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Orange Everything (17-23 September)

Published on May 23, 2013 by Elissa CoxenLeave a comment

Monday 17/9/84

Boring day at home. Rang Fi last night. She went to Michalmas Cay with Lucy on Sunday (mim wasn’t allowed – hmm!) and she & mim went together to the movies today. I knew they’d be together. Ate only in the arvy but ate alot. Watched TV & played with the microscope kit all day

Tuesday 18/9/84

Read 3 books this morning. After lunch watched TV, till mum went to the blood bank & we looked for curtain material. Had an ice cream from “the Great Australian Ice Creamery”. YUMMY! Wanted (was meant to) go to Fitzroy Island with Lucy today but, when I went to feed the cats, mum said hurry so I ran & fell & grazed my foot & knee & my left arm began aching so I called it off. Really did want to go too. LATE-ISH NITE. Rang mima again (really to see if she was with Fiona) Lucy had also asked them to go to Fitzroy but they weren’t allowed. But she only spent a little time with Fi. SURPRISING HUH?

Wednesday 19/9/84

Mima, Fi & I went to town. Didn’t buy clothes or anything but had Fun! No one slept over. I wondered what’d happen tomorrow.

Thursday 20/9/84

Mim & I went to town. (Fi was getting her haircut.) Got my orange socks!! And orange dress material. Mim & Polly got tube skirt material. No one was home at home. Picked up Fi (her hair is layered & short & looks GREAT!!) Went for a swim at mima’s. I Fed the cats then went home. Got ready and went to Heat 1 of Breakdance Competition. Mima saw Glenn & that was all. Had fish & chips. Early nite. (Also bought orange fluorescent paint for clothes today)

Friday 21/9/84

Played handball with Julia then went to mima’s to work out how to use the clothes paint. Stayed the day. Fi came after lunch & we watched TV all arvy. Did the cats. Fi & mim staying here. The TV movies were OKAAAY.

Saturday 22/9/84

Woke early-ish. Went into town AGAIN (so mima could see Glenn) They had lunch at my place & we mucked around. Mulleys came & Amanda, Genelle, Fi, mim, me, Julia, & Petra talked (uncomfortably) till they left. We played King while Karen M’s uncle & his family moved in next door. (well just their furniture.) All staying At Fi’s. Lucy staying too – she rang Fi to see if she’d stay but (of course) couldn’t so invited her here. Got to sleep about 1:00.

Sunday 23/9/84

Woke 9:00. At Lucy’s watched a video had lunched & played a game all arvy. Forgot to feed cats.. Watched the movie. Am sooo tired. Hope I can sleep in.

Marshmallow Fail, Static Electricity & Conan (2-8 July)

Published on May 12, 2013 by Elissa CoxenLeave a comment

Monday 2/7/84

At 5:15am today it was 8.5°C. Lowest temperature recorded since ’65 (7.3°C) COOOLD!! Tho’ Hobarts max. today is expected 8°C! Our max 4 tomorrow is 23°C! Townsville 4.5°C, Irvinbank -10°C Herberton -2.5°C. Cairns coldest ever was in 1932: 6.8°C. But today, at work did Women’s Weekly Puzzeler & some book work for dad. Staying 2nite again

Tuesday 3/7/84

At home, Mima came up & we made Marshmallow – what a mess! It boiled over & under the hotplates. We had to cleaned it up (euch!) Bonza tea of meat pie. Est. temperature minimum is 10°C tonight – not as bad as last night but not as good either – course it is! I love WINTER & JULY! When Polly came over I had to try’n’sleep in an ice cold bed! BRRR!

Wednesday 4/7/84

Polly, Julia, mima & I went to town with mum & in Suzie Cue like in all shops, the carpet gave us electric shocks. I rubbed my feet & touched Julia. We nearly fell over! There was a LOUD POP & we were SHOCKED Badly! After I got my braces tightened went to Earlville & Kmart (saw Mark!♥) Then had powder & towel fights before feeding the cats. I flung the meat accidently into some bushes when the others told me to swing it round & flick the blood on each other & it broke!! On Tuesday Julia told mima I like Mark. Knew I couldn’t trust her.

