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I have a new 'gadget' - my last birthday present has finally arrived! So I've spent the day obsessed with how many steps I've done, and amused by how much sleep I apparently had last night (not much of it deep according to UP) I've exceeded my target by over 80% at last count (not difficult as I went for a run this morning and that got me up to 75%!) We'll see how it goes - certainly don't have time to chart ALL my food and drink intake when it's not half term!

And Jude found a new friend in Solihull. Shame he couldn't come home with us!

Reading through my university notes and essays this afternoon and I was struck by several things;

I had really neat handwriting once upon a time.

I typed them all, but before I did that, I wrote them by hand then literally cut and pasted them (Or stapled them to save glue/paper!)

My English lecturer was a plonker!

I miss Professor Heathcote et al - they were great times and I loved reading and studying when I had all my time to do it.

I must read some of these books again, especially the Golden Age ones.

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Thank you to the scary Skeleton Pirate for the lovely cakes. 

John returned from Zürich with suitcase full of iced tea, Apfel Farmer bars and Kurbissuppe. 

And I spent an amusing hour looking out through old Earnshaw newsletters and the 1993-4 Earnshaw yearbook. 

Cue picture of "Jesús and his (muddy) disciples" otherwise known as the International inter-wing football team - I'm bottom right!

And evidence that my ability to 'unintentionally say things that could be misinterpreted' is longstanding.

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Smiling is a little painful at the moment thanks to the loss of an impacted wisdom tooth this afternoon.

This made me chuckle - I'd add 'it'll puzzle them' to that - and you still win!

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I ran 5 miles today.
Hurrah!

On this day last year, it snowed it Switzerland. This year, it's quite warm!

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An image from yesterday.

I think I'll copy Sarah and get a Tattly as encouragement next time I run a half marathon. A good reminder for everyday not just when running to be honest!

And one from today - my pink pixie! Thanks to Rob who's an artistic whizz with an iPad (and not just with an iPad!) and drew this for me!

Wondering what to call her? Any suggestions? 

Smiles today -

The joy of making Dorset Apple Cake with self raising flour for the first time in 2 years. 

A tidy desk and dining room table. 

Summer and winter clothes swapped. 

Remaining untouched by 'The Great Storm' - seriously underwhelmed and slightly disappointed too. I had high hopes for a fence that needs replacing...

Reading in bed. 

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Picking apples from my own tree and making apple crumble (with a Swiss twist - Bircher-müesli topping)

That's made me smile today.

I now have enough apples to be bobbing from now to Christmas ;) (That's only 1/10 of the ones in storage - and I've already processed two bagfuls!)

And the Ten Commandments according to Switzerland http://www.dicconbewes.com/2013/10/27/the-ten-swiss-commandments/ also made me smile - the 11th commandment is "Thou shalt be obsessively tidy to the point of picking up every stray leaf and polishing traffic lights, and thus ensure full employment!"

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A happy stone sent to me by Kathy started my day with a smile...

Especially as there was a miserable stone next to it!

Smiles as my visit to the dentist did not reveal a mouthful of decaying teeth causing my toothache so I could have lunch. (I have an impacted wisdom tooth so I probably won't be smiling much on Wednesday when it's removed...)

Some tidying and eBay posting made me  smile as we searched for the names of various Gogos/Crazy Bones. 

And a run late afternoon - managed to choose a route with lots of steep hills, but the view at the top of the last one was rather pretty. 

Oh, and Liverpool beat WBA!