I don’t know anything about football, and in fact, I would go so far as to say that I think it is a massive waste of time. I do, however, understand that many people get passionate about it. I must admit I get passionate when one of two things happen a) Mr B’s beloved Man City thrash Man U 6 — 1 at Old Trafford or b) I hear of
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Reasons to be Cheerful
The great thing about reading other people’s blogs is that you come across great ideas. Blog posts that you can read and learn from and then post your own. I love this idea. Posting reasons to be cheerful about your week. Something to make us think about things we should be grateful about and sharing with others. Here goes 1) I got to see Papa Barrow this week. He has
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Buying tickets for concerts
This is not the first time this has happened so I know it is not a fluke but it is the first time since having my blog so I can finally vent my anger. All this week the press have been full of how the Stone Roses have reformed (I have dubbed it the Pension Fund tour) and that tickets would be on sale from 9.30am today. Now I am
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So Gadaffi is dead…
… does that mean we need his final words or his face before and after execution splashed all over the front of the press? No, I don’t think it does. WH Smith recently decided that such magazines as Attitude and Gay Times should only be available form behind the counter, for reasons best known to themselves. Yet today their stores will be full of copies of mainstream newspapers showing the
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Britmums Prompt: “If I had ONE whole day to myself, I would….. “
…. hopefully be fit and healthy. Right now the only way I could get a day to myself I would have to be in a coma. A whole day to myself feels like such a luxury that I am torn as to how I would spend it. It would be lovely to say “well I would just stay in bed” but that feels like such a waste of a glorious
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How to be a landlord — Be able to afford it!
Please don’t view being a landlord as “buy a flat with a mortgage, don’t worry about it, reap the rewards”. It isn’t like that at all. If you want to be a successful landlord you have to be able to afford it. That might sound like an odd thing to say. Why would you possibly not be able to afford it “when the tenants are effectively paying the mortgage”? Well
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How to be a landlord — Pay your mortgage!
That might sound like a ridiculous thing to say, but believe me it is not! I had a chat with a friend on Saturday who needed some advice because his “lovely friendly landlord who was doing me a favour for five months” had now made him homeless and effectively squatting in the house he had called home for five months. A house that his six year old daughter had also
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Unscrupulous landlords
It always staggers me when I come across landlord antics that are so shocking they actually take my breath away. The press love to publish stories of tenants that have trashed a property / tuned it into a cannabis factory / stopped paying the rent / moved 20+ family members in but what about nightmare landlords? I am seriously considering starting a one day course on “How to be a
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What just happened…..
As you may be aware, last week I posted this on my blog: Help Mummy Barrow Help Harry Moseley A request for you to vote for Wincey Willis in the Absolute Radio “Who’s Calling Christian 80s legends” competition. I tweeted Wincey back in September because I saw that she was tweeting support for Harry Moseley and was in touch with the family. I asked if she would enter, in an
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The “randomness” of my Twitter week
So here’s the thing. I work from home so my days can be quite, well, dull. The majority of my work is allocating job requests from various letting agents to inventory clerks who all work for my main client. This means I am tied to a computer for the majority of the day. Except when The Real Housewives of New Jersey is on. Or when I am catching up on
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Britmums prompt: “My pet peeve is…..”
the expression “pet peeve”. I hate it!!! What on earth does “peeve” actually mean? It is one of those words that doesn’t actually tell you anything. The dictionary.com definition says it is a verb, ie “to render peevish“. Oh right, that explains it. NOT. Or maybe a noun: “to be in a peeve” When have you ever heard anybody use that expression? “You okay, darling?” “No, actually I am in
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I must be a freak
because I just don’t “get the fuss” about great weather in October. The sun is shining. So what? It is the hottest summer since Jesus was in nappies. And? Endless stories in the papers / Facebook updates / Tweets / photos, all talking about the sun.