Monthly Archives: January 2009

A Few Thoughts On Being Back In England

After 2 weeks in the UK, we've "enjoyed" a blocked & leaking toilet (you don't want to know what Jonathan had to deal with), a raft of unexpected big bills, the coldest weather we've experienced for the past 2 years and a bit more in between. Once we'd found out about the baby and realised that ...

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How I Hired Staff Writers For The Location Independent Blog

I've had a couple of questions via both Twitter and email about the process I used to find the new writers I've just introduced on the Location Independent blog so I thought I'd share the information here rather than have to write it out multiple times. Firstly, this is not the first time I've experimented ...

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Happy 60th Birthday, Whail!

We usually make one in the sand on the beach. Seeing as we're no longer by a beach, getting creative with clothes on our bedroom floor seemed like a good substitute :) Hope you have a great day & enjoy your meal at Baan Rim Pa. ...

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Going Backwards To Move Forwards

We're now back in the UK. Everything was going smoothly having moved back into our rental house on Friday, until disaster struck late last night...All at once water started pouring through the smoke alarm in the kitchen, triggering both alarms in the house. We hot-footed it out of there back to my stepdad's house and have ...

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Goodbye World, Hello England!

That's right, we're moving back to the UK. Due to a combination of factors, we ultimately decided that having the baby in the UK was the sensible and responsible thing to do so we're moving back there. This week. Fortunately, it's only temporary - at least until we have the munchkin and feel ready to start ...

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