http://ckrandom.wordpress.com the inner mumblings of a busy girl Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:22:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Boy's in India for 10 days at the moment doing training stuff for work.  Although we've emailed a couple of times, nothing replaces the sound of a voice, so I was happily surprised when he rang me just now.  I'm a bit galled that he seems to be staying ... http://ckrandom.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/a-lovely-pick-me-up/ When I popped out at lunch I heard a debate on the Jeremy Vine show, sparked by a woman who'd left 12 million dollars to a dog, and then a further few billion to animal charities, in her will. Some irate listeners were calling this a 'wicked' thing to do, as ... http://ckrandom.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/the-12-million-dollar-dog/ The news that Imperial College withdrew its offer to a potentially brilliant medical student because he was convicted of burglary years ago whilst in his teens, is something I find really depressing. This stuffy institution says it wants to uphold the 'trust' of this profession but I find ... http://ckrandom.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/if-the-face-doesnt-fit/ Hmmmm. I always knew this weekend would be tricky, but my detox diet has been completely submerged by a tide of beer, pastry, cakes and gin.  Whoops. First off, it was my turn to do the Boy's cricket tea for Saturday's game. Now, I am competitive in everything I do - ... http://ckrandom.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/detox-derailed/ Well, yesterday I did well at the cricket, even if I do say so myself. Packed up herring with green chilli (no mackerel or snapper available at Mozza's), along with raw veg crudite, hummus (sp?), fresh fruit salad and for the boy - some crisps. We smugly ate it whilst Somerset ... http://ckrandom.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/day-five/ Hmmm. Slid a bit since the last post on this. But here goes, anyway: Day Three Brekkie - boiled egg, slice rye bread Snack - one teeeency weency macaroon biccy in work meeting. Lunch - Work lunch out at Pizza Express. Yikes.  Chose the chicken and roast veg salad, but did eat the dough ... http://ckrandom.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/day-three-and-four/ After a splurge weekend in terms of calories (including 'empty' ones from Irn Bru WKD - what was I thinking?), I'm trying the BodyDoctor's menu plans for a week or so.  I'm not doing the prescriptive exercise he recommends, owing to gammy knee, but I am being a gym regular.  ... http://ckrandom.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/the-new-blitz-plan/ You'll know from this post, and this post, that I've been trying on Wedding Dresses for a while, with varying degrees of hilarity and disgust. Anyhoo, Saturday was decision day, as I took along a gang to look at my shortlist, with the aim of ordering one (no point hanging about, ... http://ckrandom.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/wedding-dress-by-committee/ Random one here.  Today I've seen the following things, which I think are good: 1. A man who was going round the street this morning picking up newspaper that had blown out of his recycling box. 2. A man driving a van, whilst smoking a really old-style pipe 3. Someone wearing a cravat 4. ... http://ckrandom.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/good-things-ive-seen-today/ Just spotted this on MediaMonkey, that the Knight Rider car is for sale. At 27k, it's well out of my range but just imagine - someone is going to be owning a car that the Hoff sat in! What a legendary series - I loved Knight Rider, particularly the 'turbo ... http://ckrandom.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/kitt-or-audrey-and-trevor-i-know-who-id-choose/