While watching our children talk to their grandparents in Cornwall on Skype this evening, I got the first real sense so far that Christmas is coming. Lunatic levels of excitement were in evidence (followed by all manner of threats at bedtime to bring them back down to earth again).
This year I have been absent from [...]
It’s 8:30pm at the time of writing – I returned from work at 6, and have been on my feet until a few minutes ago – clearing a day’s worth of washing, and corralling the kids into clearing the mess they have made (it’s half term).
We had chicken curry for dinner – which in a [...]
I sometimes envy the single guys at work – that can roll out of bed with a finely crafted routine ahead of them to leave the house with seconds to spare beyond which they would be late for work. My morning typically starts an hour before I leave the house, of which ten minutes are [...]
This evening has been my first real chance to sit with the white Macbook – my Macbook – since it came back from being fixed by the local Applecare service center. I’m not going to get into the remaining problems with it; I’m just glad to have a nice computer back that is tailored towards [...]
This blog has been woefully neglected recently, and I can see no immediate opportunity to redress that. Work, life, and the universe in general are conspiring to eat all of my time. I’m belly-aching, aren’t I.
In news somewhat related to blogging, I have my Macbook back from the Apple Service place nearby – they refused [...]
You’re probably wondering what on earth “Thunking” means. As far as I am aware, it comes from computer science – and is often used to describe the process of laboriously going through something, doing something mundane. It describes my life pretty well at the moment.
I can’t remember a time when I shared less in my [...]
I had planned to stay at home today and bury myself in a couple of freelance projects that have been hitting the skids recently (due to the crazy schedules I’ve mentioned in the past). I didn’t exactly count on feeling like crap. The family have been out all day visiting the in-laws, and I am [...]
Tonight is a night off from both my professional and freelance work – the first time out I have taken in a week or so. It’s time.
Taking a friend’s advice, I have installed Spotify on my old Mac at home (the one with the dodgy battery that desperately needs a visit to Apple to use [...]
The title is of course a reference to a rather famous scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It also refers to the lack of wordage pouring forth from my fingers in recent days.
I am what most people might term “idiotically busy” – with my day job, freelance work, and home life.
The long Easter [...]
The last few days have been unrelenting.
Saturday
Saturday was ever so slightly mental – filled from 7 in the morning until 4pm with the sprint to prepare for Wendy’s birthday party. It was the first big party we have ever done, and probably the last before the girls grow up. Hiring the venue and music, and [...]
© Cheese and Beans. Say something clever here. Or not. You decide.
