I laughed at Karen's latest post
"“Why do you call him ‘Dylan’?” asks my niece.
I review my monologue. Then I laugh. “D-a-r-l-i-n-g,” I drawl, extending the vowels. “I call Ken, ‘Darling’"
I thought this would make an interesting survey.
So, what do you call your other half (if you have one)?
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
TONIGHT'S MENU...
We have guests for dinner. We're eating...
Nibbles: Olives, cheese and crackers
Main:
Morroccan Chicken Tagine with tomatoes and honey saffron jam
Spicy couscous
Aromatic Tunisian Roasted Carrot salad
Dessert:
Indonesian Nutmeg Cake
and nutmeg flavoured yoghurt
Main course recipes courtesy of Travis Clive-Griffin who owns Salute restaurant in Greytown.
The girls doing my circle journal may have seen the dessert recipe as my contribution to Delys's journal - don't worry Delys, I'm not disclosing the recipe here!). It's from an amazing book called "Bake your cake and eat it, too" by an Aussie chef called Tamara Milstein.
Both Travis and Tamara were guest tutors at the Ruth Pretty Cooking School. Ruth Pretty Cooking classes are one of my favourite outings.
Thanks to Caitlin and Elliot who played happily all afternoon while I prepared dinner. That made it so easy!
Nibbles: Olives, cheese and crackers
Main:
Morroccan Chicken Tagine with tomatoes and honey saffron jam
Spicy couscous
Aromatic Tunisian Roasted Carrot salad
Dessert:
Indonesian Nutmeg Cake
and nutmeg flavoured yoghurt
Main course recipes courtesy of Travis Clive-Griffin who owns Salute restaurant in Greytown.
The girls doing my circle journal may have seen the dessert recipe as my contribution to Delys's journal - don't worry Delys, I'm not disclosing the recipe here!). It's from an amazing book called "Bake your cake and eat it, too" by an Aussie chef called Tamara Milstein.
Both Travis and Tamara were guest tutors at the Ruth Pretty Cooking School. Ruth Pretty Cooking classes are one of my favourite outings.
Thanks to Caitlin and Elliot who played happily all afternoon while I prepared dinner. That made it so easy!
Sunday, September 24, 2006
A HORSEY STORY
Today we went with our friends, Hamish and Rebecca, to visit Rebecca's horse. "Forrester' lives in Ohariu Valley.
Cait was nervous, Elliot was excited (his first time on a horse) and I was rapt to be back in the saddle. It's 20 years since I last rode a horse. This was only a little ride around the arena and I felt like a total beginner but it was cool. Caitlin got more confident and both kids were able to have a go off the lead. Forrester is a very large but very calm horse and it was a real treat.
Elliot was very proud to report that "I steered by myself!"
Friday, September 22, 2006
42 years ago today...
42 years ago today my Grandad died. His name was Joseph Augustine Maroon Joseph (Joe Joseph) - kind of a cool name. He was 56 years old. Joe was my Dad's father. I am Joe's oldest grandchild. My Mum was pregnant with me when he died but hadn't realised. So he never knew his grandchildren.
Joe was Lebanese. That makes me one quarter Lebanese. Joe moved to New Zealand as a child with his parents seeking a better life from the one they knew in Lebanon. When they settled in New Zealand his English was better than his parents so as an eight year old his filled in all their immigration papers. They spoke Arabic. He ate olives and middle eastern sweet meats. He was a foodie when they didn't even know what a foodie was. But he embraced life in New Zealand and became Kiwi to the extent that my father and his siblings only ever learnt a few swear words in Arabic (the only phrase I know how to say is "You have the brains of a donkey!" A huge insult in Arabic).
Joe was incredibly bright - he loved the law and politics. He worked for the Inland Revenue Department but on the side owned a men's clothing business on Lambton Quay and was into property investment(he owned buildings in Oriental Parade amongst others) . He used to open his clothing business during his lunch break from IRD and many lawyers and politicians were carefully outfitted by 'Joe" who had impeccable taste. When my parents married it was Dad, not Mum, who was presented with the traditional trousseau - a huge wardrobe of clothing. Several years ago my Dad gave me his paisley patterned dressing gown that was one Joe had given him. It's made from viyella, a fine wool. It is still in perfect condition nearly 45 years later and I still wear it every day. When I enquired at Kirkcaldie and Stains to see if they could still source them they said they could and a new one would cost $800 (for a dressing gown!). When I started work an older woman I worked with told me stories of when she was a young law clerk and being sent to collect the boss's suits from Joe and how lovely he was to her.
