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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Tellulah’s Dull and Boring and Uneventful Life

I’ve provided evidence of Oberon’s continuing existence. It’s now time to prove Tellulah’s. Yes, she’s still alive…

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My Dull and Boring and Uneventful Life

I’m still sick, albeit not as bad as before. Now I’m basically down to a cough at…

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Sunrises and More Sunrises

What can I say? They tend towards the spectacular here. I doubt it’s surprising given that we…

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Internet!!!!

I gotta play on the internet today. I mean, I got to play on the internet today….

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A Job Offer

I was offered a job.  But wait, it gets better. It’s for a new magazine here in…

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I Had A Job Offer

Fahim and I went and met with Nimmi, a woman he used to work with at YA-TV….

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And Yes, I’m Still a Little Sickie

Fahim ordered me to nap. Both yesterday and today. I’m tired, I feel tired, I look tired,…

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Visiting Teaching

I forgot. I almost forgot. But I remembered. Late, as it happens, but I remembered. My visiting…

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Yeah, Whatever.

I’m still sick. I have no brains. I do nothing. I feel terrible. And Fahim made me…

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Household Stuff I’m Just Not In The Mood For

Laundry. Did it anyway. What can I say? I get annoyed when the laundry piles up, and…

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More Blasted Buddhist Music

AAAARGH!!!! Although I don’t really know for a fact that it’s Buddhist music. It could have been…

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Triple Cat Food Walking

Today, there were three pieces of cat food wandering around. One was still in the kitchen –…

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Oberon Is Still Alive

Just so ya know, we haven’t had him in a casserole or soup yet. Although he’s nice…

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And Now I’m Sick

It started this morning – sore, dry throat, stuffiness. Aargh. Don’t you find it hard to imagine…

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Dead Veggies

You remember me belleeakin’ about how Fahim likes his veggies cooked to the point of dead and…

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Sometimes I Wonder

Today was church day, of course. Although why I say of course, I don’t know. If I…

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Relief Society Newsletters

are fairly common back in the wards I’ve been in in Canada. Here, not so much. So…

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Sri Lankans and Fudge

When it was mentioned we were learning to make fudge, one of the Sri Lankan women said,…

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Homemaking, aka Home Breaking

So. Today is homemaking, although it’s now officially called something like Enrichment. But I can’t keep track…

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Dead Veggies

We unload the groceries, and I make lunch. Or did I make lunch before we went shopping?…

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Produce on Saturdays

Fahim and I don’t go shopping very often on Saturdays. I think we have once or twice…

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This is the SECOND Time I’ve Written This Entry, I Swear

Either that, or I’m hallucinating. Fahim voted for hallucinating. Nice to know he has that much confidence…

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Buddha Statue.

You can see them in various sizes all the way from small – a foot or so…

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Sinhalese Lessons. Yay!!

And that’s why I have to go out. I’m scheduled for Sinhalese lessons today, with Rosemary teaching,…

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Cell Phones Need Money?

Yesterday, while I was making a phone call, my cell phone died. Okay, not the cell phone…