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Belief is such a weak word

6 September 2006 by kristarella

This post could also be titled “I value my guitar but I don’t bow down and worship it” or “Tolerance is a four letter word”. I was reading a post by Genuine titled More On Tolerance And The Ability To Disagree, which led me to a post by Jay aka The Zero Boss titled Is […]

Filed Under: Bible

Computer woes

5 September 2006 by kristarella

My computer woes continue. It’s not just me being lazy now. Not only does my computer not wake up from hibernation but it doesn’t wake up from stand by nor does it boot up when I’ve shut it down properly. It gets stuck at the Windows XP screen with the scrolling bar; the bar stop […]

Filed Under: Technology

Crikey

4 September 2006 by kristarella

Steve Irwin died today. No joke, he was killed by a stingray barb while filming a documentary in waters off the Queensland coast. When my husband told me I thought it was a joke. Not as shocking and incredible as when Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed’s death caused dropped jaws world-wide but still very […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts

Winners

4 September 2006 by kristarella

I’ve finally decided the winners for the Self Portrait Competition. It wasn’t easy, let me tell you! I really liked all the entries for their own uniqueness. I will explain some of what I liked about each but for now how about the winners? 3rd place: I love the crazy beard. I like that the […]

Filed Under: Blogging

Texas RV and me

4 September 2006 by kristarella

I have a new renter! Go along and visit Texas RV Travel Blog. Why did I choose this blog? I don’t know. I’m not sure what information I’ll get that would be helpful to me or my readers that live in Australia because we’re very unlikely to trek around the US. I have to give […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts

Nested/threaded comments

3 September 2006 by kristarella

Ah! I just installed nested comments and I'm very nervous about it! The font is overlapping the gravatars, which is gross. I need to style the whole set up a little more to my liking. Other than than it works!!! I don't have time to fix it all up now but it's functional so yay! […]

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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’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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