I got other stuff as well but these are my geekiest gifts 🙂 (I really need to get my good camera fixed – the shutter button fell off and I’ve been making do with my phone and occasionally pinching Tom’s or Caitlin’s camera.) Continue reading Christmas loot
The eighth edition of the Down Under Feminist Carnival is being hosted by Stephanie (stephiepenguin). Submissions are due before New Year, Stephanie is particularly interested in posts around feminism and intersectionality, particularly race and/or ethnicity. All the guidelines are at the Carnival homepage, and the carnival submission form is at Blogcarnival. If you can’t access the form, you can use the Hoyden contact instead. Hoyden About Town also has a call out for nominations for Femmostroppo retrospective 2008 – the most memorable feminist posts of 2008. Continue reading Call for submissions
Santa brought Guitar Hero World Tour for the kids this year. It was unpacked and set up with much excitement…and then nothing, the game wouldn’t start up, we couldn’t get the PS2 to read the disc. Great. We know it’s not the player, all the other games still work just fine. Rather naively, as it turns out, we assumed that we could simply take the disc back and have it swapped for one that worked. HA! Oh foolish ones! We took the disc in to EB Games at Hornsby and explained the situation. We were told that no, they couldn’t … Continue reading Well, that was extraordinarily frustrating
At the beginning of the year I posted a list of things I wanted to do during the year. I kind of lost interest in keeping some of the more mundane things on the list updated but looking back I’d say I’ve managed to do almost half of what I planned. 1. Bushwalking.2. Swimming 50m laps.3. Bike riding at Western Plains Zoo.4. Cooking new meals.5. House extension planning.6. Bowling.7. Selling jewellery.8. Join the archery club.9. Go see a play – not Shakespeare.10. Camping with the Huscarls.11. Learn bead making.12. Write book reviews. 1, 2 3 & 6. I’ve done bugger … Continue reading 2008 in review
I am in the very strange state of having nothing much on my to do list for today, all that needs to be done is a bit of tidying around the house, folding some laundry, buying some bread rolls and eggs…and taking myself off to the doctor 😦 I woke up this morning with the beginnings of a bout of cystitis and there’s no way I’m risking not getting some antibiotics for it now as we’re heading into the Christmas break. So, feeling a little sorry for myself but AWFULLY thankful that everything else is done and I can sit … Continue reading Christmas Eve
Here it is, a definitively Australian gingerbread house, inspired by Megan, baked by me and decorated by my kids – with a little help from me and my Mum (ok, I confess, the kids got bored and Mum and I finished the job, the lolly encrusted sides are totally Grandma’s fault). Give me a home among the gumtrees With lots of plum treesA sheep or two, a kangaroo A clothesline out the back Verandah out the front And an old rocking chair There’s an outdoor dunny and a water tank (though it’s a little on the small side). We’ve even … Continue reading Gingerbread House – Aussie style
This morning as Caitlin was rummaging through the presents under the tree (as you do when you are 10 years old) she asked me “Why are there no presents here for us from you and Dad?” Me: “Santa brings you presents. You can pick, do you want presents from Santa or presents from us?” Tom: “SANTA!” then with a sly grin “But presents from Santa are really from you and Dad.” Me: “I don’t know about that. Are you sure?” Tom: “Yeah, ’cause the real Santa wouldn’t come to our house.” Me: “Oh? Why not?” Tom: “Because we’re not nice!” Continue reading Tom has it all worked out
Tomorrow afternoon we will be making a Gingerbread House, but before that can happen the pre-fabrication of building materials must take place. So that’s what I’ve been doing tonight. Because sleep is so over-rated. I could have simply re-used the pattern from previous years but I was getting kind of bored with doing the same thing year after year. About a month ago Megan was musing on the question of how to do an Aussie gingerbread house and I got all inspired and stuff. So tonight I made a new pattern, this time of a house with a verandah out … Continue reading Construction Phase 1 complete
Where we used to have this: and this: We now have this: We have our coffee table back YAY! (But we need to find a new home for the Roomba.) Continue reading New furniture
This morning, when I went to sit down on the lounge with my laptop, Tom was ensconced in my usual spot so I took up residence on the other end of the lounge in Clara’s usual spot. Tom and I were both sprawled across the lounge leaving no room for the poor puppy. I mockingly patted my knee as I would to invite one of the cats up for a snuggle and the next thing I know my lap is full of a great big gangly dog. She settled herself down with her head on my shoulder, had a good … Continue reading Cuddle deprived dog
Mim's Muddle 