Newbie swap: Pick 3 items, originally uploaded by Jennifer Young. I received my first swap today – all the way from Tasmania! The package was great, lots of stickers, a cute bookmark and notepad. I’ve sent three swaps off to my partners around the world. I hope they like them.
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Hooray, almost the end of my first day being 30. I had lots of presents including a nice new Orla Kiely handbag and necklace. I had lunch with my workmates and saw Spamalot this evening. Exhausting but lovely.
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literally and figuratively as today is the last day of my second decade. I was fortunate to take a trip on the Piccadilly Line to Cockfosters for the first time. I was on a course at the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture which has a fab museum display and shop!
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Spent a lovely weekend staying local for a change. We spent Saturday visiting Crouch End and watching Shaun of the Dead – the two go really well together! And today we visited our local farmers market and garden centre in the grounds of Ally Pally. We have stocked up on tools for tackling the garden but are hoping our poor rotten tree will come down of its own accord in the windy weather we’re having at the moment. Otherwise my poor boyfriend will have to learn how to pull it down before it falls and destroys our brand new fence.…
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A late night after too many pints at the Prince Albert, Notting Hell. Thank god it’s friday.
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My mum!, originally uploaded by Jennifer Young. Spent the last few days with my lovely mum. We made a huge curtain for the lounge – we used 16 metres of a beautiful rich red fabric we bought at John Lewis. The lounge looks great, lots of reds – in the rug, fireplace tiles and other bits and pieces.
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We’ve had a busy few days; watched Keane play at Wembley, my sister visited, saw the Kylie exhibition at the V&A and caught up with some old school friends. Today we braved Brent Cross and spent over 4 hours shopping for curtain fabric! Weekends should be as long as weeks!
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and I’m sure I’m not the only one. I recently rejoined the Barbican library as it’s close to work and I’m fed up with buying books. Today I picked up Alan Bennett’s Four Stories. I’ve already read the last story about the woman who lived in his front garden. I wish I’d discovered him earlier.
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We have now been in our new house a whole month. We under-estimated just how many trips we’d make to B&Q and the list of jobs done is keeping up with the list of things to be done. The back door has been replaced, the bath re-sealed, exterior lights fitted at the front and back, the garden fence replaced and half a tree cut down. We have paid for the pleasure of visits from the boiler man, shower man and gardener. The boiler was condemned, the shower was basically condemned, and the gardener pissed behind the shed when he thought…