Friday - market day

We arise at an unearthly hour for Allys birthdauy pressies she is made up. It is one of my favourite days of the year. on the way into the works traffic poop again on Speke Road. In my cunning plan to avoid yesterdays traffic jam I cruise past ASDA in a 60's cadillac way (not nineties gay scene). Bad decish poop that way to.Still I sit listening to the editor of This rag on Desert Island Discs bloomin amusing it is too. But his middle england crappy views grate on me. He does choose a years subscription to the guardian as his luxury. His readsons made me laff. Into the works and sorting stuff home for Allys birthday. A sly snooze is planned but foiled by Colin and the girls arrive, with birthday pressies for Ally. Ally gets to choose so its KFC. Crispy strips and a few fries for me. This made me laff. Whilst eating me tea. As if some cunning plan of the obesity police, an alarm triggered by the high fat content of me tea an article comes on the six oclock news about Weight Loss Surgery bit off the mark but welcome publicity none the less for that. The reporter denise mahoney left a message on the wlsinfo answer phone I rang her three times left voice mail but she never got back to me. The Ruth and Paul visit Ruth is on her way out. Alan calls later Bea isn't well. mum and Nan are off a Christmas party at Sacred Heart. Nice

msskybluez.blog-city.com

msskybluez.blog-city.com Found this woman in New York State reminds me I should email Marta in the US.
Work today on the program that I agreed with Val its difficult to to say no to people I end up seeing an Allied Health Professional who needs a system to manage referrals. Jon had set it up but he was off to a funeral at short notice. I sat talking to Pami Equality advisor over luch, clearly she didnt recognise me but did the polite thing and humoured me. It became past the point where I could say dont you know who I am. Home and to Birthday wrapping. Well watching Jean birthday wrapping as I am incapable of wrapping in extremis.

Wednesday

Meet with Val, the boss and reflect on lfe the universe and everything. She is a sound sort. Straight yorkshirewoman no messing. we agree a work plan and it feels doable. Often it seems very uphill but this was a reassuring time. Off for lunch to Greenbank. Delicious chicken and sweetcorn soup and surprisingly prawns. Back to the works and its cool. Home in the evening. Its cold no snow but a real fire warms the soul, along with a bowl of hot chilli. Top stuff. Earlier night and better kip. Wake up tired after restlessness later on. Guts aint right constipation returning as a feature not pleasant. Need more water and more citrus and a bit more bran,

Tuesday - Birthday Boy - Birthday site

I surface morning world I am 43 surely I get to sleep in all day. Nope presents and crads with wife and daughter. Telling that most of my greetings are cyber rather than carbon based, hmmm interesting but sad. This is the official anniversary of the launch of the website. This time last year it was 2 members me and loopy boy - his bariatric conversations are as you can see stunning. Still we moved on and 585 since then. Books and treat and stuff for birthday too numerous and personal to list, top prize goes this book. Into Hammy house and the email system is cunningly set up to stop achieving anything. Sure its just a glitch, but its darn annoying. Kieran and I scoot throught the detail of the wlsinfo library he has graciously helped with. I remember a good lesson look at your service from the front of the shop not the back.
Go home for birthday time cool. Nice feeling and we have a takeaway

Monday - Squatters in the library

So I am off to Hammy House. Took me a while to get into the groove but it was worth it. Allys off sick her chest sounds grim. Nice tolerant gaff. If they were a band who would they be what would they play. I have thought tht through and after much thinking probably better not to get into too much probably upset someone.
Kieran aka Loopyboy Tracey Sallly Christine and Sarah provide a cool service operating out of the back end of Hammy House. Their Home page is here the search feature is temporarily unavailable. As is Kierans Blog. Get an abusive text off Ally in the afternnoon with instructions to pick stuff up use somerfield on the gotta pass it minimal distraction maximal utility argument.
Lady on the check outs first day - what a job to learn sitting next to Nellie or is it NelH. Just in case my mate Nell H is getting paranoid reading this NelH is here NeLH correctly where the tops news story is athletes foot medicine helps dementia. Whats next bunion ointment cures liver disease?? bit suss that mate.Get off home and excited by pre birthday feelings. I rustle up fajitas with some special offer chicken breasts. Cool.

Sunday lunch

Off to Ruth and Pauls for Sunday luch joined by their students, Ruth a JMU health studies. and Chris a redbrick geology/geography man. Roast beef and yorkshire pud goes down remarkably well. Then its off home and sunday night chill.

friday five

At this moment, what is your favorite...

1. ...song?
Tenth avenue freeze out
2. ...food?
Chilli
3. ...tv show?
League of Gentlemen
4. ...scent?
Chilli
5. ...quote?
A conspiracy of silence speaks louder than a conspiracy of words - Dr Winston O'Boogie

Saintly Switchboy has miracles in mind.

