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Saturday, January 31, 2004

still frozen (general) - 08:25 PM - i took some chicken schnitzels out of the big chest freezer an hour or two...

new breast pump (baby) - 06:56 PM - i got a new breast pump. the other one broke this morning. i'm kind of...

broken pump (baby) - 07:06 AM - i think i did break my milk pump the other day after all. i used...

link, bold or italicize .. not (site stuff) - 07:00 AM - oh, bugger! how long has the link, bold or italicize thing not been working for?...

then noisy again (general) - 05:22 AM - well, the whirring sound has started again. i seem to have all the luck with...

sleeping through, kind of (baby) - 05:15 AM - i've figured out something which doesn't work well. over the last couple of days i've...

noisy then not (general) - 05:09 AM - uh oh. i hope my computer isn't about to melt down. the fan was making...

Friday, January 30, 2004

theme thursday (memes) - 08:56 PM - i meant to post this yesterday, but forgot. the theme thursday for this week is...

licking the baby (animal) - 05:32 AM - i just turned around to look at riley lying on his play mat beside me...

Thursday, January 29, 2004

from back to front (baby) - 04:38 PM - smiley just rolled from his back to his front all by himself for the first...

milk in the motor (baby) - 06:40 AM - bugger. i just got milk in the motor of my milk pump. i've stopped it...

novarg, novarg, novarg! (general) - 06:27 AM - i'm averaging a novarg virus in my inbox about every twenty minutes. unbelievable! just as...

Wednesday, January 28, 2004

tree fell (general) - 08:35 PM - we had a huge storm earlier. it was really massive. quite violent. so violent, in...

power out (general) - 08:25 PM - the power was out for about two & a half hours tonight. it just came...

novarg & others (general) - 04:23 PM - man. full on viruses arriving in my inbox today & yesterday. i've had about fifteen...

Tuesday, January 27, 2004

enjo badge (enjo) - 10:13 PM - i went to the monthly meeting today & the team leader, karen, gave me my...

Monday, January 26, 2004

laughing (baby) - 07:21 PM - a number of times today, smiley has been killing himself laughing for no apparent reason....

it's behind you (baby) - 06:20 AM - last night, while riley was sitting on shroom's lap on the couch, he reached out...

Sunday, January 25, 2004

unconscious mutterings (memes) - 05:54 PM - unconscious mutterings: political:: intentions concentration:: something i lack a bit these days. fish:: & chips...

getting mummy good (baby) - 07:32 AM - after having not peed while his nappy was off for a very long time, the...

no entry yesterday (linky lurrve) - 07:07 AM - i just realised that i didn't write a single blog entry yesterday. that's probably because...

fingernails (baby) - 07:03 AM - riley's fingernails grow so quickly. i just cut them recently & already he's grown back...

Friday, January 23, 2004

eight demos (enjo) - 09:51 PM - my friends & family are really coming to the party (so to speak) with agreeing...

ozbub (baby) - 08:25 AM - sarah of bubbhub has made a site containing advice & tips for new mums. i'm...

a spider on my face (animal) - 08:15 AM - the night before last, i woke up to what i'm pretty sure was a spider...

Thursday, January 22, 2004

stamping, stamping, stamping (enjo) - 09:51 PM - i bought a rubber stamp thing today which you make up from little letters &...

reaching out (baby) - 09:21 PM - today smiley reached out to me for the first time! actually, it was twice. a...

back to school (general) - 09:15 PM - i must remember to never again go into the stationery section of a department store...

Wednesday, January 21, 2004

a conversation (baby) - 08:07 AM - i had a conversation with melanie this morning after i came back from changing a...

Tuesday, January 20, 2004

six demos (enjo) - 10:46 PM - as you might already know, i'm doing my enjo training at the beginning of february....

bloggies voting (linky lurrve) - 09:02 PM - voting has begun for the bloggies. have your say, vote & tell the world which...

raaaah! (baby) - 08:34 PM - i almost scared the proverbial out of riley just then. he was making "agerrrrahhh" noises...

wandering chooks (animal) - 06:42 PM - bummer. we're going to have to keep the chooks locked up. they've been free-range for...

rice cakes (general) - 02:54 PM - you know what? i actually like rice cakes....

Monday, January 19, 2004

crawling soon (baby) - 06:33 PM - i reckon smiley is going to be crawling pretty soon .. well, at least pushing...

