katielou

March 2005



teesdale walk

Thursday, 31 March 2005 10:01 A GMT+01
Here are the pictures from the Teesdale walk. Not sure whether it looks scarier or not on the photos, where we had to do a sometimes not elegant impression of a mountain goat on the way down the rocks beside the waterfall. It may be the Pennine Way f
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happy kitten!

Wednesday, 30 March 2005 3:10 P GMT+01
In possession of new phone  Obvious drawbacks noticeably immediately: internal antenna means vodafone reception no better, in fact worse than previous phones at home. And the space for text messages is on a different button (same problem as changing
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holiday.........

Sunday, 27 March 2005 2:41 P GMT+01
Just been finalising holiday for the summer. Instead of staying in an apartment at Bil-Bil end of Benalmadena Costa, we're going for a hotel right on the marina for a change. Actually it's quite nice having your own kitchen so you can take it in tur
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what did we do without the internet?!

Sunday, 27 March 2005 12:59 A GMT+01
having always on wireless is so cool - this morning I've looked for the kind of chocolate I want mum & dad to bring me back from Bergen this weekend (thank you, Jeeves), finished off the target, and then slightly less successfully attempted a cha
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woohoo!

Friday, 25 March 2005 4:27 P GMT+01
happy day.... hurrah!!!! samsung d500, come to mummy....won, paid, and it will be here on WEDNESDAY
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'scambaiters'

Friday, 25 March 2005 12:25 A GMT+01
courtesy of Ed: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3887493.stmI like it!
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walk - hoorah!

Thursday, 24 March 2005 12:59 A GMT+01
hope it's nice weather tomorrow - after some rearrangings, Gilbert's walk is finally on. Am getting an earlier bed than recently, to be up in time to make sandwiches. And find my walking boots....
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humph...

Tuesday, 22 March 2005 1:18 A GMT+01
If anyone sees one of these in a shop (or a neighbour's garden), please let me know (or steal it) because I just missed out on it by 1 measly penny in an auction because I was in College at formal dinner for the Open Day applicants. Poo. It definite
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look... :-)

Monday, 21 March 2005 1:48 A GMT+01
What fun you can have with eBay (though I guess the links will eventually expire) - identical dresses to my Karen Millen ones, just in different colours. I did look for the red one, Ian, honest! This is the black (red) one, and I also have this in bl
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awesome -- what else can I say?

Sunday, 20 March 2005 2:31 P GMT+01
EST last night at the Sage was just otroligt. The atmosphere was completely different from in a classical concert, the light show was amazing, and the music stunningly energetic, a couple from Seven Days of Falling (Seven Days of Fallling, Mingle In
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nostalgic reading

Sunday, 20 March 2005 1:15 P GMT+01
Discovered Topsy and Tim on eBay - luckily I've also realised that many of the books are still in print via Amazon, so having made a 1972 (great vintage!) Topsy and Tim my first eBay purchase (bit cheaper than the samsung phone, but you have to sta
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jazz festival

Friday, 18 March 2005 5:48 P GMT+01
reeeeeeeeeeally looking forward to this weekend, even though I haven't spent an evening at home forever! the inaugural jazz festival at the sage, gateshead, in collaboration with the Voss Jazz Festival in Norway. Norwegians (scandinavians generally p
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back to the Sage!

Thursday, 17 March 2005 6:41 P GMT+01
This week it seems like I'm living at the Sage. Saturday last was the LSO doing Tippett and Beethoven's 5th; last night the fabulous Will Todd Jazz Mass; tonight is Northern Sinfonia setting the scene for the Jazz Festival, then the Jazz Festival kic
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I said you'd hear first...

Wednesday, 16 March 2005 1:45 P GMT+01
Better check your diaries for a do....

the red boots

Wednesday, 16 March 2005 2:23 A GMT+01
I feel I should explain (look away now if you'd prefer to stick with your imagination) that the joke of the week in Sitges was Andy Ramsden's failed effort to secure a pair of red cowboy boots on eBay to wear to a hats 'n' boots party - apparently
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yawn.....

Wednesday, 16 March 2005 2:00 A GMT+01
no, I won't have had my hair cut, any difference in appearance is the bags under my eyes after playing on ebay till this time two days running....
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'new' phone

Tuesday, 15 March 2005 2:01 P GMT+01
I've kind of set my heart on a Samsung d500. It doesn't have an FM radio, but it does do everything else, including make the tea. What can I say, I have expensive tastes... (even better, now I've finally learned my way round a mobile menu in English
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lost virginity...

Tuesday, 15 March 2005 12:59 A GMT+01
have finally (after the long-running saga of Andy's red boots) given in and joined the eBay revolution. Jane in our helpdesk was talking about having bought a flute online for her daughter, and it occurred to me that the best way of falling lucky on
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thanks!

Monday, 14 March 2005 10:00 P GMT+01
...for all the good wishes. unfortunately there's no news. went ok - no idea who the other two candidates were (so obviously noone to worry about!) so really it's what they want, someone who knows the situation there, or someone with a track record.
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word of the day: prevaricate...

Sunday, 13 March 2005 10:11 P GMT+01
well, I've hoovered, washed the duvet, put the recycling out, tidied the dining room, washed up the red icing leftovers from yesterday's baking... in fact pretty much anything (painted my nails, added to my blog...) to avoid getting down to writing m
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bye bye Barry...

Friday, 11 March 2005 6:06 P GMT+01
Not been a good day workwise. I'm blaming Red Nose Day. I don't work well in jeans.... Tonight we're 'celebrating' the loss of Barry to Oxford, where he's already working on his new pages. Or at least, we think he's going, but he still hasn't sorted
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thursday evening entertainment

Thursday, 10 March 2005 11:57 P GMT+01
Making lots of sockerkakor for Red Nose Day tomorrow.  So far I've been very good, almost all the mixture is getting into the cake tin... Decided to be a bit different when I found SuperCook Tangy Lemon DrizzleIce in Tescos, and they'll probably be
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wot no camera today...?

Wednesday, 9 March 2005 6:49 P GMT+01
Just in case anyone was wondering where I was today, I've been working with ViewletBuilder, and something between it, my PC and Murphy, my graphics card can't handle changing resolutions backwards and forwards, and definitely can't incorporate a webc
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ok, boot fetishists...

Tuesday, 8 March 2005 6:36 P GMT+01
<< These are yesterday's. (meta data is that's my bedroom floor, and they're actually their reflection in my wardrobe door) And these are today's >> (that's my rather nasty office carpet)I don't think the bootalikes were too bad, really,
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aaaaww...

Monday, 7 March 2005 12:59 A GMT+01
look what I found clearing out my old pc! wish I was still this photogenic. I seem to remember the T shirt - there were two very similar ones, one with monkeys and one with giraffes....
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