Georgina’s out partying with friends, so I’m putting up a border in the nursery :)

I was using Microsoft’s Project Central today to try and feed back information to our production director and it’s a dog! It’s a good idea done so badly! I can only assume that it was for this reason that it’s been dropped and replaced with Project Server :) So now I’m on a quest to improve my task tracking software so that it can replace the little bit of MS Project that we actually use…

We ended up at The Nightingale pub for lunch today and very very nice it was too! It was very busy what with being Mothers’ day and all that, but the service was fast and friendly. The food was also really good and I especially enjoyed my spotted dick with custard!

Skirting boards now done. Georgina has also decided that we need yet another pushchair/pram thingy, so has bought one on ebay.

Would have blogged yesterday, but spent all evening playing SWG instead :)

Michael Howard has a good phrase here to go with Teflon Tony… Introducing the credit card chancellor! Apparently our government will be borrowing ?37 billion this year – 25% more than he estimated. Then, to add to the insult, borrowing’s going to remain high. I suppose that we’ll all be paying for the “improved” public services for some time to come.

Having read through it all though I can’t actually see what he’s actually done other than tweak a few odds and sods around the edges. Did I miss something or is this year’s budget a non-event for the average person?

To misquote some famous lyrics:

“I’m cycling in the rain

Just cycling in the rain

What a glorious feeling

I’m happy again

I’m laughing at clouds

So dark up above

The sun’s in my heart

And I’m ready for work

For work

Let the stormy clouds chase

Everyone from the place

Come on with the rain

I’ve a smile on my face

I’ll ride down the lane

With a happy refrain

Cycling, cycling in the rain

In the rain.”

Here at work we try to schedule our tasks for each day. Well, when I say we, I mean my boss! In general it works reasonably well, but not today… Today I got sidetracked by a HelpDesk enquiry that on further investigation showed that a section of the admin system hadn’t been working since the site went live!

oops.

Still, I’ll just mark the rest of today’s tasks as “to be done tomorrow” :)

We had Sunday lunch at Lucy & Si’s and it was very nice. Si cooked up a treat with lamb, potatoes and lots of veg. Ella is an absolutely gorgeous little girl too.

What a contrast! Today dawned bright and sunny and by the afternoon, I was cutting the grass! Also got a second coat of paint on Ben’s walls which was good.

Georgina & Jon have been making apple turnover this afternoon and it smells absolutely gorgeous!