I hate new year resolutions! At least I have for quite a long time. I think they’re cliché, they’re too often setting yourself up for failure — people don’t realise that change and improvement usually don’t happen in a linear fashion — and if you really want to make a change, or want to achieve […]
Archives for 2011
All Mankind’s Simple Desire
My copy All Mankind’s new album Simple Desire came in the post a couple of weeks ago. I love it more and more every time I listen to it! I love the energy of Can You Hear Me? and Break the Spell, and I really enjoyed the peaceful vibe of Lay Me Down while I […]
Images & Adblock Plus
I haven’t used ad-blockers for a very long time… partly because I haven’t used Firefox (regularly) for a long time, and I’ve been slow to adopt Chrome plugins. Also, I’m a little conflicted about denying site-owners potential income by blocking their ads. So, I’m not an expert on ad-blocking by any means, but I ran […]
Pittwater Sailing
In July there was a long weekend, and hubby and I got to go away with his friends from work and their partners. We rented a catamaran on which we ate, drank, slept, played games and sailed a bit too. While we were out there was quite a bit of rain, so the charter company […]
Strawberry ricotta tarts
I baked these yesterday and they were great! The recipe is adapted from recipes on Proud Italian Cook and Masterchef Australia. Ingredients 2 sheets shortcrust pastry 1 cup ricotta cheese 1/3 cup cream cheese 3/4 cup sugar 1 tbs vanilla extract 2 eggs 1 punnet strawberries 1-2 tsp berry jam Directions Preheat oven to 180ºC […]
kristarella.blog Network in Progress
I’ve finished the move of kristarella.blog to a new server (well, that happened a while ago, but I’ve made more progress since then)! The improvements to WordPress (WP) over the last couple of years have been great! The integration of WordPressMU with the main WP stream into WP networks was a good move for any […]