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So yes, it has snowed!
All very lovely and great to have the day off work. The most amusing thing about this is that "everybody" I know bar the Canadian and hardy bend_gules is at home on their computers chatting and emailing each other about the snow and not at work! I have made it to the corner shop for some milk and snacks (no dieting today!) but that is about it.
I might ( Read more... ) -
Potato!
One of things I love most about living in London is sitting on the top of a double decker bus and watching the world go by - London always looks more interesting from a bus, you have a lot less of the boring plate glass windows and more interesting buildings.
So on the bus on way to Spitalfields market yesterday I saw the "potatos". I seen them ( Read more... ) -
overheard in Camden today
I overheard this from two teenage lad in Camden this afternoon...."Well we can get a piercing or go to the cinema"
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Early Festive wishes!
Today was my last day at work until the 5th Jan! This is the longest time I've had off work in bleeding ages ( Read more... ) -
not the greatest of weeks
Well it hasn't been the greatest of weeks I've got say. It started badly on Monday when I left my embroidery on the bus or train (not sure which) on the way in to work in the morning. It was a piece of work for bend_gules and had done quite a lot of work on which I now need to start again. Arse.
I have agreed to be head cook at Crown feast in March - ahh ( Read more... ) -
The joy a free quiet weekend!
This is our first completely free weekend that Nick & I have had in ages and with the busy Xmas period nearly upon us the joy of a weekend totally to ourselves it a wonderful thing. So a long lay in this morning, a nice wander around the market and I am now curled up on the sofa with some sewing, a cheesy movie on the telly and some snacks.... ( Read more... ) -
Tickets!
Yay our Eddie Izzard tickets have arrived!!! -
Knackered but happy!
A lovely day today spent shovely shit!
As part of my works community investment me and a group of colleagues spent today on http://www.freightlinersfarm.org.uk/ It was great fun and was mostly spent bagging up a huge mounds of manure!
I had a very interesting conversation with the director of the farm and a couple of really interesting ideas came ( Read more... ) -
Projects, Projects.....
Kingdom Uni is coming up this week and the need for warm clothes is pressing. Nick and I have nice warm wool tunics but no hoods or cloaks. So this week I have been beavering away at getting things sorted. We now have 2 hoods and I have almost completed a cloak for Nick, so hopefully we will be warm and toasty on the weekend! -
"Viceroy" or "me a lady, never!"
Yesterday ws Viceroy!
We set off very early from Alaric and Nerissas (after staying the night),bend_gules and her lord made for a full and chirpy car. The drive down to the site was foggy and I was worried that the day would be spoiled by being cold and wet. But when we reached the site (Mellow Farm) the skys cleared and the day turned into a wonderful ( Read more... )