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

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Ugh!

17 February 2006 by kristarella

Please visit my tenant, I don’t want him to get lonely (plus it reflects badly on me if no one clicks on his little room!). Jeepers! Last night I really couldn’t sleep. I think I lay for hours before going to sleep at all and then later I woke up and one of my nostrils […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts

Chai lattes

16 February 2006 by kristarella

Have you ever had a chai latte? Oooh, they can be sooo good. I did order one from Brewhaha that was so appaling, I couldn’t drink it. Every time I go to Sado in Hornsby I get the greatest vanilla chai ever! It’s so frothy and creamy and yummy! I was feeling really tired and […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts

What the heck?

15 February 2006 by kristarella

This article was in the Sydney Morning Herald today. People flocked to be blessed by a calf that was born with folds in its skin saying “There is no God but Allah”; this calf is supposedly God’s response to some blasphemous cartoons. This article reminded me of a time in fourth grade at primary school […]

Filed Under: Bible, My life & thoughts

What women need

15 February 2006 by kristarella

I finished the book What Women Really WantNeed. It was good. It had a totally excellent quote from a book called Mere Christianity by CS Lewis, which I also want to read. A man who was merely a man and said the sorts of things that Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. […]

Filed Under: Bible, My life & thoughts

Ready to rumble!

14 February 2006 by kristarella

I was checking Barbara’s blog and linked to the quiz about the upcoming Blog Olympics Training Camp. I got 19! How crazy, I thought I answered all the questions in a fairly laid back, reasonable manner. I plan to participate and try but I’m not going to doctor my blog to win.

Filed Under: Blogging

Pavlov’s Bell

14 February 2006 by kristarella

One of my favourite song is Pavlov’s Bell. I really am not sure what it means though. I did however come a step closer to figuring it out when Janet wrote this post, which mentioned “Pavlov’s Dog”. So I looked up Pavlov’s Dog and it turns out that Ivan Pavlov won a Nobel prize in […]

Filed Under: Music

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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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