Was August awesome? Let's see what the numbers made of it: 11.5 days of having the decorator in the house 30 pieces of Happy Mail written, addressed and posted 33,745 steps walked by me on my busiest day of the month* 34 walks with Tilly The Boy received his 1st dose of the Pfizer vaccine … Continue reading Month in Numbers | August 2021
Was July joyous? Let's see what the numbers made of it: 9 pieces of Happy Mail sent. 1 piece of Sad Mail sent. 4 visits to garden centres. 30 litres of paint purchased - white for the ceilings and Valspar's Bonjour for the walls. 27,400 steps walked by me on my busiest day of the … Continue reading Month in Numbers | July 2021
Was June joyful? Let's see what the numbers made of it: 40 walks with Tilly 32,179 steps walked by me on my busiest day^ 5 pieces of Happy Mail sent 7 traditional 12x12 scrapbook pages created by me 3 visits with family members 1 photo of mine on the walls of a public exhibition 🙂 … Continue reading Month in Numbers | June 2021
Was May marvellous? Let's see what the numbers made of it. Joining 89 others for an online Meet the Authors event over Zoom. 26,180 steps walked by me on my busiest day of the month. 42 walks with Tilly 31 sessions of online Pilates. 15 online Step classes via YouTube. 4 days spent redecorating the … Continue reading Month in Numbers | May 2021
Was April awful or was it awesome? Let's see what the numbers say: 41 walks with Tilly. 30 sessions of online Pilates. 16 online Step classes via YouTube. 30,020 steps walked by me on my busiest day. * 34th pint of blood donated. The Brainy One and I received our 2nd dose of the Oxford … Continue reading Month in Numbers | April 2021
Did March turn out to be marvellous? Let's see what the numbers made of it: 4 doses of the vaccine received by family members (including me) 🙂 83 days spent in the 3rd national lockdown for England. 1 year of Covid-19 restrictions in place across the whole of the UK. 3 cyber crops with The … Continue reading Month in Numbers | March 2021
I can’t say that February was fabulous; the hideous weather put paid to that. But it wasn’t a total washout. Let’s see what the numbers made of it: 28 days ... of a national lockdown/stay-at-home across England ... of taking Tilly for her morning walk. (The Brainy One and The Boy walk her in the … Continue reading Month in Numbers | February 2021
The grimness continued with a astonishing threat from the EU. I don't usually swear when scrapbooking but, really ...? It's paired with grief at the loss of a wonderful man. I included Captain Sir Tom's obituary and a photo of Number 10 with the Union flags at half-mast. 😦 I also included a cartoon and … Continue reading Covid-19 | The Journal, Part 11
Despite Lockdown 3.0 restricting life, January appears to have passed by quickly. Let's see what the numbers made of it. 16 online Step classes completed by me. Where would we be without free-to-access YouTube videos? 31 sessions of 10-minutes-long Pilates. It's mostly stretching but, whatever. 20,364 steps walked by me on my busiest day of … Continue reading Month in Numbers | January 2021
As we get to grips with 2021, and thinking about packing away Christmas, let’s see how the numbers for December looked: 26,296 steps walked by me on my busiest day of the month. 33rd pint of blood donated. 16 pieces of Happy Mail sent. 31 sessions on online Pilates. 15 online Step classes via YouTube. … Continue reading Month in Numbers | December 2020
