When the alarm went off at 5.50am this morning it was an unusually early awakening. Although I haven’t gotten up late for the last 7 months
Month: February 2017
Excessive celebrating
‘The fools.’ I thought as I looked at the salad bar. ‘Don’t they know who they’re dealing with?’ Moments before an innocent young waitress had
He’s four foot tall!
Well – supercoat ™ has had its work cut out over the last few days. Storm Doris may not have stopped the non-existent shipping in
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s Supercoat!
There’s a storm on the horizon. Storm Doris in point of fact – and I can feel the wind picking up to herald it’s arrival.
Summertown
In an effort to establish a new normal I got up early this morning and jumped on my exercise bike. I plan to start the
Spring
I think my mood is being affected by my cold as I’ve no other reason to wake up feeling glum. However for some reason I
Special friends
Friends are great. Good ones can get right to the heart of the matter and tell you what you need to hear even if it
Last sign on
Despite still being deep in the grip of a cold I feel pretty awesome today. As long as there are no unforeseen issues with my
Never going back
Due to feeling a mild panic that’s developed regarding things I’ve been putting off and my impending loss of liberty I’ve been trying in earnest
Bertie Bassett Burton Dassett
The next step in my personal evolution is (I think) elevation, and the continued pursuit of inclines. As I’ve mentioned before my eventual aim this
No longer a burden to the state
I have been looking at parts of my house lately with a sense of deep dissatisfaction. My bed for instance has seen a lot of
Just D, without a Renke
I had a slightly more relaxed day yesterday after my close encounter with the scales. On one shoulder when I stepped off a little devil dressed
Lettuce rejoice
It’s nearly 1am on Saturday morning. Project salad ended yesterday with something of a whimper rather than a bang, primarily because I feel very cautious (almost
Happy anniversary
Just after midnight this morning I got an achievement notification from WordPress – for something I had completely forgotten about. It seems I’ve been writing my blog
Diabetes and Debenhams
Today is a big day for me from a diabetes perspective. It’s now exactly one month since I stopped taking any medication for my condition

What I eat now vs what I ate before
I do love a chilli. Probably too much actually. I tend to eat more of it than I really should (it tastes soooooooo nice though!) and
Project lettuce continues…
This morning I was fiddling with my mail client settings to find a better way of filtering the avalanche of job mails I’m getting every day.
How to spot fibs
I’m rapidly coming to the conclusion that weather forecasts are a complete irrelevance – and that any accuracy they might randomly spurt out is as
Sixteen inches smaller
Day two of ‘operation salad’ is in effect and so far things are going very nicely, although last night I found myself to be incredibly
Lettuce move on
It probably comes as no surprise that I awoke the morning thinking about yesterday’s small weight gain. However, it may come as a surprise to