Saturday, August 29

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Fashion, Grooming, Lifestyle

A Close Shave by Bearded Colonel

Hi guys for those who haven't noticed from my profile - I have a beard and it's been growing now for around 7 months, maybe a bit more, check out my beard progress on my Twitter page found here I've always had stubble but never a full beard  My beard is not the thickest but I think it looks OK and I get plenty of comments from people saying they like it and that I suit it. Which is cool because it's here to stay  The reason it's not the thickest I think is that when I was just a guy with stubble I never used to clean shave  I always just trimmed it, maybe grade 1 or 2, and have been doing this for at least 10 years now  I don't know if it's true or not but people say if you shave more your hair gets thicker!  I like my beard but...
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Enjoying life as a male blogger

I have just began my 4th week of blogging and I can not believe how much I am enjoying it. Before I actually plucked up the courage to start my blog I was having serious doubts because I've never been know for expressing my opinions. Also I think the only other time I have used a laptop is when I play Champ Manager  I'm not known for my writing, spelling or even my punctuation, as you will probably come to notice if you have ever read my other posts. But I think I am getting better. I've even contemplated getting some English text books to read so I can see how to put things right and help me progress and become a more established blogger  So on Friday the 2nd of January I did finally pluck up the courage to start my blog and to be honest I didn't have a clue where to ...
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Father Son Bond

The importance of a father son bond is something that plays a big part in my life I'm 32, and my son is 9 but because I'm a big kid at heart my self we share a lot of common interests We Both play rugby, and I will admit he's far better at it than me.  He hasn't really started watching it yet on TV but as he gets older I am hoping he will want to go to games more and hopefully watch more games on TV  We are both big gamers too  I don't think there's a day that goes by when either the Xbox360 or Xbox One isn't on in the house (obviously we monitor his time on the consoles so hes not on it too much) There are a few games that we play together, including all of the Lego games  Starting with the first one we played when he first started gaming ...
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Aloe Vera Moisturising Mist

If you have read my recent posts you will know I'm on a bit of a health kick. If you haven't have a look here  I'm just getting in to my third week and things are going OK. There's only been a few days where I have skipped the healthy eating part but that's mainly because of my job.  Its hard working outside in the freezing temperatures that we have been having over the last few week and only having a chicken salad sandwich for dinner so I opted for a few nice, warm, unhealthy meals instead. The other part of my health kick involves going to the gym and that's going really well. I've been at least four times a week and have been working really hard. There have been a few days where I really can not be bothered going but my gym partner sends me about ten messages until I give i...
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The British Tag

Earlier this week I got a twitter notification off Aymie that I had been Tagged!  I didn't have a clue what it was.  At first I thought "Oh crap, what have d I done?" I had to know more so I had a good read of Aymie's post and realised it was another one of those tags that have been circulating for a LONG time. With me still only being new to the blog world I was really happy that I had been tagged  I got nominated last week for the Liebster Award and had so much fun writing that post.  If you haven't yet seen it here you go So The British Tag is basically a few British themed questions which are passed around by bloggers, by tagging your friends or random bloggers once you have answered them yourself. I couldn't wait to get started - I hav...
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Liebster Award

So it was a normal Monday night after a busy weekend of work and kids rugby. I just wanted to relax, as the weekend normally takes it out of me. So I decided the gym was a no go and it was going to be a night on the sofa watching TV. I was watching The Voice, which I had recorded from Saturday night and decided to have a look through my Twitter feed, as you do.  With me only being new to the blogging world I like to read through as many followers blogs as possible. I've never been known to be much of a reader in the past but I've started to really enjoy it. I was on my 4th post when I came across one titled  The Liebster Award It sounded interesting - I wondered what the blogger had won.  I had to read through it  So...
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Secret Geek

Not a lot of people in my life know that I am a bit of a secret geek My story goes way back to when I was a young boy  Many moons ago ! I think it stared when I was in my latter years of middle school or my early years of upper school It seem weird saying middle and upper school nowadays   But I think that's just showing my age!   Around that time I used to spend a lot of time at my cousin's house  We used to get up to all sorts of mischief nothing too bad may I add  On with the geek story I can not fully remember how it all started  But my earliest memories are sat at my uncle's in the front room playing Hero Quest It was an adventure board game created by Milton Bradley, in conjunction with British company Games Workshop It was...
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2014 highlights

So on New Years Eve I was invited to the in laws for a little bit of a family get together to see the year out.  It was a great night - more than enough food, loads to drink (even though I don't drink) well not very often. Me and my brother- in-law manage to get a few games of FIFA 15 in before all the guests turned up too, which was a bonus. It wasn't a big fancy party it was just a small gathering of grandparent,s cousins and other family members so, as usual I turned up in my weekend clothes - joggers and a hoodie. But not my SnapBack this time as I always get told off by the father-in-law - because, as I've been told "it's rude to wear hats in the house" - which I normally ignore but this time I put a bit of product on my hair so I looked a bit smart. I made a poin...
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New year new start !

I've never been one to have a New Years resolution but at the ripe old age of 32 and with a son who never sits down and is always on the move its time to take a serious look at my health. To be honest I have never classed my self as over weight or under weight I've kind of been happy with my self. I'm still an active rugby player, I've never played at an high level, but any body who has ever played rugby knows it's a tough sport! But over the last year I've gradually noticed that I have become pritty lazy.  Slacking at work, doing nothing but slouch on the sofa when I'm home from work, getting out of breath walking up stairs. Not good really. So on December the 28th I decided to weigh my self and to be honest I've not really gone wild over Chr...
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Getting started!

Hello So here it goes my 1st blog post. Hi. My blog, A Blokes Eyeview, will give me the chance to share with you all of the things I enjoy and possibly some things that I don't enjoy. I see my self as a normal 32 year old husband /dad who still takes part in most sports - especially Rugby League, but I also enjoy expressing my inner geek by painting miniatures and playing war games with them (its not as bad as it sounds). I also enjoy everything to do with food, keeping fit and also playing Xbox. I hope you all enjoy my future posts and I look forward to reading your comments  Carl B.