Before you get to assuming anything from the subject of this post – it’s not anything like the Janet Jackson fiasco at the Superbowl several years ago, this is a wardrobe malfunction of the furniture kind.

When we moved house several months ago, it was necessary to dis-asse… Read full post »

Neither Debbie or I have had any time to sit and watch movies since I returned to the UK from Florida at the end of July, most nights we both sit in the living room with the television on, but are both busy working on our laptops.  So, last week… Read full post »

This truly is great news for anyone who wants to buy a Nintendo Wii games system.

On 27th September, Nintendo made an announcement dropping the price for the Wii console from the original $249.99 to only $199.99 as from 1st October.

This means that for those of you who are… Read full post »

This is my goal, to earn $100 a day on Google Adsense, since I am currently out of work, having problems getting benefits, and in any case benefits alone will not provide enough for us to live on.

I have been using Adsense for over a year now, and the month… Read full post »

Well after six weeks of extreme frustration of waiting for my job seekers allowance (unemployment benefit in the UK) and in particular the last three weeks when my case was supposed to be sped up, the news isn’t good…

Thursday I heard that at least I passed the Habitual Residency Test,… Read full post »

So today I get an email from Florida with a scan of a payslip from the company who laid me off in mid February.

It seems that because I was paying COBRA (a way to continue your health insurance cover after you lose your job in the USA, but at an… Read full post »

Every once in a while, do you ever see clouds in the sky that remind you of something?

Monday started off gloomy, then really taking us by surprise, the afternoon ended up with perfect blue skies.  We decided to have a BBQ in the back garden, and having… Read full post »

Well it’s been five weeks ago today since I left the sunshine of hot and sticky South Florida and returned to the UK to be with Debbie.

It’s true that we have had some nice days where the sun has shone, there have been blue skies, and it’s been a pleasant… Read full post »

Last night Debbie and I went up to Elstree Studios north of London to see the Big Brother eviction.

I’m not such a big fan, but Debbie loves the show, and it turned out to be quite an interesting night.   But where to begin…

I guess the story begins 2 weeks… Read full post »

While I have been creating web sites for the last 8 years, it has all too often been hard to promote them and also to earn money from them.  In the last two years I signed up with Google Adsense, and added Adsense code blocks to pages on my web sites… Read full post »

Having moved back to the UK, I am ok for a while with Debbie off school for the summer, but we both realised that when she is back at work, or for me to get to work (should a job come along), I will need a car of my own.

Since… Read full post »

On Monday as the weather looked to be nice, we wandered over to Debbie’s Mum and Dad’s for a brief visit, as I hadn’t seen them since I was last in the UK, and then took a trip out to our favourite spot in The New Forest to take a walk.  … Read full post »

Finally I am back in the UK and with my Debbie after more than 3 months apart, way too long for both of us.

After many evenings of packing that frequently went beyond midnight, I finished packing about 1am on Wednesday, with the alarm set for 3:45am to give me enough… Read full post »

Everyone loves Bagels, especially here in the USA where the Bagel originated, but every time I go into a Bagel store and order one, I wonder how on earth they manage to justify charging an arm and a leg for a smear of cream cheese.

Let’s just look at two of… Read full post »

Hi Everyone,

Sorry it’s been a while since I’ve written but life has been a bit of a whirlwind the last few months.

Let me introduce you to Josias Andrew who arrived on Monday 20th July at 9.50pm GMT and weighed in at 7lbs 9oz.

Mother and baby and both… Read full post »

No I haven’t physically lost anything, but this is about all the posts that I have wanted to write this month, but just haven’t had the time or energy to get around to.

I am frustrated that my last post was about taking my girls to the park on the 3rd… Read full post »

Since tomorrow is 4th July and it falls on a Saturday this year, I had today off work, which makes for a nice 3 day weekend.

Fortunately I was allowed to go and see my daughters (4 and 8), so I took them out to eat at Einstein Bagels, which is… Read full post »

Things almost went into a meltdown yesterday in South Florida where temperatures hit an all time high in Fort Lauderdale (see report from the Sun-Sentinel) where it reached 100 degrees at the airport, with a heat index of 111.

There wasn’t much breeze all day, it was really hot, sticky a… Read full post »

I was born in England and spent most of my life there, apart from a year in New Zealand in the late 1980’s, but although I am well travelled, having visited many countries around the world both on vacation as well as for work, the cultural differences between the UK and… Read full post »

Well finally as of 17th June 2009 I am a US Citizen, having had my Oath Ceremony yesterday.

The ceremony started with a lady from the immigration service singing the Star Spangled Banner, like she was doing it at a concert.  It was full of warbling, extreme high pitches etc, but… Read full post »

Oh dear… where to start?

Tony keeps gently reminding me that we have a blog and that some input from me would be nice.

I keep meaning to write on here.  But what can I say?  My head is full of pregnant daughter… make that HEAVILY pregnant daughter, her up… Read full post »

I was watching a documentary on television last night about a group of scientists who had a theory about the era of the dinosaurs ending because of an asteroid hitting earth, causing widespread destruction, an ice age and dust clouds that blocked out the sun for tens or even hundreds of… Read full post »

This is the start of my third week back at work, and I am gradually getting used to my new routine.

It was really hard going back to work after three months off, and the timing was not exactly good as there were things I still wanted to work on, but… Read full post »

Today was my first day back at work after three months of being unemployed.

So naturally I was rather nervous, as most of us are when starting a new job, and as is typical for me, every new job I have takes me to somewhere I don’t know.  This one is… Read full post »

Tomorrow I head back to work, starting a new contract after three months of being unemployed, and so apart from weekends, today marked the last time I expect to be able to take my morning walk around Deer Creek.

I have really enjoyed getting out of bed in the morning, and… Read full post »