2009 July | A bit of this and a bit of that

Loads and loads of people at Disney

Image by kalandrakas via Flickr The one astounding thing about Disney is how the park is designed to cope with droves of people. I don’t know how many people go to their parks every day, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re talking 5 figures. They manage to handle such large loads by designing the…

Great photoshoot with Mickey

Image via Wikipedia I’m afraid I don’t have photos to share, but we had a great photo shoot with Mickey Mouse today. We were walking into the park and spotted a queue waiting to have their picture taken with him; and as it wasn’t too long, joined in. I managed to get a few good…

Having a whale of a time in Paris

Image by webast via Flickr Well, we’re in Paris and I’ve just got myself some Wifi to get online for a bit, pick up my mail and see what’s going on. Both Arthur and Camille need more sleep than I do (well, one is 3 years old and the other is carrying twins, so you…

Maybe convervatory .. just maybe

We had someone come round today to see what it would cost to get a small conservatory fitted to the back of the house. We’ve been talking about something there ever since we moved in the house, but things have taken a turn to the urgent. You see, with twins on the way, we have…

Taking you all on holiday

The Florence Cathedral in the evening sun.

Image via Wikipedia Ok, in my previous post, I said that I’ll try and keep my readers up to date with when and how we’ll be going on holiday to Tuscany. As I said, I won’t be using any live video streaming services; first of all, it’s a family holiday, and secondly I doubt if…

And we won!

Castiglioncello (Italy, Tuscany, district of L...

Image via Wikipedia Following my call for people to vote for us for the trip to Tuscany competition (see my previous post), I’m please to announce that we actually WON the competition! We got some pretty awesome support actually, with a total of 51 votes. I guess I must have over-marketed (over-begged) for attention as…

And here’s your last chance to send us to Tuscany ..

You might have seen on my other blog that I’m taking part in a competition by FuelMyBlog which if we win will allow us to go on holiday to Tuscany. Rules are simple, the person with the most votes wins, so check out our entry below and go ahead and vote for us! Once you…

Time to do some house refurbishments

We’ve decided that out house needs a bit of a spruce up this year. Not that we have too many issues with the way it is, but unless you maintain things they tend to fall in a state of disrepair. The outside of the house is due a paint, and we have some other bits…

Every thought about insurance?

Ever thought about how important insurance can be? Well, most of the time you pay into it and don’t need to claim, and it may feel like a waste of money. But recently, my wife bought a new phone, dropped it in the bathroom and that was the end of the phone. It was going…

Play games in the Dojo

I was looking for recommendations for games on my new Android phone (the HTC Magic), when someone recommended a game called Cubed Addict. It’s a multiplayer blocks-based game which is really addictive. My thumbs are going to start looking like they took some sort of HGH releasers. You play against players all around the world…

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