There is a long post brewing but I haven't had a chance to commit it to (electronic) paper yet. In the meantime publishing has never been easier with Google Docs. As demonstrated by the current Baby Sweepstake.

The house is slowly taking shape. In between nights out (lads poker night, girls night on the town) and rugby games we made a concerted effort to sort out the bedroom. This mainly involved a Trinny and Susannah sorting of all our clothes with ruthless binning and recycling policies and …

Tyres are very expensive. I've been searching for some new ones (225/452R17 91W) and so far the best price I've managed is around ?70 for a make called "Barum" which I've never heard of. Most of the name brands come in at around ?120 per tyre. Last time I …

My house has become Our house again as Fliss has moved in with me in Manchester.

The move itself went quite well although having to get up at 6.30am so we could load the TV into the van and leave before being parked in the bus lane incurred a …

The results of the weekend have left an interesting quarter final line-up. This of course means the Australia vs England match is right at the time we hopefully arrive in Manchester with a van full of Fliss' stuff for her move North. If we get unpacked fast enough we may …