Thursday 5/7/84

At mima’s worked with clay until they went out at 10:30. I had a key so, at home, watched TV till Brewers picked me up again about 2:30. Watched “Conan the Barbarian” on their video – alright, mum picked me up, I fed the cats & had a late night at home.

Friday 6/7/84

At 8:40 mima rang & asked me into town. There was a big mix-up. I couldn’t make the 9:00 bus as she had asked. She got on thinking I was down near Griffith St – it was Clare McK. So I rang Mrs B. & she picked me up on her way in. I met mima & we walked around. At 12, saw Fi & Sandy Lee (they were waiting for greyhound bus – SL was leaving. She is nice after-all. I misjudged as usual. We missed the bus cos mim a wanted to buy some books, but the Dunphys dropped us home. Watched TV Dad came. Staying at Dad’s 2nite.

Saturday 7/7/84

Lazed about at home. Mima rang in the arvy & I went up to help her & practise speech work. Ex’s were very hard. Mum picked me up, fed the cats, and had a late night at home.

Sunday 8/7/84

Read Dolly & helped Julia with her Spain project all day. Watched TV etc. Fed the cats & went to bed quite early. I’d summarize the holidays as good, fattening (did exercises only for 1 week) am fat now. Finally, me teeth are together! See, on Wednesday when I had them tightened, they became so close I almost fainted. The next morning they were shut. Looks great – UNREEEEEEAL!!!

Turning Over A New Leaf? (25 June-1 July)

Published on May 11, 2013 by Elissa CoxenLeave a comment

Monday 25/6/84

Mima went to movies & Sandy Lee & Co came up so I packed for Dad’s. Poor Fi – not being able to spend the hol’s with us. Not fair for her (or mima or me). Went after a tantrum to Dad’s work. I’m gonna try my best to earn my own money from today. [Hence the ‘Turn Over A New Leaf” sticker] Tough steak for tea. Early nite will »hope« sleep like a log.

Tuesday 26/6/84

Sent “Home Hints” to the Women’s Weekly (5). Went to shop to buy icing sugar for my mini pavlovas. Saw Fi with Sandy Lee. Changed a lot from the photo & didn’t seem very nice. Anyway ate all day & had a late-ish nite.

Wednesday 27/6/84

Jules, mum & I went to town. Walked around. Met Carol & Jamie B. Had lunch at “Goodings” & browsed at novelty shop “Giggles’n’Gifts”. At home, finished off the pavs (umah!) Julia stayed at Melinda’s.

Thursday 28/6/84

Jemima rang & “told” me to come up. Went to town at 3.00 for mim’s haircut. so while Julia, Melinda & Co saw “Breakdance”, Pol, mim & I ran to catch (just!) the 12:00 Bus. Spent $10 but shouted mim’s lunch $5. Took last bus home. Julia & I are now going to stay the night at their house. BYE!

Friday 29/6/84

Actually slept in! (till 9) Had small brekky, got ready, smaller lunch & caught 12:00 Bus into town (AGAIN) Polly & Julia wanted to get Pol’s money but the flat was locked. [I’m assuming that mum was at work for the day, and certainly not expecting her daughters to need to come home for anything] The just got out from breaking in when the bus came! Ronnie waited for them. [Ah, the beauty of ‘community’ – knowing all the bus drivers by name!] Mrs Brewer met us at 2:30, took us to Westcourt where we saw Mark R. God what a spunk! At mim’s we packed & went home (Julia & Pol fed the cats)

Saturday 30/6/84

Yesterday mima promised to come over in the arvy after work but didn’t. Cleaned the house, went to Mulleys. Leonie wouldn’t take us to drive in to see Star Wars Trilogy so Nana took us & not Amanda & Genelle. Gina came instead. OH WELL. Was good. Back at Geoff’s we caught mum just in time & went home FREEZING. Flopped into bed!

Scrawled across the top of the page, at the start of the new month, is this:

THIS IS MY FAVOURITE month Because it HAS MY BIRTHDAY, THE SHOW & is the middle of WINTER!

Sunday 1/7/84

Going to dad’s tonite. At lunch, Penwardens came. Walked along beach [dad lived at Holloways at that time] Icy cold wind. Got an ice block at the shop, walked back & they went home. Soup for tea. Is very cold.