Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Granny squares day 21-28
Well, I've not been able to keep up to date with the granny squares over the past week, so here are 8 in one go. I have secretly been making way many lots more than just ONE a day, so there are lots to show you in the coming week(s), despite the fact that I am on a self-imposed BAN from crochet. I have an inflamed joint in my left thumb and crocheting probably isn't terribly helpful in the healing process.
So I guess it is good that I am ahead of myself with the grannies. It's like being back in school; I would work ahead on certain subjects if they caught my interest (=obsession). Like Latin. Who spends a good part of her summer holiday learning the Latin noun and verb inflections by heart, anyway? Me, that's who. Served me well in the end, got a pretty darn good grade in Latin - not that I have any use for that now. Ha!
Anyway, time to get temporarily obsessed with embroidery again. I have several new patterns in the works. And they are nothing like the Happyscape one... ;-)
Labels: crochet, granny a day, meme
Well, I've not been able to keep up to date with the granny squares over the past week, so here are 8 in one go. I have secretly been making way many lots more than just ONE a day, so there are lots to show you in the coming week(s), despite the fact that I am on a self-imposed BAN from crochet. I have an inflamed joint in my left thumb and crocheting probably isn't terribly helpful in the healing process.So I guess it is good that I am ahead of myself with the grannies. It's like being back in school; I would work ahead on certain subjects if they caught my interest (=obsession). Like Latin. Who spends a good part of her summer holiday learning the Latin noun and verb inflections by heart, anyway? Me, that's who. Served me well in the end, got a pretty darn good grade in Latin - not that I have any use for that now. Ha!
Anyway, time to get temporarily obsessed with embroidery again. I have several new patterns in the works. And they are nothing like the Happyscape one... ;-)
Labels: crochet, granny a day, meme
scribbled by Carina 5/12/2009 12:41:00 PM
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Monday, May 04, 2009
Granny A Day 20
scribbled by Carina 5/04/2009 11:32:00 PM
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Sunday, May 03, 2009
Granny A Day 19
scribbled by Carina 5/03/2009 02:30:00 PM
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Saturday, May 02, 2009
Granny A Day 18
scribbled by Carina 5/02/2009 12:28:00 PM
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Friday, May 01, 2009
Granny A Day 17
scribbled by Carina 5/01/2009 01:26:00 PM
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Day 16
scribbled by Carina 4/30/2009 11:25:00 PM
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Granny A Day 13 + 14 + 15
scribbled by Carina 4/29/2009 02:21:00 PM
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Granny A Day 11 + 12
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Friday, April 24, 2009
Day 8 - 10 Granny A Day
scribbled by Carina 4/24/2009 07:58:00 PM
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Grannies Day 6 + 7
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
More granny squares
scribbled by Carina 4/19/2009 01:58:00 PM
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Friday, April 17, 2009
A Granny (or three) A Day
You probably had no idea that I like to make granny squares for no particular reason, huh? Well, I do. It is a lovely way to while away a few minutes, playing with some lovely yarn.
But look at this swell 'meme' started by Pip of Meet Me at Mikes: A Granny A Day. It is exactly what it says on the tin - you make one granny each day from now until the end of May. With no specific outcome in mind, I believe, so this is the perfect retro-fitted reason for me to make even more granny squares for no reason. Except that now I do have a reason! Perfect, huh?! Although...I am not sure I can actually limit myself to just one a day. ;-)
If you fany playing along, there's a Flickr group you can join. And you can read Pip's post about it right here.
These are my first three:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Labels: crochet, granny a day, meme
You probably had no idea that I like to make granny squares for no particular reason, huh? Well, I do. It is a lovely way to while away a few minutes, playing with some lovely yarn.But look at this swell 'meme' started by Pip of Meet Me at Mikes: A Granny A Day. It is exactly what it says on the tin - you make one granny each day from now until the end of May. With no specific outcome in mind, I believe, so this is the perfect retro-fitted reason for me to make even more granny squares for no reason. Except that now I do have a reason! Perfect, huh?! Although...I am not sure I can actually limit myself to just one a day. ;-)
If you fany playing along, there's a Flickr group you can join. And you can read Pip's post about it right here.
These are my first three:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3Labels: crochet, granny a day, meme
scribbled by Carina 4/17/2009 02:50:00 PM
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
BBC Book Meme
I totally stole this from Ethel & Edna. It's the only kind of blogging my brain can manage at the moment.
So apparently, the BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up?
Instructions (if you want to play): Look at the list and put an 'X' after those you have read once. Enter a number for the number of times you read something. (Make sure you delete my X's!) When you've finished put your total at the bottom.
OK, fellow bookworms, let's fight dirty!
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - X
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien - X
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling - X
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - X 2
6 The Bible - I tried, but gave up when I got to all that stuff about the son of someone who was the son of someone etc and so forth - does that count?
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell - X 2
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - X
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott - X 3
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare - does "a respectable chunk" count?
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien - X 2
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell - X 3
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald - X 4
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - X 2
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll - X
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame - X
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens - X
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis - X 3
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis - X 3 (this is stupid, it is part of no. 33!)
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hossein
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne - X
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell - X 3
42 The Da Vinci Code - X
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving - X - I've lost count, John Irving IS my favourite author, after all
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood - X
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding - X
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen - X
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zifon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens - X
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - X
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon - X
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas - X
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding - X (not sure why this is on the list...)
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville - X
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens - X
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker - X
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Inferno - Dante - X - In Italian, no less. ;-)
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens - X
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker - X
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro - X
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - X
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery - X 5 (it is best in French)
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas - X
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare - X 3
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factoy - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo - X 2 (in English and French)
Grand total: 40. Not bad, considering that these are all foreign language literature to me. Although, I've probably read more books in English than Danish in the last 10 years. Ah well. Maybe I should pop down to the library tomorrow and broaden my literary horizon...
