Monthly Archives
366 days ago, I listed the books that I had read in 2007 as a permanent record of my reading and as a means to find out how I was doing with my perennial resolution to read more. So, by…
Continue readingIt is ages since I’ve watched the Royal Variety Performance, which was on tonight. But it was pretty good fun actually with a good mix of acts. I was a bit disappointed though by the song from Wicked. At first…
Continue readingSitting, as I have been in my study (kicking archive issues live at an unprecidented rate) which is located directed above the kitchen I, at times, get odd vibrations coming up through the floor. Just occasionally I find myself some…
Continue readingThomas is working, whilst plunged into darkness…
Continue readingThomas is working, whilst plunged into darkness…
Continue reading~ And so the day has come for our kitchen to be installed. Our appliances arrive good and early (one advantage for being out of John Lewisâ High Wycombe area) although we do subsequently discover that the hob and sink…
Continue readingThis morning has been manic, really manic. Helen and Nick kindly agreed to help Em and I as we boxed up our kitchen and turned the dining room into a makeshift servery for breakfast, lunch and takeaways. It took longer…
Continue reading~ Em’s birthday started with an early morning trip to Tesco (which Helen didn’t particularly enjoy), but we returned home for a leisurely breakfast and presents. Emma loved the watch I got her and she also got some other great…
Continue readingLeaving work today, I met up with Em and her sister in Blackwells and we wandered amongst the Christmas lights of Oxford and we did some festive shopping and bought traditionally over the top decorations for our first cake. Then…
Continue readingWhen at full strength there now seems to be an amazing twelve flautists in our band. This month’s concert should therefore stand as a watchword that one shouldn’t take lots of flutes for granted, for worryingly at tonight’s rehearsal there…
Continue readingIf last year wasnât full of enough change for you, then this year has continued at an epic pace. So, after the last season finale didnât leave you wanting more and with questions as where the story was going, then…
Continue reading~ It was a cold cycle into Oxford this morning but I so, so glad that I did it. I feel fresh and awake and altogether good. And yes, possibly a little cold around the edges… 🙂 ~ Today is…
Continue readingI slipped into town after work today to visit Oxford’s Registry Office and see our names up on the board… So if anyone has any objections they had best find their way to that notice in a locked corridor, up…
Continue readingâTwas a cold and frosty morn, today. Actually, it was pretty much cold and frosty all day. Even so, after Em got back from veterinary duties in the morning, we headed out for a nice walk on a slippery Brill…
Continue reading~ Dave The Kitchen Fitter came to see us yesterday evening for a site visit. With our new kitchen just one week away, whilst Em went into work, I set to dismantling the kitchen and de-tiling the kitchen. I had…
Continue readingI found this story about Suffolk coastal erosion interesting because this stretch of coast is one of my most favourite places in the country with some extremely fond memories. Itâs also the scene of my earliest distressing memories. When going…
Continue readingThanks to Jane for linking me to this review of the state of fantasy film adaptations. Itâs an interesting article, but one that leaves me in two minds. On the one hand I would like there to be more film…
Continue readingOur Christmas tree is up! Our first tree which is a fusion of Emmaâs trees and mine of recent years, is up and decorated and looking mighty special. When we thought about this before the event, I think both of…
Continue readingI donât know whether youâve seen this programme, but Wild About Your Garden is brilliant. Bloody brilliant. 🙂 Kind of like Ground Force for people who dislike decking, but love birds.
Continue readingThatâs it. They are done. We now have a stack of wedding invitations, signed, sealed and stamped and awaiting posting.
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