Finding the chase and cutting to it

I ended up with a day on my hands. I could have spent it feeling sorry for myself (and did start down that route) before I picked myself up by the scruff of my neck and gave myself a shake down! Get to the chase?  So what? Over the past 5 years, I have had […]

I’m hoping this blog makes sense as I am using it to make some sense of what has been happening to me the past few weeks. Like what? Well, following my accident last August, while it is obvious that some things have healed (and healed well), there have been some unforeseen consequences. See above? I’ve […]

Today I got to directly (rather than indirectly) benefit from the Wayback machine.  Back in January, I lost my blog due largely to not understanding precisely how Centos’ installation programme actually worked and lost my blog’s archive. Thankfully, my blog has been periodically captured on the Wayback machine since 2008 when I started it! Nothing […]

[Originally posted on October 26th, 2016] While my man never promised me a rose garden, we did manage to buy a house with one:  Here is a photo from June of one of the finer blooms.  One of the best things about the whole rose bush outside your front door is that you do get […]

[Originally posted on October 26th, 2016] As a grown up, there are few things as good as someone else cooking and clearing up after you. I value it and I reward it. More importantly, I do not reward bad service.  Good service costs nothing, bad service costs customers.  As a waitress working in a well […]

[Originally posted October 28th, 2016] It’s been a strange week not least for the first time in ages, I’ve had few if any firm plans. No hospital appointments, holiday plans or things I need to squeeze in.  My kid turned 16 (2 more years to go) and is currently out learning how to ride. Seriously, […]

[Originally posted on the November 11th, 2016] By 8:32 this morning, we had a beech hedge in place of the old laurel one ? Beech Hedge taken by Jon Fowler At 7:22 this morning, the trench was approached and we lay out each “whip” ready to be propped up and filled in with earth.  (Apologies […]

[Originally posted on the December 4th, 2016] Three years ago, as part of my job, I was involved in the UK role out of smart meters, which are basically mobile devices metering your gas and electricity and sending the data back to your energy provider.  As a consumer, this is great because you can see […]

[Recovered from the Wayback machine.  Originally published October 12th, 2017] You may have noticed my blog seems to have lost a few articles (not that I have been that prolific recently). Well, it’s been a busy few weeks as you are about to find out. My Facebook friends and work colleagues have understood that I […]

I see everyday as an opportunity to learn something new. Today, I spent some time with my lovely web server which is connected to the internet from home. Today, I was adding a video card (VisionTek Radeon 4350 PCIe 512MB SFF DDR2 B2 Retail (w/ CFI HDMI dongle)) and updated the operating system and moved […]