I totally stole this from Ethel & Edna. It's the only kind of blogging my brain can manage at the moment.
So apparently, the BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up?
Instructions (if you want to play): Look at the list and put an 'X' after those you have read once. Enter a number for the number of times you read something. (Make sure you delete my X's!) When you've finished put your total at the bottom.
OK, fellow bookworms, let's fight dirty!
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - X
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien - X
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling - X
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - X 2
6 The Bible - I tried, but gave up when I got to all that stuff about the son of someone who was the son of someone etc and so forth - does that count?
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell - X 2
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - X
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott - X 3
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare - does "a respectable chunk" count?
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien - X 2
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell - X 3
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald - X 4
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - X 2
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll - X
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame - X
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens - X
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis - X 3
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis - X 3 (this is stupid, it is part of no. 33!)
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hossein
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne - X
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell - X 3
42 The Da Vinci Code - X
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving - X - I've lost count, John Irving IS my favourite author, after all
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood - X
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding - X
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen - X
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zifon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens - X
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - X
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon - X
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas - X
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding - X (not sure why this is on the list...)
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville - X
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens - X
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker - X
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Inferno - Dante - X - In Italian, no less. ;-)
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens - X
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker - X
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro - X
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - X
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery - X 5 (it is best in French)
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas - X
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare - X 3
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factoy - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo - X 2 (in English and French)
Grand total: 40. Not bad, considering that these are all foreign language literature to me. Although, I've probably read more books in English than Danish in the last 10 years. Ah well. Maybe I should pop down to the library tomorrow and broaden my literary horizon...
scribbled by Carina 2/24/2009 06:27:00 PM
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
:: 11 :: Kent: FF
scribbled by Carina 12/11/2008 10:49:00 AM
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Saturday, December 06, 2008
:: 6 :: Royksopp: Eple
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008
:: 2 :: Bo Kaspers Orkester: Amerika
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Sunday, November 09, 2008
A musical gift
Hey, I had this idea the other day - whether it's a good idea or not, I'll let you be the judge of that. This is the idea: because I like discovering new music - and especially music which isn't necessarily in the English language - I thought maybe some of you would like to share your favourite music with me.
It would something like this: every day (or once a week or a couple of times a week) in December we will post a Youtube video with a song we like. It can be old or new, it can be your most favouritest ever song or artist or band. It would be fun to hear music from different countries, whether in the language of the country or in English, it doesn't matter. If you like it, and think others should know about this fab song too, then post it! But please, try to avoid chart music.. you know the kind I mean, right? ;-)
Also, I'm not particularly looking for Christmas music, but if you feel like sharing that, heck who am I to object?! Is it too early still to listen to Christmas music? ;-)
Hey, I had this idea the other day - whether it's a good idea or not, I'll let you be the judge of that. This is the idea: because I like discovering new music - and especially music which isn't necessarily in the English language - I thought maybe some of you would like to share your favourite music with me.It would something like this: every day (or once a week or a couple of times a week) in December we will post a Youtube video with a song we like. It can be old or new, it can be your most favouritest ever song or artist or band. It would be fun to hear music from different countries, whether in the language of the country or in English, it doesn't matter. If you like it, and think others should know about this fab song too, then post it! But please, try to avoid chart music.. you know the kind I mean, right? ;-)
Also, I'm not particularly looking for Christmas music, but if you feel like sharing that, heck who am I to object?! Is it too early still to listen to Christmas music? ;-)
scribbled by Carina 11/09/2008 09:02:00 PM
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Awarded + tagged
Shiver me timbers, not only have I been tagged, I've also been given a wee award. Both from two very lurrrvely ladies; you should definitely check out their blogs! Thank you to you both, Lisette and Suzanne! :-)
Awarded...
1. Recipients must pick 5 blogs they consider deserving of this award for creativity, design, interesting material, and for contributing to the blogging community in whatever language.
2. Each of the 5 selected blogs must include the name of the author and a link to his/her site to be visited by readers.
3. The recipient must show the award and indicate the name and link to the blog of the one that handed it to him/her.
4. All Award recipients must include a link to the Arte y Pico site to inform all readers about the origin of this award.
I can only pick five people... such a shame - there are sooo many more inspiring blogs to be read! The people I would like to pass this to (imagine theatrical fumbling with envelope) are: Lisette, Jesse, Miss Stacey, Maria and Jenn. You guys gals totally rock and you inspire me to NO END. Thank you for blogging!
Tagged...
The rules are: Post rules at the beginning of the post. Answer all of the questions, tag 6 people, go to their blog and leave them a comment to inform them that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog for rules. Let the person who tagged you know when you've posted your answers.
1) What were you doing 10 years ago?
2) What are the 5 things on your to do list today?
3) Snacks you enjoy
4) Places you have lived
5) What are 5 things you would do if you were a Billionaire?
6) People you want to know more about
While I was typing the answers to this, I realised that I had done this before, and I writing the same answers almost verbatim, so I'll just refer you to the previous post. Apart from the last question, 'cause I wanna tag some people too! I'd like to know more about: Theresa, Solveig, Viv, Jen, Susie and miss flowerpress.Labels: meme
Shiver me timbers, not only have I been tagged, I've also been given a wee award. Both from two very lurrrvely ladies; you should definitely check out their blogs! Thank you to you both, Lisette and Suzanne! :-)Awarded...
