Heh, alliteration. Since we’ve moved (in my case, back) to Bristol we’ve made a conscious effort to change the way we shop. We are not big fans of supermarket/cheap food/etc, and we both have ethical concerns about the push to make food cheaper (e.g. cows not being allowed out to pasture at all – after…

So, I thought it was about time for another update. I’ve been lurking on the fringes on the internet a lot of late, largely because our landlord’s Sky box has the worst connectivity up here on the 3rd floor, (or 2nd floor, depending on how you count). Why, you may ask, do you not go…

So, actually today’s a good day. I submitted my essay yesterday morning, and it’s the two week break between modules, so I’m hoping to relax a bit. I may cut loose and read something non-work-related. So, I’ve been trying to source a second hand calor gas heater. Now, given these things have been around since…

So, I note that again it’s ‘been a while’. This is not for want of trying to get around to writing. I’m meant to be doing my MSc, but as usual house stuff has taken up my morning. The bank is far enough away and open late enough that I did the bad ‘killing time’…

So, I’ve been meaning to update for a while, and as usual apologies for the radio silence. We have made some progress and, I’m pleased to say that I’m marginally less stressed. We’ve possibly got some progress on selling the house; but no house is sold until the contract is signed. We’re looking at 11…

Okay, so picture the scene: You’ve just renovated a house in a nice, pleasant area. It’s got off street parking (for two cars), is at the quiet end of the street, has a pretty garden and is, really, a nice 2 bed terraced house. Now, imagine how insanely frustrating it is to have a succession…

So, a lot of our time is spent considering the fall back position for when things go wrong. Like, for example, the hideous delay selling the house – as we enter the depressing winter months and no-one buys houses I’m contemplating the possibility of a mortgage hiatus, and so on. Today we had the interesting…

So. We have been waiting since Saturday to hear if Bob, for that’s what I shall call him, after his 3 viewings of our fine abode was going to make an offer. Bob, after some discussion with his family, it appeared was planning an offer on Monday. For those of you who are into these…

Don’t worry, this won’t all be cars… So, as we hauled ass down to Bristol (again) on Monday poor old Chester announced his dissatisfaction with the massive milages he’s been called on to do recently (over 1000 miles extra this month alone) with the disintegration of the exhaust. It appears, from the garage, that the…