Melissa Florence Cynthia born 20th June 4:10pm, mother, baby and me all bloomin'shattered but happy!
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[left]Well, here we are 13 weeks into fatherhood! I’m very conscious of becoming a baby bore (see earlier blog entry) so I’ll keep it brief! In a nutshell I’ve never been so tired and yet so happy, she is a little darling and any sleepless nights are forgiven with one little smile.[/left][left]In other news we have finally sold the back end of our garden to our neighbor who is going to build a house on the plot of land. It’s great to finally see this happen as we have been negotiating and trying
Some years pass you by and don’t seem at all memorable, other years ‘things happen’ monumental things! Sometimes these events are personal and other times it’s more widespread.
Take last year for instance, pretty benign by most standards for me, did job, came home, annual holiday, blah blah blah.
Don’t get me wrong, there were memorable events, but all in all it all past quite benignly. No one died, Although we had/have financial stress we coped. Nothing really upset the applecar
It’s funny how our expectations cloud our judgements isn’t it? For example: Person A works has a leading role in a small company but he doesn’t believe in his own abilities as a manager. As a consequence whenever he is praised for his work he quickly dismisses it and it’s quickly forgotten. Perversely, whenever he is criticised he will dwell on what has happened and torture himself, wondering what went wrong and agonising about how to put things right. He goes home to his wife and tells her al
In not much more than I month I will be a Dad.
As I sit here and contemplate that sentence it still boggles my mind that the authorities have allowed this to happen, surely there are protocols in place to prevent people like me from breeding? Apparently not! It seems that any Tom, Dick or Harry can procreate whenever they wish, it’s a human right so I’m told..
On the face of it we are woefully unprepared for the imminent arrival of Melissa Florence, the nursery if half painted and baby
Well quite frankly, since Christmas the SAD has really kicked in, dreary weather, short days and post xmas blues all combined to make me feel like it’s all pointless. I’ve got lots to live for, my life is pretty great actually. But the trouble is I just wanna sleep all the time and let it all pass me by. I’ve got no enthusiasm for anything right now. The only thing that helps is plenty of exercise and then the Spring. Until then, cocooning isn’t an option, I have a life to lead and a job to
Blimey, yes I'm going to talk about the weather
Or more precisley the Model discussion thread. You will very rarely see me post on that thread, I wouldn't want to tarnish it with my less than amature thoughts but you can bet your bottom dollar I will view it regularly throughout the day. Having been a member of this forum for a couple of years now and an avid fan of this forum I have found the model discusion thread of great interest and a valuble learning tool. Which I'm sure was the intentio
For years I have lagged behind my friends and family in regards to procreation. I stood quietly in the corner, rolling my eyes as they compared rearing notes and cooed over their offspring. Even the sanctuary of the pub held no safety. Each of my drinking buddies has there own kids and much of the chatter is about the latest exploits of little Tommy who has finally managed to use the potty or tie up a shoelace.
Personally I found all that mind numbingly boring, who really needs to know the in
[b]The Raven[/b]
by Edgar Allan Poe
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -
Only this, and nothing more.'
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floo
Some of you (those that care about such things) may have noted that I have been largely absent from Netweather for some time. The reason for this is that last week I had an extremely difficult exam to pass and I've been working hard revising for it.
The exam in question is called BASIS and if I pass it means that I will be qualified to advise people on pesticide use. The exam itself is taken over two days and is divided into several sections. There is an identification exam where I have to co
Well it's been ages, I know, I know I'm terrible at communicating and I'm sorry. It's just that nothing particularly exciting or newsworthy has happened since I last wrote.
Talking of lack of communication.
There I was in my hotel room watching Boris Johnson talking about who the hell he thought he is when several alarm bells went off in my head.
Here is my chain of thought:
Who do you think you are?
Genealogy
Family
Brother
Birthday
August 19th
Bugger, today is the 20th
I’m on t
*CAT UPDATE*He's fallen deeply in love with the radiator in the kitchen. It's not all hearts and flowers though. He can't turn her on, and she keeps going cold on him.
To the tune of Thunder child....thanks to Flagpole! He appears to be quite simple. As he leans against the wall. Enamelled in plain white splendour. He isn't very tall. They turn him on when it's winter, Turn him off when it's mild. Once a year they paint him, Radiator child! Sorry I forgot to take my pills.....
After nearly three weeks of waiting (I now have no fingernails left) I officially heard that I got the job I was after, better than that, initially it's a mixture of the best bits of the job I do now and learning my new role.
Happy
Happy
Happy
Not heard about my new job yet. Spoke to the boss today she said that I had done well, then said actually you did very well. Sounds pretty positive but I don't want to get my hopes up.
They will let me know by the end of the month.
More waiting then....
Other news.
Is it possible to overdose on BBQs? I think that I've had one too many. Possible all that protein is bad for my digestion. I will spare you the details
hmm weather looks good for next weekend. I have this one off so i think
Moist outside isn't it....bored now. I wan't to go fishing/walking/camping and stuff but I can't because it just won't stop raining, as I type it is raining so hard that the builings 50 ft away are just a blur. Oh well lets just hope it's a good winter. Anyway, not a lot happening at the moment. Life rolls ever onward as always. I saw a program about really old people (100+) last night, almost without exception they looked thoroughly bored with it all. I suppose I would be bored too with jour
Try and stay awake now!!
This is our set up. Right by the river near to Argentat, Department of the Correze in SW France.
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View towards campsite from nearby bridge.
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Little cottage next to campsite, typical of the area.
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Wildflowers
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Well the decorations are down, leaving the house strangely sterile, the last of the Christmas chocolate is slowly going stale and grey by the sofa, I threw out some mouldering ham which I energetically cooked pre Christmas but just didn’t have room in my belly to squeeze it in.
The television schedule has returned to its default setting of predictable, homogenous, bland and awful. (no real change from Xmas really).
January has started cold but looks rapidly to be turning to mush.
I haven’t b
Life is a bit like that isn't it?
I come home from a fantastic holiday, the food, wine, company and scenery were all fantastic, the weather was ok too .
But when we got home we found that our cat had escaped from the people who were looking after him. The very same day we left.
Unfortunately no one has seen him for two weeks. We have posted fliers around, notified all the authorities we can think off and searched everywhere but I fear the worst for the little fella. To make things worse, d
Well I know I said a wasn't going to look at the model Output thread anmore but unfortunately I did just that. Well, there is a cold snap on the way afterall. :lol:
Again it was full of useless comments or comments which belong in another thread. I don't know why I'm so uptight about this, it really isn't like me at all but for some reason I'm wound up about it. So much so that I took the step to actually report one particular post to the mods. Something I have never done before.
I'm glad t
A poem by me. Some sort of Cat We think that it's some sort of cat, It's certainly covered with fur, And now we've started to stroke it, It's suddenly started to purr. And now it's just made a beeline, For the food we left by the door. It's certainly some kind of feline, And it's just done a p## on the floor. It's definitely not a fierce tiger, And unlikely to be a big bat. It’s trying to squeeze in beside us, And trying to get on my lap. And now with all the confusion, With everything all of a
