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Nigella Lawson Is Gorgeous

by admin on 5 January, 2009

Nigella Lawson is a beautiful woman, of that there’s no doubt. I’m tempted to litter this post with pictures of Nigella, but I’ll stick with just the one. What I really would like is to get my hands on a Nigella Lawson calendar. I’d be a happy man, but I can’t find one anywhere. And [...]

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The Feedreader Is History

Yesterday I made some decisions. I decided to be rich and happy along with a host of other things. You know, the usual fall-out from a mid-life crisis.
Continuing in the same vein today, I decided to get rid of my feedreader.
Image: dullhunk
I reckon I can probably do without it, but even if I [...]

Tagged as: feedreader, time

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A day of decisions

After a few weeks of messing about with Teach My Children, I’ve decided not to change it.
I’m just going to accept it for what it is.. a personal blog. A pain in the arse personal blog, with all its technical issues, but a personal blog I just don’t want to let go of. I might [...]

Tagged as: decisions decisions

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Obama You Lie T-Shirts

I was astounded to happen upon an Obama You Lie T-Shirt as I surfed the net today. I was just looking for some funny T-Shirts (you know, funny ha ha) and found the afore mentioned t-shirts. I can’t believe that these things have gone into production so quickly.

Tagged as: obama you lie, obama you lie t-shirts, you lie, you lie t-shirts

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Space Hopper Fun For All The Family

I had no idea they are called different things in different parts of the world but you might recognise them as a Hoppity Hop, Hippity Hop, Hop Ball, Kangaroo Ball or SkippyBall. Of course these glorious toys are big fun, but don’t [...]

Tagged as: adult space hopper, buy space hopper, buy space hoppers, retro space hopper, space hopper, space hopper toy, space hoppers

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Never, Never, Never Give Up

I’ve never actually given up on the idea that I can make blogging work for me. I’ve always believed it’s possible to earn a decent income from the Internet, but clearly I just didn’t know how [...]

Tagged as: Daddy Blogger, long assed post, make money blogging, selfish, teach my children

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The Return Of A Selfish Blogger

Nearly two months ago I announced that I was quitting blogging and so many of you left a message to wish me well. Thank you all for being so generous.
I had every intention of replying to each and every one of you in person (as was my habit) but I didn’t get around to it. [...]

Tagged as: selfish, selfish blogger

The Clarity Of A New Dawn: Blogging Is A Luxury I Can’t Afford

For a while now I’ve been wondering why I’m still struggling to reach my goals in life. I don’t lack ambition and I’m not afraid of hard work and yet I still haven’t achieved a better life for my family.
Picture: clarity
Nine months ago I left work to stay at home and look after the children. [...]

Tagged as: blogging

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I’ve Emptied My Feedreader Into A Blog Post

I got tagged in December 08 by Mom/Mumand being the clearly efficient sort that I am, I’m responding in February!
Picture: flattop341
I’ve decided to add a twist to this and rather than tag someone else, I’ve basically emptied my feed reader into it.
I leave you with an open invitation to respond, if you [...]

Tagged as: bloggers, meme, tag

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How My Children Are Helping Me To Lose Weight

My lunch on Saturday was a bowl of tomato soup with two slices of fresh crusty bread.
Picture: 177
With my children already sitting at the table eating their sandwiches and carrot sticks, I too sat with my soup and bread. I hadn’t even bitten into the first slice of bread when one of my children asked [...]

Tagged as: blogtofit, diet, potty training, soup, weight loss

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Feet

Hello one and all.
Firstly let me apologise for the slow running site. It has been reported to the host and although I’ve had a reply, it didn’t really help, so I’m back in the queue again. Harumph.
Picture: lrargerich
I did try turning on the WP-CACHE thingy which made page loading a bit speedier but it [...]

Tagged as: feet, perfect moment, web hosting, work from home, wp-cache

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My Sister Tells Me The Things I Don’t Want To Hear

I had a text message from my sister today just asking after my general well-being.
I was walking the dogs at the time and so I thought I’d call her instead of replying by text.
It turns out she was walking her dog at the same time, so we had a little chuckle pretending it was an [...]

Tagged as: family, sister

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Not Today Thank You

It wasn’t my intention to post another rant today, but I’ve got some anger issues and I can’t afford therapy.
Yesterday I was furious about something that happened at the Doctor’s surgery.
My eldest girl who’s 3 years old was due her Measles, Mumps and Rubella jab.
Picture: BrittanyG
As is the normal practice the Doctor’s Surgery send out [...]

Tagged as: doctor, statler, waldorf

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It’s Odd But It’s True

As if further proof were needed that small children addle your brain….
Following on from my recent absentmindedness causing me to make two trips to get a punctured tyre changed, I bring you new proof of my jelly brain.
Picture: whatleydude
I walked into the living room the other day and my wife, who was reclined on the [...]

Tagged as: footware, forgetful, slippers

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Daddy’s Girl

One of the things I feared most about taking over the full time care of the children, has happened.
Our youngest daughter who’s just turned two has found big love for her Daddy.
Picture: Alicia blmurch
In some ways I’m ecstatic about it because it’s probably the nearest I’ll get to feeling the bond between mother and [...]

Tagged as: baby, love, Mother

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I Love Power Tools And Gadgets

Prior to becoming a Stay-at-home Dad, I was pretty much like any other cave dwelling guy on the planet – I loved power tools and gadgets.
I still do, but something alarming is happening to me.
Instead of drooling over the latest Hammer Drill or Cordless Bumfungler [...]

Tagged as: bumfungler, chest freezers, gadgets, hammer drill, nigella lawson, power tools

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My Children Trash My House Every Day

I’ve got to get more storage.
My current arrangements make me want to cry, even though I’m a big tough man. And I am.
Everything I own is in easy reach of my children.
I swear that they do it on purpose. Every day they pull out every damn book, every damn toy and every damn floor puzzle [...]

Tagged as: clutter, storage

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A Mother’s Guilt

My day is turning into a wreck already.
I loaded up the car with all the kids for the school run, collected another child en route and then battled the traffic only to get to school to find out it was closed. The boiler has packed up. The two boys were delighted. I was not.
Picture: [...]

Tagged as: bad example, dad, guilt, school closed

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Running On An Empty Head

Obviously I don’t provide enough excitement in my wife’s life, because it seems there’s little she likes more than running the cars on empty. She laughs in the face of ‘running out of fuel on a deserted country road’ and kicks sand in the eye of ‘being able to deal with an emergency without having [...]

Tagged as: fool, puncture, running on empty, tool, tyre

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