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Wednesday, June 30, 2004

tooth number four (baby) - 11:48 AM - tooth number four has made an appearance! the tiniest little tip is showing through on...

online for another month (general) - 10:16 AM - i talked to shroom this morning & our connection is all sorted for at least...

offline date (general) - 09:50 AM - well, i was putting it off, because i was sort of hoping that if i...

Tuesday, June 29, 2004

first steps! (baby) - 06:05 PM - wow!! smiley just had what we would definitely classify as his first steps! initially he...

Monday, June 28, 2004

bitter hag, m.i.a. (general) - 08:39 PM - does anyone know what's going on with bitter hag? i'm actually quite worried. the last...

offer of donations (general) - 12:27 PM - thank you to everyone who has kindly offered to help out with internet connection fees....

offline soon? (general) - 10:02 AM - almost a year ago, we paid for a twelve month fully prepaid internet connection. at...

Sunday, June 27, 2004

clapping (baby) - 09:49 PM - smiley can clap! well, he can make the hand motions for clapping. there's no actual...

coffee drinker (baby) - 04:05 PM - smiley just found, on the arm of the couch, the (fortunately empty) mug which shroom's...

not broken (general) - 01:54 PM - good news. the car's not broken after all. it was just a transmission fluid thing...

broken car (general) - 12:23 PM - poo. the car's broken. hate it when that happens. it won't go into gear. we'll...

Saturday, June 26, 2004

ma ma ma ma (baby) - 08:39 PM - someone told me, when i mentioned it today, that i hadn't yet blogged about smiley...

Friday, June 25, 2004

three teeth (baby) - 07:32 PM - third tooth .. come on down!! toothy number three has come through on the top,...

stand & step (baby) - 08:35 AM - smiley just stood up & took one step forward. he then fell down on his...

Thursday, June 24, 2004

funny comment (general) - 07:31 AM - i have no idea if this person is serious or not, but it sure made...

Wednesday, June 23, 2004

mouth fishing (baby) - 08:17 PM - it's funny how life changes day by day when you have a baby & the...

Tuesday, June 22, 2004

tooth number two (baby) - 01:50 PM - smiley has a second tooth! the first one is down the bottom, the middle right....

Monday, June 21, 2004

amusing himself (baby) - 08:45 PM - smiley is fun to watch as he plays by himself in his corner full of...

snap! (animal) - 02:25 PM - we got one. poor little mousey. *sad* ...

just the two of us (general) - 02:18 PM - well, it's just smiley & i (& the dog) for the next 24 hours or...

unconscious mutterings (memes) - 09:02 AM - unconscious mutterings: abundance:: of love casino:: money shell:: petrol overpriced:: petrol (lol! *chuckle* ) cancellation:: credit...

repair man (creative) - 08:57 AM - yes! i've found a repair man for the machine & he's cheap as! just as...

more gmail invites (general) - 08:44 AM - i seem to have a never ending supply of gmail invites these days. as at...

Sunday, June 20, 2004

still jammed (creative) - 02:55 PM - it's no good. i can't get it unjammed. ordinarily, i would take a screwdriver to...

machine jammed (creative) - 01:42 PM - damn it. the sewing machine has jammed. usually i can clear it, but i can't...

windy (weather) - 12:49 PM - wow. it's really windy outside. it has been for the past few days, but today...

mouse trap (animal) - 11:12 AM - last night stu (shroom's mate from canberra who's visiting at the moment) & i set...

retching (baby) - 08:31 AM - lovely topic for breakfast, but hey, i'm a mum & it's all about the bodily...

Saturday, June 19, 2004

nice day out (general) - 06:57 PM - i went to melanie's place today for lunch. before we sat down for the yummy...

new diary entry (site stuff) - 01:13 AM - don't read this new diary entry unless you're prepared for a swear word or two....

Friday, June 18, 2004

google search (site stuff) - 04:37 PM - i have google search on my site now. very cool. basically, you search my site,...

Thursday, June 17, 2004

mcgarnicle attention (baby) - 05:12 PM - i think riley enjoys eating his toast or corn thins not because they taste nice,...

Wednesday, June 16, 2004

more standing (baby) - 07:34 PM - today, smiley has been standing on his own, quite steady, for longer & longer periods....

ffffffff (baby) - 08:33 AM - today's news item is brought to you by the letters "ffffffffff" which is the newest...

