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The One Where Pipex Hold Us To Ransom

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For the last two months we have been trying to move our internet service provider at home from Pipex to British Telecom. The main reason for doing so is that...

My Second Moleskine

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A new Moleskine notebook arrived through the post a couple of days ago - my original one is slowly filling up, and I realised I would hate to be without one ...

The Wii Fit Has Landed

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After several months thinking about it, we finally succumbed and bought a Wii Fit last week - it arrived on Saturday morning. It was bought as a belated birt...

10 Favourite Personal Blogs

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In the spirit of sharing, here is a list of ten personal blogs I like. If you’re not on the list, and you know I read your blog, worry not - I’ll do another ...

The One Where I Froze Like An Ice Lolly

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In choosing the title of this post, I debated between “Popsicle” and “Ice Lolly” - mainly because I know a lot of Americans ready my blog, and I’m not really...

Musical Brilliance From 1985

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A couple of nights ago I needed to make an emergency trip into town to buy groceries - and happened to pick up the earphones for my iPhone as I left the hous...

A Rare Night Out

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After much planning and preparation, last night we managed to escape together for a night out in town with W’s brother. It was our second night out together ...

We Have Three Chickens

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Nestled in the corner of our garden, in their own arc and run, are three new additions to our menagerie - three chickens.

Being A Rubbish Dad

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I was pulled up by W last night for becoming more rubbish than normal at this whole business of being a Dad. The worst part is that I already knew.