Checking my email is a ritual that borders on the obsessive for me. To boot, all of the blogs I read are fed through my email programme, which happens to be Mozilla Thunderbird. At first, I loved it. Then it seemed to get slower and slower and began dragging the whole computer down into the…
Author: VickyTH
athlete * powerlifter * photographer * gardener *
That’s my kid: a Katherine update
For Christmas, Katherine has asked for the following: a candy cane a new quilt for her bed made with fabrics that mommy paints a new pair of slippers (she wants me to knit them for her) ice skates tinkertoys play dough some new books a new train (specifically Gordon’s express coaches) We really must be…
Meet Faux-Fish
Katherine named our tortoiseshell oranda (that’s a goldfish) Friend-Fish, so his new companion has been dubbed Faux-Fish, as he’s not really “gold”. Othello might have been a better name for him…..
A zoo. I run a zoo.
The following phrases came out of my mouth this morning: “Moss! Off the table!” “Katherine, do not put a marker up the dog’s nose!” pause “In fact, avoid all canine orifices with any object.” “Wikket, move!” pause “Wikket, move!” pause “Wikket, move!” pause “Wikket, move!” pause “Wikket, move!” pause (repeat intermittently throughout the morning as…
Great personality, but occasionally somewhat “slow”
In between smacking myself on the forehead, I’m finally studying the ever-so easy scripting of css. Why didn’t I do this two years ago? Why? I’m blaming pregnancy brain. If it takes four years for the brain to bounce back after chemotherapy, I’m guessing that motherhood is somewhere in the same range. At least, it’s…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 