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*thinking calming, happy, fluffy bunny thoughts* Not planning to unleash armageddon on Orange,...

Oct 1st

Orange holding account hostage as “not account holder” when FUCKING AM! Hung up on...

Oct 1st

experiencing hold-music induced coma

Oct 1st

Off to go get emergency chocolate supply. Need a walk to calm me down. Sodding telecom companies....

Oct 1st

Twitter & Facebook at my desk, but not Gmail. Odd priorities. Glad finally joined 21st C and can...

Oct 1st

Updated about page. http://brightmeadow.co.uk/about/ at last “want to work in...

Sep 30th

Bedtime Reading: Nothing like a job that gives you some...

Sep 30th

End of day 2 and I can at least find my way to the office (harder than you might think!)

Sep 30th

Long day. Great fun. Good team - treated me to awesome lunch (lebanese). Think this could...

Sep 29th

Turns out synching new phone with email could take a little while. Going to make myself dinner...

Sep 29th

Dealing with odd E71 bug. Seemingly randomly duplicating entries in phonebook with no input from...

Sep 29th

I have an id badge - it’s official, i work in publishing!

Sep 29th

Getting ready for first day at work *gulp*

Sep 29th

Trying twitter through twibble. Not sold yet as peversely too many features

Sep 28th

Back from nice long walk round Jericho & the canal. Good to stretch the legs on a sunny sunday...

Sep 28th

OK, it’s a Sunday and I have nothing better to do. I suppose I had better write a roast...

Sep 28th

Dagnabbit, getting hooked on the new BBC Merlin. So embarrassing.

Sep 28th

Sunday Roast: duck quacks don’t echo

Sep 28th

Damn, moneysupermarket.com just saved me money. Hate that an advert actually influenced me!

Sep 27th

OK, food. I need to cook some food that is healthy and that will fill me up. Damn but I just want...

Sep 27th

Downloading some ebooks to shiny new phone, courtesy of http://www.booksinmyphone.com

Sep 27th

Need to stop spending money on things I really can’t afford right now! Think forgot to pack my...

Sep 27th

twitter on the phone too!! just got to sort out email now, which is proving tricky

Sep 27th

Holy smokes Batman

Sep 27th

Eventful day. Gonna curl up & finish my book & get much sleep as poss before start work...

Sep 26th

Cas Employed: Grinning like a fool because I got the job!!!!...

Sep 26th

OMG!! I got a job! At the OUP!

Sep 26th

How the f* do you prep for an “informal chat” for a job when they won’t tell you...

Sep 26th

Help: recommendation for good (but not too pricey) beauty parlor in Oxford desperately needed....

Sep 26th

History of my reading

Sep 25th

Have to go out & brave the Sainsburys Local again so have something for breakfast tomorrow. Or...

Sep 25th

Silly ITV Catchup. So buggy. Failed to make it all way through last ep of Lost in Austen. Grr....

Sep 25th

And don’t anyone tell me the end, I want to see it for myself. (Show was v.silly but great...

Sep 25th

Back from Soton. Already not missing the town - still missing the people like crazy though. Made...

Sep 25th

Up at 7 just so I can go back to Southampton for a drs apt. Something not right there I think.

Sep 25th

Uploading pictures & pottering about, doing job applications and stuff. Have nothing left to...

Sep 24th

Applied for job at a pub. All who knew Cas in the early days, feel free to laugh and mock now.

Sep 24th

Spent 3 hours walking round. Starting to find my way around. Canal is v. peaceful- hope dad’s...

Sep 24th

Royal Mail: No wonder it takes them all day to deliver the...

Sep 24th

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Purple Cas: Open top bus tours get surprisingly windy!

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Beaumont Palace: Told you Palace Meadows is built where...

Sep 24th

Palace Meadows: Where it all happens…

Sep 24th

Flat sheets are the creation of Lucifer. Give me good old fitted ones any day of the week.

Sep 24th

Silverlight installed = can now watch ITV shows over the Net as well. Who needs a TV? Though ITV...

Sep 24th

3rd Indian call centre of day: Barclaycard. Nice lady wished me good luck & good fortune in my...

Sep 24th

Online! Apple users need to type a $ sign before the wireless key. Simple as that. Had to ring a...

Sep 24th

One of the most awesome trailers I have seen in an AGE: http://tinyurl.com/46l6bp

Sep 24th

Doing an open top bus tour of oxford. Feel like such a tourist! Loving it!

Sep 24th

Looking forward to tomorrow as no appointments have to be on time for. Lots of silly touristy...

Sep 24th

Lucifer’s Night Blanket: The quilt that took over...

Sep 23rd

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Sep 23rd

Desk 1: Now about 90% unpacked. I like the old fashioned...

Sep 23rd

Desk 2: Now about 90% unpacked. I like the old fashioned...

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Sep 23rd

Birthday/Leaving Cake: Absolutely the best cake I have ever...

Sep 23rd

Am confused and internetless in my new house till work out what is wrong!

Sep 23rd

Anyone know why my PowerBook can’t connect to BT HomeHub? Airport knows network is there, but...

Sep 23rd

Wandering round oxford getting my bearings. Tourist information not the most helpful people in the...

Sep 23rd

Missed oxford train by 2 bloody minutes. Now got to wait 45mins for next one. Gar!

Sep 22nd

Back in Soton for a few hours to hand over flat keys etc. Feels very weird & only left...

Sep 22nd

Having fun trying to find gas meter. Swear it’s moved!

Sep 22nd

Still alive?

