My Own Worst Enemy
Did I mention that the record player arrived yesterday? The speakers for it arrived today - I re-arranged the lounge slightly, and wired it up before my othe...
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The Day After Boxing Day
It’s the day after Boxing Day, the clock is ticking towards 10am, and I was supposed to be going out for a run this morning with my eldest daughter. She is s...
Boxing Day
The children woke up on Christmas morning a little after 7am. After past performances, we considered this somewhat of a let-off. I got up with them, and wand...
Two More Sleeps
We finally made it to the cinema this afternoon to watch the final Star Wars movie (except of course it’s NOT the final Star Wars movie, because the Obiwan m...
One More Sleep
We eventually rolled into bed at about 3am last night. Somehow my other half turned our eldest daughter around, got her talking, and ate an entire box of cho...
Three More Sleeps
I think it’s fairly safe to say that our youngest daughter is winding herself ever tighter at the moment, in anticipation of the arrival of a certain visitor...
Winter Wonderland
Today was the first day of my Christmas holiday. I had daydreamed about spending the day holed up in the warm, reading the book I bought last week, and doing...
Heaven Help Us
The clock just ticked past 3pm - in a couple of hours I will finish work for Christmas - cycle home through the rain that has been falling for the last sever...
Not Playing Well With Others
Over the past few days - since discovering a community of writers within Twitter - I have been putting aside a few minutes each day to respond to questions, ...
Lunchtime Is The New Evening
Lunchtime is the new evening - or at least it seems to be when it comes to me writing blog posts. I guess this is a life-hack of sorts - forcing myself to ha...