My life just doesn't get any duller than it is at the moment. All bed and work with very little else. Time and money seem to be holding ...

My eldest daughter will soon reach the age of 13 and is already exhibiting the usual teenage characteristics. She's bad tempered frequen...

This week it's been my daughters' dance show, which is always a tough week for all involved. It usually involves sitting in a large ...

Life weighs heavily on me at the moment. Loads of pressure on the home front and changes at work. My life seems to consist of bed and work a...

I get to go on a number of training courses in my job. They cover a wide variety from driving to mental heath. Sometimes I get put forward f...

I realise I haven't posted an entry for a while now, my eldest daughter has had a few personal problems which have needed my undivided a...

This week saw the 25th anniversary of the start of the miners' strike. At the time I was a 12 year old boy living in the small mining to...

It's only Monday and I'm having a bad week already. My eldest daughter has been playing up and behaving like Jekill and Hyde for the...

Yesterday I finally collected my bike, after many phone calls and being fobbed off, arguments and disgruntled conversations. I am really dis...

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...