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August, 2012
- Structured procrastination Sent Friday, August 31, 2012 whip up » Newsletter Procrastination: Putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time.Structured procrastination: John Perry won a Ig Nobel prize [US Parody of the Nobel prize for unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research, the winners are based on "first make people laugh, and then make them think"] in literature in 2011 for his 1997 essay Structured procrastination - "To be a high achiever, always work on something important, using it as a way to avoid […]
- This week I have been … Sent Friday, August 24, 2012 whip up » Newsletter Reading lots of romance novels, nothing worthy, nothing memorable ... just sweet dilly dallying on the couch in front of the fire.Chatting craft and blogs and books with friends, and crocheting again, and baking some brownies (which turned out not as a good as usual).Enjoying watching the rain, and watching the ducks enjoying the rain and being inside while it rains outside.Having afternoon tea at our favourite cafe with my sweet kids. Hot chocolates with white […]
- I am having a Jane Austen week Sent Friday, August 17, 2012 whip up » Newsletter So strange that I should be suddenly struck with the urgent need to re-read all of Jane Austen, and to watch every single dramatised version I can find. And then to turn this sudden sublime pastime to the ridiculous I have also discovered the genre of Jane Austen FanFic - sequels and alternative endings galore. Oh My! Not only that but whilst reading I had to continually look up all sorts of references, and research society and politics, health and food, fashion […]
- White Chicken Soup – good for a Malaise Sent Wednesday, August 8, 2012 whip up » Newsletter We have all been suffering from Man Flu this past week, today I am home sick with my boy, and we watched a bit of olympics and drank tea together for a while. I plan on watching the BBC series of Pride and Prejudice a little later with more tea too.Otherwise there has not been a lot going on in the world of me. Post big deadline means that I am now procrastinating on a few things (the garden, the cleaning, some work) while I recover.But have been cooking big pots […]
- Slowing down week Sent Saturday, August 4, 2012 whip up » Newsletter Finally slowing down this week, back to normal life, quiet days, pottering about. Today I have the company of my 12 year old daughter who is not feeling so well. A bit of a malaise. We are having a quiet day in front of the fire, folding the washing, practising piano and reading books - maybe watching a bit of olympics later on too. What do you do when you slow down?It was me and my boy's birthday week and we celebrated simply, with good friends, homemade gifts […]