Weekly knitting update: Well, none. It was too hot to knit for most of last week. Not now, though. We had a storm, which for the City by the Sea meant rain and a lot of wind. Further north, flooding, and in Tasmania, snow. (Snow! Snow in December! Who has ever heard of such a thing?) Anyway, it will be cool enough to do some knitting this week ( Read more... )

Today I made gingerbread brownies. I am so festive ( Read more... )

Australia voted yes to same sex marriage, 62% yes to 38% no. So that turned out all right. Here in a conservative rural electorate, the result was much less emphatic: 61% yes to 39% no. Ha. The electorate of Tony Abbott, Australia's conservative former Prime Minister and prominent No campaigner voted 75% yes. Take that, Tony ( Read more... )

What did I do this week apart from coughing, sleeping, and taking part in lengthy discussions about how high the shelf in the shower should be? I voted. Woo. We are having a national postal survey on whether we support same-sex marriage. Our government has tied itself in knots on the matter. There's nothing stopping them from having a vote and ( Read more... )

I have a list of things to write about, but I seem to have lost my words for them. Instead, here is my guide to paying your tax in fourteen easy steps ( Read more... )

I should have written this entry last Tuesday to use this title on Melbourne Cup day. Ah well.

Today I thought it would be fun to do some random reviews throughout the day. I found a website that generated three random times for me, and this is what I was up to at the appointed hour:

10:45 - Reading Fresh magazine after unpacking the groceries ( Read more... )

I did my tax return a few months ago and received a small refund. Yay ( Read more... )

A sentence from the news: He has been released and is expected to be charged on summons with assault, weapons, public order and disguise-related offences. I did not know there were such things as disguise-related offences. (He was dressed as a clown ( Read more... )

After two days in Wodonga, I am back in Melbourne tonight. That's twelve hours of the Great Train Trip down. Three and a half to go ( Read more... )

I have a cold. Obviously this means I am the sickest person in the world ( Read more... )