As I hadn't blogged for nearly six months, I've just re-read my earlier entries... apart from the odd typo, it reads quite well.

So, what's been happening -

1. We've replaced the flooring at home.
   Let me first of all say, this wasn't our original intention. But when the dish-washer that we'd had for nearly 10 years started to play up, it seemed natural to order a replacement. However, as I had to connect up the new machine, I failed to insert the rubber washer and it started to leak!
   After about 6 weeks, we discovered this and rectified the problem but now we had a duff floor in the kitchen.
   OK, this flooring was also 10 years old and we started to look at new floorings for the kitchen AND the bathroom.
   This, in-turn, got us looking at the carpeting in the rest of the house.
   £3000 later and a new vacuum cleaner later. we finally had replaced the flooring at home.
2. I've been on holiday!
   Having been to Italy twice and watched it rain both times, we decided on Gozo, the sister island to Malta.
   Not a drop of rain and plenty of sunshine!
   Also, plenty of diving, beer, good food & doing nothing.
3. I've replaced my phone!!
   I've never liked the phone I got back in February, so, I've just got myself a newer better phone.
   Let's see if this is really better than the old one.
4. I've ordered my new car!!!
   Back about 3 year ago in the summer of 2001, I came out of the company car scheme and purchased my first car for over 15 years.
   I figured it was time to replace this car and I'm now waiting for my new Peugeot 407 SW to be delivered complete with it's GPS, cruise control & other assorted toys.
5. I've heard that there's been "more pain of change being felt"
   Yes, I did here about Dave and Pete and a couple of others all feeling the pain of change. While, some people may think I enjoy hearing this news, I know that this is a difficult time for them and if I can help...
6. Oh, and I'm enjoying my role as a DBA!!!!
   Yes, strange at it seems, I'm really enjoying my new role as DBA. The chaps I work with know a lot about the company systems but not too much about the software being used. While I know a lot about the technology and too little about the company.
   Sounds like a match made in heaven!
   And it is.

Well, if you've managed to read this far, you know about about what I've been up to. I still keep in touch with people I've worked with and am always interested in knowing how things are going. Drop me a line...

Keep going, keep looking