Came home tonight to find a reindeer waiting for me on the doorstep. He was adorning a gift from my Bloggers Secret Santa partner, who hadn’t been able to make it to the party on Saturday because she was sick, so she got her husband to drop the parcel off today. Inside were two books…
ytteltonwitch came over today, and we went to investigate a charity shop she’d found that had the bookcrossing holy grail: three books for a dollar. They had a really good selection, too, so I ended up investing $10 in stocking up with potential themed releases (I was punished for such extravagance when the pile fell…
The Christchurch Bloggers Christmas party was tonight, which means I can finally show you the project I was working on when I attempted to cut my finger off: Such a simple little bag, you wouldn’t think it could have caused so much trouble, would you? The recipient was really pleased with it anyway, and with…
t was the neighbours. When I left the house this morning, the green bin was sitting out on the roadside, filled to the brim with branches from the tree I saw the neighbours cutting down at the weekend. As were all my other neighbours’ bins. They’d obviously run out of room in their own bin…
omeone has pinched my green bin!* I came home tonight (after yet another end-of-year function at work) and went to empty the wee compost bin I keep in the kitchen, and the green bin wasn’t in my driveway where it normally lives. The other two bins are there, so obviously whoever took it only needed…
e’re trialling a new scheme at work to have volunteers come in and help out with the archive. I’m running the project (which is exciting and scary at the same time – it could turn into something really big if we do it right), so I’ve been casting around for a first volunteer to test…
he parade of end-of-year functions continues, with our team going out for lunch today. Yes, I know we already had a Christmas party last week, but this was our “official” Christmas function, with our boss shouting us lunch. It was a very nice lunch, in a new cafe that’s opened up recently near campus, and…
s most of you know, I really don’t do Facebook. But back during the earthquakes I set up an account in my real name for the sole purpose of communicating with students, because it was more reliable than our usual email channels. Once the crisis was over, I went back to ignoring it – until…
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…