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Crazy Aunty nishatalitha is crazy
Dec. 30th, 2010 06:26 pmSister and hubby and baby nephew have been over here today - parents had cabin fever, so left the house for the first time for two weeks today - and have just gone. Baby was passed around all the relatives except when feeding and parents got a break. Apparently if I want baby photos, I'm going to have to join Facebook. Reasonably enough, sister will not be sending out lots of emails with pictures, and since she's not on LJ...
Nephew is very cute (and I have more photos).
I leave tomorrow afternoon and should get home about 7pm (assuming co-operative weather). I'm getting peopled out and since my brother and his wife are here from Oz and Gran is here from Raglan (and there is no unsecured wireless around), I really feel I should be downstairs and being social. Maybe I will bring my laptop down again and read more Cherryh in ebook format. Or something. I am looking forward to getting home and more or less have since I was peopled out at the family Christmas on Boxing day.
Went fishing this morning. Caught three starfish and some weed - not what you need for dinner! Was up at the ridiculously early hour of 6.30am and was awake reading too late last night, so am a bit tired. Lots of coffee today.
Also, I am the boozy daughter/granddaughter, due to the facts that I am willing to a) drink; b) talk about drinking cocktails; c) volunteered to take Gran's liqueur and sherry glasses off her hands before I found out that she gave them to the op-shop; and d) I have opinions about what I'm drinking. That being said, I have drank more with dinner since I got up here than I do usually in a month. It's still a novelty being offered alcohol by Dad. Haven't managed to convince him to open his bottle of laphroaig yet, though.
Guillotine seems to be reasonably popular and we have played several games of Settlers. I even managed to win one (mostly by accident). Bought Nation by Terry Pratchet from a sale store, read it, and have been leaving it around in the hopes that Dad or brother will pick it up and read it. I think they'd enjoy it. Read one of the other books I brought up with me (a new one by Violette Malan), but have failed once more on the Joe Abercrombie one I borrowed months ago. I think I will return it half read.
Weather has been mixed - a couple of sunny days, a couple of overcast days, and one rainy day. I'm very glad there's an electric fan in my room as I've slept without it going once so far.
I've done a little bit of work on the dragon, finished sketching one page of the book and started another, showed off the Maidens to the relevantly interested people, carted it up and downstairs a few times, and finished refiling A-L of the ebook library lastname, firstname, and made a start on M-Z. I think I need an ebook management system so I can tag them with multiple genres and other comments. Any recommendations, please let me know. I have heard of calibre, but haven't looked into it at all.
Nephew is very cute (and I have more photos).
I leave tomorrow afternoon and should get home about 7pm (assuming co-operative weather). I'm getting peopled out and since my brother and his wife are here from Oz and Gran is here from Raglan (and there is no unsecured wireless around), I really feel I should be downstairs and being social. Maybe I will bring my laptop down again and read more Cherryh in ebook format. Or something. I am looking forward to getting home and more or less have since I was peopled out at the family Christmas on Boxing day.
Went fishing this morning. Caught three starfish and some weed - not what you need for dinner! Was up at the ridiculously early hour of 6.30am and was awake reading too late last night, so am a bit tired. Lots of coffee today.
Also, I am the boozy daughter/granddaughter, due to the facts that I am willing to a) drink; b) talk about drinking cocktails; c) volunteered to take Gran's liqueur and sherry glasses off her hands before I found out that she gave them to the op-shop; and d) I have opinions about what I'm drinking. That being said, I have drank more with dinner since I got up here than I do usually in a month. It's still a novelty being offered alcohol by Dad. Haven't managed to convince him to open his bottle of laphroaig yet, though.
Guillotine seems to be reasonably popular and we have played several games of Settlers. I even managed to win one (mostly by accident). Bought Nation by Terry Pratchet from a sale store, read it, and have been leaving it around in the hopes that Dad or brother will pick it up and read it. I think they'd enjoy it. Read one of the other books I brought up with me (a new one by Violette Malan), but have failed once more on the Joe Abercrombie one I borrowed months ago. I think I will return it half read.
Weather has been mixed - a couple of sunny days, a couple of overcast days, and one rainy day. I'm very glad there's an electric fan in my room as I've slept without it going once so far.
I've done a little bit of work on the dragon, finished sketching one page of the book and started another, showed off the Maidens to the relevantly interested people, carted it up and downstairs a few times, and finished refiling A-L of the ebook library lastname, firstname, and made a start on M-Z. I think I need an ebook management system so I can tag them with multiple genres and other comments. Any recommendations, please let me know. I have heard of calibre, but haven't looked into it at all.
