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The Euros have started in Germany. The boys have their wall chart to fill in and we’ve been watching most of the matches....
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The boys were off school on Friday for teacher training so we caught the train into London for a museums day.
First stop was...
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I was happy to be back home after my US trip, with a bank holiday to catch up on sleep. I think I’m just about readjusted...
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For my second work trip in a fortnight I visited our HQ in sunny San Diego.
On the 11-hour flight out I did a bit of work...
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I returned to Amsterdam this week on a customer visit. I used to travel back-and-forth to the Netherlands at a previous job...
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Lots of furniture deliveries this week. We now have a second sofa (dark green, big, a bit upright), an armchair (darker red...
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As part of my new role I’ve got some work travel coming up later this month. First, a few days in Amsterdam for a customer...
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We now have six new colourful kitchen chairs: in yellow, green, light green, grey, black and white.
My wife, queen of...
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The boys (and their mum) are back at school so the house is quiet again during the week. Even though I work from an office...
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Back from holiday I officially started a new role at work leading Enterprise Engineering. I spent my first week joining...
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This week we revisited Center Parcs in Belgium for an Easter holiday. De Haan ticks the boxes for our family: lots of...
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I’m in the middle of a lovely long Easter weekend. After a busy four-day work week including two office visits, an All-Hands...
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I got out of the house a bit this week.
First I saw Frankie Boyle’s Lap of Shame at the Leicester Square Theatre with Andy....
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After several evenings spent reading/watching TV reviews, I’ve pushed the button on a Samsung S90C, plus a half-price...
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The week started with an alarming text message from O2 saying that my SIM is on its way and I should confirm a SIM swap. I’m...
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Repairmen have taken away our increasingly blue TV. I’m glad we bought it through John Lewis: it’s four years through its...
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It was the children’s half-term holidays this week. I decided to take Monday off work so that we could all travel in to...
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This week each year is always busy in our family: we have two birthdays, Valentine’s Day and (this year) Pancake Day to...
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My team at work are mostly based near our office in Cambridge, but we also have a few people dotted around the UK and...
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We’ve booked a holiday at Easter. We’re returning to the nice Center Parcs in Belgium we stayed in a year ago. Like last...
