Ploughing on

Well, actually doing slightly better than that! Quietly proud of myself – there’s no shortfall in service delivery (!) – in fact, I think things are going better than normal. I even went to the supermarket last night after work with the Mouse and got the weekly shop done. Never do that on a normal [...]

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all alone and actually happy

D has had to go to Crete, to help his grandfather; his grandmother died unexpectedly this week, so huge family drama; and Mother in law and husband have jetted off today to try to sort things out.
I am ok, surprisingly; I thought I’d be panicking but I’ve had supper, the house is bristol-fashion, the piggymouse [...]

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Friends Reunited

So this is not about the egregious peer-tracking site but about me and my friend C, who met up this weekend to go to the Bike Show at the NEC.
I had a wonderful day; it was not without it’s moments of bittersweet comedy; it was excellent to see him again.
I nearly bought a very expensive [...]

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Good food, good friends

Ah , there’s nothing better than the above, no?
 Having a lovely evening,with  Matt and Sian, who have graced us with their presence, and made our weekend very much more lovely than it would have been.
 More later after another bottle of white and the remains of the cava!

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Appraisal

It’s my annual review today, and I aim to ask for three things – let’s hope the genie in the bottle is feeling in a wish-granting mood!!
I won’t say what they are, for fear of sounding ridiculous, but I will come back and tell you what I managed to obtain. Watch this space.
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YAY!!!! I’ve got a [...]

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Boo Hoo!!

Jane, my mother-in-law from heaven, has gone home today – bang goes dinner ready when we get home, ironing done, washing done and gardening done. But most importantly, bang goes a glass of wine and a natter in the evening with a true kindred spirit.
She has saved my ass time and again over the last [...]

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If I was to heist a gallery…

This is what I’d steal.

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Weekends suck

I’m just glad to be back at work. There’s something to be said for working straight through – at least your expectations are not too high, you know what’s coming!
Things didn’t go quite to plan and we had one of those disappointing couple of days which  would have been better kept until another time of [...]

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