Today I shall mostly be....

...cleaning the house from top to bottom in advance of a State Visit from the_mendicant's parents. They are incredibly fastidious and often critical so I'm making an effort for Mendi's sake and for a quiet life. All is not too horrendous though as I will get to meat our new cleaner - Christina, from Hungary. She started last week and spent 3 hours finding dirt in our kitchen that Mendi and I had been turning a blind eye to for far too long. I'm going to let Christina concentrate on the living and dining rooms today whilst I do upstairs and the kitchen. Hopefully, I can persuade bribe Alexi and Ivan into helping by doing their own room and polishing brass and silver.

( In other news (those who don't like poly should avoid) )

I'm now going to wake Mendi...for the second time! She went back to sleep after having breakfast in bed.

Today I shall mostly be....

...cleaning the house from top to bottom in advance of a State Visit from the_mendicant's parents. They are incredibly fastidious and often critical so I'm making an effort for Mendi's sake and for a quiet life. All is not too horrendous though as I will get to meat our new cleaner - Christina, from Hungary. She started last week and spent 3 hours finding dirt in our kitchen that Mendi and I had been turning a blind eye to for far too long. I'm going to let Christina concentrate on the living and dining rooms today whilst I do upstairs and the kitchen. Hopefully, I can persuade bribe Alexi and Ivan into helping by doing their own room and polishing brass and silver.

( In other news (those who don't like poly should avoid) )

I'm now going to wake Mendi...for the second time! She went back to sleep after having breakfast in bed.

Office Suites

In amongst all the cleaning I've been doing today I've rebuilt one of the PCs at home. It's now whizzing along with a legal version of WinXP. However, I have blown up my copy of MS Office Pro and I don't really want to re-install the "copy" that I have.

I know I should go out and buy a copy , but I've heard that there are some very good alternatives to MS-Office. Can anyone point me at one that they would be happy to suggest.

Have you used Openoffice?

Office Suites

In amongst all the cleaning I've been doing today I've rebuilt one of the PCs at home. It's now whizzing along with a legal version of WinXP. However, I have blown up my copy of MS Office Pro and I don't really want to re-install the "copy" that I have.

I know I should go out and buy a copy , but I've heard that there are some very good alternatives to MS-Office. Can anyone point me at one that they would be happy to suggest.

Have you used Openoffice?