My turn to play "guess what I’m cross-stitching": [album 128913 301005embr1.jpg] I haven’t been doing any embroidery lately (yet another hobby to fall by the wayside while life has been busy), but yesterday I’d been studying for most of the afternoon (only one week until my big Spanish exam!) and wanted to do something other…
Shocking, I know, three diary entries in nearly as many days, but I’ve actually got a bit of time to breathe this weekend, not having to worry that I should be spending every spare moment on study. We spent last night listening to Radio Shropshire. That might seem like a bit of an odd thing…
Actually, it’s more like shock, joy! I actually passed my oral exam!!! And not only that, I actually got a good mark – 92%!!!!!! I’m still convinced they must have made a mistake (or marked very generously), because I know how badly I performed in the test, but I’m definitely not going to complain! And…
Well, one big worry is out the way now – I had my oral exam for Spanish yesterday morning. It went predictably badly (I always panic in orals, for some reason. I go in knowing tonnes of vocab and grammar, and able to construct wonderfully complex sentences in my head, then they ask the first…
A friend sent me this link to some useful advice: if you’re getting tired of your blog, you may be suffering from blog depression (it does actually make a serious point about getting things in perspective). So, I’m not going to feel guilty about the lack of activity in my diary over the last few…
Hmm, not sure if I like this new interface thingy – I preferred just putting my own HTML in… and it doesn’t seem to keep up with my typing speed, either – it’s lagging a bit behind, which is very distracting. And having a few smilies isn’t really enough to make up for that. Oh…
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George discovered the cat flap on Sunday night. He’s had the run of the house, but despite the fact we’d left the cat flap unlocked (so Ming and Saffy could come and go), we didn’t think he’d be able to get out because his previous owner told us he’d never had a cat flap so…
We have a new addition to our household: a gorgeous fluffy black cat called George.[album 128913 george.jpg]Acquiring George was a bit of an impulsive decision – on Wednesday a friend forwarded this email to me that she’d just been sent: Can anyone in Christchurch offer a home to a beautiful, black, long-haired cat named George?…
We had a bonus meetup at Trattorie this morning because otakuu was in town and was keen to get together with a few of the local bookcrossers. Not a bad turnout considering the short notice (the whole thing was planned via the Yahoo group last week) – as well as the usual breakfasters (me, lytteltonwitch,…