1. Recipients must pick 5 blogs they consider deserving of this award for creativity, design, interesting material, and for contributing to the blogging community in whatever language.
2. Each of the 5 selected blogs must include the name of the author and a link to his/her site to be visited by readers.
3. The recipient must show the award and indicate the name and link to the blog of the one that handed it to him/her.
4. All Award recipients must include a link to the Arte y Pico site to inform all readers about the origin of this award.
I can only pick five people... such a shame - there are sooo many more inspiring blogs to be read! The people I would like to pass this to (imagine theatrical fumbling with envelope) are: Lisette, Jesse, Miss Stacey, Maria and Jenn. You
Tagged...
The rules are: Post rules at the beginning of the post. Answer all of the questions, tag 6 people, go to their blog and leave them a comment to inform them that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog for rules. Let the person who tagged you know when you've posted your answers.
1) What were you doing 10 years ago?
2) What are the 5 things on your to do list today?
3) Snacks you enjoy
4) Places you have lived
5) What are 5 things you would do if you were a Billionaire?
6) People you want to know more about
While I was typing the answers to this, I realised that I had done this before, and I writing the same answers almost verbatim, so I'll just refer you to the previous post. Apart from the last question, 'cause I wanna tag some people too! I'd like to know more about: Theresa, Solveig, Viv, Jen, Susie and miss flowerpress.
Labels: meme
scribbled by Carina 9/02/2008 06:50:00 PM
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Saturday, August 23, 2008
Manga me
All the kids are doing it, so I thought I would too. I even did it twice. And I think the second one is probably more accurate. Well, as accurate as these things can be. You know? Here, have a go at manga-fying your face too.Labels: just stuff, meme
All the kids are doing it, so I thought I would too. I even did it twice. And I think the second one is probably more accurate. Well, as accurate as these things can be. You know? Here, have a go at manga-fying your face too.Labels: just stuff, meme
scribbled by Carina 8/23/2008 08:38:00 PM
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Tree(s) of happiness meme
Deary me, not just one, but two awesome ladies have tagged me to do the Tree of happiness meme. I guess that means I gotta do it then! ;-) And in turn I tag these lovely people: Lindsey, jen, natesmama, Shelley G, and Lisa.
The Happiness Tree sayeth that you must list six things that make you happy. These are my six (in nor particular order - well, apart from numero uno!):
1. Tony. Tony, Tony, Tony!! He makes me insanely happy. And it makes me very, very happy that after 5 years together I can still get butterflies when I think about seeing him at the end of the work day.
2. On a different scale; our little 'garden' makes me very happy, because it is so pretty and it smells nice and attracts bumblebees. But mostly because after 2 months ALL the plants are still alive AND doing well!
3. You. Wow, it still blows my mind that people (strangers!) actually pop in and read my silly ramblings. And through the blog I've got to know some people beyond being complete strangers. Friends, even. Despite never having met!
4. The ability to make things by hand. To create something out of nothing. How amazing is that? I can't imagine just spending my spare time watching telly!
5. Learning new things. Especially strange and obscure things. It makes me a wee bit sad too, though. Not everyone can appreciate the wonderful things there is to know about the world. For example, if I exclaim to Tony "oh look how long the anthers are on that flower!" Blank expression is usually the answer I get. ;-)
6. Modern technology; it'd be a lot harder to keep in touch with my family without the internet. Thank you Skype! Thank you email! Thank you Flickr!
... hmmm, actually, there are more than six things which make me happy. That's for another meme, perhaps? ;-)Labels: meme
Deary me, not just one, but two awesome ladies have tagged me to do the Tree of happiness meme. I guess that means I gotta do it then! ;-) And in turn I tag these lovely people: Lindsey, jen, natesmama, Shelley G, and Lisa.The Happiness Tree sayeth that you must list six things that make you happy. These are my six (in nor particular order - well, apart from numero uno!):
1. Tony. Tony, Tony, Tony!! He makes me insanely happy. And it makes me very, very happy that after 5 years together I can still get butterflies when I think about seeing him at the end of the work day.
2. On a different scale; our little 'garden' makes me very happy, because it is so pretty and it smells nice and attracts bumblebees. But mostly because after 2 months ALL the plants are still alive AND doing well!
3. You. Wow, it still blows my mind that people (strangers!) actually pop in and read my silly ramblings. And through the blog I've got to know some people beyond being complete strangers. Friends, even. Despite never having met!
4. The ability to make things by hand. To create something out of nothing. How amazing is that? I can't imagine just spending my spare time watching telly!
5. Learning new things. Especially strange and obscure things. It makes me a wee bit sad too, though. Not everyone can appreciate the wonderful things there is to know about the world. For example, if I exclaim to Tony "oh look how long the anthers are on that flower!" Blank expression is usually the answer I get. ;-)
6. Modern technology; it'd be a lot harder to keep in touch with my family without the internet. Thank you Skype! Thank you email! Thank you Flickr!
... hmmm, actually, there are more than six things which make me happy. That's for another meme, perhaps? ;-)
Labels: meme
scribbled by Carina 8/20/2008 06:57:00 PM
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Quickie ten
I read way too many blogs. But what can you do? I thought I'd start doing this once a week: a quick post with the first 10 blogs I check first on a given day (maybe a reading pattern will emerge). Won't you play along? It doesn't have to be on the same day every week. Just whenever we feel like it. Or, er, when/if we remember to do it.
Blogging Basics 101
CRAFT Magazine blog
Desenhador do quotidiano
gooseflesh
Gurney Journey
bkids
Made by Milla
mrs eliot books
Portabellopixie
Susie Can Stitch
whip up
I read way too many blogs. But what can you do? I thought I'd start doing this once a week: a quick post with the first 10 blogs I check first on a given day (maybe a reading pattern will emerge). Won't you play along? It doesn't have to be on the same day every week. Just whenever we feel like it. Or, er, when/if we remember to do it.
