Since a few of you have asked what to get me for Christmas, here's my Amazon wishlist. It's a separate one from the one I've given my family so please don't look for me under other email addresses
http://www.amazon.co.uk/wishlist/HTY0M9C8IITP

Also, I have a big bruise below my knee. As revenge for me throwing him down the stairs, Fran threw me up the stairs last night.

Apparently it was the start of September when I last posted here. That means I should have lots to update on and yet I really don't feel like I do.

I had an amazing time at Burghley Horse Trials but my dog, Max, died while I was away. I haven't been able to talk about him online properly yet. It still hurts too much.

Mostly I have been working on settling into the new house, working on sewing projects, baking, filling in application forms, going to job interviews and trying to make plan about going away before Christmas. We were supposed to be going to a gig in Glasgow in November but that plan changed due to people being brats. I was hoping to make it to Nottingham with my other half but looking at my bank account today, I'm not sure that's going to happen.

I know I haven't been out very much lately. On Friday I've got an appointment with the doctor and it's going to be the start of them running tests again. If my hyperthyroidism has come back (which apparently happens in about 50% of cases which had tablets for 1-2 years) they start talking about radiation treatment again. If the results are negative, my symptoms are from something else... Positive stuff, huh?

I intend to try and get out a bit more in the coming weeks. Back to the bar on Wednesdays and such. However, I have a new craft project planned as a present and it's pretty big. I'm not even totally sure how I'm going to do it yet but if it works out it'll be amazing. That's a big if. But it may start eating into my time so don't be too surprised if I disappear again.

Today's post comes to you from sea. Seriously.

I'm currently sitting on the Stena Caledonia bound for Scotland on the way to Burghley Horse Trials. Don't you just love free wifi? I'll be away until late on Monday night. Try not to burn the city to the ground while I'm gone. This may be the last time I'm online until the return ferry journey and, for those who don't know, Fran, Shane and I have not yet got Internet in our new house so they probably won't be on much either. And yes, I'm being a complete girl and missing Fran already.

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And some thought that Matt Smith was too young to be the Doctor?

People can lose their wings just as they can lose themselves. They can be cast down from their place among the elite, wingless and unfit, to walk forevermore among the mundane, never truly knowing what they have lost. Destroy your means of flight and you begin to destroy yourself.

You ever get the urge to just yell EYEROLL or something similar because of something on the net? Yeah, just had that.

Yes, I'm still alive and baking. Here's a few pictures for anyone that didn't see Mark's cake. Behold, The Call of Cakethulhu!