12 months of my awesomeness in one go

In each of my diaries I have a selfie page at the start of the month for a selfie of myself (taken within the first few days of the month), mostly so I can track my hair styles and also cos it's a bit of fun.  I got last years diary out this morning as I am about to start making next years one so wanted to refresh myself on what last years one was like, and then decided that I would share the last 12 months of selfies with you all :) cos I am just that sort of generous sharing person hehe.

Anyhow here they are, enjoy...

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

Just a little update

So I've been asked for some more posts with photos, and like the good girl that I am I decided I shall humour you with a post about a nothing special wknd that has photos :) see how kind I am hehe.

Ystdy started with a working bee at the Theatre's rental (which is right next to the theatre).  We had discussed times at the meeting last week and the men decided on 7:30am (I know right, what crazy insaneness is that time???) and Kim and I decided that we would get there around 8am (a much more sane time we decided).  Well when Dad and I rocked up at 8ish we were the first ones there (other than James's friend who was dropping off some tools for our use), then Kim was next.   I doubt either of us will rock up so early next time!  It was a fun working bee, dad was my manual labour but we ended up leaving btwn morning tea and lunch as we felt we weren't really needed and I had other stuff I wanted to do anyhow.  You'll notice I'm not in any of the photos, some would say it's cos I wasn't really doing much, others would probably agree lol

After the working bee, and then lunch, we went down the road to look for a new dining table for me.  I had decided that while the round one was cute and all it was not really all the ideal for day to day living, esp when I have visitors (ie I had to clean it cos it wasn't big enough for my mess plus their mess plus two ppl to eat at) and while dad has his big car here it was the perfect time to shop for a new one as I wouldn't have to pay for delivery and would get it then and there.  We found a real cool one at the first place we looked, it was $200 over my self-imposed budget though so did not get it, and at the second place we found a pretty cool one $200 under budget so that is the one that I got.  As you can see in this picture, Glenny and Big Ted are looking rather smug at my purchase (which by the way has a lot more stuff on it now lol).

I also rehomed a rather familiar face to many of you, I am sure.  He has been getting used to his new home for the past month or so, I didn't want to let him out of his case in case he swum away, but I felt it was time for him to get used to his new bathroom/laundry hiding area and I don't think he will swim away as he seems to like it here.  So when you visit next, please feel free to hunt for him, the rules are the same as before - if you find him you can re-hide him but he has to stay in places he won't get wet and must stay in that room (side note, I hand wash my clothes these days so around the laundry tub is not a stay dry area lol).

Today I caught up on my washing, I did some ystdy as well so that I could.  Both days ended up with a full clothesline which felt like a nice accomplishment.  Even if I was doing my wash in a machine I still think it would have been a good accomplishment, however it was more so now I do it by hand.  Though I still sometimes find it disturbing how dirty the water can be at times... no pic of this by the way.  And no pic of my attempt at a run either.  

However there is a pic of the fish casserole I made today.  Turns out it is actually a real easy thing to make, once you get all the right ingredients :) and thanks mum for the casserole dish that made it possible in the first place :)

As you can see in the next picture the boys were also enjoying the fish casserole....

There is a sizeable dent in the casserole now, dad and I were munching on it as well as some beans while we played Connect 4.  I can safely say that dad is a bit more cunning and puts more thoughts into his moves than Glenny does, and I actually had to think while playing him.  I think it was pretty fair overall though, we both won some and even drew one.  Was fun :)

And now it is time to say goodbye and either play cards or read some more, not sure yet.  I hope you have also had a good wknd, and I will chat with you again some other time xxx

Quiz update

Ok, so there have been 4 entries so far, thanks all that have entered.

