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Monday, May 31, 2004

da da da da (baby) - 07:59 AM - this news item is brought to you by the number 8.6451612903 & the letter D....

mouse (animal) - 07:44 AM - we have a mouse in the house. it seems the assortment of wildwife we get...

Sunday, May 30, 2004

unconscious mutterings (memes) - 06:30 PM - unconscious mutterings: lover:: two (two people that is, not two lovers) ridiculous:: idea oscar:: wilde...

Saturday, May 29, 2004

boys' night in & dressing up (baby) - 04:05 PM - it's a boys' night in, tonight. daddy & smiley are going to hang out together...

karaoke (creative) - 12:14 PM - wooh! i'm going to karaoke tonight with my cousin, beck. i can't wait! it's going...

face/off (general) - 08:22 AM - face transplants? that's kind of freaky. i'm sure it will happen, but in the meantime,...

Friday, May 28, 2004

putting things in & out (baby) - 12:44 PM - for quite a while smiley has been into taking things out of containers which i've...

more pics of riley (site stuff) - 09:59 AM - i had lunch with my cousin, beck, the other day & she took some lovely...

Thursday, May 27, 2004

micky ha ha power point safety cover (linky lurrve) - 09:09 AM - i saw a new child safety product on the tv last night, the micky ha...

Wednesday, May 26, 2004

upside down, miss jane. upside bloody down! (general) - 08:12 AM - damn it! how difficult is it to remember to put the honey container back in...

Tuesday, May 25, 2004

yummy juice (general) - 09:17 PM - mmmm. i got to have my juice, after all. yummy. *smile* ...

new freezer & a juice extractor (general) - 07:46 PM - it seems to be the time to buy new kitchen appliances. we wouldn't have liked...

new new kettle (general) - 09:09 AM - i went back to david jones yesterday & they swapped my dead kettle for a...

warm night again (weather) - 07:21 AM - it was another warm night last night. i not only threw off the doona, but...

Monday, May 24, 2004

hot & cold (weather) - 10:54 AM - this type of weather annoys me. the type where you have to have your woolly...

Sunday, May 23, 2004

unconscious mutterings (memes) - 07:17 PM - it's that time again. unconscious mutterings: finale:: show martial arts:: strength & agility flirt:: atious...

new picture (creative) - 09:15 AM - finally a new picture in the artsy-fartsy category. it's of the same bunch of thistles...

photo friday (memes) - 09:07 AM - it's not a work of art or anything, but i chose this photo (taken a...

ging, cling (baby) - 08:54 AM - somtimes we refer to smiley as 'ging' or 'the ging' because when he'd cry sometimes...

Saturday, May 22, 2004

more colour meme (memes) - 07:17 PM - i forgot that the font tags don't work in comments, so here are the ones...

colour meme (memes) - 09:51 AM - seen here, a funny little colour meme. you type <font color="your name"><b>your name</b></font> & see...

dead kettle (general) - 12:13 AM - my new kettle .. my wonderful, shiny new kettle .. it died! it's simply not...

Friday, May 21, 2004

definitely whistling (baby) - 02:56 PM - i definitely wasn't imagining it! i've heard him do it three more times now &...

whistling? (baby) - 12:00 PM - i think smiley just whistled! really! i was lying down near him on the floor...

rat-be-gone (animal) - 09:55 AM - the rat seems to have given up. after we heard it munching away behind the...

Wednesday, May 19, 2004

try having sex (linky lurrve) - 05:38 PM - i was just sent this link via an aussie mum's discussion group. it's difficult to...

Tuesday, May 18, 2004

tasting things (baby) - 09:10 PM - smiley has routinely been putting things in his mouth for months now, but today he's...

deborah conway live in a louge room (general) - 12:51 PM - anyone in the melbourne area a deborah conway fan? want a signed cd & a...

he stood up! (baby) - 11:09 AM - shroom just told me that smiley stood up on his own! without holding onto anything!...

free book (linky lurrve) - 09:35 AM - we host our websites with pair networks. i receive their newsletter, the insider, via email....

very expensive pen (general) - 09:04 AM - i found the google store the other day & saw a cool light-up pen so...

Monday, May 17, 2004

email stripper (linky lurrve) - 09:32 AM - sounds rude, but it's actually a very nice (& really quick to download) little app...

mobile phone plan (general) - 09:15 AM - i've been looking around online at mobile phones. i don't really need a new one,...

kneeling (baby) - 08:47 AM - smiley seems to have learned how to kneel. hmm. just thought i'd record the occasion...

Sunday, May 16, 2004

tags, tags, tags (baby) - 08:52 PM - honestly, they really should make a baby toy that is made up entirely of tags....

unconscious mutterings (memes) - 08:49 PM - time again for unconscious mutterings: playoffs:: umm .. sports of some kind morris:: minor break...

non-squirming baby (baby) - 07:40 AM - i think i need to give smiley more credit for being able to learn things....

Saturday, May 15, 2004

easter laying break over? (animal) - 05:04 PM - after a long break over easter, while they moulted, the chooks might be back on...

