New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve

Squash was a bit of a disaster on Wednesday - I drew with Pete 1-1 (with yet another marathon game which finished 18-16 to me but left me pr...

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Christmas

The bulk of the festivities are now over, I'm back to work and things are mostly back to normal now. We had a few friends over on Chris...

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Pub crawl

Saturday was supposed to be the day for our annual pub crawl from Hadleigh to Rayleigh, but unfortunately due to the snow we didn't get ...

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Squash pain

Last night we were all handed a lesson in squash by Jimmy, who played with us for the first time. Despite his protestations that he 'was...

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It's Christmas

Noddy Holder has said so (heard him saying it yesterday) so it's now Christmas. The Christmas tree is up, most of the shopping is done, ...

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Optimistic?

For now, things seem to be going OK, apart from the usual lack of sleep caused by the young master. Last night I received an email from my m...

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Snow

Snow

Well, so much for my previous entry saying that there hadn't been any snow - we had a great deal of it in the past week! Nicky and I mad...

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Freezing

It's been a very cold weekend, we've not had much of the snow the rest of the country has had but the heating has been on! We've...

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Last night we went out to the cinema for the first time in 20 months - the last film we saw in a cinema was Watchmen,  just before Nicky was...

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Karting

I went karting last Saturday with Will and a few of his friends. There were 7 of us altogether, I only knew 2 of them but it was still fun. ...

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Dad's birthday would have been yesterday

I meant to say yesterday that it would have been Dad's birthday. I did think a bit about him yesterday. I rarely get time to think these...

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Unfit

I guess I must just be unfit, because my legs are really aching after playing squash last night. I thought I was getting fitter, but maybe b...

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More X Factor shenanigans

X Factor just becomes even more of a joke as the weeks go by. However the saddest thing is that I still watch it, although most of the time ...

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I thought exercise is supposed to make you fitter?

If that's the case, why am I aching so much this morning after playing squash last night? I guess one explanation is that as we all impr...

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X Factor nonsense

Now, I've known for ages that the X Factor is quite unlikely to unearth some genuine music talent, but I still watch it for the entertai...

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Curmudgeon

There's definitely something about being a parent that makes you annoyed at things you previously didn't mind too much. This weekend...

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Sore today

Sore today

I played squash last night, and I'm really aching today - I thought as I played more I'd feel less achy but last night was the tough...

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Feeling old

I don't know if it's the weather, my lingering illness or just generally now being old (30, I still can't believe it!) but I'...

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Manic Street Preachers at Cliffs Pavilion, Southend

Manic Street Preachers at Cliffs Pavilion, Southend

Last night reminded me why I loved the Manics so much in the first place. I don't know if it's just because I'm getting old (t...

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Mark Watson Kicks Off

Mark Watson Kicks Off

Last night we went to see the filming of Mark Watson's new ITV4 programme, Mark Watson Kicks Off. It's basically a TV version of Fig...

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Birthday

I'm 30 today. Thus far it hasn't been a day to remember, I've been up most of the night due to the young master refusing to slee...

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Rhod Gilbert

One thing I wanted to mention in my previous entry is that we went to see Rhod Gilbert at the Cliffs, doing his show 'Rhod Gilbert And T...

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Meh

It's been a long couple of weeks, Anna and Nicky have both been ill so I've been pretty knackered. I thought I had escaped getting i...

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Second scan

Second scan

Yesterday we had the 20 week scan on the new bump (Fernan-dos? We can't think of a good name, and if we did it would probably confuse Ni...

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Granddad

Granddad

Two weekends ago my brother and I went down to Somerset to visit my Granddad (my Dad's dad). We hadn't seen him in something like 15...

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Haraki

I had loads to write about our holiday, but this is probably just going to be a quick entry as I really want to write about last weekend bef...

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Back from holiday

Had a good time, but still quite tired! Will write more when I'm feeling a bit more awake... In the meantime, see some pictures at  http...

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So close...

Only two and a half more days of work before I can down tools and prepare for our holiday! I've never looked forward to a holiday so muc...

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Under the weather

I've had a dodgy stomach for the past week and a half, which seems to come and go as it pleases. I don't think it was due to the bar...

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Barbecue

We had a barbecue at ours this weekend which was fairly successful, thankfully the rain held off for most of the day and apart from a small ...

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More teeth, more children

More teeth, more children

Last week was a very long week. Nicky had his bottom two pre-molars coming through, which meant we had three sleepless nights. Thankfully he...

