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Happiness Engineer at Automattic, lover of knitting, crochet, sci-fi and more

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About kristarella

Kristen Symonds, aka kristarella, works as a Happiness Engineer for Automattic. She is a WordPress fanatic with a love for photography, craft, SciFi and Fantasy, board games, and more.

Kristen is married to Dave and has two pet rabbits named Monty and Zoë. She is also a Christian and plays flute and guitar.

Bring on 2024

2 January 2024 by kristarella Leave a Comment

Read about my Bullet Journals and how I’m using the 2024 trifecta for a happier year!

Filed Under: My life & thoughts Tagged With: 2024, goals, new year, resolutions

The Voice Referendum

13 October 2023 by kristarella

tl;dr vote yes I have been umming and ahhing over the referendum since before the date was set. When I first started looking into it there was very little information about it (that was easy to find). All I could find initially was the text of the constitution change, i.e., Chapter IX-Recognition of Aboriginal and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: politics, referendum

Sistaco Nail Powder Review

25 November 2022 by kristarella 24 Comments

Yep! I succumbed to the ads on Facebook and bought some Sistaco mineral bond nail powders. I wanted to see if it was as magic as it seems…

Filed Under: My life & thoughts Tagged With: beauty, nail art, nailpolish, nails, product review, review

2020: the year that wasn’t

31 March 2020 by kristarella

I have been reflecting on 2019 and how it set me up for this year. 2019 was wonderful, and at times really difficult. Before 2019 I was not a goal-setter; I had this sense that setting goals was an exercise in futility because there is so much we can’t control that can derail those goals. […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts

Karate kumite

Karate

14 January 2020 by kristarella Leave a Comment

Part of my favourite things (🌧🌹) series. A wonderful quote came across my Facebook feed this week, Consistency is what creates a great martial artist, not brute strength. Karate is not for rank, glory, or revenge. It is way of life, a way to protect yourself, a way to build health, and a way to […]

Filed Under: Favourite Things Tagged With: GKR, karate

Cooked pizza topped with apple and bacon and cheese

Apple & Bacon Pizza

24 October 2019 by kristarella Leave a Comment

Part of my favourite things (🌧🌹) series. I have posted about apple and bacon pizza before, but I’m going to do it again, because I have recently rediscovered this recipe! Maybe someday soon I’ll get a better photo! 😛 Hope you love it as much as I do!

Filed Under: Favourite Things, Food & Drink Tagged With: recipe

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