Free Solar Dress pattern. Okay, that’s adorable. I really must make Indie some dresses. Hmm. And then I might have to make one for me.
Month: August 2010
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Know It All Pencil Set
Know It All Pencil Set. I love it. I’ve been using an old-school pencil at work lately and I’ve been enjoying it.
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Shared today on Twitter
I’ve got Thomas Keller’s Slow-Cooker Cassoulet in the crockpot at home: http://bit.ly/3aTklR. My house is gonna smell AMAZING tonight!
@DDsD @ScottRhodie Yep. Like us. Two car spaces, no cars. So we rent both of them out.
@rhagern I don’t have a $400 slow cooker, so I made it on the stove and then poured it in. Will blog the results! 🙂
Should be going for a run right now… but woke up with a massive allergy attack. My eyes are streaming. ARGH.
I think my chubby knees are ADORABLE, but I do worry that this skirt makes me look like a Hummel figurine. Snook is no help, of course.
Let’s play Words With Friends on the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad! My username is ‘web-goddess’. http://bit.ly/2qbpQ
@venks79 I sent that on the bus! All my games have petered out. 🙁
@AusVintageGrrl Awww, poor Roh! Hope all is well now.
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Shared today on Facebook
I’ve got Thomas Keller’s Slow-Cooker Cassoulet in the crockpot at home: http://bit.ly/3aTklR. My house is gonna smell AMAZING tonight!
I happen to think my chubby knees are ADORABLE, but I do worry that this skirt makes me look like a Hummel figurine. Snook is no help, of course.
Snooky’s better, but the oven’s still broken! Snickerdoodle anticipation is excruciating…
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Abbotsleigh School Literary Festival
Long-time readers will recall that last year I gave a Roald Dahl presentation for my nephew’s third-grade class in Willoughby. It went so well that his teacher has asked me to come back again this year. Fun, right? So that’s scheduled for next week. Well, when Amy (who is a librarian, you know) found out, she asked me to come speak at the Abbotsleigh School Literary Festival too. That was last week, and it was pretty hilarious. I mean, the program was full of actual children’s authors and important people — and ME. I gave the same presentation as last year: who I am, how I became a Dahl fan, a bit about Dahl’s life, how I started my website, how I visited Gipsy House, and then some of the more interesting items from my Dahl collection. I had two sessions, first the fourth-graders and then the third-graders. I didn’t realise there was such a huge cognitive leap between those age groups! The fouth-graders were well-behaved and attentive, and they asked lots of good questions about Dahl. They were also strangely obsessed with hearing about his divorce! The third-graders were more fidgety and kept asking the same questions over and over. One of them asked what he died of, and I made the mistake of saying “pneumonia” (among other things). That led to 10 minutes of “What’s pneumonia?!” and “My grandpa had pneumonia but he didn’t die!” Lesson of the day: 9-year-olds go for the soap opera; 8-year-olds go for death and disease.
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Shared today on Twitter
Hahaha, how did I miss that clip of Abbott fumbling with a power drill? Ha! Funniest thing since Howard’s bowling attempt.
ARGH. Spent the last hour packing clothes to take to Salvos. Just discovered Salvos not open on Sunday.
@crumpet @squozen @expat_erin IIRC for me it was 4 years. I can’t find any proof of that on the stupid website now though…
@zephyrama The Herald is saying Labor are definitely in front… http://bit.ly/aDYe97
@kunaal84 Yikes! You guys are having a slump? 🙁
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Shared today on Facebook
Just completed a 11.22 km run with RunKeeper – Night run. Both feet pretty sore! Think I need new shoes.
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Space Aging
“Study: Astronauts as weak as 80-year-olds in space. Bring on the rotating space ships!
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Shared today on Twitter
Proudly voted for my friend and neighbor Tony Hickey. http://twitpic.com/2gnaul #ausvotes
@henrytapia We’re here! But where are you?
Incongruity. I feel more outrage towards this chick in Newtown wearing stirrup pants than I do about the election. Bad Kris.
@theadrianflores Actually, you’re not quite there yet. When the recount lasts a month and gets decided by courts, then you’ll know. 🙁