The grass is always greener.......

If you can see grass it wasn't me!!! I did green but not grass. Have asked Stan to reverse his template alterations asap!! (But thank you for getting rid of the gaps in links and adding the extras). If you can't see grass then ignore this first paragraph.


Today I was working in the office shortly after 5pm when Harri came in and said 'Mom, Alice is asleep'!! I went to her room and she was curled up, in bed, hugging Dog - and FAB (fast-a-boze). When she was later woken (by Eric at 5.20pm, he was all ahead of himself, had supper cooked, and thinking it was 6.20pm wanted to serve. When I asked him why he had lost an hour he told me it was 'cos it was dark!), she said she snuggled up in bed because she was cold. It has been very cold today. 8 degrees C tops.

I did 2 clinical assessments in Hamilton today and popped into a few other practices to distribute new IMAC products after our re-branding. Also, finally, bought the girls new chairs for their desks. The IKEA ones they had cost about £3 amd were really way past their sell by date, very wobbly and dangerous. They have been wanting new ones for ages and were thrilled. Not thrilled enough to clear up after supper though!

We discovered lamb number 3 yesterday. haven't got close enough to sex or dock it yet though. In fact we haven't docked the tails of the first born's either which is very remiss of us (Eric!).

It is very sad when you get an email from a dear friend which reveals huge stresses in their lives and you are not able to give them a hug. Electronic hugs are not the same and I wish I could do something better.

I phoned Kev and Juliet today to see if Kev had heard about the latest job he had gone for (last week he had very positive feedback from interview and presentation). He did not get it. Poor Kevin. He has been job hunting for a year now (the job he got on arrival has not lived up to the promises made to him) and is getting nowhere fast. I have to say that I know of a lot of immigrants who are struggling on the job hunting front, and unemployment rates are very low here. I read an article which said that 80% of jobs are not advertised and are filled by word of mouth. Makes it very hard when you don't have those networks in place. This is what worrys me about when Eric qualifies and he is job hunting and why it would be so good to get a job in the legal sector.

Eric got licked to death by big hairy dogs today (that's his contribution when I asked if he had anything to report to Blog!). He told me earlier of this dog he communed with that had 'very human eyes'. I think he needs to get out more personally (to the paddock to dock tails would be a good start!).

There is a quarry run on for the next 3 days so there is the dull rumble of trucks in the back ground from early to late.

Off to chivvy along children who have gone quiet but whom I'm sure have not gone to bed.

Night, night.