Today I've been insulated. Well, not exactly me, but my cavity walls. This supplements the additional loft insulation added last month, all subsidized by grants, making it dirt cheap. I'm hoping for it to pay for itself in one winter. If it doesn't, it will be because instead of saving money, we will be enjoying a warmer home. Or hopefully we'll be able to do both!
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Blogging Heaven
At last (and quite by accident) I have discovered the tool that will allow me to make use of my phone to write blogs.
Of course I will now have to find subjects worth writing about. Some of them may only interest me. Let the reader beware!
Monday, 21 February 2011
Thursday, 9 December 2010
Getting closer ...
... as I am now only a week (okay, a week and about two hours) from being guaranteed the result of my last course and, of course, degree.
I know that the OU publish the result online early, as the date they give is when the letter confirming the result should have arrived by. Or so it used to be before they promised to publish the result online. In fact, the letter often arrives a day or so early. Second class post, mixed in with Christmas! So would it be posted maybe on Tuesday? Monday? Wednesday? And when would the result be online - when the letter is posted or due to arrive?
It brings to mind the paradox of the unexpected hanging, where a Judge sentenced a convict to be hanged on a day in the next 7 which would be unknown until the hangman arrived that morning and if it was expected, the convict would be released. The defendant's lawyer claimed that his client was as good as free, as on the 7th morning, it would not be unexpected if his client had not been hanged for the hangman to arrive. So, if the 7th day was not possible, the 6th was not either, by deduction. And so, not the 5th day ... and so on. So it was unexpected when on the 4th day, the hangman arrived and the convict was hanged.
So the day I don't expect to receive my results will be the day that they arrive. However each day, I expect it to be that day. The countdown begins in earnest!
I know that the OU publish the result online early, as the date they give is when the letter confirming the result should have arrived by. Or so it used to be before they promised to publish the result online. In fact, the letter often arrives a day or so early. Second class post, mixed in with Christmas! So would it be posted maybe on Tuesday? Monday? Wednesday? And when would the result be online - when the letter is posted or due to arrive?
It brings to mind the paradox of the unexpected hanging, where a Judge sentenced a convict to be hanged on a day in the next 7 which would be unknown until the hangman arrived that morning and if it was expected, the convict would be released. The defendant's lawyer claimed that his client was as good as free, as on the 7th morning, it would not be unexpected if his client had not been hanged for the hangman to arrive. So, if the 7th day was not possible, the 6th was not either, by deduction. And so, not the 5th day ... and so on. So it was unexpected when on the 4th day, the hangman arrived and the convict was hanged.
So the day I don't expect to receive my results will be the day that they arrive. However each day, I expect it to be that day. The countdown begins in earnest!
Monday, 15 November 2010
They think it's all over - it is now!
A while ago I contemplated what it would be like to finish studying for my OU degree and now it has become reality!
Is it how I expected? No! It is a bit of an anticlimax.
Since beginning this post, we've had visitors staying with us for Halloween, been for a week's break in Shropshire, but there still does not seem to be any more time available in the day!
I am still quietly trying to forget that after one month, I still have to wait yet another month for the result.
... waiting ...
Is it how I expected? No! It is a bit of an anticlimax.
Since beginning this post, we've had visitors staying with us for Halloween, been for a week's break in Shropshire, but there still does not seem to be any more time available in the day!
I am still quietly trying to forget that after one month, I still have to wait yet another month for the result.
... waiting ...
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
Getting ready to relax
I’m getting ready to relax. This is something that I do have to work at. In fact, I’ve been working towards this point for the last nine years. I’m about to complete my Open University degree and, for once, I will be really able to devote my time to my own projects, initiatives, hobbies etc.. Oh, and … relax. But I’m so busy getting ready to relax and think of all the things that I can fill my time with, I rather think that it will be a bit like the switch from being busy at work to having a stressful holiday and then going back to work to relax, only to find out that it really is no picnic. Not that you had one on holiday, if you take my bizarre analogy. Anyway, the real reason for writing this is that I’m testing out the Windows Live Writer software to write to my blog. Good luck, Microsoft – I’m a hard customer for you to please :-)
Friday, 23 July 2010
Heal, heel
I've been suffering a bit recently.
...
Sympathy over?
Well I can reveal that it must have been self-inflicted.
For my birthday party (barbeque) I bought a new pair of boots to go with my new jeans and shirt. I thought I'd better wear them before the day, so wore them on my actual birthday walking to the pub (well, local Thai Restaurant) and back. On the way there, the left boot felt uncomfortable, so I loosened it a bit and ended up with a raw and bleeding heel.
On the day of my birthday party, I wore a pair of trainers that I knew did not really support my feet properly, but never thought twice about it. For the evening, I put back on the new boots (with a plaster where the heel was rubbing). When I took them off, my tendon was tender, but again, I thought nothing about it.
Anyway, the next time I went for a jog I came back feeling almost lame in my left leg. I blamed everything but the new boots, but a week or so later after continual stints of resting, exercising, limping and walking in the new boots, I discovered that in the heel of the left boot at the top on the inside, something was sticking out from the seam which was a sharp point responsible for (at least) the initial pain.
I've had the boots replaced (thanks, Amazon), but I still have not totally got rid of the sensation in my left tendon that it is not quite right. It even appears to be not quite straight, but difficult now to do a "before and after" check. I'll carry on with a combination of rest and exercise (managed to run 5 miles last weekend for the first time since this started), but it really does show how important it is to look after your feet and ankles, especially if you want to rely on them for exercise.
So, please heal, heel! And really soon, as I don't want to have to keep thinking that I might not be able to run as far as the rest of my body is able to.
Let us pray. O Lord, give me patience. Now!
...
Sympathy over?
Well I can reveal that it must have been self-inflicted.
For my birthday party (barbeque) I bought a new pair of boots to go with my new jeans and shirt. I thought I'd better wear them before the day, so wore them on my actual birthday walking to the pub (well, local Thai Restaurant) and back. On the way there, the left boot felt uncomfortable, so I loosened it a bit and ended up with a raw and bleeding heel.
On the day of my birthday party, I wore a pair of trainers that I knew did not really support my feet properly, but never thought twice about it. For the evening, I put back on the new boots (with a plaster where the heel was rubbing). When I took them off, my tendon was tender, but again, I thought nothing about it.
Anyway, the next time I went for a jog I came back feeling almost lame in my left leg. I blamed everything but the new boots, but a week or so later after continual stints of resting, exercising, limping and walking in the new boots, I discovered that in the heel of the left boot at the top on the inside, something was sticking out from the seam which was a sharp point responsible for (at least) the initial pain.
I've had the boots replaced (thanks, Amazon), but I still have not totally got rid of the sensation in my left tendon that it is not quite right. It even appears to be not quite straight, but difficult now to do a "before and after" check. I'll carry on with a combination of rest and exercise (managed to run 5 miles last weekend for the first time since this started), but it really does show how important it is to look after your feet and ankles, especially if you want to rely on them for exercise.
So, please heal, heel! And really soon, as I don't want to have to keep thinking that I might not be able to run as far as the rest of my body is able to.
Let us pray. O Lord, give me patience. Now!
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