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Sold

Finally, our flat has been sold! Hopefully the cheque will be arriving today or tomorrow so I can pay off some debts. It's a huge load o...

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Manics rant

It seems that the solution to me feeling so tired is to go to sleep earlier - I went to sleep at about 9.30pm last night and didn't feel...

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A very long week

This week seems to have dragged on and on. The main reason for this has been Nicky deciding that 5am is a good time to wake up, and as Anna ...

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Feeling a bit better

As I mentioned last week, I went to see my Uncle David on Saturday to talk about my Dad. I was really nervous and anxious about it, but I th...

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Nervous

Tomorrow I'm going to see my Uncle David for the first time in quite a few years, to talk about my Dad. I'm very nervous, but have b...

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Lovely rain

After how ever many weeks of sun we've had, I've never been so happy for it to rain. It's finally cooled down and the humidity h...

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Tennis

I've been playing tennis once a week for quite a while now, and I'm slowly but surely getting better and fitter. My biggest problem ...

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Still very tired

As it's been so hot recently, Nicky hasn't been sleeping well at night, meaning that neither of us get any sleep too. It's alm...

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Glastonbury 2010

Glastonbury 2010

Whilst I've probably not fully recovered, it's better to get things written down whilst I can still remember them. For once, my memo...

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Glastonbury

Just back from Glastonbury. Very tired. Will write more here when I've recovered, might be some time!

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Apathy

I'm now officially bored of the World Cup. Whilst I have still seen some part of all but one of the games (I missed Holland vs Japan as ...

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World Cup

So far I've managed to watch all 8 games, and there have been some good points and bad points. The lows would definitely include Robert ...

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Big Brother

As usual we sat down to watch the first show, which we've done for the past few years before realising we hate all the housemates and we...

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Rage Against The Machine at Finsbury Park

Last night I went to Rage Against The Machine's free gig in Finsbury Park, which was set up as a celebration of the successful Christmas...

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Lost

I realise that I forgot to write about the end of Lost last week. I'd been worried that the series was going to end with no questions an...

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Preparing for Glastonbury

It's getting close to Glastonbury now, so starting to get slightly panicky about what we'll need to take, especially as we'll ha...

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Tennis

I played tennis last night for the first time in about 10 years. Considering my lack of any sporting activity for about six months I think I...

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Getting things done

I've finally almost cleared my 'to-do' list - for now, all that remains is 'do online tax return'. It's taken about ...

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Aching

I've done some digging in the garden to make a vegetable patch - but my back is complaining about it :-( Things are getting there slowly...

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Definitely getting old

I'm sure one of the definitions for 'middle-aged' must involve something about willingly going to Ikea on a bank holiday, yet th...

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Grrr

Mirror's Edge has now gone back up to £4.98 - I know it's only £2 more than it was before but it doesn't seem like such a bargai...

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Getting there

We've got most boxes in the correct rooms now, and have started unpacking, things are taking shape. I've spent the past two days try...

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Moved!

The move went OK on Friday, took us four van loads to get everything over. It was quite fun driving a transit van, it makes you feel like yo...

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I hate packing

So, moving day is confirmed as Friday, and along with that comes all the additional stress of packing, redirecting post etc. More stress is ...

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Plateau

For now my stress levels are maintaining their current level. Still quite stressed about the prospect of packing and moving next week. The c...

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Slightly better

For now, my stress levels are slightly reduced, as I finally seem to have a working car again, although I have had to pay around £600 for th...

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Meh

Feeling much the same this weekend. Had a little bit of luck when I backed Don't Push It to win the Grand National - I put £2 on, when t...

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Stressed

Really not doing well at all. I'm having to compartmentalise my grief for now as I have so many other things to try and cope with, but I...

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Not doing very well

I'm still not really dealing with the news of my dad's death. I've cried occasionally but I feel that I really need to let go pr...

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RIP Arthur Alan Ingram, 1950-2010

I normally wouldn't write something like this in something so public, but I feel like I need to write something down and this is the bes...

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Dizziness

Yesterday I woke up feeling dizzy with the room spinning, and had to lie down until it stopped. This was accompanied by a intense feeling th...

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Nothing interesting to say

Fairly typically for me, I get a blog and don't bother writing anything for a month! At least with Twitter it's only 140 characters ...

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Endomondo

Today I installed the Endomondo application on my mobile (a Nokia 5800) and used it to track my walk into Southend with Nicky. Apparently I...

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A blog

Welcome to my blog. It remains to be seen whether I keep this up to date or not (most likely not). I will try to set it up so that the blog ...

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