200 calories? That’s a slice of cake!

That’s burnt off, not eaten by the way
Yesterday evening saw my first proper visit to the gym.  It wasn’t nearly as awful as I was expecting; I’m being given a gentle introduction because I’m fairly overweight and it’s been so long since I did any proper exercise.  I did much better than the instructor [...]

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Big Brother

Part of the reason for setting up this new site was that my employers use a web filter that blocks most sites labelled as “Newsgroups and Forums” – including my Livejournal blog.  I’m not sure what’s going on with our IT department at the moment but the “Newsgroups and Forums” filter seems to be somewhat intermittent.  [...]

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Cats and Carpets

One of the disadvantages of cat ownership is that your carpets can take a bit of a hammering when the poor wee moggy is accidentally shut in a room when you go out for the day.  Charlie has a habit of hiding under beds and frequently ends up on the wrong side of a closed [...]

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A grown ups only weekend

The Yorkshireman’s Mum and Dad came to see us for the weekend on Friday night.  This caused an unnatural flurry of domestic activity on Thursday night, but it was well worth it, not least because it meant that the weekend was pretty much housework free.  It’s always nice to see them, and we are generally [...]

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8.30am on a Sunday is far too early…

… to be told your BMI, body fat % and weight, but I went for my initial assessment at the gym anyway and just covered my ears.  I now have two sessions a week for the next 10 weeks in which to try and get the scary numbers down, courtesy of the Boston Exercise Prescription [...]

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Loch Ness Monster Live

A live webcam feed from Loch Ness, after all, you never know what you might see, do you???
Live Loch Ness Monster Cam
The picture refreshes very few seconds.  Strangely addictive viewing.  Especially for a Friday afternoon when my brain’s already started it’s weekend.
Edit @10pm – don’t look at night, it’s dark, you can’t see anything *blush*

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What was No.1 on the day you were born?

Find out here.
Me – Tiger Feet by Mud (always knew my penchant for Glam Rock came from somewhere!)
The Yorkshireman - Young Girl by Union Gap feat. Gary Puckett (????)
Little’un – Britney Spears – Everytime

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Good thing, bad thing

I went for a job interview today, as a result of all the CV’s I sent out a few weeks ago.  I wasn’t really nervous at all, borne out by the fact that I kept forgetting that I even had an interview because of Little’un being poorly and everything else I’ve been thinking about recently.  [...]

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Lycratastic

I had to collect Little’un from Nursery this morning, she’s been snotty for a week or so and her temperature was up last week, her ear has started oozing goo again so she was sent home sick.  She doesn’t seem poorly though, just a little run down – no temperature and her appetite seems fine.  [...]

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New and Improved Blogging

Welcome all to the new improved blog…
My old blog is here, there’s also a link in the sidebar, so if for some reason you feel the urge to re-read my ancient ramblings then it’s all still there.
Here’s a photo for you, Little’un blowing you all a kiss after a chocolate cake explosion:

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