It’s a date

Last night I got a call from Best Friend in America (BFIA). She announced earlier in the year that she’s getting married and I couldn’t be happier for her. We’ve known each other for more than half our lives and, even though we haven’t lived in the same country for ten years, she’s still my [...]

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Banks, you fail

Today has been a day filled with frustration. Yuck. The biggest frustration is something that’s so simple in England.
I need to give my mother some money. In England I would have simply set her up as a payee and transferred the money. It would take thirty seconds and nobody would charge me for it. I’d [...]

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Interesting debate (plus socks and kitties because I am ‘well-rounded’)

I was out at a party for one of the girls that I’ve met through Ravelry on Friday night. I fully intended to get home to see the first presidential debate but it was suddenly quarter to midnight and…well…that wasn’t quite the way I planned things
So instead I sat down and watched it [...]

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Bartlet on Obama

Ever wanted to know what advice Jed Bartlet might give to Obama? Well, now you can find out.
*That* is why I love the West Wing and think Aaron Sorkin is brilliant.
Also, who wants Bartlet out there as a candidate? *holds up hand*

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Meet Kate and Annie

Over lunch, Mum and I discussed names for the kittens and we’ve come up with ones that we’re both happy with.
June, the little short-hair, is now called Kate. The foster mum thought she looked like a Katherine. We couldn’t call her that for various reasons, but we decided that Kate worked for her. It was [...]

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Kitties!

I have two thoroughly adorable kittens exploring my feet
They are the two that I posted links to yesterday – I managed to get there early enough today to secure them and the shelter let me take them home with me straight away. They are gorgeous and curious and playful.
I am a happy ArcheryGirl.
Currently [...]

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Socks and kittens

Last night I toddled along to the meeting of fellow Ravelry knitters and had a great time. It’s good to meet some people of my age around the place and they’ve all got such varied interests. Plus I get to oggle their projects and see what kinds of things other people get up to. One [...]

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Post the second: hair and books

The other adventure yesterday was trying out a new hair salon. The ladies on my f-list will understand about the pain and trauma this can inspire. Will they do a good job? Am I going to spend weeks growing out a cut I hate? Will the colour turn out well or am I going to [...]

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Interview progress and kitten update

Well, first of all I am fairly confident that I didn’t get the job but it was good experience. Not least because the guy asked me ‘what is normalisation and how is it achieved’ and I went totally blank. So I now know that in addition to revising all those typical interview questions, I need [...]

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In which I give birthday wishes and flail

A day late (although it sounds like you’d have preferred the big day to be today), but…
Happy Birthday hhertzof! Hope today brings lots of lovely things and is a big improvement on yesterday. Although it sounds like it ended well and I do like your new bunny
I am not certain at all that [...]

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