Christmas

It wasn't too stressful in the end :-) I had a great early Christmas present when I received a letter on Christmas Eve from the cardio...

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Manic Street Preachers - The Roundhouse 17/12/2014

Manic Street Preachers - The Roundhouse 17/12/2014

Life has been so busy and stressful recently that it had been difficult to start getting excited about this gig - but once we were on our wa...

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Still waiting

I still haven't heard from the consultant regarding my test, but I spoke to her secretary yesterday who said that they have a backlog, a...

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Looking better

I've been waiting to hear from the consultant following my ajmaline challenge a couple of weeks ago, but in this case I think no news is...

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Counting down

I've finally got a date for my test, the 'ajmaline challenge' - next Thursday (13th). I'm glad that it's sooner than I&#...

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Stupid o'clock

Unsurprisingly the clocks going back has led to less sleep, Rory has been up at 4am the last two days sorry we've been doing shifts in t...

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Another one of those weeks

It'd be lovely to have a week where the entire family is healthy and have slept properly, so we wouldn't all be cranky and irritable...

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34

I'm now in my mid-30s, and am feeling slightly more mortal (although that is more likely due to my health issues rather than being one y...

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Stress

My hospital appointment didn't go as I'd hoped - I'd been hoping for the all-clear, but the consultant told me that my ECG trace...

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Finally

I've finally got an outpatient appointment to have my heart checked, so will be off to London next Monday to be looked at. I'm reall...

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Clear out

We're currently trying to tidy the house properly and get rid of a lot of clutter - we've got several bags of clothing to be recycle...

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Getting stuff done

Getting stuff done

Slowly, but surely, we seem to be making progress. The kids' room is finally painted and the bunk beds are up, so all three of them are ...

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Quiet

Today I've finally finished wallpapering the kids' bedroom, which has taken a long time for one reason or another. I have taken an i...

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Busy busy busy

As usual I seem to have been very busy. I think I'm pretty much back to normal now and my tiredness is down to normal tiredness rather t...

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Recovering

This week has been pretty tough, but I'm mostly better now. I restarted work on Monday and have been struggling a little with a large wo...

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CBeebies Prom and a bad week

CBeebies Prom and a bad week

Last Sunday we went to the Royal Albert Hall to see the CBeebies Prom - Nicky likes classical music and it seemed an ideal opportunity to e...

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Southend-London-Southend

Last Sunday was the day of the British Heart Foundation London-Southend ride. I got up ridiculously early (4am) in order to scoff some porri...

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July catchup

July catchup

This month seems to have gone past so quickly, and not in a good way - had lots of work to catch up with. However, I did get to see the Tour...

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Glastonbury 2014

Glastonbury 2014

Life's been pretty busy since we got back, so am only writing Glastonbury up now... We arrived on site just before midnight, and I man...

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Time to panic

Tomorrow evening we'll be on our way to Glastonbury! Most stuff is packed now, but there's still a few odd bits that need to be gath...

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Wiggle Essex Explorer 2014

Wiggle Essex Explorer 2014

The sun was already very warm as I loaded up the car at 7am, and the forecast was for a very sunny day. Not ideal conditions when attempting...

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Somerset

We've been back from holiday for a long while now, but life has been pretty busy in the meantime so I'm only getting around to writi...

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Two days until holiday

It's been a while since my last entry, the usual excuses apply, but things seem to have been even more frantic than usual with work, ill...

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Hamstring pain

Last week was really hectic, with work being quite stressful and the usual lack of sleep. This was exacerbated by me pulling a hamstring whi...

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Catchup

Things have been pretty hectic as per usual, I wanted to write about the Manics last week whilst it was still fresh, so now is the time to c...

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Manic Street Preachers - Brixton Academy 11/4/14

Manic Street Preachers - Brixton Academy 11/4/14

It had been a long wait to see the Manics again - we had missed the last tour, and hadn't seen them since the O2 gig in 2011, and despit...

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Busy busy

I haven't updated for a while, I've just had so many other things to do - I finally have a few minutes so will post some quick updat...

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Frustration

Yesterday was one of those days. We'd been planning to do a morning boot sale and had loaded the car up the night before, ready to go fi...

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Relentless

Yet another morning where I'm up for the day before 5, thanks to Rory. Absolutely fed up with it now. We did an indoor boot sale yester...

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Guess what

Yes, another blog entry about how little sleep I'm getting. Waking up for the day at 4 or 5 in the morning is getting quite tedious now....

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More dentist

Last week was pretty tough - for one reason or another none of us got much sleep, and I was really busy with work so only got out for one bi...

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Dentist

The car breakdown was a water pipe that had come loose from the expansion tank - a relatively cheap fix thankfully, just need a new pipe whi...

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Broken down

I'm writing this as I wait for a breakdown lorry to come and look at the car - heard a loud pop just after I parked the car, and steam c...

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Sick AGAIN

New year, same old illness - a stomach bug has gone around the family so the past few days have been rather fraught, especially Wednesday ni...

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2014

It's been a rather hectic couple of weeks, but we've survived unscathed and have a whole new year to look forward to. Hopefully I...

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