It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I mean, I know there’s been sporadic posts, but my old frequent posting schedule has gone by the wayside. That’s mainly down to the new job, but some of that is not being sure what to say. I mean, talking about what’s going on in my life seems pretty… well, lacking, when I’m looking at what’s going on in the US ( Read more... )

Did anyone keep the receipt for 2016? I think we need to take it back, it’s clearly broken.

Originally published at Mostly lemon based. You can comment here or there.

Well, fuck.

Originally published at Mostly lemon based. You can comment here or there.

We were definitely going for some kind of adulting / granola lesbian award.

- Home made pancakes for breakfast (spelt…)
- Already cleaned the house this weekend…
- Hardware store for implements of destruction
- Farmer’s market (just after opening) for our shopping
- Coffee at a local coffee place
- Home for lunch (rather than our usual disorganised ( Read more... )

So the quiet around here, which those of you familiar with my blogging will be well aware of, is because of the new job. See, the new job is challenging in a way that is totally familiar - I feel way out of my depth, I feel stressed and anxious, and I spend approximately every waking hour preparing for - or doing it. Which is much like when I first ( Read more... )

Just occasionally I feel slightly settled. I still have to catch myself and remind myself that I live here. This is home now.

Coming back to our apartment does feel like home, kinda. It’s not decorated the way we would decorate (I know Americans, at least in the PNW seem to love brown, I still don’t). It’s not our style of building. But it’s got ( Read more... )

I appear to have traded a job where my availability was horrendous because my hours were all over the place, and where I was exhausted from switching from days to nights all the time to one where I am exhausted from working an improbable number of hours in each week. At least for me.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited by the new job, and it’s fun ( Read more... )

So, on my night shifts (last for a good long time, I presume), I re-read my NaNoWriMo chunk - from 2013. It turns out I still don’t hate it, and I’d quite like to know what happens ‘next’. Which makes me think maybe it’s non-awful and potentially worth me fiddling with it some more.

I mean, there are problems, many and manifold, and there’s some ( Read more... )

So remember how last week I said we would be getting perc holes dug? Remember the proto-enthusiasm?

Yeah.

’bout that.

No.

See, we called on Monday - agreed a rough time with our groundworks contractor - and then called the septic guy - and arranged a time. Then Kathryn called back our groundworks contractor - and couldn’t reach him. She tried 3 ( Read more... )

So I have been trying to set up our Subsonic server so that I can actually listen to podcasts (and - I suspect - with a bit of cunning BBC radio 6 music, which would be amazing) while I’m in the car (via my phone). This, one might imagine, would not be difficult.

Open the relevant port on the router (which I always forget to do) - and lo, it ( Read more... )