All in all a quiet week. Work was pretty busy, but I must admit I just didn’t have the enthusiasm this week. I haven’t said anything about it up to now, but my Nan has been in a bad way for the last few weeks. My parents have gone back to North wales this weekend and I think I have had this on my mind. Otherwise things have generally been pretty quiet. The “bosses” have been at a big conference, and things are starting to come together. That said, the more I do, the more I start to realise how much I still have to do.
This weekend is a rest and relaxation weekend intermixed with house stuff. Today I took another go at tidying up the office and dumped another black bag of cables and miscellaneous items that have just been sitting in the cupboard. I still have a few more weeks work ahead, but there is only so much I can lose in the rubbish bin each week. Tomorrow, which is supposed to be nice, I am going to have a crack at the back garden. I think a trip to the hardware store is in order as I need some more powerful tools and maybe the odd lion trap! It’s amazing how fast things grow, and how long it takes to get things back into shape.
I feel I have a plan however and at least now have the motivation to start catching up on all the things I neglected for so long. I have promised myself a new TV for the bedroom when I get the garden into a manageable state, manageable for a gardener anyway! I can’t really make a start on the kitchen until the garden is done, and need to sort out the fences as the next strong wind they are going o cause some damage. It’s not going to be cheap either, but hopefully once done they will be good for a few years.
I am also trying to break everything down into manageable chunks as I know last time I gave up simply because i got a little overwhelmed with it all. Sometimes there is the risk of taking on more than is actually achievable. As always I am tackling these with technology, but more of that later.
Tonight I am catching up with some personal stuff, like my blog, my photo album, email. I started by putting together a short “Eleanor Update” video from the material I shot last weekend. I really want to learn to do more with video and my photo’s and really need to improve my skills to this is the first learning experience in a while for me. So please don’t be to critical of my camera work, and just enjoy it for what it is.
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