Morticia asked me this week if she could have a pet pig. I know she loves the animals and goes a little daft when she sees them in petting z...

I hate the idea of working Sundays and if you'd asked me this time yesterday I'd have said that I hate working Sundays full stop. I ...

I was looking forward to picking up my bike yesterday after it's repair but unfortunately I received a phone call late on Friday afterno...

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. We made a deal this year to only buy cards for each other and to have a night in with a chinese a...

Unless you've been on the other side of the world you can't have missed the worst snow falls in 20 years (I can vouch for that as I ...

Well the promised 'second wave' of snow never materialised up here, instead the snow turned to sleet then froze over leaving the ent...

Last night the snow arrived and what has been called the first wave came during the rest of the day. I love to see the snow, it reminds me o...

I live on a fairly quiet street, a cul-de-sac of sorts (the access to the main road at the bottom was blocked many years before I arrived). ...

There has been a lot of talk recently in the media about the micro-blogging service 'Twitter'. Now I've been tweeting (the t...

My TV stopped working at the weekend, after 4+ years of service it decided to expire, emitted a squeal and burning smell and died. We are no...

This week has been a funny weather week, I can still hear everyone going "it's global warming!". If that's the case, why h...

The festive season is well behind us now. It's time we deal with the damage. There are the bills to pay and of course most of us (me inc...

Saturday saw the announcement that Matt Smith will be cast in the role of Doctor Who when the series returns proper in 2010. The country cou...

Since New Year's Eve I've been at my Mother-in-Law's. It's always nice to get away and I'm lucky enough to have a good M...

While the previous year is still fresh in my mind (and without looking back through my posts) I thought I'd look back over what has happ...