Bins Angst

Sharp-eyed readers will remember back in October that I went to the opticians and was freed from the yoke of spectacles by the  Jesus-like exhortations of the opthalmologist. Cast them away, she said! In fact, cast them into this big bin in aid of Glasses for Africa, she said, so I did just that. And the result [...]

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The Joys of Alone

Got up at 6am and sat quiet in bed, savouring a cup of Earl Grey and listening to the robins in the eucalyptus tree outside my door. Three-quarters of an hour later, I ambled off for a shower and quietly ate my breakfast while reading Annie Proulx. No noise. No fuss. No hassle. No dash. [...]

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Cupboard Love

Truce suggested, possibly in a humorous vein, that I should list everything in my kitchen cupboards; and as I have photographic recall of my cupboards and fridge I think I will. So here goes:
Fridge: butter, milk, mustard, ketchup, horseradish (home made, and a zinger) pesto, sun-dried tomato paste, marmelade, jam, cream, cheese, salad, orange juice, ham, [...]

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BusyBees

A lovely morning with M, getting him dressed while watching Noddy, which seems to have gone PC like everything else!!! And two morons called Ben and Small who run the ‘cleanest cafe in toooooown’ or something that sounded like that as I whisked through the sitting room to put the kettle on. Mouse was entranced [...]

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A Day Well Done

Steaming ahead and finally getting to the bottom third of various piles around the place – the laundry basket, for one! Also the teetering butte of loosely stacked paperwork artfully placed by my right elbow. It’s now somewhat eroded, thank the lord. Two great meetings, a coached audit and a recruitment drive today, and that’s [...]

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New Camera!

Well, ok, I couldn’t resist it. At a 50% discount, to boot! I aim to take hundreds of lovely photos and get better at taking them, and this handy little snapmonster will aid me in my fell purpose…
I pick it up this afternoon before I shoot off on my jaunts. WooWooo!

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Friday Again??!

Ridiculous, the way that time just slips by. Here we are at the weekend, the majority of the way through the longest month of the year, and the preceding week has been amazing. Despite the fact that I seem to have got from Monday to Friday with no days passing, I’ve got loads done:
I ordered [...]

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Girls’ Night In

Well, I haven’t had one of these for a while! My dear friend M and I are planning an evening of rare jollity tonight. I’m picking her up on the way home from work, and we’re going to consume vast quantities of home-made mozzarella, sun-dried tomato and basil pizza, chilli and tomato prawn spaghetti, salad and [...]

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New Car!!

HeeHee! I have just filled out my paperwork for my new jalopy. The family Saab 9-3 goes back to the lease company on the 14th February, but on the 6th I am having a Citroen C1 in scarlet red delivered to work. She will be called Sixpence, in memoriam my lovely grandmother Joey, who had [...]

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Dreams and Possibilities

Blogging here regularly once more, I am reminded forcibly of how ordinary my life really is. This is no detriment. I’ve had enough excitement recently to last me a lifetime, and so some peace and quiet comes in handy. There’s time to write letters, potter in the kitchen, tidy; there’s time to do paperwork and [...]

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