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Ten years ago, Emma and I were exchanging daily emails that led up to our first date. During that time the subject lines were every bit as important part as the emails themselves. It’s fun just to read them back…
Continue readingFriday. Eschewing my bicycle for the first time in three week’s today, Emma collected me from work this afternoon and we went into Oxford, first to wander and potter and buy too many books†, and then to enjoy a belated…
Continue readingI’ve never received the quintestential anonymous Valentine’s Day card. Indeed I’ve only ever received two cards that have not have been from wife – and they were from my fiancé before she was my wife. Growing up, and beyond into…
Continue readingSo finally the day had come, and for me, months of planning finally came to fruition. I woke emej up to the 20 minute complilation of messages from her friends and family and the 3 hours of music that they…
Continue readingOn Saturday 21 April 2007 I met Emma fro the first time. I was one week from redundancy and being replaced by a machine at Blackwells (now Wiley) and we had been emailing, on a daily basis. Five years ago…
Continue readingThis morning was Emma’s birthday and I got up to organise a nice relaxing breakfast at the dining table with her presents and cards all laid out for her. She was suitably delighted and impressed with the giant Hello Kitty…
Continue reading~ Got up early today, especially to have time to ice two birthday cakes and marzipan the Christmas cake, and then had more time than I thought because, having successful iced the two birthday cakes I remembered, after looking for…
Continue readingYesterday was the best day of my life, by far. This weekend has been the best weekend. At about quarter past two Phil The Photographer called upon me for pre-wedding photos. After the lowering cloud and horzontal rain of yesterday,…
Continue readingEmma just phoned. She’s been offered the nurses job at Bicester Vets! This is fantastic news!! 😀
Continue readingToday is the Emma’s and my one year anniversary†. One year ago today, I cycled into Bicester for our first date in Pizza Express, and she saw my blue eyes as they whizzed past. Who’d have thought that one year…
Continue readingToday, it was brought home to us, how completely and utterly unlike last April this April is. Last year, at this time we were bathing in gorgeous and warm sunny weather and the bluebells were already out. I know this…
Continue readingIt is a year to the day that Em first ‘winked’ at me â that curious thing that you do on match.com to let someone you know that you are interested in them. Gorgeous and sunny and spring-like, I collected…
Continue reading1. commented today that it has been almost a whole month since I last posted. If you are reading this, you will by now know that my threat of mega-spamming my friend’s friends pages has come true.† 2. I have…
Continue readingAs I begin my sixth year of writing here, it seems that I should start on this day with something a bit different. Today I sent and received my first valentine card. 🙂 I left work promptly to get home…
Continue reading1. Got home this evening and switched on the laptop. Hard disc error: no bootable drives. I try repeatedly, on and off, on and off. Eventually leave it and sort out Bella and Arthurâs feeding for the weekend with Kathy…
Continue readingThis morning, Emma and I got up and set off from hers in time for lunch at my mum and dad’s. We had a delicious rice and cheesy bake, before taking Barney for a little, local walk before returning back…
Continue readingThis weekend is the six month anniversary of Emma and mine’s first date. She arrived at my house on Friday afternoon and was waiting for me, making use of my wireless broadband connection. It was not quite a repeat of…
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