Sep 22nd

The eternal question- what does one do with lots of spare hangers?

Sep 21st

Made it to oxford. Now begins mammoth task of unpacking it all!

Sep 21st

tell my to get up and do things? Really don’t want to, but on the final stretch now. Thank the...

Sep 21st

Time to pack up PocketCalculator for journey. When it next logs on, it will be in Oxford! WOW, this...

Sep 21st

Ack! Aged P here in 40 minutes & wanting to pack the car. Better get ready!

Sep 21st

End 1 more long day clean/packing. Just got to get it all in the Jag tomorrow, then to Oxford, then...

Sep 20th

Turns out Kelly Clarkson is perfect hoovering music. Who knew?

Sep 20th

Awake 7.30 despite last night. Thanks probably to @tag, seem to have avoided hangover! Last packing...

Sep 20th

Breaking out the Vax. My carpets haven’t been so clean since moved in 3 yrs ago. Who puts...

Sep 20th

Why does drinking always give me the munchies? Going to miss my Southampton family :’(...

Sep 20th

Out on the tiles with @girlwithtrowel & illyna & divine m. Wonderful eve if also sad as is...

Sep 20th

Chap on bus next to me has a fresh croissant. Smells delicious. Hard not to take it off him. I miss...

Sep 20th

Last day of work today! Exciting (and a teeny bit sad, it’s been two years after all)

Sep 20th

Just me in the flat all evening. Peace and quiet for a bit - bliss as been totally frantic recently.

Sep 18th

Actually had a decent birthday for once. Low key, friends, few (but meaningful) gifts… Just as...

Sep 18th

There should be a law against having to get up and work on your birthday. Hey ho, i go in any way

Sep 17th

Finished Twilight Saga. Hold previous desire to slap Bella and belief Edward is a twonk....

Sep 17th

Back from evening of helping Jo settle in the West Wing (her new flat). Knackered. Gonna crawl into...

Sep 17th

Remind me about google.com/moon later on please people!

Sep 14th

In oxford, but landlord not to be seen. Relaxing with a cuppa in nice cafe whilst wait.

Sep 14th

Getting up and loading the van for the trip to Oxford. Arms & back hurt so much already. Not...

Sep 14th

On way to oxford! Will have to unload into new house in just over an hour!

Sep 14th

Taken most stuff to storage. Tomorrow = first run to Oxford with most of rest of stuff. Exciting!

Sep 14th

Finally caved and taken the aged p to the spitfire museum. Not overly impressed - it could def do...

Sep 14th

Done all the “easy” bits of packing. At a loss with where to start next.

Sep 14th

Winding down after long day packing. Dad here with BIG transit, so lots of actual moving tomorrow....

Sep 14th

And day two of the packing/moving begins. So many boxes…

Sep 14th

Mid-point day 1: At the mid-point of day 1 - all the...

Sep 12th

Crate # 3 packed with yet more books. Crate # 4 awaits. Back hurting. This is the boring part of...

Sep 12th

Just what you need whilst packing - domestic energy assessor coming round to do energy certificate...

Sep 12th

Back from Tesco with crates and tape. Damn they are heavy. Moving is one & only time wish I had...

Sep 12th

As Penny said on viewing the piles of books to pack. Holy Crap!...

Sep 12th

Books!: And these are just SOME of the books that are going...

Sep 12th

Q: best way to catalogue which books ended up in storage? & how 2 decide what to take & what...

Sep 12th

Let the packing commence O_O

Sep 12th

Back = ow. Not promising start to a long weekend of house moving. Fingers crossed is better in the...

Sep 12th

Lucifer’s Night Blanket is finally finished! It ate 5 needles in total and literally drew...

Sep 12th

Back from The Duchess. Very good. Even had a little sob at one point (then again, I am an emotional...

Sep 10th

Any one got experience with freeview over internet throug a mac? Trying to reduce number of bits to...

Sep 9th

TV over internet not as cheap thanks to being on a Mac. Doh.

Sep 9th

Suddenly getting lots of referrals from Postsecret. No idea why. Anyone enlighten me?

Sep 9th

Some days. Those days.

Sep 8th

Fallen deeply in love with Victoria Holt. Great gothic romance. http://tinyurl.com/6fqzhf

Sep 8th

Brilliant birthday/leaving dinner party. Jo made AWESOME cake - will post pictures tomorrow when...

Sep 8th

Why is last client of day always one who fries your brain most? Can’t wait to no longer have...

Sep 8th

Off for hair cut. Colour as well if Peter the Hairdresser has his way. He does just decide to do...

Sep 4th

Clearly I have moving (and mushrooms?!) on my mind:...

Sep 4th

Days off work should be enjoyable. Days off work because you’re feeling crook, so just watch...

Sep 4th

Storage & van sorted. I am now more or less ready to move. Bar the actual packing and moving of...

Sep 4th

Damnit! Brilliant idea for a blog post whilst walking to hairdressers. Didn’t write it down...

Sep 4th

Wordle - Bright Meadow: A wordle of my about page. Uploaded...

Sep 4th

Bright Meadow as Wordle

Sep 4th

*note to self* Must not eat all the refreshers in the packet in one go. Must not eat all the...

Sep 3rd

One of more intense horroscopes. On the nail as well (as these things go) http://tinyurl.com/2m7otq

Sep 2nd

New projects = new evidence & data requirements = new processes & new forms = Claire’s...

Sep 2nd

Tomorrow I shall be designing one enrollment form to rule them all. Better get a good nights sleep...

Sep 2nd