One day the IRD commissioner told Joe he had to choose between his clothing business and the IRD. He chose his clothing business. After his death my uncle ran the business for a while and I remember going there as a child. It was in the Macarthy Trust building and it was a treasure trove of every clothing item a man could ever want. In the back room he kept a collection of wind up robots - all neatly kept in their original boxes. Whatever happened to them?
Joe married my Nana, Betty, a Welsh woman and she kept house while he tended to his business interests. They had attractive children. Their kids -Paul, Anthony, Adrienne and Christine (little Christopher died at birth) -were all striking looking. My Dad and uncle and aunts and cousins are all very Lebanese looking. Even my sisters have dark Lebanese-like hair. I joke that I am the Welsh throwback! Betty died a couple of years ago, aged 92 - she lived over 40 years without her beloved Joe.
Joe was a fiercly strong Catholic who did lots of good deeds around town. He was one of the few people to own a car and some Sundays he would visit the Home of Compassion orphanage and take the nuns and orphans for drives. He left groceries on the doorsteps of widows. When Mum and Dad were newly married my Mum used to do some bookwork for Joe. He would take her out for lunch and pay with a 5 pound note and then slip the change into Mum's hand saying, you take the change, dear. The 'change' was more than a week's wages for Mum and Dad.
Joe played the violin. He owned a famous stradivarious violin. When he died the family donated it to a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
Joe died on the way home from work one night about 18 months after my parents got married. Joe and Betty lived in Karori and on his way home he took a walk and went past a paddock where he stopped to pat a horse. The horse probably reared up, no one is sure, but Joe was found dead by the paddock.
Over 1000 people attended his requiem funeral at St Mary of the Angels. There was a write-up about him in the local papers.
This is the sum total of what I know about Joe. He would be 98 is he was alive today. He was a larger than life figure. He was my Grandad. I wish I had known him.
Edited 26 October
I hear, through the grapevine, that one of my aunts has found my blog "Hi Aunty Chris!". She says I am wrong about the stradivarius. Grandad did have a good violin that was given away after he died but it wasn't a strad. Just shows you that when all you know is via word of mouth the story can be twisted. The old Chinese whisper syndrome, I guess. Bummer - the stradivarius story was a good one!
Joe was Lebanese. That makes me one quarter Lebanese. Joe moved to New Zealand as a child with his parents seeking a better life from the one they knew in Lebanon. When they settled in New Zealand his English was better than his parents so as an eight year old his filled in all their immigration papers. They spoke Arabic. He ate olives and middle eastern sweet meats. He was a foodie when they didn't even know what a foodie was. But he embraced life in New Zealand and became Kiwi to the extent that my father and his siblings only ever learnt a few swear words in Arabic (the only phrase I know how to say is "You have the brains of a donkey!" A huge insult in Arabic).
Joe was incredibly bright - he loved the law and politics. He worked for the Inland Revenue Department but on the side owned a men's clothing business on Lambton Quay and was into property investment(he owned buildings in Oriental Parade amongst others) . He used to open his clothing business during his lunch break from IRD and many lawyers and politicians were carefully outfitted by 'Joe" who had impeccable taste. When my parents married it was Dad, not Mum, who was presented with the traditional trousseau - a huge wardrobe of clothing. Several years ago my Dad gave me his paisley patterned dressing gown that was one Joe had given him. It's made from viyella, a fine wool. It is still in perfect condition nearly 45 years later and I still wear it every day. When I enquired at Kirkcaldie and Stains to see if they could still source them they said they could and a new one would cost $800 (for a dressing gown!). When I started work an older woman I worked with told me stories of when she was a young law clerk and being sent to collect the boss's suits from Joe and how lovely he was to her.
One day the IRD commissioner told Joe he had to choose between his clothing business and the IRD. He chose his clothing business. After his death my uncle ran the business for a while and I remember going there as a child. It was in the Macarthy Trust building and it was a treasure trove of every clothing item a man could ever want. In the back room he kept a collection of wind up robots - all neatly kept in their original boxes. Whatever happened to them?
