tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:46:30 +0000for when the eloquence escapes mehttp://shetai.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Sherry)Blogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-6148457901777216086Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:51:00 +00002008-11-10T19:58:03.112Zdrivingwinter weatherI was travelling home from work today along a single carriageway road where the national speed limit applies. Traffic on that route has been heavier than usual recently because a nearby road has been closed and my formerly peaceful route has become really rather busy.A lot of the busy-ness is created by the fact that people are creating their own diversion route and doing a right turn into a http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/11/idiots-abound.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-8945803315224851693Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:54:00 +00002008-10-08T11:04:06.729+01:00bakingfoodI'm slightly concerned that it is now October; where has this year gone? Dan and I are already wondering about Christmas presents and where we can get a tree and when we could possibly find the time to make a Christmas cake and soak it in brandy.http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/10/its-october.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-6812073723080987260Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:47:00 +00002008-09-26T20:49:11.884+01:00rememberingTomorrow, I am playing football for the "Past" team at my college reunion. I graduated 3 years ago and my football boots and socks have not seen the light of day since so I'm pretty much expecting to be suffering on Sunday.A problem I never had as a student: where is the parking near the college football grounds?http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/09/flashback.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-8275840617759030227Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:03:00 +00002008-09-21T11:06:31.172+01:00drinkfoodDan and I went out for lunch yesterday and this is the discussion that took place over the dessert menu:Dan: What are you going to have?Me: I'm stuffed, I can't eat anymore.Dan: We'll have to work on this, what do you mean you can't eat three courses.Me: I didn't have breakfast until almost 11!Dan: You have to eat a dessert, or I won't.Me: You have dessert, I'll have a glass of champagne.Dan: http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/09/oh-yes-it-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-2003966156933199790Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:40:00 +00002008-09-17T19:43:56.063+01:00drivingwinter weatherAs the days get shorter and everything gets darker sooner due to all the clouds I've noticed that there are more idiot drivers around (for example, more than once recently I've reached the top of hills where the central markings are dashed and solid in my favour to find cars on my side of the road because they've decided to overtake cyclists just then). I wonder if there's something linking poor http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/09/hmm-is-there-link.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-1977053393531409993Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:31:00 +00002008-09-08T19:34:33.540+01:00lawyeringPapercuts are de rigeur at work and they hardly phase me anymore. However, in the last week I have stabbed my fingers with thumb-tacks, staples and ring binders and have wiped off more blood onto my suits than I care to think about. It's not pretty and my fingers hurt.http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/09/occupational-hazard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-1167389499568676097Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:52:00 +00002008-09-01T18:54:06.683+01:00nothing in particularWhen I type a letter into the address bar on the new version of Firefox there is far too much information displayed. All the websites which have that letter in the link come up and I don't like it.Also, has it been two weeks since I last blogged? I have no clue where the time has gone. We've been to Germany for a wedding, and have been back for over a week. I'm already looking forward to the nexthttp://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/09/im-not-liking-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-31639908480637503Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:16:00 +00002008-08-16T15:29:03.899+01:00shoppingfriendsWe're going to a wedding next week and I spent a considerable amount of time today looking for a wedding card. I just wanted a simple card that wasn't too glitzy or mushy or covered in silver hearts. It was hard; the cards I found were all too sparkly or garish or had pictures of little bride and groom figures that would not have looked out of place in a horror movie. Eventually I bought a card http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/08/gap-in-market.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-5188351945653651282Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:27:00 +00002008-08-09T14:34:33.907+01:00drivingcohabitingSo the obsessive compulsive part of me was still in bed yesterday morning when I parked in one of my usual pay and display car parks and then walked off without paying or displaying. Unsurprisingly, I came back to find a parking ticket pasted onto my windscreen and then spent the next 3-4 hours obsessing about how I was now a bad person, thereby providing a great deal of amusement for my parents http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/08/whoops.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-9059463560359148642Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:28:00 +00002008-08-04T19:33:41.796+01:00wiisleepWhile I have long suspected that I have an obsessive streak in me somewhere, it was only yesterday afternoon that it became apparent how deep that streak actually runs. From taking 50 bazillion goes to complete "Slow Ride", it appears that I can now rock with the best of them and I'm working my way through the song list... 24 songs, 2 battles and a bunch of encores down, 18 songs and three more http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/08/side-effects-coloured-lights-when-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-7646409065716770020Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:13:00 +00002008-08-03T14:17:07.975+01:00wiimusicweekendsThere are not that many things at which I really really suck but Guitar Heroes is one of those things where I drive other people in the room mad because of the frequency with which I am booed off stage. Still, we've had it around the house since last weekend and today is the first day that I've had the patience to persevere through the booing and actually complete a song. Then I tried the next http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/08/guitar-heroes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-8332166148939517817Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:57:00 +00002008-07-31T20:00:13.568+01:00drivingsummerMy drive to and from work takes me past some fields. Last week the harvesters were out and while there was a fine mist of harvest dust over parts of the road it was accompanied by this incredibly