- Rohan came home on Thursday night and took Friday off work; we went to Chadstone and bought a Le Chasseur casserole/french oven. It is AWESOME. It cost a lot but I've been lusting after it for ages and it does seem to produce extra tasty food. I cooked a fabulous beef casserole in it on Friday night and there is a chicken one in the oven now ( ( Read more... )

I went to Horsham. Or, as I have renamed it, Locust City ( Read more... )

For once, Monday morning does not fill me with ennui! I have the day off, because I worked last Friday. I will be spending it knitting and watching documentaries. Much like I spent yesterday, only I baked a carrot cake then as well. The house smelled of fresh grated ginger for ages, a wonderful warm fragrance ( Read more... )

Hello internets! *squish* I have returned from Alice Springs. My workshop went very well, and I really liked the woman who organised it. I did not like the hotel, which kept me waiting 90 minutes for my room to be ready (I would understand if it was in the morning, but it was 4 PM and rooms should be cleaned by that time of the day). The food was ( Read more... )

75% of Queensland has been declared a disaster zone. 10 dead, 90 missing so far ( Read more... )

In news outside of myself, bloody hell. Queensland Police Service has just urged residents in low-lying areas between Gatton and Ipswich to immediately self-evacuate to higher ground. Huge wall of water in Toowoomba. Look at the vid on that page. These floods. It's unbelieveable ( Read more... )

It is nice and quiet at work, as officially we are still closed for the holiday break. I am supposed to be taking advantage of this time to file and clean things up, but of course I am not. I am getting other stuff done though ( Read more... )

The Google Maps satellite view for Marysville is now obviously post-Black Saturday. You can see how few buildings are left in the town. But if you drag the little Street View man onto the streets, Street View is still pre-fires. So you can virtually walk around a town and look at a pretty town that's almost totally destroyed in satellite view ( Read more... )

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OH my god, how much more can I adore Colin Morgan than I possibly do already?Also, the conference call tidbits at the end are particularly cute ( Read more... )