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And then there were five
Posted Dec 27, 2013
Gosh I haven't posted a journal for a long time.
Life has been good to me recently. I was promoted to a really interesting job, and have completed most of my attic project. Insulation was done before the winter, which is always best.
But best of all, in November we adopted a beautiful daughter, two and a half years old, from South Africa. She is amazing in many ways, and I have really been enjoying the experience. She has changed so much, in such positive ways, in the few weeks she has been with us.
So now we are five - busy, but happy.
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Cellar Dweller
Posted Dec 17, 2012
But also attic fanatic. When we bought the house, we could afford to get the core done, but the top and bottom of the house had to wait.
So far total time invested after the kids go to bed and occasionally at weekends =
Twenty hours of demolition and disposal in the attic (amusingish but very dusty - about another twenty to go).
And about thirty hours of demolition and disposal in the cellar, followed by about fifteen hours of cleaning and tidying so far.
To be followed by about the same again of that kind of work, followed about forty hours of painting?
It's the getting dirty every evening that bugs me more than anything. Saves a lot of money though, and there is some satisfaction in seeing the work done - I'll have to put a chair in the cellar to admire it properly.
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Daddy, is it better to be squashed by a brontosaurus, or eaten by a T Rex?
Posted Nov 1, 2012
If you lived millions of years ago. I opted for the bronto, as I thought it would be quicker. A agreed, and he informed me that they weighed 30 tonnes? Surely not?
I also have the feeling that a T Tex would be a messy eater - wouldn't want to be half eaten and tossed aside.
This is the first Najoblomo entry - tomorrow, more philosophic...
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Teething
Posted Oct 16, 2012
Had my wisdom teeth out on Friday. Not as bad as was predicted, but I'm now very bored with soup and ice cream and swallowing pills.
Still the children enjoyed playing doctor, bringing me ice packs and the like. Bless em.
Other than that, 25,000 words into the novel, which i'm enjoying, but it does put other projects on hold. The challenge, as always, is to find an ending and tie all the knots and McGuffins together!
And I voted in Belgium for the first time on Sunday. Voting is simple but the outcome is confusing - all the parties are in different coalitions with each other in different municipalities...
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less hootoo time, but for the right reasons
Posted Jun 15, 2012
Have been doing quite a bit of stuff.
Busy at work, but in a good way - nice range of issues, good team - can't complain.
And at home, have been working on a longer piece of writing - a book basically. It's about a cycle courier in a dystopian society, post climate change - but it's treated lightly.
I don't harbour any illusions of publishing it in any way other than free, but it's a good new challenge to try and keep the energy and coherence.
Away from the computer, it's birthday party season and then holidays - no more work on the house at the moment, apart from suing the bloke who made the mess of the chimney...
Vegetable patch has been half successful - but we've learnt a lot for next year, and it's all good fun. Wish I'd known about pruning the pear tree though ...
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