@toastman I am disappointed that’s a fake site, frankly.
No breakfast in the house. We planned to go to Eveleigh Markets. But it’s pissing down, as it always does in Sydney on Easter break. 🙁
Month: April 2011
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Nice easy 3:1 run/walk with the Snook.
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RunningBlog: Week 16
The week started out crappy – what with my mystery cheek infection and being on antibiotics and all – but slowly got better. Sunday I went out for a six-miler with the Snook, with a planned “Magic Mile” time trial for the second mile. We pushed hard and I felt like I was going to barf or explode by the end of it. I was thrilled to see our time was 9:46! Using Galloway’s Race Predictor and our average times for the past 3 MMs, that gives me a predicted marathon finish time of 5:39:28. Sweet! Monday I was wiped out so I rested. Tuesday I went out for an easy lunchtime run, and Wednesday I did a Spudds workout. Now we’re on a 5-day Easter/ANZAC day holiday long weekend, so the Snook went with me today for a run to Glebe. My hamstring still isn’t great, but I’m hoping it’ll hold up for Sunday’s long, long one!
Apr. 17: 9.67km
Apr. 19: 5.52km
Apr. 22: 5.80km
Total this week: 20.99km (13.1mi)
Total in 2011: 380.21km (237.6mi)In order to meet my goal of running 1100km in 2011, I should be at 338.5km right now. So I’ve still got more than 40km worth of cushion. Only 7 weeks to go!
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@laimelde I emailed you with my schedule. Should be 10:30 ish?
@laimelde And yay!
@imdominating Oooh. I read the book. I SOBBED AND SOBBED. I can only imagine that I’d sob even more if Viggo was involved.
Yay! @carbolicious got the Easter package I sent. Video of kids opening it is CUTEST THING EVER. http://bit.ly/hvJEOp Love Indie’s GASPS! 🙂
Aww, Red Cross just rang me to personally thank me for donating! That was nice. Makes up for the vicious bruise I’ve had for over a week.
Sometimes the most important thing to do in your day is cheer up a friend who needs it!
@gizo Nuh. Works fine for me!
RT @MisterShuffles: I don’t know who this Jesus guy is, but he sure has made lots of you happy by getting you days off work!
RT @runasand: (1) Apple is not collecting data, (2) Hidden file is neither new nor secret, (3) “Discovery” published months ago: http:// …
I thought I was coming down with a cold, and then I had a couple glasses of wine, and now I feel fiiiiiiiine. 🙂
@gizo Don’t be a sad! For I haz friended you.
@redambition Avoid the Long Island Iced Tea. They’re very good. But… BADNESS. ASK ME HOW I KNOW.
@kunaal84 AWESOME. Was it good???
@devvyleys May well be the case! She did a great job, but I still have massive purple splotch on my arm.
@lemon_lime HAVE FUN! Say Bon Voyage from me to Jamie too!
@SallyPompom Very! Please take photos. We miss her. And you! 🙂
Giant sleepy cat resting on my legs. Hot coffee. Knitting. Molly Ringworld marathon. Nice start to the weekend. http://twitpic.com/4nro6u
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Giant sleepy cat resting on my legs. Hot coffee. Knitting. Molly Ringworld marathon. Nice start to the weekend.
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- Not your grandfather’s black New Balance – For the Snook.
- iPhoneTracker
- ThinkProgress » Indiana GOP Senator Slams Her Party For Cutting Planned Parenthood Funding: This ‘Will Increase Abortions’ – An Indiana Republican that I actually agree with… The end times are upon us.
- F is for Fennec Fox
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Running Blog: Marathon Thoughts
This made me laugh and laugh. That’s pretty much what I expect it to be like! (Link courtesy of This Running Life.)
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Zucchini Bread
We’re coming to the end of zucchini season, I think, but we’re still getting a couple big ones in each weekly veggie box from Food Connect Sydney. Last weekend as a special treat I made them into the Snook’s favourite: Zucchini Bread. It’s actually not that well known in Australia, which is odd because it’s similar to Banana Bread and they love that here. Anyway, I thought I’d document the recipe since everyone who tastes it ends up asking for it! Here it is:1-1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 t. ground cinnamon
1/2 t. baking soda
1/4 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt
1/4 t. ground nutmeg
1 c. sugar
1 c. finely shredded, unpeeled zucchini
1/4 c. cooking oil
1 egg
1/4 t. finely shredded lemon peel
1/2 c. chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)1. Butter the bottom and halfway up the sides of your loaf tin. (If you butter all the way up the sides, your bread will sink down when you take it out of the oven.) In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients (the first six on the list) together. I never bother to sift; I just stir it really well.
