Christmas Morning
We woke with the alarm clock at 7am, when we would normally fall out of bed to begin the weekday routine of getting the children ready for school, making bre...
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The Relentless Run In To Christmas
I’m not quite sure why or how, but the run-in to Christmas this year has seemed relentless. I had visions of finishing work last Friday, and having a few qui...
Dick Whittington
One of my favourite Christmas traditions in the UK is Pantomimewhere famous actors take part inproductions at the theatre riddled with jokes, musical numbers...
Billy Bullshit
For our honeymoon (many years ago now) we went on a cruise, and sat at a large dinner table every evening. We made instant friends with everybody, and had a ...
An Unexpected Evening Out
My other half announced this morning that we were heading out into town tonight as a familya Christmas surprise from her to all of us. We were allowed to kno...
The One Where I Upgraded My Phone
I went Christmas shopping this morning in a nearby townand immediately after getting off the bus, walked straight to the mobile phone store, and started look...
An Alternative Christmas Message
Let me preface this by saying I am not religious (implying a belief in some kind of creatorwho’s existence cannot be proven), and I am not atheist either (im...
The Instagram Purge
It was like a million teenagers voices screamed out, and were suddenly silenced. Please excuse me for quoting Obiwan Kenobi, but this has to be the most ente...
One More Day
I have one more day left at work before two weeks of leave for Christmas. I will arrive at 9am, work diligently through until 5:30pm, and then exit the build...
Office Christmas Lunch
In half an hour or so we are all heading out for the annual office Christmas lunch. The office seems to be filled with people we haven’t seen in agesmany of ...