Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Morgan was off school sick on Wednesday so I couldn’t leave the house so instead I ended up spending most of the day in the shed finding places to put my tools and creating storage contraptions to hold them all. There’s still lots to do, but it’s beginning to look like quite a usable space. I...
On Monday me and Key Stage 2 went on a school trip to Ireland, there were 42 children going and 8 staff members including the bus driver. When I got to school I went down to the bus and dropped off my big suit case, which left me carrying my rucksac. When I got into...
We continue to be delighted with our Spicery meals. The latest was Chicken Cafreal Kebabs which were a lovely Moroccan style kebab coated in coriander and spiced up with chilli, cardamon, cloves and star anise. This came with a really nice, sticky homemade mango chutney, a fresh cucumber and onion salad and a soothing raita. Star...
Things are looking OK in my new aquascape. As mentioned last time I seem to be beating the algae which was a bit of an issue for a while. The Endler’s Livebearers seem quite happy in there, as do the shrimps. Although quite how people take photos of their fish I’ll never know. I’ve also...
Things are heating up in the garden.
Hooray…. I’ve got stripey blue toenails.
Sorry to harp on about this, I should probably save my blood pressure, reduce my stress levels and just accept that B&Q are useless, but I don’t like being lied to and I don’t appreciate being told that I’m wrong either. Anyone who knows me will know that I rarely argue and if I do,...
Sorry, but it’s time to talk about Poo! I don’t know why I’m apologising really, 9 year old boys might find the topic amusing but as adults we should have grown out of that by now. Defecating, pooing, a number 2, taking a dump, having a sh*t, laying a cable, dropping the kids off at...
And here it is ready to be chopped up and eaten. I could add some more sparkles and such like but think we’ll stop there before we ruin it.
Ouch, that hurt. Well, hurt isn’t quite the right word but it was certainly hard work. A 20 minute FTP test on the turbo trainer. This consists of: 10 minute gradually warm up, 3x 1 minute high cadence spins 5 mins steady, 5 mins at just above Threshold 5 mins recovery 20 mins all out effort 10 mins...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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