2023, We’ll See
Posted: Sun 1 January, 2023 Filed under: D4D™, Domestic 1 Comment »And lo, a new year has happened.
No idea what it’ll bring. For the most part it’ll be interesting to find out.
I don’t make resolutions or whatever. We’ll just see what happens.
I would like to write more here. It’s a habit I’ve got out of, and one I at least have the best intentions of getting back into. Mind you, I said that last year. And the year before.
We’ll see.
2022, Off You Fuck
Posted: Sat 31 December, 2022 Filed under: D4D™, Domestic 1 Comment »The end of another year. And what can I say? It’s been… yeah, it’s been.
For me, purely personally, it’s been OK. I’ve moved location, (mainly) settled in, and organised a bundle of stuff – both getting new things I needed, and getting rid of stuff I didn’t.
As a country, it’s been shit. We’re seeing strikes, discontent, and the culmination of a generation of politically inept kleptocrats. But I don’t need to tell anybody that – we’re all living through it already.
Hopefully 2023 will contain some improvements – or at a bare minimum just be slightly less crap than 2022 has been.
It’s fair to say, though, that 2022 really won’t be missed.
Over and Done With
Posted: Wed 28 December, 2022 Filed under: Domestic Leave a comment »And here we are, through the perils of another Festering Season, and wondering what’s next.
Yes, if you’re feeling particularly pedantic, New Year is next.
Anyway, it’ll be fun finding out. Onwards and upwards, or whatever.
Tipped
Posted: Fri 23 December, 2022 Filed under: Domestic, Getting Organised, Green 3 Comments »Earlier this week I finally took my (currently) last load of cardboard to the local recycling facility. (Or “tip” as it used to be known) It was, I think, the last stage of the whole moving process, although I’ve kept the cardboard moving boxes just in case.
All told it’s been four carloads, and I’ve spread that over a few weeks (mainly through my own idleness and disorganisation, admittedly) so it’s taken time, but it’s been good and pain-free, which is what matters. One thing you can say for Ikea – fucking hell they use a lot of cardboard! The packaging for three bookcases, a bed, a wardrobe, two chairs and a sofa takes up a fair amount of space.
Thankfully I’ve had the garage to hold the cardboard in the meantime, rather than it clogging up the house – although that also contributes to why it took longer to get done, as it was a case of “out of sight, out of mind”.
Anyway, I’m happy that the jobs are done. It’s a good feeling.
Shortest
Posted: Wed 21 December, 2022 Filed under: Depression, Domestic, SAD Leave a comment »In happier news, today is the Winter Solstice (at least in the Northern Hemisphere) so it’s the shortest day. This year that shortest day is 7 hours 49 minutes and 49 seconds.
The changes are (as always) tiny for a while, but it’s at least good to know that we’re done with the shortest one and that we’re heading back towards the time of sunlight…
Coming To A Close
Posted: Sun 18 December, 2022 Filed under: Advertising, Cynicism, Domestic, Media, News, Thoughts Leave a comment »Thankfully, we’ve come to the end of a number of things this weekend, and I couldn’t be happier.
- The Kickyball World Cup has finally fucked off. I don’t care a jot about the entire thing, and I’m just glad that we won’t have to hear about it all the sodding time.
- Strictly Come Dancing has finally fucked off. I don’t care a jot about the entire thing, and I’m just glad that we won’t have to hear about it all the time.
- The Festering Season has nearly fucked off. By now you can guess the rest of my sentiment on that score.
This time next week we’ll be done with the Festering Season too, and some form of sanity will return for a few months.
Oh, and also it’s going to be a bit warmer in the coming week. Which is nice.
200,000
Posted: Sat 10 December, 2022 Filed under: Domestic, Driving 1 Comment »Yesterday, the car finally achieved it’s 200,000 milestone.
I was travelling at the time so couldn’t capture it on the exact mileage, but just for posterity’s sake, this’ll do…
I can’t deny, I’ve been impressed with the tenacity of this car. My previous two have both died off at around the 175,000 mark, but this one is (so far, etc. etc.) still trolling along. Still on its original clutch and so on too – indeed, there really hasn’t needed to be a whole load of work done on it at any point so far.
Let’s hope that continues to be the case.