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25th-Apr-2008 06:44 am - it was my turn to post the friday four on [info]fortysomething
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This is what I wrote, maybe you'd like to join in?

I'm in the middle of moving back home after being flooded out over 10 months ago and so my questions are all based around the topics that are uppermost in my mind:
1) What would you rescue if the water was rapidly coming into your home? (after family, pets etc.)
2) You have to completly redesign your lounge, what would you do it like?
3) If you couldn't move back to your home where else would you move?
4) I'm coming to your house rewarming party, what present would you like?

My answers;
1) I rescued my books, hundreds of them :-)
2) My lounge will be very bright, loud and over the top as an antidote
3) I think I'd like to live by the sea
4) I'd like plants, I lost all mine :-(
2nd-Mar-2008 11:00 am - Writer's Block: Go Get 'Em?
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Are you a go-getter or do you wait for things to happen to you?


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depends how tired I am

at the moment I'm the second
6th-Feb-2008 10:52 pm - What a good idea
a quick read
Posted by [info]tenaya_owlcat

What are the books that you re-read when you're too tired (or otherwise indisposed) to pick up anything new, but you crave words in a line in front of your eyes to help you relax?

My choices are here in the original post
13th-Jan-2008 09:03 am - Shopping for the house
house or home?
This week we've been having to make decisions about what we want, mum's been posting the fireplaces they've chosen over at [info]dorothy_anne, so here you go

here are mine )

now I need to find the right lights and the coving etc

I'm considering these... )

I've also been buying or at least choosing

more hiding of stuff under here )

I want two small fireside chairs for the backroom, probably 1930s style so I think I'll be trawling the second hand shops for those but I've no idea about seating for the front room, I just know I don't want a sofa measured in acres, I'm not 6'6 so I'd like a sofa that fits me

and then there's colour....

*sigh*

oh and the kitchen...

**DOUBLE SIGH**
21st-Aug-2007 12:05 pm - taking a break
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sorted BT, Sky and O2

got a refund of about £19 from O2 for telling me wrong about text costs, was told 25p not 49p and it's free for the EURO bolt on (anyone with O2 can get thiis for free, you need my europe and a euro bolt on I can explain more if you want)

hopefully to get a discount of £130 from BT too which will be good

and for some reason still wasn't on Sky talk yet, that'll be another fortnight...

also while on hold answered all comments I could find (no notifications happening, anyone know why?)

taking mum out for a walk now I think
20th-Aug-2007 09:02 pm - I'm back
woo hoo
and online too!!
16th-Aug-2007 06:27 am - I still can't get online so will queue up posts
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Today is Friday 10th August, it's 6am right now. Dell is on a plane to Greece, I had a chat with her about 5:20 before she got on the plane. I've been marking ever since. I'm marking those L3 teachers folders, I want to hand this final 3 over later today

This folder is very intense and taking a lot of marking.

7am - Finally done with it just before 7 and now I've had a shower, 2 to go, I'll start on the next one soon.

7:45 about to start, have had breakfast (had to go buy it from larder number 2 as the one below us wasn't open yet)

It's ten to ten, I've finished all the big files, have two individual tasks to mark then that's all completed. I've sorted all my other work out and have that ready to look at, the're a lot easier to mark and check. I'll be collecting the last bits from work when I go in.

When I'm in work I need to

  • apply for job

  • hand over sick note

  • collect list of time off sick

  • pass on list of work to be checked (update this first)

  • hand over these files for assessing

  • collect other files

  • look at plans for holiday

  • check email

  • check lj (if time)

  • avoid the boss



see you later
13th-Aug-2007 07:26 pm - still wading through
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600 posts skimmed
13th-Aug-2007 06:42 pm - I'm online
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YAY!!

but only for a bit

BOO!!

Am at Julie's on her PC as we're setting off at 4am tomorrow so it's easier to start from the same point

I'm about 200 posts into my friends' page, I'm skimming a lot

I'm also deleting spam, about 900 so far

sigh

will be here for a little while longer untill Julie gets fed up of me ignoring her and calls me in for tea
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