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Fifty years ago – a celebration of life.
Today it is fifty years since I left home! I was inspired to travel because my Pop (grandfather) and my Uncle Paul were travelling when I was a little girl and there was always great excitement when a postcard or … Continue reading
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Christmas Greetings 2013 from the Stainsby’s
This must be the 7th year that you have not received a Christmas card from the Stainsby’s. Instead we have vowed to provide a donation in lieu of buying the cards and postage stamps. As I look back on previous … Continue reading
A Winter Solstice Walk
It’s hard to beat a walk along the beach on a crisp and clear winter’s day. Today we walked from Sandy to Brighton Baths, and back – a 10 km walk. Birds of all types were out – dive bombing … Continue reading
The Last Doggy Walk
For the last 6 months Sally and I have joined a gorgeous group of dogs with their delightful “humans” for a walk-and-talk and coffee/chai on Wednesday mornings. Sally has become very attached to her doggy friends, especially young Chloe, whilst … Continue reading
Water Water Everywhere
Hayden’s newest iPhone project is an app for Ben Kay’s Water project (refer: If This Is A Blog Then What’s Christmas). Drinking water is a must for me, I don’t feel well when I am dehydrated. I really hate buying … Continue reading
Eldy – empowering our older family and friends
A good part of my computer career has been working in cutting edge technology. My first job as a computer operator was in the days when “computer” was a magic word. I loved showing family and friends around the Control … Continue reading
Cleaning Up – 2010
What happens when you are not rushing off to work every day? You notice that this could be cleaned and that could be cleaner and oh… look at that over there, it needs a dust. And so that was how … Continue reading
Why am I here?
I have started a new life – living off the funds accumulated over a previous lifetime of work. It’s called retirement. This is an opportunity to do all the things I’ve been meaning to do in the other lifetimes, and … Continue reading
I am retired!
After 43 years in the computer industry (yes, I am an early adopter) and 7 years at Inmatrix-into-SunGard, today I retire. It will be hard not focussing on the next activities I need to undertake at work, and I am … Continue reading
35 into 25,000
Last week the little company I have worked for during the past 6 years was “acquired”. Vale Inmatrix, hello SunGard. Inmatrix was a small software developer specialising in Financial Analysis applications, currently with 35 people on board. It is going … Continue reading