I wasn’t sure if I could… but Praise God who sustained me to reach this (school holiday) season!!!
Have a wonderful week, dear Reader!
– KRidwyn
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Happy New (seasonal) Year, dear Reader!
I hope today and the rest of the year, right through to the last day of Winter, 2025, are wonderful for you!
– KRidwyn
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32/52 wait, what?
A conversation with my Miss19 the other day, about ‘why is the word “gnome” spelled with a silent “g” instead of a silent “k”?’ led to a quick Google search on ‘words that start with gn’.
I’d never have guessed these would be the search results!
Have an amusing week yourself, dear Reader!
– KRidwyn
I watched the musical Gigi yesterday afternoon with my eldest daughter, something we hadn’t done in years.
After the expected discussion regarding morality and her appreciation that society is no longer like that, she asked if Leslie Caron was still alive. I doubted she would be, but picked up my phone to check… and was SO surprised not only to realise that yes, she was in fact, alive and well at 93 years old, but also, still working (well, she played ‘Pauline’ in “Written on the Water” in 2020)!
How incredible is that! SO impressive.
So inspirational.
And on that note, I need to go and better myself, or something 😛
Have an inspirational week yourself, dear Reader!
- KRidwyn
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#BlogJune Day 26
“Second star to the right then straight on til morning”
These instructions, given by Peter Pan to Wendy Darling, are the directions to Neverland. And my Miss16 was given the challenge of animating them. “What would be seen by the children (Peter, Wendy and her younger brothers, Michael and John) as – with the help of Tinkerbell the fairy, of course – they fly there from London?”
And this was what she created. By herself, by hand. No AI here, folks!
Enjoy 🙂
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– KRidwyn
Yesterday was a red letter day. I finally succeeeded at something I’d been unable to do: finish dessert at The Pancake Manor.
Eating there is a pleasure I share with my Mum. Not sure why, but whenever we’re in Brisbane for the day we make a point of eating a meal there. And although I ensure my stomach is growling prior to entry, I’d never yet made it through a meal AND dessert due to the huge meal sizes.
So yesterday, Brisbane bound with Miss16, the challenge again was to consume the entire dessert. And we did it!
(Admittedly, we shared one dessert between us, and both of us were wise enough to only order the ‘entree’ sized meal… but we did it!)
And it was DELICIOUS!!! and so decadent 🙂 🙂 🙂
In case you’re intereseted, I had the Chicken crepe (chicken and mushroom filling on a bed of mashed potatoes) and Mum the seafood crepe, and our dessert was the Macadamia Madness. And even now, writing about it, I can feel my tastebuds watering behind the smile playing around my lips.
It was truly a memorable day!
Here’s hoping yours is as well, dear Reader 🙂
- KRidwyn
[Also, sorry for the shocking photo quality. But we all know how badly I take photos…]
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#BlogJune Day 22
Today was meant to be a shopping morning, followed by a party tonight.
But Miss16 decided that shopping could wait for another day, so it was ‘just relax at home’ before party instead.
De-cluttering happened. Organising happened. Numbers of Gilmore Girls episodes happened, and now I’m with Kiya in her favourite spot. And I have to agree with her, it’s one of my favourite spots too.
Here’s wishing a relaxing day for you too, dear Reader!
– KRidwyn
I missed a day! Sad 🙁
but a friend I hadn’t heard from in simply ages replied to a tweet and also commented on here (hi Snail!) so: happy!
Reason for missed day: my Mum had had a car accident on the 11th (hence the cryptic post because I was too emotional to write coherently) and – although she’s okay and in fact, better than okay, she’s remarkably good praise God! – I spent hours (literally) on the phone with the insurance company and that chewed up good blogpost-writing time. Sigh.
I *had* intended to post this photo (taken yesterday, when I discovered its existence!) as I found it so amusing:
I guess I’ve reached the age whereupon (ha! Check out that old word!) I receive birthday cards from politicians by virtue of not dying yet. Ummm… not sure how that makes me feel, really, but… okay?!
Have a ‘not dying’ day yourself, dear Reader!
– KRidwyn
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#BlogJune Day 10
So my Miss16 has 6 months left of school. And what does she do? Join in with the Senior Assassin game, of course!
Wear goggles? You’re protected. Floaties on your arms? Also fine. On school grounds (school bus seats included in this definition) or heading to or at your place of work? Also unable to be eliminated.
Anything else? You’re fair game for being eliminated (shot by a water gun, the evidence caught on video) and no longer able to win the hundreds of dollars in prize money awarded to the winning team.
My girl’s latest obsession: looking over her shoulder anywhere we go. Oh, and the goggles wearing, of course.
Let’s see if she’s a few hundred dollars richer by the end of the year!
Have a goggle-free day yourself, dear Reader!
– KRidwyn
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#BlogJune Day 7
Today was a huge day. I turned 50. It was also momentous for my kelpie pup.
1) I did something I never thought I’d do, and bought dog clothing. She’s been cold at night… even Hubby mentioned that she’s not built like our (now passed away) German Shepherds! And
2) I bought her a new toy. And I swear her eyes widened when she first saw it. It’s bigger than she is! Check it out on her bed:
anyway, I hope momentous things (good ones only, of course) happen to you today, dear Reader!
– KRidwyn