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… read full entry »
Dream Car Sales now Redland Car Sales
In January 2010 I posted a warning about Dream Car Sales, Telford selling dangerous cars. Since that post, I’ve been contacted by numerous other people who’ve bought cars through the same shady outfit and had problems (with some interesting allegations of various illegal activities, that I can’t publish because of libel laws.) Some of these… read full entry »
Stilton Sauce
It’s Karl’s birthday today (happy birthday, you old fart) so I cooked him some stilton sauce to go with his chips (I know, I spoil him rotten). He’s about half way through when Isabel gesture wildly at the sauce and says “dib dib”. So, Karl picks up a chip, dip dips it into the sauce… read full entry »
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… read full entry »
Let’s Talk About Poo
I know, I know; I can hear you scraping your chairs closer already. When you’re childless (or childfree, depending on your viewpoint) you’re fairly certain you know how to bring up a child, could do better than the frazzled looking mum in the supermarket with her screaming children, have the best ideas on nutrition and… read full entry »
Why I Still Hate Mommy Bloggers
I hate mommy bloggers. There, I said it. I think now I’m a mommy / mummy / mom / mum / mama (delete as appropriate) it’s probably inappropriate for me to comment on the phenomena that is ‘mommy blogging’ (and I use the American term because it’s what most people refer to it as, not… read full entry »
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… read full entry »
More WordPress Goodies
I’ve been getting about a bit lately — no sarcastic comments please — so thought I’d share the results of my hard work. More WordPress stuff: Developing bespoke WordPress plugins for a work client — this one was a bit odd to write as I’m not used to such a strict editorial process. Apparently you’re… read full entry »
WFLW: Cheapo Beef Chilli
A few years ago I blogged asking you guys for lunch ideas and you duly supplied. I’ve decided to return the favour by doing a new blog series: “what’s for lunch Wednesdays”. Each Wednesday (or, when I remember) I’ll tell you what I’ve got for lunch. If you want to do the same thing, link… read full entry »