It's been a long, hard tiring week. Could have done with about 12 extra hours a day...

However, some progress has been made and it's the weekend!

11. Posted the first "Saw this and thought of you" present - see previous post.

25. Collect £2 coins - another £6 added, total now £106 in my new terramundi pot.

26/27/28. All on track (4/286)

35. Lay the dining table - I've found that now I have cleared it of junk and put a cloth on it I'm actually using it a lot more.

47. Cross stitch project for someone else - coming along nicely. Hope to have it finished before Christmas.

53. Read some new books (2/50) - Ok, an odd choice, perhaps for the first of my new books but this week I've polished off (ha!) "Executioner Pierrepoint", the autobiography of the UK's last Official Executioner. Not the easiest writing style, but it was a fascinating book.

In the same vein (and also in the same Amazon order) came "The Executioner's Bible" the story of all the UK's 20th century executioners. Sometimes reading more like a long list of crimes and resulting punishments it was nevertheless an interesting counterpoint. There were a few incidents that happened quite differently than in Pierrepoint's book, depending on who you believe.

I'm going to spend a couple of hours in the library tomorrow and I'm expecting another couple of books from Amazon soon. Tudor history this time, so just as likely to contain details of executions. Hmm...maybe I need to get out more? :)

I might also use tomorrow as the first of my "umplugged" days. I'm thinking of revising the exact detail of it slightly, as I know that I'm incapable of going 24 minutes without talking to myself, let alone 24 hours! I think it's living alone...you have to talk to yourself otherwise how can you have a decent argument?! So, the unplugged days will, I think, just be sans electronic gadgets - no TV, radio, DS, computer etc.

98. Update blog once a week - tick!