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Friday, July 17th, 2009
12:18 pm	woo! YAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! That is all. :D Current Mood: jubilant (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
1:14 pm	how disappointing So I entered Run for the Kids well before deadline, and trained hard and steadily, and was all set to conquer the 14.1km course today! And then Friday I came down with a tummy bug which wiped me out. Even if I was able to run 14.1km on no fuel (I kept down 1 piece of dry toast & 1 bowl plain rice between Friday and Sunday morning) the dehydration was taking me down. I paid for a tshirt, too! And now I can't wear it, I'd feel like a fool. Woe is me. Current Mood: sick (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
4:19 pm	interesting... We got a complaint letter through our feedback box at work, which was typed. We won't be responding to it, not least because it's anonymous, but we've gotten so much amusement out of it that I thought I'd reproduce it here. All grammar is original. Student Complaint There would be no one but me who able to make such potent and adequate comments. Noise. The majority of users are people who have no manners. Loud conversation, constant disputes and emotional content is appeared as soon as one enters the library. The specificity of language is crackling and incredibly irritating sounds particularly when working and expecting at least silence and respect to others. The groups enter the library as they enter the football field. The marks they left on tables, PC’s and keyboards are well work out the terms. Once I have observed when small group of people were moving from one PC to another opening applications and living the station on. But mainly comment relates to behaviour, manners, respect to others and comply with terms of use. Most of a time due to above stated reasons I was forced to leave the premises and study in local library. No good, no good at all. I wonder what administration would do. Suggestion is this. First make sure that the State Library in a city would allow you to do this then, in any given day grab those future stamp food abusers and give them trip to State Library and introduce to them the manners and the conduct they supposed have while they are in the library. The key word is Respect. Signed: WHEN YOU GET RESULTS Current Mood: amused (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, February 2nd, 2009
8:48 am	Any more unflattering comparisions? I used to be indignant when Mum said Laura looked like Peter Costello, that unlamented ex-politician and winner of Smarmiest Smirker award 12 years running. She doesn't look like him; Mum is just insane. And now, it would seem that Marcus has not only joined her in insanity, but surpassed her! So yesterday I had Laura dressed in a stripy singlet with a loveheart on the front and purple shorts and her sparkly butterfly sandals, and I thought she looked lovely. Marcus looked consideringly at her and said "You know, she looks like Daffyd." "Who?" I asked. "You know, the bloke who was the Only Gay in the Village on Little Britain. She looks like him in that outfit." !!!!!!! I am outraged. Also, it was a singlet, not a muscle top! huh. Current Mood: amused Current Music: Elvis singing Just Pretend (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, January 19th, 2009
6:01 pm	Hee! You Are "alt" Some people might find you to be strange, mysterious, and even a bit off putting. You tend to be drawn to and influenced by alternative lifestyles. You're definitely not normal. Once people get to know you, they realize you're interesting, intriguing, and very intelligent. You have a lot of knowledge stored in that big brain of yours. Most of it is useless knowledge, but some of it is very useful. What Keyboard Key Are You? Current Mood: amused (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
4:34 pm	Hm. I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm a Romantic Traveling Tree Hugger Current Mood: bored (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 21st, 2008
7:31 pm	Hooray! I'm an aunty! Tess Ada Campbell Coventry arrived at last, 1 week 6 days overdue, weighing in at 6lb 15oz (after her first enormous poo, before that she was 7lb.) Arrived via emergency caesar, after 18 or so hours of posterior labour. Ow ow ow. Poor Leonie. And Tess had the cord wrapped around her neck, silly child! What a relief. :) Current Mood: happy (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
11:10 am	Christmas meme Previous Entry Add to memories! Tell a Friend! Track This Flag Next Entry Early Christmas meme, taken from hnpcc. 1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper. We generally buy the new stuff, being irresponsible. Not to mention Laura is going to be destroying most of it. 2. Real tree or artificial? Artificial; we got sick of trying to pick up all the pine needles. We had a real one in a pot two years in a row but then it died. This year we may have a titchy one on the mantlepiece that Laura can't pull over. 3. When do you put up the tree? Hopefully, we'll get it done this weekend and have it up all through Advent. 4. When do you take the tree down? Some time in early-mid Jan. Before Australia Day at least! (kept hnpcc's reply as fitted situation exactly.) 5. Do you like eggnog? No idea. Offer me some and I'll tell you. 6. Favorite gifts received as a child? Books. 7. Hardest person to buy for? Marcus, closely followed by Dad. Mum, although she's a Grinch, is actually easy to buy things for. 8. Easiest person to buy for? My daughter. :) 9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, it's painted on the side of my largest Christmas tree ornament.. 10. Mail or email Christmas cards? I attempt to mail them... 11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Hairdryer. I never blowdry my hair. 12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Don't really have one. 13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Never as soon as I should. 14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No. I tend to think that that would be rude. 15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Vanilla cheesecake with cinnamon crust and berry topping. Yuuuummmm. 16. Lights on the tree? No... 17. Favorite Christmas song? Mistletoe & Wine, Cliff Richard. 18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Usually some travel involved. This year I think we're off to Dromana. 19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Rudolf, Prancer, Blitzen, Dasher, Donner, Dancer... clearly I can't. 20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel 21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? It used to be one present in the morning and the rest after lunch. Now it's all after lunch. 22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Entertainers massacring various Christmas carols and then being played ad nauseum in shopping centres. 23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Sparkly. 24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Roast beef and many veg, followed by cheesecake, preceded by soup. 25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Clothing vouchers mainly. :( Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Let it snow let it snow let it snow (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 14th, 2008
