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The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

Perfect Cookies = Perfect Mum

June 2, 2010 Dirty Food

So, I don’t really bake. I blame this on my mother. What I mean is, I didn’t stand on a chair next to my mother watching her sift and stir, knead and fold, turning flour, sugar and eggs into magnificent confections. She wasn’t a baker. And she wasn’t that kind of mother – which is [...]

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“Vacation” Sounds Almost Exactly Like “Gastro.” But Not Really.

April 29, 2010 Random Grumbles

So, last Thursday I was moaning on Twitter about needing a day or two off from my completely suckadocious life, because I’ve been a reno-widow since before the holidays and the kids are totally tired of me, and I am completely fed up with them too, and I miss my life of eating dinner during [...]

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Making Tracks is Easy When You Ain’t Pushing a Stroller

April 12, 2010 The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

This morning I spent time in the apartment downstairs finalising the paint colours for the space. This is a subtle thing. It must read as “painted” and with some amount of colour, but not too much… and as pleasing a palate to as many people as possible. Modern. Clean. We have the place painted professionally [...]

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It Might Get Loud

April 6, 2010 The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

Last night I watched a documentary called It Might Get Loud. The description read: “A fascinating look at three generations of guitar players in the form of Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White as they demonstrate their ongoing love affair with the guitar.” That’s exactly what it was – unpretentious guitar-love. And it was [...]

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Getting Carded for Cigarettes Isn’t Quite as Awesome as it Sounds

March 31, 2010 The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

First I want to say… I guess I took a bit of a break for a while. The trick is to actually call it a break in the first place, rather than be left feeling like a loser-failure for not writing anything. An even bigger trick is to not feel supremely worse about it with [...]

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Last Random Act of Kindness for 2009

December 31, 2009 The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

Well, I was just out at the store foraging for the last of the booze food supplies and things, when I encountered the kind of shopper I just fucking hate. Usually it is a self-entitled woman, wandering around with her shopping cart parked in the very centre of the aisles, with her massive fur coat [...]

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The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Posting on a Friday

December 4, 2009 The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

Okay, it’s not much of a guide… it’s just another list, thanks to the hot cyber-crush I’m stalking my pal Adam Avitable, I’m using this survey-test he invented last weekend – it’s okay – he said we all could. I like to do what Adam tells me to do. It is for safety reasons that [...]

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Thirty-eight.

December 2, 2009 The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

So, I turned thirty-eight last Tuesday. Birthdays always mark a natural New Year kind of thing in me, as it should in everyone. I love my birthday. I love celebrating it. In the days leading up to it, and afterward, I feel very… reflective. I think of where I’m going, and where I’ve been. Taking [...]

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In the Mood For a Par-tay

November 21, 2009 The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

My birthday is on Tuesday. I will turn Thirty-eight. I feel pretty good about that. Tonight we are headed to my neighbour-friend’s cafe, The Claremont, to have eats, drinks and debauchery. I feel quite in the mood for this. I want to see the faces of my peeps… peeps from far and wide, peeps I [...]

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