Chris was 60 this week, so last night we went to her Birthday party and today we went for lunch at the Anchor in Rowhedge. She got lots and lots of pressies, between us and fatty and Al we got her two tickets to see Swan lake and a night in a hotel in London.… Continue reading

This is the yummy pie I made for tea tonight. Its a Steak, Guinness and cheese pie from Jamie Olivers new book and it was bloomin lurvely! 🙂 Continue reading

The Health visitor came round yesterday to meet Emma and she was happy with Emma’s general health and weight gain, she also measured her and she’s a little bit above average. K is getting better by the day so were able to get out for some general trundling around the village and Halstead, and today… Continue reading

A regular thriller boosted by a good performance by Anthony Hopkins playing the slightly crazy intellectual killer. Its Ok, but leave it until it’s on the telly. 6/10 Continue reading

You can vote now on the Peoples 50 million website for one of four projects which are vying for a one-off £50m grant. They include Sherwood Forest which could get an eco makeover and Cornwall an indoor desert, the Black Country could revamp its waterways and much of the UK might see new walking and… Continue reading

Had a nice day yesterday, we went into town to register Emma and do a bit of shopping. It still feels a bit weird pushing the pram around but it was cool. I’m amazed at peoples reaction to Emma, while I was waiting for K, a lady came up to me and she was chatting… Continue reading

I don’t know about you but sometimes I just get a song or a scene from a film stuck in my head and it will just keep playing around in head for ages. For the last couple of days its been “The Scientist” by Coldplay. It’s superb song but its the video which is on… Continue reading

This last week has been really special, we have spent a lovely week at home getting to know each other. Emma is just so cool, dead laid back and tolerated me fluffing around a bit. She is eating loads now and even though she dropped from 7lbs 11 to 7lbs 4, she is now back… Continue reading

Just a note to say thank you so much for all the lovely comments you have posted, its so cool to hear from you all. Love Shaun, K & Emma Continue reading

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Had a nice day today, K is well chuffed with breastfeeding progress and we even got out for a little walk this afternoon. It was quite a strange experience pushing a pram and I felt like a right proper proud dad. I always thought I would feel a bit self concious and I did for… Continue reading

This is the yummy tea I cooked tonight. This week I have been put in charge of all the cooking. Its been quite nice actually as I never usually cook but I do enjoy it when I do it. I found a Gary Rhodes recipe on The Guardian website for Stir-fried chicken with tomatoes, basil… Continue reading

Today was a gorgeous day, we needed a few bits so rather than use the car I decided to cycle the 6 miles or so to Sainsburys as I haven’t had any exercise for a few days. Nearly all of the route I took was traffic free and I was able say hello to people… Continue reading

Well so far so good, had a bit of a frustrating day on Monday getting into the swing of feeding but with advice from Liz (thanks cus!) and some practical advice from the midwife we think we’re getting there. I’ve been put in charge of the nappy changing job and Emma and I are getting… Continue reading

I got the whole series of “Planet Earth” on DVD for my birthday and today I have been able to watch some while I was doing the ironing….. I think it is a masterpiece, it is just so well made and beautifully shot. This, One of my favourite sequences is at the beginning of the… Continue reading

Brought my girls home late yesterday afternoon. It was so nice have them home although I had a very busy evening as K is still really sore. Our first night went fine we even managed quite a bit of sleep! Thanks to everyone for all lovely messages. Continue reading

Video of a fat bloke dancing in the street to “Slam” by pendulum. Love the bit when someone nicks his stereo! Continue reading

Spent most of the morning yesterday welling up all over the place, I just couldn’t control myself, so sorry to mum, fatty, chris and K for being such a pansy. Thankfully I managed to control myself in front of the men otherwise I don’t think I would have heard the last of it! Spent the… Continue reading

After a long long long day Emma was born by caesarian section at about 11pm last night. K did incredibly well, she wanted a home birth and she was in labour all day with only gas and air for pain relief but Emma just wouldn’t come. So at 8pm she went into hospital. By now… Continue reading

11am. Little ginge is well on the way! K is doing fine, she’s really chilled out and little ginge is cool as well, so so far so good. Continue reading

Had a blog crisis tonight but its all sorted now. One of the changes I have done is there are now categories. So you can select all the movie reviews or the diary postings using the link at the bottom of the posts or the link in the sidebar. night night Continue reading

This picture is so beautiful it makes my chest ache. Its taken from the Grand Teton National Park set on flickr. I have added this to my long list of places to go (near the top!). More on Grand Teton National Park on Wikipedia. Continue reading

Well, k is due tomorrow. I can’t believe how quick the time has gone this year its just flown by. Louise the midwife came yesterday and everything is fine and the head is starting to engage. K is pretty cool, I stayed off college tonight as I thought if K is on her own the… Continue reading

Seen the Cadburys ad with the gorilla playing the drums? This one is so much better! Continue reading

I think there must be something severely wrong with me, I woke up with Take Thats “Rule the world” in my head this morning and I am extremely worried about it. I just couldn’t get rid of the vision of a little chunky Gary Barlow singing his heart out. This is just not normal, it… Continue reading

Now I know that getting a new dining room table & chairs is not big news but regular visitors to Trevenna will be very relieved. After perching on those monumentally uncomfortable chairs and getting bum ache before the end of the first course we now have chairs that have actual proper padding and your back… Continue reading

A couple of photos for you This is part of a series of photographs of migrating starlings on the Guardian website. This is the second picture in a a series of four of the Canopus thermonuclear test in French Polynesia in 1968. Scary but beautiful. Continue reading