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In which I try Zumba 7 Mar 2013 | 04:01 am
OK, so Zumba may not be the most obvious form of exercise for someone who is uncoordinated, can’t dance, bumps into things and has no musical sense whatsoever. Imagined as a Venn diagram, there is my ...
Moonwalk – bras, blisters and a brilliant time 27 May 2012 | 02:22 am
Long time no blog (have been prioritising actual paid work) but I’ve been meaning to say, if you want to know how all that walking went, I’ve done a report on our fundraising page: http://www.walkthe...
London Walks 23 Feb 2012 | 01:41 pm
According to my London MoonWalk training pack, this is now officially Week 1 of the training schedule. I’ve got until 12 May to get fit enough to walk 26.2 miles across London, at night, in a bra*, to...
The Tea Box 10 Feb 2012 | 07:24 am
In the UK we drink 2.3kg of tea per person per year (source: Euromonitor), with homeworkers drinking twice that (source: totally made up, but quite possibly true). The UK Tea Council‘s website has, a...
Living la vida local 7 Feb 2012 | 07:14 am
This hyperlocal thing is getting out of hand. In fact, I’m thinking of starting a competition to see who can go the longest without leaving their own neighbourhood*. [*And maybe a secondary competiti...
Something for the weekend – Crystal Palace 27 Jan 2012 | 11:40 pm
Like most of my so-called ‘training walks (did I mention I’m doing the Moonwalk in May?), this one involved a 50 minute all-out brisk walk, followed by a less-brisk browse around an interesting area I...
Back to work day for homeworkers 5 Jan 2012 | 02:50 am
Tree shredded. Cards recycled. Kids back to school. Partner back to office. Heating off. Jumpers on. Glasses on. Computer on. Wash on. Coffee drunk. Twitter checked. Facebook checked. Emails checked, ...
12 Resolutions for 2012 1 Jan 2012 | 08:21 am
Without knowing how things are going to pan out on the work/money front in the next year, here’s my not-very-taxing list of achievable resolutions for 2012. And the probability of my actually doing an...
11 days to go – It’s the Festive Countdown 14 Dec 2011 | 01:54 pm
It’s T minus 11, so how are your xmas preparations going? Here’s mine, in rough order of priority: 1 mince pies This is a bit of Christmas I like to start early. In fact I had my first 2011 mince pi...
Dear 2011… 7 Dec 2011 | 02:46 am
Dear 2011, I am writing to tell you that I am over you. I’ve spent the past month since you unceremoniously dumped me working through my feelings about you. Not that you told me we were over until I...
