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quote of the day

6 December 2005 by kristarella

“A dream is a wish your heart makes. This is real life.” -The Master (BTVS Ep1.10)

Filed Under: My life & thoughts Tagged With: Buffy, quotations

TQS

5 December 2005 by kristarella

Cool thing that happened today – I found this nifty program that makes hangman games and quizzes of anything you can think of. The only catch is you have to write it in XML, which I must admit I’m not proficient in. It is fairly swanky though, writing it out like that probably took less […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts Tagged With: free, Free Software, quizes

dreams

5 December 2005 by kristarella

Dreams are stupid. I haven’t had any nice ones for a long time. Last night I dreamt I was at a Christian conference that I think was a sailing conference, but because the weather was shabby we actually stayed away from the water. The people I was with and I, only went to talks and […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts

Toscani’s

4 December 2005 by kristarella

Toscani’s is my former favourite restaurant. Yes, that’s right, former. Tonight, despite my persistent cough and my blocked ears I went off to church and had quite a nice time. I wasn’t able to sing, or not brave enough to, because I couldn’t hear myself and could easily have been out of tune, but the […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts Tagged With: food

Firefox

4 December 2005 by kristarella

Firefox is the coolest browser ever! I love tabbed browsing! I also love that you can close a tab and then “undo close tab”, there’s even a list of the last however-many tabs closed and you can open one of them. These features may actually be from an extension and not with the bare Firefox. […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: free, Free Software, geek

coughing

4 December 2005 by kristarella

This cough is so annoying! Also, my ears are all blocked and my own sounds, like speaking and drinking, echo in my head while everything else is muffled. I didn’t realise how pronounced it was until I got in the car and I could barely hear the engine, which apparently I usually listen to to […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts Tagged With: Christmas

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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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