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Life

So here it is. Merry Christmas!

All the pressies are wrapped and strewn beneath the tree. The fridge has been crammed with at least one of every type of meat, cheese and drink that Sainsbury’s had to offer. And I am way too scared to…

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Minty brownies

Look at what I made. See how Nigella is looking on all approvingly… These are Nigella’s Snow-Flecked Brownies with my own patented and very classy(!) topping. Add a layer of After-Eight mints when the brownies are straight out of…

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Life

Jolly season

I have been working out how many days I have left in the office until Christmas – not many is the answer. Hip, hip etc! This is just as well as I have a whole load of presents still…

deck-chair
Life

The end is in sight!

Ooh, it’s very exciting, the dining room is finally coming together, although not without a hefty dent in the wallet area. We have some lovely, comfy chairs arrivivng from John Lewis… A marvelously mad looking lampshade coming from dwell……

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Life

Returning soon

Oh dear. I am so sorry if you’ve been looking here to see if I’ve updated stuff, only to find the same old same old. My marvelous Grnadad died a while back and I have been feeling quite melancholy…

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Life

Poor Martha Stewart

This is really rather funny. Straight-laced Martha Stewart gets the Borat exprience and lives to tell the tale. Just.…

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Life

The Flight of the Conchords

The Flight of the Conchords is a totally amazing comedy show and I love it to bits. There’s lots of great TV on at the moment, but I think this has to be my number one show, and definitely…

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Life

Catching up

Firstly, hooray! We now have central heating again. Our relatively new combination boiler stopped working, and in the few days between this event and when the plumber could actually reach us we sampled life the old-fashioned, chilly way; hunkering…

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Life

Laissez-faire

I would say that I am the sort of person who is very focussed on the detail.  I am always amazed when I go shopping with my best friend and she’ll find what she’s looking for (say, a new…