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July 15, 2009
July 14, 2009
Somewhat late
My four day weekend zoomed by. Here are the highlights.
Torchwood, Children of Earth. Loved it but RTD you are a mean, mean man. Please let there be a S4, just so I can see how you get out of the mess you left 'em in. But very good if somewhat disturbing stuff.
To see said Torchwood marathon, I went to visit Keri up in the country. As I didn't have my iPhone, I figured I'd be good and print out the directions from google maps (I've been there before but couldn't remember the turn-off). And can I just say Google Maps, you are a big fat liar liar pants on fire lying mclying thing. The street you said to turn-off in to get to Keri's street DOES NOT EXIST!!!
You made up a whole street. And given I did not have my own phone and therefore no nubmers and Keri's town is off the street directory maps, things could've gotten ugly. Luckily Keri's town has an info map with the streets laid out. The CORRECT streets (see how that works, Google?). Though there are two streets with the same name, which is somewhat confusing. At least I got there and only missed five minutes or so of ep one. I think Keri was about to send out a search party as the weather was awful.
Apart from travelling adventures, I finished a sewing project, wrote some, outlined (ugh) some and did nothing else of interest. This weekend I'm off to a wool and sheep show (with bonus alpacas...I intend to pat an alpaca if possible)...now that my iPhone has been restored to me, I'm hopeful of getting there without relying google maps. Though there could be a flaw in that plan seeing as my iPhone uses google maps. hmmm, perhaps i need a vicroads directory.
Torchwood, Children of Earth. Loved it but RTD you are a mean, mean man. Please let there be a S4, just so I can see how you get out of the mess you left 'em in. But very good if somewhat disturbing stuff.
To see said Torchwood marathon, I went to visit Keri up in the country. As I didn't have my iPhone, I figured I'd be good and print out the directions from google maps (I've been there before but couldn't remember the turn-off). And can I just say Google Maps, you are a big fat liar liar pants on fire lying mclying thing. The street you said to turn-off in to get to Keri's street DOES NOT EXIST!!!
You made up a whole street. And given I did not have my own phone and therefore no nubmers and Keri's town is off the street directory maps, things could've gotten ugly. Luckily Keri's town has an info map with the streets laid out. The CORRECT streets (see how that works, Google?). Though there are two streets with the same name, which is somewhat confusing. At least I got there and only missed five minutes or so of ep one. I think Keri was about to send out a search party as the weather was awful.
Apart from travelling adventures, I finished a sewing project, wrote some, outlined (ugh) some and did nothing else of interest. This weekend I'm off to a wool and sheep show (with bonus alpacas...I intend to pat an alpaca if possible)...now that my iPhone has been restored to me, I'm hopeful of getting there without relying google maps. Though there could be a flaw in that plan seeing as my iPhone uses google maps. hmmm, perhaps i need a vicroads directory.
July 13, 2009
Green (or possibly yellow) power
I tried this today and was very surprised by just how well it works! So I'm sharing.
To clean a microwave
Put juice of one lemon and 1/2 cup water in microwave proof bowl, uncovered. Heat on high for 3 mins then let stand for five minutes.
Then just wipe down with hot damp cloth.
I had to rub a little bit with the cloth and rinse it out a few times but my microwave definitely needed a good clean and this got 95% of the gunk off with no evil chemicals! Apparently the acid from the lemons loosens the gunk/grease. Worked as well as any of the chemical cleaners I've tried for the same purpose.
To clean a microwave
Put juice of one lemon and 1/2 cup water in microwave proof bowl, uncovered. Heat on high for 3 mins then let stand for five minutes.
Then just wipe down with hot damp cloth.
I had to rub a little bit with the cloth and rinse it out a few times but my microwave definitely needed a good clean and this got 95% of the gunk off with no evil chemicals! Apparently the acid from the lemons loosens the gunk/grease. Worked as well as any of the chemical cleaners I've tried for the same purpose.
July 10, 2009
A good day
Fridays are always good. No day job. Freedom to potter around. Today I pottered with the knitting and the sewing and a bit of TV in between eking out seven very slow pages on two different wips.