Blogging Basics 101
CRAFT Magazine blog
Desenhador do quotidiano
gooseflesh
Gurney Journey
bkids
Made by Milla
mrs eliot books
Portabellopixie
Susie Can Stitch
whip up
scribbled by Carina 7/16/2008 06:57:00 AM
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
ABC of me
I got this from Susie's blog. You can do it too, if you want. It's entirely up to you. :-)
Accent: I believe this should actually be under 'D' for dialect. Oh, most people forget about this distinction, and it is one of my pet peeves. Accent is what you have when you speak another language than your mother tongue. Dialect is the way you speak your native language, compared to other native speakers of that language. Man, I'm SO glad I got an opportunity to get that off my chest! So. I speak English with a slight Danish accent, and kind of Thames Estuary dialect. The latter enough to make Scottish people think I'm from London (or thereabouts). My dialect is the one found in the Århus area of Denmark. Although not the full-blown variety. I attribute this to my parents not being natives to that particular area. Wow. that was an overly long answer. ;-)
Breakfast or no breakfast: Yes. It's the most important meal of the day. And I must have orange juice to start my day right.
Chore I don’t care for: Cleaning.
Dog or Cat: Dog!
Essential Electronics: Computer and camera.
Favorite Cologne: I like so many. To be honest, and rather extravagant, perhaps, I'd like to wear natural rose water. It's the smell of summer!
Gold or Silver: White gold...
Handbag I carry most often: My "big enough for everything I need, but not too big" brown leather bag. Although at heart I'm a back pack gal.
Insomnia: I like being up late at night when everything is quiet. But then, I also like being up really early when it feels like I have the world all to myself. The two do not go well together.
Job Title: Procrastinatrix Extraordinaire.
Kids: A bunch of soft toys, both natural and adopted. ;-)
Living Arrangements: One bedroom flat. Blech.
Most Admirable Trait: I like learning new things.
Naughtiest Childhood Behavior: I was a nice girl, honest guv! Still am. :-)
Overnight hospital stays: Nope, never.
Phobias: Oh dear. Where to start? Coulrophobia, vertigo, hydrophobia, spider phobia etc. I'm a mess.
Quote: I suggest a new strategy. Le the wookiee win. - Han Solo
Reason to smile: It makes other people smile. Which will make you smile. Which will make others smile. And so on. It's a happy virtuous smiley circle.
Siblings: My wee sister. She lives in California with her hubby. Too far away. *sob*
Time I wake up: Usually around 7am. Or later. Or earlier. Or when the alarm sounds.
Unusual Talent or Skill: I pick up languages really easily. It is my secret (not so secret now) wish to know all languages in the world.
Vegetable I Refuse to Eat: Mushrooms. Yuck.
Worst Habit: Staying up way past when my body says it's bedtime.
X-rays: I don't understand this.
Yummy Stuff: Chocolate. Pizza. Tony's cakes. My mum's caramelised potatoes. Salty liquorice.
Zoo Animal I Like Most: I don't like zoos.Labels: meme
I got this from Susie's blog. You can do it too, if you want. It's entirely up to you. :-)
Accent: I believe this should actually be under 'D' for dialect. Oh, most people forget about this distinction, and it is one of my pet peeves. Accent is what you have when you speak another language than your mother tongue. Dialect is the way you speak your native language, compared to other native speakers of that language. Man, I'm SO glad I got an opportunity to get that off my chest! So. I speak English with a slight Danish accent, and kind of Thames Estuary dialect. The latter enough to make Scottish people think I'm from London (or thereabouts). My dialect is the one found in the Århus area of Denmark. Although not the full-blown variety. I attribute this to my parents not being natives to that particular area. Wow. that was an overly long answer. ;-)
Breakfast or no breakfast: Yes. It's the most important meal of the day. And I must have orange juice to start my day right.
Chore I don’t care for: Cleaning.
Dog or Cat: Dog!
Essential Electronics: Computer and camera.
Favorite Cologne: I like so many. To be honest, and rather extravagant, perhaps, I'd like to wear natural rose water. It's the smell of summer!
Gold or Silver: White gold...
Handbag I carry most often: My "big enough for everything I need, but not too big" brown leather bag. Although at heart I'm a back pack gal.
Insomnia: I like being up late at night when everything is quiet. But then, I also like being up really early when it feels like I have the world all to myself. The two do not go well together.
Job Title: Procrastinatrix Extraordinaire.
Kids: A bunch of soft toys, both natural and adopted. ;-)
Living Arrangements: One bedroom flat. Blech.
Most Admirable Trait: I like learning new things.
Naughtiest Childhood Behavior: I was a nice girl, honest guv! Still am. :-)
Overnight hospital stays: Nope, never.
Phobias: Oh dear. Where to start? Coulrophobia, vertigo, hydrophobia, spider phobia etc. I'm a mess.
Quote: I suggest a new strategy. Le the wookiee win. - Han Solo
Reason to smile: It makes other people smile. Which will make you smile. Which will make others smile. And so on. It's a happy virtuous smiley circle.
Siblings: My wee sister. She lives in California with her hubby. Too far away. *sob*
Time I wake up: Usually around 7am. Or later. Or earlier. Or when the alarm sounds.
Unusual Talent or Skill: I pick up languages really easily. It is my secret (not so secret now) wish to know all languages in the world.
Vegetable I Refuse to Eat: Mushrooms. Yuck.
Worst Habit: Staying up way past when my body says it's bedtime.
X-rays: I don't understand this.
