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Turn down the lights, turn up the iPod!

3 October 2006 by kristarella

This is the third time I’m writing a post today. I’m not writing exactly the same things but pretty close. My browser kept having seizures at work, being in a hospital I was able to make it safe until the seizures stopped but I inevitably lost my posts. The lights in the hallways at work […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts

Pftt

2 October 2006 by kristarella

I installed the image-headlines plugin. It seems to be working but not with certain punctuation marks. I’m sure those characters are in the font file. I’m leaving it up for now so that hopefully I’ll get a response from the maker of the plugin (if indeed my comment actually got saved, I hope he has […]

Filed Under: Blogging

Clean

2 October 2006 by kristarella

I lurve having a clean kitchen! :heart: It is so lovely to wander into the kitchen for a cup of tea and not be distressed by the dishes by the sink and the crumbs on the bench top. I lurve when computers work the way you think they’re supposed to. It was mega stressful on […]

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“Not valid”

1 October 2006 by kristarella

Two words that are so sad to my eyes. I hate to see that my pages aren’t XHTML valid but there’s nothing I can do about it, except completely unplug my plugins and not link to places. It’s not actually any of my code that’s invalid, it’s a bit of plugin code on my blog […]

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Ported design

1 October 2006 by kristarella

Yay! I just finished porting my new webpage design to WordPress for my blog. There’s a good chance you can see it now, grey with coloured links. I might install the picture titles plugin that converts headings into pictures so that you can have fancy writing. My brother thinks the design is good for a […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts

Learning curve

1 October 2006 by kristarella

I spent the last couple of days redesigning my homepage. I thought I might actually use the site and put some things on there, albeit gradually. I wanted to figure out how to do those spiffy sliding menus at the top which I did and I learnt that the order of CSS matters! a:visited overwrites […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts, Technology

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A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying t A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying to paint ❤️💚💙

#watercolor #watercolour #christmas
I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! S I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! So glad my friend asked me to make some cards for our church helpers, because it set me on a roll!
#watercolor #watercolour #christmas #christmascards #watercolorcards
Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Title Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Titles! I was a sub for @jamesxuereb.me in the Blue Flame Dragons thanks to his sprained ankle; we won first round and came fourth overall!
I did a bunch of judging and officiating, which was really good.
I didn’t place in my individual events, but had a very fun final round of kumite (sparring).

#gkrkarate #karate
More stamping tonight. Even better than last night More stamping tonight. Even better than last night’s!
Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’ Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’d done some pages in other ink colours before I dismantled the stamps 😂
Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit the @legocertifiedstores_anz Wicked display!
#wicked #lego #afol #sydney
A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample ca A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample cards. It’s going to be for mini paintings and collages. Sometimes it’s nice to start with a colour rather than a blank white page!
A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel Smith and Schminke Horodam watercolours. So soothing! I love some of the granulating colours!
#watercolours
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