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Archive for September, 2010

Nope, I haven’t won an iPad

I’ve been taking part in a contest over the last 10 days, where I lucky winner a day gets to win an iPad. Tomorrow is the last day, but guess what, it doesn’t look like the odds are in my favour. It’s an online contest, so I can only imagine how many people are taking…

Spot on the nose

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)

Image via Wikipedia This might be a bit of a silly post, but I feel like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer today. Yup, I’ve got a spot on my nose and it’s really annoying. Now I’m not a spotty teenager, far from it, but I’m sure that even if I was on the best acne…

Lost 2 pounds!

So, my dietician has sent me some coupons for a trial with WeightWatchers. The first week I actually put on 2 pounds as we had the in-laws over and ended up eating out almost every week. This week was better though. I’ve been watching what I eat, counting points and the net result was losing…

Kids at play

It’s great to watch the kids play, especially the twin who are just starting to get to grip with things. They’re getting more mobile too, Alexander took 6 uninterrupted steps yesterday! Their manual dexterity is getting better too, so the range of different things they can play with is getting wider. The house it also…

Gadgetfest

Android robot logo.

Image via Wikipedia There are loads of gadgets that have come out this year, Kindles, iPads, digital cameras and all sorts of phones. But I must say that I’m loving my gadget purchase of the year; which was my Nexus 1. It’s been great watching Android really start to grow in the marketplace and I’m…

A Wii in the family?

Well, Arthur’s decided what he wants for his birthday. He had a play on someone’s Wii some time back and he hasn’t stopped talking about it. Now that his birthday is looming (well, it’s in January), he’s decided that he wants one. I tried explaining how a playstation 3 is better, but he wasn’t buying…

September holiday

Satellite image of Malta

Image via Wikipedia We’re off to Malta at the end of the month; it’s the twins’ birthday and it will be great to celebrate it with family and far away friends. We haven’t really had a a holiday this summer, it’s just that the twins have really been keeping our hands full. I don’t know…