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I’m so proud

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It turns out that: 35 As a 1930s wife, I amPoor Take the test! And… 108 As a 1930s husband, I amVery Superior Take the test! (Actually I’m not sure that’s such a good thing.) Just reading through the test is amusing in its own right. I did take a look through the flickr set of the original test booklet when it was doing the rounds of the blogosphere a short while back and had a good laugh then and I remember thinking it needed to be turned into a net quiz! Continue reading I’m so proud

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Stuff that made me happy this week

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The canteen supervisor told me she enjoys reading my contributions to the school newsletter because I write well. Who knew anyone cared about the literary merits of school newsletters? The rain held off till 3pm on Family Fun Day at the school last Sunday. Family Fun Day is the P&C’s major fundraising event of the year complete with rides, stalls, performances by dance groups and bands – the works, and each year we dread being rained out. Caitlin sang beautifully at Family Fun Day. They asked the talent quest winners from last year to perform, she didn’t repeat her Under … Continue reading Stuff that made me happy this week

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What on earth does a colon have to do with leadership?

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The sheer weirdness of associating a punctuation mark with personality traits drove me to do this. I find the results…disconcerting. You Are a Colon You are very orderly and fact driven. You aren’t concerned much with theories or dreams… only what’s true or untrue. You are brilliant and incredibly learned. Anything you know is well researched. You like to make lists and sort through things step by step. You aren’t subject to whim or emotions. Your friends see you as a constant source of knowledge and advice. (But they are a little sick of you being right all of the … Continue reading What on earth does a colon have to do with leadership?

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I can’t make up my mind about this one

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As I walked up the hill from the car park to the bank today on my way to do the Uniform Shop banking I was accosted by a bloke I’ve never laid eyes on before who said to me “Excuse me, I saw you walking up from the car park and I just wanted to say how nice you look, you’re very attractive”. I think he was a little younger than me. It was…odd. But kind of nice…I think. There was no creepy vibe or anything like that, he was very polite and as soon as he’d said his bit … Continue reading I can’t make up my mind about this one

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That was the week that was

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It began with a weekend of not much, though I did manage to take David bowling on Sunday morning, we won’t talk about my score, I’m getting worse instead of better. Monday was supposed to be my first day to myself with nothing in particular to do in ages, instead I ended up with Caitlin at home with a lurgi. I spent the day sorting out my bead collection into some new storage containers, fun but of dubious importance in the hierarchy of stuff that needed to be done. Monday afternoon I went for a parent/teacher interview with Tom’s teacher … Continue reading That was the week that was

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There was something I was going to tell you….

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…now, what was it? Errr, let’s see. I gained 0.2kg this week. Our iinet connection was installed today against all odds, which, YAY! But in the process the phone socket in the kitchen for our Optus cable land-line was sacrificed so now the answering machine/base station is plugged in to the socket in the study downstairs and we’re using one of our secondary handsets instead. I sold two necklaces last week, so there’s another 2008 goal ticked off. David and I went bowling on Sunday morning, my scores were 96 and 69, the symmetry is nice at any rate. I … Continue reading There was something I was going to tell you….

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Going dotty

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Thursday’s beadmaking class focused on dots. I brought home the two beads on the pendant below, leaving three others still cooling, making these things is slow work! I’m sure these beads are reminiscent of clothing my mum had when I was little. There’s probably a photo somewhere. Dots! Red coral and glass beads on memory wire. Turquoise necklace with silver plated discs and some brown coloured stone that I got in a random pack on special and consequently have no idea what it is. Ok, so the only dots here are on those two little beads I made, and I’m … Continue reading Going dotty

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Requiem for a dishwasher

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My dishwasher died this morning. Mid-cycle there was a weird gurgle, a loud *POP* and a very terminal seeming burning smell. Seeing as the thing is positively ancient and literally falling apart on the outside we decided there was not much point in pursuing repairs so off we went to buy a new one. And managed to talk ourselves into a Miele, something to do with it being worth spending the extra money on something we’ll be using every day rather than skimp and be pissed off with it every time we use it. See, the recently defunct dishwasher, ancient … Continue reading Requiem for a dishwasher

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Today was a school day for me too

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I had some no small difficulty dragging my self out of bed this morning due to a completely self-inflicted lack of sleep, went to bed at 2:30am. Ooops. Kids were 5 minutes late for school. I’m a bad mum 😛 After dropping the kids off I came back home and did some laundry then grabbed my beading supplies and headed back to the school to add another volunteer role to my repetoir. Because I am an idiot. So, I’m now a member of the craft group and I’ll be making a whole bunch of earrings for them to sell at … Continue reading Today was a school day for me too