Woohoo - holiday!

Yay - we're off on holiday tomorrow! I can't wait. We're back on Friday, but it's going to be so nice to actually get away for a week. I've packed the camera already so might actually manage to get some pictures up on here when I get back! (I know I've been rather lax in that regard.)

We've just got to work out what clothes to pack - I have no idea what the weather's going to do for the rest of the week - every time I look at a forecast it changes. Our beautiful british weather and all that! ;-)

Sx

I can't believe it's October already. It's dark when I get up in the mornings, the evenings are getting darker earlier and it's definitely colder. Never mind - think steaming mugs of hot chocolate, sitting by a fire, with a lovely warming casserole... mmmmm!

Happy Birthday Stella & Rik if either of you read this - I hope your respective cards arrived in time - we've had terrible trouble with post down this end of the country - and you both had nice birthdays.

So what's new in my world? I've ditched the braids I had in for the last 7 weeks - they were lovely, but started to go a bit 'fluffy' and definitely getting heavy so I got rid of them. However I've also decided to ditch the blonde - it's autumn now so a change was needed. I'm currently sitting typing with some rather colourful red dye on my hair! Well - it's a long time since I've been red so I thought I'd give it another go.

Knitting. Now there's a thing. Not something I ever thought I'd get into - but actually I bought a book a few days ago and am getting quite into it. It's quite therapeutic just sitting clicking away on the sofa while (not really) watching tv. I certainly wouldn't claim to be an expert after less than a week - but I've got 3 squares now that hopefully will become something interesting...!

Right - time to wash off the hair dye. Then I think it's definitely time for little drinkies...

:-)

So here we are, heading towards the end of September, and what’s in the shops? Blinkin' Christmas stuff. I mean – we’ve barely got over the miniscule bit of summer we’ve had – and they’re foisting mid-winter onto us! Really – is it just me that can’t stand the whole ‘Christmas before December’ lark, or do other people feel the same? I’m quite happy with the idea that we can enjoy Christmas, the build up, the food, the present choosing & wrapping, the decorating and so on – but not while we’re still trying to cling onto the last dregs of summer! I mean honestly. It’s this sort of commercial driven attitude that puts me off the whole event altogether. Lets have December as the month to build up to Christmas and that’ll do nicely. It’s more fun if you cram it into a shorter period of time anyway.

;-)

Oh my big exciting news is… I’m finally back online at home! No I know. It’s not that exciting really. But it was a little weird with no internet access at home for 2 whole months. Apparently the problem is my machine is too old. Or something. I don’t care – it works (OK – so you have to remember to keep pedalling but hey it gets there in the end!) and that’s all that matters. As long as I can do my online stuff and download my photos and music I’m really not bothered. So yes – I can now answer emails again. You have all got my hotmail email address, haven’t you? I’m bored of changing it when I change ISP so I’m sticking to that one now – it’s a lot easier.

On another note – only 3 weeks to go til my holiday! Yay!!! I can’t wait – I’m knackered! It’s been a lonnnnng time since Christmas.

Enough drivel for now. Feel free to get in touch if you want to say anything interesting, random or otherwise! Or any specific questions also welcome – happy to answer them if I can (or make something up if I can’t – it all helps to keep the mind occupied). I never really know what to write on this thing or what information you’re interested in – hence the complete drivel that usually gets spouted out…..

Finally! It appears that I might actually have an internet connection at home again from next week. It's been nearly 2 months - and has been surprisingly hard work. While I can access this site through work, all my normal 'communication' places that I use (facebook, myspace, and email) are blocked. So if anyone has contacted me through any of those methods - my apologies for not responding! I've got the prospect of 2 months-worth to catch up on next week. Of course, that's assuming I can actually get the PC itself to work! (It's probably feeling slightly neglected...)

Apart from that, life is trundling along quite nicely really. Work is pretty tricky at the moment with the re-structuring going on but I'm just keeping my head down and getting on with it for the moment. The house is slowly getting there so it's ready to sell a.s.a.p. next Spring. Anthony and I have lots of ideas and plans about what we're going to do when that's done. Not sure what else there is to report.

Oh yes - for those that knew her, I spent a wonderful afternoon with my lovely friend Claire yesterday (and Paul & children of course!). It's been 4 years since I last saw her, but it was great to catch up again properly and chat. I'm not sure I'd want to face a 29 hour flight home with 3 children personally, so she's a braver woman than me! And I thought Cornwall was a long way away from everyone - at least I'm in the same country! ;-)

Right - time to get back to work now. Watch this space for a home published comment coming up sometime in the next week (I hope!).

Optimistically,
S xx

So here we are. August bank holiday. A good time not to be on the roads of Cornwall.(Particularly St Ives!) So we're off to house sit for the weekend on a farm for Anthony's Aunt and Uncle. It'll be us, 8 1/2 acres of fields, 4 dogs, 3 cats, no neighbours, a rayburn to play with, a pair of air rifles and lots of bunny rabbits that (hopefully!!) don't know what's about to hit them...! Blissful.

Have a good bank holiday all.

Sx

So what on earth is this weather all about then? Myself and a couple of others have decided that actually the seasons have shifted and we're well into autumn now. It's definitely September weather. The leaves on the trees outside my office are starting to go yellowy. I reckon we ought to be thinking about summer from April - June now. Ditch August I say. How very miserable. And windy. (Although that might just be here in Cornwall) Never mind. It's casserole and open fires weather now I guess...

Apologies for the lack of communication recently. Some technical problems at home mean that I currently have no internet access. Which makes life interesting. It's not until you can't do something that you realise how much you relied on having it there! Strange how we become so dependant on these things.

Anyway - I'm hoping technical problems will be resolved over the next week or so and normal service will be resumed. (And then I won't have to sneakily use my work PC for updating things like this!)

Apart from that - life is pretty good at the moment. Apart from the hoardes of tourists who seem to lose the ability to drive while on holiday, and the rather miserable weather of course!