9th Oct ‘26
Hi both, Hope you have great plans for the upcoming half term. I only have two weeks left till my holiday in Bilbao. Cannot wait! First proper break since Hamburg last summer. Love you both, Dad 😘
2nd Oct ‘26
Kaput today as it’s been a week of getting final sign offs for my programme to start running properly. Also first weekend me and Kerstin have been on the same island for a while so looking forward to that. Happy birthday Monday Charlotte!! Love and miss you so much. Have an excellent time and buy something nice for yourself with your gift card. Love you both, Dad
25 Sep ‘26
Hi both, Had a few days off and was really thankful for it. Nothing to much happening. Main thing trying to eat right and move right, and get back into the swing of all of that. Charlotte - your card and voucher are in the post 😊 Love you both, Dad
11 Sept ‘26
Hi both, So the work-a-thon has finished and I have a few days off next week to basically catch up on a whole bunch of stuff. It’s day 5 and 6 off of leave since mid January, so think I deserve it 😂. Also off on several geeking adventures over the next few weeks as Kerstin is on holiday with her best friend for several weeks. Haven’t done lots of day events this year so that will be good. Love you both, Dad
4 Sept ‘26
Hi both, Quiet bank holiday into a pretty stressful week at work. So not many words this week. Did see a concert on Wednesday though. Snippet below. Love you both, Dad
28 Aug ‘26
Hi both, Busy period at work again, but good busy. Also looking forward to the bank holiday. Deliberately staying in and resting as I have a busy few months with work, good stuff with Kerstin and a whole bunch of geekery. Hope the return to school next week isn’t too hard of a bump. Love you both, Dad
19th Aug ‘26
Hi both, Hope you are enjoying the summer holidays. For me it’s been so far… going to see Jesus Christ Superstar. Seeing the Flaming Lips play at the most middle class gig I have ever been to. Gig was great though, see photo below of the lead singer (whose nearly 70) rolling around in a baloon. Lots of art galleries, mostly surreal/impressionist, but some great art from around the world based on sins and moons. Hope to get some of them for my walls soon. Going to ikea and get
24 July ‘26
Hi both, Went to see the “oh sees” this week, and seeing the “flaming lips” tomorrow. So a rather gigging week it is. Also now have a rolling contract at work (woo!) . That’s the first time I haven’t had to job hunt for nearly two years, so such a great feeling. Now just need to book a holiday somewhere… cheap after all of the spending the past few months 😫. Love you both, Dad x
17 July ‘26
Hi Both, You made it! The end of another year at school. Hope you both have suitable end of year celebrations planned. Main news for me is that all the paperwork has now been agreed for me to be on a fixed term contract at work. Sense of relief for me, and completes a year and a half of trying to find a settled, and good job. Glad I got there 😂. Love you both, Dad x
10th July ‘26
Hi both, Nothing much to say apart from being made permanent at work 🎉 Love you both, Dad
6th July ‘26
Hi both, So ended up yesterday going to a great exhibition about how the future could look. Really though provoking on how we will have to adapt to the damage we have done to the planet. Love you both, and hope it’s not too long a slog now till the end of term, Dad x
26th June ‘26
Hi both, Most of the week has been furniture and rugs. And that’s the last bits of household spending I am doing for a while lol. Heat has been amazing, but must admit a bit oppressive by 4pm. Hope you enjoyed your time out of school if they closed for the heat. Josh - hope you have now worked out your options for GCSE. Fingers crossed you have drama there. Love you both, Dad x
19th June ‘26
Hi both, So glad it’s now officially sunny. The cold and rain can officially go away for a long while lol. Most of this week has been furniture hunting. Now onto rug hunting next few weeks. Fun life of an adult …. Hope the count down to summer holidays is going well for you. Love you both, Dad x
8th June ‘26
Most of the week and the weekend to achieve this. Will be great once new flooring is down this week though.
22nd May ‘26
Hi both. Last day before leave. I’m wiped 😂 Won’t be going anywhere, but catching up with people as Kerstin is away as well. But deliberately not a lot happening! Love you both, Dad
15 March ‘26
Hi both, So Hamburg was great, but made me realise I needed more time off than a long weekend lol. So week after next I am going to be off for a week. First time in nearly ten months so going to do a lot of sitting and a lot of doing nothing lol. Love you both, Dad x
7th May 2026
Hi both, Off to Hamburg tomorrow for a long weekend. It’s Kerstin’s friends 50th. Nice to have a bit of a break and walk around Hamburg in between social bits. Looking forward to it. Just one day to get through! Love you both x
1st May 2026
Hi both, Super short as I have a whole load to do before the bank holiday. So just a cringey meme x Love you both, Dad
24th April ‘26
Hi both, So this week has been quite a bit of sorting two things I should have done ages ago. Car and rest of my flooring. My car is about to go, so found a pretty cheap to run car to switch to. Will be quite a bit of cost for the next three years, but more manageable then previous ways. Not the car I actually want, but it will do 😉 Then flooring. This is a huge pain as it means moving everything out of the bedroom and my rammed study. But getting rid of the last bit of mank