But they got done so that's a good thing. But tomorrow I'm going to have to sit down and do some braindumping and outlining because both of these books are being contrary and not exactly revealing of where they want to go. I'm not exactly a plotter so it could be interesting.
In other news, the day job craziness has eased off a bit, we're over the hump of the first part of the big old project that's been kicking my butt for the last six months and the second part is not as insanity inducing hopefully. Plus I've only got three weeks before a month and a bit off. Woot!
But they got done so that's a good thing. But tomorrow I'm going to have to sit down and do some braindumping and outlining because both of these books are being contrary and not exactly revealing of where they want to go. I'm not exactly a plotter so it could be interesting.
In other news, the day job craziness has eased off a bit, we're over the hump of the first part of the big old project that's been kicking my butt for the last six months and the second part is not as insanity inducing hopefully. Plus I've only got three weeks before a month and a bit off. Woot!
July 04, 2009
Resolving 2.0
In the spirit of the new financial year, I figured I should do a mid-year check to where I was at.
These were my goals in January.
1. Write at least two books and enjoy the process. Hmmm, I've written a quarter of two books. Much typing in the next six months to achieve this but it's still do-able.
2. Lose 15kg. Was doing okay with this until about April when project craziness hit. Let's revise this down to 5-10 in the next six months.
3. To assist with 2, make sure the exercise routine stays a routine rather than a sporadic mess. Actually, one of the girls at work talks about an exercise ritual. I like that. Ritual seems more fun and inviting than 'routine'. Rituals are nurturing rather than an imposition. So keep shaping and sticking to my exercise rituals. Like I said, off the exercise wagon except for my Nia classes and they're not frequent enough. So the goal is back on the wagon.
4. Remember my recipe for happy Mels. Actually I've done okay on this. Have been doing the other things I like to do but I guess just need to pull it all back into balance again.
5. Stay off the caffeine as much as possible (which isn't always but at least I haven't had a diet coke since early this year...and man, I miss it still). Currently on the caffeine but goal over the next week is to wean myself off again. Or at least switch to one or two cups of tea rather than coke.
6. Remember when I fall off the wagon with any of the above that I can just get up and get back on. Okay, I'm remembering.
5. Have fun! Hmmm. There has been some stressy stuff in the last six months. But still, many giggles have occurred.
You can't really set a goal of selling a book as publication is largely out of your control after you do all the write a good book/find an agent/submit stuff/keep writing bit but let's call it my big dream for 2009. Sell a book. Or six. : ) No change to this. But the universe is working on it (along with my lovely agent).
These were my goals in January.
1. Write at least two books and enjoy the process. Hmmm, I've written a quarter of two books. Much typing in the next six months to achieve this but it's still do-able.
2. Lose 15kg. Was doing okay with this until about April when project craziness hit. Let's revise this down to 5-10 in the next six months.
3. To assist with 2, make sure the exercise routine stays a routine rather than a sporadic mess. Actually, one of the girls at work talks about an exercise ritual. I like that. Ritual seems more fun and inviting than 'routine'. Rituals are nurturing rather than an imposition. So keep shaping and sticking to my exercise rituals. Like I said, off the exercise wagon except for my Nia classes and they're not frequent enough. So the goal is back on the wagon.
4. Remember my recipe for happy Mels. Actually I've done okay on this. Have been doing the other things I like to do but I guess just need to pull it all back into balance again.
5. Stay off the caffeine as much as possible (which isn't always but at least I haven't had a diet coke since early this year...and man, I miss it still). Currently on the caffeine but goal over the next week is to wean myself off again. Or at least switch to one or two cups of tea rather than coke.
6. Remember when I fall off the wagon with any of the above that I can just get up and get back on. Okay, I'm remembering.
5. Have fun! Hmmm. There has been some stressy stuff in the last six months. But still, many giggles have occurred.
You can't really set a goal of selling a book as publication is largely out of your control after you do all the write a good book/find an agent/submit stuff/keep writing bit but let's call it my big dream for 2009. Sell a book. Or six. : ) No change to this. But the universe is working on it (along with my lovely agent).
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