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Adam and I had been trying to think of things to do with the kids…

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…and then I followed a link on Blue milk’s blog to Gever Tulley giving a brief talk on the topic of 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do. Now we’re positively full of ideas! http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/loader.swf I emailed the link to the video to Adam and he replied thusly: Perhaps we could do all at the same time, I have an old laptop. We couldgive them a pocket knife they could use it to disassemble the laptop whileit is on fire and ripping music, in the passenger seat of the MPV….. See? Fun for all the family 🙂 Seriously … Continue reading Adam and I had been trying to think of things to do with the kids…

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Menu plan 19 May 08

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I keep writing these things and then half the time deciding that I don’t really want what I have planned for that night. Still, I’m cooking more than I was and there’s often something in the freezer I can reheat on the days when wrestling with the kitchen seems too much like hard work. MondayLamb cutlets, noodles & steamed vegFruit & yogurtTuesdayCorned beef, onion sauce & steamed vegFruit & yogurtWednesdayGrilled fish, oven wedges & saladRice puddingThursdayChicken and leek casserole with riceFruit & yoghurtFridayShepherds pieIce cream & fruitSaturdayBBQ seafood and stir fry vegApple crumble & custardSundayMango chicken curry & riceFruit & … Continue reading Menu plan 19 May 08

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To sprawl or to snuggle that is the question

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Clara had been an outside dog before she came to live with us (what with her family renting the house they were in and all) but lounges seemed to hold no mystery at all. She knew exactly what they were for as soon as she saw them. When no-one else is sitting in the lounge room this is her favourite spot. (Ye gods my lounge looks filthy in the light of the flash!) Did something just go click? However, as enjoyable as a good sprawl is, should mummy sit down for even a moment, well, then there’s snuggling to be … Continue reading To sprawl or to snuggle that is the question

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Movie meme

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I was tagged by Megan for this one. 1. One movie that made you laughI watched Death at a Funeral last night and laughed so hard there were tears. 2. One movie that made you cry I have a vivid memory of going to see Gandhi at Roseville Theatre when I was 12 years old and sobbing in horror during interval (back in the days when they still had an interval during a film – mind you, Roseville was old-fashioned, I doubt any other theatres were doing intervals) at what the British did to the Indian people. 3. One movie … Continue reading Movie meme

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Link-fest No. 3

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John Scalzi has a shareware short story available for download: “How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story” You can download it for free then, if you like it, send money! Jay’s Conversations with Patients make me laugh. Blue milk on the fact that maternity leave is not a holiday. California Supreme court overturns gay marriage ban. “The California Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples should be permitted to marry, rejecting state marriage laws as discriminatory.” Now, if only we could follow suit here in Australia. I discovered the Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy Fans … Continue reading Link-fest No. 3

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LibraryThing unread books meme

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Pinched from Lauredhel at Hoyden About Town What we have here is the top 100 or so books most often marked as “unread” by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you’ve read, underline the ones you read for school, italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish. Not going to do the underlining because often I’d already read for pleasure books that were later assigned as school reading. So, bold means I’ve read it, whether for school or for fun. Italic means I started and didn’t finish. … Continue reading LibraryThing unread books meme

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Serenity Con stuff

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I went to the Hub Productions Serenity convention this weekend. Had a great time. Came home exhausted. This account will probably be a little disjointed as a result. Friday night at the cocktail party was fun, it pays to go hang out with the smokers despite a serious loathing of ciggy smoke. Here’s what happened, as told by ZB: As a long time smoker, I am very aware that cigarettes are very very bad. You know when they’re not bad? When Ron “Shepherd Book very ridiculously awesome and also amazingly sexy” Glass wanders up to me and Jenwah (and Mim, … Continue reading Serenity Con stuff