- discovers an ink blotch on her forearm from last night’s late night diary writing. #
- listens to @johnleach make cereal/serial jokes. is not amused. #
- is presently particularly partial to pickled peppers. #
- has crossed everything off her to-do list for today and @johnleach is making paneer and chickpea curry for tea: double win! #
- had a lovely meal at Cooper’s in Guiseley with Katherine. Had a bad driving lesson before then: better driving backwards than forwards now. #
- dreamt of salty sea dogs. #
- can’t wait to be working in our new office in the new house – craving music and space. #
- reads some comments that don’t help her mood one bit, even though she knows the remarks are just trolling. sigh. #
- feeds the cats a big pile of meat to celebrate it being 10yrs since Carla, Carbon & I adopted each other. Gave a short unappreciated speech. #
- had a surreal 1930s themed trip to the cinema this evening. Probably ate more crap than they did in the 1930s, laughed more too. #
- got “chased” by two horses on the way to the hairdressers – they were running, I wasn’t. i will miss armley. #
- had to bite her tongue several times at the hairdressers. Everyone repeating myths about nutrition, diet & sex education as the truth. sigh. #
- hasn’t done as much work as she should have done this afternoon but nevermind. been a good, busy week all in all. time to sit in the sun. #
- had a lovely day in Harrogate with @johnleach. ate lemon & lime cheesecake and bought binoculars from oxfam & fabric for bunting. #
- can smell the neighbours’ bbqs and now has super-mad bbq cravings. #
- is having to work today because PastLouisa_ was slack on Friday but is getting ahead on some stuff too so FutureLouisa_ likes her tomorrow. #
- has another wonderfully long conversation with @johnleach & @thattommyhall. world not put to rights, just decided everyone is confused. #
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- woke up feeling perfectly rested this morning. a novel experience. #
- finally gave Recycle This the long, long, awaited redesign that it very much needed. New features to follow. http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/ #
- has a re-pinkened arm after a driving lesson and wonders if having a truckers’ tan will help her pass her test. #
- wonders how she could implement blog-style tags in her offline pen & paper diary for easier categorisation/browsing… any suggestions? #
- thought maybe coloured tabs in specific positions on the side of pages would work – would limit the max. number of tags but that might be ok #
- woke up two minutes before her alarm for the second time in a row this morning, very strange. #
- is too hot to be proactive at the moment. #
- spent the afternoon doing some quite major pruning in the garden. got a blister and very very sticky. showered now and feel ace. #
- is keen to point out at @johnleach was not being euphemistic in this tweet – http://twitter.com/johnleach/status/2007077575 #
- watches a cat trying out different plantpots for size: “this is a little small but the foliage is more cushioning than in the other one”. #
- feels like screaming. #
- wonders which will break first @johnleach or her unicycle. #
- thinks it’ll be both, at the same time, spectacularly. probably a good thing i don’t want to have children too. #
- is glad the afternoon is ending on a high note – some great news after hours and hours of stress. #
- @tim_waters we’ve got an 850W and all the instructions i read are for 800W. perhaps we should swap food. in reply to tim_waters #
- hasn’t drunk nearly enough liquid today. my brain feels like a raisin. #
- is feeling strangely low despite an awesome lunch and it being the weekend tomorrow. swimming this afternoon though. #
- can smell rice. mmm. #
- enjoyed fish & chips with @johnleach in horsforth park last night then went to @thattommyhall’s for tea, wombling & discussion of everything #
- is listening to @johnleach serenading the cooking sausages with his ukelele & falsetto vocals. a day of nothingness awaits, hurrah. #
- is stuffed after a lovely meal at little tokyo. should do something productive this evening but probably won’t. #
- does not appear to have magically improved on the unicycle during its year of rest in the cellar. strange. #
- has been looking through old photos. lots of me as a kid then lots of other people when i got behind the camera at uni. #
- very much enjoyed learning about leatherworking last night – can’t wait to get some tools ourselves and finish our belts :) #
- crosses a bazillion fiddly little things off her to-do list. An evening of sewing and Mexican food awaits. #
- wonders why she always hits the snooze button three times when generally that jarring waking/sleeping is a horrible way to wake up. #
