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A new year begins . . .

Happy New Year! Hope 2012 is kind to you & yours, bringing with it good health & much happiness. Towards the end of  last year I had quite a few hiccups with computer, so didn’t achieve all that I hoped too unfortunately. The search is on now for a new computer. With Christmas & the…

boxed notecards

You can find my latest SVG file here  October Card Challenges/Crop — challenge 18  

tying up loose ends

Items such as cables, battery chargers and the like do go missing! I know, I have a friend who used to spend hours frantically searching for the charger for his camera! I came up with this simple solution for him — a box, rubber bands or twist ties and labels. Recently I decided it was…

pink & pretty

  Proteas, particularly this one  are amongst my favourite picks for in the house. They always put on such a lovely display & will easily last two weeks. Usually I arrange them in a clear round container with fine white pebbles in the bottom but added a dash of red food colouring to the water…

Doing the happy dance

On 23 December 2009 EHD #1 stopped working, followed by the HD on Christmas day. note to self: “don’t panic, sort it out once holiday festivities are over!” 31/12 — HD was replaced (covered by warranty) & OS reinstalled. 1/1 — EHD #2 restore backup fails! note to self: “…………………!!!!!!” Ever the optimist I hoped…

Project 365 gone by the wayside

After doing so well in 2010 & completing the challenge I bombed out by Day 85 this year. Having gone it alone previously I thought it might be fun to join a group, in hindsight I’d likely still be doing it, if it was just me. Themes were set & a few people were posting…