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Author Archives: mim
And a pause for breath.
Two pauses actually: First off, a brief night forgetting this stupid mess by going to celebrate London Restaurant Festival at Gauthier Soho, stuffing my face on this menu then staying with a friend. Sure, we stayed because technically we had … Continue reading
Where am I?
I think one of the hardest things so far is that moment just before you properly wake up. I’ve had it twice now: Oooh, warm. Comfy. What shall I do today? Maybe I’ll wear my denim skirt and my blue … Continue reading
The BIG Wednesday evening…
…started off as happily boringly as any other evening. I’d been out to meet up with colleagues to celebrate a birthday and Stuart had stayed at home to shoot things (hey, he’s got enough kills now to earn a thermal … Continue reading
Let’s start at the beginning
Back in 2008, we’d been trying to sell NorthHouse for months. Living in a shared house was OK (and cheap) but we needed to start getting on with our Southern life. A friend recommended his area – it was cheap, … Continue reading
Getting it off my chest
This week has been extraordinary. I don’t think I’ve ever had a week like it before, and I hope to never have a week like it again. I think the closest I’ve had before was the Manchester IRA bomb, where … Continue reading
EPiC fail
This is getting beyond a joke now. After weeks of not hearing anything from my estate agent, I went and had a look at my house on Rightmove to see if our new pictures had been put up as promised. … Continue reading
ProjectMim – again
A few years ago, I looked at how unspeakably lardy I’d become and resolved to do something about it. What was going to be difficult at 30 was going to be far harder at 40 and impossible at 50, so … Continue reading
The best supermarket cheese
Although we love going to Borough for really rather wonderful cheese, it’s not an every day thing, especially when you consider just how expensive it can get. But I reckon we’ve come up with an alternative that’s every bit as … Continue reading
Darnit
So I worked out what the underlying issue was that was preventing me uploading images, and so all my historical stuff is fixed. And then, in a fit of being clever, I added a broken link checker. All _my_ links … Continue reading
Itchy Feet
We’ve had our house on the market for 2.5 years now, and sold it twice, and yet we’re still not out of there. It’s getting really hard to have ties in two cities, and we just want to move on … Continue reading