Monday, February 2, 2009
A major snow event
I'm sure that a few inches of snow doesn't constitute a major snow event in many parts of the world where you may be reading this post. England, 2nd February 2009: it does. I was up at 5.15 to check on the snow and we certainly have had a fall. It's actually been snowing heavily since then and is...
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Sunday, February 1, 2009
Chilling
Well it's certainly chilling here in Cambridgeshire this evening. The weather forecasters are predicting very cold winds from the Baltic bringing a good deal (for England!) of snow with them. We've had a few flurries this afternoon but nothing much yet. However, the winds are really biting so we'll...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
A glimpse of the future and a long look back at the past
Another manic week with the day job so far but I had an afternoon off today. I went into Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge where Ivan is taking his A Level courses. I'd only really been into the College on Open Day and when Ivan had his interviews/auditions. He's doing Music, Music...
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Friday, January 23, 2009
Update on the week
Sorry not to have posted for a while. This week has been full of trials and challenges at work and home. Obviously the work ones matter least because they are not my problems, they belong to the organisation I work for. I'm just paid to help them solve them. At home, Christian's football team looks...
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Children
A day for the children this one. Susan has spent all day cooking and ironing and helping Claire with her homework project on Antarctica. I gave Ivan a lift into Cambridge for his stint at GAP, watched Christian's team play football (they lost 0-6), comforted Christian a lot and then helped Susan and...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
Nesting
We've had a domestic kind of day today. After the busy week, we didn't wake up until around 10.30 and have then been cleaning the house from top to bottom and thinking about improvements we might one day make. Claire has dusted everything - even the cats - and Christian has been offering sage advice...
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Bit manic
Last night we had an event at work which was very grand and had pretensions of the Oscars or Baftas in terms of red carpet treatment etc. And yes, I loathed every minute of it. Cheap and stingy amounts of champagne, few capaes and lots of small talk with small-minded people. Got home at 9.30 to...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Death of a possibility
Firstly, many thanks to everyone who commented yesterday. I've been smiling inwardly throughout today, even amongst the chaos and the endless rushing around of people being 'very important.' I also smiled when I woke up this morning (honest!) which definitely made a difference - even when my train...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Brighter outlook
I was awake at 6.00 this morning with work worries going around my brain. It didn't take long for this and the corresponding headaches and feeling of being permanently tired kicked in again! Having said that, I was cheered by your comments on skye08's 'inner smile' and have tried to apply it today....
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Inner smileI
skye08 commented on my post yesterday to say that an inner smile can work wonders in terms of turning negative thoughts into positive ones. I've been using the technique this morning and it definitely does help so thanks for the advice! Years ago, when I was a student, I shared a flat with a guy who...
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