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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 106264" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day, Linda (and all to follow).</p><p></p><p>Like you, I'm a wuss when it comes to the cold. I invest in good quality thermals and I've got a really good down jacket I bought on special a few years ago (probably because it smells like a wet hen). But in my warm layers, I'm fine in the cold (as long as I also have my knee-high uggs on). I got my uggs scotchgarded, to waterproof them. Even in snow, my feet are warm. Having to pull off the uggs to tip snow out of them is a bit cold, though, while the boot is off! They need to be the genuine article, too - Aussie sheepskin, not the synthetic stuff. And in the US, the real McCoy Aussie ones are not allowed to call themselves uggs, because someone (Aussie expletives inserted here) copyrighted the word which can't be copyrighted in Australia, because it's part of our language.</p><p>About the painting - have you tried playing with letting the colours run into each other? I did a watercolour of pansies, trying that technique. I need practice, but I was impressed with the effect of painting onto wet paper with different colours.</p><p></p><p>Today was difficult child 3's Presentation Day at school. He didn't scoop the pool with awards this year because a new student in his year had that honour. And we don't mind - the new student is a really nice kid who really needed to be rewarded for some amazing hard work after a really rough time in mainstream last year. </p><p>difficult child 3 did get the Year 8 Year Advisor's Award - a bit like Student of the Year, for his grade. His report was really very good, he came close to the top in over half his subjects.</p><p>We went Christmas shopping this afternoon, almost done with it all by now. Thank goodness! And I just missed on seeing a client of mine doing a book-signing, his first book. I had wanted to see him, too. I am so proud of him for doing so well and having the perseverance to keep on with it even while I was criticising his work. Now all I have to do is stop spending so much time on CD, so I can get back to finishing MY book(s)!</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3 got more schoolwork in the mail today - all for next year. I'm thinking of getting him to begin early, so he's already got some of 2008 begun and ready to send back, before the new school year begins in February. He seems motivated too, I hope it lasts!</p><p></p><p>Sunny tomorrow, they said. Beach maybe? With our 'portable schoolroom'. </p><p></p><p>Enjoy your Thursday, everyone.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 106264, member: 1991"] G'day, Linda (and all to follow). Like you, I'm a wuss when it comes to the cold. I invest in good quality thermals and I've got a really good down jacket I bought on special a few years ago (probably because it smells like a wet hen). But in my warm layers, I'm fine in the cold (as long as I also have my knee-high uggs on). I got my uggs scotchgarded, to waterproof them. Even in snow, my feet are warm. Having to pull off the uggs to tip snow out of them is a bit cold, though, while the boot is off! They need to be the genuine article, too - Aussie sheepskin, not the synthetic stuff. And in the US, the real McCoy Aussie ones are not allowed to call themselves uggs, because someone (Aussie expletives inserted here) copyrighted the word which can't be copyrighted in Australia, because it's part of our language. About the painting - have you tried playing with letting the colours run into each other? I did a watercolour of pansies, trying that technique. I need practice, but I was impressed with the effect of painting onto wet paper with different colours. Today was difficult child 3's Presentation Day at school. He didn't scoop the pool with awards this year because a new student in his year had that honour. And we don't mind - the new student is a really nice kid who really needed to be rewarded for some amazing hard work after a really rough time in mainstream last year. difficult child 3 did get the Year 8 Year Advisor's Award - a bit like Student of the Year, for his grade. His report was really very good, he came close to the top in over half his subjects. We went Christmas shopping this afternoon, almost done with it all by now. Thank goodness! And I just missed on seeing a client of mine doing a book-signing, his first book. I had wanted to see him, too. I am so proud of him for doing so well and having the perseverance to keep on with it even while I was criticising his work. Now all I have to do is stop spending so much time on CD, so I can get back to finishing MY book(s)! difficult child 3 got more schoolwork in the mail today - all for next year. I'm thinking of getting him to begin early, so he's already got some of 2008 begun and ready to send back, before the new school year begins in February. He seems motivated too, I hope it lasts! Sunny tomorrow, they said. Beach maybe? With our 'portable schoolroom'. Enjoy your Thursday, everyone. Marg [/QUOTE]
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