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Youngest son, C, managed to fall off a wall at school onto his head. No lasting damage done, but it meant bruises, an...
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We’re close to the end of our Sky broadband and TV contract and it’s time to switch. I’ve been researching. We rarely watch...
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Winter’s on its way: the nights are drawing in, it’s noticeably colder in the mornings and the heating even automatically...
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It was a bank holiday on Monday for the Queen’s funeral. I didn’t watch the coverage, but I was thankful for the free time...
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The nation is in full-on mourning mode following the Queen’s death last week. Brands are jumping on the grief bandwagon,...
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The Queen has died. I’m no monarchist, but her 70 years of duty to our country has been remarkable. And while I’ve little...
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This was the last week of the school holidays. Everyone except me is returning or starting at school next week, including...
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After last week’s peace and quiet, L brought the boys back from her parents’. Chaos has resumed.
At work we announced the GA...
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It’s the school holidays, so to break up the monotony of having the boys every day at home, L took them to stay at her...
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Being woken up in the night by our burglar alarm this week was pretty frightening. I went downstairs fearing the worst,...
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It was our eighth wedding anniversary this week. Although we've got a night out booked in for babysitting with grandparents...
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It’s coming up to a year of writing these weeknotes each Sunday. I’m still writing for myself, but while some weeks the...
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Last week’s notes were titled “Sun” after a warm few days, but it was early this week that temperatures here soared to a...
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I was back at The Oval with Andy for England’s day-night ODI v India. We worried about sunburn and dehydration from sitting...
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Our home broadband is still borked following last week’s lightning strike. We’re stuck in a Kafkaesque nightmare where blame...
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We’re back from holiday after ten lovely sunny days.
While we were away there was a lightning storm in the area which struck...
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This last week and a bit we were on holiday in Majorca, staying at the Protur Bonaire in Cala Bona. Because of Covid...
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I started the week with a drive over to Essex for lunch with my parents and sister. It was my Mum’s 70th birthday and, after...
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I love Apple’s annual WWDC keynote. While shiny new hardware is interesting, seeing previews of the software that I’ll be...
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It was the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this week. I lean more to the abolish-the-monarchy side of the spectrum, but I was happy...
