120. The Daring Book for Girls

One of the Challenges we did a couple years ago was The Daring Book for Girls. It was real easy for the level I was working with, and I even got the crest too. It’s on my camp blanket at the moment. I’ll have to take a picture of my blanket because it is impressive. Anywhos. The Daring Book for Girls is the (obviously) female version of the Dangerous Book for Boys. They each include tidbits of information that every kid (aged 8 to 80) should know. I got my dad the Pocket Dangerous Book for Boys: Things to Know, and I also picked it up for the Mister for his birthday which is tomorrow. (Happy birthday mister!) I picked up the Pocket Daring Book for Girls: Wisdom & Wonder, and I love it already. I’ve learnt the three types of galaxies, and bits about female pirates, and more but I’m only 50 pages in. I want to pick up the Original Daring Book for Girls, and all the other ones too. As a Girl Guide Leader the resource will be amazing, plus I love the old school look to them. the spine is even faded a bit. I love the charm of old books.

-Cheers folks!

119. Sans

No picture today. No post today. Too much shit going on.

118. Sorry I stole it.

I’m sorry I stole people’s blogging mojo, and I apparently also stole people’s energy. Ever since I started doing my 365 Project, people seem to have dropped off the blogging scene. I do see the occasional post from my favourite bloggers, but they’re not nearly as frequent as they used to be. I do agree to some extent with La Belle that Social Media sites such as Twitter and Plurk have made people into Micro-bloggers rather than the standard bloggers they used to be. But I also agree with My (other) Boyfriend George Stroumboulopoulos that social media has gone from “I have and idea, allow me to explain it fully to you” to “Here’s a thought.” There is an art to Twittering and Plurking, but well, to quote someone (I have no idea who, I don’t even know where I heard it) “No one writes letters anymore.” What was the last email you got? Mine was “Got 2 faxes: *insert titles here*. Who’s are they?” That was the entire email. When was the last time you got a letter via snail mail? When was the last time you even got a fully formed letter via email? It was Christmas for a fully formed email for me, even though the mister doesn’t paragraph, there was still content, and length. My Great Grandmother was a school teacher, and even at 85 her handwriting was impeccable, and her use of grammar and spelling was stellar. I can’t spell for beans, and my use of punctuation isn’t what it should be. But at least I acknowledge it. If there is one thing I can’t stand (and hate when I catch myself doing it) it’s slang. Cuz, Sup, u, r, 2. That sort of thing. I do use brb on occasion, but usually in a satirical way when I want to should cheesy. Unfortunately my sarcasm never comes through correctly when it comes to MSN. There’s another thing that has lead to the downfall of Communication as We Knew it.

Don’t even get me started on texting. I’ll cover THAT tomorrow.

-Cheers folks!

PS. 3.14km in 30 min. I’ll be posting my cardio stats from now on, or if I do Pilates, I’ll post how long I did the work out for. Go energy stealing!

117. I forgot what Picture I took

I took the picture, transferred it to my laptop, and then forgot what I took a picture of. Can you tell that I have a short attention span? I had meant to take pictures when The Mister and I set up the tent’s my dad took camping on the weekend that needed to be aired out, but I totally forgot. I was having way too much fun. I then cooked supper and it was amazing. Chilli Lime Chicken with Alfredo noodles, fresh broccoli and carrots. It was so good. I kind of wish I had made extras for snacking on, but I only made enough for the 5 of us. Oh well. I have mango and Lucky Charms to tide me over until I can cook again. Mmmmmm home cooking. Dad even made the joke that I wasn’t allowed to go to work tomorrow, I had to stay home and cook supper. Truthfully, I’d be okay with that. I like to cook, but I especially love to bake. Speaking of which, I want to make cupcakes. Problem is that I have no where to take cupcakes. Maybe I can make them and then bring them in to work for the folks there. I think they might just deserve them. They’re a good crew.

-Cheers folks!

116. Geekdom Alert

The only thing you can’t see here is the fact that these are sitting on top of my Cassette rack. In fact, directly below these are Spice Girls, *Nsync, and a mix tape. I knit the Adipose, which really needs to have an eye job done because those are horrible. The mister made a Lego kit for the Tardis, which I changed up a little bit. My Knight Bus is also a Lego kit that I got at the advanced showing of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban when it came out when a friend of mine won tickets.

All of these are right above my bed and I love them. I’ve also got a spindle of burnt CDs, a bottle of Skyy vodka, and a couple 45s, but the Geek lives in the knit Adipose, Lego Tardis, and Lego Knight Bus. I’m awesome.

-Cheers folks!