Goodbye to all that

The week has been very much dominated by the snow. The south-east of Britain shut down on Monday - no buses, no trains, no flights and I think there was widespread disruption on the tubes as well. My daughters' school was closed until Thursday, which was pushing it a bit, I think. I also had to apologise in advance to one of my Etsy customers in Australia for any delays in getting her purchase to her via airmail.

Work
Big news of the week is that I have left my job at the Department of Health......for another job at the Department of Health. Had an excellent leaving do on Friday.

Where I've been
Well, I haven't been anywhere this week apart from to work and to the shops. My precious metal clay evening class on Thursday was cancelled as well, due to the bad weather.

What I made
Continued with my crocheted lattice scarf, my knitted mohair scarf, and my "floral filigree" beaded scarf. I have completed the 20th row, which means that I'm just over a quarter of the way through the scarf, and that also means that it's time to take a short break to work on something else in the bead line. Worked on my cross-stitch picture of Jane Austen's house on Sunday.
I made some choc-chip cookies on Tuesday. It's not really extending the boudaries of my baking knowledge, but they did taste good.
I spent quite a bit of time on Saturday creating my new website - see link on the sidebar.

What I read
I read two books this week. The first was "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman. A reasonably good book for children - though not one of his best - which nevertheless had me blubbing at the end. The other book was "Self-Made Man" by American author and journalist Norah Vincent who spent just over a year disguised as a man, partaking of particularly male experiences such as joining a bowling team, going to strip clubs, joining a monastry and attending a men's group. Like most women (I suppose) I've wondered from time to time about what my life would be like if I was a man rather than a woman, and that's what prompted me to read this book. It's a surprisingly thought-provoking look at what motivates both men and women, why we behave as we do, the support we can guve to each other and the damage we can do as well. Highly recommended.

What I learned this week
Snow and ice can - perhaps unsurprisingly - be very slippery.