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Just a thought…

I have just seen a TV trailer for The Day After Tomorrow movie which contained the following small-print: May contain extended scenes of peril…! Surley there’d have been more of a fuss if there weren’t any of these scenes;…

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Greenwich Mean Time

I’m writing this sat just a few metres away from the Greenwich Meridian! (Reason: I’ve managed to ‘blag’ another training course in London – I should be a negotiator for the UN)! Even though Greenwich is right in London,…

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MORE shopping

Today I did the sort of shopping that I absolutely HATED when I was a kid, I had to be physically dragged around town on the verge of a tantrum, keeping the yells at bay only on the promise…

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Things I’ve been doing instead of adding stuff to this weblog…

1. LAYING BATHROOM FLOOR Beneath the stinking carpet and beyond the cracked 70s lino lay real wood floorboards, but not the sexy “Interiors” magazine sort – these were the inch-long-splinters-in-the-soft-arch-of-your-foot sort. Hence the trip to B&Q and the £30…

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Sugar

Call me a complete bitch if you like, but I LOVE carbohydrates – the more complex the better. I especially enjoy eating jammy doughnuts in front of the increasing number of ‘protien-nazi’s’ at work. I really can’t see that…

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Things I have really enjoyed today…

A lemon and poppy seed muffin. Finding a travel guide to Dublin I wanted reduced to 69p! Wriggling my toes on a sandy beach. Making ‘fairy sculptres’ out of magnolia petals with a friends nine-year-old daughter. Building and then…

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IKEA

It’s amazing how much stuff you suddenly realise you HAVE to have when you go on a trip to IKEA. I now have a tray / vase / candle / storage-box for every known situation, plus change from a…

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Reasons why I’m feeling old today…

Some new group of whippersnappers called McFly are at number one in the charts (ok, maybe I gain some points for knowing that) but they’re just so goddam young! I’m technically old enough to be their mother (albeit as…

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Paper jam

I believe I have an addiction, it’s quite a surprising one for someone who makes out a shopping list with an iPaq and and sends e-mails from the bathroom (don’t worry – I’m not writing this on the loo…