Tuesday, June 15, 2004

more gmail invites (general) - 08:48 PM - i've got three more gmail invites! this is the second lot of invitations. i've already...

bent toast (general) - 11:53 AM - don't you hate it when the bread was frozen into a funny position & so...

standing on his own (baby) - 07:37 AM - i forgot to mention the other latest development. he can't stand on his own (i.e....

walking with one hand held (baby) - 07:31 AM - smiley, the cutest baby boy in the whole wide world®, has been able to walk...

passive smoking (linky lurrve) - 07:13 AM - this petition against passive smoking seems like a good idea. check it out & consider...

Monday, June 14, 2004

about ferrousland (site stuff) - 05:52 PM - after a bit of prompting, i finally got around to writing some information about ferrousland....

smiley's famous! (baby) - 03:18 PM - check it out then scroll down. smiley's famous! *chuckle* (i gave permission for them to...

Sunday, June 13, 2004

new picture (site stuff) - 08:54 PM - there's another couple of pictures up in the photolog, another set to compare....

link, bold & italicize .. finally (site stuff) - 03:41 PM - well, after discovering almost six months ago that the link, bold or italicize thing on...

unconscious mutterings (memes) - 02:33 PM - unconscious mutterings: colorblind:: red & green shallow:: hal erotica:: madonna figment:: of my imagination eviction::...

incentive to tidy (general) - 10:03 AM - shroom's given me a great incentive to help him get our garage, specifically the stuff...

new things which (site stuff) - 09:53 AM - there's a new 'things which' on the right .. about when smiley tries to pash...

Saturday, June 12, 2004

ten questions (memes) - 09:04 PM - jade did it, so now i am, too. answer the questions if you wish. who...

ba ba ba (baby) - 12:55 PM - it seems we've moved on from "da! da! da! da!" smiley can now make a...

Friday, June 11, 2004

lifted (general) - 06:28 PM - my blacklist appears to have been lifted fromm spamcop, since email to the people i...

doggie cuddles (baby) - 12:45 PM - that was just so gorgeous! i wish i could have got a picture of it,...

mirror project submission (creative) - 07:03 AM - i recently submitted a new picture to the mirror project. it's a picture of riley...

Thursday, June 10, 2004

first tooth (baby) - 03:06 PM - yep. his first tooth has definitely broken through. i've managed to have a bit of...

broken through? (baby) - 10:54 AM - maybe it has! maybe it has broken through! he was just opening his mouth to...

dustbuster (general) - 09:48 AM - i've wanted a dustbuster for ages. we got one yesterday. makes it a bit easier...

tooth is hiding (baby) - 06:51 AM - there's a little tooth hiding away under riley's gums. i can feel it. i can't...

Wednesday, June 09, 2004

mirror project random image widget (linky lurrve) - 04:57 PM - ooh, this is pretty cool. it's a little application that shows you a series of...

lubitel 166b (creative) - 03:06 PM - i found one of these on ebay & it arrived today! i haven't figured out...

Tuesday, June 08, 2004

ticklish bits (baby) - 08:00 PM - just lately, when smiley has a dirty nappy & i'm cleaning him up, the cold...

Sunday, June 06, 2004

blacklisted (general) - 09:46 PM - according to spamcop's page here i'll only be blacklisted for forty-eight hours if the supposed...

i have not sent spam! (general) - 09:35 PM - hey, not fair! someone's put me on spamcop! i've been getting bounces from spam supposedly...

unconscious mutterings (memes) - 03:53 PM - unconscious mutterings: charity:: begins at home scale(s):: of justice jennifer lopez:: big bum (she reckons)...

pics of pajamas & smiley (site stuff) - 02:24 PM - okay, the pics are up. i've put up two lots of pictures, actually. one set...

pajamas (creative) - 01:33 PM - i just finished making smiley an all-in-one pajama outfit, a kind of jump suit, i...

what's that, skip? (baby) - 08:10 AM - smiley's tongue clicking has morphed into something new. it's a kind of "tsk! tsk!" sound,...

Saturday, June 05, 2004

smiley ha ha (site stuff) - 02:37 PM - i fitted a micky ha ha power point protector today & took some pics of...

screaming (baby) - 12:57 PM - smiley seems to have discovered how much fun it is to scream/yell as loud as...

Friday, June 04, 2004

pic of the flowers (site stuff) - 06:15 PM - i took a picture of my roses. here....

roses (general) - 05:48 PM - shroom just came home with some flowers for me! ten red roses .. beautiful. *smile* ...

nappy explosion (baby) - 08:38 AM - man, those travelling poos really are something special....

Thursday, June 03, 2004

evil spam (general) - 06:42 AM - over two hundred spam emails for me this morning. gah! bastard spammers! *grrr!* ...

Tuesday, June 01, 2004

dirty, dirty mouse! (animal) - 07:39 AM - i think the mouse has been in my underwear drawer. that's kind of disturbing .....