Author: mimbles

Blog Link-ups and Memes, Jewellery9 Comments

NaBloPoMo prize donation

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Today I finally hauled all my jewellery making paraphernalia* out and made some necklaces. It’s been ages since I made anything new but there’s nothing like having a commitment to provide motivation. My contribution to the NaBloPoMo prize pool, let me show you it! I’ve promised a set of handmade semi-precious stone earrings and necklace as one of the prizes that will go to a blogger who completes the challenge of a post a day for all of November. Because I’m all decision-makinged out this weekend I’m going to be offering a choice, the winner gets to pick one of … Continue reading NaBloPoMo prize donation

Family & Parenting, Food Glorious Food6 Comments

Birthdays galore

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Thursday was my birthday, I scored omelet for breakfast, a Dr Who calendar, Bill Bailey dvd, Goodies dvd, a couple of books of medieval tunes sheet music and the Spicks and Specks trivia game. I spent my day doing present shopping for Tom and having lunch with my mum and grandma. In the evening my mum and dad came with us for teppanyaki at Fujiya, which was entertaining and scrumptious, and there may have been some red bubbly and sav blanc involved. Good day 🙂 Today was Tom’s birthday, we celebrated by taking five of his friends to Sydney Wildlife … Continue reading Birthdays galore

Family & Parenting7 Comments

Four generations

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I took the kids to visit my grandma this afternoon and my mum came along too. Grandma is one month shy of her 98th birthday and although she’s now living in a nursing home and needs a fair bit of help physically she’s still going strong otherwise. I’ve been wanting to get a photo like this for a while now and today I finally remembered to take the camera with me and got David to play photographer. I made date scones and fudge for afternoon tea, which was all very well until Tom started bouncing off the walls after eating … Continue reading Four generations

Miscellaneous4 Comments

To do list

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There’s a whole bunch of stuff cluttering up my brain. Things that need doing, people I need to speak to, places I need to be, forms to fill out, plans to make, invitations to send, lists to write, all of it whirling around popping in and out of my conscious mind at random. I’m feeling paralyzed by the confusion unable to focus on anything and consequently stressing out even more over the most trivial things. The answer is simple of course. I need to write a list. But hang on, there’s all sorts of different types of things in my … Continue reading To do list

Food Glorious Food4 Comments

Margaritas and fajitas

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We went out for dinner tonight, we headed off without a destination in mind, took Adam’s mum grocery shopping and then dropped her home (she’d spent the day at our place just hanging out but was too tired to come out for dinner). As we pulled out of the driveway at mum’s place we settled on somewhere at Crows Nest or North Sydney. Adam suggested Had to Happen (he’s been there a few times for work lunches). Well. Margaritas and all you can eat fajitas, who could say no? Not me, that’s for sure! I stuck with the traditional margaritas … Continue reading Margaritas and fajitas

Things We Should Talk About at the Dinner Table5 Comments

This will be a photo free post*

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Adam finally went to the doctor to have his ingrown toenail dealt with this afternoon. The beginning of this story is probably about 10 months ago when his occasionally troublesome toe began to be a frequently troublesome toe that never quite got back to normal. I suggested he go to the doctor. The toe remained swollen and sore. I nagged him to go to the doctor. The toe got a little bit better…but then went right back to ickyness. I INSISTED he go to the doctor. He took to soaking his foot in antiseptic every night. And then, eventually, a … Continue reading This will be a photo free post*

Food Glorious Food, Pets and Other Wildlife1 Comment

Brunch

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It was kind of hard to get out of bed this morning, Adam and I slept in but we managed to get the kids dressed, fed, packed for school and out the door with just enough time to make it to school before the bell. I popped in to the school office to drop some keys off and have a chat to a couple of people, then took Clara to the dog park where she had a wonderful time chasing, being chased and wrestling with Gem (a lovely 1 year old bitzer who has some staffy in her along with … Continue reading Brunch

Stuff About Me10 Comments

This I like!

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Which Fantasy/SciFi Character Are You? Jean-Luc Picard An accomplished diplomat who can virtually do no wrong, you sometimes know it is best to rely on the council of others while holding the reins. There are some words which I have known since I was a schoolboy. “With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.” These words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie — as a wisdom, and warning. The first time any man’s freedom is trodden on, we’re all damaged. Jean-Luc is a character … Continue reading This I like!

Family & Parenting, Fibre & Needle Crafts, Food Glorious Food, Historical reenactment, Stuff About Me3 Comments

Beorg-wic and birthday party reporting

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Here we are at the end of two weeks of school holidays and I feel absolutely wiped out. Not because having the kids around has worn thin, they seem to have grown up enough for that not to be such a problem any more. Rather it’s because I’ve spent pretty much the whole 2 weeks with a horrible lurgi. Same thing happened to me last school holidays too. I feel cheated. All I can say is it’s a damn good thing that being a Dark Ages reenactor doesn’t require you to give up paracetamol and anti-histamines as well as plumbing … Continue reading Beorg-wic and birthday party reporting