I got up early because Fiona was picking me up for a run. We headed to Iron Cove to run the Bay Run. It was a beautiful day. (That’s another 6.85km off my total, leaving me with 2.6km to go!) After a shower back home, the Snook and I headed into the city to run a few errands. He got computer parts; I got some sewing supplies. Then I headed to HCF Dental to see if I could get an emergency appointment to fix a broken tooth. (I was eating a toffee on Boxing Day when a bit of tooth around a filling went CRUNCH and disappeared.) I didn’t have to wait too long and within an hour I was out the door all fixed up. He’d had to drill a little bit though, so I’d had a local anesthetic and the whole right side of my face was numb for hours. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful: I had a nap; I finished the crochet baby blanket; I made some banana ice cream. I also watched the Carbo family’s entire series of 8 YouTube videos documenting all of Christmas morning. The highlight was seeing my nephew Penn open our gift and leap to his feet shouting “MOOMINS!” That was great. 🙂
Month: December 2010
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Tooth is repaired. Anesthetic has numbed whole right side of jaw though. Feel like I’m going to accidentally gnaw my own tongue…
@ScottRhodie I’m in the thame thituation.
@ScottRhodie Mine finally wore off. Now I can properly enunciate. 🙂
NYE plans are firming up…
@Justacogitating Eeek! I think your PC might have a virus. I just got a very dodgy looking email from you…
A nap?! Where did THAT come from?!
I think I have glucose in my hair. #homemade #icecream
@Justacogitating I got it on my iPhone and deleted it… and now I can’t find it! Gah. Sorry. Will doublecheck.
@Justacogitating Rodd thinks it’s more likely your hotmail password got hacked. (Apparently Yahoo’s been getting hit lately too.)
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Lovely impromptu knitting lunch w/ @drkknits, @mrs_sockvictim, @knitterjp, and @knitabulous!
Dragged Snook over to Broadway to get ourselves a present in the sales: http://twitpic.com/3kgr5t. Ice cream ahoy!
@AusVintageGrrl Banana ice cream is first on the list, since I have some ripe ones to use!
@thezedmiester Sometimes it works out… 🙂
I have CONQUERED the Scalloped Crochet Edging. BOOYA.
Waiting at the dentist to see if they can fix my broken tooth. Ugh.
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Just completed a 6.88 km run with RunKeeper – Great! Run/walk around Bay Run w/ @mrs_sockvictim.
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Day 4 and 5 of Christmas Vacation
Yesterday morning I went for an 8.65km run around Newtown and Sydney Uni. It was perfect weather – cool and drizzly. The rest of the day was a flurry of cleaning and tidying. Our friends Steve and Kate (the ones who got married at the Jenolan Caves) are visiting from London and we were hosting them for the night. Kate’s allergic to cats, so I made a valiant effort to at least reduce the number of cat fur tumbleweeds floating along the floor. (She took drugs; it ended up being okay.) The Snook made us a beautiful dinner: slow-roasted beef rib roast (from Neil Perry’s recipe), perfect french fries, and a salad of baby spinach, bleu cheese, and nashi pear. We also had loads of cheese and wine and Christmas pudding (not to mention hunks of torn-off gingerbread house). We played Rock Band way into the night.
This morning we all awoke to the smell of freshly-baked bread from the bread machine (again, courtesy of the Snook). After Steve and Kate left, I went to Newtown to meet up for an impromptu knitting lunch with Fiona, JP, Ailsa, and Kylie. Great conversation and company! When I got home, the Snook and I ducked over to Broadway to pick up a Christmas pressie for ourselves: a little green ice cream maker. (The drum is currently in the freezer. Tomorrow we’ll try out some of Alton’s Banana Ice Cream.) For dinner we just nibbled on leftovers, mostly cheese and crackers. Is there anything better than camembert and quince paste on a cracker? There is not. I have also made massive progress on the crocheted cotton baby blanket, and I’m now adding a scalloped edging. I think I’m getting the hang of this crochet thing!
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@jannism Ashes? Come on, let us moan. WE SUCK AND YOU POMMIES ARE AWESOME, OKAY?
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@SallyPompom Eh, I was just killing time til the cricket came on. No worries. 🙂
Crocheting 10ply cotton is WRECKING MY HANDS.
@lemon_lime Oh god. It’s so, so funny. The story about the bricks is my favorite part. 🙂
Dear Crocheters – what’s your favorite way of joining squares together? Is there some way of crocheting a thick border between them?
Ha! Solution to problem of joining crochet squares is so simple: KNITTING. Going to play to my strengths.
@sharre Is Lincraft open? I need some buttons.
CRAP. Just bit down and broke off a bit of tooth near a filling. And HCF is closed for the public holiday. CRAP.
Thanks for dentist advice. It doesn’t hurt; just feels weird & jagged & I can’t stop poking it with tongue. Will try HCF again tomorrow.
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Just completed a 8.65 km run with RunKeeper – Great weather: cool and drizzly!
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Day 3 of Christmas Vacation
Day 3 of Christmas Vacation
Yeah, I had two whole days of productivity before the Slack Fairy landed. After some fun phone calls to the fam this morning, I spent the whole day crocheting and watching videos. I finished all the squares for Olivia’s blanket and I’ve started joining them together. Yay for slack. 🙂