Here’s what I’m going to give Caitlin as a congratulatory gift after her dance concerts on Saturday. These next two don’t have homes to go to yet. Caitlin wants to keep the blue one even though it’s way too long for her. Click the pics to embiggen, still need to figure out the camera (RTFM perhaps? :P), the colours don’t come through quite right in the scans. Continue reading Still having fun with the beads
Tonight I hand fed the possum a slice of watermelon. A possum eating watermelon with great enthusiasm is a) noisy and b) so very cute. I spent $400 on groceries today, I’d been buying only what we needed to get through the next day or so for the last 3 weeks and we were running out of just about everything. Now I shouldn’t need to shop for non-perishables for another 3 weeks! BBQ dinner on the front deck is a very nice way to spend the evening. Must do more often. Caitlin is entering the school talent quest in the … Continue reading Random stuff
Back in October I ended my birthday post with the promise of photos. So it’s next month rather than tomorrow…close enough 😛 Here’s what I wanted to share, my present from David, designed and made by him with some input from Tom (Tom chose the big bead in the centre) to go with a new top I’d just bought. I did need to make it a little longer as the first version ended up with an extension chain and the wire ends were scratching the back of my neck so tonight, with David’s approval, I re-strung it on a longer … Continue reading Designed by David
Stand-off on the front deck. Jack and Sam are NOT friends, in fact, they fight like, well, cats. Complete with yowling and fur flying. It’s great at 3am under our bed…. Continue reading Samantha on the defensive
Therefore, in the spirit of NoBloShoeMo, only all at once instead of one pair each day, I give you my shoe collection. The notable thing about this picture is that it contains every pair of shoes I own, in pairs, tidy and accessible. That would be because of the brand new shoe rack on which they are arrayed. Useless facts about my shoes: there is one pair which has never been worn; there is one pair that has been worn only once; there is one pair which I have had since 1992; 9 out of the 19 pairs are Colorado … Continue reading Day 22 and I’m getting desperate.
I’ve been dragging myself around today saying “I don’t feel so good” and feeling like a bit of a fraud as I was pretty sure it was just lack of sleep. I got through reading groups and I was there to man the uniform shop for kindy orientation. I ended up having a lie down this afternoon before heroically heading out to McDonalds in search of dinner. Dinner was duly eaten and about 20 minutes later it became clear that it’s not just sleep deprivation I’m suffering from, but I feel a bit better now if rather shaky and empty … Continue reading Blergh
I copped a gain of 0.7kg this week, total loss back to 7.8kg. Things should be better in the next couple of weeks with Adam not traveling so I should be back to the 10kg mark pretty quickly. There’s no way I’m reaching my 15kg mini-goal by Christmas though, ah well, it’s not a race and I’ll get there eventually. Continue reading Weigh-in week 14
I’m having fun with these and I’m running out of people to make them for. Anyone want a necklace? This one suffered a slight hitch in the making process, I had all the beads laid out on the beading tray ready to thread onto the wire when Jack hopped up onto the bench and decided he needed to see what I was doing. He walked straight across the tray, which slipped, so he jumped. Beads everywhere. Mostly on the tray still fortunately. Idiot cat. Continue reading Another necklace
The time is 10:00pm. We’ve already done 3 rounds of goodnight hugs and kisses. Tom had a nap this afternoon so he’s really not that tired tonight. A small voice calls from down the hall “Muuuum…” “What?” “I’m very huggable…” He’s right, he IS very huggable. Continue reading I is ded of cute
When Adam was away at the conference in Amsterdam recently his name was drawn from a hat to win a Wii. The criteria for getting your name in the hat in the first place was to be one of those still in attendance right at the bitter end of proceedings, so I guess it was by way of compensation, or something. Anyway, today he brought it home with him (he had it posted to the office). There is, of course, much excitement. The kids have all played bowling on Wii Sports, David scored 224 pins and is mightily pleased with … Continue reading We have Wii
Mim's Muddle 