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Month: May 2009

Geocaching – part 2

So, back at the flat and preparing lunch/tea/a meal. Note to everyone – geocaching is hunger-inducing. Out of the blue, Partner suddenly says, ‘After we’ve eaten, why don’t we go and get that cache you could never find?’ Truth was, I had made plans to do nothing with the rest of the day in a […]Read Post ›

Geocaching – part 1

Well, I have a bit of a confession to make here. For the last two years, I have cheerfully taken the piss out of people who go geocaching. I had to look up what it was first of course, because I had never heard of it. I mean, why would anyone in their right mind […]Read Post ›

Apple Sauce?

So, thinking I had run out of domestic appliance disasters and bed hunts to write about – I have a new topic. My darling expensive all-singing, all-dancing cantankerous Hal is no longer co-operating with me. Hal, for anyone who doesn’t know is my Apple laptop. Technically speaking, he is Hal 2, as Hal (1) is […]Read Post ›

Pillows

In my indefatigable quest to continue to write about all things domestic, I have turned today to pillows. (Credit for this inspiration goes to another blogging pal – thanks Letty). Pillows, of course are linked with beds. But fortunately you do not need a bed to buy pillows. The research, drama – and of course, […]Read Post ›

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