Month: July 2024
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…