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January 31, 2007
Screaming hab dabs
Four o'clock in the morning apparently I had the screaming hab dabs. Georgia shouted down the stairs 'are you okay mam?' that woke me up...'yes, why what's wrong' I yelled back. 'You were screaming' she answered.
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January 31, 2007
Sour Milk
Okay, Okay, I give in I will stick with my milkman. It seems I stirred up a hornets nest stating that I was going to cancel the fastest milkman in the west...
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January 30, 2007
Landlady from hell?
Went up mam's today so much to sort out, I never fail to get depressed after a visit. On my return home I met my lodger coming down the path. 'Hello' I said 'I've got some bad news' he said looking down at his feet. 'We had better go inside and have a chat' I suggested.
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January 29, 2007
Long haired lover....
We waited expectantly for the knock on the door as the new lodger said that he would be arriving tea time. 'He's not coming' Georgia retorted 'Probably changed his mind' 'He is starting his job tomorrow, of course he has to come' I argued
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January 26, 2007
Unexpected bills - well, expected but expensive
The idea I had to get the milkman to call to support the local business in my area was a good one. I enjoy the convenience of picking up the large plastic three pinter off my doorstep on a Monday and a Friday. But what I don't enjoy is answering the door and being asked to pay...
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January 22, 2007
Long haired lover from Liverpool
Success at last....well, almost certain....I have to check out his references and he has misunderstood that he is going to have a bathroom en suite, if the shock of that revelation isn't too much I have myself a new lodger on Sunday.
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January 21, 2007
Waltzing Matilda
About 18 years ago my brother and his wife decided to leave their jobs and home and go and travel the world. I was so envious of their freedom, I can remember wishing that I could have the opportunity to do something similar. It occured to me that as Dan and Nicole are getting married in Australia it would be my big chance and probably last chance to realise this dream of travelling, okay, not for a year, but for a month....
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January 20, 2007
A cat can look at a King
Spent a very nice couple of hours attached to the computer trying to find a holiday swap for 2008. Well, when I was trying to find a swap this year people were telling me that they had already swapped for 2008!!
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January 19, 2007
Something in the air.
Disinfected the kitchen floor in readiness for a potential room renter. Took little Deri Dee out into the garden to make sure she had emptied her bladder then sat back and waited for the knock on the door.
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January 17, 2007
White Ice
The upstairs in 'The Bee Orchid' florist has been taken over by a designer wedding dress maker, I met Nichola this afternoon as she was excitedly discussing with Claire her up and coming contribution to a big wedding exhibition in the County Hall in Cardiff.
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January 17, 2007
Mischevious Duo
Valantine's day is looming on the horizon, we have all been put on standby for 'The Bee Orchid's' busiest day of the year. My brother and his wife are coming down from Melton Mowbray to help out...
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January 15, 2007
What a picture, what a photograph!
I have 350 photographs on my digital camera, I have mastered the art of putting them onto the computer but I have not attempted to get them printed out as for a start I have no idea how to get the little memory chip out of the camera.
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January 14, 2007
Bullying tactics
Little Deri Dee may be small but she towers over my Samui. He was the king of the house-hold before she came along.
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January 11, 2007
The problem with mothers
Poor Jackie off Big Brother. Okay, I am addicted to the highlights at 9 p.m. every night, I study the way people interact from different backgrounds, how they fit into the group, what sort of groups they form.
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January 10, 2007
Property Ladder
I watch them all....the programmes that give advice on how to buy and restore houses so you would think I would have more of an idea about selling our mam's bungalow, not at all...
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January 7, 2007
Exhausted
Driving to my puppet show I heard a sound like a tractor backfiring, what on earth is that I thought and it seemed to be following me....
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January 7, 2007
Stockholm Here we come
Managed to swap my timeshare in Orlando Florida for an apartment in Stockholm!! I am really happy as timeshares can be really awkward to rent out or swap.
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January 3, 2007
Sentimental Stuff
The big clear out, had to go up mam's to sort out all her personal possessions. I was dreading it, but luckily Corrie and Martha had day's off and were able to come with me. My brother and his wife came in from next door, so mam's bedroom was full of chat, quite upbeat.
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January 3, 2007
In a fix.
Had a call from Dave the bloke who was going to rent a room in our house. We had checked all his references, he had stayed for an hour had a cup of tea and inspected his room and was hoping to move in 2007.
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January 2, 2007
Re-union of Teddy Pom Pom
Two hours after taking Teddy Pom Pom to the kennels we realised we had run out of milk so it was back over the Spar for my brother and his wife. As they were paying for their items they heard a woman's voice pleading 'has anyone seen a little dog?'
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January 1, 2007
Hair of the stray dog
I was getting everything organised for the New Year's Eve party, we needed extra's from the Spar so I sent my niece Lauren over to pick up a couple of things, we had already bought them out of scratch cards as we always buy £3 each in the hope we will become rich for the New Year, it wasn't to be though...
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