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Hi, Our conservatory joins our kitchen (17’5 x 11’8) and we are thinking of replacing it with an extension and knocking out the old external kitchen wall so that we have one large kitchen diner. Has...

Hi all, My assistant is off round the world for 18 months next month and as normal there will be a leaving card and collection, but I am stumpted at what to get her as a present. The fund will be...

Wondered if anyone can help? I am after some recommendations of self catering cottages in cornwall that are near the sea, plenty to do, fairly modern inside budget for a week next June about £700...

Ok so I am a realist and I know that I have gained 2 stone in the last 2 years - I am starting to go to the gym and we have bought bikes and I am aware that I look like a lard arse, but why oh why do...

Hello - as of yesterday we have a new edition to the household - Shrek the cat. We've re-homed him from Battersea. On the whole he's settled in really well - eating, cleaning, using the litter tray...

Do you have any? I have many. I am a wuss. Spiders. Not the skinny ones, but the proper spiders. Black ones. I can't do anything with them. Not even suck them up in the hoover. <shudder> The...

Since Chicken seems to be AWOL... LOML is in Newcastle so I have a solitary weekend planned. I'm off to the private view of a friend's exhibition on Oxford tonight (much less glam than it sounds!) -...

So A friend I have has been wanting to get together for some time but I have had so much on there just hasn't been time. We are meant to be getting together tonight. However last night I sent her a...

I'm feeling fairly grotty at the moment, have a headache, runny nose, sore throat etc...however I'm thinking that there isn't any chance of it being swine flu as I presume swine flu is like normal flu...

I notice on here quite a bit how someone mentions that their OH does some sort of job relevant to the topic and then gives an opinion/recounts a story based on their OH's job. Now my OH has a very...

OH and I have been together for 5 1/2 years now. We had a total whirland romance when we met and I think we'd have got married there and then after a couple of months BUT for the fact I was already...

We are thinking about having our loft converted and us having our bedroom up there. Has anyone had theres done and could you give us some idea of what it cost please

I am going to Northam in Devon next week, and want to boko a fancy restaurant for my Mum and Dad as it is Dad's birthday while we are away. I just wondered if anyone had any recommendations? Thanks...

I just wanted to post this to help make it easier for me to be open and honest about the process with people. Right... I am having weightloss surgery. I have thought long and hard about it and have...

I'm getting a new logo for my company (we've gone limited, the website needs a good update and a bunch of other changes have been made, so a new logo seemed like a good idea). So I've got this logo...

Hi all, As the title suggests really! Can anyone recommend somewhere for 16 girls to grab a bite in Windsor? As you guessed, with 16 girls it is a hen party but won't be a racous affair (no L plates...

Hi all, We are away on holiday in North Devon whilst it is our wedding anniversary (June) and we would really like to go out and treat ourselves to a posh meal. We are away with the parents so finding...

This year I have potatoes, strawberries and tomatoes growing in our garden. What have you planted this year?

Http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/42140 I know I can always send it back if it's not right, but what do you think? I am a bit richer than I thought and I've been lusting after it for ages.

I don't want to dictate peoples responses here at all, but mean it more in a sense of things that you could actually have done, not in an unrealistic wish lish sense iyswim?! anyhoo, mine is that i...

How hard can it be to go shopping for a suit and find something that fits and doesn't make me look like a dumpy sack tied in the middle. It was the most depressing shopping trip EVER. Now I am going...

Hi Just wondering if you had any tips for what to do in North Devon? We are going to Ilfracombe for 1 week next week and I wanted to make the most of our time there (just me and my H). We are open to...

The same company that produced our website a few years ago (for £2k), have quoted us £7k for updating it. I appreciate that a good website is worth investment, and some companies pay way more, but...

I haven't seen my first love in probably 15 years. However, he still lives in the town my Mum and Dad live, as he and my Dad worked together for a while and Dad sometimes updates me. We've sent the...

I have had lots of care from the NHS over the last 5 weeks with my elbow (dislocation, radial head breaking off then into 4 pieces, fractured ulnar and relocated but into the wrong place, which caused...

Some friends from the US are in Southampton tomorrow and are wondering what to do/visit? Any recommendations? We are meeting up with them in the evening and plan on going out for a meal, any...

Hi everyone - this is my first post and I'm all excited (sad isn't it lol), Before my husband and I got married, I used to get on really well with his sister. However, as soon as we started planning...

That is all <faints>

I am meeting up with someone that I havent seen for a number of years next week and tagging it into a work trip, hence the oddish location! Anyone know anywhere nice to go in that area? I would like...