Man lifts heavy things with beard! http://www.housewareslive.net/news/news.asp?id=5509

Rhod Gilbert confirmed as compere for this year's awards http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12143

ENVIRONMENTAL BUILDING: Greenworks offer installer training on renewables http://www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net/news/news.asp?id=5887

Edie easter egg hunt now online! Have a go, it's tricky! http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=16077 (scroll down)

Back in Havant this weekend for Mothers' day :) Have made my own truffles for mum, she better be impressed.

Yay the bowls I got for my birthday have won an award! http://www.housewareslive.net/news/news.asp?id=5503 THEY'RE SO PRETTY I LOVE THEM :)

Latest on Get Britain Building Campaign: http://www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net/news/news.asp?id=5888

Edie+ is free for just 2 more weeks: http://www.edie.net/library/ Check it out while you can!

Impressed that the guy on the right has waxed his chest AND one eyebrow! http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12117 he looks silly though

www. housewareslive.net newsletter has gone out. The sky is blue. The sun is shining.

Advert gets 1000 compaints from men http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12114
(You're only making yourselves look more wussy guys!)

B&Q doing cheap loft insulation again http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12110
+weird gimmik: live in coldhome rd and get it for free!

Plasplugs officially in administration! http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12107

DIYweek.net's Totally tools review newsletter has gone out! If you missed it you can read the stories on the homepage http://www.diyweek.net

#environment - edie restricted articles free to access all month http://www.edie.net/library/index.asp?channel=0

Actually, I've bought loads of cooking stuff this year http://www.housewareslive.net/news/news.asp?id=5490 it seems I'm the only one.

New jobs offered for Plasplugs employees: http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12090

Am making a mad hare that does cartwheels for www.edie.net - happy days

Oooh I just won tickets to this show! http://www.bharatitheshow.com and I never win stuff! Thanks totallytheatre.com!

Stop violence towards women. http://blog.protectthehuman.com/each-year-around-1-in-10-women-in-britain-experience-rape-or-other-violence/

SO ISA will now be gaining NOTHING http://www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net/news/news.asp?id=5855 Shall go spend the whole thing on shoes.

Think we should just get on with our lives, it's what woolly and worth would have wanted. http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12081

Woolies rears it's ugly head again to a world that isn't that bothered

Am I the only one who just isn't that bothered about Woolworths? I can't say it's left a massive gaping hole in my life and yet people just keep trying to resurrect it.

At first it was just a ghost in the machine, coming back as an online retailer http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=11986 I consider this ironic as I suspect one of the reasons Woolworths bit the dust is their failure to move with the times: they failed to go online early enough. With a reputation for selling CDs they could have started an download store etc on their website. Anyway they failed to ask my opinion at the time.

Then reports begin that some of the ex-employees of Woolworths have become so institutionalised that they just cant cope and are raising the cash to keep their store going as Wellworths. http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12027 That's one way to avoid the scary world of job centres and sending out CVs to poundland.

But now, scarier still, 3 former Woolworths bosses are starting again. "We want to create a better version of the old Woolies...We could have 300 sites in three year's time if things work out." Because even though they ballsed it up last time they are pretty sure they know where they went wrong. Basically they can't imagine what life would be like if they were not running Woolworths. They are just going to keep flogging that dead horse until they are ABSOLUTELY sure it will never get up again. Their first priority in starting up their 'new' business? Apparently "looking for a name as close to the original retail chain as possible." It worked for Gandalf after all.

Please people, stop the madness. If it ain't broke don't fix it, and if it's clearly beyond repair move on with your lives. It's what Woolly and Worth would have wanted.

Like a vampire clawing its way out of the coffin Woolworths just keeps coming back! http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12081 300 stores!

Weird: at 16 you can marry but can't buy yourself a knife to make your husband nice dinner. http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12078

The plasplugs mystery continues! http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12067

Grr 'I didn't know I was being tested' = not an excuse for breaking the law! http://www.housewareslive.net/news/news.asp?id=5478

Heads up for Havant Lit Fest book fair, this year will be oct 3rd: http://www.havantlitfest.hampshire.org.uk (book dealers please contact Nancy)

Waterford Wedgwood sold! http://www.housewareslive.net/news/news.asp?id=5473 Thank god that drama is over, think I need a cigarette!

I want to visit Jamie Oliver's cool new shop place! http://www.housewareslive.net/news/news.asp?id=5470 Love him a little bit...