sweet smell which made the drive home rather enjoyable.This week, I've been driving past those fields in the baking sunshine and holding my breath because they've finished harvesting and laid down manurehttp://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/07/whats-that-smell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-2532102239663648192Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:48:00 +00002008-07-29T08:54:23.310+01:00I am parked up waiting for the place I need to be to open and while I wait I'm blogging from my iPhone. The only glitch so far is that I have to go into the 'edit HTML' screen to type.http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/07/perseverance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-3639803735443213489Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:22:00 +00002008-07-19T14:27:26.398+01:00wiiThe Wii Fit has the cute little Balance Board that is there to motivate you to use the Wii Fit. If you don't use it for a few days it admonishes you; I skipped one day yesterday and this morning it asked me if I had been busy yesterday... charming.Everytime you do a body test the game tells you what "age" you are. I've been consistently hitting the 30s but today for the first time I was actuallyhttp://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/07/this-is-day-26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-1087409887682787996Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:09:00 +00002008-07-16T18:10:06.444+01:00nothing in particular... but I'm reliably informed that this is exactly what they are like.http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-dont-have-cat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-5614931734378982489Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:23:00 +00002008-07-15T19:36:36.516+01:00weekendsfriendsfoodI went to a friend's house for dinner on Saturday night. She and her boyfriend were having a dinner party and because they live in a whole different city and I was going to be drinking I stayed the night on one of their (very comfortable) sofas. However, on Sunday morning I woke up to the stark realisation that I am really past the days where I can stay up until 2.30 in the morning and then http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/07/im-too-old-for-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-5920926920972649348Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:12:00 +00002008-12-09T01:04:27.660ZsisterwiilawyeringshoppingweekendssummergardeningWhat can I say... I've been busy.I went to see Wicked; I had my sister over to stay; I've had four-court weeks and multiple deadlines; I've been down to London and up to Newcastle; I've bought a new suit, a dress to wear to a wedding and garden furniture; I've had houseguests and we've all been playing on the Wii Fit; I watched a movie at the cinema for the first time in ages and agonised over http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/07/its-been-that-long-really.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-2566109227938634422Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:22:00 +00002008-12-09T01:04:27.784ZphotosThis time on a wedding invitation.http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/06/more-stamps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-8474857935005574105Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:04:00 +00002008-12-09T01:04:27.835ZI'm older than I lookphotosAnother birthday has passed me by and I even had a card posted to me from Samoa, which is possibly the farthest place anybody has ever sent me post from. I just had to take a picture of the stamps as it's quite amusing to have the Queen on stamps from other countries.http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/06/stamps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-4364588349555059251Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:22:00 +00002008-12-09T01:04:28.135ZdrinkweekendssummergardeningIt's only taken us a year and a half to start sorting out our garden. Here's our weekend in pictures:A brand new water feature to fill what we affectionately call "The Pond";Brand new garden furniture (yes, those are gin & tonics);A glass of wine after all the hard work.http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/06/finally.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-7961244276046514643Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:14:00 +00002008-06-04T19:18:47.074+01:00gardeningOur front garden used to have one of those tufts of fancy grass; the type that is supposed to look all chic with some rocks around it. This tuft of grass annoyed me no end: it didn't go with anything and looked dead all the time, but the neighbourhood cats loved it. They used to hide in it and then pounce on each other.Last weekend, we re-did the front garden and now the tuft of grass is gone. http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/06/confusing-cats.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-7046607832321412761Thu, 29 May 2008 19:02:00 +00002008-05-29T20:09:19.941+01:00radio programmesfoodI was listening to Front Row as I cooked dinner today and heard Kirsty Lang talking to the Chapman brothers. They were talking about their remake of Hell; Hell was a painting of theirs which they had sold to Charles Saatchi and which was destroyed in 2004 in a warehouse fire (story here).They were talking about whether they would have sold the new version to him and citing various reasons, said http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/05/unimpressed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-2620014317953157133Tue, 27 May 2008 19:19:00 +00002008-12-09T01:04:28.279ZdrivingphotosholidaysWe spent 16 hours on the road travelling to and from our Bank Holiday destination. For once we split the driving about equally, probably just as well because if either of us had to drive for 8 hours we'd be big cranks at the end of it! The weather was awful throughout as well, with high winds, torrential rain and at some stages really awful visibility.Very different from the last BH, when we werehttp://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/05/bank-holiday-traffic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-7013132075637767364Tue, 20 May 2008 18:24:00 +00002008-05-20T19:27:23.004+01:00drivingI came around a bend on a Fenland road today to find myself rapidly catching up to two young cyclists. They were riding as young ones tend to, with not much attention to balance and without a helmet or any type of high-visibility gear. On a national speed limit road known for the frequent fatal accidents and the heavy traffic, this was madness; I slowed right down as I passed them but I do hope http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/05/scary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344325821123581137.post-8882751765543249529Sun, 11 May 2008 16:18:00 +00002008-12-09T01:04:28.412ZdrinkphotosholidaysfoodI've been away. Now that I'm back I'm in full fledged withdrawal as the endless supply of margaritas, mojitos and daiquiris has dried up and french toast with cinnamon sugar is not a daily staple in this household. More's the pity.http://shetai.blogspot.com/2008/05/back-to-reality.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sherry)0