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Morning. Had our weekly cooked breakfast - shan't want anything else till teatime! I've got a loaf rising too. Now it's time to write a book blurb which anyone will tell you is harder than writing the whole book.
Also intending (unless it rains again) to harvest my drying beans.
Afternoon, everyone. Just did the Great North Run, and I think I've lost the ability to walk normally.
Today I did the Great South Walk to the Day Room and back. Twice! Feels like a lot more tho. They might take the drain out tomorrow, which means i’ll Be able to go home :)Got a really fabby big scar!
Fingers crossed they let you home tomorrow
Hi all.I should be asleep.
Been crazy busy the last few days.
Moved into our new flat Friday night. Been cleaning and shopping ever since.
Gonna be another manic week at school, I'm sure.
Ill try to catch up properly during lunch tomorrow if I'm not on duty.
Jim just posted a blog on Twitter.
Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "Jim just posted a blog on Twitter."He does this sort of thing from time to time
Been on holiday! Lady wife and I had the first one for four years.
Just ten days, travelled north because travelling south isn't a holiday :-)
Wasn't just a folk memory then :)Yep, always go north. I plan a trip to Orkney and Shetland in the next couple of years.
Jim wrote: "Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "Jim just posted a blog on Twitter."He does this sort of thing from time to time
Been on holiday! Lady wife and I had the first one for four years.
Ju..."
That sounds lovely :) Glad you managed to get away for a nice long time.
Hope you had a gopd holiday Jim
Welcome back, Jim. We're going north next month for a few days.
We had three nights in Musselburgh (daughter currently living there) followed by three nights in Newton Stewart (where we took in Wigtown the book town) and then three nights at Rydal Hall :-)It was good :-)
We stayed in Newton Stewart some years ago.
Kath wrote: "We stayed in Newton Stewart some years ago."I like it, I like the whole area really :-)
Benjamin wrote: "Glad your holiday went well, Jim."It was a nice break :-)
17 nights in Oxford’s John Radcliffe hospital - don’t recommend it as a holiday destination!
How are you doing now Tim? I was trying to catch up with how you are?
Tim wrote: "17 nights in Oxford’s John Radcliffe hospital - don’t recommend it as a holiday destination!"Except you're still here.
But I agree: hospitals are not for getting better over the long run.
Benjamin wrote: "Afternoon, everyone. Just did the Great North Run, and I think I've lost the ability to walk normally."
Well done Benjamin, I missed it this year, normally try and work it or go and watch a bit but I went south for the day. Heard it was a tough one with the heat this year. Hope you recover soon!
Had a fantastic day on Friday, lovely service, the choir had a load of good feedback and we appeared on the ITV Tyne Tees news, no idea about the local Manchester one though! Went and saw mum today at Clumber Park. It's an ideal meeting point for us.
As of tomorrow morning I'm officially in second year, which means this time next year I'll hopefully be qualified!! Slightly scary thought, it's coming up rather quick now!
Best wishes for your second year, Claire - another year, and you have what you've worked so hard for.
Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Congrats Benjamin"✿Claire✿ wrote: "Well done Benjamin, I missed it this year, normally try and work it or go and watch a bit but I went south for the day. Heard it was a tough one with the heat this year. Hope you recover soon!"
Thanks, both of you! It was alarmingly sunny - I worried about being burned halfway round, but they were helpfully giving out free suncream.
Good luck with your second year, Claire.
Morning, all.
Morning all, woke up early in pain, decided to get up to go to work early. Just heard the TUC are pushing for a 4 day week for the same pay, interesting. Had weird internet issues this weekendGood luck with your second year Claire.
Morning alls. Glad to say the forecasters got it wrong again and it is lovely and warm and sunny here!
Morning all, doc says the drain can come out today, so looks like i’ll Be going home :)
Tim wrote: "Morning all, doc says the drain can come out today, so looks like i’ll Be going home :)"Yay! East, west, home's best!
Just heard that a couple of my teddies were featured in the Grimsby Telegraph a few days back. Given to two children caught up in a road accident.https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/ne...
Yay! Famous teddies :)
Kath wrote: "Just heard that a couple of my teddies were featured in the Grimsby Telegraph a few days back. Given to two children caught up in a road accident.https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/ne......"
that's what it's all about :-)
I always felt it was a really nice idea
The teddies look great, Kath.Hope you're home Tim.
Good morning!Great news you're homeward bound, Tim!
Still rather busy here. Manic day at work yesterday, then spent most of the evening with workers in my flat moving the electrics to get the fridge in a better spot. It was in the dining room. Silly. Its in the kitchen now. Tonight a different lot are coming to sort out the TV.
Then I'm making dinner for four.
A couple of colleagues live one floor down. We seem to be taking turns making dinner. Dave cooked last night. A really nice Seafood curry. Was near 9pm before we could sit down and eat it though...