2. In another bowl, mix the wet ingredients (sugar, oil, zucchini, egg, lemon) together. Add the dry ingredients to this bowl and stir just until everything’s moistened. (It’ll be lumpy. That’s good.) Fold in the nuts if you’re using them.
3. Dump into your loaf pan. Bake in a 350F/180C oven for 50-55 minutes or til a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool the pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then take it out of the pan and cool as long as you can bear not to eat it.
Makes one loaf. (My photo shows two because I doubled it.) I like it warm with butter on top. You can even toast it, if you’re weird like the Snook.
Ingredients for the zucchini bread.
The dry ingredients, all mixed together.
The wet ingredients. (If you’ve got a food processor with a grating attachment, use that. Saves heaps of time!)
Mixing it all up together.
Into the loaf pans, ready for baking!
Freshly baked zucchini bread.
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Eyelet Yoke Cardigan
One of my co-workers just had his first baby – a little girl – so I decided to knit something for him. I had some Morris Empire 4ply in #436 Bloom that I thought would be perfect. I went to Ravelry to look for suitable baby cardigans with patterns that wouldn’t compete too much with the variegated wool. (And no Baby Surprise! I am going to come out of the closet and admit that I think they’re pretty ugly. I’m going to stop torturing myself by knitting them.) Anyway, I found this Eyelet Yoke Cardigan that seemed like it would work. It was really quick to knit up, and I used less than 2 balls of the Empire (on 3.5mm needles). The eyelet details on the yoke (pic), sleeves, and waist kept it fun and interesting. For the buttons, I was pleased to find 5 similar-ish buttons (pic) in my stash all in colours that matched the wool. Hooray for mismatched buttons! (More details on Ravelry here.)I gave the cardy to Fei this morning and he was thrilled! I can’t wait to see pics of it on his little girl.
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What the hell. Facebook has started emailing me about comments. It looks like my notification permissions have all changed. *sigh*
@fictillius It’s the principle of the thing!
@squozen But then I never get to see photos of my nieces or nephews. All my relatives without websites just use FB now. It’s a trap.
@squozen Then I’ll never see pics. My dictating which sites other people can use is not a very good solution.
@squozen I don’t mind it. And I don’t wanna be this guy: http://bit.ly/eFtAMx
@innerwestlive I don’t get it. Is there any more to the story than that? It’s shorter than a tweet!
Me and Spudds after today’s workout. 101m and 99m on the rower! http://t.co/DB28P6w
@knitness NO WAY. I love that jumper. Wasn’t it all in Cashmerino? That’s what put me off the pattern…
@knitness That’s awesome. Can’t wait to see it!
Anybody around/willing/able to run with me on Easter Sunday as part of my super long run? (@laimelde @mrs_sockvictim @redambition)
I don’t know if you know this, but Stacy’s Mom has it going on.
@randomknits @drkknits I have hit up actual Indians for advice/supplies on my outfit. I’M GONNA LOOK AWESOME. (cc @kunaal84 @rajsingh2505)
For the curious, this is some of what the Snook has been doing at Yahoo7 for the past six months: http://yhoo.it/gbKKEB
I knitted a little Easter cardy for my friend Fei’s newborn daughter. Finished just in time! I hope they like it. http://twitpic.com/4n5fnl
@randomknits Thanks! Will look better in natural light. My first go at deliberately mismatched buttons. 🙂
@redambition I gave up on Myer CBD years ago. Worst service ever. DJs was lovely to me, so they get my business.
Uh oh. Trying to edit today’s @healthmonth turn and the application keeps crashing. Any ideas, @busterbenson?
RT @innerwestlive: Ultimo Data Centre expansion put on hold: http://bit.ly/fA1wpj // Much better article!
@busterbenson Yep. webgoddess. Just saw again trying to edit next month rules. Earlier was trying to edit today’s turn (eventually worked).
