Reading Twitter, it's easy to imagine that the power of positive thinking is all you need to get you through tough times. There are so many life coaches, networking gurus, social media marketing experts and motivational speakers tweeting endlessly about how fabulous life is, I'm at a bit of a loss as to how all... Continue Reading →
How to create a mirrored bath panel
This is an update to a post done in Summer 09, with added photos to give a better "How to' Guide! Things changed slightly on Linen Luxe yesterday. The radiator, basin, wc and taps all arrived and are fabulous, but I'd to alter the positioning of the existing radiator which is partly hidden by the... Continue Reading →
Business: Why use 1 form, Manchester City Council, when 8 will do??
'Do as we say, not as we do' appears to be the mantra of Manchester City Council this morning in my office. Manchester City Council have made a strong stand on 'green' issues and according to Richard Leese's blog ( http://www.manchester.gov.uk/blog/leadersblog/post/337 ) they even have a grand title for this commitment: " 'A Certain Future'... Continue Reading →
Business: The January Blues, sorry, Accounts
Deep in the January Blues Accounts at the moment. Oh. So. Dull. I wish I was one of these people who could put everything in a black plastic bin liner and dump it on my accountants desk with a dismissive shrug of 'sort that lot out, and fast'. But I'm not. I want to be outside... Continue Reading →
Design: What would you expect to find in a shoe box?!
Minus 15 last night in parts of Manchester, quite ridiculous! The heating was fired up through the night, rendering us all dormice incapable of getting up at an early hour. It was only the postie knock which got us up, ok, got Mr Moregeous up, and when he came back upstairs, he tossed a black... Continue Reading →
Business: Officially now Gigless – what to do when your Mac gets Altzheimers
I underwent the full body Mac operation two years ago, and can honestly say I'm a better person for it, all systems go as opposed to most systems crashing on the old PC on a seemingly daily basis. Despite the latter being so crap, I still had to be torn from it limb by limb,... Continue Reading →
Life: Upstaged in the MEN by a ferret, the shame
Highly amusing, my new found friend of last week had her very own spread in the Manchester Evening News today, upstaged by a ferret, I don't know, what's the world coming to.... she'll be renovating her cage next and asking Marcin if he's free to fit an en-suite after Christmas.
