And just like that, it appears to be Monday morning again. I'm consoling myself wth the knowledge that if I survive this Monday, I've got the next two off. The 29th is a Bank Holiday and then I've got the 5th booked off as a holiday to recover from Collectormania ( Read more... )

As part of my 101 Things In 1001 Days I set out to write a list of 100 Things That Make Me HappyIt took me something like 2 months to compile the list and I was mindful to try and make sure it wasn't just fandom related - that it was very well-rounded and covered a variety of things that I enjoy ( Read more... )

A couple of my friends have signed up for the 101 Things In 1001 Days challenge and it intrigued me. I have signed up and completed my list.

The Challenge:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks ( Read more... )

Everything we take for granted has been invented by someone, someone had to do it first and quite often things were discovered by accident, while trying to do something else.

Right?

So... that first person to make a white sauce, to melt butter and stir in flour, and then milk... what on EARTH were they doing?

I'd planned on writing today. I'd set aside the whole afternoon for it. Found a pretty awesome looking classical/instrumental playlist on spotify, leared my desk and everything. Guess what didn't happen?

I did, however, throw out two black bags of rubbish (seriously, where does it all COME from?), list some books up for sale on ebay, listen to ( Read more... )

I have just made the most amazing - even if I do say so myself - sweet & sour chicken stifry ( Read more... )

So there I was yesterday making thinkythoughts about Teryl Rothery and My Lord & Master and who should pop up in the first couple of episodes of the 5th season of White Collar? It was very much an 'oh, I recognise THAT voice' kind of moment ( Read more... )

I had one of those wonderful epiphanies today - it's been a hard slog over the last seven/eight months, but I think the whole having therapy and taking the anti-depressants thing is working. It's been almost three months since I attempted suicide. It's been about a month since I self-harmed ( Read more... )

Today has been pretty draining. There's a sense of achievement that goes with it but also epic zombieness. I'm also fairly sure I deserve a gold star or something ( Read more... )

I successfully achieved everything on my to-do list this evening... admittedly it was only updating my recipe website and finish the book I was reading but feeling accomplished regardless! :D

I posted, backdated, all my recipes from here to my cooking website - and I found it very telling that I basically didn't cook anything from mid-Feb to when ( Read more... )