https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MirelasLife/Moments from my life. My personal journalhourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MirelasLife/618315t's funny how when the light hits you and you finally see what you've been hiding from yourself, you then stop and wonder how you didn't see it before. That's how I feel today. This is something I have harboured suspicions about for a while, but I have been afraid to face up to it. And I still...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MirelasLife/618236We had rehearsal for the Abbey festival yesterday, which went well mainly. Helen (sister), Phil (cousin) and Bridget (19-month-old niece) came along to try on their costumes, and for Bridget to see what the whole thing was about. She seemed to like it, so hopefully she will like the Abbey thing...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MirelasLife/618041I had an interesting conversation with my Dad today about the carbon emission theory of climate change. We both agree in our opinions on the subject in that we think that the whole thing is kind of scary, but not in the "oh god, the world's going to end" kind of way. More the "I can't believe...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MirelasLife/617891I went out to dinner tonight with the family. We went to the Kedron-Wavell RSL club for dinner for my cousin's birthday. RSL (for any non-Aussies who might read this) stands for "Returned Services League", and originally the clubs were just that, for returned armed service men. In recent years...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MirelasLife/617616I've spent a large part of the past few days working on the embroidery for this Bedouin toddler's costume for the Abbey Medieval Festival (If you click on that link, I'm actually in a pic on the front page in this costume in the photo below with my sword. The pic is on the lower left-hand side,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MirelasLife/617576Or actually a good idea. I mean something that encourages me to write has to be a good thing, right? I have been suffering from writer's block, and I'm looking for solutions. Perhaps this is just what I need? Or perhaps it's just a distraction from the things I should be doing: An email to uni...