Sunday, January 18, 2004

old pictures (site stuff) - 09:00 PM - when dad & tosca were visiting brisbane last week, they brought with them a couple...

unconscious mutterings - 04:40 PM - it's that time again .. unconscious mutterings: berry:: chuck berry fiendish:: nasty bar:: won't have...

crickets (animal) - 08:22 AM - i have no idea why this is, but we've had a population explosion of crickets...

Saturday, January 17, 2004

wet head (baby) - 07:36 PM - this morning i accidentally made riley pee all over his own face. i was holding...

friday five (memes) - 09:50 AM - friday five time (even though it's saturday): 1. What does it say in the signature...

way back then (baby) - 09:36 AM - i was just deleting a spam comment from a diary entry from may last year...

Friday, January 16, 2004

story: simplicity desired (linky lurrve) - 05:24 PM - someone's posted a really lovely new story up at a picture's worth (a thousand words)....

new things which (site stuff) - 05:04 PM - in case you hadn't noticed yet, there's a new 'things which' .. at the top...

link, bold or italicize (site stuff) - 04:36 PM - have you noticed that there is now the option within the comments to make text...

breast augmentation: the lactating way (baby) - 04:14 PM - this is the safe & sure way for breastfeeding mothers to achieve larger breasts for...

mmmmff (baby) - 07:23 AM - smiley's making his usual noises to himself this morning as he's squirming away on his...

late (general) - 07:20 AM - i stayed up waaaaaay too late last night after our dinner guests left. bad idea....

Thursday, January 15, 2004

toxic custard meme (memes) - 11:04 PM - not sure if it's designed to be a meme or not, but it's kind of...

really heavy rain (weather) - 04:57 PM - wow, i'm really glad i'm not having to drive all around this afternoon as i...

scraps (animal) - 01:28 PM - i just dumped some old veggies & scraps of various bits of food into the...

packaging (general) - 12:32 PM - i just had a thought (no, it didn't hurt). isn't it funny how you can...

chook picture (animal) - 07:56 AM - you must see this picture of one of the chooks which i took this morning....

task (general) - 07:47 AM - today's task is to clean up from the last few days of pigginess (on my...

theme thursday picture is up (site stuff) - 06:51 AM - this week's theme thursday picture is up. the theme is funky....

Wednesday, January 14, 2004

etch-a-sketch (linky lurrve) - 09:09 PM - i'm not sure why, but there's something kind of disturbing about a drawing done so...

new smiley pic up (site stuff) - 08:44 PM - there's a new picture up of smiley & i....

ferrousland button (site stuff) - 08:06 PM - not that i think many people will actually want it, but i threw together a...

one handed typing (linky lurrve) - 07:55 PM - this is way cool. it's a keyboard you can use with your mouse. i can...

new diary entry (site stuff) - 07:08 PM - there's a new diary entry up in which i'm relieved about not having to drive...

that's not a nipple (baby) - 06:35 PM - i wonder why riley, who knows what a nipple is, still goes for the hand...

Tuesday, January 13, 2004

42 (linky lurrve) - 06:29 PM - you've probably all seen this before, but i thought it was pretty cool that google...

not stale (general) - 05:12 PM - shroom opened up a packet of water crackers & left it in the pantry not...

tap (baby) - 02:21 PM - that's better. riley's feeding off the other boob, so it's really pumping now. *smile* ...

expressing (baby) - 02:15 PM - sometime when i express breast milk it goes really well, it drips like a tap,...

totally gone now (enjo) - 07:22 AM - i just used my enjo kitchen glove to clean up the last of the poo...

cleaned up (animal) - 07:12 AM - well, i got the sloppy bits of the poo off the carpet with some toilet...

grooooooossssss! (baby) - 07:07 AM - oh yuck! oh yuck!! riley just did a big poo in his nappy & it...

Monday, January 12, 2004

quizz (memes) - 09:24 PM - saw one of those silly quizzes at sherry's so i did it too. it says...

reputation (baby) - 08:46 PM - apparently, my reputation as an relaxed mother has preceded me. the other day, i visited...

Sunday, January 11, 2004

unconscious mutterings (memes) - 03:48 PM - it's that time again. here's my unconscious mutterings for the week: mitchell:: some person .....

four months (baby) - 03:17 PM - riley is four months old today. happy four months, baby boy! *yay!* ...

good bread (creative) - 12:00 PM - despite each loaf being shaped like a round casserole dish due to me not (yet)...

cooking (creative) - 11:27 AM - it's in. in half an hour or so we'll see how successful my first ever...

bread (creative) - 10:22 AM - the bread's rising, smiley's laundry is done & in the dryer & he's having a...

