Strands #660 “Br-r-r-r-r!” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵🔵

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Today, I have been mainly painting magnolia walls and turning them white. Words cannot describe how much I detest magnolia. I have also spent over 700 pounds on household appliances. Tomorrow, I expect to spend many more hundreds of pounds on furniture and carpets. Moving house is expensive.

Connections Puzzle #925 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Strands #659 “Pass it along” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

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Public Service Announcement:

Took my kids to see my new home. They responded exactly how I hoped. Rang my mate, who has been my landlord for the last 11 years or so. He responded exactly how I hoped. Now the small matter of actually moving house.

Connections Puzzle #923 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨

Strands #657 “All the trimmings” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵

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Connections Puzzle #922 🟩🟨🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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It is now 100%. I am a (mortgaged) homeowner. Aiming to move in before New Year. The holidays will be mainly painting, flat packs and IKEA hotdogs. Fortunately, the new home is in a lovely spot.

The GOAT.

Bidibidibidi what a guy! 💔

Don’t be fooled. This isn’t a family of crime fighters. It’s a family with a slave-catcher mindset, and they made a money move.

Solicitor emailed me to say we have exchanged contracts. Tomorrow, we will complete. It is not 100% complete, but this guy is back in the game.

Connections Puzzle #920 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟦🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Strands #654 “Out of line” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵

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Just seen #TheAshes starts again tonight. Looking forward to seeing England being 6 down for 78 when I wake up at 5.30am.

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Strands #653 “Let me count the ways” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵

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—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter —Infanta? —No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly

Puzzle #918 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟦🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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Connections Puzzle #917 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟪🟩🟪 🟩🟦🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Strands #651 “Pricy pairing” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

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Just finished marking my Year 10 assessments. Their first time in the big hall. Increased stress/unfamiliar environs. A bit lower in terms of performance, but not by much. Student who got 59/60 last time went 1 mark better. Absolutely incredible. Her little sister (Y8) might be even better.

Connections Puzzle #915 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟩🟦🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟦🟦🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Strands #649 “Shakespearean titles” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵

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The struggle is really today. No #SuperSaturdayMathsClub tomorrow though, so the opportunity for a bit of a lie in. Five periods to get through first.

Why is it only Thursday? WHY!? 6 more get ups.

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Left work at 3pm and went to see, what will hopefully become, my new home. Not been there since August. Happy to report that it was intact and I can see myself being there for many years to come. Please let the solicitors do their work.

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

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Dazzle Ships in Drydock, Liverpool, 1919, painting by Edward Wadsworth. Dazzle camouflage was created in WW1 to protect British ships from German artillery, making it difficult to estimate speed and direction. Wadsworth supervised design of camouflage patterns. #NorthernArt

Strands #645 “Grammatically speaking” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵

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Strands #644 “You're styling!” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵

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Last #SuperSaturdayMathsClub of 2025. Let's see how many students turn up. But first, a bacon sarnie and a coffee.