Life | Karen Andrews - Part 74

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Family / March 9th, 2010

Nothing is quite as attractive as cheap prizes that cost double what they’re worth (if you’re lucky enough to win)

Family / March 6th, 2010

In case you thought I was exaggerating yesterday

The ‘Siege of the Spider’ … This was taken last night. Keira kindly provided a chair for the cat to use in achieving her objective, in case those few extra inches would help her reach the ceiling. Instead the cat found it an acceptable resting perch.

Life / March 4th, 2010

Thrifty Thursday: Zara Basic

Today’s edition of ‘Thrifty Thursday’ will be a cautionary tale of How Things Can Go Wrong (or Semi-Wrong) When Op-Shopping. First, note the dress: a strapless Zara Basic, with bubble skirt. It has an interesting pattern, so puts a spin on the traditional LBD. I noticed the fraying around the top seam (see photo) on…

Family / March 3rd, 2010

Missing his playmate

‘Mum, can we play donkey pole?’ ‘What’s that? Do you mean Donkey Kong?’ ‘No.’ He pulls out a light sabre from behind his back. ‘I mean donkey pole, where I get to donk you over the head with this pole.’ ‘Oh. Well in that case, no thank you.’ ‘Okay!’ He runs off, and as he…

Family / March 2nd, 2010

Establishing the link of physical resemblance – and gorgeousness, to boot – of two great actors

Following on from yesterday, I thought I’d make a collage to compare Sam Rockwell and Gary Oldman. Why? 1) Because I was interested to see if anyone else saw the resemblance or if it was just me. and 2) Um … well. Look at them! Why not?!

Family / March 1st, 2010

I have lost all vocabulary: THE REVENGE

Originally posted April 2009 I have lost all vocabulary. I arrive upon a cartoon bugler’s herald to a scene where with jesters hat jingling my words seem mocking; they serve no purpose. Emotional gravitas is thrown on a paperpile marked “for later.” Then it is hidden, and later unbidden, in my mind’s library where other…

Fashion•Life / February 25th, 2010

Thrifty Thursday: Ginger Tree

I have taken to green, and I don’t know why. When I was a teenager, I never wore it, found it such a 70s colour <insert teenagerly disdain>, even during the 60s psychedelic fashion revival of the early 90s, and certainly once the monochromatic Calvin Klein / minimalism of the mid 90s came about. Mind…

Entertainment / February 24th, 2010

Vicks Forehead Thermometer giveaway

Edited to add: Thanks to my being in a general flurry this week, I forgot that this giveaway goes against my obligations to the BlogHer ads I have on my sidebar, and so I have moved the giveaway to another page where it should have been all along. My apologies to everyone.

Family / February 23rd, 2010

Flowers

Keira is already getting flowers from boys.

Family / February 22nd, 2010

Weekend sports

“In the modern way of knowing, there have to be images for something to become “real.” Photographs identify events. Photographs confer importance on events and make them memorable.” Susan Sontag Like many parents, I spend a decent chunk of my weekend waiting for classes or activities to finish. And if you’re like me, you…

Family / February 19th, 2010

One Year On

My dad works just over the fence from my school. Sometimes he pokes his face over the fence. So he did, and on the odd occasion I saw him stick his head over to seek me out on the playground during lunch, there I’d be, ambling around, almost certainly waiting for the bell to ring…

Life / February 18th, 2010

Thrifty Thursday: MinkPink

I have many weaknesses: movies with Tim Curry in them; open-faced hamburgers; second-hand bookshops, to name but a few. One of my biggest ones is buying vintage/op-shop clothing. Most of the clothes I’ve bought since moving to Melbourne have been second-hand and that is simply because this is the place for shopping. In an occasional…

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