At the moment the leaderboard looks like this:
Ma - 49.5

Dofus - 46.5

Aunty Pam - 30.5

Fishy - 16.5 (guess the paperwork for your 100% got lost... whoops lol)

Hehe looks like someone likes giving half points :) 

Just a few things before I publish the answers, mostly cos even with all entries combined the result does not give 100% so it would seem some extra hints are required.  If anyone would like to answer just these questions, you never know you may jump to the top of the leaderboard (Glenny is still accepting bribes in the form of choc fish if you need some extra help, or just the answer).  And those who have already submitted their answers are most welcome to add to them :)

• Cleo is rather disappointed that no one got her full name, she does concede that it is not likely to be in writing anywhere, but she does get introduced with her full name when people first meet her.  And she thought this question would be too easy and she wanted it to be what are the names of her pets, haha as if anyone would have got that.  Anyhow, so her full first name in Cleopatra (a couple of you got this right) but she has a middle name, it begins with L and is not what I would call a popular name, some people would not even call it a females name but she is like me and doesn't see why she can't have the name she wants....
• The countdown to my bday, Dofus is the only person that got the amount of days right but he didn't count backwards to get the date that it starts.  If anyone would like to here is a hint as to when it is, there is a public holiday that many days before my bday so it's easy to remember (ask Doffy if you need to know the number of days you are counting).
• No one has guessed the superpower I would want yet :( this is a bit sad as I didn't think it was that random.... but apparently it is not something obvious.  Sorry you will need to bribe me or remember what I have verbally told a couple of you for this one, no hints given here.

Answers to the whole quiz will be up in either a few days or when I remember, one or the other, possibly even both if I am more on to it than I sometimes am :)

Oh and yes there are prizes, these will be sent out in the next whenever.  And no I am not telling you what the prizes are being awarded for but top of the leaderboard will be getting one.  And yes I would accept bribes for many answers if anyone wants to try and bump mum off the top (other than Fishy, hitting me and yelling 'me gets 100%' is not a bribe, not even close to one!)

Brasswitch and Bot - Gareth Ward

Yup, it’s book review time again.  Mostly cos this book was pretty damn amazing :) and yes I did read it cos Lou reviewed it on one of her The Wonderful World of Wardini Books shows, and as with most my fav books the main character is a rocking awesome as female so it was like I had to read it hehe. 

Brasswitch and Bot is a young adult steampunk novel, set in the UK back in whenever it was set (yup as per normal I only took in some of the details, not all of them lol).  I did love that the main city was York, which is totally a better city than London, in my opinion.  Wrench is the main character, she is a almost 14 year old engineering apprentice who also happens to be a brasswitch, which is not really a good thing.  There was a rupture in the something that resulted in aberrations (aka humans that are different, some have powers, some have weird extras like tentacles, some have both, and some have magic) and that is what Wrench is.  She prefers the term Remarkable though, and as she says different doesn’t mean bad (that Wrench is a smart girl).

Wrench gets caught by the Regulators (aka the people trying to rid the world of the aberrations) and then, to her rescue comes Bot.  Bot is, in my opinion and words, basically a grumpy old man in robot form.  He has those cool as funny one liners which grumpy old men have that make us love them, and make us forgive all the other grumpy moments they have.  So yes, I also enjoyed Bot, he’s a cool character.  There are other cool as characters but I shant name them here, for a couple reasons, 1 you should read the book and 2 I have loaned my book to Ken and have forgotten the names, one either begins with a O or maybe a C…. lol.

The story is a pretty good one, I wasn’t sure if I would like it as I am rather fussy with my steampunk, and tend to only like it in regards to fashion, but I was happy to be pleasantly surprised.  And it almost made me late to work atlst one morning so it musta been a good book.  It contained trains, magic, running, fighting, baddies, goodies, goodies that might be baddies, friends, adventure and so much more.  I would share more but personally I think you should all just read it :) and I don’t think you will regret it, unless you don’t like book hangovers then you might not love it quite so much.  I am over my book hangover now, and I have forgiven Gareth for making me wait till August next year for the next book hehe.

If you would like to listen to my spoken review of the book, check out the A Study In Literacy episode that airs on 5^th September (its title will start with Steampunk and end in Games (I think)), and if you would like hear mine and Luke’s interview with Gareth Ward it will air on the 12^th September, and the audio will be on our website that evening as well :) 

Here is the link for all you interested folks - A Study In Literacy