Boron, aka B, aka Handsome Sam, is quite partial to the window seat in the living room. Sunny windows sills are a delightful novelty for us all.
Categorylife
The general parent category for most of the things I write about on here.
One of the more interesting Louisa-centric sub-categories is biodata (where I explore my personal history with graphs, maps and whatnot), and if you’re that way inclined, you can read about the wonderful felines and canines with whom I’ve shared my life too.
- explores her old Geocities site on the WayBack Machine. It was 2 years old at the time of the first snapshot. Scarily like today's XKCD. #
- and @johnleach follow links on my Geocities page to our first joint project and our first blogs, then (2000/1) quaintly called "Author Logs" #
- was visited by Katherine & 5-week-old-today Joe. J was perturbed by the dated decor, lots of "where have you brought me, mother?" chuntering #
- @strowger78 ooh, what did you have? did you have the silly deep fried marshmallows for dessert? ;) in reply to strowger78 #
- says "mmm, the olive tree…" #
- realises that staring-into-space-thinking and staring-into-space-doing-nothing must look quite alike to an outside observer. #
- is sat on the balcony in the sun, with a giant cat on her knee and her laptop very precariously balanced on the arm of a folding chair. #
- had a fun Leeds Ruby Thing but really, really should have peed before leaving the pub. #
- is playing guitar hero with mum and dad – their first time. Dad got 84% on livin on a prayer, mum 89% on la bamba – she's gloating :) #
- met our lovely next-door-but-one neighbours properly for the first time last night – they brought us a welcome-to-the-neighbourhood cake! #
- was surprised to wake up to find the babbling brook at the bottom of the garden has become a full-on roaring river! http://bit.ly/4xuhLW #
- had a frickin' awesome curry at omars with @johnleach. #
- had an intensively flavoured lunch: salty ham, sharp blue wensleydale, herby olives, tangy pickled onions, sweet & hot chilli & ginger jam. #
- loves how the cat refuses to look me in the eye when he's trying to mate with my arm, even when i go out of my way to catch his glazed gaze. #
- revisits @DougCoupland's Microserfs again, 13yrs after first reading it. It changed my life back then, feels dated but still relevant now. #
- was called into the other room by Carb's sorrowful meows. No fluffy cushion for him to sit on, just the bare sofa. Oh, the hardship, oh! #
- http://twitpic.com/mgsxb – the little prince is happy on his cushion & glad he doesn't have to slum it on just the sofa like a pauper #
- was stood outside on the balcony and everything was perfectly still. Was like being in a photograph. Rather weird. #
- is still wondering/worrying what i said without thinking at drama yesterday which alerted one of the kids to the fact i like Tenacious D… #
- reminds the cats how to use a cat flap, using ham as a bribe. #
- thinks a new to-do list is in order. #
- cycled to Idle & back again. It's getting a little easier but still knackering. Oh for the flatlands of my youth, not this hilly shire. #
- still doesn't believe baby Joe ever cries: he always just sleeps when I'm there. Katherine has warned me I shouldn't bait the tired lady. #
- has had a lovely day off with @johnleach: yum lunch at the town st tavern in horsforth then a walk in the woods at the back of our house. :) #
- brightens up a crappy morning by writing some longer-than-intended notes in permanent marker. mmm, volatile organic compounds. #
- cycled back and forth to Katherine's. Hills each way. Baby Joe (3 weeks old today) was exhausted by my efforts. #
- is really starting to enjoy drama – got some homework this week, working on all my group's LAMDA pieces, fun stuff :) #
- is swinging between feeling ill and feeling perky. thanks sugar and caffeine. #
- has been making the stream at the bottom of the garden flow more efficiently. There are 72 steps from the stream to the (grd floor) kitchen. #
- has been letting cats out for the first time today. The first group excursion went well but the solo missions less so – Boron's gone AWOL… #
- heard Boron meowing to say he was stuck in a neighbour's garden. He turned the nonchalance up to 11 when he made it back into our garden. #
- wishes you could get king size dinosaur print duvet covers. #
- has just taken Carbon for another wander around the garden. He does NOT like the pond. #
- thinks this is going to be a cold house until we get the woodburner & better curtains everywhere. Might knit wrist-warmer gloves tonight. #
- @xbaz that sounds dangerously like a euphemism. ;) in reply to xbaz #
- thinks the (spicy tomato and lentil) soup could probably use another ten minutes but dammit, i'm hungry now. #
- wants to offer @johnleach's dad soup but suspects it's probably best not to shout at him suddenly when he's precariously perched on the roof #
- opens all the doors and windows – living room chimney still leaking into the dining room and bedroom, smoke everywhere. boo. #
- writes crib notes on her hand in case she forgets what to say while leading a drama class exercise. #
- has been nesting all weekend. well, mostly wandering around the garden with the cats avoiding actually doing anything. #
- oh! also bought a bike from ebay! went for a ride today, checking out nearby allotments and through the woods – exploring is fun :) #
- is having a sneaky minute checking on the state of the internetz while having a cup of tea. Next up: packing the kitchen. Exciting :) #
- is super exhausted after 13 hours of packing. *Very* nearly done with the key stuff. The rest, deep storage stuff, can wait for now. #
- dangerous horseplay aftermath: arm bruise looks like a hickey, arse bruise is v gnarly. @johnleach winces whenever he spies my bum cleavage. #
- is having a calm cup of tea before the events of the day commence. Movers arrive in 1.5hrs. Eek! #
- thinks the moving guys hate us. Nearly done though. Kinda. Carbon is hiding under the bed but the others more interested than scared. #
- & the cats are in the (new) house. cats seem to approve of the bathroom: our prison for the next few hours. oh for a power socket. #
- has had a great day. cats seem very happy and so are we. lots of boxes about still, obviously but we'll get there. :) #
- had a fabulously smutty-humoured day at the office. #
- is going to meet baby Joe properly – 10 days old now. Hope neither of us starts crying. #
- thought the walk TO katherine & john's would be easy-peasy – it was easy walking FROM there last week, downhill all the way… #
- @Threebt this recipe uses grated beetroot – is that any good for you? http://bit.ly/jD7s4 in reply to Threebt #
- @Threebt ooh that looks nice. hurrah for simple :) in reply to Threebt #
- held baby Joe for about ten minutes. He hiccuped and didn't cry. His dad thought I looked relaxed until he looked at my panic ridden face. #
- was going to bid on http://bit.ly/ebay-noooo as a present for @johnleach who has an obsession with brushes but i forgot. am gutted. 99p! #
- is working the lumberjack look today – checked shirt, wood over shoulder. #
- used her wood to make an airing cupboard. Didn't go perfectly but learnt a lot. Need more sticks for more shelves in the other cupboard. #
- clears out her feed reader, ready for another week. #
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