KiwiNessie - Life Happens: 2010

31 December 2010

WOF

Hope car behaves and doesn't need anything too major sorted.

26 December 2010

Lucas

Lucas wants this photo for his Facebook profile. I sent it to his email and he said it didn't get there so I'm posting it here ;-)

Christmas

The girls in front of our cute teeny tree.

25 December 2010

I am devastated to hear that Uncle Peter died on Thursday. Kylie found out from family wall posts on Facebook and let Julian, Hayley and I know. Uncle Peter reminded me most of Dad in looks and temperament and his sporting interests. My love and thoughts are with Aunty Lorraine and Andrew, Dean and Sharee and their families.

30 November 2010

Phone working 5 days after moving in and no internet until tomorrow. What a pain!

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26 November 2010

Moving glitch

Bryce almost didn't have a moving truck but one has been sorted at a higher cost. Mini stressful moment.
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New house

We have the keys! Loads of things to do today. Bryce shifts his stuff in today and mine and kids stuff is tomorrow.
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11 November 2010

Venison is deer...so the kitten and puppy mince...

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30 October 2010

Bryce is so sweet and romantic =)

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22 October 2010

So sad...I didn't get into first phase Closed Beta testing for Forsaken World =(

17 October 2010

Argh that ScanDrop is getting errors and I have a mountain of paperwork to dispose of...

10 October 2010

Carolyn's 50th Birthday

We love you Carolyn! I am so please this was a wonderful surprise for you =)

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Screen Saver To Do List

Words Screen Saver (471 k) Version 1.32
A Windows screen saver for displaying short passages of text like jokes, poems or single words with various effects. Contents and appearance can be modified to your own liking. Comes with English and German text files containing jokes, quotations, word lists and short poems. For Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista. Very easy installation and un-installation.

via kloecker.net

I saw a tip on Lifehacker on using GTD in PowerPoint and making into a screensaver. Did a search online and found this software that uses a text file to make a screen saver and saved the screensaver.txt file in Dropbox. Now I have a GTD screen saver that I can edit anywhere. If I was at work and my computer was not in use...I could even add a message to my family at home.

05 October 2010

Rainmaker was a good idea but I think it tried to be too smart and deleted contacts.

Is it a weird thing that I am really enjoying building my wiki? www.vanessajackson.me

01 October 2010

A dream

I had a dream about Marianne, Caroline, Craig, Mark, Grant, Dean and Tim. It reminded me how important that chapter of my life was and how much I miss all of them, not just who I dreamed about.

25 September 2010

Amy's Art

A selection of Amy's art done at school this year.

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Nice surprise

When I got home from teaching antenatal class on Wednesday I had this
lovely surprise on my pillow. Amy is so thoughtful and sweet. Hugs
beloved Amy =)

19 September 2010

The Definitive Guide to What to Do If Your Eyeball Pops Out

The Definitive Guide to What to Do If Your Eyeball Pops Out

If your eyeball pops out, don't shove it back in, says CNN's popular new article "What to Do When Body Parts Fall Off." It's the Things Fall Apart of health articles. Let's enhance it with a DO and DON'T guide.

When Your Eyeball Pops Out...

DO run around screaming. You might not be able to see the phone to dial 911 by yourself, so you'll want to alert others to the fact that your eyeball just popped out of her head.
DON'T try to shove it back in. If you push the wrong part, you'll make it worse. Plus, sometimes cool stuff happens—like your eyelid flipping back behind your cornea!—and you'll want to traumatize everyone around you by forcing them to stare it for as long as possible.
DON'T worry about it falling and rolling away. It probably won't even dangle! (Much.) The optic nerve will keep it in or near your eye socket.

When You Chop Your Finger Off...

DO rinse it off with cold water. Even disembodied hands need to be washed!
DON'T put it directly on ice. It will get an ice burn, and you won't even notice because its nerve endings aren't connected to your brain, anymore.
DO wrap it in a damp cloth, seal it in a ziploc baggie, and then put that baggie inside another baggie filled with ice cold water.
DON'T let anyone carry the finger to the hospital for you. Apparently husbands lose the finger or get stuck at a red light in their cars all the time, and then they have not only lost their loved ones' fingers, but destroyed their marriages, too.

When You Knock a Tooth Out...

DO thank your lucky stars it wasn't a popped-out eyeball or chopped-off finger. Seriously, did you read the other two sections? Your problems are nothing.
DO rinse it off with milk or water. If there is no milk or water available, lick and suck on it. I know that sounds weird, but it's going back in your mouth eventually, anyway.
DON'T suck too vigorously, in case you swallow.
DO shove your knocked-out tooth back in the socket, so the squishy wet part is back in the gums where it belongs. If you can't get it back in, or are too freaked out, hold it between your cheek and gums. Remember: No swallowing.
DO go to the dentist, now. When I first read this part I thought it was telling me I could just shove my teeth back in and they would be fine. In fact, you still need someone to sew you back together. [CNN, image via Shutterstock]

Send an email to Maureen O'Connor, the author of this post, at maureen@gawker.com.