....but it is, since last I opened this blog and put pen to paper. Except that its finger tips to keyboard, but old habits (and expressions) die hard.
Have absolutely no money left in the discretionary budget now after thinking I was so clever and replacing my leased laptop with a tablet. That was the easy bit, and its a lovely new toy, albeit with a small screen, but what are spectacles for after all? Barely an hour had gone by when it became clear that new little devices do not like clunky old printers....a new driver? Forget it, a whole new GPS more like it, so back to the store and a new printer/scanner/alarm clock/oven purchased for less than the price of my old ink cartridge. And I'm joking about the last two options...........but only just.
Settling in with my now wireless tablet, in front of the fire and wanting music in the background but ......dead amplifier. This ancient piece of equipment is the last of a tower of technology purchased secondhand from a car dealership 30 years ago. You'd have to ask Peter why he did that, but since he's not here to reply, I can suggest that the quirkiness of it probably appealed to him, and it would have been cheap. Luckily no-one was videoing the song and dance it took to replace the old with the new; I merely say that I am now an expert in speaker wiring, torch juggling and squeezing myself into spaces only meant for cats.
I've missed musing here in the silence............ Note to self, remember to write instead of holding conversations with oneself.
Friday, May 2, 2014
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Last of the lists.....Week 4 (and a bit)
22. Today I saw.....
- magpies in the garden scratching their beaks on the rose bush
- bees under the clothes line
- the kitchen bench for the first time in days
- two red Mini Minors
- umbrellas made from green leaves
- ride a bicycle
- speak another language
- play the piano
- books about the alphabet
- flower arranging frogs
- postcards
- decorative eggs
- my wedding ring
- my first camera
- the photos in my wallet
- Judging a book by its lover by Lauren Leto
- The wonder box by Roman Krznaric
- Saint maybe by Anne Tyler
- Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks
- The Opal Desert by Di Morrissey
- Black jeans and t shirt
- Black sandals
- Red jacket
- Black and white reading glasses
- silver jewellery
- chocolate
- grilled haloumi
- reading a book from start to finish without stopping
- shopping
- UFOs
- things to pack
- Birthday presents
- Christmas presents
- reading
- eating
- exploring
Sunday, September 22, 2013
The list of week 3
15. Shopping List items (from the perpetual one)
- milk
- meat for the cats
- tea (lemon and ginger)
- double sided tape
- black cherry yoghurt
- genealogy librarian
- hot air balloonist
- reader of new books
- wild life photographer
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| SCT & JK |
- theme from Doctor Who - the music of my childhood
- The Blues Brothers soundtrack - instant reminder of my son
- Wonderful World - instant reminder of my husband
- South Pacific soundtrack - instantly transports me to my parent's living room and everyone singing along
- .......too many to list - its a list in itself!!
- sunshine
- champagne
- wonderful clothes
- beautiful horses
- roses
- overnight jam made with berries and chia seeds
- individual chocolate puddings
- Jamie Oliver's korma curry
- something that uses verjuice
- calamari
- Pompeii
- Egypt
- everywhere in Italy
- everywhere in Turkey
- Canada
- Uluru
- Bungle Bungle Ranges
- ........have to stop somewhere!
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| Bungle Bungles |
- replace the lavender hedge
- make the last 2 mosaic posts
- make space for family coming to stay
- go on holiday!!
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
The Lists.....Week 2
And now we're into the second week, and the list topics are even more interesting.
8. In my bag.....
10. On my wishlist...........
8. In my bag.....
- hand cream, nail file, lipstick, brush & comb
- phone
- money
- notebook & pen
- a collection of stickers
- a handful of business cards from the market last weekend
- http://www.websudoku.com/
- http://www.bom.gov.au/index.php?ref=hdr (my local Meteorology Bureau)
- http://www.henrilechatnoir.com/ (that very bored cat and his thieving film-maker)
- http://www.imdb.com/ (to answer the questions I cant)
- http://trove.nla.gov.au/ (online resources of the National Library of Australia)
- www.librarything.com (a catalogue for your library)
- https://www.maggiebeer.com.au (an iconic Australian chef)
10. On my wishlist...........- travel to Italy
- keep bees
- have a garden full of birds and butterflies
- put resources on a USB for my student teacher
- eat a healthy lunch
- ring my cousin to make some plans for Christmas Day
- get up an hour later (its a non-teaching day)
- make the bed before having a shower
- check emails
- complete the daily sudoku before the tea gets cold
- water the pots on the front porch
- tile around the new bench
- a log cabin quilt (which might just turn out to be a pin cushion instead)
- surprises lurk in unexpected places
- every day is a new one
- there's always a to-do list for tomorrow
- it includes friends and food
Monday, September 9, 2013
The Lists....Week 1
Working from the top...........'cos that's the way I am. Lists for week 1
1. Things about myself .......
3. Things I would like to get done this month.....
1. Things about myself .......- leave things til the last minute
- forever multi-tasking
- rather go out with friends than almost anything else
- like to have all the facts
- driving
- talking
- samauri sudoku
- opening champagne
3. Things I would like to get done this month.....- remember to complete the lists
- make the Christmas puddings
- empty the ironing basket
- finish my Book Group book before the night we discuss it
- ABC Melbourne radio
- my "stay focussed" playlist on Spotify
- The Cat Empire
- Fat Cat complaining that dinner hasn't arrived
- pull out the rest of the old lavender bed
- plant the daphne
- make the boxes for my bookmarks
- make the bed
- apoplectic
- cromulent
- precipitation
- chocolate
- write more regularly
- update the look
- comment on the things I like because no-one sees a smile
- decide if I really want to maintain them both
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Thursday 13s
Have been down in the dumps lately - no energy for anything, but today.........here are the first 13 things I accomplished before noon........
1. slept in for the first time in weeks
2. revived three pot-plants that were birthday presents, and which don't like sitting by the front door where the rain doesn't reach
3. remembered to re-schedule a medical appointment
4. rang the dentist and discovered a cancellation for today (ouch...)
5. added clothes to the collection for recycling
6. brushed the cat (his favourite thing apart from eating)
7. paid three bills
8. filed them instead of leaving them on the desk "for later"
9. scrubbed the shower recess
10. made the bed
11. backed up my laptop
12. discovered the kitchen bench under many papers
13. got dressed just before it turned into the afternoon
....which meant that my afternoon was busy too and I made the most of a sunny winter's day. Not exciting things on a world scale, but good enough for me today.
1. slept in for the first time in weeks
2. revived three pot-plants that were birthday presents, and which don't like sitting by the front door where the rain doesn't reach
3. remembered to re-schedule a medical appointment
4. rang the dentist and discovered a cancellation for today (ouch...)
5. added clothes to the collection for recycling
6. brushed the cat (his favourite thing apart from eating)
7. paid three bills
8. filed them instead of leaving them on the desk "for later"
9. scrubbed the shower recess
10. made the bed
11. backed up my laptop
12. discovered the kitchen bench under many papers
13. got dressed just before it turned into the afternoon
....which meant that my afternoon was busy too and I made the most of a sunny winter's day. Not exciting things on a world scale, but good enough for me today.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Favourite things
Rosemary, this is for you. This is the Richmond Birdwing butterfly. I fell in love with it a million years ago when I belonged to a Science Club and we raised money to save its habitat. We sold t shirts and I've still got mine, with a very faded print on the front (and a hole where I caught it on something in the garden). Here's another picture, this time a REAL one.......
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