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power, broadband, light and…erm, wine.
I wrote last nights blog in the dark, in need of a cup of tea, 1.5 hours or so into a power cut, confident that things couldn’t get worse… About 3 hours into the blackness, Sister 2 (my new neighbour) called … Continue reading
no power, no broadband, no light, no tea…
I wrote this last night to entertain myself (and give myself a little light from the screen of the laptop) but couldn’t post it for reasons that will become clear: ______________________________________________________________________ Today I was happily sitting here, working from home and … Continue reading
Family-ness
It’s been a right old family weekend. On Saturday I took my cousin up on an offer. Cousin 2 has a curtain and blind shop and was lovely enough to let me go and snaffle pattern books and remnants to … Continue reading
A stamp for a Singer
When I was younger mum always said she always knew if I felt really poorly because it was the only time I turned off my music. For the last two days I’ve been feeling very bleugh and I must have … Continue reading
The evil trouser incident
I thought I’d make an effort this morning, for no particular reason other than the fact that I don’t usually. I put on my brand new black Gok Wan ‘Tummy flattering, bum-shaping, thigh-slimming, pleated palazzo pants’ (black trousers) and teamed them … Continue reading
Run rabbit, run rabbit, run, run, run…
Well I’ve done it again. There is another shop in Bumpkinstown where the assistants will have their loony alert flashing if I ever attempt to enter in the future. It all came about because I wanted to do some new … Continue reading
Bah Humbug?
I don’t want to sound bah humbug, (I’m not sure you can really be bah humbug on 5th January) but what is with the Christmas lights?! It was lovely in the run up to Christmas – I’m sure that there … Continue reading
2011 in review (this is some magic thing that the blog did for me)
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,500 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway … Continue reading
A Day of Distractions
As a general rule, most of us will go back to work tomorrow after at least a few days off. (Friends on maternity leave or who are retired, it’s probably best to keep quiet at this point). On my … Continue reading
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