waywithfairies asked about the cat/Christmas tree combination – amazingly, given her ability to cause havoc everywhere else, Parsnips has never shown any interest in the tree. She sniffs at it a bit when I first put it up, then completely ignores it. I took a few photos of the new additions to the tree this…
ell, I managed to get through yesterday and even made it to the party in the evening (which was a lot of fun – it featured giant jenga on the lawn, and a poetry recitation by the boss), but I’m paying for it today – I don’t feel all that unwell, but I’m exhausted, in…
‘m trying very hard to ignore the headachey sniffliness which has been creeping up on me since yesterday afternoon, because I absolutely don’t have time to have a cold at the moment. We’ve got our office Christmas party tonight, and there’s a tonne of stuff I want to get done this weekend, and three more…
oor Parsnips got in a fight last night, and I suspect got the worst of it, because she was looking pretty sorry for herself. Lots of tufts of fur sticking out all over, and definitely a few tender spots she wouldn’t let me touch. She was looking a bit happier when I left for work…
iving a speech tonight at Toastmasters – it’s my 6th speech, so that means I’ll be more than half way to my first qualification. I’m definitely seeing a benefit from attending (as well as having met new cool and interesting people, of course) – even though giving a speech is still nerve-wracking, I’m getting a…
irst of December, so theoretically it’s the first day of summer today. So of course it’s cold and wet and miserable. I don’t know why I’m surprised, really, because Christchurch does this every year – we have a hot November and we all think summer has come early, then it turns cold again in December…
ast night was fun, but I didn’t get home until 11.30 – which wouldn’t have been a problem except that I had to get up at 6 to catch the complicated series of buses to get me over to New Brighton (getting anywhere by bus on a Sunday morning is not fun – when I…
may possibly have over-scheduled this weekend just a tad. It’s not my fault that all the interesting stuff happens the same weekend! (Though I suppose it is my fault I can never turn anything down – a serious case of FOMO, as I believe the cool kids call it.) This morning started with a race…
ytteltonwitch having acquired a new car, she suggested an expedition today to introduce it to such wonders as hills and unsealed roads (its previous owner had only ever driven it around town on the flat, so the poor wee thing isn’t going to know what’s hit it, with the places Lytteltonwitch is likely to take…
n a shock move, I actually did some gardening this morning. Well, sort of – I vaguely hacked at the weeds in the herb garden (does it still count as a herb garden if the only herb in it is the rosemary plant that went feral and took over the entire garden?) to clear a…