Joe married my Nana, Betty, a Welsh woman and she kept house while he tended to his business interests. They had attractive children. Their kids -Paul, Anthony, Adrienne and Christine (little Christopher died at birth) -were all striking looking. My Dad and uncle and aunts and cousins are all very Lebanese looking. Even my sisters have dark Lebanese-like hair. I joke that I am the Welsh throwback! Betty died a couple of years ago, aged 92 - she lived over 40 years without her beloved Joe.
Joe was a fiercly strong Catholic who did lots of good deeds around town. He was one of the few people to own a car and some Sundays he would visit the Home of Compassion orphanage and take the nuns and orphans for drives. He left groceries on the doorsteps of widows. When Mum and Dad were newly married my Mum used to do some bookwork for Joe. He would take her out for lunch and pay with a 5 pound note and then slip the change into Mum's hand saying, you take the change, dear. The 'change' was more than a week's wages for Mum and Dad.
Joe played the violin. He owned a famous stradivarious violin. When he died the family donated it to a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
Joe died on the way home from work one night about 18 months after my parents got married. Joe and Betty lived in Karori and on his way home he took a walk and went past a paddock where he stopped to pat a horse. The horse probably reared up, no one is sure, but Joe was found dead by the paddock.
Over 1000 people attended his requiem funeral at St Mary of the Angels. There was a write-up about him in the local papers.
This is the sum total of what I know about Joe. He would be 98 is he was alive today. He was a larger than life figure. He was my Grandad. I wish I had known him.
Edited 26 October
I hear, through the grapevine, that one of my aunts has found my blog "Hi Aunty Chris!". She says I am wrong about the stradivarius. Grandad did have a good violin that was given away after he died but it wasn't a strad. Just shows you that when all you know is via word of mouth the story can be twisted. The old Chinese whisper syndrome, I guess. Bummer - the stradivarius story was a good one!
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
LIBRARY WEEK
It's Library Week. Thanks to Penny and Karen for reminding us.
When I visit the library I mostly come home with non-fiction. Autobiographies, diet/fitness books (so I can read up and scoff at all the latest diets), books about other countries. I don't bring home much fiction even though I love reading. At the library I get overwhelmed by the choice and pick up book after book that doesn't interest me. I prefer to buy fiction (and cook books, but that's another story).
We have a library at home. I know that's a luxury. Books are so cool and it's great to have somewhere to store them. Our library is a quiet place. A kids-free zone. A technology-free zone. Just a place to read (or play the piano or electric guitar - actually - it's not so quiet at times!). A place to store/display my collection of religious artwork (some inherited from my grandparents). But lately the book piles have grown too much and DH is having a wee clean out. Well that means he has pulled books off the shelves and turned them into piles on the floor. Piles of books he thinks would sell on TradeMe. He buys dozens every year on TradeMe. We read different stuff. The only place we cross over is Patricia Cornwell. The problem is I hate selling books. It takes hours to list them on Trade Me and to pack them up and take them to the Post Shop. I would rather give them away. Visitors to our home get the first dibs.
It's a good time to visit.
ACTING THE GOAT
We recently had black and white family photos taken for a school fundraiser. Late on a Sunday afternoon was not a good time. The kids didn't want to do it. We got a couple of OK photos. Mostly Elliot just acted the goat. See...
Friday, September 15, 2006
HERE GOES
The lovely Lynda was tagged and asked to complete this list - basically you have to highlight all the things on the list that you've done. I was fascinated reading her list - then I got to the bottom and found she'd tagged me! So here goes...
1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
2. Swam with wild dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. Said "I love you" and meant it
9. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped (tried, I couldn't do it!)
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen an eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites7
70. Taken a martial arts class (sat through over a hunderd - -does that count)
71. Played DVD for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an expert
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Eaten fugu (pufferfish)
89. Had a one-night stand
90. Gone to Thailand
91. Bought a house
92. Been in a combat zone
93. Buried one/both of your parents
94. Been on a cruise ship
95. Spoken more than one language fluently
96. Performed in Rocky Horror Picture Show
97. Raised children
98. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour - followed the NZ cricket team on tour - does that count?
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery - not cosmetic though!
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication - Govt one
106. Lost over 100 pounds (working on it!)
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111.Ridden a bike
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair.
