New Alcohol Guidelines

England’s chief medical officer has today released new guidelines, advising that children under 15 should not drink alcohol at all, and that from 15 – 17, they should only have alcohol under supervision, and only in very small amounts.
To me, this is very sensible advice. I appreciate that some people feel that if young children [...]

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Jury Service

Hubby finally got the call.. to go up to London for jury service. He sorted out his two weeks away from work, which included trying to make sure his team would be ok without any management support, and left early on Monday morning to make his way there on the train.
By lunchtime he was on [...]

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Twilight – how did it happen?

I was wondering today whether there’s anyone else out there who hasn’t read Twilight? I feel like a huge minority, and yet I still can’t bring myself to pick it up!
I’m aware of the argument that I can’t possibly judge it until I’ve read it, but I now feel as if I’m almost being forced [...]

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Poll…

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A – Z of 2008

I’ve been inspired by Paige’s A-Z post, but I don’t think mine will be as good! Anyway, let’s see what I can think of…
Abba – After seeing a tribute band, Beth decided that she rather liked Abba, and so we were treated to Abba Gold quite a few times this year! In the summer we [...]

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2009 – To blog, or not to blog..

So, I do enjoy blogging, but I’m rather intermittent about doing it; comments are rather rare now.. and I’ve never liked talking to myself! So, do I keep going?!
For the time being, what’s been happening since my last post? Well, Christmas was quiet, but nice. The main present was a Wii, so that has certainly [...]

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