Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Everything went well for Morgans Birthday Party. having it in the comunity hall was a good idea and it gave the children loads of room to run around and play with all the toys. The little bouncy castle was enjoyed by all and the big tube-maze thingy was well used too. Not only did the...
Sometimes my work as a website designer puts me in touch with all sorts of people, and today one of my tasks is to add a poem to website. Before doing so I listened to it and was pleasantly surprised, I’m not usually ‘into’ poetry but this was nice and it sums up ‘A simple...
I’ve been pretty busy with website design work lately and haven’t had much time to get out and play, but I couldn’t wait any longer and yesterday and today were windy so I just had to go out for a sail. I’m glad I did as the sun was shining too so I had a...
Clearly I’m no large scale investor… I simply don’t have the money to do so, but I do have a cash ISA for my pension and several years ago I set up a Stocks & Shares ISA as that always seemed to be the best way to invest money. Obviously there is always a risk...
It was Morgan’s 2nd birthday today and he is just about old enough now to understand that it was his special day. He didn’t have a proper party today as he is having that next weekend when more people can make it, but Josh came around for tea and to play with his new toys....
I shouldn’t complain (and I’m not), as it is good as a freelancer to have lots of work on, but it does get in the way of life a bit!!… Busy, busy busy, no time to play!
No, this isn’t an “I’m feeling smug because I use a Mac” post. I do use a Mac and I do like it, but I’m feeling smug today because I’m all backed up. Actually I am good at backing things up on a regular basis. I use a program called SuperDuper! which allows me to...
I’m quite busy work-wise at the moment and for some reason couldn’t sleep last night so I got up and started work at 3am. I stopped at 7am and then worked again from 8am until midday, which by my reckoning makes a full 8 hour day… I therefore decided to treat myself to an afternoon...
I wasn’t really ‘THAT’ into collecting geocoins, although some of them really are little works of art. If I found one in a geocache I did take it and move it on and log it on the geocaching website, and I do like having the little icons I get for my troubles. Some people take...
We had the first outing of aber-cachers yesterday. Me Anna and Morgan (forcesofnature) and Dave and Sarah (IdleRocks) headed off from Ynyslas, filled up with diesel in Aberystwyth then headed south to Aberaeron where we met up with Tinkerbell, Lesley (Red Kite) and Dan and Vanya (The Dancing Samurai’s). The first cache of the day...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
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