The girls slumber I was just up having a pleasurable prod in my delicious fire. When JK arrived to do the gig. Top man and in true worky fashion I assume position of can lad a job I can manage.
In that cupboard is a mystery to mean. But the 4.50 bit dont work and we get bumped to plan b.
3 or so hours later jobs good 'un - sorted. Plenty of hot drinks thrn home for spanner. sorted. awkward but sorted. Congrats JK you is a star of the highest order. Bum about felling warm, before takin a hot bath and braving Nannyland. Oh dear.
Home via Somerfield and then back to cook chilli together - well on me own reallly but I like it and its in the pot for the week.Ally is off to her Penny lane based mate. She is miffed when she rings at 9.45 and we wont let her stay the night. but hey thats the parent gig isn't it. We watch Dalziel and Pascoe.

Blundell Street

Blundell Street This wa Jeans Christmas night out on Friday, foodwas mediocr and the conceptgood but poorly executed.

Ambient Orb

Ambient Orb Interesting

Friday morning - things can only get better.

Or can they. The launderette is open and bad news the washing aint there. Livers minimalist staffing policy means Dot Cotton has been replacd by a CCTV and a computer. I am in semi slumber but the emerging panic scares me from my semi-comatose state. Uniform policy at St Hildas is slightly to the right of the Coldstream guards. After securing a letter from Rowan and verbal permish from the school sec Ally proceeds thro the hallowed portals in a black skirt. The secs first advice on hearing Jeans tale of woe was to ask if Jean had another school skirt. Yes of course, just ringing to check that would be OK....... why do people do that. Having said that the first rule of IT support is tpo state the obvious.
Anyway they are off and I am up. I start sorting stuff out and generally getting my act together.
Emails and such contact with the works and a deal to chill in the library brokered by blog with Kieran. We aint talked rent or nowt but we can sort it I am sure. Finance people will need to be involved and EOS orders raised. Or I can buy a jar of coffee and some doughnuts/bananas.
I ring the Liver Launderette and the peripatetic Dot Cotton will be in residence between 1 and 3. I wander to see her. Success and Jean wasn't the only fly tipper and I have to perform a laundry identity parade I fortunately recognise one of my shirts so result. Dot had neatly folded them too. Result, good job there was at least some of my own gear there, as i thought Allys school skirt was purple, not navy blue. Johnnie Macca calls to catch up.
More email and phone calls. Then pick up coal from new friends the chandlers on Allerton Road, as well as a grate thing(which I have wanted for years) and an ash tray. Round the deal off with some kindling and a bar of fruit and nut and I am sorted.
Then its off to meet Mickey at the Ship and Mitre good company as ever the lad dissapointing to hear that he and Jane wont be at the doo. Having said that weather and my inability to sort invitations may conspire to mean hardly any show. Well there'll be a few I am sure.
Terry joins us and as usual the ale Roosters Hooligan is a delicious pale bitter. They are out of Jever fun so I end up with an Erdinger wheat beer alcoholfrei as they say. Wheatbeer aint good looks like infected wee and don't taste much better. A very attractive pump the real McCoy is pulled from. Then back home via somerfield for essentials and home for a quick lasagne. Then its girls to a) school disco after picking up her mates and then Blundell Street for Jean. Me on the way home at 8.18 I remember I am hosting a live Roux-en-Y chat at 8.30 I fly up the stairs speak to Audrey from Scotland and she sorts things while I go downstairs and play firestarter. Starts on time and good chat. Went well. Real fire late night.

Thursdays report.

Work starts with a trip to Hammy House to see Big Bob. A top geezer, Scot, dry good political sense and economics graduate. Aint got long till he retires too ....lucky sod. He is the professional boss of all things informatics in the North Mersey LIS community. SO as well as reporting to South Liverpool PCT I am professionally acountable to him. He speaks some very wise words and he makes me feel significantly better about being off and returning to work. He helps put the last 15 months in a bit of context. Top man can always earn a few Bob doin cognitive therapy when he retires. I saunter down to the Library home of Loopyboy. The youngs of Leicestershire have sent me a link Sad Sad Sad but true I am afraid. I squat at Vals desk. i have to clear this with Kieran but this could be a good place for squatting. Tracey, Kieran, Sally and the new and equally charming Sarah. There are worse gaffs I can tell you. Arrange to meet Kim for lunch in Greenbank. Eyeballed by Maria Cody a big cheese from Central PCT who aint seen me for a while so its the my word how do you feel conversation. Vegetabl soup does good and then maria asks me to intervene with their data projector, fortunately the day is saved by a techician so ok there then. Prawns go down well, as ever. Back to the works and problems at Garston with a new system install. Sorted I think then a few things sorted at the works then back to the house. Call to Linda on the way home. Quick meal and laundry crisis. Then Ally and I are off to the Support Group while Jean samples the delights of Liver Launderette. Which for those not from these parts may sound like a place George Best could gig. its pronounced Lyver as in birds. The washing aint dried coz the house is cold. Jean gets in a state Liver Lunderette on woolton road provides the answer. Ring their head office a very helpful lady sorts me out with times it is staffed 1-3 but they are open late.
So we set off and it all looks OK. Gerry is caretaking, full marks to him and Chris they are top geezers. People start arriving about 6.30 in fact Tanias there already. It goes well a good mix of newbies and oldies. i need to sort the library with loopy boy. It went well 30plus in attendance. We get home and then Jeans tales of problems come clear.
So we get home about 10.30 Jean aint had the best of times. The launderetter was a bum time. Sure the stuff had gone in and things was groovin. She went off to see Ruth and pick up a fan heater to discover that on her return the launderette was shut. Bad move - Allys school skirt is in there -but all is not lost its open at 8am, Ruth and Paul dont have one anymore and plan B me mums appliance has been forgotten.
We sit looking at one another across a cold living room. Tomorrows another day.

