It's changeover day tomorrow. That's when the pet parents come back and we try to make the house look as though we haven't lived here for a fortnight. 😂 It's hard when you are living in someone else's place because you have to think twice about everything you do. And sometimes things still surprise you, like the bedroom roof leaking in...

Hi my friends. Just need to share something. I Unashamedly pinched from the Pearls of Rumi page on Facebook. I had to share this with you lot, in case you didn't see it. If anyone turns you down, or tells you you aren't good enough. 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙨 "𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨" 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙! ♦ 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 was expelled from school after only four months...

Got up this morning and ran a bath for the Mrs. She of course waited for the water to cool down too much. Next, she couldn't get the water to drain. Well, i'm not an engineer! Such are the trials of Sundays. I used to really hate them, but now they're the most relaxing day of the week. This afternoon we got a 1* review on our cottage, ...

To keep us off the streets while we've been cavorting around The World, we decided to put together a little website where people can get an idea of what we do. Debs is the main driving force here and I remain in my cage every morning until i've completed my list of updates and magic tricks. Only then am I allowed food and water. You ca...

My mam keeps reminding me that it's about time I got some new glasses. She's right of course as the last pair I had was just before the unfortunate parrot incident in 2022. I've been toying with the idea of going totally Joe 90 and getting a pair of these Rayban Wayfairer AI specs. They translate foreign languages, take movies of whate...

Hey, long time no hear. We've been over to the oven known as Spain for 7 weeks. The place is mad. The San Juan Festival was on in Alicante and basically the whole town parties for 7 days, then sets fire to everything. 🔥 The previous 6 weeks were in a more inland village, but it was hotter still. The hot weather was hotter than even Spa...

My partner Debs promised me we could have an Indian meal for lunch if I got my hair cut. I reckon it happens about every 2 months, so i've had 390 hair cuts in my entire life. This is the latest. The Indian meal was maybe a bad idea, as it was 31 in the shade and there was no shade on the walk home. 🥵 Anyhow, we got back sweaty and rep...

Hey, I accidentally deleted a link from this newsletter a little while ago for a Marketing Course I received from my good friend Matt Richards. He used to sell this course (along with support) for £2,000 a pop, but he moved out of the industry to start a new venture with his wife. I transferred it all to YouTube and here it is for free...

Yes, these are 3 cute little things we are sitting for at the moment (in Spain). The two at the back are actually wild cats that have been unofficially adopted. Loki at the front is a house cat, known as 'The Reverend', as he has a little white dog collar stripe under his chin that makes him look like a vicar. Obviously, being a cat is...

Hi everybody. As if you haven't noticed, the World is having a bit of a hiatus at the moment, primarily caused by two of the largest bell-ends being in charge. The rest of us are meant to suffer whilst they prosper. What it brings home is, no matter how comfortable you think your life is, with a good job and future, things can change i...

Hi everybody! Just a quick update. We've been quite busy over the winter with the travel/pet sitting. We didn't really anticipate how well this would go, but we've been pretty non-stop. Pet sitting has taken us to North Yorkshire, The Lake District, Northumberland and Spain. We work through a proper website (Trusted House Sitters) whic...

Hi everybody. Yesterday I received an email from Kyle at Wealthy Affiliate, congratulating me on becoming an Ambassador. Effectively that means i've reached the top 25 affiliates in the World. It's not a monetary rank, but rather a measure of how I engage and help on the platform. I encourage my own introductions as well as helping oth...

My mentor Kyle has just published this post on Facebook:- "AI, the new world sink hole for old school jobs. Within 5 years, there isn't going to be a need for 90% of the existing "informational" jobs that currently exist. And that is most jobs. If you are working on a computer at any point in the day, I am speaking directly to you. The...

One of the nicest things about working online this way is you can work from anywhere. Here I am putting together a post for my website whilst enjoying the countryside in North Yorkshire. It's a pretty nice lifestyle and I run it alongside a pet/house sitting business. I can 'work' as long as the owner has decent wifi. There really is n...

OK, let's be honest here. I'm not really writing for the young whipper-snappers who want to earn a Lambo before their 21st birthday. My audience is the slightly more mature type. As I said, I got into this when I was made redundant. I was 56 years old. I'd worked for 37 years and had a wealth of knowledge behind me. I'd seen all the Nu...