This month's Something New had to be my new job.  I'm now working for a Community Interest Company, which means instead of doing everything to make a profit we're working to help other people.  Which, after 2.5 years in the telecoms industry is wonderful ( Read more... )

How am I getting on with the goals I set myself a couple of months ago?

Goal No 1 - Write all the thingsWordage wise I'm a little behind my aim for this year - so far only 69,500 words so a further 6,500 needed to bring me to the 75,000 I'm aiming for by the end of June, doable if I make an effort to write something more than drabbles ( Read more... )

At the beginning of the year I briefly mentioned my job was reduced from three days to two.  Which turned out to be helpful in a way because I spent the extra time for the first two months sorting out my mother.  After three and a bit weeks in hospital she came out and went into a care home and she's admitted she won't be leaving.  It's a good home ( Read more... )

First up, I'm not all that taken with Dreamwidth, so I'm back posting directly here.  But because I still don't want to lose anything, I'm copying and pasting on DW.  It's a bit of a pain, but easier than trying to host pictures elsewhere, and with most friends on LJ it's easier to include their LJ names here.  (But for those of you reading on DW, ( Read more... )

I have been trying to organise a Brownie trip to the local Pets At Home for the last two weeks.  They have a full page advert in the quarterly Guiding magazine telling everyone about the workshops they run towards the Friends to Animals badge.  So you would think they would be keen to help.  I have phoned the local store (twice).  The first time ( Read more... )

I've still been looking round for a second job.  Just before we went on holiday I went for an interview for an interesting job, about five minutes drive from home.  The interview went well, the interviewer more or less said they'd be inviting me back for a second interview and then when we were away I got a rejection.  I was disappointed, but at ( Read more... )

I've had five working days in my new job. I have come to terms with a new bookkeeping system (Zoho books if anyone's heard of it).  Which seems relatively easy to use - it's designed with a non-accounts person in mind.  I've managed to raise invoices and purchase orders.  I've started to order the huge amounts of paperwork that were sitting in ( Read more... )

Well, tomorrow is my last day at work.  I'll be sad in a way, but I do feel it's the right thing to be doing.  All this week people have been saying good-bye to me and hugging me and saying how much they'll miss me.  Tomorrow we go out for lunch and then I have a farewell tea break in the afternoon ( Read more... )

It leads to questions of what to post and what not to post.  But, in the spirit of keeping you all up to date, here are three things:

• I've ordered the Richard III book recommended by laurose8, thus using up the book token which has been sitting in my purse for the past 18 months
• SM looked for a book shelf for me, but finding none available bought a storage ( Read more... )

I'm not sure where all the time is going, but I definitely don't seem to be making much progress with things.  Which is probably because I was away at the beginning of the month and have been out a considerable number of evenings since I've got back.  And the one evening I was home last week the daughter phoned and we talked for nearly an hour.  So ( Read more... )