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Buying a house for the first time

Buying a house for the first time

We found the one... beautiful pine wood walls, warm on a cold open-home day with a lovely fully-fenced garden. Facing the sun, three bedrooms, in our price range, good area... The wonderful list goes on and on..

  • Daily miracles

    Too many days have passed where I\'ve let my inward gaze rob me of joy. I\'ve been so busy holding a magnifying glass up to my pain that I\'ve been blinded to all of the good things surrounding.

  • Holiday sex: It's not always fantastic

    Many people down under have been on a tropical holiday somewhere in the islands. Whether it\'s Rarotonga, Fiji, or a host of other destinations, we\'ve either been there, or trawled through hundreds of Facebook posts of people who have.

  • This will be the best week of your life

    For the third year in a row I banned cell phones from 80 teenagers, for 8 days straight. And do you know what? No one would have had it any other way: when you invite teenagers to a private island to have the best week of their life, at least you\'re coming to the table with something to bargain with.

  • Valentine's formula

    Many enter the second month of the year with high anticipation for February 14. Whether one is single, in a relationship, or married, the thought of the fourteenth day of this particular month draws one\'s attention—be it negatively or positively.

  • Beautiful tensions

    On Tuesday I went surfing. Well, when I say surfing, I mean I paddled around in the water attempting not to get too destroyed by the waves and left with a sunburnt face, and hair filled with funky smelling seaweed.

  • Old times

    The beauty of the ocean is that it doesn\'t judge you, it might literally kill you, but it doesn\'t judge you. You can be in the pits of despair or on the heights of ecstasy and the ocean doesn\'t care; it doesn\'t even give it a thought. I like the ocean.

  • Super Bowl 50

    Last Sunday night at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers 24-10 to win Super Bowl 50 and claim the Vince Lombardi trophy for 2016.

  • Churches just want your money

    \'They just want your money, don\'t they?\' He asked, genuinely curious. I struggled to reply, explaining that, yes—the church functions with money donated, but they also use money for the good of the community.

  • Experiencing the full spectrum

    How would you describe a rainbow to a colour blind friend?

  • Taking the good with the bad

    For the longest time I was sceptical of positive thinking. It sounds pretty grinch-like, doesn\'t it? To me, positive thinking was an airy fairy escapist thing involving inspirational quotes on photos of nature and not a lot of practical good.

  • Surrender your sovereignty

    If one nation prospers and another fails due to its corruption and policies—only the national borders delineate the two.