Category: random


  1. Awards Night Excitement


    Last night was the netball awards night, I took the present for my coach and prepared for a night out with the girls. What I wasn't prepared for was actually winning something!

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  2. Three Things I Saw At Chester Zoo


    We went to Chester Zoo on Easter weekend, which was great apart from the humongous traffic queues to get in. Still they seemed pretty well organised and since we chose to arrive mid-morning on a beautiful bank holiday weekend then it was always going to be busy!

    The zoo itself …

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  3. Naturally Curly Hair


    I had to post this, I’ve just lost an hour of my life on this website for people with curly hair naurallycurly.com. I’ve got hopelessly curly hair and lots of it so I can see me being a regular visitor to this site. As always, good to …

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  4. Happy International Womens Day


    I know I’ve been a bit quiet this week, new job is keeping me occupied … which its supposed to! I had to pop up and wish you all a Happy International Women’s Day, today 8th March.

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  5. Coldspring Mill


    I haven’t lived in Leeds very long and I’m hearing about new places to go all the time. One of the girls from the “Leeds Knitterati” knitting group that meets in Starbucks in Leeds had told me about Coldspring Mill – its the other side of Bradford and has …

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  6. You don't become a geek


    Today’s quote of the day comes from a reply to the Freshmeat article Geek Chicks

    You don’t become a geek, you discover that you are one
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  7. Civic Life Online


    It looks like the government is catching up with the online world. In the last few months I’ve registered as an organ donor, and petitioned for accessible websites.

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  8. My 2006


    Well, here we are, 2007 and another year has gone. I’m not one for New Year’s Resolutions (I do have a problem with winter blues so January is a rubbish time for that type of thing for me), but there is always a touch of nostalgia when Big …

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  9. Hush Puppies Hysteria


    I warn you now that this article is entirely about shoes.

    I love Hush Puppies. I have several pairs of them and they’ve all been fabulous! They’re pretty, practical (ish, the soles weren’t made for steep streets!), and very very comfortable.

    In the last couple of years …

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  10. Happy Holidays


    Slightly late I know as its the 28th today but just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, if you like to celebrate Christmas, and general good wishes of the season if you don’t.

    Santa was very good to me this year and I got a new watch (its …

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  11. Christmas Holiday To-Do List


    Well, I’ve got almost ten days off from work and there’s a few things I’d like to sort out (in addition to the eating, drinking, being merry and lots of visiting I will also be doing!)

    • The comments box on this site – its tiny!
    • Upgrading Textpattern, disgracefully …
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  12. Meme Tagged


    OK, so I’ve been tagged in a post by dotjay for this meme1. The idea is that you write five thing about yourself that people probably didn’t know, and then tag five other people to do the same.

    So here goes:

    • When I was twelve, I wanted …
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