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Another volunteer shift, this time at the Colour Maze. See all those dots of colour? Those are stickers. And I’m the one handing out sticker sheets to hundreds of hot and overstimulated children. 😅
Snack recommendation! The Coles at Broadway had these Korean seaweed snacks on sale, so I picked up a package. And they are GREAT! Savoury, salty, crunchy. I might try to get more.
Blog post: another recipe from the CWA 1965 “Dessert a Day” cookbook. This one is called Peach Marshmallow, and we did a fun experiment where I cooked it as written, and Rodd Snook did a modern, fancy take on it. (SPOILER: the fancy version was better.) 🍑
Just over 6 months ago I handed in my Amazon badge and embarked on a new adventure with the Snook: early retirement. I really wasn’t sure how it was going to go. Would I get bored without a 9-5 job? Would Rodd and I get sick of spending all our time together? Was our planned budget unrealistic, and we’d have to become penny-pinching misers?
I’m happy to report that the answer to all those questions was a resounding NO. I’ve written a blog post reviewing how we’ve gone on our finances, and how I’m feeling about personal projects and motivation. So far so good! 🩷
We headed to Parramatta to see “Animal” by Cirque Alfonse as part of the Sydney Festival. It was incredible! Live music, dance, humour, and gasp-inducing stunts. So good!! 🎪 🚜 🐔
OF COURSE I was going to insist we eat dinner at the place called “The SouvLucky Country.” GENIUS! 🇬🇷🇦🇺❤️
I was on the global board of Women at Amazon for 3 years. I met hundreds of folks working tirelessly on inclusive programs across multiple affinity groups around the world, top of their day jobs for no extra pay. And now this? This is disgusting, a slap in the face to all those Amazonians, and Andy Jassy should be ashamed.
It was another beautiful sunny day at Bondi! I had another volunteer shift at The Whale, helping hundreds of beachgoers have fun with this amazing puppet installation. Thanks to fellow volunteer Christy for joining me, as well as Waverley Council folks and the talented team from Spare Parts. 🐳
My second volunteering shift for the Sydney Festival was at tonight’s performance of “Air Time.” Rodd, Cecily, and I welcomed guests for an hour of parkour, BMX, skateboarding, and dance! 🛼🛹🚲
Okay, this is getting fun now! I’m sure I’ll be cursing when it comes time to weave in all those ends though. 🧶
Mr. Snook has been after a carbon dioxide monitor for some time now, worried that our new insulated windows are actually killing us. He ordered one in the Boxing Day sale, and it’s just arrived today. So now he’s walking around the house going “TWELVE HUNDRED IN THE LIVING ROOM! WE NEED TO VENTILATE!” Forecast today is for 33C/91F. 🥵
This is the one he got, for the curious: https://amzn.asia/d/06iJmdv
“What? This is a perfectly normal thing to knit at the pub,” I sob into my beer while untangling 28 different coloured bobbins. 😭🧶
Kristine Howard shared a link.
Blogged: The first of many desserts from my 60yo CWA “Dessert a Day” calendar. Today’s is “Summer pudding,” which is a whipped gelatine dessert with citrus and passionfruit. Texture is great, but it’s ridiculously sweet. https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/26786
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN CARBO!!!
First day of Sydney Festival volunteering! Please endorse me for WHALE WRANGLING on LinkedIn. 😂
More photos and video from day one of The Whale at the Sydney Festival! It was an absolutely beautiful day at Bondi, and I had a lot of fun encouraging beachgoers to become whale puppeteers. Looking forward to another shift next weekend! #sydneyfestival 🐳
Did you know you can use your Sodastream to preserve herbs and greens for a lot longer? I showed my friend @_gadget_g_ this trick the other day and it blew her mind. 😂
I had some fun today colouring in boxes on my Sewing and Adventure Skill Trees. Looking forward to filling in some more of these this year! (Thanks to Steph Piper for all her work on these.) https://www.makerqueen.com.au/skill-trees-1
We’ve had this TV for two years, and today I was finally motivated to figure out picture-in-picture. I’ve got the Aussie cricketers trying to finish off India, as well as Notre Dame (currently) beating Georgia. GO IRISH! 🍀
