Month: July 2024

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Friday 26 July 2024: Another early start

We had another early start because the campervan was due in for its MOT first thing, and it was due in a whole hour before my car had been booked…

0 194  2 Comments on Thursday 25 July 2024: Editing all day
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Thursday 25 July 2024: Editing all day

We had an early start yesterday. My car was due in for its MOT first thing and the poet was following me. I put a load of washing through while…

0 265  4 Comments on Wednesday 24 July 2024: Feeling old
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Wednesday 24 July 2024: Feeling old

First I noticed that my thigh muscles are not as strong as they were. Then I realised that my core isn’t very strong either. I’ve never been one for loads…

0 226  2 Comments on Tuesday 23 July 2024: Two jobs a day
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Tuesday 23 July 2024: Two jobs a day

The weather forecast for Saturday was way too hot for us to take the dog for a walk, so the day out we’d originally planned for Saturday was moved to…

0 201  4 Comments on Monday 22 July 2024: Busy week ahead
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Monday 22 July 2024: Busy week ahead

I was struggling a bit to get up a whole hour earlier, but while I had the dog with me, I had to get up earlier. So I compromised and…

0 227  2 Comments on Friday 19 July 2024: Free image Friday
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Friday 19 July 2024: Free image Friday

Today’s free image was so cheerful and energetic, I just had to use it. I love yellow. The poet was up bright and early to head back to the midlands….

0 209  4 Comments on Thursday 18 July 2024: Announcement!
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Thursday 18 July 2024: Announcement!

I had a bit of a slow, lazy start to the day yesterday. The temperature finally reached something close to ‘normal’ for summer and I thought it was too hot…

0 221  2 Comments on Wednesday 17 July 2024: Soapbox alert
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Wednesday 17 July 2024: Soapbox alert

We had a good evening, the dog and I. We didn’t go for another walk as we played ball instead in the garden. For hours. He got lots of sticky…

0 219  2 Comments on Tuesday 16 July 2024: The garden needs attention
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Tuesday 16 July 2024: The garden needs attention

We were up early because the poet was off to the midlands for a week-long business trip. The dog had a mad run around the garden, but then went back…

0 215  4 Comments on Monday 15 July 2024: A dog for the week
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Monday 15 July 2024: A dog for the week

We were up very early on Friday because I had a very early (to us!) review appointment at the hospital. We got there on time and by the time the…

0 242  2 Comments on Friday 11 July 2024: I’m writing words!
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Friday 11 July 2024: I’m writing words!

We were up with the lark, or our lark at least, and off to the garage with the poet’s car. It was going in for its first MOT, a health…

0 234  4 Comments on Thursday 11 July 2024: Early mornings ahead
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Thursday 11 July 2024: Early mornings ahead

From today, we have a week-and-a-half of early starts. Today one of the cars has to go in for MOT and service. Tomorrow, we’re at the hospital. We have a…

0 226  3 Comments on Wednesday 10 July 2024: Spoke too soon?
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Wednesday 10 July 2024: Spoke too soon?

I’m pleased to say that updated accounts *did* in fact arrive at the end of the day on Monday from our new Probate case handler. Unfortunately, we have now completely…

1 249  2 Comments on Tuesday 9 July 2024: All’s well in the world…
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Tuesday 9 July 2024: All’s well in the world…

(Well, almost) (I mean, aside from wars and famine) (and poverty…) (edited to add: and also possibly Probate…but don’t hold your breath) The past few days I’ve woken up in…

0 271  4 Comments on Monday 8 July 2024: Good result
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Monday 8 July 2024: Good result

After a late night on Thursday watching the election results as they started to unfold, we had a relatively early start on Friday morning. We woke to find that the…

0 274  2 Comments on Friday 5 July 2024: Distracted
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Friday 5 July 2024: Distracted

I was very late to my desk yesterday. Two hours late. Not good enough. I’d had another rough night, but still. Perhaps if I get up at the right time…

0 193  4 Comments on Thursday 4 July 2024: General Election
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Thursday 4 July 2024: General Election

We had a naked prawn linguine for tea on Tuesday, which was delicious, followed by meringue nests with fruit and yoghurt (for me) and ice cream (for him). While he…

0 237  2 Comments on Wednesday 3 July 2024: Productive day
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Wednesday 3 July 2024: Productive day

After a bit of a rough night, we were up relatively early to take the poet to the dentist. He was full of cold (hence the rough night) and secretly…

0 273  2 Comments on Tuesday 2 July 2024: The month ahead
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Tuesday 2 July 2024: The month ahead

We had a lovely Friday/Saturday with grand-doggy #1. We took him for a stroll on Friday night and returned him to his humans at around 11:30 the following morning. We…

0 253  2 Comments on Monday 1 July 2024: June wrap-up
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Monday 1 July 2024: June wrap-up

Ohmygosh, I forgot to post my June wrap-up on Friday! That’s what happens when the first and/or last days of the month fall at the weekend! Here’s a quick run-through…