keep meaning to write more, but then I forget ( Read more... )

Yesterday and today, I did something I haven't done since my teenage years.
I made a model aeroplane from a kit.
It was a very simple kit (as it came in my christmas stocking) but the act of making something has been deeply pleasing.
The final product isn't too bad to keep either (which was one of my worries when I started..)

So from:

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With work looming again (after a mainly relaxed two whole weeks off) I'm taking this opportunity to wish all of you growth and happiness in the coming new year ( Read more... )

Some high points of my recent week + a few days:

An evening meal of at Okawari in Ealing with my mother.  I’m a big fan of Japanese cuisine, and the sushi selection there has enough vegetarian options to be viable (as opposed to a couple of Japanese places in the area which look at you as if you are mad if you ask if there is any sushi without ( Read more... )

If you find yourself thinking - "I could just do a quick spray of varnish on my 28mm figure that I have been painting for about 2 months (because I just couldn't get the colour balance right, and kept restarting) as it is finally finished and I want to have it dry for packing soon", it would be advisable, wise and some would say necessary to check ( Read more... )

OK, so the universe is trying to make me superstitious. Better than everyone trying to make me paranoid, I guess!

Some background (and therefore an update) first, the universal conspiracy to freak me out later..

We are currently losing the account I work for, haemorrhaging agents (over half the team gone, and the rest awaiting confirmed end dates ( Read more... )

Its official. I am an idiot ( Read more... )

Well I haven’t posted in a while, despite telling myself I should. Bad me! No biscuit!

Life has been doing its thing as usual, and I've been following along - some ups and downs, but mostly on an even keel.

Had the surprise of my line manager announcing that he’s leaving at the end of the month - to go work for our client in the position he ( Read more... )

Monday - received email from our training department, relating to the fact that we have to take a couple of modules on company policy to maintain compliance.. The modules are Privacy, Security and Ethics. Each has a short test to confirm that you have in fact read and understood ( Read more... )

I bought a new coat ( Read more... )