A few snaps of our 1st November spin

More in my November 2009 set.

A few Blogthings

You Are Pears

You have sophisticated tasted in food, and more than anything, you really like to go for high quality ingredients. You understand that a perfectly grown and ripened pear is a beautiful thing... and really quite underrated. You prefer to eat minimally prepared food. You think complexity often just hides poor quality ingredients. In your mind, there's little better than an expertly poached pear, or pear served with a fine cheese.

What Fall Fruit or Vegetable Are You Most Like?

You Should Take in Some Sunshine

Part of what's stressing you out right now is feeling stuck in a rut. You're not really sure how to dig yourself out of the hole you're in. And the best way to get out of a rut is to change things quickly. You don't have to do anything drastic... just step outside. Just feeling the sunshine on your face should cheer you up and change your perspective on things. Nature can be a very healing force. And no matter how stressful things are, take the sun rays as a reminder that the sun will come up tomorrow!

How Should You De-stress?

What sunshine? Where?!?

You Would Be a Down to Earth Celebrity

You aren't easily impressed or star struck, and if you were to become famous, it wouldn't change your own opinion about yourself. You'd still treat everyone as you always have, and more importantly, you wouldn't expect to be treated any differently. You'd be friendly to your fans and as accessible as possible. After all, they're the ones who make you famous. You'd be a celebrity in the mold of Kate Winslet, Renee Zellweger, John Mayer, and Ashton Kutcher.

What Kind of Celebrity Would You Be?

You Are an Intimate Wedding

Love makes you feel warm and comforted. You may not need much in this world, but you need the love of those you're close to to survive. To be unloved would be heartbreaking for sure, but you would never give up hope. Even if you felt all alone in the world, you're sure you could make new connections. For you, romantic loving is about giving your all and not worrying about what you'll get back in return. Keeping score ruins a relationship. Besides, your ideal partner would naturally want to give as much as possible too. That's what makes you a perfect match.

The Wedding Cake Test

Two days offline

I was busy cleaning the attic, going to IKEA, binge eating with M (lol..), etc., so I wasn't online at all, for about two days. But now I have a new apple green rug, which is already helping me feel less frozen, and a mushroom grey wrap - we also got some nuke-proof small white plates, for everyday use. M brought me lovely beads, and I've made six new hanging thingamalings.. I might upload all the photos tomorrow.

Refusing to get a cold!

I'm planning to go to IKEA tomorrow, with M, and nothing must ruin it.. So, I panicked last night, when I felt a sudden tingle in my throat.. :O I have since started wearing TWO pairs of woolly socks (mmmmm, warm..), marimekko neck warmer, and most of my other clothes at the same time.. I've applied Vicks vapo rub all over, I've had Lemsip, I sliced some garlic on my breakfast sambo, and I even shoved cloves of garlic between my toes as I've read that it's supposed to kill all bugs and cure cancer, etc. I'm totally refusing to get a cold, right now! After Friday evening, it's fine, but not now.
(The photo is of Espoo IKEA, in Finland)

Warm coat, new FB page, etc..

Yesterday evening, we had a parish group meeting in a pub. I've been freezing at home, for the last few days, so it was funny to feel totally warm when I was out, walking to the pub! I love my new €18 winter coat.. Maybe I should start wearing it at home as well - no more freezing! =D
I was supposed to buy milk, on the way home, but the meeting was much longer than our previous meetings, so Spar was already closed.. As we only had a little drop of milk left, I decided to drink Aero hot chocolate instead of coffee or tea as I prefer it with water only. We had three unopened jars (all of which came as freebies, with Nescafe Gold) - the freshest two were best before 7/2009. Oops. It was still good, though.
I was up all night, adding Finnish info topics to Bray Forum, and organising folders.. Then I decided to make a new Facebook Page for the forum - it's here, should anyone want to Become a Fan. I'm going to delete the old Group..
Now, off to bed, for a little bit of sleep :o

Suburbs for the Geek

You Are the Suburbs

You've got a bad rap, but you think people are just jealous of how good you've got it. You prefer to live somewhere that's clean, safe, and cheap. What could be wrong with that? You're not going to apologize for liking chain restaurants and good schools. While you may not be as sophisticated as the city, you're content with your life. Plus, there's more to do in the suburbs than people think. Besides, you can visit the city anytime you'd like. And when your fun in town is done, you have a comfy suburban house to come home to.

Are You the Suburbs or the City?

I don't like chain restaurants, and I don't really care what the schools are like as I've no kids.

You Are a Geek

You love to learn, especially when it's about technology. No subject is too obscure for you. You enjoy tinkering with things to see how they work. You aren't a traditional learner either... you need to hack around to figure things out. You may have the brains to be a super rich Silicon Valley geek, but you're truly content to have your own favorite projects, subjects, and toys. For you, being a geek is not about the glory. It's about a love of digging deep and truly understanding the world.

What's Your Stereotype?

That's me.

Tiny Tim -surfing (again)

I love Tiny Tim



Occasionally, I go and watch all the Tiny Tim videos I can find on youtube.. LOL.. They just make me smile! I've read something about his life, and he seems to have been a wonderful person, and very talented.. The only sad thing about him is that he's no longer with us.

Frrrreezing..

One of these days, I'm probably going to start wearing my winter coat in the house as I'm always freezing! Especially my arms, because the attic table is really cold, and when I use the laptop, I need to wrap my arms with woolly scarves and such, or I'll turn into a lump of ice.. I'm going to IKEA on Thursday, so maybe I could find a cheapo quilt for a table cloth.

Testing mobile blogging with a snack

Edit: OK... So, the post came through, but the photo didn't! Bleh.

Hallowe'en in Stepaside

We were at J & E's in Stepaside, earlier on. They'd carved pumpkins (pictured) for Hallowe'en. Their recently adopted cat had put on some weight, and ruled her world from the sofa, between E and myself (I've only just realised that I didn't take any pictures of M, the cat! Doh!)
We had litter tray cake, which really looked like a litter tray, but tasted a lot nicer - not that I've ever tasted a litter tray, but trust me anyway!
D50 was the only one of us who wasn't wearing Hallowe'en makeup, but he killed some nazi zombies with J & E's son (who also wasn't wearing Hallowe'en makeup, as it happens - and neither was their cat.. but they don't really count as they were both doing their own thing).

J & E

Some madman was trying to get in, heh..

My quickie zombie makeup, with a dead stare.. (I tampered with the photo colours, to make it look a bit more zombie..)