4:42 am	can't sleep It's 4am and I'm awake. Laura is asleep. Marcus is asleep. Footlets, even, is asleep. I have to go to Mt Gambier tomorrow- 6 hours drive, at least, in an unairconditioned car. And no sleep. Argh. Current Mood: awake (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
12:51 pm	Yay! Jennie's had her baby! Jack arrived at 8am this morning, and all are well. 8pound 6oz, apparently. :) Current Mood: happy (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, September 5th, 2008
10:51 am	Oops This seemed like a good idea at the time! ( Oh dear ) Current Mood: amused (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, August 9th, 2008
9:52 pm	Also, happy birthday Lee! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
6:28 pm	First steps!!!! Laura just walked from her pushy thing to me! Five unassisted steps!! Woo! Current Mood: ecstatic (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
11:25 am	I'm Wol! Your result for The Deep and Meaningful Winnie-The-Pooh Character Test... Owl "Correct me if I am wrong," he said, "but am I right in supposing that it is a very Blusterous day outside?" "Very," said Piglet, who was quietly thawing his ears, and wishing that he was safely back in his own house. "I thought so," said O-wl. "It was on just such a blusterous day as this that my Uncle Robert, a portrait of whom you see upon the wall on your right, Piglet, while returning in the late forenoon from a-- What's that?" You scored as Owl! ABOUT OWL: Owl is considered highly educated because he can spell his own name (WOL) and he can even spell Tuesday... although he doesn't always get it right. Owl is a good sort, really, although he can be a bit of a stuffed shirt, and he tends to overlook the smaller details in life - like the fact that his bellpull is actually someone's tail. WHAT THIS SAYS ABOUT YOU: You are confident and you feel capable of dealing with whatever life throws at you. You know that you can handle just about everything... mostly because you know how to delegate the job of actually handling things to the people around you. You aren't one of those Bisy Backsons, who rush around trying to do everything at once. You prefer to stay at home and reflect on life, rather than go out and live it. Sometimes, you know, you need to stop waiting for things to come to you and go out and get them. You need to go enjoy the weather, smell the fresh air, and pay attention to the little people in your life. They may not be as great as you... but maybe they could use your help. Take The Deep and Meaningful Winnie-The-Pooh Character Test at HelloQuizzy Current Mood: amused (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
11:14 am	Oh dear The power to half the house has gone. It's the half with the stove, microwave, washing machine and dryer in it. And there's a load of laundry in both the washing machine and dryer. And there's a load of dirty nappies waiting to be washed. And the gas heater in the lounge room keeps mysteriously losing the gas supply. And Laura is deadly tired and I have tried to put her down three times and judging by the way she's howling, her cot has turned into an Iron Maiden when I wasn't looking. And I haven't made it out of my pyjamas yet. And I missed church. And Marcus has gone running. And I'm so tired I think I'm going to cry. Current Mood: sad (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, June 27th, 2008
10:11 am	Book Meme The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. 1) Look at the list and bold those you have read. 2) Italicize those you intend to read. 3) Underline the books you LOVE. 4) Strike out the books you have no intention of ever reading, or were forced to read and hated. 5) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them ;-) 1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 4 The Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 6 The Bible - (yes, I really have read all of it. Don't remember much of it, though. Parts of it are vastly more important to me than other parts.) 7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell(I really don't like depressing stuff) 9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman 10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens 11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott 12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy (the minister saying that the unbaptised baby would not go to heaven has made me hate it evermore.) 13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller 14 Complete Works of Shakespeare 15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier 16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien(Mum read this to me when I was nine and I've loved it ever since) 17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks (never heard of it) 18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger 19 The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger 20 Middlemarch - George Eliot 21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell (would like to read this one again, as haven't touched it since I was thirteen) 22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald 23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens 24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy 25 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams 26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh 27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll 30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame (Toad of Toad Hall!) 31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy 32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens (David is a whiny brat, but Betsey Trotwood is ace) 33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis 34 Emma - Jane Austen 35 Persuasion - Jane Austen 36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis (Isn't this a repeat of #33?) 37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini 38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres 39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden 40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne 41 Animal Farm - George Orwell 42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown (do I WANT to read this?!?) 43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving 45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins (he should have had Miriam and the hero hook up!) 46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery 47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy 48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood (A classic, this one. utterly horrifying though) 49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding 50 Atonement - Ian McEwan 51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel 52 Dune - Frank Herbert 53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen 55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth 56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon 57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens 58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley 59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon 60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck 62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov (I read about half and gave up. Is it meant to be boring?) 