Today I have been having a mega sort out and tidy up ready for Christmas, it is one of those habitual things I always seem to do at this time of year. There are usually visitors staying, but this year I am not sure that is going to happen. I probably won’t know [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
Back Again
Just when I thought things were settling back to normal after two “one of those days” I encountered the dreaded…
…500 – Internal server error.
Followed by this alarming briefing when I got to work. Normal service seems to be resumed on my blog, although I have not received any communication on what the problem was.
Due to [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 1st 2009
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Another of Those Days
Following on from Thursday it seems that my spate of minor irritations are not quite over.
The boys had decided they were having a Napoleonic campaign on my living room carpet which meant I either had to go out or be consigned to the upstairs of the house.
I thought a slow morning and a lie in [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Nov 28th 2009
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One of Those Days
By the time I got to work today I was beginning to wonder if staying in bed would have been a better option.
Firstly, I reversed off my drive and did my usual visual check to make sure no windows or doors were open. Then I started to drive off and notice that the locked gate [...]
21 Comments CherryPie on Nov 26th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Crookham 2009, Holidays
The Angel of the North
The Angel of the North is one of those things you either love or hate. It always makes me smile so I must be in the former category. According to the information board it is one of the most viewed pieces of art in the world – seen by more than one person every second, [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Nov 22nd 2009
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A Prayer for the Stressed
When I was having my sort out at work I found this remedy for stress in my pending tray.
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I cannot accept
And the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill today because they got on my [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Nov 16th 2009
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My Struggle with Photoshop
We are all being encouraged to have a bit of a sort out at work. There have been lots of desk moves since we successfully stopped our work being centralised in Bristol. We have been squeezed into a smaller space that has led to a lot of clutter which doesn’t look good when we are [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Nov 12th 2009
