Quick update

Written 9.26 am, Tuesday 1 August 2006, to be uploaded whenever I get a chance… Why is it the moment DD goes down I have an uncontrollable urge to write a diary entry? It’s not even as if I have anything particularly interesting to report (except that evienz caught one of my books from the…

On one of the cold and miserable days last week, I overheard someone say “At least it’s sure to be hot next Tuesday, it’s Cup Day.” Normally I would have dismissed that as pure superstition, but it’s true – no matter how bad the weather has been, the second Tuesday in November is always a…

Yeah, I know, I said I never do these quiz things, but this one amused me, especially when I tried it out (just taking the first ten, rather than the applicable ones): FutureCat needs a cold shower.It *is* quite warm today, but I didn’t think it was that bad yet. FutureCat needs a smack daddy.Do…

My LJ and Bookcrossing friends have probably guessed by now that rarsberry is the intended recipient. She and VivaRichie are getting married next month, and this is going to be their wedding present from the Christchurch bookcrossers – I’m providing the embroidery, and the others are chipping in for a frame. And we’re going to…

Just did something really dumb. It’s pouring with rain after yesterday’s stinking hot weather (Christchurch is nothing if not changeable), and I and a few colleagues were walking over to the cafe with a new staff member for a welcome morning tea. I’d left my umbrella in my office (it was only spitting when I…

We’ve been back from Alexandra for nearly a week now, and I don’t know where the time went. Ok, the first couple of days went on entertaining Nephew#1, who came back with us. We’ve been promising him for years that when he got old enough he could come for a visit on his own, so…