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: A proper white-out! A snow filled blog post from Manchester
I can't remember the last time it snowed like this, not for decades in Manchester I don't think.... I vaguely recall my dad clearing our avenue in Lancashire when I was little (i.e. my mother forcing him out to help the other dads, some things never change, only now it's me that forces him to... Continue Reading →
Rose Cottage – specifying the Georgian style bathroom
Getting back on specifying track after yesterday's ferret finding adventures, and today's task is to order lights and the bathroom for Rose Cottage. Our furry friend made the local 5 o'clock news on Channel M which was very funny, but it was my lamp post 'found' posters and asking at a local MOT station with nosey... Continue Reading →
Rose Cottage – Squatters rights! A ferret takes residence
It was hectic last week with Xmas do's, my birthday and a family wedding in Durham, but this week things have calmed down again and it's back to work at Rose Cottage - plus all the preparations necessary for the week before Christmas of course.... Although it still looks like a total bomb site, now's... Continue Reading →
Rose Cottage – goodbye plastic, hello timber
It's been a hive of activity in little Rose Cottage this last week, I hope that little house will never hold quite so many sweating men in it again - I rely upon the virtue of the owner for that...Hi Hannah 😉 .... and things have really moved on. There have been surprises, the leak... Continue Reading →
