Orange Broadband, No Thanks

My broadband service has gone down. The computer is connected to the router and the router shows ADSL connection, but no Internet. My ISP is Orange. I have been happy (ish) with the service, if you don’t count the issues with the LiveBox – until now.
I called customer services and reached Angela – a very [...]

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Healthy?

I’ve been feeling tired for a while now. Quite a while actually. I thought it was just a combination of starting a new job, getting used to the long commute, and the elements of stress that seem to plague my every day and now I’m not so sure.
I’ve never been good at sleeping. I can [...]

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Mean & downright narrow-minded

Been Tweeting this morning and have noticed a plethora of Tweets from a group of very mean individuals about Jade’s passing. How very narrow-minded of them. 
Meanwhile, Lisa Lynch, (aka AlrightTit), lies in a hospital bed after having reconstructive surgery following her battle with breast cancer. 
Even if you can’t see past your own ‘narrow-minded’ opinions, just [...]

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I’m still waiting…

I remortgaged in November. Just around the same time that I was made redundant, I got notification that my mortgage had completed. I breathed a sigh of relief. It all went through during the middle of the month. 
So, here are the events of the last few weeks. Having paid up a full month in advance, [...]

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Giving in to cravings

Right or wrong?
For several days now, i’ve had a thing about carrot cake – no, not those little slices from WW… What I’m after is a big slice of gooey, sweet, sticky, yummyness. I’ve debated about this for days – as in “do I, don’t I” – because I know it won’t go away. so, [...]

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Choices

I have had a few conversations lately about choices and the routes our lives take. It started with a conversation with my sister after she ran into my “first” boyfriend recently at a party near our home in Scotland. During the conversation “he” asked what I was up to – so Sis told him a [...]

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Use of the English language

I’m not the most eloquent person in the world. I don’t claim to be an expert on the English language or its grammar, but I know when something is wrong. Here’s an example of “type and click” emailing and why we should all review what we’ve written in the context of who we are writing [...]

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The Icing on the Cake

I got an awful shock today. It’s just the icing on the cake of a really bad day. At the moment, I’m cool, calm and collected (thanks to a rather large glass of wine). The situation has to do with my pay slip and a huge mistake.
Last month I got a shock too - paying emergency [...]

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No exercise

…since Tuesday and boy do I feel it! I’m hoping that my cold has lessened somewhat so that I can go to “Hi-lo” tomorrow AM – otherwise it will be Monday before I get back to the gym.
I did venture out yesterday, but only to Weight Watchers. I felt terrible. I did manage to lose [...]

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Ah yes, the common cold!

As I mentioned in my post yesterday, I think I have a cold coming on.., it’s now been well and truly confirmed. I woke up this morning feeling a little less than human. Doh! So much for this evening. So much for exercise. So much for sweating it out at the gym last night.
Maybe I [...]

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