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Out the back of our house is a builders yard. It is quite small and they use it for storage mainly. I don't often see people in there. They come and go about once per day during the week. Anyway, over...

Just trying to work out budgets and looking at the last few months we're probably spending nearly £260 (on average) on food for 2 of us. That's a bit much isn't it? Caught the start of the article on...

Re-posted - hopefully more readable now! Here's a novel dilemma for you all. I'm going to the wedding of a close uni mate on Saturday. There's a massive group of uni mates going to it. We got a text...

I am a bit over ambitious at the best of times so true to form I have decided to make my son a 3D tractor cake for his 3rd birthday. (EEEEK). I am going to have some test runs at making a madeira cake...

What's the weather doing with you? <desperately hoping for a snow day tomorrow>

I have a friend who is very good at cake making and is just starting to do it as a business She made birthday cakes for my twins last year and they were very good so I asked her to do them again this...

And I can't bloody wait. It's been a shit couple of months here. I can't wait for the house to look fab. Something to smile about for a change. Also finishing our christmas shopping next week. When...

Hi Does anyone have a recipe for a chocolate cake that does not contain milk. My daughter can't have cows milk and the only one I have that I know rises properly contains milk and she wants chocolate...

How do you get up the guts and go for it? Saw the most gorgeous pub today; figures are do-able (especially with Christmas trade), everything else wonderful. Except the slight fact that a few months of...

Was the swelling bad and did you need surgery afterwards? After my accident with the car boot falling down and hitting me on the nose this morning a trip to A&E has comfrimed I have broken my nose...

Just wondering if I am a complete pleb! I am partial to dry sparkling wine, and basically like most of them, so tend to get whatever is on offer! I like Codorniu (white or rose), Jacobs Creek, most...

I have found that flickering lights can trigger my migraines (anything from a fan blade rotating fast in the corner of my vision, to full on flickery fluorscent lights) and when I get migraines I get...

Ok this is TMI about girlie stuff...[:I] I've had a mirena coil fitted for about three years now. I don't have periods, pmt or spotting. I had it fitted due to bleeding/spotting. However over the past...

I really want to lose some weight. I'm not massive (I am about 9st 5lb and 5' tall, so BMI of 25.5), but I'd like to be a little bit slimmer. Problem is I seem to have a HUGE appetite (and it's been...

We are putting an offer on a house tomorrow, but can't agree on a starting bid. We're a cash buyer and thinking on the lines of 10% off the asking price. Is this too cheeky? We want to be taken...

I'm looking for some paint to go onto my sons plastic playhouse. Where can I buy this from? Hobbycraft?