Swancon

April 14, 2009 at 11:18 pm · Filed under Conventions, Puggle

I had a lovely time:-) Many things worked for me (including the Kiddy Programme, most worthwhile, and I’m looking forward to seeing how it develops in years to come:-) ), but for me, this year was all about the gaming:-)

Big_jobbies did a fabulous job of organising a really welcoming gaming stream—I have not previously gamed at a con, but this year I played lots! So I thought I’d chat about some of the ones I particularly enjoyed playing or watching. (I was particularly looking for things that would work with kids.)

Villa Paletti
This was probably my favourite game:-) Huge fun! I really want to play more of this:-)

Zooloretto
This is one that I’m looking forward to trying with Puggle in a couple of years—it seems aimed directly aimed at him:-) All those animals, and there’s even an expansion set with a Polar Bear!

Hot Cocot
This was was one that Puggle and Bilby enjoyed playing, and I did too:-)
Agil’up
I played this quickly with the kids, and while it wasn’t a resounding success, we enjoyed it enough that I thought it would grow on us:-)
(I have bought both of these, the Australian Geographic shops currently have them in stock. In fact, I’ve given one of each away as a birthday present as well! Since we got them, Puggle has played with them repeatedly:-) )

Pitchcar
I didn’t actually play this one, but I watched a few games and it seemed pretty cool:-) It looked playable by a fair range of people—and most entertaining.

I played a few other games, and watched a number more—I was rather intriged by the BattleStar Galactica game, and Wings of War looked interesting (although, far too complicated for me, with that number of people!), but I now feel enthused about trying out the EuroGamesFest:-) We’ll see.

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Food Post Friday

February 6, 2009 at 1:43 pm · Filed under Conventions, Domestic Life, Food, Menu

Friday: Wine dinner. We’re on Dessert/Kid’s food. I’m taking my version of Pioneer Woman’s Best Lasagne Ever (last week was a real mix up of meals, so we didn’t do the lasagne in the end) for the kids, and we’re doing Caramelised Pineapple with Hot Chocolate Sauce for dessert.
Saturday: Somehow, I completely failed to plan (or shop for!) this meal… I guess I’ll do Aloo Dalna (or maybe there’ll be some lasagne left).
Sunday: Roast Pork with Apple and Apricot Risotto
Monday: Baked Chimichangas
Tuesday: Avocado Pasta
Wednesday: Dinner with Grandma and Grandad
Thursday: Steak (I may try marinating it) with More-ish Crunch Salad

Once again, there’s a few I thought I’d blogged… Maybe I’ve done more of our winter recipes…

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My Very Own Jedi

March 26, 2008 at 12:06 am · Filed under Conventions, Domestic Life, Family, Puggle

Puggle decided that two of the wickets we have (pink and blue) would make an excellent “Light-saver”, after watching Jedi Boot Camp at Swancon. He held them together as a staff weapon (we were sitting near that crowd, rather than the sword kind), and was stomping around “One, two, three, four, five!”

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Fan Food

March 2, 2007 at 12:15 am · Filed under Conventions, Food

Feel like some Lembas? Fried Taters? Here’s a collection of recipes that might help.

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Post Femmeconne

September 11, 2006 at 5:05 pm · Filed under Conventions

I had such a fabulous time at Femmeconne! Lots of really interesting conversations and people all over the place:-) Thanks to Calli and Babylon for organising it.

I mentioned Puggle’s chore charts at one of the panels. So I’ve included them below.
Morning Jobs.
Evening Jobs.
The idea for them was not mine, I saw a post on Works for Me Wednesday a couple of months ago, and thought it looked like a good idea, so I did our own version. I liked the idea of the hand as a built in mnemonic.
I printed the morning one on yellow paper and the evening on blue, removed the border of the page, and then laminated them. They are stuck to the back of his bedroom door. He loves to ‘read’ them:-)
If anyone would like a copy without a name, feel free to let me know and I can send you one:-)

And if you’re after information on Flylady, just follow the link.

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Carol with a twist…

December 25, 2005 at 2:38 pm · Filed under Conventions, Uncategorised

I really like Irregular Webcomic

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