Yummy Stuff: Chocolate. Pizza. Tony's cakes. My mum's caramelised potatoes. Salty liquorice.
Zoo Animal I Like Most: I don't like zoos.
Labels: meme
scribbled by Carina 5/24/2008 09:49:00 PM
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Sunday, May 18, 2008
I am a flower
I saw this over on Solveig's blog. I thought I'd give it a go too.
I am an
Iris
What Flower
Are You?
"You are a very sensual person. You like to experience all the sights, smells, tastes and textures the world has to offer. Ordinary be damned, because you want to do it all." Take the quiz here.
Also, thank you for all the comments about clotheslines. I'm still trying to get my head around the reasoning behind not having them. Heh.
Oh, if you feel like a bit of silly fun, how about taking my little survey about this blog? You may have done it before, if you have, you don't have to do it again. Unless you really, really want to and/or have changed circumstances. Say, if you have moved to the North Pole. These things, after all, do happen. ;-)Labels: just stuff, meme
I saw this over on Solveig's blog. I thought I'd give it a go too.
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"You are a very sensual person. You like to experience all the sights, smells, tastes and textures the world has to offer. Ordinary be damned, because you want to do it all." Take the quiz here.
Also, thank you for all the comments about clotheslines. I'm still trying to get my head around the reasoning behind not having them. Heh.
Oh, if you feel like a bit of silly fun, how about taking my little survey about this blog? You may have done it before, if you have, you don't have to do it again. Unless you really, really want to and/or have changed circumstances. Say, if you have moved to the North Pole. These things, after all, do happen. ;-)
Labels: just stuff, meme
scribbled by Carina 5/18/2008 08:00:00 PM
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Literary pretentions?
I borrowed this Lisa over at Purlmialoggia. Let's see how I do. Not as 'good' as someone who's English or American, I bet. Some of these books I've never even heard of. But ne'er mind.
What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as “unread” by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you’ve read, underline (I substituted this with and italicize because I haven't got a quick way of doing underline in Blogger) the ones you read for school, italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Catch-22
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wuthering Heights
The Silmarillion
Life of Pi: a novel
The Name of the Rose
Don Quixote
Moby Dick
Ulysses
Madame Bovary
The Odyssey
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
A Tale of Two Cities
The Brothers Karamazov
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies
War and Peace
Vanity Fair
The Time Traveler’s Wife
The Iliad
Emma
The Blind Assassin
The Kite Runner
Mrs. Dalloway
Great Expectations
American Gods
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Atlas Shrugged
Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books
Memoirs of a Geisha
Middlesex
Quicksilver
Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West
The Canterbury Tales
The Historian : a novel
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Love in the Time of Cholera
Brave New World
The Fountainhead
Foucault’s Pendulum
Middlemarch
Frankenstein
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
A Clockwork Orange
Anansi Boys
The Once and Future King
The Grapes of Wrath
The Poisonwood Bible : a novel
1984
Angels & Demons
The Inferno (and Purgatory and Paradise)
The Satanic Verses
Sense and Sensibility
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Mansfield Park
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
To the Lighthouse
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Oliver Twist
Gulliver’s Travels
Les Miserables
The Corrections
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Dune
The Prince
The Sound and the Fury
Angela’s Ashes: a memoir
The God of Small Things
A People’s History of the United States : 1492-present
Cryptonomicon
Neverwhere
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Dubliners
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Beloved
Slaughterhouse-five
The Scarlet Letter
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
The Mists of Avalon
Oryx and Crake : a novel
Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed
Cloud Atlas
The Confusion
Lolita
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey
The Catcher in the Rye
On the Road
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : an inquiry into values
The Aeneid
Watership Down
Gravity’s Rainbow
The Hobbit
In Cold Blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences
White Teeth
Treasure Island
David Copperfield
The Three MusketeersLabels: meme
I borrowed this Lisa over at Purlmialoggia. Let's see how I do. Not as 'good' as someone who's English or American, I bet. Some of these books I've never even heard of. But ne'er mind.
What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as “unread” by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you’ve read, underline (I substituted this with and italicize because I haven't got a quick way of doing underline in Blogger) the ones you read for school, italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Catch-22
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wuthering Heights
The Silmarillion
Life of Pi: a novel
The Name of the Rose
Don Quixote
Moby Dick
Ulysses
Madame Bovary
The Odyssey
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
A Tale of Two Cities
The Brothers Karamazov
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies
War and Peace
Vanity Fair
The Time Traveler’s Wife
The Iliad
Emma
The Blind Assassin
The Kite Runner
Mrs. Dalloway
Great Expectations
American Gods
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Atlas Shrugged
Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books
Memoirs of a Geisha
Middlesex
Quicksilver
Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West
The Canterbury Tales
The Historian : a novel
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Love in the Time of Cholera
Brave New World
The Fountainhead
Foucault’s Pendulum
Middlemarch
Frankenstein
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
A Clockwork Orange
Anansi Boys
The Once and Future King
The Grapes of Wrath
The Poisonwood Bible : a novel
1984
Angels & Demons
The Inferno (and Purgatory and Paradise)
The Satanic Verses
Sense and Sensibility
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Mansfield Park
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
To the Lighthouse
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Oliver Twist
Gulliver’s Travels
Les Miserables
The Corrections
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Dune
The Prince
The Sound and the Fury
Angela’s Ashes: a memoir
The God of Small Things
A People’s History of the United States : 1492-present
Cryptonomicon
Neverwhere
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Dubliners
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Beloved
Slaughterhouse-five
The Scarlet Letter
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
The Mists of Avalon
Oryx and Crake : a novel
Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed
Cloud Atlas
The Confusion
Lolita
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey
The Catcher in the Rye
On the Road
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : an inquiry into values
The Aeneid
Watership Down
Gravity’s Rainbow
The Hobbit
In Cold Blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences
White Teeth
Treasure Island
David Copperfield
The Three Musketeers
Labels: meme
scribbled by Carina 5/15/2008 07:09:00 PM
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Oh dear, I'm it
Sara of Chicken Betty has tagged me, so below I'll tell you some things about me you probably have no interest in knowing. But nevermind, this is the interwebs and someone will be wrapping their fish in this post tomorrow. And I'm not doing this because I fear that pain and loneliness will lie in my future if I don’t join in. ;-b
The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.
