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The time has come for me to sell my lovely flat on Chillingham Road in the desirable Heaton area of Newcastle.
Property particulars are as follows:

* Well appointed 2-bed, ground floor Tyneside flat

* Property comprises: Large front bedroom, back bedroom, lounge, kitchen, bathroom, front garden, shared yard to rear.

* Gas central heating

* Partial double glazing

* Sanded floors in hall, bedrooms and lounge

* No upwards chain

* Great transport links (bus and Metro very nearby); lots of shops...

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I was idly surfing the internet when I came across CartoonChurch.com and this cartoon seemed pretty appropriate:



And having looked at the internet, I think now I'll go and have a nice cup of tea!
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Now that my hamster has died, it's difficult to know what to do with all the shredded paper I acquire when I order card materials. I suppose there's always this:



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It's not every day that the press turn up at your WI meeting, but that's what happened to us last week. They seemed very interested in the idea of a WI that's aimed more at 'younger' women and shuns the usual jam-making for something a little bit more exciting like burlesque and drumming!

The piece was featured in the Journal this week, and I was quite surprised to see myself on the front cover! Check out my media page to see the coverage, and if you're a young(ish) woman in the Newcastle area...
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Today I wanted to unsubscribe from a Confused.com e-mail. I clicked the link to unsubscribe and was asked for my password. Naturally, as I didn’t even remember signing up for Confused.com e-mails, there was no chance I would remember my password. SO.... I had to enter my e-mail address so that they could send me an e-mail with my password that I needed to get them to stop sending me e-mails. Confused.com? You bet!

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On the way back from holiday in Italy, my friend Abby and I decided to pop into the World Snooker Championships in Sheffield. We had booked tickets for the morning session online a while ago and had perfectly decent seats towards the back of the theatre. However, we’d also managed to get returned tickets for the afternoon which we picked up when we got there. Much to our surprise we discovered we were on the FRONT ROW! We were so near the players that I could have reached out and poked them...

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