Stuff This Week #95
Last week was focused on trying (and mostly failing) to beat the heat as we struggled with this European heatwave. 🥵
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Stuff This Week #94
Another week another blur of activity as I sit to write this with a pint of fizzy water with a dash of lime whilst my house is currently 24c and due to get to 28c today. Mini heatwave! I haven’t really taken and photos this week, so here’s a Trio in the garden!
Stuff This Week #93
We’re in the middle of June already! Wow! Where did the time go!? A busy tech week with Not-E3 and Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference meaning there’s been a lot of news and videos to catch up on!
Stuff This Week #92
A day late and a dollar short but here we are. My week off work has come to an end and I was thrown back into the working maw once again. Ah well I had a good run. It was an enjoyable and productive week even if I didn’t have the weather.
Stuff This Week #91
He’s back from his adventures! 🛬
After nearly 6 months away, Elliot has returned to the UK with many stories and photos from his adventure to tell. As well as bringing me my konbini socks 🤣
We kept this secret so I didn’t mention it on my blog. His girlfriend and he were travelling home to be there for his girlfriend’s father’s birthday and we didn’t want to spoil the surprise.
Stuff This Week #90
Heatwave! ☀️ We’re enjoying some wonderful weather this week and it’s fantastic to get out into it! Bank holiday weekend as well so Monday off 🥳
Stuff This Week #89
I skipped a week last week as I just didn’t that much to say. Some weeks you’re just riding the wave of boring adult life and there’s just not that much to share 🤷I’d rather skip a week than just write something without much to it.
Stuff This Week #88
Here! Have two post images this week! Why not?
A delightful Matcha at new local cafe The Pickle Jar and a cute cat I saw on the way home from the gym.
Stuff This Week #87
Weeks are going by fast! I can’t believe we’re nearly into May already 😳
Wasn’t it just January and storms?!?!
When you’ve got lots going on, both personal and professional, time appears to be at hyper speed 🚗💨 But! It’s been a decent, productive week all things considered, and the fact that the Sun is making more appearances has been extremely welcome.
Stuff This Week #86
🇯🇵 My son has reached the Japan phase of his holiday and I am 100% living vicariously through his pictures and videos. Being an extremely good son he has already completed his mission of acquiring the holy trinity of Konbini socks for me 🤣
They are doing Osaka > Kyoto > Tokyo. I think we have things we want them to bring back for us from each location 🤣 🍽🎮🍬
🏚 House renovations continue on! Carpet fitted. Mist paint coat on plaster done. Mattress arrives Tuesday. New posher electric sockets acquired 1. New Bed arrives next Friday. We’ve found some bedside cabinets we like at IKEA we’ll probably order tomorrow. Paint samples are on the walls (We’re thinking pastel pinks or light greens currently).
Stuff This Week #85
🔨Yet another busy week! Decorations continue. Plastering is done. We had fun1 installing some new skirting board where the fitted wardrobes used to be and we needed to get this done before our carpet gets delivered next week. Thankfully that’s all sorted now. Plaster is nearly dry now, so we’re going to hopefully start painting the undercoat middle of this week. Colourscheme is TBD. We’re thinking some sort of light sage green? Maybe…? If you have ideas or good sights for interior decorating/colour choices hit me up!
Stuff This Week #84
🥖 My wife is making sourdough again and I’m here for it 😋
⌛Well it’s been a couple of weeks since my last update! Things have been busy but not in an “Interesting and fun stuff to write about way” just the daily machinations of work and home stuff keeping us busy. So I haven’t really been compelled to write much of anything last week.
Stuff This Week #83
A week with some sad news and reflection, busy work and recalibration.
♥ First thing I have to mention is the tragic loss of Michael Borland. We would talk on social.lol about Tech/Mac stuff, Productivity, LEGO, having a blog as well as life in general. I never met him. Never even heard his voice, but it was a pleasure every time I had a conversation over Mastodon with him. I use his icons for Bullet Journaling in my own work journal and he’d just encouraged me to start looking into if Johnny.Decimal after posting about it. I enjoyed and looked forwards to our interactions and thought he was an admirable, wonderful person.
As per his families wishes, I’ve made a donation to St Jude’s in his honour. I’ll finish this little tribute advising you to read one of my favourites. His life rules post. Safe travels Michael.
Stuff This Week #82
As my holiday week comes to an end and we can feel the return to work on Tuesday (😒) we need to get out and about and make this weekend count!
Stuff This Week #81
I cooked Nigella’s Banana Bread recipe this week. I have never eaten or made banana bread before. it was her chocolate version, so there’s cocoa in the flour and chocolate chips as well as walnuts and the bananas themselves. Everyone loved it. Would make again.
Stuff This Week #80
☀️Sunshine! Shhh don’t startle it! You might scare it away! We had a beautifully sunny day on Saturday. Myself and my wife had some errands to run around Weymouth and afterwards just parked up near the beach and had a walk down the front. It felt so good to walk in the sunshine annd recharge a bit.
Actually got to take some photos as well! 📷
Stuff This Week #79
🤖 I bought a Gundam Gunpla model kit 1. I had a “Oh… these instructions are difficult…and in Japanese…and also difficult…and also completely in Japanese… However. I am the GOAT at Ikea furniture building and after composing myself with a cup of coffee it actually wasn’t that difficult and was pretty fun! Not sure if I’d get any others as I don’t have the room, but I’m glad another bit of Japanese nerd culture is ticked off for me now and I have a li’ll robot buddy 😊🇯🇵
Stuff This week #78
👆I’m still very much enjoying playing with the Halide Mk III Public Previews B&W mode. I’m very excited to see how it evolves and it’s great whilst one of their team members have left that they seem to just be moving forwards with an energy and purpose. Very good stuff to see.
🙇 I missed writing an entry last week as I just didn’t have the time! Sumimasen!
Stuff This Week #77
A busy week at work and at home, a the UK continues to be battered with stormy weather. We have a yellow ice warning tonight that goes right into a yellow rain warning tomorrow. Oh joy!
Stuff This Week #76
This has been my view all week as the weather across the UK has been utterly grim. Rain, rain and yet more rain. Seems like next week is going to be just as bad! Local areas have had flooding and high winds last night brought some trees down causing a bit more chaos and disruption. I have never longed for summer as much in all my life.