- used to have amazing, elaborate dreams filled with danger and excitement; now i dream of reading letters from the bank. #growingupsucks #
- always gets intrigued when she sees someone change their mind at the garden gate about delivering a leaflet to us: what’s on it!? what?! #
- is feeling anxious about being somewhat behind with things today. Probably just tired. #
- loves it when the cats sleep in plant pots in the garden. so very round, so very furry. #
- discovers she can make @johnleach’s phone bleep by sending twitter tweets #
- @davidsmalley the birds are tweeting? what are their usernames? i want to follow them. ;) in reply to davidsmalley #
- thinks it’s time to go swimming. Also had a frickin’ awesome cross-stitch idea which I shall have to implement this evening. ;) #
- has a sore throat from doing a death metal version of @johnleach’s new Ukepedia.com song (which he shall debut at Barcamp Leeds tomorrow) #
- has been reading in the sunny park with the cats. Now we’re all back in the shady garden cooling off and rehydrating. #
- notices the garden is hyper green like someone fiddled with the colour levels. This side is dark, grass green, the other side almost lime. #
- has calculated how much stuff – furniture, boxes and bags – we’ll have to move over to the new house. It is, precisely, a lot. #
- wishes she hadn’t started looking for a new phone. #
- likes making @johnleach laugh, even if it means her best ever game of Hexic, which was paused while we went to see Star Trek, times out #
- has a sensitive uvula today. #
- can hear @johnleach muttering to himself. #
- thinks she’ll work from bed today. It just feels like one of those days. #
- has booked herself and @johnleach on a leatherworking course at fabrication in leeds next week – should be fun :) #
- welcomes @Threebt to twitter – hi Clare :) #
- is nearly done for the week: another pretty good one. Got some exciting stuff in the pipeline but more importantly, curry tonight, woo! :) #
- had an awesome curry. Can’t wait until we live nearer :) #
- went to Southport & Crosby yesterday. Ate an ice cream with Andrew Gormley’s men on the beach then fish with mum & dad at The Forge. #
- meant Antony Gormley, obviously. Was thinking of @sugarquay and mistyped ;) #
- has spent the day tidying the garden and being clumsy. sometimes both at the same time. #
- regrets consuming caffeine late in the day. has retreated to the living room after being taunted by the snores of @johnleach and the cats. #
- can’t decide where to go to dinner with katherine – all my great “let’s try somewhere new!” ideas are closed on mondays. boo. #
- end up in Salvo’s – excellent as always. @johnleach is having SFC. #
- has had a productive afternoon – got lots done while procrastinating about doing something even less desirable. #
- watches a giant cat scare himself with a swivel chair. #
- hears some bad news about a big yellow dog. who will dry-hump my leg now, who? #
- wonders if we can expense the milkshakes we always *have* to have on the way home from the accountants. (today: oreos & fry’s mint cream) #
- is finding it hard to concentrate today – it’s too easy to slack off when I’m home alone. #
- has been redesigning an old site today. Actually have too much screen real estate for a change, have to think of ways to fill it… #
- has had a bloody good week. Done lots of good work, more than I imagined, in a timely fashion and not been stressed at all. Aceness. #
- is tempted to collect two of every animal. well, the cute ones anyway. #
- started her collection by catching a wet dog that was loose in the street. had to give her back to her owner afterwards though, boo. #
- had lots of fun at the gillroyd parade gig last night. drove home via morley, nearly hit a dog – that would have put an end to my driving… #
- has got biscuit crumbs *everywhere*. only upside: realising that “cleavage crumbs” is lovely to say and sounds pleasingly euphemistic. #
- watches the postman try to camouflage all the spam he’s giving us by slipping it inbetween letters. #
- had chorizo, smoked cheese, dill pickles and cream crackers for lunch in the sunshine. yummo. many cats were present also. #
- is getting disheartened with driving lessons. unsurprisingly my main problems are meeting people & preparation/organisation. #
- @johnleach no, you’re not. you’re laid down on the sofa, i can see you. or i would be able to see you if i wasn’t TOO HUNGRY TO SEE STRAIGHT in reply to johnleach #
- is eagerly awaiting chickpea and paneer curry. #
- is clicking and typing softly while @johnleach tries to nap on the sofa. #
- thinks she’s far too clumsy to carry out the plan she has in mind. #
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