I’ve sold my soul to the Real Estate Devil

The last 24 hours have passed in a blur of, well, bluriness, as I frantically ran around trying to get the house ready for the photographer. At one point yesterday I’m convinced someone called me Waynetta…greasy hair and scuzzy tracksuit probably did it. But I sanded and painted, cleaned, decluttered and depersonalised. I queued [...]

I’ve sold my soul to the Real Estate Devil

The last 24 hours have passed in a blur of, well, bluriness, as I frantically ran around trying to get the house ready for the photographer. At one point yesterday I’m convinced someone called me Waynetta…greasy hair and scuzzy tracksuit probably did it. But I sanded and painted, cleaned, decluttered and depersonalised. I queued [...]

Dude, I rock! (Insert odd surfer-dude hand signal here…)

Oh my God, this is so unexpected. Wow, um, I have some people I need to thank [draws out very long piece of paper with lots of names on it, rather like the list I draw up for Santa each year] … Unexpected, my arse. I shamelessly approached several bloggers and grovelled in a [...]

Dude, I rock! (Insert odd surfer-dude hand signal here…)

Oh my God, this is so unexpected. Wow, um, I have some people I need to thank [draws out very long piece of paper with lots of names on it, rather like the list I draw up for Santa each year] … Unexpected, my arse. I shamelessly approached several bloggers and grovelled in a [...]

From our guest editor…my mummy!

It’s not just the speed of driving and the volumes of traffic in the UK that scare me, I panic now when I enter a supermarket here. I am over-awed at the out-of-town shopping facilities available now and the sheer array of foodstuff . I find no pleasure in having to make a choice [...]

From our guest editor…my mummy!

It’s not just the speed of driving and the volumes of traffic in the UK that scare me, I panic now when I enter a supermarket here. I am over-awed at the out-of-town shopping facilities available now and the sheer array of foodstuff . I find no pleasure in having to make a choice [...]

I’ve been driving in my car….

The arrival of the mothership has heralded taxi duties I had never anticipated. I only passed my test two years ago. To be more specific, I only learned to drive two years ago (don’t want you thinking that it’s taken me twelve years to pass a test.) I never wanted to learn to drive, [...]