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Day 18: A good night's sleep.

When I sleep really well and don't wake up until after 6am. Instead of hours and hours of boring night lying in front of me, the night's almost over.

I didn't do that last night. I struggled to sleep at all last night. :o(

Day 15: Silent clocks.

Also known as tickless clocks, which makes it sound like someone took the tick out as opposed to the clock never having a tick in the first place.

I like knowing the time but I hate hearing clocks tick. I especially dislike hearing clocks tick when I'm trying to sleep. I also especially dislike hearing a number of clocks tick at the same time.

So it was an absolute pleasure to discover you can buy traditional looking clocks that are completely silent.

Oddly enough, my Grandad felt the same way about clocks. He couldn't abide hearing a clock tick when he was trying to sleep either.

Day 13: History

I love history! I love reading about people's lives in different times. How they survived, what kinds of jobs they could have, the food they ate, the clothes they wore. It's absolutely fascinating.

My favourite time periods are Tudor times, the Regency, Victorian times, and 1910s-1940s.

Day 11: Georgette Heyer's books.

I'd say 'historical romance' but I've never found any historical romances that compare to GH at her best. She was amazing.

Her characters are real, flawed human beings who you can't help but love. If you haven't read any, but you like historical romance, give them a go. I recommend The Talisman Ring or The Toll-Gate for adventure.

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Day 9: Video games

I love playing video games! My first -

Daisy interrupted this post to let me know there are - apparently - monsters down the side of the armchair cushion. I tried to help but that (again, apparently) caused the monsters to jump on my hand. Daisy chased them (and me) off and went back to routing them out from the side of the cushion. Now she's finished, Daisy's eaten some biscuits and gone outside to play in the wind.

Where was I? Oh yeah. My first experience of video games was the ubiquitous Space Invaders game followed by Pac-Man played on those huge machines. And I was absolutely terrible at them.

Then, some time later, I tried Sonic on a friend's Sega Master System, followed by Alex Kidd, and I was hooked. Then, I tried the Sega Mega Drive. It's still my favourite game system. I play video games on my pc and my Kindle but they don't compare to the sheer elation and thrill of the Mega Drive games. They were brilliant. Maybe it's nostalgia coupled with a time in my life when I was able-bodied and more in control of everything around me but I've never found anything that matches.

That's not to say I haven't played some excellent games on my pc. The Dark Parable series are excellent story based games while the Jewel Quest match 3 games are fun to puzzle my way through. I've got some puzzle games (like Elven Mists 2) I play over and over. I really do enjoy video games.

Day 8: Tracing my family tree.

It's puzzling, confusing, frustratng, and addictive. The sense of achievement when you finally find a relative's birthdate or figure out another maiden name is immense.

I find myself getting very fond of my relatives and talking to them through the computer. It also extra nice that I've managed to copy a number of relatives' pictures. When my mum's parents moved back from Germany* the container which had all their photos in was dropped into the sea, so we don't have many pictures from before the early 60s.

*My Grandad worked as a civilian in the RAF after the war and he was posted to Germany. His wife and kids went with him. My mum said it was amazing. They had an indoor toilet at home.

Day 4: My Kindle Fire.

I spend up to 12 hours a night trapped in bed. When I can't sleep, my Kindle Fire and mobile phone are the only things I have to keep me occupied when I can't sleep.

My Kindle Fire lets me surf the internet, read books, watch TV, watch YouTube, and play games. I'm really glad I have one because I can be awake for easily 6 hours a night and that's a long time with nothing to do.

My new phone case!

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