With Yuletide (or Christmas) on it’s way, I had a week off this week to prepare. Monday I bought a real Christmas tree, named Trevor: (Click on image for full size image, Trevor was decorated by me at some point in the week!) I manged to spend time with my Grandma on Wednesday, leaving time [...]
Every year I write a letter to go inside of the Christmas cards of those friends I don’t have the opportunity to see often. This year, I’ve tweaked it slightly for my readers, so here it is: Get in touch, contact me Wednesday 24th November 2010 Dear Reader, I hope this Christmas card finds you [...]
The publishing industry have released a few books by some of my faviourate authors. I knew about The Dead by Charlie Higson, which I bought this month. I’m about half way through it, so expect a review soon! I’ve reviewed The Enemy which you can read here. I also bought The Diary of a Young [...]
I love Cecelia Ahern’s books. PS, I Love You I found to be emotional and moving, Where Rainbows End was like reading intimate and private letters, A Place Called Here was like stepping in to a world of make-believe, Thanks for the Memories made me question our connection to our bodies and If You Could [...]
After the Christmas period many of us feel the financial pinch. There are two ways essentially in finance to deal with this: 1. increase your income or 2. reduce your expenditure. I’m voting for the latter by attempting to live more frugally. To live frugally means: Frugal Definition adjective not wasteful; not spending freely or [...]