Honestly, I’m not abnormal! Notes

weird – the first syllable rhymes with ‘beer’ or ‘near’‘ – strange, odd.

Just because is used when people are defending or attacking a point of view, to say that there is no justification for thinking a fact / truth follows automatically or logically from another one.
Eg Just because he’s married doesn’t mean he can never go to another football match in his life! – ie there is no logical reason for concluding this.
Just because you’ve applied for the job doesn’t mean you’ll get it.
Just because she likes animals doesn’t means she doesn’t like humans!
an LP – abbreviation for a ‘long-playing record’
I might watch – I sometimes watched. Be careful, sometimes ‘might‘ means sth could be a choice or a possibility in the past.
That’s it – that’s all or it’s over / finished.
to miss out on sth – phrasal verb – to fail to use an opportunity to enjoy or benefit sth.
Eg Sometimes young people go to university even though they aren’t very interested in studying. They just don’t want to miss out on the social life – ie It’s too good an opportunity to miss, even though they are not studying for the best of reasons.
To take sth for granted – 1) to assume / believe something to be the truth without even thinking about it.
Eg "I took it for granted that their children would grow up bilingual." = I assumed they would / I didn’t even consider it a possibility they might not speak both languages.
to take sth / someone for granted – If you take situations or people for granted, you do not appreciate or show that you are grateful for how much you benefit from them.
Eg Every Saturday the cycling club calls at Mary’s and eats a huge lunch – and they just take it / her for granted (= they never thank her).
That’s fine by me – that is not a problem as far as I’m concerned / this doesn’t worry me in the slightest. It is sometimes a phrase used to confirm an arrangement already made by others, as a way of confirming your availability, willingness or agreement. Eg "We thought we’d have a night out at our local pizzeria – what do you think?" "That’s fine by me."

The Office – a comedy series broadcast on BBC2 in 2001 for a short time, and which has had many imitations in other countries. It was a situation comedy which satirised attitudes prevalent in offices.
EastEnders dates from 1985 and is a popular and award-winning BBC television soap opera broadcast on BBC1 four times a week. EastEnders‘ storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in Albert Square, a Victorian square of terraced houses, a pub, (the Queen Victoria) a street market and various small businesses in the East End of London, England.

To be better off – it would be preferable / advantageous / beneficial. Eg "We’d all be better off taking more exercise" = It would benefit us all / do us all good to take more exercise.
This phrase can also mean ‘in a better financial position’. Eg "I’d be better off if I didn’t have to run a car." = I would have more money if …..
haunted by – here, it means the writer is pre-occupied by sth
every so often – occasionally, every now and then.

Lambing time – one of the periods of the year when lambs are born.

Mind you – however; this is a caveat which modifies a statement just made, making it less true. It is only ever used in this form and is similar in meaning and use to the phrase ‘having said that….’
Eg I rarely eat meat. Mind you, I often eat roast chicken (ie, eating meat is not that rare).
‘You ought to get out more‘.This is a comment which is sometimes made for genuine reasons – sometimes people are encouraged to take more exercise, or have more of a social life. It is used very often to be amusing, implying that someone is getting an interest or topic out of perspective, or granting it more importance than is healthy or desirable. We also sometimes say it of ourselves, expecting others not to understand our excessive interest in something and to make them laugh. Eg "I love reading grammar books. I really should get out more." Or "My husband plays with toy trains all day. He doesn’t get out much." A similar informal phrase used in conversation, again to amuse, is " I / You / He / We / They should get a life."
Point taken. This is used to say you accept what someone has said to you. ‘I take your point‘ is another way of saying this.
A vice is 1) a moral fault or weakness in someone’s character eg greed, pride, envy, dishonesty and lust are considered to be vices.
It can also be 2) an immoral or illegal activity involving, for instance, fraud, drugs, sex, violent crime etc.
Here it is used in a typical variation of 1) to be humorous, meaning a (mild) bad habit that you indulge, or can’t stop yourself enjoying. Eg "They gave me a box of chocolates knowing it’s one of my vices." "Yes, shoes are her number one vice."
The Archers – a long-running serial on radio 4 based in a farming village called Ambridge. The world’s longest-running radio soap, ‘The Archers’ has been on the radio since 1951 and is broadcast for 15 minutes every day, with a two-hour Omnibus version at the weekend for people who have missed the week’s episodes. ‘Archer’ was the surname of the original farming couple – Dan and Doris Archer and their family. It was originally billed as an ‘everyday story of country folk’ and remains a somewhat idealised picture of country life, but it often broaches current issues and topics. Despite its rural flavour it is in fact recorded in the city of Birmingham!