Friday, May 14, 2004

tanty (baby) - 02:59 PM - smiley just got terribly upset when i took shroom's address book off him. he'd found...

funny child (baby) - 02:26 PM - he's standing up at shroom's desk, looking at me & grunting & snorting & puffing...

pincer grip (baby) - 12:48 PM - smiley's just begun to be able to make a pincer grip with his thumb &...

dozing (baby) - 12:29 PM - i hate it when we have a nap together & he stays asleep just long...

Thursday, May 13, 2004

kettle fatness (general) - 05:32 PM - my new kettle is going to make me fat. i like it so much that...

tongue clicking (baby) - 02:15 PM - a few days ago, i made tongue clicking noises at riley & he moved his...

i hate clowns dot com (linky lurrve) - 08:42 AM - i may have linked to this before, but i just came across it again: i...

attack-baby (baby) - 07:50 AM - i think i've given birth to an attack-baby. does anyone else out there get most...

Wednesday, May 12, 2004

new kettle (general) - 09:32 PM - when i've been talking to my sister lately, she's been telling me about her new...

Tuesday, May 11, 2004

road block (general) - 12:32 PM - uh oh. i've hit a road block on my mission. my enjo kit is in...

new diary entry (site stuff) - 11:51 AM - this could be a record. three diary entries in three days. here it is....

lemon (baby) - 09:52 AM - when we went my uncle's fiftieth birthday party the other night, shroom had a seafood...

sleep in (baby) - 08:39 AM - it's a record. smiley slept in until 8:15 this morning. he still woke up for...

Monday, May 10, 2004

the rat saga continues (animal) - 09:44 PM - it seems our rat wasn't as easily beaten as we thought. it must have been...

new true story (site stuff) - 06:42 PM - i just put a new true story online. it's a pretty dicky story. in fact,...

no more rat (animal) - 06:12 PM - an air con repair man came today to look at the air conditioner to see...

hot chocolate (site stuff) - 05:44 PM - you might be getting a different ad, but i'm really getting sick of the 'hot...

another new diary entry (site stuff) - 07:49 AM - there's another new diary entry online. wow, that's two in two days....

Sunday, May 09, 2004

new diary entry (site stuff) - 10:18 PM - it's not a long diary entry, mainly a recap on the last couple of weeks...

unconscious mutterings (memes) - 03:52 PM - time again, unconscious mutterings: vagina:: monologues racism:: sucks mother's day:: first one for me! fire...

Saturday, May 08, 2004

fill the tank (weather) - 08:48 AM - it's been raining for most of the night. not a heavy rain, but a nice...

google ads update (site stuff) - 08:24 AM - the google ads have been running for just over a week & taking the exchange...

Thursday, May 06, 2004

zapple keep sneeter (general) - 10:19 PM - i think shroom wondered why on earth i gave him a totally blank look when...

rat in the air conditioner (animal) - 05:33 PM - ewww. we have a rat living in our air conditioner. a few days ago we...

Monday, May 03, 2004

mouli machine (general) - 07:17 PM - i do so love something that's well designed & incredibly functional. jade gave me this...

please ignore (general) - 05:42 PM - you can ignore this link to the mouse keyboard if you like. just some maintenance...

hand mowing two acres (general) - 03:21 PM - shroom just finished hand mowing two acres (that's just under a hectare). yes, that's right,...

switch off your computer (linky lurrve) - 01:27 PM - this is pretty funny. just switch off!...

attention, dave (general) - 12:48 PM - hey, dave. my emails to you seem to be bouncing. i just got a bounce...

comparing pictures (site stuff) - 10:27 AM - i've put two previously published pictures of smiley (one from just yesterday) on the same...

wood panelling (general) - 09:42 AM - you know that horrible wood panelling, wood veneer, fake wood stuff which was so popular...

a gmail winner (linky lurrve) - 08:57 AM - looks like nbert98 was the winner of one of the highest selling gmail beta testing...

the virtual college roommate (linky lurrve) - 08:30 AM - reminiscing about the old days when you caused havoc as a young uni student? make...

Sunday, May 02, 2004

reading (baby) - 06:20 PM - well, an approximation of reading, anyway. he has a little wooden book in the shape...

unconscious mutterings (memes) - 05:28 PM - it's been far too long since i did the last unconscious mutterings! sexy:: "you sexy...

all cleaned up (general) - 05:07 PM - there's now a lovely vacant spot in the corner of our bedroom, where previously, there...

a new riley pic (site stuff) - 12:58 PM - a pic of riley. he plays hard .....

google ads earnings, early days (site stuff) - 07:49 AM - they've been running for just over two days, but so far i've earned $1.89 in...

new diary entry (site stuff) - 05:55 AM - there's a new diary entry online in which i tell you about riley giving me...

cold, round 2 (baby) - 04:27 AM - i think smiley & i are suffering from yet another cold. i thought we were...

Saturday, May 01, 2004

cooling down (weather) - 10:28 PM - it's getting a bit cooler in the evenings, these days. would you believe that i'm...

mr personality (baby) - 10:21 PM - it's hard to believe that just over seven months ago, riley was a little wriggling...