If I keep smiling....

...no one will realise I don't know what i am doing!!!

Making bread...a 1st for me...making bread in a high security prison..a 1st for me...and I would imagine....for a number of bakers!!!

Here I am..this is me in December 2009....and it is cold!!!!!..check out the visitor badge..SPS...Scottish Prison Service..."any sharps Mr Bly?"..."erm...speak to George" was always the reply....bill hooks...bow saws..loppers..rope...wooden poles....wood for burning....hammers...stakes...all brought in and taken back out again.

S

If it wasn't so damn correct..it would be annoying...well..

....actually.it is annoying!!!..but in a good way..so I received a Christmas card from my uncle in France...i haven't seen him in a year (more I think is it not Pat?)..you know how it goes...e mails become infrequent and life takes over...sorry Pat..anyway...inside the card is a few words from the man himself..as always...succinct and to the point..and bloody right as well!!!!!

Thanks Pat.

These are the words of wisdom:-

"I hope next year will be calmer than 2009"...does it seem that manic?...well..I guess it does...what a year indeed....should be calmer..."that you will land a full time, permanent job"...that is the goal..but very difficult in this industry...it is why we are moving on the PR side of things and working with the Criminal Justice to raise the profile NOW so pressure can be put on those in power to make it permanent.."and that you meet the right woman"...is there such a thing Pat? It may seem I have taken up with a succession of bams who really were not that good for me....but i couldn't possibly comment on that....ahem.

If you see my previous entries over the last wee while...it may be that I have found someone who is good for me and they think I am good for them....so we shall see.

"Meanwhile, look after your health"..i am trying to.really I am...hhmmmm...could always do with drinking less beer...ahem..."lose a bit of weight"....seemed to have lost half a pound but could do more..."work less"..trying to...trying to.....even scheduled in annual leave in November rather than work all the way up to December and be forced to take them when I didn't need the time off..."and keep the blog going"...done and done.

In the space of 5 lines ALL the priorities of my life have been bulleted...amazing....how well you know me. Thanks for caring.

Speaking of women...or a woman!!..careful..get me into trouble...the lovely Lady C shall be accompanying me to Strathaven and then Strathyre on the way back up....which will be nice....a 4 day break...5 with driving...to places she has never been and without which I would have not ended up in Aberdeen and with her..hurrah!!

Back for 3 days and then off for Christmas....right up until 2010..even better.

Tara

Festive Times

Well..the festive season is upon us and all is fine....ime tired today...but then a good kip always helps..as does going to bed on time but I never seem to manage that very well!!!! Luckily, my trusty steed, the coffee percolator, keeps me riding the roads!

Well, tomorrow will be emotional...the end of Bridges (jail side) project....what a 6 weeks it has been...won't miss the 12 hour days but will miss the boys. really looking forward to tomorrow and the celebration...and that is what it is..a celebration...we really turned up the heat and the boys kicked ass....what am i talking about?!!!..he he...they did it..they stepped up to the plate and delivered in spades...now..all i have to do is think what I am going to say!!!!

ah well...it seems..dare I say it...that I have found someone that can put up with curmudgeonliness..can you believe that?..I can...and I am happy....had a scare which may have fecked it all up but all is well and I can look ahead...I do so hope it works out. I smile a lot these days.

An early night for me?....perhaps not.

Tara.

S

Ruff

Oh dear....as much as I love my late night show it does seem to make me feel crap...I really enjoyed it last night...but getting up today....drive...meeting...drive...office...drive...meeting...drive...event....drive....home...and all of it very cold...I feel crap...just as well the slot is being swapped....hurrah...but I have to wait until the new year for it..I will be pre recording on Sunday for the Monday show a week away....but still going on the next night...poo

Me and C will be going away for a few days...car booked as well...very exciting....looking forward to it.

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