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I update so infrequently that whenever I do, I first have to upgrade WordPress to the latest version. Happens every time! Here a little update with some major things that happened in my life in 2009.
Moving house
Up until February 2009 Andrew and I were living together in one room in a flatshare with two [...]

Yes yes, I know. I am incredibly crap at updating this thing. Sincerest apologies.
In some ways lots has been going on, and in other ways life has been pretty boring. I guess that’s how it always is.
I’m reading the Twilight books by Stephenie Meyer at the moment. Wow.. I am so into it. [...]

Earlier when I was walking to the post-box in my flip flops (not only my flip flops, mind) it struck me that I am actually quite happy. This is quite a huge thing coming from me, ever the depressed pessimist.
Life’s thrown some punches at me and I’ve been good at surviving, but lately I’ve [...]

Someone kick me and make me update already! I’ve been toying with the idea of updating my blog for about a month but I keep putting it off. So voila, an impromptu update with no topic or meaningful content whatsoever!
I just bought a Nintendo DS Lite off ebay, so I’m pretty excited about that! [...]

When I say new, we’ve been living here almost a month already! Time flies. We’re picking up Tikka (the kitten) on Friday. I am so excited, I can’t wait!

Time for an update about My Life™
Yesterday was an exciting yet frustrating day. We had taken the day off work to go IKEA shopping to get some bits and pieces for our new flat. Oh yeah, forgot to mention (although I’ve Twittered about it), we moved to a new flat! It’s gorgeous and spacious [...]

Decision Time. This article published on the BBC News site today is pretty interesting. It is about emotion vs rationality in decision making.
Things that especially resonate with me are:
As Kahneman and Tversky put it: “In human decision-making, losses loom larger than gains.”
Loss aversion is now recognised as an important mental bias, with widespread [...]

I’d just like to share with you this little bit of awesomeness. It is… our breadmaker! Best.kitchen.gadget.ever. Also, if you’re on a budget like us it provides a very cheap alternative to buying bread or prepackaged sandwiches. It tastes great too! The bread, that is, not the breadmaker.

This is just a regular ol’ white [...]

(I have to type really quietly because Andrew (the husb) is still asleep and gets very grumpy when woken up. Good luck to me, because my massive G15 keyboard is anything but quiet)
I have such a love/hate relationship with the internet. On the one hand I love it (I could extol the virtues of the [...]