A Brain Dump on a Rainy Afternoon

Both R and I are sick today…. We both have a cold. I’ve had a sore throat since Sunday and hoped that was it but it just seems to be getting worse. Whenever I get a cold, it always starts... Continue reading →

Cake Heals the Soul

We joke about cake making things better but cake actually did make things better. Four years ago, I left my full-time permanent job. What was I doing next? Who knows! I had no new job to go to and everything... Continue reading →

The Last Couple of Weeks (Trip to Design Junction)

Morning! Hello, how are you? The last couple of weeks have seem to be a bit crazy. I think part of it was getting back into the swing of Our Sidekick being back at school (well he’s at college now)... Continue reading →

February 14: Happy Valentine’s Day (and Chocolate Muesli!!)

At work there were all sorts of activities going on this week because it was Valentine’s Day. This included a quiz sheet, raffle, a video competition between the teams and a Bake Off Cooking Competition. I took part in the... Continue reading →

thursday tunes

As well as podcasts now I’m walking to and from work there’s a lot of music being played each day (and quite a lot of dancing too sometimes!). Here are the top 5 current favourites, here’s Thursday Tunes: Dancing in... Continue reading →

the pre-30 list: part one

The Pre-30 List Get a new job… …or vocation Given that I’ve just completed Day 6 of my new temp job, I think in a way this goal is completed. Okay it might get completed multiple times in the next... Continue reading →

hannah’s job search – part eight

I have 4 minutes left of my lunch break so I’m going to hispeed type this down and hopefully the formatting will be in the right place. On Tuesday I started a new temp job doing data entry at an... Continue reading →

review – march

Books (Read and actually finished….) A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans (Started and not finished, or carrying on with but not finished…) Knitting for Good!: A Guide to Creating Personal, Social, and Political Change Stitch by Stitch... Continue reading →

hannah’s job search – part two

(Image Source) Yesterday evening I went to the cinema with JD, as we drove back home we were talking about work and (unintentionally) came up with a plan for me. First thing in the morning I’d get up and go... Continue reading →

twentyfour: that day thing

Since going back to that day thing also known as work after Christmas, some days it has felt like I’m wading through treacle – I just about clear my to do list just to add another ten things to it.... Continue reading →

Dolly Mixture!!!!!! Woohoo!!

On my recent post 10 Years Ago I mentioned Dolly Mixture, I had a comment from Shannon who blogs at Mad Squrrel HQ asking what Dolly Mixture were. So ta-da these are dolly mixture!!!! My favourites are the pink cubes or the gum... Continue reading →

It’s All Change!!!

So Friday lunchtime I wrote about how I didn’t know what I was going to do and I didn’t know what to do decide. Well that all changed about two hours later. About 2:45 I asked Hina if she had... Continue reading →

It’s The Week Already

Well it’s not quite it’s still Sunday evening but it may as well be the week again – I swear I have no life now lol. I work 9 to 5 Monday to Friday (Is there a cue for a... Continue reading →