by Dave on January 25, 2010
When you get tagged by Tara Cain it’s imperative that you respond or you’ll never hear the last of it. I made that mistake last time and haven’t been allowed to forget it. Well Tara, you won’t get your pound of flesh this time because I’ve done it. So there. This meme is called Stories [...]
by Dave on January 18, 2010
I think I was five or six when I learned to tie my own shoelaces. Probably five when I think about it because that would have been my first year at school. I mention it only because my eight year old son has only just learnt to tie his shoelaces. That may seem a little [...]
by Dave on January 13, 2010
Filed under: House guests are disgusting plebs What is the matter with people? Why can’t so called civilised people use a spoon to get jam out of the jar? Why do they have to use a knife? The same knife they’ve just used to spread butter on their toast!? Seriously it’s disgusting when you look [...]
by Dave on January 11, 2010
My kids were still off school today owing to the snow. Most of the main roads are clear so we could have made it in today but the conditions last week meant that heating oil deliveries are all backed up. Fortunately school will be open tomorrow and I’m looking forward to it. We’re out of [...]
by Dave on January 8, 2010
Tim Brownson wrote a post about Work/Life Balance except he called it something else. Something rude that I couldn’t possibly repeat on this blog. We’re far too wholesome here. He was basically saying that he ends up working long hours because he enjoys his work. Work is play and play is work. He works long [...]
by Dave on January 6, 2010
Recently I mentioned that I was aiming to post on a daily basis. I still intend to do that but following the Christmas and New Year lull I decided to progress my plans for this site whilst also working on another. I’ve tried my hand at a new site design too for Selfish Blogger. I’m [...]
by Dave on January 4, 2010
2010 is going to be a brilliant year for me. I’m already enjoying it and I’m going to continue in the same frame of mind. The Noughties and my thirties are gone and so too the trials of the toughest decade of my life so far. I have high hopes for the Teenies (got a [...]