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My mother just sold my childhood home. Her and her husband moved out yesterday. It sold quickly, within days of being on the market, to one of the first families that looked at it. I haven't lived there for just shy of two years, but it's always been home. I was about seventeen months old when I moved there.… Read more »
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One of the things you come to realise when you move out of your parents' house is how much was done for you. For example, all I had to do was put my washing in a basket and, come the weekend, it would reappear on my bed smelling clean and fresh. Of course having your own place has its own perks too. For one t… Read more »
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Domestic cats, in general, have it made. Almost everything they could desire is provided for them. The humans who look after them—because nobody ever really owns a cat—are only too happy to pamper their feline companions. In return, the cats themselves are happy to treat their humans to a liberal dose of indi… Read more »
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In the mid-1980s, a film was released starting Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie. It was called Labyrinth. In it, Jennifer Connelly's character had to find her way through a massive labyrinth, ruled over by David Bowie's character, in order to rescue her younger brother. The labyrinth was inhabited by all man… Read more »
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If I were writing this blog this time last year, I would probably have been sat at a desk in what was my bedroom in my parents' house. As it is, I'm sat on the couch in my own house trying to figure out how to type fluently on an iPad while a kitten keeps trying to get my attention by nudging my hands with hi… Read more »
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Our house has a new occupant. In the grand scheme of things it has several. It is, after all, a new house and we've only just moved in. But specifically it has a new occupant called Steve. Steve is about nine inches tall when standing up normally, but can reach much higher if he's so inclined, especially if i… Read more »
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A new house brings a new bus journey and with it new scenery and a whole array of new people to be amused or irritated by. Since moving at the end of last month, I've had time to get used to my new routes to and from work. The journey that from my old house required only one bus that conveniently picked me up… Read more »
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So, I've moved house. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Granted, it took a few trips to move everything, but despite all the initial toing and froing, it went rather well. In fact, thus far, the only problem we’ve had is that nobody can find us. We first noticed the issue on the Monday after we move… Read more »
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Ever since I started working about eleven years ago, I've been saving up to buy a house. I didn't save a lot at first. I didn't earn enough for it to be a lot. But it was something. And over the years, as the amount I earned increased, that something got bigger. I was good at saving. I'd monitor interest rate… Read more »