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Since engaging in crochet I have discovered that I have patience that I didn’t know I had. I am not sure if it’s actually the case, but it seems to me, that yarn is often not as well wound as it was 20 years ago. As a result the individual balls of yarn often collapseContinue reading “Untangling !”

Well that is today’s weather forecast cast. Though to be fair we have seen almost nothing in the way of showers and a reasonable amount of sunshine. I am feeling somewhat like the weather forecast. The weekend was really quite hard work. Breakfasts both days and the huge vide grenier on Sunday. The event wasContinue reading “Sunshine and showers”

Last night’s squid went really well. We had it with a green salad and some bread. It was lovely. Chris said he wanted to have it again, so it can’t have been too bad! Given I think it’s quite easy to make it rubbery I was quite pleased. This morning it was five breakfasts inContinue reading “Breakfasts, wet feet and lunch”

There was moment last night where I thought that perhaps my French was so bad I’d misunderstood and there wasn’t another person coming. However I was right and the other guest eventually arrived. He spoke very fast French in a very deep voice so he was a little difficult to understand. However I was rightContinue reading “Busy, busy!”

I need to keep on top of my diary! Last summer I had both a paper diary and a spreadsheet in order to track who was arriving when and which room they were in. Over the winter that slipped. We had few bookings and I seemed to be able to follow what was happening withContinue reading “Oh heck!”

I always find Tuesdays a bit odd particularly on weeks when there’s no mindfulness. I’m often working at the weekend, Mondays tend to be quiet, half the businesses around here are shut. So Tuesday is in some ways the start of the week. I am continuing to get out and walk each day. Today IContinue reading “Tuesdays”

I am pleased to be able to report that the crochet weekend went really well. In the end there were three participants. They all had very different skill levels so the number was probably about right. I certainly wouldn’t have any more than 6 and I think 4 or 5 would be plenty. None ofContinue reading “A successful weekend!”

But no down time this weekend. I am running the first crochet weekend in the Sheshed. I am excited but a little nervous too. There are three people coming. As far as I understand, they don’t know each other. I think that that is quite good because they’ll get to know new people as wellContinue reading “It’s the weekend!”

I think I am at least half way to dealing with a major challenge. Yesterday morning I discovered that Airbnb’s internal calendars don’t talk to each other. I knew that they don’t talk to external calendars but I thought they would know what all of my listings were doing but of course not. At theContinue reading “Getting ahead and dealing with challenges!”

I once worked with a woman who cheerfully announced that she was a starter but not really a finisher. The scrapes that led me into! I don’t miss them. Sometimes I miss parts of my old life. I occasionally look at the Twitter feeds that I was associated with and consider contributing to the conversation.Continue reading “Not starting but finishing!”