http://springchook.nook.com.au Make stuff ... it's good for you! Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:58:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been baking today ... cake stalls everywhere for election day. It's a great opportunity to make some cash for my favourite causes, so today's been the day to invent ... Gingerbread Politicians! The red one is Kevin, there's blue John with his bushy eyebrows (made of coconut), a Green, ... http://springchook.nook.com.au/2007/11/23/eat-a-gingerbread-politician/ All the Springchook family are doing the happy dance this week! We just found out that oldest daughter, currently in grade 6, got accepted into the special accelerated program at the school she wanted - Box Hill High School. She had to sit a test for that, and it was ... http://springchook.nook.com.au/2007/05/29/doin-the-happy-dance/ A Lego iPod dock! There is a great tradition of Lego iPod docks - going way back to 2005, people have been forgoing buying the dock from Apple, to make their own. It's just a handy stand for your iPod, that encloses a cable, and keeps the precious machine out of ... http://springchook.nook.com.au/2007/05/18/whats-better-than-an-ipod-dock/ Here's a list I grabbed from Jess The Librarian Supposedly if you have seen too many movies, you have no life... I'm happy to say I manage 117 on this list! Way more than Jess... (x) Rocky Horror Picture Show (x) Grease (x) Pirates of the Caribbean (x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's ... http://springchook.nook.com.au/2007/05/01/ah-we-love-lists/ We did it - we went to the National Gallery Lego exhibit, and it was COOOOOOL! Thousands of white bricks, and you get to take a turn to do some building. Time limits when they are busy, but they gave us a generous 15 minutes. You make any kind of ... http://springchook.nook.com.au/2007/04/05/balloon-dogs-and-the-hollywood-sign/ We have a problem with our catalogue delivery (you know, the weekly bundle of Coles'n'Kmart'n'all the rest)- the friendly people that deliver to our street are so friendly that we get two of everything! I think two people must each have us on their map, and neither knows about the ... http://springchook.nook.com.au/2007/04/02/where-do-the-catalogues-come-from/ What is the preferred term? We are adding them to the school canteen menu - a great move, I think. We'll be able to make yummy, hot, tasty food suitable for the brown-bag treatment, that is actually full of healthy ingredients. And will be a match with the new healthy ... http://springchook.nook.com.au/2007/03/25/jaffles-or-toasted-sandwiches/ Canny Nookers will be able to work it out ... No. 2 son has been at it again. http://springchook.nook.com.au/2007/03/24/ok-so-whats-this-then/ It's true! At the National Gallery you will find an exhibit that lets big and little people build with Lego! School holidays ahoy! Here it is http://springchook.nook.com.au/2007/03/20/lego-at-the-ngv/ I'll let you scroll down to get to the answer. Dum de dum de dum... Still scrolling ... ... nice day for a scroll... ... it's worth it, really. Trust me... ... just a bit more .... ... and some more .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A: It's a Dalek in a happy face mask. Thanks, number 2 son. http://springchook.nook.com.au/2007/03/20/q-what-is-this/