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Happiness Engineer at Automattic, lover of knitting, crochet, sci-fi and more

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  1. Welcome!

Welcome!

My name is Kristen, aka Kristarella. I’m currently on leave from Automattic with my first child, my son Mark. I have many interests and hobbies (🥋 📷 🧶 🎨 🎸 🎮), some of which you can read about in my blog posts below. For more frequent updates you can follow me on Instagram.

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  • The Voice Referendum

    The Voice Referendum

    13 October 2023

    tl;dr vote yes I have been umming and ahhing over the referendum since before the date was set. When I first started looking into it there was very little information about it (that was easy to find). All I could find initially was the text of the constitution change, i.e., Chapter IX-Recognition of Aboriginal and…

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  • Sistaco Nail Powder Review

    Sistaco Nail Powder Review

    25 November 2022

    Yep! I succumbed to the ads on Facebook and bought some Sistaco mineral bond nail powders. I wanted to see if it was as magic as it seems…

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  • 2020: the year that wasn’t

    2020: the year that wasn’t

    31 March 2020

    I have been reflecting on 2019 and how it set me up for this year. 2019 was wonderful, and at times really difficult. Before 2019 I was not a goal-setter; I had this sense that setting goals was an exercise in futility because there is so much we can’t control that can derail those goals.…

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  • Karate

    Karate

    14 January 2020

    Contents Why I love it Focus Awareness Fun My journey Part of my favourite things (🌧🌹) series. A wonderful quote came across my Facebook feed this week, Consistency is what creates a great martial artist, not brute strength. Karate is not for rank, glory, or revenge. It is way of life, a way to protect…

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Put up advent calendar… only 5 days late. Hoping Put up advent calendar… only 5 days late. Hoping tomorrow I will flip three top row and catch up on the readings.

Rob Smith preached at our church on Sunday on Isaiah 9, and he said something to the effect of, “they were looking forward to the first advent of the Messaiah, but we look back to his first advent, and look forward to his second.” That added a new dimension to Christmas for me that I don’t often consider.
This Saturday it was so exciting, and humbling, an This Saturday it was so exciting, and humbling, and uplifting (yes, both of those!) to see these—my teachers, training mates, and life mate—achieve their next level of black belt. What a remarkable bunch of humans! 

Thanks Mum & Dad (Nelly & Grampa) for looking after Mark so I could be there!

#gkrkarate
My main reason for cruising the harbour yesterday My main reason for cruising the harbour yesterday was tagging along with @angelashoobert and @dereksamaha on a shoot at Cockatoo Island. So fun! I grabbed a few behind the scenes shots 📷🧡
Getting closer to the main event of my adventures Getting closer to the main event of my adventures yesterday: Cockatoo Island
Part of my adventures yesterday: ferry rides on #s Part of my adventures yesterday: ferry rides on #sydneyharbour
One short day in the Emerald City! The wonderful m One short day in the Emerald City! The wonderful music of @wickedinoz is still running through my head. Defying Gravity gave me chills! 🧹💚

It was also nice to come home to a toddler very happy to see me, and fascinated by my red lips! 😆💋

#wickedmusical #defygravity 
#marksymonds
Mark had his very first bus ride today! We went in Mark had his very first bus ride today! We went into the city and checked out the new LEGO store, largest in the world!
Not the easiest in the world to find though! Some champion had put into Google maps that the entrance is via 400 George St, and that it’s in Strand Arcade, neither of which is accurate. The store is in Sydney Arcade (near to, but different from Strand Arcade), and the entrance is on Pitt St. The external signage is tiny from the front; I hope it improves.
We had fun looking at the big builds and great Pick and Build wall!
#lego #legostore #legostoresydney #afol
Happy Halloween! The first photo is my dragon scal Happy Halloween! The first photo is my dragon scales nails to celebrate today 🐉
The rest are some of my favourite manicures over the last year of using the @sistaco nail system.
#sistaco #nailart
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