Category Archives: What Caity is Reading

That was the year that was…

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Caitlin

January 2011: Floods. February: Clean-up from floods, plus: And we found termite damage. Which meant that: (with HUGE thanks to Mum and Dad for their generous help) March: And April: Also new gutters, new water tank, repairs to the solar … Continue reading →

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It never fails!

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Caitlin

So on Monday we saw Our Lovely GP – I needed to sort out some scr1pts, organise some blood tests for h0rm0ne levels (about which more another time), get a letter to excuse me from jury duty and we had … Continue reading →

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Since last we heard from Our Heroine…

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Caitlin

Let’s seeeeeee, what have I been up to? Well, I didn’t go to group therapy yesterday.  I had a m1graine instead. Niiiiice.  The new med1cat10n I’m starting after I see the nice psychiatrist in January is supposed to help, but … Continue reading →

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Arrgh! BEHIND!

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Caitlin

So I’m way behind on the art classes I’m enrolled in online.  Luckily they’re in formats where I can catch up… So what have I been doing instead?  Ummm… Well, today we went to the doctor – our GP is … Continue reading →

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This week…

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Caitlin

So this week in Jane’s Supplies Me class we’ve been working on blending pencil drawings and adding some watercolour. (one side of the face is deliberately left unblended to show the difference.  This blending was done using a cream prismacolor … Continue reading →

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2002…Secret Valentine Swap and David Wiesner’s illustrations

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Caitlin

It’s amazing what you find when you start to clean up… I knew this envelope had been sitting around for a while with cool stuff in it, and somehow it surfaced last week: [as always, clicky for biggy] It was … Continue reading →

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New book! (Thanks to Allen and Unwin)

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Caitlin

I was so thrilled when Mr Beloved brought home the post today – look what I won! I answered a question in one of the mailing list competitions Allen and Unwin send via email. “But wait!” you might be saying … Continue reading →

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Well, bugger. Insomnia…(rambling thoughts too early in the morning)

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Caitlin

I’m starting to write this at 5:45 am after another sleepless night.  WTF?  Here are some things I know about my insomnia: It’s not so much the lack of sleep that upsets me – it’s my struggle with my lack … Continue reading →

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Addlepated. And ummm – the other thingummy.

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Caitlin

Isn’t addlepated such a cool word? So I’ve been having a few memory and distraction problems of late.  More so than usual – it’s taking me more pages to remember if I’ve read a book before (although this could also … Continue reading →

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A Good Day

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Caitlin

Today was a good day – not only did we reach the milestone of having a complete roof, I got to meet up with a quilty/facebook friend. It was BRILLIANT!  Kate brought me three ginormous bags of books – lots … Continue reading →

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