I think everybody agrees that January this year seemed to go on for ever, but maybe it didn’t just feel long but really was long. Here’s the thing; we had a grandchild that was due to be born on Feb 20th or thereabouts but actually arrived on Jan 15th. I sort of wonder whether the […]
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January 2025
February 6th, 2025 · Comments Off on January 2025 · Life
I know I am not alone in feeling like January went on forever this year. I don’t think I actually did much because I spent most of the last 8 weeks of the month wondering when it would be over. Despite the number of storms we had, I managed to get out a few times […]
December 2024
January 2nd, 2025 · Comments Off on December 2024 · Life, Music
December was busy, as Decembers so often are, and fairly eventful. Jayne left her job and returned to her previous one, which I am quite happy about. I will see a lot more of her now because the hours are more sociable, with more rest days and she doesn’t have to factor in long commutes. […]
A Euphemism Is Born
December 29th, 2024 · Comments Off on A Euphemism Is Born · Life
While visiting family at the weekend, my godmother was showing me something on Facebook about a museum in the Netherlands called Corpus which is billed as a “Journey through the human body“, and I accidentally invented a new euphemism. The conversation went something like: Godmother: Apparently you enter through the mouth and then umm… Self: […]
Sweet Sixteen
August 21st, 2017 · Comments Off on Sweet Sixteen · Life
Today Jayne and I celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary. It was really strange because we practically eloped when we got married, and last year we renewed our vows and had the party we didn’t have fifteen years before, so this year felt more like a first anniversary. We didn’t really think at all about the […]
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Going direct
April 5th, 2017 · Comments Off on Going direct · Life
We went back to Essex today for a funeral, which is never a lot of fun. Funerals I mean, though come to think of it Essex isn’t much fun either. It was my Mother’s husband, so sort of my step-father, although they didn’t actually marry until after I had left home. He didn’t want a […]
Stormy Weather
September 10th, 2016 · Comments Off on Stormy Weather · Life
Well we are back from our second honeymoon. Our first one was a few days in Paris. This one was a bit more exotic: two weeks in the Dominican Republic. A nice place, but to be honest we were looking forward to the flight almost as much as the holiday. After suffering the bum-numbing experience […]
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Just Married
August 21st, 2016 · Comments Off on Just Married · Life
Jayne and I renewed our wedding vows yesterday. It seemed to go well and everyone said they enjoyed it, although it did end quite badly and could have been worse. Our son had taken all the children home to our house and we were just winding up in the venue, picking up discarded ties and […]
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Wedding Bells
August 19th, 2016 · Comments Off on Wedding Bells · Life
I’m getting married tomorrow. Sort of. It is out 15th anniversary and we are renewing our vows. Really we are doing it for our family because fifteen years ago we just went out and got married at the Town Hall with just our neighbour as a witness. No fuss, no reception, no wedding photos and […]
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Full house
September 9th, 2013 · Comments Off on Full house · Life
It has been a bit of a hectic weekend, with three overnight guests on Saturday and the whole family here on Sunday, for the first time ever. Jayne has been a bit tense and panicky all week in anticipation, but it all went very well.
