This large spider is an art installation on Exchange Flags in Liverpool. It's hung with crystals that really sparkle in the sunshine!

This week has been really busy - plus it's the week with my Saturday at the end of it so it's feeling endless. How did I EVER work full-time; doing two late nights each week and every other Saturday? I'm a lazy so-and-so!!

During the summer, when I was working so much less I had the luxury of time to do stuff, without constantly chasing my tail! I loved that feeling! This week I'm back to my blue-arsed fly impersonation!

It's not helping that this cold won't go away and I'm tired. I had to give up half-way through aerobics as I was hot and dizzy and breathless and I feel like my head is full of cotton wool. I'm conscious of how much I take normal health for granted.

Work has been just frantic. I've so much to do I'm not sure what to tackle first :)

Anyway, enough of the moaning. I need to remember i like to be busy... and that there is a bar of chocolate in the fridge at home - unless Sian has eaten it!

I forgot to say someone tried to colour in Basil's white bits with green felt tip on Wednesday. The effect was not good. Basil is so easy going to allow that. Or maybe he is colourblind?