A bed of roses

 Really nothing to report.

I haven't got round to another episode of The Lost Kingdom.  I watched Batwoman, A House Through Time, and Have I Got News For You.  And a couple of episodes of The Private Lives of the Monarchs - but only two recorded for some reason.  But, based on last week's criteria, I can go back to TLK, I think.

The alternate presentation of the portfolio received a lukewarm reception but mostly because it isn't visible on a single screen.  I'm exploring the O365 version of MSProject, which looks a WHOLE lot more helpful than previous versions.  I've always found Project to be overloaded with features I don't need but have to negotiate in order to do anything with it.  It's sort of the equivalent of having the Lionheart when you're below Level 10 and facing a Geezard.  But the new version has drag-and-drop and Kanban - at least that's what I remember from the short how-to videos.  I have some time next week to look at it in more depth.

More shinies!!!

Daughter & co were here for the Bank Holiday - we sat at opposite ends of the garden and it was good to see them.  But weird, too.

And mother and step-father are coming on Thursday for coffee and cake in the garden.

So grateful for our outdoor space.

I bought a bird feeder that sits inside a cage.  It promised that small birds could get to the food but larger ones can't.  I saw a robin trying to get in and not being able to.  The son snipped off some of the bars to give them a way in, but I don't think anything's been near it, since.  So, just a gimmick, really.  Also, I'm not sure the seeds are the most appetising thing to offer!  Especially when the suet logs are there - although the magpies steal those.  Anyway, I'm going to invest in a couple of peanut holders but I'll get some suet pellets for one - without cages.  And some more suet logs, because those are almost all gone, now.

Well, that's all for now.  Tune in next week for more excitement!

 So this weekend produced a grand total of 1022 words.  Saturday I wrote a couple of sentences just for the sake of updating my word count.  There is a trophy for updating every day for 30 days.  Now, if I finish early I will say, 'sod your trophy' and just finish.  BUT if I finish on 30 November, I do not want to have missed the trophy because of a slow day.  That's my justification, anyway...

The grandson was sick on Saturday night but not asking to go home, so I messaged the daughter asking her to come and pick him up as early as poss on Sunday so that he could spend the day at home.  She rocked up at about 12pm and stayed until 4pm.  I was not inviting her for the afternoon, I was asking her to take her sick child home!  As it turned out, he was pretty much recovered and spent the day on the laptop.  But that wasn't really the point.

I managed to churn out about 1k in the afternoon but in the evening I ducked out of writing in favour of Voyager.  This morning, I was well and truly back on the trail with another 1k, so my total is now just over 32k.  Another 1k tonight and I'll only be a little bit behind the target of 33,333.  Hopefully, I can keep up the 2k/day average from now on, which should see me finish on 29 November.

I am still enjoying Voyager, although I finding one episode at a time is enough.  With other series, I normally watch two back-to-back.  Some of the writing is a bit...  Well, there's an episode called Emanations, which involves a fascinating (for me at least!) premise around the afterlife.  Harry gets accidentally transported to another dimension and escapes by pretending to be a member of the alien race who is about to be euthanized. This requires Harry to 'disappear' but there is no search for him and the alien to actually disappear but we aren't shown how he manages this. The ceremony for the alien goes ahead without any explanation and without any apparent search for Harry.  I don't like plot holes.  They bother me.

In other news, this week looks like being a quiet one, so I shall make the most of it!