I managed to tidy up my work-room a good deal without getting into a complete tizz or requiring constant micromanagement. The secret seems to be to do one simple thing at a time (like, say, picking up all the paperbacks and putting them away) rather than standing in the middle of the room going bububububu at the sheer overwhelming chaos. I'm ( Read more... )

Muesli is a good deal denser than branflakes
Using a large bowl to volume-measure the former resulted in the following second discovery:
It is possible to get stomach-ache from eating breakfast cereal

I decided last night I wanted to knit something. I have squillions of unfinished projects (well, at least six, of which three have become orphaned from either the instructions or the wool!), but I decided to start something new ( Read more... )

Aaargh. There's one in the greenhouse, and his nibs has just gone out so there's no-one to rescue me. (I really couldn't face going round to the retired couple next door and explaining the situation to them!) So, I'm upstairs with the garden door shut, drinking beer, and trembling. On the plus side, I didn't scream out loud, or drop the pot I ( Read more... )