Monthly Archives: September 2008

Three model shoots

It has been a very busy weekend. We had three model shoots: two test shoots on Saturday and one full shoot today. Great fun, but very tiring. My youngest, who is a member of the Telford based Musical Theatre Academy, had to attend casting sessions over the weekend as well so we had to fit

Blogging with LiveWriter

I have had a few queries about what I use to blog. I currently use Microsoft’s LiveWriter. It is good and free. There are lots of plug-ins available to add facilities. I tend to keep things simple though. I have used most of the desktop blogging tools, some of the web front ends, and a

Training day

Change of surroundings today. Headed into an office in central London for some training. My current client runs a small bus service for staff between the office we are working at near Heathrow and their office near Paddington station. I hate this service. It takes far too long and makes me sick. No, really. I

Need a camera in my knee

Saw the physiotherapist today. I have not had a huge improvement despite the physiotherapy and the exercise regime I have followed. Having to work in an office all of the time and the nature of my work-day has undoubtedly taken a toll but I would have expected some improvement. It seems that the best thing

Not missed

A lot of colleagues had assumed that I had been off sick for a couple of days. A good number were concerned about me. Nice of them. I had of course let those most immediately impacted know I would not be around. I had had a few phone calls but not as many as expected.

A couple of days

With agreement from my boss, I took an couple of days holiday at the begriming of the week. Three reasons: My knee was really giving me gyp but not sufficiently so for me to justify taking sick leave; My eldest daughter was due to register for 6th form college on the Monday and I wanted