1) What was I doing 10 years ago?
Studying Italian at the University of Århus (DK) with less enthusiasm than you'd think, and working part time in an office where we sorted cash from the post offices in the area. A million kroner takes up a lot less room than you'd think. ;-)
2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order):
Call my mum (check), go to work (check), buy toilet paper (check), watch Project Runway, listen to the streamed version of today's De Sorte Spejdere ('The Black Boy Scouts') radio show.
3) Snacks I enjoy:
Does chocolate count as a snack? If not, pop corn.
4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
In what currency? I could do a lot more with an English £ billion... Get an awesome, but not too big house for Tony and I. Pay off our parents' and sisters' homes, buy a small house in California for us and my parents to stay when visiting my sister and her hubby. Throw some love and money at some animal organisations and save the planet organisations. Plus start an arts organisation. And finally, I'd hire someone to do all our cleaning and washing.
5) Places I have lived:
Skive, Sabro, Århus, Tilst, Brabrand, Århus, Skødstrup (all of those are in Denmark, in case you hadn't guessed), Kirkcaldy (Scotland), Skæring (DK - probably my favouritest) and now here in Grays (England). Yes, I have a lot of experience with moving boxes.
6) 6 peeps I wanna know more about:
Lisa
Lindsey
eydie
Tine
Solveig
LinneaLabels: meme
Sara of Chicken Betty has tagged me, so below I'll tell you some things about me you probably have no interest in knowing. But nevermind, this is the interwebs and someone will be wrapping their fish in this post tomorrow. And I'm not doing this because I fear that pain and loneliness will lie in my future if I don’t join in. ;-b
The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.
1) What was I doing 10 years ago?
Studying Italian at the University of Århus (DK) with less enthusiasm than you'd think, and working part time in an office where we sorted cash from the post offices in the area. A million kroner takes up a lot less room than you'd think. ;-)
2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order):
Call my mum (check), go to work (check), buy toilet paper (check), watch Project Runway, listen to the streamed version of today's De Sorte Spejdere ('The Black Boy Scouts') radio show.
3) Snacks I enjoy:
Does chocolate count as a snack? If not, pop corn.
4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
In what currency? I could do a lot more with an English £ billion... Get an awesome, but not too big house for Tony and I. Pay off our parents' and sisters' homes, buy a small house in California for us and my parents to stay when visiting my sister and her hubby. Throw some love and money at some animal organisations and save the planet organisations. Plus start an arts organisation. And finally, I'd hire someone to do all our cleaning and washing.
5) Places I have lived:
Skive, Sabro, Århus, Tilst, Brabrand, Århus, Skødstrup (all of those are in Denmark, in case you hadn't guessed), Kirkcaldy (Scotland), Skæring (DK - probably my favouritest) and now here in Grays (England). Yes, I have a lot of experience with moving boxes.
6) 6 peeps I wanna know more about:
Lisa
Lindsey
eydie
Tine
Solveig
Linnea
Labels: meme
scribbled by Carina 5/15/2008 06:18:00 PM
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Random things on a Tuesday
This is my birthday card from Tony. He drew it himself! Isn't he awesome? I really wish he would do more drawing, he's so good at it. Although he claims that he can only draw from pictures. Such rubbish! I'm sure he could be an amazing draw-er from real life if he just gave it a try. :-)
This is my inspiration board. It's on the wall behind my computer monitor. It's looked pretty much the same for about a year. Maybe it's time to change it around a bit... If you fancy have a look at the picture with lots of notes over on Flickr.
I can't remember which blog I saw this on, but it looked like fun, and, as it turned out, it's not an entirely wrong description of me. ;-)
you are lightcyan
#E0FFFF
Your dominant hues are green and blue. You're smart and you know it, and want to use your power to help people and relate to others. Even though you tend to battle with yourself, you solve other people's conflicts well.
Your saturation level is very low - you have better things to do than jump headfirst into every little project. You make sure your actions are going to really accomplish something before you start because you hate wasting energy making everyone else think you're working.
Your outlook on life is very bright. You are sunny and optimistic about life and others find it very encouraging, but remember to tone it down if you sense irritation.
the spacefem.com html color quiz
Labels: inspiration, love, meme
This is my birthday card from Tony. He drew it himself! Isn't he awesome? I really wish he would do more drawing, he's so good at it. Although he claims that he can only draw from pictures. Such rubbish! I'm sure he could be an amazing draw-er from real life if he just gave it a try. :-)
This is my inspiration board. It's on the wall behind my computer monitor. It's looked pretty much the same for about a year. Maybe it's time to change it around a bit... If you fancy have a look at the picture with lots of notes over on Flickr.I can't remember which blog I saw this on, but it looked like fun, and, as it turned out, it's not an entirely wrong description of me. ;-)
#E0FFFF |
Your dominant hues are green and blue. You're smart and you know it, and want to use your power to help people and relate to others. Even though you tend to battle with yourself, you solve other people's conflicts well. Your saturation level is very low - you have better things to do than jump headfirst into every little project. You make sure your actions are going to really accomplish something before you start because you hate wasting energy making everyone else think you're working. Your outlook on life is very bright. You are sunny and optimistic about life and others find it very encouraging, but remember to tone it down if you sense irritation. |
Labels: inspiration, love, meme
scribbled by Carina 4/29/2008 07:26:00 PM
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Arte y Pico Award
A good thing doesn't come alone! Laurah of A Whole Load of Craft gave me the Arte y Pico Award - and on my birthday of all days! Thank you! :-)
The rules read:
1) Pick 5 blogs who deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material and who also contribute to the blogging community no matter what language.