Saturday, January 10, 2004

a bear in a bag (site stuff) - 08:20 PM - i've just posted a picture in the artsy-fartsy category of the photolog. it's a teddy...

bibs, spew rags (baby) - 06:43 PM - some days i think that i have too many bibs & spew rags (hand towels)...

just riley & i (general) - 03:10 PM - its just riley & i at home today. shroom's working today & tomorrow. his contract...

online pharmacy (linky lurrve) - 02:02 PM - the other day i was looking around on the net & came across an online...

photo friday (memes) - 09:57 AM - this week's photo friday picture is up. the theme is woman....

carriage return (general) - 07:33 AM - argh. you know something that really bugs me? when people put line breaks at the...

stopped already (weather) - 06:53 AM - it was only a short shower. oh well. no .... i lied, it is still...

raining (weather) - 06:39 AM - it's raining .. excellent! there's a bit of water for the tank, hopefully. .. &...

Friday, January 09, 2004

two new pictures (site stuff) - 11:31 PM - there are two new pictures in the photolog for your viewing pleasure. one of some...

finding nemo (general) - 11:04 PM - shroom & i just watched finding nemo. gosh it was good! wow, really impressive. i...

diary pages (enjo) - 04:46 PM - yep. it was more pages for my enjo diary....

egg picture (site stuff) - 03:26 PM - i took a picture of the egg the chook laid on the porch. silly chook...

odd places (animal) - 03:14 PM - that's two eggs today which one (or two) of the chooks have laid in odd...

new smiley pic (site stuff) - 12:45 PM - there's a new picture of smiley up in the photolog....

only five? (animal) - 12:44 PM - i thought we'd lost a chook for a few minutes there. when i'd seen them...

rhiannon's digital quilt (creative) - 12:06 PM - myla asked me if i'd like to contribute to rhiannon's digital quilt so i did....

the big question (baby) - 05:49 AM - so he finally goes to sleep in the swinging chair. then comes the question of...

it's working (baby) - 05:33 AM - ha! it's working! of course, now i'm wide awake. *sigh*...

you are getting sleeeepy (baby) - 05:21 AM - tough times call for tough measures: the wind-up swinging chair. if he's at all tired,...

wide awake (baby) - 05:13 AM - why? why was he wide awake at 4:30am & still wide awake now? errrgh. so...

Thursday, January 08, 2004

lots of blogging (general) - 10:25 PM - i've blogged eleven times today (plus this one makes twelve) as well as a new...

eudora version 6 (general) - 10:19 PM - i just upgraded eudora to version 6. looks okay at first glance. they seem to...

milk, milk, milk, milk (general) - 09:49 PM - i've been craving milk since a month or two before riley was born & i'm...

scary movie (general) - 08:44 PM - shroom's watching 28 days later. scary movies really freak me out though, so i asked...

mango (baby) - 07:45 PM - i just held onto a small piece of mango while smiley sucked on the other...

new diary entry (site stuff) - 05:32 PM - there's a new diary entry up in which i discover that it really can be...

the bloggies (linky lurrve) - 03:57 PM - it's that time of year again .. it's time for the bloggies. get nominating, people!...

goods despatched (enjo) - 03:32 PM - hmm. i just got an email from the people who do the couriering (wow, that's...

woah! hot! (weather) - 01:15 PM - my gosh! it's 41 degrees (over 105 f) outside! it's days like these that make...

scrabble score (memes) - 01:09 PM - i hardly ever do these type of memes, but i saw this one at jade's...

theme thursday (memes) - 01:06 PM - there's a pic up of riley (gee, isn't that a surprise? *wink* ) for this week's...

subscribe to comments (site stuff) - 11:04 AM - there is now an option to subscribe to comments. what this means is that you...

Wednesday, January 07, 2004

visiting nanna (general) - 06:44 AM - since i'm not doing my enjo training until next month, & since that means that...

possible cold (baby) - 06:16 AM - i think smiley might have a bit of a cold. he's coughed a few times...

