A Few Days Off

I’ve had some time off work this week.   It’s the school holidays and my two boys are here.  It’s been great to spend more time than usual with them.  Weekends always seem so quick! We paid a visit to my sister’s family in the north at the start of the week and had a great Read More …

Musical Education

I’m going to give my 9 year old son my old iPod but I want to load it with some tracks to begin his musical education. So, what would you put on it?

Weekends

Weekends are usually not very distinguishable from the rest of the week for me.  Most of them I work in some way or other but this weekend was mostly (although not completely) full of family things. My nephew Fraser was baptised by his Grandfather (my dad) on Saturday. It was good to see most of Read More …

Some Days Are Better Than Others

They just are.  Today was a day that most days will be better than.  This could be the benchmark by which other days will be measured. The thing is that when taken in its component parts it hasn’t been too bad but as a whole… sucks. I started out in a bad mood.  Woke up Read More …

holidays at home

We’re not going far this year so over the summer we’ve been enjoying the pleasures of trying to find things to do nearer to home to keep us and the kids amused.  We’ve popped down to Keswick a couple of times and had some great days out to Dynamic Earth, The Burrell Collection and Kelvingrove Read More …

Making a difference

Ramble Alert! OK. I’m not sure where this post is going but stick with me and hopefully it will get somewhere… I’m working on some aims and objectives for my job. I tell everyone I train to do it so it’s practice what you preach time. The thing is… I can write down the stuff Read More …