2) Each award must have the name of the author and also a link to their blog.
3) Each award winner must show the award and put the name and the link to the blog that has given her or him the award.
4) The award winner and the one who has given the prize must show the link of the “Arte y pico“ blog so everyone will know the origin of this award.
So now I have to pick 5 blogs who deserve this award. Only 5!
- For her wonderful drawings from every day life, Elizabeth of woolgathering.
- Susie of Susie Can Stitch for her lovely use of colour in embroidery and quilting (and everything else!)
- My friend Theresa of Taste the Dew for her fun and moving writing about her family (and other stuff); and for her pretty, pretty photography.
- Jen of Painted Fish Studio (don't you just love that name?) for just being really, rally inspiring; there's always something pretty to look at!
- Lindsey of Ethel and Edna I only recently got to know, but there's something fun and colourful to be found there, and in my book that is pretty awesome.
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A good thing doesn't come alone! Laurah of A Whole Load of Craft gave me the Arte y Pico Award - and on my birthday of all days! Thank you! :-)
The rules read:
1) Pick 5 blogs who deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material and who also contribute to the blogging community no matter what language.
2) Each award must have the name of the author and also a link to their blog.
3) Each award winner must show the award and put the name and the link to the blog that has given her or him the award.
4) The award winner and the one who has given the prize must show the link of the “Arte y pico“ blog so everyone will know the origin of this award.
So now I have to pick 5 blogs who deserve this award. Only 5!
- For her wonderful drawings from every day life, Elizabeth of woolgathering.
- Susie of Susie Can Stitch for her lovely use of colour in embroidery and quilting (and everything else!)
- My friend Theresa of Taste the Dew for her fun and moving writing about her family (and other stuff); and for her pretty, pretty photography.
- Jen of Painted Fish Studio (don't you just love that name?) for just being really, rally inspiring; there's always something pretty to look at!
- Lindsey of Ethel and Edna I only recently got to know, but there's something fun and colourful to be found there, and in my book that is pretty awesome.
Labels: meme
scribbled by Carina 4/29/2008 05:34:00 PM
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Me: orderly?
There must be a glitch in this test, this doesn't sound like me. Or does it? It's all Theresa's fault anyway. ;-)
You Are a Colon
You are very orderly and fact driven.
You aren't concerned much with theories or dreams... only what's true or untrue.
You are brilliant and incredibly learned. Anything you know is well researched.
You like to make lists and sort through things step by step. You aren't subject to whim or emotions.
Your friends see you as a constant source of knowledge and advice.
(But they are a little sick of you being right all of the time!)
You excel in: Leadership positions
You get along best with: The Semi-Colon
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There must be a glitch in this test, this doesn't sound like me. Or does it? It's all Theresa's fault anyway. ;-)
You Are a Colon |
You are very orderly and fact driven. You aren't concerned much with theories or dreams... only what's true or untrue. You are brilliant and incredibly learned. Anything you know is well researched. You like to make lists and sort through things step by step. You aren't subject to whim or emotions. Your friends see you as a constant source of knowledge and advice. (But they are a little sick of you being right all of the time!) You excel in: Leadership positions You get along best with: The Semi-Colon |
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scribbled by Carina 4/16/2008 05:22:00 PM
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Relaxed + Mugshots
So I've had a little break. Having a break is good. I've not really made any new stuff, but I have been thinking about some new ideas and that counts too. Done some reading and lots of sleeping. And I've been doing some organising of craft stuff. Hooray for IKEA!
We've also been doing some wedding related stuff. We've set up a gift list at one of the department stores. To be honest, this is a thing I never thought I'd do, but it just makes a lot of sense: making things simpler for us and the guests. And simple is good.
We have decided on our favours which will be very nice. But I need to ask you: do you have any experience with making your own chocolates? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
This is my wee ongoing wip. It has a deadline, so I better get on with it tonight. A lot of work to do on it still.
I would like to propose a little fun meme type thing. Every day next week we'll post a picture of a mug in our possession + a mug that we would love to own. So who's with me? Leave a comment if you want to join the Mugshots meme!
So I've had a little break. Having a break is good. I've not really made any new stuff, but I have been thinking about some new ideas and that counts too. Done some reading and lots of sleeping. And I've been doing some organising of craft stuff. Hooray for IKEA!
We've also been doing some wedding related stuff. We've set up a gift list at one of the department stores. To be honest, this is a thing I never thought I'd do, but it just makes a lot of sense: making things simpler for us and the guests. And simple is good.
We have decided on our favours which will be very nice. But I need to ask you: do you have any experience with making your own chocolates? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
This is my wee ongoing wip. It has a deadline, so I better get on with it tonight. A lot of work to do on it still.
I would like to propose a little fun meme type thing. Every day next week we'll post a picture of a mug in our possession + a mug that we would love to own. So who's with me? Leave a comment if you want to join the Mugshots meme!
scribbled by Carina 4/16/2008 05:18:00 PM
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The punishment for stupidity
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I saw this on Kate's blog and I thought it looked fun... But it's harder than it looks!
