Did you have an after school job as a teenager? What kind of job was it? What were you paid? What is your best and worst memory of the job?

I was a teenager in the early '60's here in Western Australia - we didnt have fast food outlets like MacDonalds etc and so the opportunity was fairly limited in those days. I went to Boarding School in Perth, our captial city as there were no high schools at that time in the country town where I grew up.Life was very strict with lots of rules.

We finished school at 3.30and had until 6 pm to practise the piano, have a shower, write letters or do homework. From 6 to 7 pm it was meal time and washing up and then it was homework until late.

Saturday was for going out to the movies etc and Ssunday was for doing our own washing and ironing, then more homework. This is pretty much it for the time I was in high school from 13 to 17. School holidays for me was back to the farm where I helped my parents. Reading it now it sounds pretty boring but it was what shaped me for the future.

My first year out of school I studied Architecture for a year but gave it up to sell books door to door - my first job. I was very good at it until someone met me at the door with a shotgun in their hand. I resigned that day.

I must show you this photo I took today as I walked by the foreshore of the estuary at Mandurah. There were about 50 pelicans feeding off a school of fish. This is just a few of them.

Exciting news also - the cold weather (for a west aussie lass its cold) has given me a brain freeze that caused me to put ALL my kits on sale for $2.50 each at The Scrapping Garden until 30th June. Get any kits you want now as I am retiring all the kits I made in 2006. I know - the cold weather has affected me this winter.LOL