Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Council Executive meeting - NOT in the City Chambers!

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First Council Executive meeting today that's NOT being held in the City Chambers, but instead at the Salvation Army Hall in Wardieburn!...
Monday, October 30, 2006

"Eco Schools" event and "An Inconvenient Truth"

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Eco Schools event this morning out at the the conference centre of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Gogarburn. Really, really impressive morning...
Sunday, October 29, 2006

Decorating finally finished ;-))

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Decorating of the dreaded spare bedroom finally, finished this weekend! Hallelujah! You just don't realise what a job this was from this...
Friday, October 27, 2006

Director's Meeting and Waterfront Tour!

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Director's meeting first thing this morning ... bit rushed, but managed to cover plenty of ground. Tour of the Edinburgh Waterfront this...
Thursday, October 26, 2006

Full Council Meeting today

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October's Full Council Meeting today ... again, as per September, not too much "Children & Families" business on the agen...
Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Achievement Awards & Edinburgh University

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Bit of preparation for the annual Achievement Awards this morning ... main event to be held on the 1st November, so not far away now. Seems...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Joint Departmental meeting and YSAC

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Joint Departmental meeting this morning between Children & Families and Health & Social Care ... was quite keen to ensure high-level...
Monday, October 23, 2006

Computer refreshed ....

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Back in the office this morning to find my computer has been "refreshed" .... was actually surprsingly straightforward to get it a...
Sunday, October 22, 2006

Quiet Sunday?

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Bit of time to recover from the few days away - not all relaxation though, with the ineviatable D.I.Y. requests that I love so much to be co...
Saturday, October 21, 2006

Back to normality ;-((

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Back from a few days away this morning. Whole family had a great time up North in Glen Orchy - and even the weather was pretty kind to us ;...
Saturday, October 14, 2006

Half Term week starts ;-))

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Half Term week starts for the whole family from today - wonderful! May be a lack of posts for a few days, but normal service will resume as ...
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Friday, October 13, 2006

Young Edinburgh Conference today

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"Young Edinburgh" conference today - lasting most of the day in the City Chambers. Had to give a (very) brief welcome to the many ...
Thursday, October 12, 2006

Scottish Executive Civil Servants and a Ceilidh!

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Victoria Quay this morning to meet several of the Scottish Executive Education civil servants . Was quite keen to get this in the diary, ear...
Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Community consultation meeting on Portobello

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Community consultation meeting this evening on Portobello and St. John's schools - following on from the statutory events last Tuesday ...
Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Council Executive meeting and Tynecastle visits

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Council Executive meeting this morning ... not a huge number of actual 'Children and Families' reports, but the Department did have ...
Monday, October 09, 2006

Some 'blog' training and local Community Council this evening

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Actually attended a brief (but good!) training course on how to keep a 'blog' this morning - made me realise that I should make more...
Sunday, October 08, 2006

Local Radio Show & first Civil Partnership!

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Saturday morning, local radio show yesterday seemed to go well - always difficult to tell when you're at the receiving end of the questi...
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Friday, October 06, 2006

Director's Meeting, catch up, and evening off!

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Weekly Director's Meeting first thing this morning - focused on links with Kenya, and departmental budget issues. Quite a contrast in to...