Author Archives: Felicity Banks Books

Time for lunch! I confess, I don’t know the difference between ham, bacon and pork. Can anyone enlighten me? In the meantime, I made Pea and Pork Soup. I needed to use up some green lentils, so that was all my three ingredients! As you can see from the above picture (just before I roastedContinue reading “Three-Ingredient Thursday: Pea and Pork Soup”

Yesterday I spent over ten hours writing. Wonderful! I finished the current twittertale, wrote one-third of the next one (which is currently called “When Good Libraries Go Bad”), and wrote an entire story for that kitten/pegasus/unicorn/Wil Wheaton/John Scalzi/clown sweater painting – oh, you want to see it again? Okay. A writing binge is a lotContinue reading “#46: Writing Binge”

I love food. No really, I LOVE food. The fact that God designed us to eat three times EVERY day says all kinds of wonderful things about him. So, based on this challenge (http://peaslovecarrots.blogspot.com/2009/11/10-recipes-10-days-3-ingredients.html) I’ll be dedicating Thursdays to recipes with just three whole ingedients (cooking fat, water, salt and pepper are permitted freebies). HopefullyContinue reading “#155: Three-Ingredient Thursday # 1”

There comes a point in the year when a girl has to wrestle open the Bottom Drawer and dig out the clothes that can only be worn when the air outside is cold enough to flay skin. It is at that moment the aforementioned girl goes, “Ooh! I remember that scarf! Hey look, my favouriteContinue reading “#99: Rediscover Winter clothing”

I love sunny days. I can’t believe I’m still comfy in crocs. I love having two cats to glare at me in shifts 24-7. (My older cat is currently attacking the couch, which is made even more entertaining by how self-conscious she is about being so silly.) I love that I now work (partly) fromContinue reading “S#68: Gratitude”

Yep, that special time is finally here. CJ and I cobbled together the following: 1. Blow dart. Materials: Aluminium foil and sticky tape. Method: Roll aluminium into a marshmallow-sized tube, fastening it in place with tape. Flare the end if you like. Loading weapon: Put marshmallow inside tube. Fire power: Human breath. Rating: One Star.Continue reading “#155: Marshmallow Gun”

I just updated yesterday’s balloon entry, including a video. I hope you like it. Clearly, there was a party at my place last night. And so it was that I found myself washing dishes at 1am (that’s not actually the awesome part, fyi). Cleaning up the entire party before even going to bed made meContinue reading “#161: Move furniture at 2am.”

I have returned triumphant from the hunt. This is definitely one of my favourite things to do. And, since I can’t fit back into my jeans yet and my skirts are dying like flies (zippers, bah!) today was definitely the right day. I decided on a budget of $20, and came back with change (andContinue reading “#5: Go thrift shopping”

I rarely listen to music, because I’m so hypersensitive that I can very rarely listen to music and do anything else at the same time. I get overwhelmed by the emotion. (The exception is when I’m driving, when music helps me forget that I’m driving, which is a good thing since driving is terrifying toContinue reading “S#48: Music”

For today’s awesomeness, I put money into a savings account. I aim to put money into that account every month, but this is the first time I’ve managed it this year. Having more than $20 saved up is pretty novel for me, and it’s a wonderful feeling. But probably not that exciting for you. SoContinue reading “#154: Savings. And the unisus kitten”

Welcome one and all to Secret # 6. Octopi have the slinky flexibility of cats. They flollop. The tentacles are sticky, and really do wrap around anything nearby. These guys weigh over two kilos each, which is a lot of lumpy reptilian squidginess. And I could feel the slippery lump of their brains wobbling aroundContinue reading “#: Put an octopus in an unexpected place”

Ben suggested: Keep a (g-rated) dream diary for a week, then (sarcastically) recreate some of the more interesting incidents as photographs I’ve been putting this off for a long time, for reasons that will become clear. So here’s a crop of four dreams from a perfectly ordinary week: 1. I was on a family holidayContinue reading “#147: Dream Diary”

. . . if I marry the celebrities below: Frodo (it could happen, dagnammit) Faith (again, it could happen. . . with science. . .) Elvis (SCIENCE, I tell you!) CJ (on the basis that if I’ve heard of someone, they’re a celebrity): Because that’s not creepy at ALL. (Many thanks to Morphthing.com) If you’reContinue reading “#153: Finding out what my kids will look like. . .”

Steff Metal (http://steffmetal.com/101-ways-to-cheer-yourself-up/) said: Decide on new nicknames for all of your friends. Send them a text or email to let them know their new nickname, and call them that from now on. The more outrageous the nicknames, the better. I have had many nicknames over the years: Scopes, Steffocles, Double F, Squints, Blinkin’, BlinkieContinue reading “S#59: Otherwise Known As. . .”

NB: The completed twittertale “And then I woke up” is in its own post directly below this one. Some weeks ago, W suggested I should go and dance in a supermarket. I gathered a bunch of friends (all of whom have an interest in ballroom dancing) and a bunch of hats (from W himself – yes,Continue reading “Dance in a Supermarket”