Anyone else dread upgrading/changing their mobile…? I only converted to a ‘smart’ phone in 2013, but once I’d got used to it, I did find it useful; however, I will confess that some features still drive me potty, and I prefer the old method of texting. They also make contracts so much more complicated in terms of data on top of calls and texts etc.

But thankfully in about an hour I emerged from EE with a shiny new Sony, and it was activated before I’d even got home. So, I can’t complain there – business was unaffected. It’s just that feeling of dread and loss so many of us have these days when we’re without our mobiles.

And you’d have to prise my iPad out of my cold, dead hands!

It only took me 7.5 years to get round to it, but I’ve spent the last week sorting, shredding and shifting and have now reclaimed a quarter of my loft room as an office. It was prompted partly by the arrival of my new funky, if chunky, printer/copier/scanner, which I didn’t want to set up on my dining table, as I knew it would end up staying there.

Bit nervewracking setting new hardware up solo, but I’ve sort of done it, though I haven’t quite cracked how to make it go wireless. Will try again when I have a bit more time and also test the copier and scanner functions. But as a printer, it seems great: http://www.canon.co.uk/Printers/Inkjet/MAXIFY/MAXIFY_MB5050/

Just need to get the decorating and recarpeting of the house finished (mid-March) and then it’s all systems go for Beaumont Pro!

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