Drawing a line

Today was not a good one by anyone’s stretch of imagination. It should have been productive but turned into a downward spiral of problems and awkwardness. The upshot is that we are now nowhere near ready for setting off tomorrow night. Tomorrow? you may well ask. Well, yes. A change of plan has been effected …

Confession

I have done nothing useful today other than to clean the fridge, which was a shamefully large task. Apart from that I have made a new contact in Luxembourg and spent rather a lot of time on Yammer. Mr L spent his day largely in the conservatory, sorting out angling gear and packing it into …

Freebie(s)

What a day. This morning vanished in a welter of clothes-sorting and packing. This afternoon was dedicated to prepping the Macbook for my use when we are on the road. It is entirely possible that now, with a whole OU course ahead of me, is not the time to be climbing the Apple learning curve. …

An unlike-the-weather… summary

Where were we up to? Blimey, has it really been a whole week? I must have been occupied. In theory we will have left the island in two weeks’ time. As in: we are scheduled to depart on the 24th. But watch this space… We sorted out the Wi-fi connection problem by moving the booster next …

Ups and Downs

Yesterday was a frustrating kind of a day. I am feeling like I have at least one limb missing, without a decent Internet connection. It is also very difficult to adjust and remember to turn off my data connection when not required. .. and back on again when I need it. However every morsel of …

Flat out

It was a bit of a red letter day today – I finally sewed up my Warriston sweater. I have washed it and it is now laid out to dry. There’s a fair chance (If I haven’t managed to shrink it from the outset) that I shall be wearing my sweater when I walk out …