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So after unplugging my headphones and microphone, and then deciding that none of my dictation programs were working properly, I have purchased the new version of DragonDictate. For quite a while now I've preferred to be able to talk to my computer, rather than struggle with typing on it. I needed it so it's a good investment. And then I looked down and found out that my microphone and headphones were unplugged. The basic  element in trying to make  the programmes work! I would regard myself as technologically savvy. I can usually solve almost all problems that occur on my computer, especially since moving over to Mac five or six years ago.  I'm an Apple junkie. The iPhone 5 is on my Christmas list and I am toying with buying myself a new desktop as mine is now 5 years old and would probably benefit from replacing.  particularly having seen them on the website, like most Apple products, it is a thing of beauty and one that I can't wait to have on my desk. (

I'm  sure I have enthused on my blog before about my love of Autumn. How it stems from my childhood days in the back bedroom above the shop in Yorkshire, where the curtains were a little thin and the dark nights meant that no light would flood through them as I tried to settle down to sleep. Next weekend the clocks go back and Autumn and then Winter will be upon us. I'm not quite sure where this year has gone — a sign of growing older I am told  as each year becomes a smaller fraction of the life that existed before it -  and yet here we are in the last quarter of 2012 hurtling towards whatever festivities you choose to celebrate in mid-December! The last week has felt particularly autumnal. Richard has been in Australia, working hard, but at least having the fringe benefits of walking about Melbourne and Sydney in 27° sunshine. He spent Saturday on a luxury boat pottering around Sydney Harbour, as we endured rainfall and wind. I've had a busy week. The play,

So at this moment in time, when I just grabbed a few minutes to catch up on my blog, Richard is in the air about to land in Abu Dhabi. He's on his way to Australia and will be back next Sunday afternoon about 3:30 PM. At 3 PM that afternoon I go off to Paris for three days to do some training with a client over there.  I arrived back from Spain on Wednesday morning and bumped into him in his office after a gap of five days when I was in AKA doing some training work. Ships that pass in the night is the phrase, and it would seem to be true. Yet when we do manage to end up at home together in our bed it is the most wonderful place in the world. We bought it after our civil partnership six years ago with John Lewis vouchers kindly given to us by our friends and it sits in the first bedroom that I have had that I would call a haven.  I don't sleep well. At least I can't get off to sleep. Once I'm asleep, I'm away and have little problem