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Truck 13 review - day 2

Truck 13 review – day 2

Posted on July 27, 2010March 6, 2012 by Alison
So I woke up on Sunday morning, having had about half an hour’s sleep, in a bit of a grump. Soon sorted that out with a bacon roll, coffee and an iced coffee milkshake from the Rotary people, yu... Read More
Truck 13 photos

Truck 13 photos

Posted on July 27, 2010July 27, 2010 by Alison
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Proud mum part 2

Proud mum part 2

Posted on July 20, 2010July 27, 2010 by Alison
Now it’s my turn to be proud of Dan! His school held a prize-giving assembly today and he came home with a bucket load of certificates for great effort in maths, IT etc, plus a special award for... Read More
I am a proud mum!

I am a proud mum!

Posted on June 25, 2010June 26, 2010 by Alison
Katie is at her school prom tonight and I am a very proud mum. Katie’s not had an easy time recently – we moved to Oxfordshire from Hampshire 5 years ago, leaving behind all her friends, a... Read More
CBR Redrock dual suspension bike - death trap. Avoid at all costs.

CBR Redrock dual suspension bike – death trap. Avoid at all costs.

Posted on June 24, 2010March 6, 2012 by Alison
Putting this post up in the hope that it will prevent anyone else buying a CBR Red Rock bike (available from Littlewoods catalogue) as, IMHO, it could well be a deathtrap. Dan (aged nearly 13) was in ... Read More
World Cup 2010 ... a bit, well, dull really!

World Cup 2010 … a bit, well, dull really!

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Alison
I was SO excited about the World Cup last week, and really enjoyed the SA and England games (apart from that result!) … but otherwise it’s all been a bit dull really. France v Uruguay was ... Read More
New logo, at last!

New logo, at last!

Posted on June 4, 2010June 4, 2010 by Alison
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Help me decide on a new brand identity!!

Help me decide on a new brand identity!!

Posted on May 19, 2010May 19, 2010 by Alison
OK, so my proofreading/editing business, The Proof Fairy, started by accident and was really a bit of a jokey sideline for a long time – but since November 2009 it’s become my full time bu... Read More
Meet the new addition to the family

Meet the new addition to the family

Posted on April 30, 2010May 1, 2010 by Alison
I was going to buy Katie a nice piece of jewellery for her 16th birthday (next Wednesday) but she decided she wanted a combined present from everyone – a bearded dragon and vivarium setup! e wen... Read More
Turn Things Upside Down - Vote for Change on 6th May

Turn Things Upside Down – Vote for Change on 6th May

Posted on April 27, 2010April 27, 2010 by Alison
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O2 Joggler - First Impressions

O2 Joggler – First Impressions

Posted on April 7, 2010April 7, 2010 by Alison
my Joggler arrived yesterday and on the whole I'm pretty pleased with it. For just under £50 it's a decent bit of kit and has already proved a bit of a hit with us all. Internet radio, calendar, cloc... Read More
Joggler - special offer

Joggler – special offer

Posted on April 1, 2010August 23, 2011 by Alison
A while ago I blogged about the O2 Joggler, which is basically an electronic noticeboard that connects to the internet via wifi and has news headlines, traffics, weather, internet radio etc as well as... Read More
The 4Networking forum is MINE!!!

The 4Networking forum is MINE!!!

Posted on March 30, 2010August 23, 2011 by Alison
After several attempts I have finally managed to be the last post in every section on the 4networking.biz forum. It may have involved vast quantities of wine but woohoo!!!!... Read More
iPhone app - Geocaching

iPhone app – Geocaching

Posted on March 29, 2010March 29, 2010 by Alison
My experiences of geocaching and a short review of the iphone geocaching app.... Read More
iPhone app - MoreLomo

iPhone app – MoreLomo

Posted on March 28, 2010March 29, 2010 by Alison
I’ve been interested in lomography for a while after I saw some pics taken by a friend with a Lomo camera. I loved the unpredictability of the results – the vignetting, the colour saturati... Read More
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The Rose Petal Beach
5 of 5 stars
The Rose Petal Beach
by Dorothy Koomson
Dorothy Koomson is fast becoming one of my favourite authors, and this is definitely the best of the four books I've read by her (though the others were marvellous too!). I think the thing about her books is that on the surface they look...
tagged: read-in-2012 and highly-recommended
The Guy Selling Rubbish
1 of 5 stars
The Guy Selling Rubbish
by Jack Williams
A freebie Kindle book and a quick read (well under a hour) that gave me a snigger or two. After attempting to seel so,e rubbish on ebay for a laugh, the guy in the book is challenged by a friend to sell more and make some money. Over the...
tagged: read-in-2013
A Cromer Corpse
3 of 5 stars
A Cromer Corpse
by Kelvin I Jones
I was attracted to this because it had Cromer - my favourite place - in the title. When a body is pulled from the sea off Cromer with an unusual mark carved on it, an ex detective recently relocated from Cornwall to Norfolk for a quiet ...
tagged: read-in-2013 and thriller-crime

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