We are anticipating a busy couple of months at work, so I seized an opportunity for a pre-rush mental health day. For me this tends to consist of to-do-list ticking…
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The house went to a higher bidder, boo / phew. I’m now going to bury the whole project until the first light of a new tax year, and enjoy what…
Today we find out for sure if our house offer was accepted, and it’s going to be quite a nice watershed moment as I feel reasonably positive about either outcome.…
One of my (many) bugbears is that disclaimer you see on social media profiles: ‘All views my own’. I know it’s very common for people to include, but it feels…
A while ago my workmates and I ran into a report written by a colleague that used the word ‘secular’ to describe trends (in something or other). ‘Secular’ turns out…
We did make our first-ever offer on a house. In the office, we were talking about the alarming way living costs are going up – my personal gauge for this…
We went to see a house in Honor Oak. A lovely house too, and we are weighing up making our first ever offer for a house. It’s a nice neighbourhood…
When you’re as to-do-list-oriented as me, coming back from holiday is extra stressful. A lot of regularly scheduled tasks have not been done and the email inbox is Schrodinger’s Container…
I was telling Cal that I feel like I hardly know our younger son – so much attention gets given to his brother, I figured. He said very soberingly: ‘No…
The baby was supposed to have a 1-year health check with a health visitor today (it’s his birthday tomorrow!), but in keeping with tradition there was a mix-up about the…