It's Thursday again and time for another visit to my Journal and to Art Journal Journey where the lovely Valerie has chosen a great theme for the month - "When one door closes, another one opens". I love doors and am hoping to do some pages for this now that my Christmas cards have been made (just one to go) and my Christmas Cake is soaking in brandy. Yes, only just got around to making it this week.
The quote for this week I had to work with is "Wi-fi went down for five minutes so I had to talk to my family - they seem nice." It's taken from a book of rubber stamp sayings that I once picked up whilst at CHA in America. I knew they would come in useful one day. So how did I mix the two - the quote and AJJ - well today we are inside someone's house, we have gone through the open door to find the family gathered inside.
"Vix, real name Victoria (but don't ever call her that, she detests it) is a typical teenager who spends most of her time in her bedroom playing on her computer. Mum, dad and big sister, Elizabeth, rarely see her except at meal times or if she wants something. It is usually only then she pops along to see which of her parents is in the better mood so she can sweet talk them into letting her get something, usually another computer game.
The whole family joke about it, tell everyone there is only one daughter in the family because the other younger one is rarely ever seen. Obviously this is said as a joke because they love both Vix and Elizabeth equally and both girls are very precious to them. Ever since Vix came on the scene they have never given one girl any more than the other one; if they spend £200 on Elizabeth's birthday the same is spent on Vix when her birthday comes along. It is a very happy family and both girls know it.
The other day Vix was talking to her friends, some of whom were having a little grumble about mum and dad or a sister they had. This annoyed Vix who was very loyal to her family and so she decided to "shut them up, once and for all". Casually into the conversation she threw in a one liner
"Wi-fi went down for five minutes so I had to talk to my family - they seem nice" she said, with a straight face although she was gripping her jaws together to stop herself from smiling.
The girls all stopped their grumbling and looked at her, mouths slowly dropping open. Never did they think that Vix, of all people, would not really know her family. Vix began laughing and they realised she was not being serious but it did make them step back and think about their own families. Maybe they won't grumble quite so much when Vix is about again."
