Complimentary conditionery
Published 14 October 2008Normally I buy my shampoo and conditioner from my hairdresser. Even though it’s a bit more expensive than I would normally pay, I like the idea of supporting my hairdresser, Tania, a work-at-home mama.
I’ve had to buy an interim bottle of conditioner to last me until my next visit to Tania’s, so I bought some fruity stuff from the supermarket. Dan noticed that the conditioner tries to boost your self-esteem while detangling your locks:
Isn’t that loverly?
Happiness and hope
Published 13 October 2008One of my beautiful northern-hemisphere girls, V, sent me a belated birthday present – a necklace that I’ve only taken off once since it arrived in my letterbox with Swedish postage stamps all over it.
And what V wrote on the card reminds me how lucky I am to have my northern-hemisphere girls (and Anna in Melbourne) and I pieced it together in a Post Secret style to show the girls how lucky we are:
It still blows my mind that I have these amazing friends, that I saw 99.9% of them during my best Christmas holiday evar last year and it was the internet (of all things) that brought us together.
Wisdom comfort food
Published 12 October 2008When I was a kid, I envied everyone else who was getting their tonsils out. They got to eat icecream all. the. time.
I wanted ice cream all the time!
Yesterday I had my third wisdom tooth forcefully yanked out removed within a month. Dr Ben the Dentist did a great job last month (only one bowl of icecream consumed), but I knew this tooth was going to be more problematic, and expected a slower recovery. I prepared myself to eat icecream for at least 2 days.
After the hour-long “extraction” process (I was white-knuckled and deep-breathing the whole time), I got 2 stitches and some bone drilled off in addition to the gaping hole in my gum. I took the Panadeine Forte that Ben prescribed, but it still hurt a bit. Nothing like I was expecting, though. I still planned to have some ice cream, except we didn’t actually have any. Fail.
This morning I only took Nurofen for the pain, and only as a pre-emptive move since we were going grocery shopping (to buy me some icecream). Nurofen has done a better job, win!
I bought So Good’s Bliss Heavenly Chocolate soy icecream “frozen dessert”. Because I figured I can’t just eat a litre of Conoisseur icecream and not end up a 10-tonne Tesse.
My mouth is doing amazingly well, but I figured I should have some icecream (or frozen dessert, even) JUST TO MAKE SURE THE RECOVERY GOES WELL. I had no idea soy icecream (or frozen dessert) could taste decent, or even, nice. Who knew?!
So even though I can eat (almost) normally, I’m going to have some more icecream (frozen dessert)Â .
Pink for October
Published 5 October 2008I’m allowed to be late on this since I’ve been away, but you should all be totally going pink for October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
I know too many people who have been affected by breast cancer – and cancer in general – and always make a point to support cancer initiatives. We gotta stop the damn thing now.
I’m going away for a fundraiser (I think that’s the nicest way to describe what I’ve gotten myself in for!) and I’ll be putting together a breakfast or morning tea-type thing at work as well. Needless to say, there will be pink cupcakes :D
I’ve pinkified my wordpress theme for the month and I’ve gone pink on my Twitter and Plurk accounts, too. Get into it!
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Published 1 October 2008Heading 6 hours west for 4 days of this
Mucho needed-o. Seeya on the flipside.
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