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Oh, hi, Happy New Year!

January 6, 2009 by Lou · 1 Comment
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And…. oops! I completely gave in to the Dreaded Lurgy, and failed to keep up with my BloPoMo challenge. D’oh! I did make 22 entries (23 including this one) though, so that’s ¾ of it achieved at least. Yep, let’s look on the positive side of things! Also on the [...]

How many voices, now?

December 28, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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Huh, yeah… you remember how I was babbling about different voices. Or ranges / registers in your voice, I suppose. Well, my chest voice is now still about as much use as it was the other day, but my head voice has taken itself off as well. D’oh! I probably sound [...]

On the second day of Christmas…

December 27, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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… my brother brought to me:
- Some non-drowsy Sudafed
- And a packet of Panadol Extraaaaa.
Ahh, sweet relief! I’d just run out of painkillers, and I was very glad I didn’t have to drag myself down to the chemist to get some more! Thanks, M :-)
Thanks to those, I’m feeling somewhat more with it [...]

Filler

December 26, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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Only posting because I’ve set myself this challenge! My cold has gone from my chest to my head… I’m so glad it waited til today, though, or I’d have missed Christmas dinner! *g*
Oh well, back to bed. I will feel better tomorrow, I will.

Chriiiiiiistmas time…

December 25, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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… mistletoe and wine. Or in my case, mince pies and lemsip! Yes, I was feeling a bit grot, but I had a lovely day nevertheless. I spent it, as is traditional, at Mum’s. We ate loads of nummy food, opened all our pressies, and watched Dr Who and Wallace & [...]

On different voices

December 24, 2008 by Lou · 2 Comments
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Did you know that people have two (at least) voices? “Chest” voice and “head” voice*. I guess most people only use one most of the time, or don’t notice when they switch from one to the other. Mainly, it’s your chest voice that you use for speech. When you sing, you’re [...]

Seasonal socialising

December 23, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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Whew – today I’ve been round to A’s for pre-Christmas… um… muffins! And company and chat and stuuuuff. It was fun :-) I even have photos of little H wearing the hat I made him back in the summer – hee! I’ll download those off the camera and post them here [...]

Passing post

December 22, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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Can’t spend long at the computer, because I need to be sitting with my feet elevated. D’oh. Still, I’m to stop taking the new meds, so hopefully I’ll be back to normal (ahem) soon. I am quite pleased with myself that I’m managing to keep this BloPoMo thing going, though. Even [...]

The amazing expanding feet :-/

December 21, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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It’s looking like I’m experiencing a side-effect from the new medication I started a couple of weeks ago: oedema. My feet and legs have swollen up, and I think my arms have a bit as well. My skin feels too tight. Oh yay fun. This happened to me a few years [...]

Under the wire

December 20, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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Ooops, only just got this entry done. And I can’t even think of much to say. Um. It’s been a pretty average day, really. A normal one, even. I did housework*, the postman delivered the last parcel I need for Christmas (phew!), I knitted, I even wrapped one present, and [...]

Let’s see how I’m doing…

December 19, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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I’m still not ready for Christmas, quite, but I am slowly crossing things off the list:

Write and send out cards of both types.
Knit like there’s no tomorrow (I’m not doing many knitted presents this year, but there are a couple I want to get done).
Put up tree and decorate. (In progress!)
Wrap presents.
Write christmas card list [...]

Casting off and on again

December 18, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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I’ve been working away on Christmas presents again today, and I got to the casting off part. Only I managed to do it too tightly the first time. D’oh! So I dug out some online tutorials to help me decide which technique was going to be easiest to use instead. Ta-daa:
Knit [...]

Knit Jamming at Aardvark

December 17, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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Got back from Knit Jam a short while ago. Hi Jo! Hi Lesley! Hi Leila! Hi everyone else! And there are lots and lots of everyone elses now that we’re meeting at Aardvark. I suspect the scrummy cake has something to do with it! I really hope it [...]

Toothy drama

December 16, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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I’m not having very good tooth-luck at the moment. It’s just the one tooth, really, but I broke a chunk off of it (I had an encounter with a rogue popcorn kernel) a couple of weeks ago. Then yesterday, I finally had the dentist appointment to get it patched up – they sort [...]

Ten Days to Go

December 15, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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You know, I haven’t counted down to Christmas like this since I was little. It’s only because I’m doing this blog thing and it’s making me more aware of the days passing! Anyway, I have re-organised and updated my list a little:

Write and send out cards of both types.
Knit like there’s no tomorrow [...]

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