Possibly the most useful Christmas gift I've ever received...

I'm short...there's no denying it! I can dress it up with phrases like 'vertically challenged' and 'good things come in small packages' but when it comes down to it, I'm still short. And I'm fine with that. 

When we were in London last year, I stood outside Ripley's, beside a statue of reportedly the world's tallest man...boy did I feel tiny! Lol

But these next photos are with real people in my life...yep! I'm still shorter than them.

Photos show, former student, family and lastly work colleagues...

The only real problem I have with being short is that all my life I've stretched and strained, stood on tippy-toe to reach things on shelves etc. in my classroom I even had a little stool that I used to stand on to reach the top of the blackboard/whiteboard. And as the years went by it was obvious that I needed something similar at home as the cupboards in the kitchen went right to the ceiling...I couldn't even see what was stored on those high shelves! Lol

One year I walked out to the kitchen on Christmas Eve and there was a gift for me from my 3 stepdaughters...it had a big red ribbon tied to it...

And it was a small ladder...

It gets used every day...

All those high shelves...in the kitchen...

In the sewing room...

And every other room if truth be told! 

My little stepladder has meant I can be independant when I need something from the higher shelves. It's also used in the garden...and when I wash my car. And even though he's pretty tall DH uses my ladder too! 

Just the other afternoon he used the ladder while he put up the coloured festoon lights on the side verandah. 

I'll finish with some memes about being short...

And now you know why I think the girls gave me one of the best presents ever :-)