Not much to report today:

* I was at work until 6.45pm, because I have too much to get done this week. Yesterday was a 6.20pm finish. At least I know I have to finish on time tomorrow, because of picking up Eldest.

* I played a quick game of Literati with angelofthenorth and her boyfriend last night. M won, which it was quite evident from the first couple ( Read more... )

It took yesterday's rain to finally clear all the snow and ice from the path down the side of our house. So now it's just grey, wet and miserable. And my back and neck are aching - I must have slept awkwardly or in a draught or something ( Read more... )

Why yes, I *am* online late this evening :-) This would be because Hubbie is away on business all week, so my internet time is a lot less limited than usual until Saturday. I've spent this evening catching up on reading all the LJ posts I've only managed to skim in the last 4 days, losing at Literati, and chatting to hiddenhibiscusSo does anyone fancy playing ( Read more... )

I played two games of Literati against uninvitedcat yesterday evening. One game each, and the second one was hard and very, very closely fought. I hav to admit though, the letters were awful for both of us - for quite a few rounds I had no vowels at all and a selection that included both a Z and a Q. Despite that, the second game was a high-scoring one, ( Read more... )

It was slightly icy this morning, though not a patch on what significantowl was reporting in her part of the world yesterday. I do find it a little puzzling that my windscreen was iced up, but the side and back windows of the car had non-frozen condensation on them. Why just the one? ::ponders ( Read more... )

There's something a bit gratifying at a very basic level about warring with swarming ants, as we did yesterday evening. Ali has slain her thousands and Hubbie his ten thousands ( Read more... )