Secret Project Report

I’ve got a preliminary interview with the ESOL Home Tutoring people on Tuesday evening, and then assuming they accept me (which is pretty likely – from what the woman I spoke to said they’re not exactly swamped with volunteers, and as an ex-teacher I’m a pretty good candidate), the training will start the following week!…

Only the back-stitch to go on this tree, and I’ll be half-way to finishing the entire picture (there’s four topiary trees in total). Currently reading: Palm Prints by Fiona Kidman

I don’t do physical Christmas cards, so please accept this as a virtual Christmas card to all my Dear Diary, Bookcrossing, and Livejournal friends. Hope you all have a great Christmas (or whatever you choose to celebrate tomorrow), and a fabulous New Year. And another sort of Christmas tree: I wandered over to Jellie Park…

Just in case any of you saw this news item – yes, that is just around the corner from my place, yes, I am still alive, and no, we weren’t evacuated – in fact I had no idea it was even going on (although I did hear what sounded like gunshots around 9.30, but assumed…

What’s the number one thing you should do when entering a new time zone? Yep, change your watch. And what did I forget to do on Friday night? That’s right, change my watch. So my alarm happily went off at 7 am NZ time – which is 5 am Sydney time 🙁 And of course,…

There’s something about books that makes them really hard to throw away. This morning I was registering some more of the books Lytteltonwitch gave me, and came across a couple that were damaged beyond my limited book-repair skills. One had obviously been chewed on by a dog, which in itself isn’t always fatal for a…