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Why is there a bomb on my sat nav?

News this week has been very sad, yet our American leader had little to say. USA news includes yet more ravings from Tango man and also...

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Mar 18, 20196 min read

WW was good this week and I’m excited about losing 10lb, but also fed up that I’ve got a way to go. When you’ve decided to get on and...

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Mar 13, 20197 min read

When we imagined our life on the outskirts of LA we thought the biggest issue would be the heat , running out of sun tan lotion and...

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Mar 4, 20198 min read

It has been a busy week here, so sorry for the delay in writing my blog lovely readers. Mark and I drove to Calabasas (the home of the...

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Feb 27, 20198 min read

My thoughts this week on menus, adverts and news articles from TV: Mac n' cheese obsession - loads of adverts and on so many menus....

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Feb 19, 20197 min read

Watching TV in bed at around 10.30pm and I heard weird noises that I assumed were coming from the TV. I turned the volume down and heard...

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Feb 11, 20197 min read

We went into LA via Uber which at 5.30 is the only sane way to deal with the traffic for a 7pm start of the LA Lakers versus the Clippers...

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Feb 4, 20195 min read

Sunday involved Mark and I travelling into North Hollywood to a tour bought for us by our lovely Max and Dani. It was called the Dearly...

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Jan 31, 20196 min read

We've found a brilliant radio station to listen to when we are in a five lane traffic jam. Its the Beatles channel. They not only play...

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Jan 26, 20194 min read

We travelled to Malibu on Martin Luther King Day and went to a wonderful meal at Dukes which is an Hawaiian theme. It was so lovely as we...

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Jan 24, 20192 min read

So, I have just set this up, so I will write a few things from week one. Mark and I drove to the house from LAX in the dark with Lulu in...

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Jan 24, 20193 min read

January 2nd 2019, our world was packed up and packed off to the USA. I woke the next morning to hear the news saying that a container had...

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Jan 23, 20192 min read