Category: random


  1. Midwinter


    Tomorrow marks the winter solstice, the shortest day. Already we've reached the deepest, darkest part of the year (and its not all that dark, I'm only 53 degrees above the equator). Now begins the longer days and lighter nights, taking us through to summer time - yay :)

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  2. I'm a Birthday Girl


    Its my birthday today, I have the day off and will be pottering about doing many things that don't involve working :)

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  3. No Blogroll


    I've had a few requests recently to exchange links or to add people to my blogroll, its a way of giving a bit of kudos to people that you admire and whose work you read. The thing is, I don't have a blogroll, and if I did I fear it …

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  4. Scottish Holiday


    Recently we had a week's holiday with the family in Scotland, which was lovely and quite relaxing as we were right out in Dumfries almost in Stranraer and there really isn't a lot to do there! Its beautiful though and we were really lucky with the weather.

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    We actually took …

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  5. New LornaJane


    Welcome to the newly made-over lornajane.net! I wasn't desperate for a change of look but I have been tiring of textpattern for a while. The new version is running on serendipity which will hopefully be easier to work with and suit me better.

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  6. Facebook Followup


    So I was having trouble with facebook a while back, but things have improved.

    • I now check facebook every day
    • I have 38 friends
    • I have seen the pictures of my cousin’s first few weeks at university.
    • I’ve finally uploaded a profile picture because everyone seems to have …
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  7. New Niece


    My niece or nephew is here – and she’s a niece called Natalie. She was born late last night and we got to meet her today! Here she is:

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    Yawning :)

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    With her Dad:

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    Some very proud first-time grandparents!

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    And Kevin and I being very brave and holding the baby ourselves …

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  8. Netball New Year


    In my own personal netballing calendar, the season starts today! Its the first training session of the season this evening and I am quite looking forward to it.

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  9. Happy Cat Holidays


    We have a guest staying with us … a cat named Orbit :)

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    He actually belongs to a friend of ours who has gone on holiday, so the cat gets a holiday as well, staying with us. Its quite a responsibility but so far he’s doing fine. He’s pining for …

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  10. Boost Your Popularity - Flame Facebook


    I recently wrote that I don’t get social networking, with interesting results. I posted links to all my various profiles in various places, and I now have ten friends on Facebook (up from two when I wrote the first article) and one flickr friend as well.

    I find it …

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  11. Can Your Husband Cook?


    How many women cook the main meal of the day, on autopilot, knowing that the man in their life “can’t cook”? It seems to be a pretty regular thing. I think men are better cooks than they are given credit for – most of them are pretty motivated since they …

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  12. Wedding Weekend


    Some of you know this young lady and I’m sure she won’t mind me posting a little shot of where I was this weekend:

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