Author: LMAshton

Howdy! I'm a beginner artist, hobbyist photographer, kitchen witch, wanderer by nature, and hermit introvert. This is my blog feed. You can find my fediverse posts at https://a.farook.org/Laurie.
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Doctors and internet and TMI alert.

Our internet connection went out today and wasn’t scheduled to come back until 2pm. Were they fixing…

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Flame wars, anyone?

Ever read an email or a forum post and you didn’t know if the comment was kind…

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Fahim and I watched the first four seasons, but haven’t watched season five yet. We’ll watch it…

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Today, I eat jello

If you know my dislike for jello, you’ll understand that this, of course, means I’m sick. Yeah,…

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Geek help needed… Cursor skipping problems.

I have a Compaq nx6120 laptop – got it last June. Today, it started having a problem…

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Web 2.0 Validator

I came across Web 2.0 validator recently and ran my website through it. I scored very low…

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Site Scoring

I recently came across a website that does site scoring. I ran this site – http://www.srilanka.laurieashton.com –…

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History Quiz

1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? 2) Which country makes Panama hats? 3) From…

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Gas. Oh, excuse me!

It finally ran out today. Sort of. I was cooking lunch and saddened at how low the…

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Propane again?

So*, I cooked lunch, and still, the propane didn’t run out. Since the tank is upside down…

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Roof Lizard

He was at it again. Not the falling into the garden and can’t get out bit. No,…

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Explosion!

I have a morning routine. It starts with me putting a pot of water on to boil,…

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Propane Revisited

So I’m making breakfast, which here, consists of boiling water to a. make tea for Fahim and…

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Cooking Propane

Our stove is propane powered. We have these gas cylinders that we attach to the stove, and…

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Seven hour laundry

We live in a rental that comes with things like a fridge, a stove, and a clothes…

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Googling Arpico

So*, I do a Googlesearch today – want to find out the phone number for the local…

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Cyclops kitten

No doubt this has made the rounds in various blogs all over the place. I’m throwing it…

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Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day

Today marks the first Poya day of the year. And of course, the Buddhist monks were at…

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Recipes and Photos

I installed Gallery2 and have uploaded all of my photos, all 1400-odd of them, and have them…

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Zoo!!!!!!

It was decided yesterday that we were going to the zoo today. But… The parents of the…

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Coir Mattresses

So*, we slept over at Fahim’s parent’s place. And we had the utmost luxury of sleeping on…

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Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival Day)

So it’s Id-Ul-Alha, or Hadji Festival Day. We had outside food – Fahim’s mom had arranged it…

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Hadji Festival tomorrow

And because of it, Fahim got Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday off. Yay! Also, Fahim’s sister and her…

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New clothes!

As part of the Festival tradition, we gave the new clothes we bought to everyone, and Fahim’s…

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Apollo Hospital

After work, Fahim and I headed over again to visit his mother, who was supposed to be…