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If you are like us you will have a garage – or garden shed – with shelves stacked with lots of old paint tins containing all manner of liquids, nails, screws, etc. Men tend to collect them over the years. Rather than just pouring things into an old paint tin as most of us tend to do, there’s the option of using a stainless steel drum these days which can be stored more effectively.

Obviously they will come in all kinds of sizes and are usually designed for industrial use but there’s an interesting amount of industrial chemicals in most of our homes these days. Some of those things will simply eat through your normal paint tins as some people have found to their detriment.

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My sons are reaching milestones left right and centre at the moment. My youngest has come to the end of his very first school year, my second youngest has spent his first year in an english-speaking school (long story…) and has seen his reading and writing skills improve 200%. My teenager has just completed his first GCSE year and is looking forward to year 12 in September. That means…the formal dinner dance sometime around May next year.

I have already set aside a ‘kitty’ for that special occasion. I intend to buy him the whole shebang…formal suit – I am not sure about the mens ties so have to see what young men wear with a suit these days – and a sharp pair of shoes for him of course. You can ask yourself if it is better to hire a suit or should you splash out and buy a good one, all depends on whether your teen has completed his growing. My son is 6ft 2″ and I’d say at 17 he is just about done as far as height is concerned so the suit I buy just may do him for other occasions over the next few years. The worry is they might have a final growth spurt and your expensive suit is rendered useless. Anyway, this is special occasion for him and only the best will do

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We have decided to renovate the entire property we live in. That includes the house as well as the front and back gardens but we are taking things one at a time for now. We started by doing things from top to bottom – we have just finished having the roof re-pointed and re-tiled so that it does not leak.

Now we are tackling the bathroom and then it will be the living room. We spend a lot of time as a family in the living room and we need new accessories such as tv stands and tables and chairs. New carpets as well although I am considering having the floors tiled and paved rather than covered with carpeting.

Having lived in France I like the Med look…

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