So here we are, more than half way through the first half of the first month of 2013. Where did those 23 days go? Blink and you miss an entire week these days, I honestly feel like I can’t keep up! I’m once again aware that I have been somewhat...
The rumours are not true, I am very much alive and kicking. I have not run away, nor become a literary mute. So why have I have not posted for months? Honestly, I’m not entirely sure. Yes, I have been busy. Very busy. But that has never stopped...
Finally I can share the good news I received a little over a month ago but have had to sit on… I’ve got a new job! Yep, having suffered through five long weeks of delays and paperwork headaches, I received final confirmation on Friday that...
After yet another week of torrential rain, we weren’t holding out much hope for nice weather for our weekend of beer festivals and walking. But we weren’t going to let Mother Nature rain on our parade… we had Russ and Rachel (Darren’s...
Happiness is often the result of being too busy to be miserable. ~ Anonymous I can’t make up my mind whether I wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment, however I can tell you that I have been very busy over the past few weeks and very happy; so maybe...
I’m going to put it out there right at the start of this post… I am happy! The past week has been a good one for me; I’ve had two pieces of very good news and I’ve made two important decisions. As a rule I am hopeless at decisions,...
My first baby, my little Asri, turned eight yesterday. For me it was a day of high emotion, for her it was a day of fun and frolics with her friends… which is as it should be. For all the freedoms that come with being an adult, I would trade them...
It’s my birthday! And that being the case I had decided at the beginning of last week to take the day off work in order to do precisely nothing. (Not often I get to do that!) As it turns out it was a very wise decision as 42 miles of walking the Thames...
It’s been a busy few weeks, but yet I’ve been very quiet about it all. Why? A number of reasons: mainly being very tired and far too consumed with the stressful bits of life. That’s not to say that there haven’t been a lot of good...
I haven’t updated for a wee while. I guess it’s for a number of reasons; primarily the fact that I’ve had some personal stuff weighing me down and I’ve been battling with how much it would be right to talk about on this forum....