Another Year in Paradise
So here it is. We still have not moved to a suitable house. Wifey is still very ill. Despite lots of dedicated people working on stuffs, a handful of people constantly failing to do what is right causes us some stress and exasperation.
Paradise never looked so good :\
Added Further extended Webcammery stuff
So I have taken delivery of a fine Microsoft HD 3000 Webcam. Nice quality picure, better than the original mungcam. The sound is still a bit ropey, but much superior to the logitech that belongs to my daughter.
I need to go and have coffee after all this webcammery.
Webcamery yet again
My nice web cam has gone to the great junk-pile in the sky. I’m now using my daughters old logicam. It will do for now, but it’s just not good enough for the mungcam, which traditionally is high quality.
We are 11 today
Been married for 11 years :D
Update at the end of march
The hat didn’t work as a long term addition to my head.
Wifey is still ill. We are still in the same house that is no longer suitable for our needs. I wrote 14 songs in February, some of which are actually quite good.
Our internet has broke and been fixed.
I am still learning to speak Welsh.
My cooking is getting better.
Erm....
So what is it all about? Wifey is ill. I’m on the cusp of attempting to write a 14 track album in a month. Asha has a new computer courtesy of wifeys mobile phone contract.
And I have a new hat.
Blerrrg
The server broke a few months ago and I lost recent posts. This discouraged me from posting any further stuff here.
I’ve decided to post something though, just to get it moving again. When I get time, Im going to have a complete overhaul and redesign of the site. It’s about 4 years old now, more or less.
Pig
We bought half a pig yesterday. It was dead and cut up into bits, which is good thing as half a pig gamboling around the kitchen would be inconvenient. And we’d probably have the half with the bottom.
We’ll be making some ham.
Another New Year
We started this one without any electricity. Then we got some snow. Not enough to make a snow man, but enough to freeze over and make an ice-rink. I’ve got a cold or something and by the sound of it some dafter bugger has got stuck up snowdon again. Lets hope they are safe and well.
Re-Moving
I used to be in the “Do Room” with Asha and her toys. For many reasons this didn’t really work, so I am now in the lounge, behind the sofa, much like the old days. This has been made possible now we have found a source of decent scrap wood which allows us to keep the house warm.
Asha and her toys are now exclusively in “Asha’s Playroom”. Dunno where the “Do Room” has moved to. I expect it will turn up at some point.
Gone and Back
I’ve moved server after many years of borrowing web-space from Manu. What I got was fantastic for free, but over the years DH has become my main website, email, centre of my on-line experience and I am usually stuffed when his server has had the wobblies.
So here I am on another server. Some things are missing – presumed lost forever, other things are in a folder somewhere on my system. Until they are found some so-called features of this site may not work as intended.
If you find broken things, please let me know.
Thursday
Thursday used to be like Tuesday. It is something that has always been true. Until now. Today it feels like a Friday. On the plus side it is sunny and I’ve got my washig out to dry again. Should things continue in this manner, I can see that our washing pile is soon to become and ex-washing pile.
I have some belly pork cremating in the oven for tea. What the Vickster is going to bring back to go with it will be a surprise. I’m hoping it will be something easy.
Tada!
Cooking
The kitchen was full of stuff going on today. After acquiring certain ingredients it was inevitable that veggie pate was going to be made as well as some veggie burgers. The pate was surprisingly easy. Though it’s resemblance to “stuffing” in both texture and flavour is an exaggeration.
Asha had an idea though. We made mint chocolate and chilli spread. It is rather nice.
Back Again
Simple everyday things that we have missed on our journey include stairs, dry kindling, a comfy chair and of course, the electric…. yes that’s right, the electric…. kettle; such a truly simple thing; hot water in three minutes, whenever I want it.
I am enjoying a beverage made with said device right now. And my feet are warm.
Very Fast
We are going away soon and I realised that my supply of suitable trousers for being outside in is much lower than previously expected. With this in mind I went on ebay yesterday and ordered two pairs of combat trousers.
Less than 24 hours later, the postie arrives with said trousers.
Fantastic.
We are 9 today
We are 9 today
Busy Day
Despite getting up at 10:30am and having my first lie-in for about 3 years, I have managed to do quite a lot. We had a lovely fried breakfast to start the day. I spent most of the afternoon laying reclaimed carpet tiles in the kitchen. We went to pick up a freecycle sofa which is perfect for our most-used-room-in-the-house room. It turned out the bloke we collected it from is a pig farmer, so as soon as we get a freezer we’ll be acquiring half a pig.
Tempus
So it’s march already. Back in November there was a list of things to be done by now.
I have missed the targets mostly.
Number of things listed on Ebay – 0 (that’s a zero)
Bank accounts set up: 0 (that is another zero)
Cash saved: 0 (yep that is another zero)
Caravans owned: 1.
On the plus side is an unexpected website practically completed and receiving lots of positive feedback from all quarters.
We also have a woodburner for camping and a tow bar, thanks to John for them.
I am also thinking of redesigning this site and trimming some of the excess bits off and adding new more exciting things like images from my microscope.
Microscope
We have acquired a microscope from Mr & Mrs Internet. It has a USB thing. Me and the little ‘un went out into the garden looking for things to look at in greater detail. The best was when we looked at the inner bits of the flower we could see the pollen. It was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen, ever in the history of everything.
Of course that’s easy to explain. Words still fail me when I think of seeing little Asha for the first time.
February already
OMG its February already. I’ve got my 2nd TMA to do. I’m falling behind with the course work again. I still have a lurgie of some kind. I have a website to update and modify somewhat. There are 1001 jobs that need doing in the house. I need to get this Ebay stuff sorted.
I am a world class procrastinator.