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0 557  2 Comments on Thursday 25 September 2025: Book 11 begins
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Thursday 25 September 2025: Book 11 begins

I had my latest dermatology appointment yesterday at 11am, which should have given us plenty of time to get there. But we both overslept. That’s what happens when we turn…

0 629  2 Comments on Wednesday 24 September 2025: Ducks in a row
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Wednesday 24 September 2025: Ducks in a row

I’m still doing a lot of catching up from all that faffing last week with covers and illustrations and publications and so on. One day I may have all my…

0 783  6 Comments on Tuesday 23 September 2025: Mixed emotions
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Tuesday 23 September 2025: Mixed emotions

Friday was mostly about getting the last 2 stories for the next bookazine proof-read and formatted. But before I could start on those, I had to write up, choose an…

0 771  2 Comments on Friday 19 September 2025: Skipped a day
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Friday 19 September 2025: Skipped a day

So I got out of sync and missed a day, but thought it was fine. I had plenty of time to climb back on board before Friday…and then I ran…

0 876  2 Comments on Wednesday 17 September 2025: Another book on the way…
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Wednesday 17 September 2025: Another book on the way…

I had a much better start to the day yesterday. I was up on time. I was at my desk on time. And I started to catch up on a…

0 856  3 Comments on Tuesday 16 September 2025: Too much faffing
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Tuesday 16 September 2025: Too much faffing

Grand-doggy #1 came on Thursday evening for a visit. The plan, therefore, was to take him out every day for a walk. So far, he’s been out twice. The garden’s…

0 1055  2 Comments on Friday 12 September 2025: A bit of a slow-burn rant…
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Friday 12 September 2025: A bit of a slow-burn rant…

I re-designated the flylady hour as the faff hour. I still have the housework and daily chores to do, but I wasn’t liking the regimental aspect of it. Yes, I…

0 1391  1 Comment on Thursday 11 September 2025: Playing with Affinity
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Thursday 11 September 2025: Playing with Affinity

Over my dirty cuppa on Tuesday I actually caught up on social media. Once dressed, I fed and watered the birds and I emptied the dishwasher. It looks as though…

0 1055  2 Comments on Wednesday 10 September 2025: Ten down, two to go
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Wednesday 10 September 2025: Ten down, two to go

I finished work early on Friday because we were doing the shopping early. Our Saturday was already fully booked in advance and Friday evening was the only chance we had….

0 974  2 Comments on Tuesday 9 September 2025: Last Friday
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Tuesday 9 September 2025: Last Friday

We struggled to get up on Friday, probably because we’d been so rudely awakened the day before when we thought we were getting a lie in. It resulted in both…

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Friday 5 September 2025: A shiny new car

The poet’s new company car was arriving yesterday, and it was due to land at around 8am. They were collecting his old car too, a different company, but we didn’t…

0 1062  2 Comments on Thursday 4 September 2025: Down came the rain
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Thursday 4 September 2025: Down came the rain

Saturday was a working day for me, or a semi-working day. Because of all the IT shenanigans, I’d lost a lot of time in the week before and I only…

0 1016  2 Comments on Wednesday 3 September 2025: Organised chaos
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Wednesday 3 September 2025: Organised chaos

Thursday and Friday were a bit chaotic. Thursday Thursday began with my dirty cuppa and with me doing what I could on the limited mobile signal on the mobile phone,…

0 1097  4 Comments on Thursday 28 August 2025: Back to work-ish
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Thursday 28 August 2025: Back to work-ish

So, the Sky engineer, or a sub-contractor for their, erm, sub-contractor, turned up at our next-door neighbour’s house first thing on Tuesday. Our next-door neighbour told her that their other…

0 992  2 Comments on Wednesday 27 August 2025: A weekend away
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Wednesday 27 August 2025: A weekend away

Because I was so tired on Thursday, I allowed myself an extra half an hour on Friday morning before the alarm going off. I started the day with my dirty…

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Friday 22 August 2025: Bank holiday weekend ahead!

Ohmygosh, I was soooo tired on Wednesday night, we went to bed early and as soon as my head hit that pillow I was literally gone. The next thing I…

0 1031  2 Comments on Thursday 21 August 2025: Editing all day
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Thursday 21 August 2025: Editing all day

I had to get up early yesterday because the campervan had to go in to have some work done to get it through its MOT. I drove to the lock-up…

0 973  2 Comments on Wednesday 20 August 2025: Lots of stuff
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Wednesday 20 August 2025: Lots of stuff

My flylady hours are a bit stunted this week. I’m still spending time doing quick and easy things, but I’m not concentrating on a room a day. But only for…

0 964  3 Comments on Tuesday 19 August 2025: A 2-gig weekend
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Tuesday 19 August 2025: A 2-gig weekend

A lot of our friends have 2-gig weekends. Many have 3-gig weekends. And when there’s a bank holiday, they have 4- or 5-gig weekends, some with 2 gigs in one…

0 1066  2 Comments on Friday 15 August 2025: Still publishing…
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Friday 15 August 2025: Still publishing…

Phew! What a busy day I had yesterday. And I thought it would all be so quick and simple too. Serves me right for being such a perfectionist, I suppose….

0 957  2 Comments on Thursday 14 August 2025: Publishing
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Thursday 14 August 2025: Publishing

I had a bit to catch up on yesterday, the first of which was yesterday’s blog post. I had all intentions on getting today’s done yesterday too, but here I…

0 883  2 Comments on Wednesday 13 August 2025: Newsletter imminent…
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Wednesday 13 August 2025: Newsletter imminent…

Yesterday seems like quite a while ago, probably because it was a busy day.  Much of the day for me was taken up with writing. I even had a stunted…

0 896  2 Comments on Monday 11 August 2025: Publication Day!
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Monday 11 August 2025: Publication Day!

It’s publication day today for my SHORT STORY The Ace of Swords, Short Tarot Tale #3.  This story is Fal’s backstory, the policeman in the Stevie Beck/Horvale cosy mysteries.  The…

0 939  2 Comments on Friday 8 August 2025: Up to date?
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Friday 8 August 2025: Up to date?

It’s Friday today and I think I may finally be up to date. Yay! Saying that, yesterday does seem to have disappeared down a dark hole. The day started okayish….