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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Today is NOT, I repeat, NOT a power outage day

Fahim told me it was. Yesterday. Because he was told it was at work yesterday. He got…

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And another power outage is scheduled for tomorrow. 8 am to 5 pm again.

Drat.

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Have I mentioned that we don’t actually know for sure which town we live in?

We could be in Pelawatte, or we could be in Thalanguma South. I probably spelled that whole…

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We got a property tax assessment in our mail today

It’s for the owner, not us, to pay, but that doesn’t prevent me from having fun with…

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There’s nothing funnier than Asterix & Obelix in Sinhalese

Oh, and the power’s back on. So I just turned the tv on, and what do I…

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Another power outage is scheduled for today

Power outage scheduled for 8 am to 5 pm today. The vehicle with loudspeaker drove around in…

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People are weird . . .

I’m sitting in the chapel at church, waiting for sacrament meeting to start. I’m having a nice…

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Oh, and then . . .

And then . . . This same guy sits down to my left and behind. No big…

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It Just Finished Raining . . .

Yep. That fast, and it was over. Not even a minute long.

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It Just Started Raining . . .

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Power Outage

We were scheduled for a power outage today from noon until 5pm. It actually started sometime before…

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I Love the Internet

Too bad I don’t have it at home to play on. Or update my blog more frequently….

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I’m Light Sensitive

I’ve known this for a long time. I can see flickers on monitors with refresh rates above…

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Duruthu Poya Day

That’s today. Poya Day happens every full moon. There aren’t any huge festivals related to it that…

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More on data backups . . .

In all honesty, I have my autosave set to one minute.  I have a very, very low…

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Data Backups

I’m gonna get all geekie and anal on everyone here.  I’m also going to preface the rest…

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Devil’s Food Cake

That’s what I made. But with a difference. No, make that a few differences. Instead of flour,…

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Oh yeah. And a Happy New Year. Or something like that.

Seriously. Have a Happy New Year. Knowing us, we’ll go to bed at the same time as…

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And then there were none. . .

We’ve had leftover dates from Ramadan, and I thought they smelled moldy. Fahim insists that they aren’t,…

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Oberon and Tellulah, the Junkies

As is usual for them, they meowed and complained until Fahim let them out the front door….

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Relief Society Newletter

I mentioned how I elected to start up a Relief Society Newsletter here. Well, the first issue…

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Whatever. It’s time to move on.

I’ve mentioned how Fahim is a sugar guy? He adds mounds of sugar to everything and he…

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The Sign of the Beast

I color my hair. I don’t believe in only allowing natural hair colors to show. Never have….

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I’m melting . . . I’m melting . . .

You’d think that, what with it being monsoon season and all, that it wouldn’t be quite so…

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Remember that Septic Tank?

This morning, some guy shows up to finally cover up the thing. How do I know? Is…