I think it’s rather nice having a medium-sized black dog stretched out on my bed dozing peacefully. She actually looks quite big from this angle, but she can also look quite small if she sits and looks hungry.
Pooka doesn’t sleep on my bed overnight. She sleeps outside in fact, but has never complained about [...]
Archive > March 2009
who’s been sleeping on my bed?
Pooka unplugged
I often wonder what would happen if I left Pooka inside all day. Well, there are two different scenarios. If I was being deliberate in allowing her inside while everyone was out, I would close the laundry door (blocking access to her food) and the hall door (blocking access to the bedrooms) so she would [...]
very fitting
At church tonight, I realised that my congregation are a bunch of clapping anarchists. At my previous church, when people clapped they all clapped the same – there were specific clapping rhythms for various songs. At my new church, if people clap they clap all over the place however the hell they feel like – [...]
gambling woes
My teams are doing abominably!!! So far only one has won (from five games) and there are three games still to finish. Two are in progress (my teams are losing both) and one hasn’t started yet.
What a disaster!
My Perky Nanas are very good though.
oh dear
My NRL tipping competition picks are not doing very well this week!
It might help if I were somewhat familiar with the various rugby league teams…
new experiences
Today I had a McDonalds strawberry thickshake for the second time in my life. The first time was when I was about 11, and someone else had ordered it for me. I don’t remember if I liked it or not. But today I thought I would try one again to see if I liked it.
It [...]
progress report
So the first trial of Perky Nanas went ok. The marshmallow bit was encouraging – it was banana-flavoured and marshmallowy. It needs to be chewier and a bit more banana-flavoured. This is easy to achieve – just add more bananas and gelatine. I suppose. I am not sure if this will also make it a [...]
international cuisine
I am making Perky Nana bars. I am not sure if I have much of a Kiwi readership (Dee doesn’t count – she’s a citizen now), so may have to explain the Perky Nana. Basically a chewy banana-flavoured marshmallow filling covered in chocolate. So good.
So far I have dissolved/melted banana lollies, made a 2:1 [...]
oh yes, the schnauzer
Well, there were a few hours of barking (at one point Pooka was at the balcony door barking and the other dog was at the back door barking – they both wanted to come inside, but that would not have stopped any barking AND the schnauzer was not very house-trained it seemed… or just liked [...]
Ah tv makes me laugh
So on the ABC during the afternoon kids’ show time, there are two consecutive programs that are beautifully scheduled. The first is called Escape From Scorpion Island. It is a reality show where kids are in teams and do various things and I haven’t actually watched it, but they’re all very intense and want to [...]
