Ye gods, where does the time go, it seems like days and weeks fly past at times and when there's enough jobs to take up twice as much time and trying to keep up with everything else that keep you from going insane.
Some highlights though have to be the musical excursions, the rehearsal weekend and orchestra recording for the new O&S Album that's being put together which were certainly a lot of hard work but should result in something good, a jazz band rehearsal which was certainly more snug since the front room got finished. Also getting together for an 'Old Bangers and Blowers' rehearsal which was certainly different playing in such a small ensemble, and also meant that I had to play clarinet again, and the first parts no less which was a challenge, esp with the high notes, but was quite cool to be able to play a lot of the parts.
Other than that work is being fairly interesting with the work that is coming up and what I'm being asked to do at the moment. There are some challenges and areas where I can learn some new stuff which is good, just hoping that things don't take a turn for the worse and I end up getting really frustrated with the job.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Up and down the M3
Weird title I know, but would certainly have to be the major hurdle for this week what with a management group meeting and FAST meeting in London this week. Being on a course helped in some ways, and there's still tomorrow to try and rest up before starting back in the office on Monday. The course was one that the team had been waiting a few years to do, and so hopefully will come in useful with some future development work and the possible threat of a customer call out.
In other news I now have a dishwasher (yes!! no more washing up) and a shiny new phone. There is a also a plan to door up the hatchway through to my kitchen which is the last thing really to do in the front room. Then the photos will go up (provided I've tidied) and I can let the rest of the world see what the outcome was.
In other news I now have a dishwasher (yes!! no more washing up) and a shiny new phone. There is a also a plan to door up the hatchway through to my kitchen which is the last thing really to do in the front room. Then the photos will go up (provided I've tidied) and I can let the rest of the world see what the outcome was.
Monday, January 01, 2007
Welcome to 2007
Happy new year and all that jazz. Well 2006 has gone, and was quite a full year looking back on it. A few firsts, a few new things and lot of things that were enjoyable which has to be the main thing.
Christmas was spent round at mum and dads and mainly involved plenty of food, drink and plenty of relaxing. Presents were good and just what I asked for, including a very nice wall clock which has gone up in the lounge and the swinging pedulum is now very slightly hypnotic (must stop staring at clock). New Years eve was very kindly hosted by Uncle Rowland where a good time was had by all and managed to include 6 (count them 6) bottles of champagne over the course of the night. My head wasn't too bad this morning but a bowl of homemade soup (not mine) and some fresh baked bread helped. Ok that's a random thing to blog about but it was a damn fine meal considering how much sleep I hadn't had ;)
I'm back home now and with one day left of the holiday it's time to get prepping for everything that needs to be done in the next few days and weeks, but on the plus side my front room is almost complete (just need to get some doors for the hatchway), but the new carpet and sofas arrived last month and really do look good, and it's not just me that says that :)
The Christmas decorations will have to come down this week as well, which is a bit of a shame, but does mean I get the massive tree out of the window and should inspire me to bring all my CDs back down from where they've been stored in the spare room, and then I ought to really look into clearing that room out, too many books in too many boxes still I guess ;)
Have a great 2007, I know I intend to
Christmas was spent round at mum and dads and mainly involved plenty of food, drink and plenty of relaxing. Presents were good and just what I asked for, including a very nice wall clock which has gone up in the lounge and the swinging pedulum is now very slightly hypnotic (must stop staring at clock). New Years eve was very kindly hosted by Uncle Rowland where a good time was had by all and managed to include 6 (count them 6) bottles of champagne over the course of the night. My head wasn't too bad this morning but a bowl of homemade soup (not mine) and some fresh baked bread helped. Ok that's a random thing to blog about but it was a damn fine meal considering how much sleep I hadn't had ;)
I'm back home now and with one day left of the holiday it's time to get prepping for everything that needs to be done in the next few days and weeks, but on the plus side my front room is almost complete (just need to get some doors for the hatchway), but the new carpet and sofas arrived last month and really do look good, and it's not just me that says that :)
The Christmas decorations will have to come down this week as well, which is a bit of a shame, but does mean I get the massive tree out of the window and should inspire me to bring all my CDs back down from where they've been stored in the spare room, and then I ought to really look into clearing that room out, too many books in too many boxes still I guess ;)
Have a great 2007, I know I intend to
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Christmas is coming...