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life
OK I got 63 (not sure if that is good or bad?)!
I'm tagging 2 people - Shani(now's the chance to update your blog!) and Karen (yep, that's you Girl Friday - you know you can do it!)
1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
2. Swam with wild dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. Said "I love you" and meant it
9. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped (tried, I couldn't do it!)
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen an eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites7
70. Taken a martial arts class (sat through over a hunderd - -does that count)
71. Played DVD for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an expert
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Eaten fugu (pufferfish)
89. Had a one-night stand
90. Gone to Thailand
91. Bought a house
92. Been in a combat zone
93. Buried one/both of your parents
94. Been on a cruise ship
95. Spoken more than one language fluently
96. Performed in Rocky Horror Picture Show
97. Raised children
98. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour - followed the NZ cricket team on tour - does that count?
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery - not cosmetic though!
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication - Govt one
106. Lost over 100 pounds (working on it!)
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111.Ridden a bike
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair.
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life
OK I got 63 (not sure if that is good or bad?)!
I'm tagging 2 people - Shani(now's the chance to update your blog!) and Karen (yep, that's you Girl Friday - you know you can do it!)
I'M OVER IT
OK I'm over Rockstar:Supernova - a thing of the past and I won't be going there again!
Roll on the weekend. School quiz night tomorrow night and then, on Sunday, DH is doing a 5km fun run in Petone which I'll take the kids along to watch (I know I should be doing it - walking, that is, not running). I have been walking twice this week (and to the gym 3 times). For those who know Lower Hutt the walk is a big loop from our place by the hospital down to Melling then up the Tirohanga hill, across the hill to Harbourview and then down the hill and back home. After walking it two days in a row I drove it in the car and was surprised that it's 7km (1.5km of that is uphill)- woo hoo!
No scrapbooking done since last weekend when I finally got to work on Delys's fabulous recipe circle journal that I'm doing through Scrapbook Outlet. Just waiting for the next 2 to arrive which should be in a couple of days. I love making these little treasures for other people. And it's so much fun when, weeks/months later, your album arrives back and some wonderful people (many you don't know) have made you something special. If you haven't done one before keep an eye out and sign up next time.
Happy weekend!
Roll on the weekend. School quiz night tomorrow night and then, on Sunday, DH is doing a 5km fun run in Petone which I'll take the kids along to watch (I know I should be doing it - walking, that is, not running). I have been walking twice this week (and to the gym 3 times). For those who know Lower Hutt the walk is a big loop from our place by the hospital down to Melling then up the Tirohanga hill, across the hill to Harbourview and then down the hill and back home. After walking it two days in a row I drove it in the car and was surprised that it's 7km (1.5km of that is uphill)- woo hoo!
No scrapbooking done since last weekend when I finally got to work on Delys's fabulous recipe circle journal that I'm doing through Scrapbook Outlet. Just waiting for the next 2 to arrive which should be in a couple of days. I love making these little treasures for other people. And it's so much fun when, weeks/months later, your album arrives back and some wonderful people (many you don't know) have made you something special. If you haven't done one before keep an eye out and sign up next time.
Happy weekend!
Thursday, September 14, 2006
ROCKSTAR: SUPERNOVA - AND THE WINNER IS....
If you are hanging out to see the two hour final tonight do not read any further....
We have been getting the Rockstar:Supernova shows a few hours behind the US. I found out today who the winner is.... if you don't want to know log out now...
The winner is....
Lukas!
I am p****d off! Give me Dilana, Magni or Toby. I could cope with any of them winning. For a start they can all sing.
But Lukas - give me a break. That guy:
a) can't sing (just moans)
b) looks about 15 years old
c) dresses ridicuously (that stupid glitter eye makeup that looks like a 3 year old has applied it)
d) is unintelligent and
e) is totally pathetic
I would not pay to see that band now. Why do they make decisions like this?
Hmmm, maybe I'm just showing my age?
We have been getting the Rockstar:Supernova shows a few hours behind the US. I found out today who the winner is.... if you don't want to know log out now...
The winner is....
Lukas!
I am p****d off! Give me Dilana, Magni or Toby. I could cope with any of them winning. For a start they can all sing.