Welcome to E-Health-Media

Welcome to E-Health-Media and that is the article to which the comments relate.

Welcome to E-Health-Media

Welcome to E-Health-Media ANother EMIS tale.

Guardian Unlimited | Online | Feud hits ?5bn plan

Guardian Unlimited | Online | Feud hits ?5bn plan Nice to see part of your daily work life in a national.

Burn baby burn

Start the day by annoiting myself with orange juice not traditional but wet none the less. Work on emails and sorting stuff. Then off to a meet in the swiss life building in crosby. Its about the next steps in the LSP process, related to the NPFiT. Its a whole new world for me. We talk about CSC, bundles and inevitable change. I realise I have been in the NHS for 25 years this year 21/08/04, does that mean I get a pressie. We shall see later this year. Seems a big chunk of time to me. Meeting is a strange one, lots of dynamic, nervousness, jockeying, there wasnt a three line whip but pretty near a 100% attendance. Two conultants from Secta. One of whom was John Nickson who is shocked by my appearance. Nice guy and former Head of IT at North Mersey Community Trust. On the way home I pass a road sign for chaffers field. Is the the field of some one who chafes. Its a sporty gaff still made me smile. JK came round had a look at the boiler. Not good news. but he speaks to a mate and will be coming back soon.

Fire is good

Tuesday is OK emails and then lunch with Kim at the Greenbank, pulling another flanker I discover Jean has assaulted the walletthe presumed tenner has gne AWOL. Then its off to Hammy for a meeting with Fran top woman upfront honest and straight. i am enrolled to the corporate cup team for this year. 6 runs I think. Nice one Corporate series - like that. Catch Val, she is going soon to teacher training land and call in to library see Tracey.Call at Glaxo on way home to drop off booking forms badly organised sod that I am. Ally and I make Chilli together which we both enjoy doing. Then the girl are off to Beas and I am off to Cell. Interesting session Mals cousin Stuart from Australia is there. We are paired up to go out and get to know each other a bit. i get Taxi billy. cool we is matey already so a nice easy start.

I'm a firestarter - eventually.

Working from home - yup we have a shower, but it dont appeal at the mo. Going thro the famous always want what we cant have mode and mind fixates on baths. Get quite a bit done though there are problems with an install with westspeke. I work in the cold till 2.30 when during a call to andy the accountant I am overtaken with a brainwave - cold hmm bonfire. A tad impractical given they are outside and its raining. Whays like a bonfire doh whats that thing in the living room called a coal fire - thinks...we could light that - result. Tesco here I come firelighters sorted. Garage coal sorted no logs. And then leave garage without coal dum dum go back to garage. Which in itself is a problem have you tried using a drive in facility without driving in. It may shock you to learn they aint designed for such activity. Where will I get logs - ah lightbulb moment - the chandlers Allerton road. I enter a car park space good sign. An aladdins cave of fire starters goodies. I overdose with a new poker (2.99) shovel (1.25) and logs drink long at this fountain of pleasure. they have combination sets, coal savers scuttles and even cheap firelighter. Will this pleasure never cease. And another good omen Beef lasagne (finest) has returned to Tesco. Thus armed I head home and Ray Mears meets caveman and start poking away. All basic Mavlovian stuff sorted the women of the tribe arrive in Ihave skinned the kill and prepared it (prawn curry) and the rest of the night grunt occaisionally. Nowt new there then. Ally and I alternate between living room and uptsairs. I keep on having to poke add coal etc but hey thats fun. JK is gonna look at the heating tomorrow - he is tired today and all looks well. Mods meeting online goes well. Natter with julie late on. Reduce sedatives at night and poorer nights sleep as a result but less hungover.

Government Gateway - Homepage

Government Gateway - Homepage Working from home due to central heating probs. I opt to submit my tax return electronically and I aint activated it. A helpful lady points me here. Job done. Now awaitmy activation PIN.

Thoughts from a Rabbi

Thoughts from a Rabbi Well I know I have at least one muslim, 1 christian, 1 atheist, and one jewish blogwatcher. Thanks to Kieran for a bit of balance in the mix.