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April 28, 2007
How to make friends and influence people
I can never show my face again...do you know when you make those Freudian slips and say terribly rude things by mistake...well, I did it with knobs on...
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April 28, 2007
Ba Ba Black Sheep
I always thought that the Japanese were ahead in technology and a society of astute people that was until my son sent me a recent write up he found on the internet....
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April 25, 2007
Yankee Doodle Dandie
Those were the days, the black and white film, no swearing no foul language, one foot on the floor if a kiss was to be passed by the panel who scoured the films for unnessary sexy innuendo.....James Cagney..."I'm on top of the world mam"...anyway, I digress my neice Claire was highly delighted when she was successful in her bid to sell Yankee candles in her florist "The Bee Orchid"
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April 24, 2007
Flowers in the attic
A woman from the Council rang asking if I would like to see someone about saving energy...having the attic lagged etc... I had filled in their form to say I was interested in conserving energy hence the call but it was short notice as she wanted him to arrive in a couple of hours.
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April 23, 2007
Brassed off
Called in the local charity shop today. I always check their shelves for bargains when I have 5 mins spare. There on the top shelf of the china section I spotted a beautiful...
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April 22, 2007
Empty nest syndrome
I honestly didn't know that I was suffering from empty nest syndrome but I definately was ... in the week I would wander around feeling a bit lost but I couldn't put my finger on the problem.
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April 20, 2007
Flashed the card.
I have been putting off booking my accommodation for my once in a lifetime trip in August mainly because of the cost. Youngsters today think nothing of whacking things on their credit cards but older sensible people like me think twice before they go and whack it on the bit of plastic.
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April 19, 2007
Fan Club
Asked Chris my rugby player lodger if we could go and see him play in a game. I haven't got a clue about rugby but I love watching it. I enjoy it more if I am in the company of someone who knows their onions and can tell me the reason why the referee keeps blowing his whistle and giving penalty shots..
April 18, 2007
Wee Wee ...problem
My Australian lodger was chatting to his mam and dad on the internet the other evening and they mentioned that they wanted to come over and explore Europe.
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April 15, 2007
Tattoo Death
My new lodger Tara asked me to put some moisturising cream on her sun-burn. She had caught the sun whilst riding her bike down to Ogmore and back, very fit girl....
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April 14, 2007
Hot Advert
Well, I arrived home to find a stranger in my kitchen, he was knocking back a drink directly from a bottle.
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April 12, 2007
Alcoholic haze....
To celebrate our last night in Stockholm we visited the Greek restaurant one block down...again it was recommended by Tove...
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April 11, 2007
Artic Sunrise
The Greenpeace ship Artic Sunrise was in Stockholm harbour inviting the general public to hop on board to have a look and ask questions...
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April 9, 2007
Rugby player
It seems that someone has contacted Georgia whilst I have been away enquiring about our other spare room. All I know is he is supposed to be a rugby player and she liked him so much that he is moving in before I come home.
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April 8, 2007
Bacon, egg and all that jazz......
Once again acting on Tove's recommendation we walked up the hill behind the apartment to sample the all you could eat breakfast whilst listening to a live jazz band.
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April 8, 2007
Sshh...do you want to know a secret
It is amazing how getting together on foreign soil with the televison off can inspire secret revelations...
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April 7, 2007
Sexy Night.
Tove advised us to check out the Jazz club up the road. We were told that "The Sex Pistols" tribute band were appearing at 9 p.m. I said "Will they spit at us?" and the guy said "I wouldn't have thought so"
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April 7, 2007
Seeing Red
Welcomed my brother and his wife for an Easter weekend to the flat in Stockholm..they are well impressed with the flat. Gareth being his observant self noticed that the oil paintings on the walls were painted by the same person and we think now it is Tove the wife of the family.
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April 5, 2007
Raw fish....yum...yum
We are extremely lucky to have decided to swap homes with Tove as she has gone out of her way to recommend restaurants, museums.... we are ticking them off the list as we sample and experience them..
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April 5, 2007
Blast from the past
My daughter forwarded me an email from the datemysister site. It never ceases to amaze me the level of communication you can achieve when far away from home. In the old days you had to make do with a telephone....these days you can turn on a computer and be in instant contact nearly everywhere in the world.
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April 4, 2007
Witches and feathers
Stockholm market stalls and shops are looking very pretty as they have twigs with colourful feathers stuck on the end displayed amongst their wares for sale. Apparently the children at this time of year buy the little sticks and dress up as witches to knock on people's doors and wish them a Happy Easter.
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April 3, 2007
Naked in Stockholm
Went to the Centralbadet today. www.centralbadet.se It was an amazing experience. I had booked my daughter and I in for a hot stone massage. I have had some massages in my time but this one was really relaxing and soothing.
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April 3, 2007
Silence is golden...
Jumped into the lift outside our door, there was a gentleman inside, realising that he must be a neighbour from upstairs I said a cheery "goodmorning" to be greeted with a deathly silence. I mean how is it possible to pretend you haven't heard someone in a lift for goodness sake.
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April 2, 2007
Cut the Crap
When we look out of the flat onto the street this is the sign above the hairdressers that greets our gaze "Cut the crap" we have laughed and laughed about that name. Then today walking around Stockholm we saw a shop called "Important clothes" The models in the window had animal heads and low and behold on closer inspection they had two piles of dog poo strategically placed amongst the clothes in the window display.
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April 1, 2007
Stockholm
It is so exciting taking over someone's home. We have met the neighbours, they handed us the keys when we arrived. We are on the fourth floor in a very arty farty area of Stockholm.
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April 1, 2007
Glastonbury tickets
All over the UK desperate people will be sitting in front of their computers trying to book their Glastonbury Festival ticket as today is the day they go on sale.
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