report card stating "Has made no serious effort" against the subject Scripture

Standards are something that people experience differently through their childhoods and families - which is why this surprised me when I found it in a family history box.

The person who received this report card (which has near perfect scores for all else) only had that one year of high school, away from his family and responsibilities. The whole year he was desperately trying to cram as much peer camaraderie, learning and growing up in as possible given his family was so far away - as well as mourning for his father and, indeed, mentor. Scripture apparently, is where his standards slipped, somewhat.

On both sides, his own grandparents and great-grandparents had been staunch - but of slightly different sects and mettle.

A 1970s photo of mounted police and a man in the foreground with a cigarette and a yellow taxi. This photo has the word "Bundaberg" written on the back 

I posted this,mystery recently on a local history forum

There was much discussion over when the mounted police had ever been to Bundaberg and why and who that man was and the type and colour of the taxi and the history of local taxi companies and who had worked on the switch and wasn't it down the road from that cafe that served those great pies. You won't find that on your tik-toks.

Ginger beer plant recipe printed in a magazine that every primary school student years 3-5 received just before very long Christmas holidays 

While my dance card may not have included quite so much sugar and quite so much waiting around and definitely not as many EXPLOSIONS as above, it was still more on the grand plan end of the spectrum.

One thing that I did do that was on the list (multi-check-boxed and in columns) was roasting many vegetables for salads and dips.

One thing that was on the list that didn't ALL get done was wrapping the gifts (although I am about 80%, which is about 78% better than most years).

If you are ever in the position where your oven has failed and you have leftover pfeffernusse dough and a ninja foodi 9 in 1 and were wondering if you could forgo the baking paper as they are such a firm dough, wonder no further. I have done the experiment on your behalf.

You will be pleased to know that there are another goodly amount rolled in the freezer until they are brought into proximity of a working oven either through distance or time.
 

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I actually worked (& was flat out like a lizard drinking all week back) on the annual celebration of Paris's birth so the day was relatively low key but we did fulfil the wish - and "letting" her win. 

One of the things that I was brought up with is this weird unjustifiable competitiveness in such realms. But truly, the girl just hurls the ball - her only science being in the amount of hurl and lack of care.

Whereas I overthink every throw. I must admit that we all "used the bumpers" (and on only a slightly related note, the arcade had NO PINBALL MACHINE!)

So - twas the night before the night before Christmas here, another big list day tomorrow and "write blog" was not on either.

Happy Christmas to all (& who knows, wishing you a HNY too given my track record)