FAO knitnurseIt's deceptively large, doesn't look that big on the map but you could wander around for hours. I didn't explore it all, 'cos by the time I finally dragged my lazy arse out of bed there wasn't huge amounts of daylight left, and frankly I was about as well equipped as a poster girl for why we need the mountain rescue ( Read more... )

snooj, I found Ni !

"Do you really think it's appropriate just to bodge that back together with duct tape ?"
"Well, yeah. What with it being a duct..."

1. My internet connection is useable. Painfully slow but acceptable if reading a book at the same time, hurrah !
2. knit_nurse eats raw mushrooms in the bath.
3. I have almost completed my own personal Skippy List.
4. There is much in the way of entertaining work scandal to tell.
5. But first, a year or so of catch up reading...

Fell out of a tree on Sunday, giant swollen oozing arm and multiple bruises. Driving to work this morning and all the wheels on my jeepy thing suddenly locked up. It's amazing how slidy those overwide tyres get. Waiting on the garage to unscramble my brakes, whilst desperately hoping they do it very cheaply. Still no internet access, so I will ( Read more... )

I have working broadband, but no working internet browser...

On the subject of being accosted by nutters in the internet tearoom, I think I have just been accused of having an affair ( Read more... )

It seems that a scalpel is not the best tool for amending drainage systems. Who knew ?!

9 steristrips, 1/2 a tube of medical superglue, 3 innoculations against a variety of waterborne diseases, 1 week of antibiotics and 7 hours in A'n'E later, I think I can safely say that I know ( Read more... )

Mostly this weekend has been filled with flirting via the medium of food (French apple tart and an obscure thing his Mum used to make); finally finding a parcel of knitted creatures that have been hanging around my doorstep for several days (1 x caped pig, 1 x SWAT penguin); and trying to live my life according the the tenets of Prometheus (no ( Read more... )

Human Slinkies. People who have no real point but would bring a smile to your face if pushed down the stairs.