Phyl's Blog

Camels - Jahrah Desert, Kuwait Originally uploaded by QuiteLucid I think I've been living with the politics nerd too long... On Tuesday...

My dad just emailed me this and I thought my fellow Ryanair-haters may be amused by it. Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary arriving at Dublin Airp...

I was looking at flights from Stansted to Denmark on Ryanair just now. The flights were £11.99 each and the luggage charge was £20. That got...

Don't you love medicine instructions? We've all had the cough mixture for four year olds that warns them not to drive or operate ma...

This is really amusing - especially if you aren't Apple's greatest fan.

Have you ever seen a weirder, less natural way of knitting than this???? I am married to a man who thinks this is how you knit! Hahahahaha!...

Here 's a classic, if ever I saw one - just check out that 20 second video. You've got to admire their balls!

Have I mentioned I am getting a bit concerned about my dad's sanity? It started with the train episode which had us all (except dad) in ...

On our second night in Italy we noticed Marcel, Charlotte and I had been mosquitoed whereas Thomas, Pudge and Bits were spotless (literally)...

Isn't today's Google cute? There are some events in history that we all feel bind us together in our humanity (through joy or thr...

I know Anna was born in a big hurry back in 2007 and probably never left my side for the 24 or so hours I was in hospital. I know too that s...

  Lots in our new bedroom Originally uploaded by PhylB This is our bed. There are many things I hate about our bed. The frame is IKEA but t...

If your ears can stand this, it has to be admired for a nerd quality rarely seen!

If you are like me, that is to say in your late 30s or early 40s, you probably grew up with your parents blasting Don Mclean's American...

M-Budget Kitchen Rolls Originally uploaded by iwouldstay Is it a Danish thing, or is it simply a Widmann thing? I am compelled, from cu...

Anyone who knew my old Gramps will see a bit of a family resemblance in this most recent photo of Anna. He often looked a bit like this on N...

Me and my pal Originally uploaded by PhylB I have this dear friend called Carol. I have known her for 18 years and she's one of those ca...

A Sterling ad in Billund airport Originally uploaded by PhylB I wonder if Sterling would have come up with this ad if they'd known they ...

How do you know when you've found your soulmate? Maybe it is when you talk and talk and talk and never run out of words. Maybe it is wh...

If you have never lived abroad, this scenario probably has never occurred to you. Imagine you get posted alone to a foreign country - it nee...