So, back in August last year I promised that I would recommence with regular updating of this journal ( Read more... )

...just busy ( Read more... )

It's snowing! It's snowing! It's snowing! It's snowing! It's snowing! It's snowing! It's snowing! It's snowing! It's snowing! It's snowing! It's snowing! It's snowing! It's snowing! It's snowing ( Read more... )

In all the time I've had my LJ, I've never actually had a default icon. I've got a couple that I use occasionally, but not often. The main reason for that, is that I haven't been able to come up with anything which I can say "Yeah, that's me" about. Recently though, I keep thinking that I want one ( Read more... )

So vonstrassburg gets to Christchurch in a couple of hours. Given that I haven't seen him since July last year, you can probably figure out what arrived this afternoon. *sigh*
And this evening my kettle exploded. Literally. In that whole "bright spark, loud bang, ending up on fire" sense. That was fun ( Read more... )

Today has been one of those days when things just seem to get done ( Read more... )

Duncan's birthday is coming up far, far too quickly for comfort. He's changed his mind suddenly and now he wants a party. Due to the fact that I now have less than a week to organise said event, we're compromising. We're going ice-skating next weekend with as many of the people he wants there as can make it. We'll see how it goes ( Read more... )

So, at the point I disappeared offline long term most recently (ie. late January) I was up to date with the ljs of 33 people on the flist. I'm now up to date with 32 of those 33 again. I've spent the last three hours making serious in-roads into the last one. I've managed to get to the end of March, so that's pretty good going (given how ( Read more... )

Anyone here remember DeLarno's? It was a fantastic wee magic shop down on Chancery Lane. It used to give discounts to badge wearing KAOS members (until DeLarno retired in 1996 and the shop closed). Best place in Chch for rubber knives ( Read more... )

Came in to town today to see the doctor. He was duly impressed by the size of the stones. :) I've now had all my stitches removed, but I'm still heading back out to Mum and Dad's this evening ( Read more... )