Diary
-
Hot Weekend…..
K and I had a weekend away at a cottage in Holt up in Norfolk. We had a really good time, we drove up late Friday night, on Saturday we did some shopping, hung out in the pub and in the evening went for a super meal at a tiny wine bar called “Balthazar” and Continue reading
-
Happy Birthday to me!
I was 41 on Friday (yikes!)Thanks everyone for my super cards and pressies. Thanks particularly to my nephew lewis who sang “happy Birthday” to me (brought a tear to my eye) and also a big special thanks to liz for my super personalised card, it was a-mazin! Continue reading
-
Edge of Darkness
is Mel Gibson’s new film based on the BBC series from the Eighties. It looks pretty good, Mel is pretty good in a thriller, remember Ransom? Continue reading
-
Shed News
Well, progress hasn’t been too bad. I had hoped to have the frame for the roof up by now but the weather has been rubbish. The walls to the left and rear are weather-boarded and painted and I hope to have the remaining walls done by the weekend. Its a lot of work but I Continue reading
-
Giraffes can’t Dance
I really recommend this book, I love reading it, its such a sweet story. Its one of Emma’s favourites,we must have read it far too much because she can recite the whole book as we turn the pages! Continue reading
-
Watch Phone
I Remember watching the first Star Trek film round about 1980 and wondering when we will have a communicator to wear on our wrist. Well, Lg have developed the Watch phone which inludes video calling, a camera, reads back your text messages and all the normal software stuff. A-mazin! Continue reading
-
New Music
Echo and the Bunnymen have released their superb new track “I think I need it too”. “XX” by XX is very cool, and very atmospheric. Continue reading
-
Thanks Guys!
Had a great time at the Corkys on Saturday. It was a double celebration, they have just tied the knot and it was Livvy’s second birthday. It was really good, they certainly know how to throw a good party! So congratulations guys and happy birthday Livvy! Unfortunately, I stupidly forgot to take the camera so Continue reading
-
Some piccies for ‘ou
A walk in the woods last weekend. Autumn is just around the corner but the weather has been fantastic this month. Cold at night, but Lovely, clear warm days. Lewis loves a deckchair But Emma doesn’t, what a grumpy face! The girls, the Caples and Chris & Derek all went to the beach yesterday. I Continue reading
-
Missed Connections
Sophie Blackall draws pictures of the people she imagines from posts on missed connection websites. Wednesday, September 23, 2009 – w4m – 23 (Hoboken, NJT station) I just wanted to say thank you for offering to help carry my little orangey/pink suitcase. It really meant a lot because I was having a really terrible day. Continue reading
-
Dust Storm in Australia
Amazing photos of the dust storm in Australia. I think this one is the most eerie. Continue reading
-
Shed News
Got the first course of bricks down and discovered that they weren’t quite square, so rather than faffing the whole lot came up and we re-marked up. Frustrating, and a couple of evenings wasted, but ho hum, you live and learn. Hopefully get it done over the next few days. I’ve got two weeks off Continue reading
-
District Nine
K and I went out for dinner and a movie on Wednesday. We had been looking forward to seeing this film and we definitely weren’t disappointed. Twenty years ago, a spaceship arrives above Johannesburg the aliens don’t attack, instead they are refugees, all one million of them and they are housed in a shanty town Continue reading
-
I Caught my First Tube Today….Sir
As a little tribute to Patrick Swayze we watched Point Break again the other night. Its a great film, with loads of memorable scenes and quotes. Remember the foot chase through the houses? And of course when Utah jumps out of the plane after Bodhi without a chute on. Just Brilliant. Continue reading
-
Do I Need to Worry?
Emma and I were sitting on her bed looking at her piggy banks which contain quite a bit of cash. I asked her “What are you going to buy with your money?” Emma “A car” Me “What sort of car?” Emma ” A sparkly one!” Me “Where will you go in your car?” Emma ” Continue reading
-
I Really Love my Spade
Got the footings in for the summer house today, it was bloody hard work but quite rewarding. The old back aches tonight! Continue reading
-
Knowing
The story in this film is pretty good. A piece of paper written fifty years ago listing seemingly random numbers ends up in the hands of John Koestler (Cage), who realises that the numbers represent dates and casualties from major disasters over the last fifty years and there are still more numbers listed… Its a Continue reading
-
Weekend Away
Booked K and I a cottage up in North Norfolk for weekend away over my birthday. Chris & Derek are going to stay at ours to look after Emma. I’m looking forward to it, I bet we spend most of the weekend saying “Emma would like this” but still, it will be nice to have Continue reading
-
Parkour on a Bike
I never tire of watching these videos. These guys are so talented. Danny MacAskill cruising around the streets of Edinburgh is just A-mazin. Continue reading
-
I Love my Spade
Emma came to help me digging out the footings for the summer house and complained her spade was too small! Footings are pretty much done, just got to get some concrete out from the old patio. Ballast is coming on Wednesday so more shovelling… I love my spade! Continue reading
-
Yummy Blackberries
Ah yes, its that time of yummy year, apple and blackberry crumble, yum yum! Emma did very well collecting blackberries but after a while she was eating more out of her bucket than what was going in it. We had a great weekend, a night out with the Corkys on Saturday who are off to Continue reading
-
Push
I got this because I Love a sci-fi but this film is just rubbish. A really confused jumble of scenes which struggle to come together in a story. I managed twenty minutes. Crap. 0/10 Continue reading
-
Nice Weekend
Girls are home whoop whoop! They have had a merry old time gallivanting in Sunny Wiltshire. We spent yesterday just hanging out and today was the next stage of garden destruction as we work towards building the summerhouse. The patio has now gone (!) so we have gone past the point of no return…. Tonight, Continue reading
-
(500) Days of Summer
Romantic comedies are often pretty dodgy, some are rubbish, remember “What women want” but some are brilliant like “Theres something about Mary” (so so funny). This one though looks like it could be pretty good. NB Wouldn’t it be nice to have 500 days of summer!! Continue reading
-
Home Alone Shaun
The girls have gone off to stay with Hatty for a week so poor old me is home alone 🙁 On the plus side I’ve got a nice big spag bol on the go, beer is poured and a bottle of red is waiting to be opened and I’ve got “Underworld Evolution” to watch….Kate Beckinsale Continue reading
-
Creative Coffins, for you Fatty, a little sideline!
Creative Coffins supply cartonboard coffins for those who want “a distinctive and practical” funeral. The coffins are “Environmentally sympathetic” and (I like this) non-toxic! I love the designs, you can have a box of chocolates, a vodka bottle of even “Rest in Peas”!! Continue reading
-
Lurvely Weekend
This weekend we had some of that sun stuff which was rather nice. We spent Saturday moving a shed which is part of our ongoing garden restructuring. It was a helluva a job and we had a quite a giggle doing it. However, we got there in the end with a slightly damaged shed and Continue reading