It's such a lovely late autumn day here that I'm going to go out for a stroll down to the market for a browse. If nothing else, I'll stock up on some fruit and vegetables and crunch over some large mounds of dried leaves. It's been very windy here the last couple of days so the deciduous trees have suddenly lost most of their leaves ( Read more... )

I have just had a fit, thinking the washing machine had died and us with mountains of laundry to do - but as I eventually realised, the machine is not going to fill with water when the door is still open. Must run the machine through later on a hot wash, it looks a bit grubby though the clothes all seem to be coming out perfectly clean. Apart from ( Read more... )

Must not be hideously grumpy ( Read more... )

I have taken this week off as annual leave as it's Roisin's birthday on Friday. Not that I really needed an excuse, it was feeling like time for a break and a getaway from work for a little while. It's been fine lately, if not particulary challenging, but that's mosly due to the fact that I've been at quieter branches ( Read more... )

For the last two days, I have been intending to update the journal of whirlywitchette upon the auspicious occasion of her reaching her third year of life, but I have forgotten the password to her LJ account. Oh, what a bad mother am I! In truth, all I need to do is swop to the other machine because I think it's saved on that version of Semagic. This is the pc ( Read more... )

The cake that will become, upon decoration, whirlywitchette's birthday cake is in the oven right now. It looks like it will become a hedgehog, complete with chocolate buttons for spines. Her birthday present has been purchased and she received an advance in the form of a Thomas the Tank Engine book she spotted in Wilkinsons. I'm taking a break from the warm ( Read more... )

Today I got my day off. As a normal example, I work Monday 9 - 7, Tuesday 9 - 5.40, either Wednesday off then Saturday in/full Wednesday then half-day Friday, Thursday 9 - 7/ 9 - 5, Friday 9 - 1 or 9 - 7, Saturday 9 - 1. I'm working this Saturday but the only day off I could manage to give myself was today, which was a bit of a pain. What I really ( Read more... )