Currently listening to...

..the new Tindersticks album, Falling Down a Mountain. It's very good- thank you Voley.

January's over already

Thought I'd better post something before the month ends. It's not been a great month, hence my being rather quiet on here. We had to have our dog, Sam, put to sleep a couple of weeks ago so I've been feeling a little sad. He was still behaving like an overgrown puppy at the beginning of December so it has all been a bit sudden. The house just seems very empty and quiet now.

Time to look forward to the rest of the year now though. I wonder what it holds in store? My New Year's resolution is to do some different things- I rely far too much on routine, I need to be a little more spontaneous. We shall see how I do with that one!

Visited my favourite vole yesterday. Good company, good food and a couple of Archers- what more could a woman ask for?!...and it has snowed- that makes a fairly good weekend in my books. Oh, and my Father Ted box set arrived in the post along with a Philip Pullman novel.

I'll leave you with a couple of photos of Sam......

Last of the snow?

I've enjoyed finally having a bit of snow around. However, I find it so frustrating that a couple of inches seems to bring things grinding to a halt around here. We've had nothing compared with many, yet many of the local schools have been closed and roads have become ice rinks. I've a friend who lives on Saddleworth Moor- now they have had real snow with up to six-foot drifts. I'm not really wanting to be completely snowed in, but I just wish people round here would keep things in perspective. It has been very cold though...-10C when you leave for work isn't funny.

Back to reality

Happy New Year! Hope you have had a good festive season. Mine has been good but it all seems to be over so fast- I don't know where December went. All the same, it has been good to have time off work and to be able to spend time with some of my favourite people! I've spent my last day of freedom today trawling through the remainder of the sales. I'm not one to battle through the crowds when the sales first start, I'm not that desperate for a bargain. Consequently, there is never much left by the time I reach the shops. Other than a few cut price books, I failed to find anything worth buying, my only bargain being a pack of mince pies for 10p.
Back to work in the morning, back to reality.