Category: General / Misc.
First Oxfordshire Tweetup
I went to my first ever “tweetup” last night, at Fallowfields Hotel near Abingdon. And it was fun, even if I did end up spending most of my time talking to people I already knew! There wer... Read More
Channel 4's TV Book Club
Channel 4 launched their TV Book Club tonight, minus Richard and Judy but with Jo Brand hosting, a regular sleb panel (Dave Spikey, Auntie Gok et al) and a special guest each week. I never really got ... Read More
Promotion within 4Networking!
I’ve been promoted!! I can now proudly say that I am the Area Leader for 4Networking Oxfordshire! I first joined 4Networking in the autumn of 2007. At the time I was publishing a local magazine ... Read More
OK snow, time to go!
OK so snow is a rarity in the UK. (Though to have so much of it twice within the last 12 months is a bit odd .. whatever happened to global warming?) Everything looks very pretty, and for a new amateu... Read More
Lost all the photos!
I’ve just transferred this from one WordPress domain to another, deleted the original one … and then realised that all the MobyPicture photos have gone too! I’ve added one back in ma... Read More
A public service announcement to the good people of Stanford in the Vale
It’s a year since I moved out of the village and I’m starting to get a little bit fed up with being given “the evils” (as my daughter would say) in the Co op, blanked in Sainsb... Read More
Earn money doing your normal searches
I found a site ages ago where you got paid for every search you do. I do a lot of searches normally, so I was chuffed to be able to make a few pennies using my computer in exactly the way I do anyway.... Read More
More from Sainsbury's Basics range
I did another shop at Sainsbury’s yesterday and bought a few more Basics items – and also remembered a few that I’ve used that I forgot to add yesterday: Food and drink: Cooking baco... Read More
Complaining gets you everywhere
Came downstairs yesterday morning to discover that my internet was dead. Gone. No more. Disaster – I work from home so my internet is vital, and my daughter’s studying for GCSEs and needs ... Read More
Not so ornamental after all
I’ve been suffering a lot with tinnitus lately, which is proving to be a bit of a problem – I’ve been deaf in one ear since I was 3 so any noise on the other side, my only working e... Read More
O2 Joggler: touch-screen device to organise family life.
O2 – O2 Joggler: touch-screen device to organise family life.. I have to say I’m quite tempted by the O2 Joggler. I’m not the most organised of people and tend to use the calendar on... Read More
In memory of Peaches
We were devastated when our lovely cat Peaches died last summer. She had acute kidney failure and went downhill really quickly – on the Friday she seemed absoluytely fine and five days later we ... Read More
Greetings :)
A new year, a new WordPress theme. Scroll down to enjoy some of my random ramblings, mobile pics and occasional reviews. Alternatively, check out the tabs along the top for other stuff that I’... Read More