Why does buying a house take so long! It’s already been 2 weeks since I first saw the house, and over that time I’ve had my offer formerly accepted, I’ve arranged the mortgage, I got all my insurance sorted out, I’ve paid for my survey (going ahead today) and I’ve given all my instructions to [...]

So, anyone want to hear something quite interesting? Well, it may not be interesting to you, but it’s pretty live-changing to me. I am buying a house. I’ve found a house I like, I’ve had an offer accepted, I’ve sorted out my mortgage & insurance, and now what’s left is for a survey to go [...]

In the summer I bought a Nintendo Wii, got a few games, a few more accessories, played on it quite a bit and then forgot all about it. I turned it on the other day and found out that I hadn’t played on it since 12th September 2008, over 3 1/2 months ago. In the [...]