• Tomorrow will be sOoOoOooooo nice! We’re going to Oxford, walking around town in the afternoon, going for dinner at a nice restaurant in the area and in the evening, the ultimate treat, we’re going to see Miss Saigon. I’ve been…

  • This is a landmark in my life, I had a driving lesson with actual intention of getting through the lessons and going for my test. The lesson went very well, the instructor’s absolutely lovely and helpful, so I’ve got a…

  • MmmMmm today’s a good day. It’s a chilled out day at work, and my Christmas cards-writing morning was accompanied by a nice gingerbread skinny latte. (Updated: It was only a half-hour of card writing, and in exchange I didn’t take…

  • Started using FeedDemon 1.11, as I couldn’t keep up with all the blogs I want to read. I’d simply forget to check my bookmarks for a week, and feel like I’ve neglected blogs of interest. Fantastic tool to track what’s…

  • I don’t know why, but I’ll post this in English, even though those who would recognize the show I’m about to bring up will all be French speaking. I guess I just want to share with everyone… La Course Destination…

  • Tonight was my first browse into the Official Theory Driving Test Guide I borrowed from a friend. I’m so amused by the kind of questions in the book, and baffled by how many questions in the Alertness section are dedicated…

  • I’ve been having a weird week, a “not feeling like blogging much” week, so here’s a post that didn’t require much thinking… Storms – Cool or Scary?: Great! Especially when you have big windows or a veranda! *childhood memories* Favourite…

  • The beginning of a long Christmas season of family get-togethers! This was our pre-Christmas family get together with Andrew’s family, started with food, ended with food, oh and there was some food in the middle too… There was a bit…

  • As our work party is a few hours away, I’m amused by the (rather obvious) guidelines for Christmas parties. Making a fool of yourself in front of colleagues doesn’t usually lead to a promotion, and I can’t imagine photocopying your…

  • Remember my rant about SMS.ac? Since the day I posted that, I received three more invitations. One was from a complete stranger but two were from people who I thought were fully mentally capable and able to spot a scam…