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Session 71 - My New Car


30th June 2006
So Wednesday night Alex, Dave, Christine and I are sat in the Garden Room having yet another bottle of wine before we go down the pub again for our tea. Fortunately the new cooker is still not working so Christine can’t cook anything yet. Joe and Amber… more »
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Session 70 - The Arrival


28th June 2006
So this is it. Alex, David and Joe and Amber the grandchildren arrive today. We have had this day as the deadline for our project to complete the refurbishment and re-decoration of the cottage following the major changes completed over the winter. When w… more »
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Session 69 - An Alternative World Cup


23rd June 2006
Being retired, even with all the work going on in the house has given me plenty of time to see a lot of the world cup. For the Bahamian readers that's a soccer tournament that the rest of the world is watching. I have noticed that the cameramen are conc… more »
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Session 68 - The Kitchen Continues


23rd June 2006
The stress! I can’t cope! I‘ve seen retired people, they walk down the village for the morning paper in their slippers, they watch Fern and Lorraine and Richard and Judy every day and even have time to go down the garden centre and share a scone in the c… more »
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Session 67 - De-Cluttering


21st June 2006
One of my aims when I retired was to de-clutter the house. To get rid of all the things we don’t use anymore, drastically reduce the number of 'House Makeover' and 'Garden' magazines lying around the place and to organise the bill paying procedures by in… more »
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