Sleepless Nights, Stressful Days and Ambitious Plans

So it’s clear that I haven’t made any serious updates to this site for a while. Between the ever-hectic job (where the pressure is currently unrelenting) and having a snuffly, restless four year old (who is more keen to sleep in mummy and daddy’s bed than her own after waking up at stupid o’clock), it […]

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Merry Christmas!

It’s Christmas Eve, I am at work (yes, work – my employers know no mercy), and I feel exhausted after yet another early start, but I am heading into the big day determined that it will be a good Christmas. (Nearly) everything is wrapped, five-bird roast is bought and ready, decorations are up and we’re nearly, nearly there. To […]

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The Year that was 2014

So, we rapidly approach the end of 2014. What sort of year has it been? It has been a year of struggle at times, especially on the personal front, for reasons that I won’t go into great detail here. Suffice to say, what happens in my family will stay firmly within my family (I will […]

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Back to School!

So, my little girl is now at school full-time! No more half days, this is where she is there all day! It’s scary to think how quickly this has come about. When we walk her to school I can’t help but notice all the kids in nursery uniform, and all I can picture is my […]

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Pirate Ships and Southend Pier!

Yesterday we ventured off to Southend-on-Sea (a combination of cosmopolitan city and seaside resort town) to check out an attraction docked at the end of Southend Pier (which by the way, is the longest pleasure-pier in the world, at over a mile long) – namely, a replica pirate ship! I had hoped to share a […]

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Happy Anniversary!

Today marks five years since one of the best days of my life (barring only my daughter’s birth). On this day, five years ago, I got married. I am very lucky to have found a woman who’s prepared to put up with me for so long! She is beautiful, she makes me laugh, and we […]

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My Daughter the Artist!

Last night I’m sitting on the sofa and my little girl is sitting in front of her little art station, merrily drawing away on her paper. I need to get her to draw daddy, then get that drawing as a tattoo!

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