Alkaline-kiwi was in Christchurch this weekend, so we had a Bookcrossing meetup this morning. It was great to catch up with her – plus, of course, the injection of new books into the meetup group is always appreciated 🙂 As so often happens, I came home with as many books as I’d gone with, so…
ou might not believe it, but I actually released two books today! The first was Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes, which I released in a cafe where I stopped off for breakfast on my way to Riccarton this morning (the Riccarton expedition was to replace my computer’s mouse, which has been playing…
nd… it’s not working. The last of the computer parts arrived yesterday, so we (ok, mostly MrPloppy, with me looking over his shoulder going “ooh, what’s that wire for?” and occasionally actually being useful when my smaller hands could fit into tight corners his couldn’t reach) spent the afternoon putting it together. And the build…
Remember those Christmassy mini-quilts I was making? That I was going to give to pretty much everyone I know? Yeah, they’re still sitting in a pile next to my sewing machine, half-quilted. And there is no way I’m going to get them finished by Christmas. As usual, I totally under-estimated how long each would take,…
Got a surprise on the way home last night – I was walking across the campus when l heard someone call my name. The person talking to me looked familiar, but I couldn’t quite place him. But then, I met a lot of people while I was doing union work, so I’m used to people…
on’t get used to me posting this much – it’s just because for a change having time to post and something to post about (or at least, pretty pictures to fill the page :-)) have coincided. I’m sure to drop off again come February. But in the meantime, pictures of cats “helping” us unwrap presents:…
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That looks yummy! I’ve never had any other chutney besides plain old “Fruit chutney” from Coles.