I found THIS after being on line blog surfing for over 2 hours .....
Oh the irony!
Saturday, 15 March 2008
Friday, 14 March 2008
*NOT* Child Friendly !!!!
I'm down with a tummy lurgy at the moment. Came home early with it yesterday - dry crackers and boiled water for me for the next day or two still I think.
Also coming home early yesterday, I was forced to back down a driveway and when you combine my bad driving skills at reversing with an upset tummy well you can guess the consequences.
I just tapped the front corner of a parked car. Enough to put a fist sized dent just in front of the drivers side front wheel arch.
There were other extenuating circumstances like the f'wit who was forcing me back down the driveway, but the upshot is I was at fault. I did not take "due diligence" to miss the parked car.
Oh well, all sorted out with the insurance companies and I've taken Salem in and got her assessed by the smash repairers. I figured seeing as I've got to pay the $500 excess for being "at fault" I may as well get my car fixed too.
I also spoke to the bank and got the finances sorted out and I can afford it. It will put back the great Personal Loan payout by a month or two but because I had been good there, I could tap into that now.
Upshot is no-one was hurt, all is sorted and I can pay the $500 without going into more debt or borrowing it from family.
Tummy was roiling again this afternoon, so I spent a quiet afternoon stitching and watching episodes of the 1985 season of Twilight Zone.
Here's what I stitched in the last few hours, from start to finished.
I'm going to give this to Stephen as his Easter present. I know he will take it in good humour and was actually hinting that he would like one ......
Seeing as he looks at my albums, I'm not going to put this into my finished album until after I give it to him next weekend.
Also coming home early yesterday, I was forced to back down a driveway and when you combine my bad driving skills at reversing with an upset tummy well you can guess the consequences.
I just tapped the front corner of a parked car. Enough to put a fist sized dent just in front of the drivers side front wheel arch.
There were other extenuating circumstances like the f'wit who was forcing me back down the driveway, but the upshot is I was at fault. I did not take "due diligence" to miss the parked car.
Oh well, all sorted out with the insurance companies and I've taken Salem in and got her assessed by the smash repairers. I figured seeing as I've got to pay the $500 excess for being "at fault" I may as well get my car fixed too.
I also spoke to the bank and got the finances sorted out and I can afford it. It will put back the great Personal Loan payout by a month or two but because I had been good there, I could tap into that now.
Upshot is no-one was hurt, all is sorted and I can pay the $500 without going into more debt or borrowing it from family.
Tummy was roiling again this afternoon, so I spent a quiet afternoon stitching and watching episodes of the 1985 season of Twilight Zone.
Here's what I stitched in the last few hours, from start to finished.
I'm going to give this to Stephen as his Easter present. I know he will take it in good humour and was actually hinting that he would like one ......
Seeing as he looks at my albums, I'm not going to put this into my finished album until after I give it to him next weekend.
FOTM
Dinky Dyes Silk 137 Riverina
GAST 0890 Jasmine
Six Strand Sweets 1018 Green tea Ice Cream
GAST Daffodil
Carrie's Creations Dusty Mauve
Carrie's Creations Sage Grass
Crescent Colours Shamrock
Olde Willow Stitchery 202 English Quaker Rose
Floss of the Month Club from Down Sunshine Lane.
Mum/Denise and I are both in this club but we receive different threads in our packets so here is way for us to share our pretties :)
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Gibber gibber !!!
It appears I will be spending Easter in Melbourne. A good friend offered me airline tickets and accommodation and then spent three hours on the phone last night enticing me with the promises of delights of choclatiers ...
This afternoon I said yes. 20 minutes later the flight details arrived in my inbox. Apparently I'm flying down after work on Thursday night and coming back the following Wednesday morning.
I'm stunned and amazed and really can't quite believe that I'm awake .... but you can't wipe the smile off my face either :)
This afternoon I said yes. 20 minutes later the flight details arrived in my inbox. Apparently I'm flying down after work on Thursday night and coming back the following Wednesday morning.
I'm stunned and amazed and really can't quite believe that I'm awake .... but you can't wipe the smile off my face either :)
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Manuscripts exhibition State Lib Victoria
Some photos at the state Lib exhibition. These are not the best photos but I was *not* going to use a flash on these works !!!!
Melbourne Sightseeing
The view from my hotel window out over Melbourne ... this is on the fringe of the CBD looking out over the burbs .....
These were taken on a 2 block radius around Melbourne CBD on the morning of 15 Feb 2008.
Rare Book Summer School
Melbourne 11-15 Feb 2008.
I am using this folder as a storage area for these photos so Nicola can nab the ones she wants for her presentation.