Hearing about other people’s dreams can sometimes bore, so I’ll keep this brief ( Read more... )

REMEMBER TO MENTION THE PIPES ( Read more... )

Press Release: ITV3 announces Spring Schedule ( Read more... )

So I’ve brushed and vacuumed the stair carpet and sofa cushions, “Swiffed” the downstairs floorboards, and “Mister Sheen Floorwiped” the kitchen, pondering as I did whether Emmy award-winning actor Martin Sheen has ever been approached by Reckitt Benckiser to promote its flagship cleaning product, and if they did, whether he’d be tempted by the ( Read more... )

A rare non-locked post to say YES OH YES we've moved, at last. I am simultaneously relieved and frustrated. The house is full of fleas, as the previous owners' cats were clearly careless packers and forgot to take their 1000 friends with them ( Read more... )

Darling, I've gone a bit mad with the credit card...

The Baltic Exchange: a bit much as an extension to a Victorian semi in Leighton Buzzard? I visited the site to look for a bashed up old oak dining table, but couldn't stop clicking.

This is what I'd buy if I won the lottery. A set of revolving doors from the Wellcome building ( Read more... )

I've been looking on the Hemel Hempstead Gazette website for my photo. I won an award organised by the local council on Friday, and I'm in the printed version, so assumed I'd also be online. No such luck. You'll just have to imagine my posh frock ( Read more... )

On Saturday I cleared my Mum’s clothes out of her wardrobes. It’s taken me over two years to do this, as both Simon and I found comfort in their being there, like she was just away rather than gone. When my step mother died, six months before Mum, my dad and step sister had bagged and donated her belongings within a fortnight, which I’m not sure ( Read more... )

So we didn't move on the 5th. We're living in our old house which instead of easily-negotiated carpeted floors, is now filled with a number of model town versions of Manhattan crafted from brown cardboard. There's only been one occasion where I needed something only to realise I'd packed it, which tells me a) I've been expert in deciding what to ( Read more... )

In a rare moment of technical understanding/inclination/having my credit card in my hand while online, I upgraded to a paid account so I could post photos more easily ( Read more... )