A bit of this and a bit of that

Yippee! I weighed myself this morning and seem to have lost my first kilo of the year. I’ve been meaning to start working on my diet since Xmas, but my weight change was going the wrong way and I had to change that first. I hope this kilos just isn’t water loss, but it’s a [...]

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Well, today we gave the babies their first taste of baby rice. They’ve had a taste of melon so far, but this was their first real “solid” meal. Aristea just wolfed it down, while Alexander was a bit more cautious at first. He seemed to develop a liking for it though, and quickly [...]

You know, I think sometimes the NHS is underrated. It’s easy to grow accustomed to the idea that healthcare is free for everyone. But you only need to look across the water at the US, to see what problems some people have getting medical care and struggling to find a health savings account.
The thing is, [...]

Well, looking after the babies is pretty much a full time job, which means more time with the family and less time to blog; though I do get the time every now and again to spin one off (just like this one). I am getting better and better at typing with one hand though. I’ve [...]

I forgot to blog about it, but last week, Camille organised a surprise birthday party for me. A number of friends came along, which was great, though it was strange seeing people from different contexts all in one place. I did get some great gifts (though luckily no wrinkle cream), but just the fact that [...]

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It looks like I’ve managed to lose a kilo this week, which is not bad going I guess. It feels really hard, all that effort for just 1 kilo, but if I manage to keep it up, week after week, it will all build up. There’s 13-14 weeks till the [...]

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 [...]

I’ve had the opportunity to help a number of people this week, from people who had problems with the anti-virus on their computer, to others who’s phone had just stopped working. Unfortunately, I couldn’t fix everyone’s problems, some were just too great. I like the fact that I can help people sometimes, not that I’m [...]

Have you ever typed your name into Google? Isn’t it interesting what comes up? Some of my websites come up in my case, but I guess I’m quite lucky because I have a pretty unusual name. I would hate to be a John Smith and try to look for myself on Google. It’s amazing really [...]

Hmmm I just noticed that my car (the Jaguar not the BMW) isn’t taxed at the moment as the tax expired at the end of September. The problem is that I need to show my car insurance to get my new tax disc. And my insurance doesn’t get renewed till next week. Bit silly really, [...]