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Since buying our new House cardinalsin and I have been slowly and inexorably drawing closer to some serious DIY. We have had the central heating put in, sky TV installed and put up a couple of shelves, coat hooks and a shower rail. All these little jobs have been leading up to the first big one ( Read more... ) -
Poop poop! Poop poop!
Today was my catch up driving lesson ( Read more... ) -
A pleasant surprise and a dilemma...
So, I was fidgeting around at my desk this morning as I sometimes do and (as I sometimes do - please don't ask any more) I decided I would try putting my earring through my old nose stud hole. I periodically do this to find out how much of the hole has closed up in case I ever want to repierce it ( Read more... ) -
Funny old start to the year...
I think I have cracked being healthy... this has come as a bit of a shock being such a bookworm but apparently cycling to the station and going to the gym at lunchtimes makes you fitter ( Read more... ) -
Films 2005/2006
Last year I kept a list of all of the books I read over the year and a couple of line on what I thought of them. I found the exercise very interesting and have reread the entry many times over the last year. As is obvious from the last entry I am going to do it again this year (although without the 1 hour and 30 mins on a train every working day ( Read more... ) -
Book List 2005/2006
As was successful last year this will be my list of books for the coming year. Last year I realised I read a lot of junk food and made a conscious effort to read more challenging books. I really enjoyed that. Towards the end of the year I started a lot of non-fiction books which I have yet to finish to they will get bumped into this years list ( Read more... ) -
Moving House
So this is the final weekend of packing before the projected house move on Friday. I am throwing lots of things away, giving lots of bags of stuff to charity and we are still going to have huge amount of stuff come moving day. As far as I can see this is mainly books. I have been through the bookshelves and sent a small pile of about 8 to ( Read more... ) -
A long time coming
So I haven't posted in an AGE...
The missing highlights are:
I have a new job which I am nicely settled into and enjoying a very great deal.
cardinalsin and I are buying a house (with a garden and a greenhouse ( Read more... ) -
Book Club - The Art of Murder by Jose Carlos Somoza
Before I do a holiday write up I need to get down our book club musings before I forget them.
This time our book was chosen by lathany. It was the Art of Murder by Jose Carlos Somoza. This was his second book to be translated into English. The first book was the Athenian Murders which I had previously lent to lathany.
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Last day at work
So today was the last day at work and effectively the last day of my training contract. I was really touched at how many people came to say goodbye and at the size of my leaving gift. I have had some good times and some bad like you get in any job but I have met some amazing people and been encouraged to co-write and publish two articles ( Read more... )