[boggled] I started off the day looking for a way to code Jenni's requested pay-for-download pages. I ended it by having a reasonable grasp of SMIL, XLS (I already know XML, mostly, I'm just too lazy to use it. Here, anyway.), how to code PHP (sort of. I'll need to look further into them all if I'm to use them) and considering whether installing an RSS feed on Jenni's page might be a good idea (which I think it is. I could install it here too, except I don't think it would get much use. I'd find it handy for myself, though: I have
far too many blogs to read every day...)
The meme Lutra's referring to came from
Kitchen Witch, and here's my version.
What was I doing ten years ago?
Looking forward to the 14 month hurdle when I planned to stop breast-feeding Kai, as by that time [wince] he had teeth. Why 14 months? Because received wisdom at the time was that breast-feeding up until 13 months helped prevent the child developing asthma (as well as being best for baby, of course!).
He was a very hungry baby...
What was I doing one year ago?
I can't remember. Hang on...
.................
Blog entry for this time last year says I'd finished redecorating the bedroom, made the window's main curtains, almost finished the wardrobe curtains, and met my sewing machine's gremlin. Interesting. I seem to get these urges to redecorate in the winter...
Five snacks I couldn't live without
Hm. I'm not sure there are any I really couldn't live without. There are some I turn to time and time again - like cheese, especially Jarlsberg or Leerdammer, and sushi, and ramen (when I have it in) - but I can live without them if I have to. I'd find it difficult giving up diet coke though.
Five songs to which you know all the lyrics
I know the lyrics to all my favourite songs. But my favourites to sing are the Scott Walker version of Jacques Brel's If You Go Away (which is my song for Ken), Bowie's Wild is the Wind (Ken's song for me), Shania Twain's That Don't Impress Me Much, Judy Small's The IPD, and Kaiser Chiefs' Oh My God.
Five things I'd do if I was a millionaire
Like Lutra, my first thought was - just a millionaire, or a multi-millionaire?
Well, for the first option I'd pay off the mortgage and slap a hefty sum in trust for Kai for when he hits 21 (none of this 18 nonsense - 21 is a most magical number and he'd just have to wait the extra 3 years!); have an extension built with a garage underneath and a big bedroom for Kai over it (freeing up his room for guests again); have done all the household things we haven't been able to afford so far, like double glazing and a decent kitchen. And I suppose I'd buy a car, if I could find one that was sufficiently ethical. Networked computers, home cinema, that sort of thing. A family holiday or two. Enough of a pension to make our later years comfortable. Small dreams that are big to us.
That was more than five, wasn't it? Well, count the household things as all one...
Multi-millionaire, though - now that's a different thing. Pay off this mortgage, yes - then have another house built to our specifications to be moved into in 10 years time or so when Kai's finished secondary school. And big donations to charity. RSPCA, PDSA, NSPCC, National Trust, WWF. Start our own small publishing concern! Learn to fly! Buy a helicopter!
So nice to dream...
Five things I like doing
Writing. Swimming. Flying. Riding (horses, that is). Dancing. Unfortunately I don't do the last two at all any more, can't afford to fly, and rarely get to swim. But that's OK, I like writing best anyway...
Five things I'd never wear again
My first wedding ring (can't anyway - I sold it). Slave collar. (Oh wait, sorry - it says again. Forget that one then...) Dresses (unless forced at gunpoint). Skirts (ditto). Stiletto-heeled shoes. A multi-coloured crocheted poncho ([wince] But I was very young, and I had made it myself...).
Five favourite toys
Kood (my mp3 player), my digicam, and the last three are too personal to list here.
I'm tired, and I have another busy day tomorrow, and I've done none of my own writing for
four bloody days - no wonder I'm growling! Aiming for an early night I think.
And no, I still haven't managed to sort out the pay-for-download. (The cheapest e-commerce software package I found was £199 and I'm not forking out for it!) I think I am a little closer to a solution though.
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
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