4 hours sleep...yipee!

Yep that's right I actually managed to sleep for 4 hours, so maybe the tide is turning in the right direction. I have been trying out eating almonds before going to bed and taking melatonin, so maybe that is helping.

Anyway since 5.30 am (after an hour and a half of tossing and staring at the ceiling) I have been reading the blogs. I check out my usual suspects, most of them are arts based. Then I checked out the links of one blog which led me on to whole host of other sites. Some days I like to do that, just check out blogs and websites, occasionally I come across a blog/website that really hooks me in. I found one like that this morning and probably the thing that drew me to it was it sounded so much like me, 10 yrs ago. After reading about 18 months of archives (thankfully she only has time to write few times a month) I decided to add her to my blog lines. I do this and then every couple of months update my list, deleting the ones I don't visit anymore.

So the rest of the day beckons, what delights are ahead of me.

Taking Angus to the groomers at last. He was due to go 3 wks ago but then that dog mauled him. I forgot to mention we actually found the dog in question, it was actually just 2 doors down the street. We didn't even know they had dogs. Normally we hear the dogs in the gardens as we walk pass but we never heard any dogs in that house. Also you can see their back garden from our house , again no evidence of dogs, plenty of kids committing dangerous stunts on the trampoline but no dogs. The only reason we found out, was because it and its companion were running loose last Sunday and Angus was going beserk!

Tax return. For some reason the tax return falls on my shoulders and to be honest with the tax programs available, it not that bad. However this year, I am stumped. In November the company Gordon works for went from a public company to a private one. Consequently any shares he had were divested (I think that the right term). It should be a relatively easy task but the form the finance company has provided doesn't seem to have all the details, so I will be digging around for that information today. Not that I really want to do the return as I know we will have a hefty bill but it has be done. .

Ironing. I have been avoiding it for 2 weeks now and the closet is looking empty, so I suppose I will have to some of that today.

Hopefully that will leave some time for my stitching. I also have a couple of gifts to complete, so the day should be full enough.

wasting time again!

Every morning this week I have been promising to myself that I will not spend hours on the PC wasting time and actually do all the chores I know must be done! So here I am at 10.03, doing just that.

I subscribe to bloglines and for most of the week I haven't been checking in on most of sites, as I think to myself, I will only be waylaid by all these interesting sites with all their crafty news or witty comments on life. However despite this avoidance tactic I have still managed to while away the hours until suddenly it time to pick up Emily from school. Just as well Emily is still at school or it would be 6pm before I knew and Gordon walks through the door. Now that wouldn't be good!

Anyway the biggest thing that has kept me occupied in the last few days has been my Wacom Tablet which I actually bought several years ago. I installed at the time but just didn't have the inclination to work with it, seemed like too much work. However this time once I got it reinstalled I have discovered what a wonderful tool it actually is especially the Classic Paint program that comes with it.

As well as playing with this, I have been spending time on my stitch class which is really wonderful. However, I have come to a deadlock with my latest piece and as usual rather that tackling it, I am avoiding it. Although in a way I think I am working on it, as I decided to do another traditional based sampler. I don't wont to give up just because I am frustrated as I really do want this embroidery thing to work. One of my biggest problems in life is my unwilliness to just get on with the basics of a skills and wanting to go ahead to quickly.

This morning I have been checking the bloglines, acknowledging that I am going to be sitting here rather than do the filing, taxes, bedroom, loos, bathrooms, washing, ironing, vacuuming, shopping, and the other mundane things of life. Reading one of my blogline regulars, I came across another expat blog, a lady based in Switzerland which made me think about a couple we know who are based in Colombier. I have no idea where this in Switzerland but the thing that is amazing is that despite not having seen each other for the past 15 yrs, we still keep in touch. In that time our kids have grown and are now flying the nest. I hope we get to meet up sometime soon.