Shauna Reid's Blog
November 25, 2009
Summary of recent events:
Dr G and I bought a house!
Upon collecting the keys we discovered it stank. In the literal sense.
We're frantically trying to de-stink before the move on December 9
Some bright spark said, "If we're ripping up carpet, we may as well re-paint!"
On Sunday I was most comprehensively defeated in a kickboxing tournament
It was one part life-altering thrills, one part Dear Lord Sign Me Up For A Lobotomy To Erase The Horror.
These stinky smells and...
November 20, 2009
The thing I miss least about being a kid is all that longing to be someone else. Oh to be anyone but grotty swotty ginger-haired me!
Like many younguns, I found my escape in books, particularly The Baby-sitters Club series. I didn't want to join the Babysitters Club so much as I wanted to shed my own skin and be one of 'em. I deliberated over whom I aspired to be; which one I most resembled. Kind of like the shrieks of some women in the late 90s: OMG I'm totally a Carrie! No I'm the...
November 15, 2009
A flyer whooshed through the door this week for the local Fitness & Friendship Club. Check out the bicep on this smiley face!
The F&F Club is basically fitness classes held in various community halls. But it's not all about sweating...
There are few phrases in this world that give more comfort and joy than TEA, COFFEE AND BISCUITS PROVIDED!
Alas there were no refreshments at Squad Training this morning. "Squad training" is what our coach calls convincing all us kickboxing dames to get up...
November 9, 2009
I am so bloody excited about today's new episode of Two Fit Chicks and a Microphone, least of all because I FINALLY got things working so that if you listen to the show on a iPod or iPhone or other video contraption, you will see our logo on your screen! GEEKGASMS AHOY!
This podcast almost didn't happen as when we went to record on Saturday my new microphone refused to work and I chucked a wee tantrum, but we carried on and it was rockin' good fun! It's great to have a new project to...
November 6, 2009
There is a mutant breed of Positive Thinking that is called Denial.
Like if you decide to focus on the many many many great things in your life, and ignore the black cloud that's hovered over for months and months.
Or if you write selectively about that one good day or that one cool thing that happened, and forget about the twenty good days that didn't happen because you were hiding from your friends and eating toast on the couch instead.
Or if you focus on that one kick-arse...
November 1, 2009
October 29, 2009
Our beginner's luck in the garden has run out. I should have known better to crow about the tomatoes and salad leaves so much! Gareth had carefully nurtured three pumpkin plants from the seed packet with a view to carving his very own pumpkins this Halloween. They were truly thriving for awhile there but I think we started the process about 2.5 months too late so now we've run out of daylight hours!
So this is the fruits of the pumpkin harvest with a matchstick for scale...
Maybe...