No I haven't got the date wrong, it is still November (just) but you definitely get the feeling that Christmas will soon be upon us. Obviously the decorations have been in shops since Halloween was done with and the ads are beginning to appear on television with greater frequency. Other signs are the appearance of Christmas lists round at Mum and Dads and of course the Christmas music is out with the bands. SCWB are doing a Christmas concert after the Turner Sims one last weekend (which went very well all things considered) and SUCB have got the now traditional festive encore. The major downside was that we had to play Sleigh Ride tonight, and though I was more comfortable getting the notes under my fingers, it's still never going to be my favorite piece to play.
In other news I managed to get a few games of badminton this week for the first time in around a year+. Still some of the old mistakes but some damn fine shots (even if I do say so myself). The muscles definitely let me know this morning that I'd done it, but a bit of exercise can't go amiss.
Finally we got v7 out the door and so there are drinks tomorrow \o/. It's always good when your manager sends out a meeting notice with a location of the local pub :)
In other news I managed to get a few games of badminton this week for the first time in around a year+. Still some of the old mistakes but some damn fine shots (even if I do say so myself). The muscles definitely let me know this morning that I'd done it, but a bit of exercise can't go amiss.
Finally we got v7 out the door and so there are drinks tomorrow \o/. It's always good when your manager sends out a meeting notice with a location of the local pub :)
Sunday, November 12, 2006
and the decorating goes on...
Hopefully there will be a blog post soon which doesn't contain an update on decorating, but while it's going well and every little change brings a smile I don't think I'll be letting up. The border went up today again with help from Dad which has meant it's gone on right and again looks great. Fortunately we only had to do one joining up of the pattern on the massive wall and that will be cunningly hidden by a room divider.
New sofas were always on the cards, but I had planned to buy them a bit later (possibly after Christmas). However having seen one I liked in Homebase it suddenly turned out that the parents had got a voucher for 15% off which had to be used this weekend. So in about 4 weeks there should be some new sofas in my front room, which does give a bit of a deadline for sorting things out like carpets but that's ok as it'll help with my Christmas deadline(ish). Of course the credit card is not out of commission, what with the new fridge and putting my car through it's MOT.
My freevo box was brought back to life after shifting everything round in the front room. Some slight hacking was then involved to get it back to the original state and I still can't get the listing guide updating as automagically as it used to but it's usable for when I need it.
Finally I've managed to upload the pictures from the fireworks last night and the TP jolly to London which I completely forgot to mention last week. That saw us going round the London Eye (some great views) and then a meal on the Dixie queen while travelling up and down the river, the free bar didn't go amiss either.
New sofas were always on the cards, but I had planned to buy them a bit later (possibly after Christmas). However having seen one I liked in Homebase it suddenly turned out that the parents had got a voucher for 15% off which had to be used this weekend. So in about 4 weeks there should be some new sofas in my front room, which does give a bit of a deadline for sorting things out like carpets but that's ok as it'll help with my Christmas deadline(ish). Of course the credit card is not out of commission, what with the new fridge and putting my car through it's MOT.
My freevo box was brought back to life after shifting everything round in the front room. Some slight hacking was then involved to get it back to the original state and I still can't get the listing guide updating as automagically as it used to but it's usable for when I need it.
Finally I've managed to upload the pictures from the fireworks last night and the TP jolly to London which I completely forgot to mention last week. That saw us going round the London Eye (some great views) and then a meal on the Dixie queen while travelling up and down the river, the free bar didn't go amiss either.
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