Officially an archery girl again

Today was the monthly coaching session at the Whiteleaf Bowmen, the archery club that I belong to. I thought that it would be best to go to a coaching session to make sure everything was working correctly before I went to a proper club night and I’m glad that I did – I would have [...]

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Perfect Saturday: long walk and books (plus pub)

Today I had an absolutely lovely day. One of those days that leaves you happy, a bit achey and really pleased with your achievements.
The major achievement was walking four whole, entire miles. The walk even included a bit of uphill walking.
Mum and I have been trying to get out for a good walk or two [...]

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The no con blues

It must be convention season. I’ve just read entries in a forum all excited about two different conventions that happened over the weekend and they all sounded like terrific fun.
Plus there was a notice up about a fan Halloween bash that I definitely can’t go to – it’s in New York.
Why do they have to [...]

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Post-work do

Yesterday was the work ‘fun’ afternoon and it turned out to be much more fun than I’d anticipated. Best part was that, despite spending the afternoon clay pigeon shooting, I neither dislocated my shoulder nor hurt my back (more than it already is). Score!
Plus I actually shot 8 ‘pigeons’. Heh.
The evening do of eating, drinking [...]

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Is this a bad plan after all?

I may be doing something stupid tomorrow.
My company every now and again likes to send us out on a fun afternoon to reward us for our hard work (and bribe us with food). They tend to prefer us to do an activity as well as stuffing our faces and everyone in my team (bar me) [...]

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Pie!

There is nothing nicer after a hard morning of shopping (OK, twenty minutes in M&S) than sitting down with coffee and lemon meringue pie. Yummy.
Last night I unravelled my scarf after a week of knitting because the dratted thing was turning into an oversized shawl. I’ve started again with half the number of stitches and [...]

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Visit to the rheumatologist: aka how not to scream (just)

So yesterday was my trip the rheumatologist.

As regular readers may be aware, my back has been in a very bad flare for nearly four weeks now. It’s been getting steadily worse and on Monday I was pretty much at the despairing stage. It’s incredibly difficult to concentrate on important work stuff when you’re feeling that [...]

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