Well, yesterday was so hectic by the time I finished the day's wordage (at 3.30 am) I didn't really feel like updating. It was good though - invoices prepared and away, various other business matters sorted, most of the
Morocco Blue site revised, and I bought a
book from amazon.co.uk for £152.04. Well, from one of their booksellers actually. And yes, you did read that right, one hundred and fifty-two pounds and four pence. [wince] And
that was half the price we were quoted by the British Library. Never spent so much on a book before, but it's the only one of its type, it's an essential reference book, a business expense, and we both need it - Ken for a proposed book that he's been researching for quite a while, and me as reference material for Haadri (and other works).
I think we'll have to keep it in a safe...
Oh, and the copy of
Earthian Vol 1 I bought on ebay arrived! It's a fairly ancient manga - 1988 - but the artwork is beautiful, the characters really endearing, and the stories are interesting. Going to add it to my wish list, along with the anime: there are only four volumes, and the book itself is a work of art, the cover printed on silky, silvery intricately-embossed cream card. It's lovely to hold as well as to read...
Today was fun. I woke up with an essential part of the Introduction to
Celtic Symbols in my head, so managed to write a quarter of today's wordage before I'd even properly woken up. Then we spent almost the whole day in the garden: the two new shrubs are planted, we've started clearing the ivy from the copse in preparation for turning it back into a meadow, oiked some of the blanket weed out of Roeg's Pool (planning to tackle the next and split the reeds into two on Sunday or Monday), and Ken took off a layer of grass from the garden side of the pool so we could lay the stones we plan to cement into place (as soon as we have some sand to mix with the concrete: we've run out).
I took a couple of photos so we have something to refer to when we come to do the work (the spaces will be filled with low growing plants and pebbles: I still have half a bagful from a couple of years ago). It'll stop the grass from growing into the pool, provide a little more cover for the fish, and make it easier to keep the water clear.
Then Frodo arrived to play with Kai and stay to tea, which I had to go and buy because this week has been so hectic I haven't had time to plan ahead and stock up. But the spagbol and strawberry cheesecake seemed to go down well - the sprogs ate up at the log scramble. And while I was down at Sainsbug's I saw that New Zealand legs of lamb were half price -
half price!!! - and bought a small one for tomorrow's dinner. We can't usually afford lamb, it's hugely expensive, but this one was £5.75, and it's Oestre, and Kai's never had it before... and it was
half price!!! Of course, I now feel really guilty about the airmiles it's clocked up...
I'm now about to get the rest of today's wordage started. We were going to spend another day in the garden tomorrow, but Kai wants to go on an adventure with his dad (though if we're too busy he doesn't mind if he can't, he assures us. He's a wonderful, thoughtful child) and after he went to bed we discussed it. It
is his long weekend, after all, a little holiday for him. So Ken will take him out, on a train ride, tomorrow and I'll see how much more I can get done while they're gone. I have to confess it's easier working when I don't have the interruptions, not that they're frequent or unnecessary, but they're still distracting.
Right. Back to the rockface. Really not far to go now.
Oh, and
YAY!!! Ran a manual Norton update half an hour ago: there was a new Intrusion Prevention file, installed it, and now I can comment again, so whatever the problem was they've fixed it. (Which is a point, wonder if they've fixed the other problem too? Heh, might try to download it tomorrow.)
I go...
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
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