Last week CJ was sick (he’s better now). His cold coincided with my caffeine-withdrawal headache, so we both just wanted a lie down at the same time. Heater on, curtains closed, shared body warmth. Bliss. Not awesome enough for you? Never fear! Throughout July I’ll be posting a picture of either a library or aContinue reading “#47: Fall asleep spooning”
Author Archives: Felicity Banks Books
Meringues (and cthulhu)
Welcome to July and “When Good Libraries Go Bad”. We interrupt your regular viewing to make this important safety announcement. Cthulhu: coming soon to eat a planet near you. What are they? Giant planet-eating monsters. With tentacles. (Which also tells you exactly why they appear in July’s twittertale.) Who invented them? Probably lots of people,Continue reading “Meringues (and cthulhu)”
S#18: Hot stuff
Wearing sexy clothes is hazardous stuff. Steff Metal technically advised readers to wear a suspender belt with stockings, but: 1. Ew 2. Ow I therefore chose instead to wear sexy boots to work. These sexy boots (bought for me by a sexy bridesmaid when I was engaged): The cat comes separately. I wore the bootsContinue reading “S#18: Hot stuff”
#158: Cheesy Scenes
And. . . action! For today’s awesomeness I used tasty cheese, fetta, and cream cheese (bought another delicious block yesterday). This first scene is, OBVIOUSLY, the opening drama of the recent “Sherlock Holmes” adventure. My own small tribute to a great work. As you can CLEARLY see, there’s a drugged young lass writhing picturesquely onContinue reading “#158: Cheesy Scenes”
#94: Eat novelty food
Don’t you just love an unnecessarily complex meal? I know I do. Last Friday I discovered individually stone-grilled steak at the Weston Club in Canberra (for $10 at lunch time Thursday or Friday). You get your choice of sauce (I voted mushroom), plus vegetables or salad, plus your preferred form of potato (chips, mash orContinue reading “#94: Eat novelty food”
S#90: Love Letter
I’ve written letters. I’ve written love letters. But I’ve never written a love letter in chalk on the side of my house – until today. This was Secret # 3, for those attempting to keep count. A few days ago, I bought chalk. Today, CJ went out during the day. This was one of theContinue reading “S#90: Love Letter”
S#83: Community Classes
The stars aligned for this one. I have several friends who are serious about their historical dancing (AND their historical costume) and in fact I first met CJ at a ball (which had a theme of “pirates” – the photo of me on the right was taken that very night*). Swimming is one of myContinue reading “S#83: Community Classes”
Vampire Diaries (finished)
I will be posting today’s awesomeness in a separate post within half an hour. The next twittertale is “When Good Libraries Go Bad”, which begins on 1 July. 3 Woke up totally gross. Had a shower then realised I’m, like, a vampire now. My friend Sammy’s gonna be SO jealous! * Spent all day lookingContinue reading “Vampire Diaries (finished)”
#115: Visit godparents
I have a godfather (who, as far as I know, doesn’t own a gun or make unrefuseable offers). And a godmother (who, as far as I know, isn’t a fairy). They’re like a spare set of parents, but (since I don’t see them nearly as often) way nicer. (Both sets of parents are cringing now.)Continue reading “#115: Visit godparents”
Three-Ingredient Thursday: Cream Cheese Lunch of Doom
Steff Metal suggested in last week’s comments that I should grill bread and thinly-sliced zucchini, and combine them with cream cheese (and sneak in some coriander when no-one’s looking). I did (minus the coriander, since I don’t like it). But, since I was experimenting, I also tried THIS: I washed and peeled the potato and sliced itContinue reading “Three-Ingredient Thursday: Cream Cheese Lunch of Doom”
#166: New Year’s Resolution in another month
*deep breath* I promise, for a period of four weeks, to eat for maximum digestive health in the following ways: 1. Begin each day with a tall glass of tepid water (with a squeeze of lemon), then fifteen minutes’ exercise – all before breakfast. 2. Continue exercising six days a week, except when I’m sick.Continue reading “#166: New Year’s Resolution in another month”
S#92: Road Trip
Look at a map. Australia is big. Now look at an orange-peel style map (less pretty, more accurate) and take another look. Australia is big. In Australia, road trips historically result in drinking your friend’s urine, and possibly using their mummified corpse as a shade cloth. This might be why road trips in Austalia areContinue reading “S#92: Road Trip”
#159: Go to a wedding
Strange but true: I have a phobia of weddings. But on Saturday one of CJ’s cousins was married to the love of her life, so we drove up to Sydney to join the fun. The groom promised, among other things, that “although we sometimes fight like Batman and Two-Face, I know we’ll always laugh aboutContinue reading “#159: Go to a wedding”
S#82: Old School
Jeepers! Gosh! Yippee! Buck up! I cannot describe to you in any Earth language how relieved I am to have finished today’s awesomeness – reading the Trixie Belden adventure “Mystery on Cobbett’s Island” and the even more thrilling “Gay Dolphin Adventure”. My original squeamishness (and jealousy that I wasn’t born into an era where this.Continue reading “S#82: Old School”
#158: Day of Rest
“Do not kill” is, for most of us, a no-brainer. Ditto for “do not steal”, “do not commit adultery” and we all know that “do not covet” is a good theory. This entry is about the forgotten commandment of the famous ten. Those of you who are Christian will be pretty familiar with the oldContinue reading “#158: Day of Rest”
#154: Play the chocolate game
CJ just had a birthday. In the course of conversation, I discovered something truly horrific. He had never played the chocolate game. There are a lot of chocolate games, I know. I’m referring to the one in which players sit in a circle around a large block of chocolate, rolling a pair of dice. WheneverContinue reading “#154: Play the chocolate game”
S#68: Silly Slippers
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#157: DIY Green your home
The “y” above may be a teensy exaggeration. Yesterday most of Australia celebrated the Queen’s Birthday (much like New Zealand did one week earlier). Other than a slew of geeky partying options (scroll down for details), this means one thing for couples everywhere: The To-Do List. Is there anything more wonderful than having a husbandContinue reading “#157: DIY Green your home”
S#72: Play Board Games
As a continued celebration of my five thousand writing hours, I gathered several friends to play “Up and Down the River”, Take Two, and the world’s best board game, Settlers of Catan. You can actually see the cogs of my mind whirring in the above picture. Settlers takes up just enough of my mind toContinue reading “S#72: Play Board Games”
#156: Celebrate a Milestone (with Yum Cha)
Ni hao! In his tips for writers, Ian Irvine says, “Remember the 10,000-hour rule. That’s roughly how much work and practice it takes to become accomplished in any field, whether it be sporting, creative or professional.” According to my calculations, I am now halfway there, so I devoted this whole weekend to “Felon’s Five Thousand”Continue reading “#156: Celebrate a Milestone (with Yum Cha)”