Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Just thought I’d post a quick #lovethyselfie photo seeing as I have some new glasses from specsavers. It’s not often that I take a selfie, but as I was sat at my desk trying them out it was easier to see what they looked like by taking a quick selfie than it was to walk...
It seems like ages since we’ve seen the sun, but it made a brief appearance here on Sunday so we went for as little walk around Ynyslas. Christmas Treats for the Bees I’d already been out for an early morning bike ride and a swim and then had come home, done loads of chores and had even...
Our Santa Christmas Cake is ready. Anna’s been busy playing in the band recently, concerts here, concerts there and various fund-raising sessions at Morrisons, so whilst she was out playing a concert to the Llanafan WI on what was a very wet Saturday afternoon, Morgan and I set about decorating our Christmas cake. I had...
We seem to have had a bit of a spree on white goods lately. This might not be the most exciting of blog posts, but mentioning new purchases has proved useful in the past because when they go wrong or break down we turn to this website to see how long we’ve had them, so...
I don’t know if being 45 entitles me to become a grumpy old man, but it was my birthday last week, I was 45 and if this past week is anything to go by then I think it does. Opticians First up I had my usual bi-annual eye test. I knew that my eyesight was...
I’ve heard quite a bit about shaving subscriptions lately as Harry’s are always advertising on the various podcasts that I listen to. The idea sounded good, but maybe I was being taken in by the advertising. According to the adverts, with these shaving subscriptions, you get a nice razor handle in your first package of the subscription...
Up go the Christmas decorations, so “It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas”!!! Christmas Decorations After my birthday ‘celebrations’ yesterday it was time to put up the Christmas decorations. I wouldn’t say it was quite a tradition, but we do like to wait until my birthday is over with before the Christmas decorations go up. First though...
Walking in the rain in Snowdonia is one thing, but the conditions yesterday were ridiculous! It was my birthday on Friday so rather than just go out for drinks or a meal, or as we usually do just stay at home and do nothing, I came up with the idea of getting a few friends together...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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