We ended up having quite an expedition this morning. I wanted to get the fusing web stuff for that patchwork project I was working on (that got laid aside when the Outlaws arrived), so we had intended to catch the bus to Hands (a fantastic craft shop that I avoid shopping in, because I tend…
Well I survived having to work on my birthday, and I survived two days of being stuck on a not-very-interesting training course, and it’s finally the weekend. And my boss said that seeing as I missed out on having a holiday on Thursday and Friday, I can take Monday off instead. So at least I…
I definitely can’t compete with Kimi’s fantastic needlework, but here’s the latest progress report on the topiary garden: This final tree is proving as fiddly and annoying as predicted, with loads of colour changes (it only uses 5 shades of green for the leafy part I’m doing at the moment, but it still manages to…
I was happily writing that last entry and then noticed the time and had to race off to finish getting ready for work. So, now that I’m safely at work, and before my boss comes in and wants me to actually do some work, here’s part two: It was the Chick Flicks film night last…
I’ve just got home from my Spanish exam, and I’m about to collapse somewhere comfy with copious amounts of wine and chocolate (well, maybe I’ll eat dinner first before I start on the chocolate…) Yayyy!!! No more studying for two whole weeks!!! (And then it all starts again, but harder… but I’m trying not to…
A quick entry, mostly just to upload a picture of the completed third tree of my topiary picture. Only one more to go now! (Unfortunately, it’s the hardest one, with loads of fiddly fractionals. I’ve been kind of dreading getting to this point…) Most of my free time over the last week or so has…
We had our regular Second Tuesday meetup tonight. We tried a new cafe (well, new to us – it’s actually been there for years), The Coffee House, which turned out to be a really good choice. The food was nice, they had a nice warm fire (which we managed to nab a table right next…
Actually, the worst of the snow was yesterday, but it was far too cold to sit in the study writing diary entries, so I followed the cats’ example and stayed by the fire most of the day. The snow was a bit of a shock, really. The forecast had been for some nasty weather to…
After Friday, I wanted a nice quiet weekend (especially because the next couple of weekends will probably feature a lot of studying, what with final exams coming up fast), so we borrowed a couple of DVDs and spent most of yesterday watching them. One was Midnight Cowboy, which I’ve seen a couple of times now,…
I had my oral exam for Spanish today, and it didn’t go well 🙁 I was really well prepared – I’d done loads of study, and had even worked out what I could say if the examiner asked all the most likely questions – but when I went into his office my mind went completely…