The First Two Months
As of this moment I've been in for exactly two months (the removal guys left at about 4pm on 11 November), and - totally by coincidence - today is the day a lot of loose ends were tied up. Proper internet has been connected, laundry appliances are where t...Rise and fall
Had two really productive days at work. Ate properly, managed to make some real progress on the terrifyingly large projects I need to deliver, but still forced myself to take my lunch breaks, and actually managed to get some work done on the Nora project....Satisfying day at work today
Got work stuff done during hours, and my stuff done at lunch and a bit on the way home. I think this is actually the first day I've been able to say that since I started last September, so I thought it was worth recording.'You cannot bloom until you have been planted'
So, 2017! I think I speak for a lot of people when I say, finally. Without considering the happenings in the wider world for a moment, for me personally, 2016 was a rough one. That's not to say it was all bad - arguably the second half contained some of t...Looking Forward
Okay, so it's a little early for a New Year's post, but here's one anyway. I'm in a good place right now. It's 16:06 on Christmas Day, and I'm sitting quietly at my computer, having done the big family Christmas meal with everyone last night, and then Chr...Move
So, we are here. It's been a very stressful few days, but we are here. Some things are still to be resolved, most crucially internet (hoping desperately for a positive call from BT tomorrow!), but most of the unpacking has now been done, majority of the b...STRESS
STRESS. Mostly about good things, but still, STRESS! Today is Sunday. Moving day is this coming Friday. Yesterday I spent the day buying appliances and dropped them off at the house. Today I am realising just how much I need to get done before the removal...Big day after all?
Tomorrow is completion day. For those unfamiliar with the vagaries of UK property law, that means it's the day when I officially, legally, for real become the owner of the Cottage. I haven't really been thinking of it as a big deal, because it's not the d...Hey Hey My My
This popped into my head today, totally at random. At least, the chorus did. I was actually on a work call and had to apologise for spacing out for a minute while my brain automatically tried to place the haunted 'my my'. It's one of those songs that, no ...Four Weeks
4 weeks to go. I'm in a weird kind of mood. Or, well, the moods I am in are weird together. On the one hand, I'm in productive-excited mode: I've put some things on eBay that I really didn't want to have to move, restructured my bank account setup in the ...Satisfying weekend
First one I've had in some time, so I'm pleased. I photographed and listed one of the MJ boxes on eBay, which I have been meaning to do for months if not years, and then there was some WoW, some reading, some walking, and some more reading by the Pavillio...1st day of Autumn 2016
Today's Google Doodle is one of my favourite in a long time. :p Yesterday evening I did the whole big dinner thing with some friends from work. I guess I am now officially in my 30's. One thing I have noticed coming back to work this week after almost 2 w...30 Tomorrow
I felt like I should write something, and I'm not sure I'll have a chance tomorrow. I haven't got much to say. I'm not in the place I want to be right now, but I am close and have the means to take those last steps, which I am very grateful for. In a way,...'Previously on Gilmore Girls...' by Holly Gilmore
Long shot but does anyone still have this? It was a massive Gilmore Girls fic which the author (Holly Gilmore) took off FF.net to post on the blah-mah-gah.net archive instead. That archive is dead now and not on Wayback, and the author has been inactive o...The Calculations
8 weeks to go! :D It's been a weird 9 days. I've been fighting off a particularly obstinate cold bug, which hasn't left me with enough energy to do anything beyond read Little House on the Prairie, watch Gilmore Girls, and Think About Things. When I'm sic...Deleting unnecessary usernames?
I created an additional username by mistake. I haven't used it to post anywhere, just wondering if it's possible to delete or if it's stuck now?The First
Hello Imzy, and thank you for having me (and thanks to Mehitobel (The Blue Alice) for the code!). I guess this is my blog. I've never really had a proper one of these before, and truth be told I'm not entirely sure what to do with it, but when I saw Bel o...





