Tag Archives: Life

Good list…

I’m not generally keen on self-help books, sites or whatever, much less on trite “advice” which claims to make everything better, but I quite like this:
10 virtually instant ways to improve your life - lifehack.org
It’s not going to transform your life, make the sentient being of your dreams fall hopelessly in love with you or […]

Not a bad day

You might recall that last time I took a week off work, I wasn’t at my best, and ended up not doing very much at all thanks to a total lack of energy, motivation and general thinginess. I wasn’t really happy about that
So far, on this little break (Thursday to Tuesday), I’m […]

Another soggy Sunday

After yesterday’s full day at work, today I had to do the shopping and washing[1] that I would normally have done yesterday. I woke up early[2], and headed out into the rain. It wasn’t all that heavy, just enough to be a bit annoying.
After that, I had a bit of a lazy day, and […]

Well, that was a pretty good week off

At the start of my week off, I gave myself a list of things to do. As it’s back to work tomorrow , I thought I’d check that list and see how many items I can cross off.

Go to the South Tyneside coast, especially Souter Lighthouse
Visit the Roman fort at South Shields
Go to […]

Taking it easy

I decided to have another relaxed day today. Sat around, went to Tesco’s, sat around some more. I posted some stuff here, and I’ve been updating some old posts - I’m gradually moving all the images in the site into Gallery2, which involves editing some old posts so they get their thumbnails in a different […]

A slight change of plan

Mutter, mutter, mutter. Yesterday, I said that I’d be going to North Tyneside today if the weather was suitable. I had it all planned, too. I was going to take the Metro to Monkseaton or thereabouts, then walk to the lighthouse at St Mary’s Island. After a good look at that, I was going to […]

A relaxed day

After all the walking over the last couple of days, I decided to have a bit of a rest today. So, I took it easy this morning, and just went to Tesco’s for some supplies, then came straight home.
This gave me the time to finish reading a book and watch the extras on a Doctor […]

Starting the week

I was running a bit late this morning[1] and forgot to weigh myself, but I did remember when I got home, when I weighed 209.8 pounds (14 stone 13.8 pounds, 95.2kg).
I bought a couple of pairs of chinos and some shirts in Marks and Spencer today. I’ve been meaning to get some clothes for a […]

Another lazy Sunday

It’s been a pleasantly relaxed day. Did some reading this morning[1], then took the first faltering step on my writing course: writing and submitting a profile of myself. Not an easy task, but I managed around 600 words on me, writing and the like. The idea is that they’ll read it and use what I’ve […]

And finally….

I’ve set myself some personal targets to achieve in 2005. Some of them are specific, others are more general. These aren’t really New Year’s Resolutions, because we all know that those things rarely survive past lunchtime on January 1. But they are things I want to do, achieve or, err, be in the future.
Some I’m […]