You're not going to believe this...

I don't think I do either. But after FOUR MONTHS of waiting (actually it's a week or two longer than that, but what the heck) - we have a fully connected functioning landline!!!!! Yaaaaayyyyyy! (said in a Kermit style)

In fact it's been so long I can't actually find where I've hidden the phone cable! (minor detail - really not bothered by this.)

No more sitting in the garden when it's freezing just to make a call, or huddling on the freezing granite windowsill at the front of the house in the hope the signal will get through. No more me thinking my phone has signal but if the wind speed changes it doesn't so no-one can get hold of me. What a novelty this will be!!

Now I wonder how long it'll be before the broadband's connected..... ;-)

Brrrrrr.......

It's a little chilly here. Probably not as bad as the rest of you, I'll admit - but Cornwall doesn't have snow. Or so I was told. Anthony hasn't been able to get to work since Wednesday. It's only 5 miles away. (For those who have been here - the little lane at the front of the house is frozen solid. We can't actually move the car due to the ice.)

On the other hand, the dog absolutely LOVES the snow. He can't get enough of it. It's hard work keeping him inside - he just wants to play in the garden all the time - and when it's actually snowing as well it's worse - he tries to catch the flakes. It's very cute but I prefer sitting by the fire with a hot drink, personally!

Hope everyone else is coping with the weather.

A new year

So here we are - a brand new year, and maybe a bit of a new focus. I'm sitting here after a few days of feeling pretty damn miserable (not sure why) - and am trying to put into place a new positive attitude.

There are no problems that cannot be solved - and those that can't probably weren't the right ones to be trying to solve anyway. It's time for me to stop worrying about things I can't control, stop worrying about things that might happen because the chances are they probably won't anyway, and instead put my energy into solving the few things I can do something about. Like finding a new job. Hey - it's January in a recession in one of the more deprived parts of the country - how hard can it be?! ;-)

No - seriously - here's where I start a new year with feeling positive and being determined to get out of this odd place my head has taken me to, and to make life what I want it to be rather than being stuck somewhere because I think I ought to. Daft really.

Anyway - Happy New Year everyone. I hope yours is as positive as I intend mine to be.