In the weeks after Isabel’s arrival, Karl and I stopped watching TV. It wasn’t planned; in fact, we were really pleased originally that the cottage had such an awesome aerial compared to the old flat. It just seemed so… low priority. I’d vowed not to let Isabel be babysat by the TV anyway, so I […]
Category: Misc
Me and my Mooncup
Note: this is a girly-TMI entry. Please do not read if you are weak of heart or a squeamish boy type. Thanks. I’d originally heard of the mooncup a few years ago. I liked the sound of not having to pay out regularly for tampons, but given that my periods were rarely around anyway (‘thanks’ […]
Last Minute Packing
Why do I do it every time? I’ve been prepping for this weekend for a few weeks, got lists as long as my arm to say X needs to go here, we’re taking Y with us, etc etc and yet here I am at 8:02 and I’ve still packed basically bugger all. Got posts to […]
Slight Dilemma
This time next week I’m going to be in Wales; we’re stopping until the Monday. I am “supposed” to be blogging every day. Do I write double posts this week and schedule for the days I’m gone? (And hope WordPress doesn’t let me down again) Or just not post? That seems like the pants option, […]
Yesterday, Explained
Where to bloody begin?! So it starts off completely unrelated to houses. I get a phone call at work, close to 4pm, from Karl. Sounds like he’s having a heart attack. Mumbles something about Isabel; my God the adrenaline shot through me. In that split second I thought of everything terrible that could happen in […]
It’s Friday Night…
…and the wine is fine ;) I can’t decide between putting my feet up and watching some Jonathan Creek DVDs, sticking on my theory test DVD and revising, or tackling one of the other monsters on my todo list. Decisions decisions.
Big April To-Do List
Fill out census, back-date it 27th March, pretend lost in post Write a blog post every day Revise for theory test Take (and pass, obviously) theory test Take driving test (meh, may be a tad over-hopeful there…) Code up new layout for Telford Sling Meet Find new meeting location for Telford Sling Meet Finish my […]
Houses, Mortgages and Stuff
I’ve been trying to convince Karl that renting is dead money and we should buy a place for … ooh, about as long as we’ve been renting. He is a tight bugger, and cynical about mortgages so resisted. Turns out, his cynicism has served a purpose because we are now at the perfect point to […]
I’m Going to Blog Every Day for 30 Days
Hahahaha, April Fools! No, seriously :) I am desperate to get out of my bloggers block, so how best to do that than by scraping the bottom of the barrel for 30 days! After all, they do say that writers learn to write by writing, so theoretically bloggers (re-)learn to blog by blogging. My only […]
Introspection
I’m not really the sort of person who lives her life by books of any sort (unless you count Pratchett’s Discworld series?) but have been reading a few lately that have had me pondering life, the universe, everything… I bought How To Win Friends And Influence People roughly around the time I returned to work. […]