Tuesday, January 06, 2004

the mayfly project (memes) - 04:58 PM - i've seen this around a bit, so i've decided to do the mayfly project as...

alien (tmi) - 02:33 PM - oh my gosh! i think i have an alien growing out of the back of...

laughter (baby) - 01:55 PM - i forgot to blog about this. yesterday morning was the first time i'd heard riley...

too hot (weather) - 12:31 PM - geez. no wonder i'm hot. it's 38 degrees (100 f) outside. errrrgh....

wants to sit (baby) - 08:58 AM - i don't think it'll be very far down the track until smiley is sitting up...

can be bothered (baby) - 07:16 AM - one thing i can be bothered doing though, is playing with riley smiley. *smile* ...

tired (general) - 06:14 AM - i'm so tired today & it's causing a bit of a 'blah' mood. one of...

fake email (general) - 05:59 AM - it really bugs me when people who make comments which are the opposite of the...

Monday, January 05, 2004

munchy munchy (baby) - 08:17 PM - ouch!! how do you teach an almost four month old baby that munching on mummy's...

bad things or good things (general) - 07:35 PM - poo bum. i can't start my enjo training tomorrow as i'd hoped. *sad* our second...

license update (general) - 10:49 AM - i spent a bit of time on the phone this morning to find out my...

lovely things part 2 (baby) - 08:39 AM - the other day i had a much needed hour or so nap in the middle...

lovely things part 1 (general) - 08:14 AM - i keep forgetting to write about this, but at the time i thought it was...

new diary entry (site stuff) - 07:03 AM - there's a new diary entry up in which i admit to being a clumsy mum....

Sunday, January 04, 2004

hickie (baby) - 11:45 PM - i was giving smiley a lie down feed earlier this afternoon. he'd mostly finished &...

crying voice (baby) - 11:06 PM - ages ago i said how riley's cry had changed in the short time that he'd...

eric & his emotions (linky lurrve) - 10:42 PM - this is pretty funny. some guy called eric conveys an emotion. it's pretty fun for...

unconscious mutterings (memes) - 03:27 PM - time again for unconscious mutterings: vintage:: car longing:: for something to happen specimen:: jar mock::...

solids? (baby) - 12:32 PM - i wonder if smiley's going to be ready for solids soon. he's feeding a lot...

hands (baby) - 09:28 AM - we saw a show on tv the other day about the development of babies &...

Saturday, January 03, 2004

steve irwin (general) - 06:53 PM - did anyone see the thing in the news about steve irwin going near a crocodile...

fencing nipples (general) - 05:52 PM - you know those mesh face guards that fencers (not as in a picket fence, i...

friday five (memes) - 08:55 AM - i'm doing the friday five again this week....

mirror project submissions (creative) - 08:09 AM - there are three new (old) mirror project submissions of mine now online. when i was...

Friday, January 02, 2004

corn bread picture (creative) - 10:39 PM - i just made some corn bread. look. *smile* ...

photo friday (memes) - 06:24 PM - i've just put a pic online for photo friday. however, it's actually a repeat of...

new diary entry (site stuff) - 05:22 PM - there's a new diary entry up in which i tell you about spending some money...

the results are in (general) - 07:34 AM - wow. my respect for the general public of the world (at least the ones that...

world idol results so far (general) - 07:12 AM - there are spoilers ahead if you haven't watched the halfway results of world idol yet....

x-rated mozzie (animal) - 06:03 AM - the thrush on my left nipple has come back, so last night i left my...

energy boy (baby) - 05:28 AM - smiley's woken up with a lot of energy this morning. he woke for his morning...

Thursday, January 01, 2004

urban cowgirl (linky lurrve) - 09:20 PM - guess who's back after a year away? urban cowgirl. go niki! *yay!* ...

not on after all (general) - 08:59 PM - okay, so it turns out that world idol isn't on tonight after all. it's tomorrow...

world idol (general) - 07:15 PM - far out. i almost forgot about watching the replay of world idol on tv tonight...

putting it off (general) - 06:57 PM - one of these days i really have to go into medicare to claim on all...

colorsplash flash (creative) - 10:04 AM - ooh, look! a colorsplash flash to go with my lomo lc-a. i want, i want,...

fuji disposable 8 (creative) - 09:48 AM - for christmas gifts (& two for myself) i bought a five pack of the fuji...

kissing machine (baby) - 09:03 AM - lately we've been putting riley in a wind-up swinging chair which used to belong to...

first diary entry for the year (site stuff) - 08:23 AM - i had written three entries on the front page here with a short description of...

a picture's worth entry (creative) - 01:38 AM - yay! my entry is up on a picture's worth. that link is to the front...

new (general) - 12:29 AM - happy new year!! *yay!* ...