I sat down this afternoon and watched The Cake Eaters. I just sat there and watched. No knitting. No doodling. No fidgeting. Those of you who have ever tried to watch a movie know what I'm getting at. Even at the theatre, I can't just sit and watch. But this movie had me ( Read more... )

Today has been... busy. At times. We (parents and I) drove out to the Hutt Hospital and got there twenty minutes before the end of visting hours. Turns out Dad was wrong and it wasn't her pelvis, but rather the top of her leg (basically her hip). Anyway, all is well and she's to be walking again before Monday!

I haven't seen much of my Great Aunt ( Read more... )

It's been a good day.

Assignments are done.
Packages posted.
Shopping completed.
...And I even managed to go and have lunch with mum at the bakery. Chicken, lettuce, cranberry and cheese sandwiches. Yum.

Anyway folks, there's a new layout here if you wanna have a nosey around and/or steal it too. It's grrliz's way of sticking it to those sponsored ( Read more... )

New week, new banner, and new book it seems. Just finished my book. Finally. It's taken me a month of short-spurts but I did it. I stuck it out. I can't say I'm terribly satisfied with the ending. It's not Gregory's best work - but it's far from deserving to be called bad ( Read more... )

Guess what folks -
I've got myself a new layout!

I believe I'll be keeping this one longer than the others I've had. Just because... well, because.

Last night was good. schmidtey had a lovely lil' BBQ, and a hammock and concrete path later, there were many hot, flushed and not-so-sober faces. Many people reached their 'happy place'. And while the evening ( Read more... )