@dansimmo1 ran another writing competition on his blog Fiction on Demand. This time the theme was The Sixties.
Well I am chuffed that I managed to place so here’s my story if you would like to have a read.

Thank you Dan for giving us the chance to get creative and I look forward to reading my prize – Kylie Ladd‘s After the Fall.

Essentials when we head to the movies. Of course when I ripped open the packet of maltesers it tore apart and they all came flying out so had to transfer them to the empty packet of twisties.

Winter essentials – Citrus fruit!

Today was meant to be a good day – a productive day. Hubby has taken time off so we could catch up on things and I had this great plan in my head of what I would do with my alone time and where we would go during the weekend. Well life happened and now I’m stuck at home listening to hubby play games – not happy Jan

This is where I would rather be today:

I love cows – that is all.

I used Emmanuel Mollois’ recipe to make these croissants for the family and I was pleased with the way they turned out – I put them all in the oven at once which I now know not to do because my oven burns the top tray. I thought I would save time with the kids running around etc …

For the times you just feel like a croissant but can’t get to the shop and do not wish to spend hours then just use puff pastry and follow what this lady suggests:

You can put cheese inside before baking and they turn out like cheese puffs.

After watching this on TV with Miss 4, we decided we would make bread just like Emily Yeung.

And here is our version:

It was delicious fresh out of the oven. If only we all had time to make our own bread the good old fashion way all the time.

This was last night’s dinner. It is one of the few Indian dishes I can cook for the littlies where I can guarantee it will be eaten very quickly with no complaints of being too spicy or not tasty enough.

What does transliteracy mean to me??
#andypoll: What does transliteracy mean to you? GO. Answer, RT, & check out the LITA interest group http://bit.ly/ciqgDx – tweeted by @wawoodworth

Am I transliterate? Hmmm let’s see…
I get woken up by the radio alarm clock and I keep listening to whatever is on until I snap out of my “don’t want to get out of bed” phase. First thing I do when I finally wake up is reach for my phone which has the time, the weather, my emails, twitter, facebook, have a quick turn at words with friends and have a look at the apps I can be bothered looking at depending on what suits on the day.

If staying home:

Then I get to read to my kids and watch kids tv with them which is highly interactive and lots of fun. I strongly recommend singing along. If time to cook something then I’m using my Jamie Oliver 20 minute recipes app or my 4 ingredients app on my phone or go online to aliveandcooking website for recipe ideas.

When kids are napping, I could take the opportunity to read my book. Towards the end of the day I get to read stories to the kids again and or play some online kids games.

If going to work:
I listen to the car radio or an audio book, catch up with staff once I get to the library, emails, twitter, facebook, library blogs, write minutes and notes in meetings, library staff wiki, reply to online and in person customer requests.

End of day:

Winding down can mean watching tv, reading one of my fashion magazines like my favorite Marie Claire, reading a book or an ebook, listening to my music on my iPod nano, blog or chat online with friends.

So reading and writing across various media platforms is predominantly what I do all day. In fact some days there is so much information to assimilate through reading and regurgitate through writing that I must filter through what is important and what can be ignored for my own sanity’s sake. And it isn’t only reading and writing, listening plays a huge part … Listening to the news, to podcasts and so on! Transliteracy to me is being able to embrace all platforms in which information can be obtained and the way in which we use these tools to better ourselves.

A literary meme obtained from Refuge for the literate that I changed a little

1. What author do you own the most books by?
Terry Pratchett

2. What book do you own the most copies of?
Harry Potter – English and French

3. Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
YES

4. a. What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Ron Weasley

b. What fictional character would you most like to be?
Galadriel

c. What fictional character do you think most resembles you?
Pocahontas

5. What book have you read the most times in your life?
The first chapter of Lord of the Rings – I could not get any further!

6. What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
The famous five series

7. What is the worst book you’ve read in the past year?
The Lost Symbol -Dan Brown

8. What is the best book you’ve read in the past year?
For the love of a son – Jean Sasson

9. If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen

10. Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
???

11. What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
For the love of a son – Jean Sasson

12. What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Hubby wants me to say Twilight hehehe

13. Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
Never had one

14. What is the most lowbrow book you’ve read as an adult?
The Twilight Series

15. What is the most difficult book you’ve ever read?
Lord of the Rings

16. What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you’ve seen?
Merchant of Venice

17. Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare

18. Austen or Eliot?
Austen

19. What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Most of the books my husband reads

20. What is your favorite novel?
Harry Potter

21. Who is your favorite writer?
J.K.Rowling

22. Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Stephenie Meyer

23. What is your desert island book?
Harry Potter

24. And … what are you reading right now?
A week in December – Sebastian Faulks

This is the 19 week ultrasound I had when I was pregnant with my baby boy. The 3D is awesome.