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7 February 2006 by kristarella

Eternal hope we have, day to day it stays. Day to day, life keeps eternity at bay. What makes us cry and pain and sorrow? Why does this life hurt us so? Why can’t God just tell us how? What is life if not short and then gone? I look over life and only see […]

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Cricket Superbowl

7 February 2006 by kristarella

Everyone is talking about the Superbowl (including my tenant, go visit him!). I’m not American, therefore not too excited about the Superbowl, nor do I understand it. I did however go to the last day of the test cricket1, Australia vs. South Africa on the 6th Jan 2006. It was pretty cool. The match had […]

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Doh!

7 February 2006 by kristarella

Don’t forget to visit Scooter… find his blog via his room at the left. I wrote a post earlier today about how I was having an airhead day at work. I had walked into the bathroom in a lab coat and gloves instead of going into the chemical room, which was where I was aiming […]

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Pavlov’s Bell

6 February 2006 by kristarella

I’m tying to find a good file hosting thing for music so that I can regularly share some of my favourite songs with you. At the moment one of my top songs is Pavlov’s Bell by Aimee Mann. It was the song that drew my attention to her and she’s so cool! So go here […]

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Which Serenity Character are you?

6 February 2006 by kristarella

When I first saw this test at Whiplash Smile I thought “hey that’s cool” and I also thought “someone else likes Firefly!” but then I remembered (just now actually) that Serenity came out as a movie so alot more people know about the characters of Firefly now, not that they know that Serenity is from […]

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Finally!

5 February 2006 by kristarella

I finally finished my new look blog. You are looking at it right now. It was pretty crazy having something I wanted to do and very little idea how to do it. Now it’s done. There’s a flicker somewhere and I don’t know why, but I did figure out that the reason the first post […]

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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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