Christmas Day in Pictures
Before you go, here are a couple of videos. the first is Socks the cat taking an interest in one of Steve’s high quality presents from Katie: And here’s another of Steve’s amazing pr... Read More
Happy Christmas!
So today has been all about peeling spuds, chopping carrots, crossing sprouts (why do we cross sprouts? Does anyone know?) and making trifle. My mum is the trifle making expert of the world but as she... Read More
Tell me about your Christmas – and raise funds for homeless charity
Everyone has a a book in them, or so the saying goes. I reckon I've got at least three in me. The first is a novel I started writing one NaNoWriMo and quickly abandoned – but I may come back... Read More
My second famous client!
I was very excited to open the Guardian Weekend magazine this morning and read an article by Peter Jones about his version of Boxing Day. Excited because Peter is one of my proofreading/editing client... Read More
A favour – please buy the Justice Collective song and make it Xmas no 1!
I remember the Hillsborough disaster well. I was sitting in the pub with my boyfriend, listening to the football on the radio, when the report came in that someone at the FA Cup semi final between Liv... Read More
Empty Nest Syndrome, or The End of an Era
This year has been quite difficult for me, emotionally, because it’s been a series of “final” things. The final parents’ evening at Katie’s school. The final day she came... Read More
First Christmas dinner of the year – Masterchef style
So today I had my first Christmas dinner of the year with Networking Women, a networking group I go to now and then. It was at a restaurant near Cirencester and the meal was very good and extremely fi... Read More
Bye bye Instagram, hello Lifeclip!
I’m not a huge user of Instagram – now and then I take a photo, give it a funky makeover in the app and share it with friends – but the news today that Instagram is changing its Term... Read More
I love my Kindle – but it’s a long way from perfect
For boring reasons that I won’t go into here I had to reload my Kindle with all my books today. here are around 650 in my library – most are freebies I’ve picked up because they soun... Read More
Letter of praise – which completes number 47 on my list
One of the items on my infamous “list” was to send three letters of praise to companies. Two were sent ages ago, and I've just written and sent the third tonight. I can't yet give ... Read More
App reviews – Fuzel (iPhone) and Blogsy (ipad)
I was looking through the Apple iPhone Apps of the Year section today and came across one called Fuzel, which looked interesting. It lets you create collages of images and though the full version is Â... Read More
Beautiful stocking filler gifts for a great cause!
Very quick post today, as I’ve been working all day and my brain is frazzled! My good friend Andrea lives in central Portugal and she and her partner run a permaculture project, keep livestock a... Read More
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
So we bought a tree today, and then went on search of a few new decorations. We decided we had enough baubles in the end, so we bought some tinsel to go round the banisters and some garland thingies f... Read More