63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt 64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas 66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac 67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy 68 Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding 69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie 70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville 71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens 72 Dracula - Bram Stoker 73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett 74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson 75 Ulysses - James Joyce 76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath 77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome 78 Germinal - Emile Zola (I saw the film first) 79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray 80 Possession - AS Byatt 81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell 83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker 84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro 85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert 86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry 87 Charlotte's Web - EB White 88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom 89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton 91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad 92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery 93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks 94 Watership Down - Richard Adams 95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole 96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute 97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas 98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare 99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl 100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo Fair number there. Current Mood: sleepy (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, June 15th, 2008
11:05 am	In descending order of importance 1. Happy Birthday to hnpcc!! Hope it is happy and fun and you get precisely what you want. And that there is cake. 2. Marcus and Laura and I ran the Eastlink fun run this morning. 6.2 km in 46 mins for me and 29 mins for Marcus and Laura (she was in her pram.) I was not expecting it to be hilly but of course it went through the tunnels, under the creek. Oh my legs! 3. I will be returning to work the week beginning July 7th. Egads. At least I have precisely the job I wanted. :) 4. Laura is pulling herself up on all the furniture she can find, and has bruises all over her forehead. Sigh. 5. Hawthorn and Essendon both won the footy! Yay! Current Mood: cheerful (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
11:55 am	Things are better Since the last post, I have been to the GP, been formally diagnosed with PPD, been given a prescription for an antidepressant which my GP swears blind won't go through to breast milk, made an appointment with a psychiatrist, talked the GP out of sending in a CAT team (I am not that bad! Really!), gone back to brass banding, and completed Week Three of the Couch to 5K program. It's meant to be 9 weeks long, but the way I'm going it'll be May before I finish. I am feeling loads better. The grey fog which had enveloped me appears to be lifting, slowly but surely, which is wonderful. I've spent entire afternoons playing with Miss Laura and delighting in her company, which is so so much better than when I just wanted her to shut up so I could stare at the computer or at a book. My concentration is improving (notice I didn't say I could *read* the book) and I find it much easier than it was. The sideeffects of the antidepressant that I've noticed include sweating like a pig and all day nausea, but it's a small price to pay. I'm so glad I got help. (and Mum apologised.) (and I told one person in the church about it and had the minister and half the congregation ringing up. Hee.) Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: the mikado (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
12:30 pm	Things I am doing right It's been a bit of a rough trot on the Miss Laura front of recent times, so I thought I'd follow Mum's suggestion and list everything I'm doing right with her, rather than focussing on everything I'm doing wrong which will result in her suiciding at 16. Let's see if I can find 10 things. 1. I am breastfeeding on demand. She never goes hungry. She gets comfort suckling too. 2. I read to her, either Hairy Maclary or another sterling classic of that nature. Or the paper. But she gets read to. Not Roald Dahl's rhymes anymore, though, Marcus was a bit shocked. 3. I take her outside a lot, underneath the prunelle tree. 4. She gets tummy time a lot. 5. And "aeroplane baby" time, when I hold her above my head and do circles. At 8.7kg, that's actually pretty good in regards to my arm muscles. 6. The time I lost it at her I apologised. (Mind you, all she did in response to my screaming was giggle, so she may not have been as damaged by that as I thought she would be) 7. I don't let her cry past 5 minutes, and generally not even that. Sometimes, though, I have to set the timer just to calm down before I go in. 8. We go to the library a lot. And we walk around Marcus's 5km route a lot, at least once a day. She likes this. 9. No pooey or wet nappy is allowed to linger past 10secs of being noticed. (Esp pooey nappies. Phhoooooeeyy.) 10. She gets sung to a lot. Well. There you go. I did come up with 10 items. I'm seriously considering booking into the Mother Baby Unit at Mitcham Private, because Miss Laura will not nap properly and then gets ratty and horrible, and so do I. She'll sleep through the night, mostly, but then won't nap during the day past 1 hour at the most, and that isn't enough. At the moment she's asleep, but I only got her down by wrapping her firmly in her dad's queen-sized cellular sheet and putting her in the hammock and setting the timer for 5 minutes and refusing to go in until the 5 mins was up, by which time she was asleep. But it's shitty doing Crying it Out at 5 months! I have to learn to settle her, I know. The thing is, I'm really not enjoying her company much anymore. And she's such a lovely baby, so bright and happy and smily, and adores me, and it's awful having to force myself to smile at her. I'm doing a lot of fake smiles these days. It will get better. I will MAKE it get better. Current Mood: depressed Current Music: Teen Angel, Dion and the Belmonts (10 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
12:20 am	Happy New Year! May 2008 bring everyone joy, laughter and fulfillment of dreams. :) Current Mood: happy Current Music: fireworks going off around the neighbourhood (1 Comment |Comment on this)