Thanks to my parents (for purchasing the wood) and my sister and brother-in-law (for doing the craftwork and installation) Clare and I got to spend a couple of evenings this week emptying our two wardrobes, which have spent the last six months holding a few trees’ worth of books.

I haven’t got around to counting quite how many we have; it’s simply too many. It’s only by creative stacking that we’ve been able to put them all in place, so I’ve identified about twenty that will be given to a charity shop, so that we’ll have a little bit of space to hold the ones that will be undoubtedly purchased in the near future.

This is what our newly equipped office now looks like. (more…)

(Esperantan version mi afiŝos poste.)

Well, it’s not so new anymore, since we’ve been here since August 28th, but this is the first time I’ve gotten around to taking some photos.

So, welcome to our house.  This is it from the outside.

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To be fair, I’ve probably not been clean shaven in even longer than that.

The 5.75 years relates to the time that I first started working in my current workplace (January 13th 2003) until today. The number is on my mind because I’ve finally got around to getting an ID badge.

I know, I know; the ID badge is compulsory and I’m supposed to have had it for years. I’m just a little relaxed in my time management, I guess.

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As is part of the routine, I had my adorable nephew this morning. I’ve already blogged about how having him with me seems to gain me a little respect, and today was more of the same.

This is the third time that the little man has been to visit my workplace, and he’s now on familiar terms with a couple of the ladies in it. He has the same good taste as me; his favourite is my favourite too, Janjan. He was playing with her stuffed sheep, Shaggy.

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