t was the neighbours. When I left the house this morning, the green bin was sitting out on the roadside, filled to the brim with branches from the tree I saw the neighbours cutting down at the weekend. As were all my other neighbours’ bins. They’d obviously run out of room in their own bin…
omeone has pinched my green bin!* I came home tonight (after yet another end-of-year function at work) and went to empty the wee compost bin I keep in the kitchen, and the green bin wasn’t in my driveway where it normally lives. The other two bins are there, so obviously whoever took it only needed…
n a shock move, I actually did some gardening this morning. Well, sort of – I vaguely hacked at the weeds in the herb garden (does it still count as a herb garden if the only herb in it is the rosemary plant that went feral and took over the entire garden?) to clear a…
eleasing all those books at the weekend gave me quite a few catches. As well as the one I got on the day, I’ve had three more (three new members, too): 101 Cataclysms by Rachael Hale The Master Cat by David Garnett Time for Paws by Barbara Maguire Not bad going! And looking in my…
Sometimes I really love my job. This afternoon, the university’s HITLab (which stands for Human Interface Technology, for the uninitiated) had an open day. And as we have quite a bit to do with them (we collaborated on the CityViewAR app, for example), our boss suggested we go and have a look around the other…
I had a very enjoyable and most productive day today. Most of the morning was spent, as has become my Saturday morning tradition, with housework. And yes, I count that as part of the enjoyableness – I’ve got it down to a routine where I put on some loud music and get to work, and…
Got a surprise on the way home last night – I was walking across the campus when l heard someone call my name. The person talking to me looked familiar, but I couldn’t quite place him. But then, I met a lot of people while I was doing union work, so I’m used to people…
The new furniture arrived yesterday, so as promised, photos of the pretty: TV unit: Ok, so the furniture shop called it a bookshelf, but I couldn’t find a TV cabinet I liked, and this looked like it might work, which it does, perfectly. I haven’t decided yet what to put on the lower shelves, and…
What’s making me smile right now: A brisk walk home under a dark and threatening sky – I made it home without getting rained on, plus I’m feeling energised from the exercise. And now the fire is roaring away and soon the house will be nice and warm. I made a start on a big…
The last couple of weeks have been very long ones, full of drama and a total emotional roller-coaster. But perseverance paid off, and on Wednesday, 6 months and 2 days after H left, he signed the separation agreement, and I am finally completely legally and financially free of him. It’s cost me a lot, both…