Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
We made the annual visit to just north of Bristol at the weekend in order to meet my side of the family for the pre-Christmas gathering. It was my Mum’s birthday on the Saturday as well so we were there to celebrate that as well as meet up with everyone and exchange Christmas gifts. Anna, Morgan...
I had fun baking our Christmas cake over the weekend. As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, I think I’m going to make this a Cole Family tradition, we’ll have big roast dinner on Thanksgiving weekend and bake a cake ready for Christmas. It wasn’t quite a proper relaxing weekend in true holiday style but...
Well, here we go, the countdown has begun. Happy Advent everyone. You know what that means don’t you, not only is it only 24 days until Christmas, but in exactly a month 2014 will be here and we’ll all be making and breaking our New Year’s Resolutions. But you know me, I like to be...
We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving here in the UK, in fact, until recently we hadn’t really heard of it, and I had to look it up in Wikipedia to see what exactly the Americans were celebrating. Apparently it’s “A holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the...
I’ve got an other guest post for you today, this time all about taking a cruise for Christmas, which I’m sure would be lovely. Although, I’d have to check with Santa to make sure he could still find us if we were away on Christmas Eve! A Cruise for Christmas? With Christmas approaching, sometimes you...
Once again, the Aberystwyth Fair was in town, along with it’s slightly unusual operating days. It’s here every year on the 1st Monday after the 12th of November and the subsequent 2 Mondays after that. It also runs on the Saturdays before the second two Mondays – if that makes any sense. We managed to miss...
As employees of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Anna and I are entitled to buy products through the Apple Education Store and thereby receive discounts. The Apple Education Store states “If you are a student, teacher, lecturer, administrator or other staff member in education you qualify for special discounted pricing on Apple computers, software and...
Facial hair and me don’t go well together. I should really try growing a ‘tache for Movember in order to raise money and support men’s health programmes that combat prostate and testicular cancer. “These programmes, directed by the Movember Foundation, are focused on awareness and education, living with and beyond cancer, and research to achieve our...
We’ve decided that the Scouts should try to get their Bronze Dragon Award Badge. In order to do so, they need to camp outside under canvas in every month of the year. It can be done over the course of a few years, but it does mean sleeping under canvas in the winter months. The...
Morgan is a bit of a Doctor Who fan – I’ve never seen the appeal myself – and with the new series starting soon he’s been getting a little excited. Not helped by the fact that the Tardis, K9 and a Dalek were at the Arts Centre the other day. We actually know the people...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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