Biscuit, our chocolate Persian cat has decided that in spite of her pampered life style here, she also needs to randomly scale the fence and go ‘walk-about’. Sometimes it’s for a few hours, sometimes longer! She always comes back though! Before – As things used to be She’s quite canny – she jumps on the …
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Month:February 2015
Lent Boy 2015
Yes, it’s that time of year again where I frustrate the hell out of those around me, and try to stick my self-enforced ‘Lent diet’. Depending on what you read, and where you read it, Lent seems to FINISH on different days. I’m working with the Ash-Wednesday-to-Holy-Saturday version, and although technically, I can give myself …
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Lock up your Saucepans!
David and I decided to collaborate on cooking a meal for our respective other halves tonight – today being Valentine’s Day! We kept it mostly a secret, having planned the nitty-gritty earlier in the week. The plan was to offer three courses plus a cheese-board, and then finish with a movie to round off the …
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Incurable Romantic?
If you’re an incurable romantic like me, then how’s this for a cheeky gift for Valentine’s Day? Courtesy of those very nice people at Boomf, simply upload a maximum of 9 of your most romantic pics, relieve yourself of £15, and they’ll ‘print’ them onto marshmallows, pop them in a nice box and send them …
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Erotic?
There’s a lot of talk about this at the moment, so I went to Homebase and B & Q today to find out more, but they couldn’t explain it either. Am I missing something? Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! …
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Weekend with Roger and Jane
With Oliver away on a skiing trip in France, it was the perfect weekend for Roger and Jane to spend the weekend with us. In fact, it was the first time they’d been away – just the two of them – for around 11 years! First port of call was Stamford. It was a trouble-free …
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