One Word
1. Where is your cell phone? Desk
2. Your significant other? Amazing
3. Your hair? Greasy
4. Your mother? Overseas
5. Your father? Ditto
6. Your favorite thing? Tony
7. Your dream last night? Forgotten
8. Your favorite drink? OJ
9. Your dream/goal? Peace
10. The room you’re in? Living
11. Your ex? Irrelevant
12. Your fear? Fire
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Denmark
14. Where were you last night? Home
15. What you’re not? Organised
16. Muffins? Tony's!
17. One of your wish list items? Loom
18. Where you grew up? Denmark
19. The last thing you did? Sewing
20. What are you wearing? Clothes!
21. Your TV? Big
22. Your pet? ...softies?
23. Your computer? Homemade
24. Your life? Better
25. Your mood? Impatient
26. Missing someone? Parents
27 Your car? Black
28. Something you’re not wearing? Bowler
29. Favorite Store? Inspiring
30. Your summer? When?
31. Like someone? Lots
32. Your favorite color? Green-pink
33. When is the last time you laughed? Yesterday
34. Last time you cried? TodayLabels: meme
I saw this on Kate's blog and I thought it looked fun... But it's harder than it looks!
One Word
1. Where is your cell phone? Desk
2. Your significant other? Amazing
3. Your hair? Greasy
4. Your mother? Overseas
5. Your father? Ditto
6. Your favorite thing? Tony
7. Your dream last night? Forgotten
8. Your favorite drink? OJ
9. Your dream/goal? Peace
10. The room you’re in? Living
11. Your ex? Irrelevant
12. Your fear? Fire
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Denmark
14. Where were you last night? Home
15. What you’re not? Organised
16. Muffins? Tony's!
17. One of your wish list items? Loom
18. Where you grew up? Denmark
19. The last thing you did? Sewing
20. What are you wearing? Clothes!
21. Your TV? Big
22. Your pet? ...softies?
23. Your computer? Homemade
24. Your life? Better
25. Your mood? Impatient
26. Missing someone? Parents
27 Your car? Black
28. Something you’re not wearing? Bowler
29. Favorite Store? Inspiring
30. Your summer? When?
31. Like someone? Lots
32. Your favorite color? Green-pink
33. When is the last time you laughed? Yesterday
34. Last time you cried? Today
Labels: meme
scribbled by Carina 2/26/2008 02:56:00 PM
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
You make my day
A little while ago, Jenn gave me this award. So sweet of her! So I'm supposed to pass it on to 10 people who, in turn, make my day. And afterwards I'm gonna call my mum to hear about the English course she's started taking, but that's completely unrelated (except that on a lot of occasions my mum does make my day and I'm also awfully proud of her!), so back to the list we go!
Jenn herself deserves the award, she's so inspiring.
Jude's other blog, what if
my love for you is a stampede of horses
Susie Can Stitch
Christine Clemmensen
Make It
Planet June
Gooseflesh
Elsa Mora
woolgathering
Really, there should be hundreds on that list, but the rules say only 10, so there you go. Check out the blogroll if you fancy...Labels: inspiration, meme
A little while ago, Jenn gave me this award. So sweet of her! So I'm supposed to pass it on to 10 people who, in turn, make my day. And afterwards I'm gonna call my mum to hear about the English course she's started taking, but that's completely unrelated (except that on a lot of occasions my mum does make my day and I'm also awfully proud of her!), so back to the list we go!Jenn herself deserves the award, she's so inspiring.
Jude's other blog, what if
my love for you is a stampede of horses
Susie Can Stitch
Christine Clemmensen
Make It
Planet June
Gooseflesh
Elsa Mora
woolgathering
Really, there should be hundreds on that list, but the rules say only 10, so there you go. Check out the blogroll if you fancy...
Labels: inspiration, meme
scribbled by Carina 1/30/2008 02:02:00 PM
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
Blog Local - Thursday
Some pretty green (!) tea towels and storage jars in next. I really don't understand why next changed their logo. I liked their old serif one in upper case. This new one has no character...
More pretty colours in next.
And finally, loads of Easter eggs at work. Yes, we've already got Easter eggs. In fact, we had Creme eggs and mini eggs at the beginning of December. It's surreal. Oh, and in case you're wondering, that's only about a 4th or a 5th of the eggs we've got.Labels: meme
Some pretty green (!) tea towels and storage jars in next. I really don't understand why next changed their logo. I liked their old serif one in upper case. This new one has no character...
More pretty colours in next.
And finally, loads of Easter eggs at work. Yes, we've already got Easter eggs. In fact, we had Creme eggs and mini eggs at the beginning of December. It's surreal. Oh, and in case you're wondering, that's only about a 4th or a 5th of the eggs we've got.Labels: meme
scribbled by Carina 1/17/2008 06:55:00 PM
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Blog Local - Wednesday
Some sparklies and graffiti on a wall.
These phone card posters are not exactly pretty, but all together like this, they look kinda pretty with all the colours.
How cool are these wellies?!Labels: meme
Some sparklies and graffiti on a wall.
These phone card posters are not exactly pretty, but all together like this, they look kinda pretty with all the colours.
How cool are these wellies?!Labels: meme
scribbled by Carina 1/16/2008 04:36:00 PM
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Blog Local - Tuesday
You just get the pictures today, I don't feel like blabbering right now... I've already wasted the morning doing nothing, so now I better get some stuff done. All the pictures were taken (with my mobile) in Romford yesterday.
Labels: meme
You just get the pictures today, I don't feel like blabbering right now... I've already wasted the morning doing nothing, so now I better get some stuff done. All the pictures were taken (with my mobile) in Romford yesterday.
Labels: meme
scribbled by Carina 1/15/2008 01:09:00 PM
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