Good Morning1. I'm not enjoying the book I started reading. I think I might abandon it. It is the second book in a series - I read the first as part of my challenge.
2. I am enjoying listening to some old favourites on Audible.
3. Due to other people taking holidays the month end deadline is this Friday.
4. The computers at work went squiffy yesterday due to an unscheduled and unwanted Windows download. Some people lost the network connection to the server. The engineer that was fixing something (not connected ) last week assured us that everything was set so to downloads between 9 and 5.
5. Today is a day to take mum to daycare.
6. I am glad to hear that Tim is going home.
7. I am glad to hear that Patti has found a home.
8. Nice Teddies Kath.
9. Well done on race Benjamin
10. Good luck with your studies Claire
11. Hope everyone else is well.
12. It is raining.
Morning, everyone. No rain here but it's grey and windy and generally autumnal.
Good morning all. Tick tick to all Janet's bullet points, other than not raining here, sunny but blowing a hoolie.This week is clearing out the beach hut week :( Brought home all my paintings and stock this morning and I'll collect the fittings and furniture later. Where it's all going to go without making the house look like something out of that hoarders programme is another matter :/ I seriously need a studio
24 hours without a spam post here! (unless Patti zapped some earlier) Yahoo
Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) wrote: "Good morning all. Tick tick to all Janet's bullet points, other than not raining here, sunny but blowing a hoolie.24 hours without a spam post here! (unless Patti zapped some earlier) Yahoo
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Plenty of Spam Groups being set up - if you are interested in Children's books that would appear to be about car washes???
Also plenty of fun over on the Feedback Group where they are discussing someone's request for all books to be given a clean rating.
Our computers are fixed for the moment. Apparently Windows decides that we don't have enough security so whenever it downloads it adds firewalls so that no-one can reach the server.
The rain has stopped. For the moment.
Book abandoned. Haven't chosen the next read yet.
Driving home last night, my neighbour rang and asked if I wanted to go out for tea, so said yes, we went to Nando’s. Had an embarrassing moment though, when I went to order/pay, realised I hadn’t put my bank card in my purse after Fri, so had to borrow money off my neighbour. First thing I did when I got home was get my bank card out of my going out bag, and got my neighbours money! Didn’t wake up that early this morning, only got half a cup of coffee but wifi was so temperamental I couldn’t faff too much. Feel like I’m starting with a cold, which isn’t good.Great about the teddies Kath. How odd to put a fridge in the front room Patti!! Glad you have nice colleagues living close, just hope you get to eat at a better time.
Eh up! Just back from a shopping trip to buy the materials to make this year's Christmas cards. Sorry, I said the C word but it's no good waiting till half past December when you've got 50 to make. Doing some try-outs, then I'll start making them in batches over the next couple of weeks. Water colours this year. And back to the teddies!
Good morning!Got about five minutes to breathe before collecting a student to do an assessment.
Then duty.
Then a meeting with the principal.
Might have a few minutes to do some admin before lunch.
then in classes until home time.
Can't say the days go by slowly!
There is so much social life here, it's hard to find time to unpack.Someone called about an hour before dinner, said they had a cancellation at the grill, and could we come - so we did. Lovely ladies to talk to.
That's the problem - so many nice people here. But it takes time to get to know them, and my brain is on overload with the new information.
Have dinner dates set up until the end of the month already, and spontaneous ones to fill the holes.
Husband insisted on unpacking and assembling my big monitor - now I have to locate enough power strips to connect everything. Had a Mac guru come to see about my mixed up files - and after an hour she said she'd have to refer me to a higher-level Mac guru so straighten out permissions since upgrading to High Sierra. Sigh. Had hoped to regain control today. So no writing yet - but big monitor when I plug everything in. And an actual keyboard.
Slowly, slowly, we re-establish connections to new sources, and let the old ones know where we are.
I don't think I ever want to move again. :)
Morning all, woke up early feeling rubbish with this cold, hoping for an easy day at work, possibly having cake. Then a fundraising committee meeting, will ask for a short oneHope you can get the social life balance right and computer sorted Alicia. Hope your work quietens down Patti
Alicia wrote: "There is so much social life here, it's hard to find time to unpack.Someone called about an hour before dinner, said they had a cancellation at the grill, and could we come - so we did. Lovely la..."
Glad things seem to be coming together :-)
Morning alls. We're joining the moving club so surrounded by boxes - empty now but not for long. Glad to see that you survived it OK Alicia even if the Mac suffered a little!
How do? Just off into town to look for comfortable shoes. That way happiness lies. 😁
Morning all, beautifully bright and less windy than yesterday. That's the weather, not me - for the avoidance of doubt.My new creepy improved gmail, as well as suggesting responses to emails, now also moves messages to the top noting I haven't replied to them. It's like having the PA I never wanted reading all my stuff.
mmm new shoes
Morning all. Late start today as we had an all-staff meeting.
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I have a vague folk memory of Jim saying he would be away on holiday? Hope that's it