But Lukas - give me a break. That guy:
a) can't sing (just moans)
b) looks about 15 years old
c) dresses ridicuously (that stupid glitter eye makeup that looks like a 3 year old has applied it)
d) is unintelligent and
e) is totally pathetic
I would not pay to see that band now. Why do they make decisions like this?
Hmmm, maybe I'm just showing my age?
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL
Elliot: "If you step on a crack, you'll break your mother's back."
Mother: "Oh, when I was a kid we said - if you step on a crack you'll marry a rat"
Elliot: " No, Mama, that was the olden days. These days, in the days of colour television, we say - if you stand on a crack you'll break your mother's back."
Mother: "Oh, when I was a kid we said - if you step on a crack you'll marry a rat"
Elliot: " No, Mama, that was the olden days. These days, in the days of colour television, we say - if you stand on a crack you'll break your mother's back."
Monday, September 11, 2006
SEASONS
It's spring and it's sunny. Aren't mornings like this great? I love the change of seasons. Spring bulbs in bloom. Lighter mornings. It's so easy to see why people clean out their houses in the spring, or start exercise programmes, or just feel better.
But, to be honest, despite my love of the sun and warmth my favourite season is actually winter. I love how we hibernate in winter. We draw the curtains early. I feed the kids early. We make comfort food. Our house is our little cave.
What season do you like the best?
But, to be honest, despite my love of the sun and warmth my favourite season is actually winter. I love how we hibernate in winter. We draw the curtains early. I feed the kids early. We make comfort food. Our house is our little cave.
What season do you like the best?
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
SMILING
Smiling because I've just done some scrapbooking. I haven't done that much lately. I also don't do many double page layouts but I've had these photos of my Mum for months and I wanted to do something with them.
Most of my pages are not worthy of publication. Goodness knows this one isn't. I know it would be better with computer journaling but I use my own handwriting (1. because I think people should and 2. because it takes me half an hour to get it right on the computer and I'm too impatient for that). I scrap to capture the story. And I like the kind of half finished look - like maybe it's not quite done. I like the doodling (you'll need a closeup view to see this). I liked matching patterned papers (and they are different brands - not from one collection!). And I especially like the journaling which reads:
"This is Fay. Before she was my mother. Before she was Paul’s wife.
This is Fay. The first woman journalist on The Wairarapa Times-Age.
The first woman journalist on The Ashburton Guardian.
This is Fay when she was a pioneer.
I wish I’d known this Fay."
And thanks, Karen, for reminding me to take self portraits- must do it more often - makes my head look skinny!
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
I DON'T POST EVERYDAY
Some people post comments on their blogs everyday. Some people do but I don't.
I post when I
a) have something to say
b) feel inspired to share something or
c) have time.
Lately I haven't had any of the above. So I haven't posted for a few days Because I don't want it to be a chore. I don't want to be stressed because I haven't done it for a couple of days.
But I still surf around reading everyone else's blogs. And you know what? I feel peeved off when they haven't posted for a few days. And I've read their latest post 5 times. So I do know how it feels.
So I'm posting today even though I don't have anything to say!
I post when I
a) have something to say
b) feel inspired to share something or
c) have time.
Lately I haven't had any of the above. So I haven't posted for a few days Because I don't want it to be a chore. I don't want to be stressed because I haven't done it for a couple of days.
But I still surf around reading everyone else's blogs. And you know what? I feel peeved off when they haven't posted for a few days. And I've read their latest post 5 times. So I do know how it feels.
So I'm posting today even though I don't have anything to say!
Friday, September 01, 2006
DONE
As at 6pm last night the kitchen is officially DONE!
Here are the photos.
Interior design guruTricia Guild says every room should have a splash of red. We have a red splashback (so we win on 2 counts!) . It went in last night - a long story as the first one they made was measured incorrectly and broke when they tried to resize it.
For those who need to know things like the colours and specs:
Walls - Resene Tea
Ceiling and woodwork - Resene Quarter Spanish White
Cabinetry - Designatek Fossilite
Benchtop - Askilan (a crushed stone, quartz and resin product) - Bone China
Splashback - Graphic Glass, Resene Pohutukawa
Oven - DeLonghi d906gw
Fridge - Westinghouse wse6070sa
Rangehood -Fisher and Paykel
Drinks Fridge (a drinks fridge!) - Commercial brand
Will it ever look this tidy again?
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