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141I've just finished decorating my spare room to double up as a guest room, im looking for some accessories for it now, candles, throws/bedspreads etc etc, any good website recs? Room is...
Finally, finally, finally, H and I are earning more than we are spending, and have paid off all our CCs. Woop woop. So we're carrying on eating beans and everything else is being ploughed into paying...
My father in law called today, and dropped the bombshell that whilst on holiday a couple of weeks ago, he suffered a stroke. It appears that he is paralised down his left side, but thankfully has full...
RA's post got me thinking. Did everybody come here to plan their wedding? I initially joined when helping to plan a friends wedding. Then I've recently come back now that I'm engaged. Did everybody...
Just wondering if anyone had joined a BMF club?? Interested to find out what its REALLY like ....! I've heard good things but its a bit daunting - being ordered around by an army fitness instructor...
I live in a semi and need to hoover the house - do you think its too late now? (she says kind of hopefully)
Does anyone have a crystal ball? ? Our mortgage tracks under the base rate, so the low interest rates are fab for us. I don't want to rely on this extra ££ each month though and am wondering how long...
Is on topic i promise!!! H2B and i have been back on forawrds on cakes, he wanted cupcakes, i wanted a big cake withe tiers etc etc. Seen something on one of the new wedding mags that might be perfect...
Can you go to them with the same problems as you'd go to your nhs GP? Does anybody have any idea (even roughly) how much they cost? I can't afford it but I can't carry on like this either and I'm...
The teachers here at my school are saying they need lessons in how to type faster. I am the world's quickest two finger typer (if very inaccurate) so they can't learn from me Are there any online...
I've just had five weeks away from the gym through injury and am fully recovered and raring to go but have put on at least half a stone (probably nearer 10lbs) and really feel out of shape and a bit...
We went out as a family today, about 16 of us, children and adults. My nephew is 11 and is very fussy, he orders a steak of the menu (most expensive thing), steak is on the childrens menu but he wants...
I was in the newsagents this morning when a woman elbowed me and my pram out of the way to get to the till before me and she handed over a scratchcard she'd just got that had obviously "won" £1 and...
Mine is Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Watching it now. 5 minutes in and I'm crying already!
I'm running the Race for Life on Sunday and went for a run this morning as part of my 'training' for it. It had rained earlier and I slipped on a bit of muddy ground and turned my ankle. It hurt, but...
Well I'm going to anyway! Was in Birmingham today and happened on a little arcade I've not been in before with some lovely shops. Wandered into an accessories shop which was so cheap I couldn't...
... what would you like to receive from your friend if she couldn't be there to share it with you? This or this or some of these? Or something else?
I hesitate to ask..... But is there a market?
I was looking round our house this morning and, after a trip to Ikea yesterday, it's really dawned on me how much we've relied upon it to furnish our home. From Ikea, we've bought: Hallway - rug...
I know I don't post a lot here, and so I'm sorry to ask but there seem to be lot of doggy experts on hitched? We have just (two days ago) adopted two gorgeous old english mastiffs, they are fabulous...
I posted on here earlier about my dog. He is on strong anti inflamatory medication as his retinas detatched. He seems to be getting better, but is off his food. Specifically, he is off his boring...
Didn't really know how to title this! I work at a university as a course administrator. One of my friends is joining the course in September. I'm in charge of all sorts of confidential/sensitive stuff...
I'm thinking of having quite a controversial ? wallpaper in our downstairs cloakroom. It's quite expensive, but since it's such a small space, we won't need much. This is the wallpaper:...
Scenario is as follows and would appreciate some advice on where I might stand... Have worked for a company for 10 years, when I joined the company the job advertisement advertised 'free parking' -...
This is been something I've thought of doing for a while. I'm very aware of my own mortality and I know should I die young (if I'm old, I might have different plan by then), I know my H would be much...
And do you also tip anyone else in the salon ie the person that washed your hair? I'm pretty sure that you're supposed to, but I've always found doing it a bit awkward, so I tend not to - I'm not sure...
I'm sick of them. I have one coming again. This will be my 10th one in the last 12 months. Zovirax doesn't work. Nothing works. I'm so sick of them, it's getting me really down. What can I do?
It's that time of year again when women everywhere run, jog or walk 5k for Cancer Research UK. In three weeks time I'll be running the Race for Life in memory of my Dad, who died of cancer last...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8041374.stm A remarkable man and no mistake. It's taken him two weeks to compete the marathon, walking no more than 2 miles per day, step by painful...
- mainly because I just like the name of it ? Does anyone know if there's a reason why Patrick Jane doesn't carry a gun? He's always going into dangerous situations where everyone else is tooled up...
Just thinking out loud really and could do with someone to give opinions. I was working as an IT trainer although I did other training too, running the induction programme for the company I worked...
