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Doesn’t often happen, but the Hippy has imbibed - blame southern comfort.
The kitchen is installed - the fridge is full, and the bottle is empty.
I’m drunk and blogging. probably a baD MOVE - ESPEcially as typing gets tricky.
Ok a hard week of juggling spousal stress levels and contractors fiscal requirements has come to an [...]

Ok, having work done on your house isn’t so much fun when they take all the windows out and leave you shivering.
Hopefully they’ll put something in the holes before they pack up for the day.
On a lighter note, the finance for this extravaganza of hammer banging still hasn’t come through despite them saying it was [...]

I’ve decided, that physical work isn’t for me. I’m more cerebral. I ache in places I didn’t think existed any more.
A weekend of heavy lifting, followed by a day of hacking at a thick hedge with nothing but secateurs has led me to this conclusion. That and the burning feeling in my arms and legs.
I’m [...]

Yay! Work is about to start on the major renovations of my house. The garage has been fitted, and I spent the weekend moving all our junk into it. I ache. That was actual real physical work - something I’m not known for.
Next comes the windows. No, not that Bill Gates spawned barely-operating system (geek [...]

My littlest - Matthew - is 5 today.
Happy birthday Matt.

Er, I s’pose I should tell you guys I got a new job. Not that you could tell.
Me and another guy on my team (let’s call him “Englebert”) both got new jobs at the same place. ‘Cos we’re so invaluable, they advertised (internally) for 3 bodies to replace us. They got 2 applicants, and one [...]