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Local community comes out in support of their library!
This is a very heartwarming tale.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jan/14/stony-stratford-library-shelves-protest
"The library at Stony Stratford, on the outskirts of Milton Keynes, looks like the aftermath of a crime, its shell- ( Read more... ) -
Something other than just sickness
Bloody hell, I think I'm feeling better!
First time I have felt anywhere near normal since 23rd December. I <3 antibiotics that actually work ( Read more... ) -
Swine Flu
Looks like what I came down with last week wasn't norovirus or food poisoning, but swine flu. I'm still ill with aching, upset stomach, headache, cough and exhaustion. Dave has is too, he came down with it on Christmas Day (what fun) and he's got it far worse than me - I think the flu jab I had in October has protected me from the worst. He's ( Read more... ) -
Good News/Bad News
Good news is: The man from British Gas came and fixed our boiler - some doobry had blown up, but the engineer had said doobry and could replace it easily. All done in 40 minutes and we now have a warm home again thanks goodness. He also didn't condemn the boiler which is what we feared, but we will be looking into getting a new system put in as ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
So, today is the day that the boiler broke leaving us without heat in the house over the coldest Christmas period for years. Marvellous.
However, today is also the day that I saw icebergs, ice floes and ice packed tightly into the estuary of the River Kent by the tide. It was a wonderous, awesome Arctic sight.
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Ebay - why do I bother?
Arrgghh, just needing to vent ( Read more... ) -
Sledging!
Despite the weather being horrible yesterday (nasty, melty snow, drizzle and fog), today dawned really bright and clear, and the snow hadn't all melted which meant that we could go sledging ( Read more... ) -
SNOW!!!!!!
Something nice for a change. We have snow, and it's beautiful ( Read more... ) -
Insomnia and it's unexpected consequences.....
Last few nights I haven't been sleeping at all well, so much so that I can't be bothered to go to bed tonight. In doing this, I appear to have possibly infected the computer with something - it started playing music and then a dialogue box came up from a website I hadn't gone to and asked me to click it because my computer was infected. I didn't ( Read more... ) -
This works on so many levels...
“They hang the man, and flog the woman ( Read more... )