News from the Studio, New Locations and Project Updates
Slow Cooker Irish Stew
Marcia and Shane came for dinner on Saturday night and even bought the dinner. A huge lamb leg roast that would have cost me around $80 if I tried to buy it. The upshot of this is that I now have 3/4 of the roast left in my fridge! Thats cool, the following recipe is...
time to upgrade
My Scubapro Ladyhawk BDC is up for sale. I bought her off Marcia not long after I completed my Open Water certification - I'd been told that if you are going to dive regularly, you'd want your own gear and its so true! Shes been to Fiji with me, as well as the...
homoducation!
Education Minister Chris Carter is supporting a new scholarship that bans applications from “straight” schoolchildren. Labour MP Chris Carter is well known for supporting gay rights but legal experts say his latest foray – supporting a scholarship for gay or lesbian...
illegally blonde
about 6 weeks ago, i decided i wanted to be a red head. it didnt last very long, it washed out quickly. and then with the pool water, salt water and sun, it went even lighter til i looked like some SPCA moggy. i went to see my stylist James Manning today (my stylist...
good honest recruitment
Red Beans and Rice – Slow Cooker Style
this winter, my slow cooker and i have been having a raging affair! i had a busy week planned so i turned to my cooker to make something yummy that i can add to the containers in my freezer for a quick and easy meal. i went to red foods - for my blood and my heart -...
wish i’d thought of this #1
At a high school in Montana a group of students played a prank on the school. They let three goats loose in the school. Before they let them go they painted numbers on the sides of the goats: 1, 2 and 4. Local school administrators spent most of the day looking for...
MOVE . those . tears!
its been my little secret. well nell knows - but otherwise its my secret. i love ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition. its my hour to marvel at how wonderful people and companies can be to other humans and especially those who have sacrificed their own happiness and...
make me
funnily enough - the previous post was about procrastination. i want to do that right now! we had a little project party last night and i had several many too many wines. rescue course starts tonight and all i want to do is continue lying on the couch in my pajamas...
Great excuses No 964
'I was on my way to the gym when I was abducted by alliens from the planet Sanrg who took me to their ship and force fed me choc-chip ice cream.' i love to procrastinate. i'm great at it and it gives me stuff to do tomorrow. muwahahaha old joke. one of the biggest...
presents? for me??!!
i love my animal. in fact, i'm a bit silly about him sometimes. he brings me presents. this is the biggest one he has ever bought me. its better than the weta on the pillow deliveries but ......... ewwwwwww!!
zero punctuation but not zero funnies
man i love stumbleupon. not only can i fill the blanks between hands on pokerstars but i can waste vast amounts of my weekend (and some of my work days if the proxy server is feeling nice) just cruising around looking at things and nothings. and .. oh i love it when...
love is in the air
is it true that bad luck comes in threes? some superstitious persons believe that an owl hooting three times is not a good sign. the same applies if you see three butterflies together. some people also think that singing before breakfast is bad luck - weirdos....
dive dive test swim dive
at the beginning of july (in the bloody middle of winter) i signed up to do the PADI Divemaster course. since then i have completed four of the eight required exams; - supervising general diving activities - 100% - assisting with student divers in training - 100% -...
despite everything
despite the previous post, well the initial post, where i decided i was over blogger and its shitty little interface - i still posted on blogger! i havent really had a lot to say recently. i have been having an introspective month (months - whatever). internalising,...
air supply is moving
i've been working on some updates and i'm getting frustrated with blogger so air supply is off to wordpress.http://quikflik.wordpress.com
>One of the IWM gets some culture
>Egypt by land
>We did some stuff out of the water too.A camel ride up the hills overlooking Dahab.The Pyramids in Giza, and the Egyptian Museum.A Nile dinner cruise, with entertainment.A belly dancer that had the boys eyes popping out.A Whirling Dervish.A Not-so-whirling Dervish.