Creativity, curiosity, and code
Last week was a bit of a write off week, but I’ve just about learned the chords to “Angels” including the odd F#m. I’ve also done a bit of rehearsing Song 1 to bed it into my brain a bit. This week Sally has challenged me to learn “Nothing Ever Happens” by Del Amitri. I’m […]
In amongst all the mess of bad backs, leaks, rats, and so on, something very exciting has happened. My cyclescheme voucher has arrived!! I pick up the Felt Z90 on Saturday. Yipeee!!!!!
We recently discovered (amongst lots of other things going wrong all around us) a small leak a the point that our washing maching inlet hose connects to the water pipe. This was a problem when we first moved in and we initially fixed it by buying a new hose and doing it up really tight. […]
Last week was fun AND challenging, songwise. I picked a tricky one to start but it’s mostly nailed. The trick will be remembering it in a week or so’s time. This week’s been a bit of a nightmare with busy evenings, rats, water leaks, a trip to Leeds for work, the wedding at the weekend, […]
A mixed weekend. Mostly joyful with the marriage of two good friends in London and good time spent with our old London church family. On Saturday I woke up feeling very tired and like I was fighting something off. I didn’t think I’d make it through the wedding ceremony, but did , and was then […]
So, we thought we had mice in our loft but, after further inspection, a little web research, and discussions with other people about the size of droppings, we’ve decided we have rats. Booooo! They seem confined to the loft above our extension and the wall cavities. After calling the council and hearing that it would […]
Haven’t done a training ride for a while but went out in glorious sunshine today and did Cricklade and back (16.5 miles) in a fraction over an hour. Not bad going. Must get out and train more often – I loved it! 🙂 Oh yeah, it was a bit of a test of some new […]
I just know I’ll regret this…it’s already taking over my life. I’m almost embarassed to write anything because I’ll be writing my resignation post before I know it. Still…let’s give it a go. Week 1 of the new year’s challenge. Learn a popular song every week for a year. There were various discussions about which […]
Bother it…we seem to have mice scuttling around in our loft. How annoying. I hate them. I lay awake worrying about them terrorising me and taking over my house. Which is stupid because they’re pretty harmless. I’ve set traps. Mice… and Elephants… Grrrrrr.
I got a chain cleaning box for Christmas (thanks Sarah and Guy!) and I’ve invested in some proper bike cleaning brushes so gave the cheap hybird a good clean over (with the help of Cycling Plus’ Winter Cycling Guide recommendations!), and replaced the front brake pads before heading back to work tomorrow. A job well […]