...though am I the only one who hates these digital edition things? http://publishing.yudu.com/A14jfb/ACRJan09/ Congrats to all the winners!

Hurrah have pretty video of ACR-News awards to put on homepage! http://www.acr-news.com/

More people have been arrested over the alleged £1m fraud at Jewsons: http://www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net/news/news.asp?id=5832 it just keeps going!

David Cameron's son dies

Sad news about David Cameron's son http://tinyurl.com/cfbylx Although I don't like David Cameron I feel sad for him and his family.

Sad news about David Cameron's son http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/25/ivan-cameron (though I dislike DC, I feel bad for him.)

Hurrah, got the Get Britain Building video online now! http://www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net/news/news.asp?id=5825 + latest on 2020 Group

JOBS: Trago Mills are looking for a Group Buyer, Cornwall, Excellent Salary: http://www.diyweek.net/jobs/view_job.asp?id=29333

Also on DIYWeek today: Garden furniture firm has to shell out for empolyee who chopped his finger off http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12050

George Bush turns down job at DIY store? http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12049
It's not like he is over-qualified...

Won't be drinking from a water fountain again for a while, apparently they contain E.coli! http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12047

highlights of HW newsletter: Denby sold in deal worth £30m http://www.housewareslive.net/news/news.asp?id=5459 , Jamie Oliver switches teams http://www.housewareslive.net/news/news.asp?id=5455

Very lonely in the office today. http://www.housewareslive.net newsletter has gone out already though- go team!

Being taken out to a dinner date tonight in a secret London location! If I don't post again in a while, come find me...

Oh god, yet MORE people who for some reason think the world needs Woolworths! http://www.housewareslive.net/news/news.asp?id=5458 FFS!

Oooh insulation price war kicking off! http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12018

GLEE is getting smaller: http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12037
So everyone will be up close and personal this year!

Good news for Farmers Union members: http://www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net/news/news.asp?id=5816 Yay for supporting British Farmers!

Just sent out the http://BuildersMerchantsJournal.net newsletter all by myself! With great power comes great responsibility :)

Topps tiles in trouble: http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12033 but Woolworths goes from strength to strength! http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12027

Gordon Brown trying to save Staffordshire Waterford Wedgwood jobs http://www.housewareslive.net/news/news.asp?id=5452 LOVE this picture!

Go Marks and Sparks! Going all renewable with your energy can't be easy in a recession http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12028

Really enjoyed the Pitmen Painters at the National last night - if you can get tickets, go: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/pitmen

Could be good news for ex-woolies employees... http://www.housewareslive.net/news/news.asp?id=5445

Blimey, no-one ever spent £48 on me on Valentines day! http://www.housewareslive.net//news/news.asp?id=5443 Still, good news I suppose.

Now Makro are closing stores: http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12013
dropping like flies, soon the only shop left will be Tesco!

B&Q are selling loft insulation at a daft price of £1! http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12015
Almost wish I had a loft to insulate...

Let's Get Britain Building people! Please support this campaign: http://www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net/news/news.asp?id=5808

Snow-crazed Stoat goes berserk! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7875271.stm?lss
(Laughed out loud at work.)

Homebase pocketing the difference on the VAT cuts: http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12010
Bad form! :)

Celeb chefs close restaurants: http://www.housewareslive.net/news/news.asp?id=5432 (Sad about Jean Christophe, I love him!)

Went to Heston Blumenthal's Popham little chef at the weekend - loved it! Very tasty food!

Spring fair survey results! http://www.housewareslive.net/news/news.asp?id=5431
Love those cups quite a lot :)

Just rated my friends and boss on edie live as one star! http://live.edie.net Hope they will forget by Monday...

Bought my little sis chocolate ants for her birthday, now she doesn't want to eat them! Another wasted purchase...

Anyone not make it to spring fair?
http://www.housewareslive.net/news/news.asp?id=5426

Building Supplies R Us have been bought http://www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net/news/news.asp?id=5798

Building Supplies R Us have been bought: www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net/news/news.asp?id=5798

Sorry, 3 AND A HALF hours.

Highly suprising increase on shovel buying

B&Q reported sales of shovels were up 450% this week on last as the country battled against snow and ice.

http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=11983

DIYWeek - Sales of shovels boom as snow hits

B&Q reported sales of shovels were up 450% this week on last as the country battled against snow and ice.


http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=11983