Year: 2009

Hey y’all, Autumn is well underway in Notts at the mo. Low temps (well, single figures in centigrade anyway) and it’s jumpers and coats when you go outside. I do like the change in seasons. Sure, I’m not big on the wet weather, but I don’t like I’d like day in day out sunshine. But, hey, maybe I’m just morose 😛 So what’s been going on? Well…. we – the Chameleons Group – had a party. 🙂 We often have one at this time of year, as a number of our… umm.. number have birthday’s around… ummm… this time of year. 🙂 Besides, do you really need a reason for good food, good company and some good music? Nah! 😀 […]

Howdy folks, A case of so far so good this week. A couple of items in the media and some good news on the Chameleons front. Regular readers may know – assuming I did remember to blog about it (Ed: uh-oh, dippy moment ahoy!) – that I dropped Boots an email about their make up services. Well, thanks to a lucky gap in my packed work calendar (!) and rather than play telephone tag, I dropped into to branch in question as the whole email thing wasn’t working for either party. Sometimes I swear technology eats your messages rather than deliverying them! 🙂 So we’ve got a provisional date booked (25th November)…. and Boots were kind enough to offer 10% […]

Hey folks, Larks, unusually for me I’ve left today’s blog entry to the last minute. In the last few months I’ve been writing ahead of myself during the week (if that makes sense), so I’ve got something ready for Friday night. This week? Well, I’ve just been up to this & that and with a lack of anything to get off my chest, ummm, it’s a bit quiet 🙂 Still, quiet is good neh? The old cliche about ‘interesting times’ aside, quiet can’t be over-rated some days. A little slow time can be good. It gives you space to catch up with things you’ve been meaning to do. It also lets you look back and take stock of where you […]

Hi everyone, Good week so far? I hope so. It’s not been a bad one at my end. By the time you read this, I’ll be on my way to being another year older. Crikey. The Big Four Oh is closer than the slightly smaller Three Oh, but it’s better than the alternative! 🙂 Besides, I hear life begins at 40, so I’ve a few years to try and find out what that means. Well, unless any of you know in which case that’d save me some legwork. 🙂 Birthdays, they’re a funny old things. I like the quiet ones. Just me, the kids and the Ever Lovely Mrs Jones. Like my Dad said about Christmas, it’s not so much […]

Hi folks, Not sure where to start with this entry. A lot seems to have gone on recently and it’s all been a bit of a whirl. Thankfully, in a pleasant fairgroundy wheee-ooooh kinda way. That’s far better than the hanging on for dear life as the ‘copter takes off in an action film stylee. 🙂 Remember Other than the trans stuff, this week – in fact today – is of course September 11th. There have been a number of programmes on this week, but honestly, I didn’t want to watch them. Our family wasn’t affected directly by those awful events, but I do remember feeling…. what? I guess a state of shock at the time. I can’t imagine what […]

Hey good people! This week has gone by in a shot. Mind you, having the extra long weekend certainly helped… as did a bit of extra leave tacked on the end. I’ve hardly been at work this week, but at home with the family instead. Good stuff. I had originally written “Larks, this week has…” but it felt a little too Blackadder II. Still, if Hugh Laurie can go from playing The Stupid Prince to a hard edged surgeon, I guess there’s hope for us all in re-invention. 🙂 Here in Nottinghamshire, school is open once more and it was time to make some sarnies, pack a bag and try to find the missing school shoe. How is it kid’s […]