The Shopping Sherpa

Three new pages: "Document your dinner" (not quite what the author intended, I'm sure. But I wanted it to work with the left h...

For some people it was a public holiday. For me it was work as usual. There was cooking as well: the first lot of hummus in a while. And a ...

My most favorite tried-to- replace -it- twice -but-kept-going-back-to-the-original Canon IXUS . I finally experienced the famed E18 error ....

I was about to say "It's been a lovely lazy day" but then I stopped and thought you wouldn't believe me. Especially when I...

Another boring day blog-wise. I spent the day working at my (not quite so lowly paid because I got Saturday rates) casual job at a library a...

Yesterday = Early shift at work. Catch-up with friends. Double feature at ANU Film Group. No photos. No witty commentary. Sorry. Breakfast: ...

The link between Confessions of a Shopaholic and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (probably) isn't that the main character in CoaS buys...

Another mad crazy day in a mad crazy week. Life continues as normal chez TSS... Cook from the Cupboard Breakfast: Eggs Florentine (without t...

My first Photoshop class exercise is finished: Self portrait variations using Photoshop filters. All quite straight forward apart from wrest...

I feel like I've been stuffing so much new information into my head over the past couple of weeks: A new contract = training Noumea trip...

Books (and music) have always been my weakness. I suspect it's a family thing. From when I first left home at the age of 17 (salary: $6,...

The day (and month) started with the best of intentions but by afternoon plans had derailed (and not in a cute Tootle frolicking amongst th...

I stayed up far to late last night at ANU Film Group last night watching a double feature of The Boat that Rocked and Milk (As a side not...

I spent today catching up on class stuff. Transferring the design for my lino cutting exercise (I haven't actually starting the cutting ...

Long time readers will know I tend to buy odd souvenirs when I travel. I was quite restrained in Noumea, and not just because of the lack o...

More leaves less journal I think we're done. ( Week four , week three , weeks two and one and another composter across the ditch )

OK, maybe Noumea in close up isn't quite the same as Wellington. For a start, the architecture is quite different: (I almost bought a ...

If you're going to Noumea on holiday it's a very good idea to make sure your credit card has a pin number. Otherwise you could, just...

Why did no one tell me that Noumea looks just like Wellington (NZ)? (View from my balcony) (from the top of the drive looking away from the ...

You may have been practicing your French before you left home. You may be secretly pleased when people greet you in French as you think it m...