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Archive for February, 2009

A pleasant weekend

We’ve spent a quiet weekend enjoying each other’s company and I took the opportunity to clean up a few of my blogs and tidy some things up. I also had the opportunity to catch up on some magazines and even read up a bit about conversion rate optimization, so have some things I want to…

And now for a funny

We haven’t had a joke on this blog in some time, so I thought it was time for something funny. Here we go: A young man asked an old rich man how he made his money. The old guy fingered his worsted wool vest and said, “Well, son, it was 1932. The depth of the…

I’m a DIY nightmare

Hmm, I’ve been thinking that the bathroom needs a lick of paint for the last 6 months now. We had some damp come in, which was dealt with on the outside, but I’ve been meaning to clean up the walls on the inside and give it a couple of coats of paint. The biggest problem…

Discount code at American Bridal

I’ve just been passed a coupon for a discount at American Bridal so I thought I’d give it a mention for all my avid readers.You see, as the name suggests, American Bridal specialise in, well bridal wear; so I’m not really planning on shopping much there. They’re also based in the US, so again, there’s…

Win a Global Cookbook

FuelMyBlog put together Global Cookbook last December, a collection of recipes from all around the world. They were all different recipes contributed by members of the FuelMyBlog community and published together by Blurb,a book publishing website that lets you create your very own publication. I think the book looks great, here’s a preview: I’d love…

Feel like a spring clean?

It’s not quite Spring yet (actually, we’re still in the middle of Window), but it’s starting to feel like we need a spring cleaning around here. It’s amazing the things that come out of the attic once you start digging into the pile of junk. Old computer bits, clothes that never belonged to anyone, even…

Looking at the kitchen

Kitchen cupboard

We’ve been thinking about putting some changes into the kitchen for the last couple of months. It’s not that we’re unhappy with the way it looks like, just that we could put some more cupboards where the breakfast bar is and make some more storage space. It would also let us put a dryer in…

Considering an LCD TV

Braun HF 1, Germany, 1959

Do you have an LCD TV or one of the old-style CRT sets? Even though I’m well into my gadgets I must admit that we have a CRT TV. I’ve never really felt the move to switch to a thinner model because the TV we have does all we need. Also, when Arthur was younger…