testy the test

Yeah, I know it’s been nearly a month since I posted anything, but life is back to its usual whirl of busyness, and sitting down at a computer to do anything other than work hasn’t got high enough up the list of priorities. So, some pretty pictures of crafty things to make up for it:…

A couple of weeks ago, I spotted a release alert from microsquid seeming to indicate she was in Christchurch, so I PMed her and invited her to meet the local bookcrossers. She replied that she’d just left Christchurch, but would be coming back through this week, so we arranged to have a meetup last night….

Ok, here goes again. Hopefully this time I’ll manage to hit the right keys and not send this entry off into the ether somewhere. MrPloppy and I went down to Timaru with lytteltonwitch on Saturday for a meetup with the Timaru bookcrossers (well, Timaru bookcrosser – The-Organist is the only active bookcrosser in Timaru at…

My new passport has finally arrived (it’s really depressing when you realise your old passport expired a couple of years ago, but you didn’t notice, because you haven’t used it for so long!), so now I’m all ready for my Sydney trip. I’ve even gone and got some of the funny-coloured Monopoly money they use…

(Yeah, I know, I don’t update my diary for a week, and then make three entries in one day. Such is life.) I’ve almost finished the cross-stitch part of my secret project! Just a few more stitches to go to fill in that wee gap down in the bottom left there, and then it’s just…

Remember way back when Harry Potter 7 was released, MrPloppy, lytteltonwitch and I went down to Dunedin for the Regent booksale, and decided to dress up and stand in the queue on Saturday morning? And remember I promised photos? Well, here they are: Left to right: Lytteltonwitch, MrPloppy, and me A closer view of MrPloppy’s…