Freecycle

I just want to say how much I approve of freecycle. Freecycle enables you to give away stuff free to others through using the Internet. My parents have been talking about getting rid of our electronic organ, that all three kids learned to play on. It was already second-hand when it was purchased in the early 1980s, so didn't know how to put a price tag on it. They didn't want to just through it out so that's where I came in. I had heard of freecycle from my brother and thought it was the best option. We got rid of the organ, it goes to a good home and we don't have to organise moving it. One Sunday I posted a notice to my local group not expecting much of a response. Within 24 hours I had six responses, two of which (after seeing photos) were still interested. By the end of the next Sunday the organ had been collected and we had a large empty space we can now fill with more stuff. It was great!

Hands

Two days ago I was drying my Fredo frog work mug when a piece of the handle came flying off. To begin with I thought that was the only thing wrong. Then I noticed the blood. I had managed to cut the top part of my middle left finger, on the inside, right over the fist knuckle crease. It didn't hurt too much but boy did it bleed. I won't describe further except to say that it eventually took three band-aids ,on top of each other, to get it under control. Anyway the whole point of this story is that I hadn't realised just how often I use this finger considering I am right-handed. I use it to hold things, keep things balanced e.g. dishes when dish washing, and just general hand stuff. It just goes to show just how difficult it would be to readjust doing things if you lost the use of part of finger, no matter what handedness you are.

Thursday Thirteen #2

Thirteen places I'd like to travel to or revisit 1. Petra in Jordan. Where some of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" was filmed. 2. Ancient ruins in Syria. 3. Parthenon in Athens. 4. Other ancient Greek ruins in Greece. 5. Pyramids in Egypt. 6. Versaille in France. 7. Gallipoli in Turkey. 8. Prince Edward Island, where "Anne of Green Gables" was written. 9. Rome in Italy 10. Walk the length of Hadrian's Wall in Great Britain 11. South Island of New Zealand (I've been to the North island but not the South) 12. Kakadu National Park in Northern Territory, Australia. I am an Australian, born and bred, and have yet to get there. 13. Safari in Africa Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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Cats

Sitting here on the computer I just had to share with you all my current situation. I share two cats with my parents (seeing I live at home) and Minty (the pound cat - domestic tabby) is helping me. She is currently sitting in front of the computer screen, which makes life interesting when you are trying to read from it. I don't mind too much :). Sumalee (purebred Siamese) is sleeping on the end of my bed. She wanted someone to go to bed and as I was working on the computer in my bedroom she decided this was good enough.

Thursday Thirteen #1

Thirteen Things about YOUR NAME 1. My blog name is the first three letters of my first, middle and surname 2. My name is Kirsten but was originally going to be Kirsty Ann 3. My dad wanted to give me a Norwegian name but mum thought it would be to difficult a name to give a little girl 4. My name is often shortened to Kirst or Kirsty 5. Only close family can call me the above nick names 6. As a teenager I hated being called Kirsty, I thought it was too childish 7. When I went to pre-school there were two other Kirstens, one Kristen and one Kjirsten 8. In Grade One my best friend was also Kirsten, made life confusing 9. A lot of people put the 'r' before the 'i' so it becomes Kristen, which is annoying but I've come to live with it. 10. When I lived in the USA ameicans would pronounce it as "KEERsten", while Australia it sounds more like "KURsten" 11. Kirsten is the Scandinavian form of the name Christine, which is the feminine form of the name Christian 12. Kirsten means "follower of Christ." 13. I love my name and wouldn't want to change it Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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