On unhappy dogs
His owner’s on holiday. He is very unhappy, and unhappiness is best twinned with hiding in small places. This was small place of choice today.
Nablopomo / Blogmas etc
On creating a ‘real’ website
No. Not one for notthrowingstones. Not yet anyway. This is a new website for the company I work for. Yes. I know it’s the weekend. That’s not really important. What is important is that I have managed to download the WordPress editor onto the hosting company /programme and start making pages and playing with layouts. […]
On going to bed early
If someone had told me 18months ago, that I would regularly go to bed at or before 10pm I wouldn’t have believed them…. These days I wonder how I survived on so little sleep!
On getting revenge without actually doing anything.
My DB told me I’m too fat the other day. I’m not sure what I’m too fat for, exactly, but it sucked. I am losing weight, slowly, and am at least 3kg down on May, which I have to admit is a long time ago. But at least there’s not much risk of the dreaded […]
On the wonders of chewing gum
I don’t remember coming across chewing gum as a little kid. By about year 4 I’d discovered bubble gum, but wasn’t ever very good at blowing bubbles (glass is much better than bubblegum in that respect, even if it doesn’t taste as good ;)). A bit later, maybe in year 8 or 9, someone told […]
On vacuuming stairs
What’s the best way to vacuum a staircase?? I’ve lived away from my parents for over 9 years and I still haven’t figured it out. For a start why are the cables always that much too short – you can’t vacuum the whole staircase without changing plugsockets. Where are you supposed to balance the vacuum […]
On letting balloons free – part 2
This is the part where I explain, in my own way, what I was doing (and why) last night. *** For 3 days, a “wall of glowing balloons on sticks” was put up accross the city. They blocked roads, filled pavements and generally got in the way. People would probably normally have complained about the […]
On letting balloons free
I set this balloon free 🙂 I was one of 8000 balloon free-set-ers 😉 The Berlin Wall is history – for the second time in 25 years 🙂 More tomorrow when I’m not so asleep
On balancing the books
I’ve just spent a very pleasant hour or so balancing our finances in a programme called YNAB. If you don’t know what it is, Google it. I’m not sure how useful it is yet, but it’s pretty coloured and congratulates me when I get the numbers to match up. Shame I can’t get the rest […]
On glass spirals
I have somehow earned the reputation for being good at making glass spirals. It started when I was practising for the Meister exam. The man who would become my current boss, but who was back then my ‘coursework’ supervisor told the president of the German glassblowing society that I had a fascinating technique but produced […]
On enforced relaxment
When I lived in a shared house, years ago, we only had a shower. The bath had been disconnected and was full of plants. I used to long for the chance to have a bath. Now I live in a house with a bath, I wish we had a shower. Between those houses I lived […]
On unfinished business
They’ve been working on the corridor where I work for months – at least 6, maybe longer. They bashed a hole in the wall and took out a door or two. Apparently they joined a couple of rooms together. Whatever. It was noisy and dusty and I hope they’re nearly finished. Today, they painted over […]
On swans and water policemen
When I think of November weather, my first thought is “grey” followed by cold, fog, drizzle, wind and rain. Today is the 2nd of November. It was 17 degrees (C ). The sky was blue and practically cloud free. DB and I went out in the boat. There aren’t many more enjoyable ways to spend […]
On returning, having never left…
Hello strangers, long time no speak – where have you you been?! This post is dedicated to Anon from random life (and anyone else who might have been wondering about me). ******* Hey! Yeah, it’s been ages.. 🙁 I think I’m pretty much back* now though. I didn’t exactly go anywhere, but I wasn’t really […]