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The plot of land we’ve had added on to our tenancy at the back of our garden has been a vegetable patch for many years as it was owned by the keen gardener next door neighbour and landlady. Emily Dennly had lived here since she was 5 years old when she came to live with [...] Yay! I made £200 on eBay this week by selling just six things which have lived in the loft for the last few years. Actually that’s not completely true the first thing I sold was the new Nokia mobile phone which was sent to me by the phone company for free last month. As my [...] More evidence this week that not everyone is aware of how to use the Freecycle Network to dispose of things one no longer needs or loves,when I went to put a cardboard box in the recycling centre I found to my horror/disbelief a huge pile of pristine,beautiful hardback books about Britain’s countryside,villages [...] My Perfect Calendar arrived this morning! Our friend Kurt has set up a new online enterprise www.myperfectcalendar.co.uk making FANTASTIC personalised calendars from any photos you upload. Mine arrived this morning and I am so thrilled at how huge and glossy it is. The other great thing about the product is that the calendar can start [...] The children and I went to tea at a new friend’s house this afternoon. Luke lives on a nearby dairy farm so we were all very excited about feeding the animals,seeing new born calves and generally sploshing around in stinky mud (yes I did have the forethought to pack some spare clothes,wellies and [...] Oh the joy of seeing a bezzy mate twice in one week. Jane,Juan and Martha are the only residents of Skomer island off the coast of Pembrokeshire,Wales. Jane has spent four days in London while Juan took Martha to see his parents but now they can’t back to their home while the wind [...] I’ve finally got round to selling some of my things on eBay. Just as well as the mound of kids clothes,baby equipment and ‘retro’goodies is now reaching the ceiling in the spare room which can’t make for a very nice night’s sleep for our weary guests! Here’s a list of things I am [...] My oldest friend (from 1984) and I have children the same age (Hannah was born a few weeks after our twins in 2003) but she and her husband now have gorgeous non-ID twin baby girls too who are now 7 months old. I stayed the night with them on Saturday while I was in [...] Aunty Madders visited London for the weekend to hunt for bridal wear with her mum and Emma (sister in law)! and so I travelled down on the £1 Megabus from Cheltenham to spend yesterday with her. She very kindly bought the children some super luxury jazzy socks/tights from Milano where she lives and also bought [...] | ||||||
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