Wayhey, first day of the school holidays (if you don't count the weekend) and I'm actually feeling rather chilled for the first time in a very long time. Yes I have a long list of jobs to do and yes I do need to go into work at some point but just for once it's all on my own terms. I am choosing when I want to do stuff and it's a jolly nice feeling It also appears that when I don't have to do things I suddenly get quite productive.

Sunday morning we dragged ourselves up early and made our way into town on a search for a birthday present for Dan's mum (and some summer clothes for me, it's hot!). As we were wandering around we stumbled across an event at the Cathedral (in true Peterborough style it was probably publicised after the event because we'd certainly heard little about it). I'm not entirely sure what the theme was for the event. There was a hog roast and homemade fudge stand. Some people dressed up in medieval clothing, a viking boat, some birds of pray and...

A grasshopper has a minium amount of power. It's like a million but small

It appears that now the cat has discovered this little spot of warmth it has become a regular visitor. This time with new zoomy lens...

In a grand shift of priorities at work we are now progressing, very quickly, with a Moodle Virtual Learning Environment.

When I first looked into platforms Moodle was quickly put to one side because it wasn't ticking many of the boxes being asked for. I'm now kicking myself because I didn't give it more of a go, I should have fought harder against requirements I knew were fanciful and unnecessary. Now I've waded through all the gumph and finally worked out what everybody's really after building the environment has suddenly become soooo much easier.