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30th December 2021 - An Odd Way to Share News
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I have returned from visiting my parents in Plymouth over the past 
week. It was nice even though we were all ill with some super cold 
which led to us all coughing away. My brother and his wife appeared on 
Christmas day. He sent a picture to the family chat. It is black and 
white with a fuzzy element to it. His one dog is white and there is a 
family joke about their arsehole looking abit like one of East 17 in 
that snow video of theirs. Naturally we all thought it was the dog's 
arse again. Instead it was a scan. His wife and himself have been 
having a hard time with getting pregnant and having lost a couple 
early on. We are being cautiously optimistic but it is wonderful news. 
Just shared in a slightly odd manner. In fairness, the scan was 
cropped significantly... I am torn with excitement for them and worry 
for the next 7 or so months. Hopefully all goes well for them! 

Today was spent building up bits and bobs from Ikea and doing some 
networking. I have a new bathroom cabinet with more storage space so I 
can free up wardrobe space and reduce clutter in the bathroom. I am 
impressed with the changes to Ikea products for ease of build. This 
was very easy compared to some of the other products I have like 
bookcases. There were more pre-drilled holes which helped make it all 
quicker and simpler to screw screws in. With the network, I decided to 
replace a service provider supplied router with a relatively cheap one 
I bought. I have also got a long ethernet cable and a switch to 
hardwire the office room to the router. The router has to live in the 
living room as this is where the ADSL line comes in. I have had some 
odd outages and slow network moments with the old router so thought it 
is worth trying something new. While working from home, the slow 
network moments hurt. Shall have to see if that helps on Tuesday.