Testing the new post by email feature …

… that is available on Word Press. Belly dancing class was great tonight. Had several nice comments about my coin belt which was very kind, given it is just a basic black one with gold coins.

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From a stressed shambles to sanity (almost!)

Somewhat shambolic start to the day today. Bella had her vet appointment at 9am, so I snuck out of bed early and locked the cat door with her inside. So far so good. I got down to the vets in time to be told, “didn’t you get the phone message cancelling the appointment”…. umm NO!!! [...]

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Garden madness

While I was up visiting Dad I bought a feijoa tree and another hebe and I planted those out yesterday. I was a bit perturbed to see that the label on the feijoa plant actually recommends more than one be planted in a garden to ensure cross-pollination.  Oh well we will see if we get [...]

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My life (or at least my blog!) according to wordle.net

This could be the basis of a “found poem” perhaps

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Yipee

Found out I got a B+ for my course – what a relief! Have spent some of tonight chucking out notes and putting away study folders. Still a huge amount of decluttering to do – nothing changes there! It feels like the blahs have descending on everyone at the moment – the cold grey weather [...]

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Personal performance objectives!

Well I haven’t spent any time today contemplating goals – I am not sure what I have been doing apart from more washing, tidying up some papers and other chores … but for the sake of getting something down for the record, here goes…  1. Keep the blogs going. 2. Work hard at keeping in [...]

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Mid-year report card

Here are the 10 things I thought I might work on this year and how I think I’ve gone …. 1.  Tackle another paper for my post grad diploma Well I’ve done one, and that is probably enough for this year! I see I put “another paper” which makes it sound like one was enough [...]

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Roundup of the long weekend

1. Got my assignment back on Friday – got a B. Was initally disappointed with this given how much work I had put into it. I lost marks because of my report layout and some proofreading errors. Oh dear. I had been worried that the B reflected my going wrong re my understanding of the [...]

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Exam anxiety is here …

Well we have the guidelines for what to study for the exam – of course I look at the topics today and think “my god I don’t know anything about this!!” … but it will come together bird by bird (hopefully!!!). Apparently there is going to be a question requiring calculations. I couldn’t figure out [...]

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A garden with memories

It’s good to see that King Edward Park in Hawera is going to get some TLC.  Mum and I used to visit the park when we went on our little shopping trips to Hawera, and I remember being enchanted by the Willow Pattern garden.  Later in the day after Mum’s funeral, Simon and I went [...]

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