Yet again, months pass between posts. It's been tricky trying to keep up with everything that's going on at home and work recently and even more tricky to blog about it, but I'm 'borrowing' some time from work to write a little update.
I'll start with the centre of our world, Harrison. He's becoming a proper boy now - plays in the dirt, whines when he doesn't get what he wants and occasionally talks absolute nonsense. Chip off the old block I think. Fi is taking him to weekly swimming lessons and Tumble Tots, both of which he loves. Tumble Tots does have it's downsides… he needs to learn that the house it not a baby-gym and he can't climb onto/jump off everything he wants to. No harm done thus far though.
I continue to be consumed in photography, although the quality of my 365 photos on Flickr may have you believe otherwise. I need to dedicate more time (any time actually) to just going out to shoot a location. My Photos of Bath website is woefully short of, well photos of Bath so that is first on my list.
If the weather holds out we'll be going to Silverstone to watch the F1 testing next Thursday. This'll give me a long-awaited chance to attempt to take some decent F1 pictures, something which has eluded me for about 20 years actually. I suspect I'll come back with 2 or 3 good ones and start moaning about how I don't have the right lens etc…. You know, the usual photographic excuses.
Next Saturday we're off camping, I suppose you could call it our Summer holiday. We're taking a trip to the Isle of Wight in our tent for 5 nights. We had been hoping to have a trial-run camping with Harry prior to going away for 5 nights, but something always seems to have got in the way. We're all really looking forward to it and amazingly it'll be the first time Fi, Harry and I have been on hols together on our own. Crazy.
Finally, a mention to Rachael and Paul. After absolutely ages they are now married. The day was a great success and much merriment was had by all. There are of course the obligatory photos on Flickr (here's a link to Paul's Flickr set). Congrats to you both.
That's all folks.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Monday, April 30, 2007
Casino Royale
In a bid to watch more films we subscribed to 'Love Film'. Now I was hoping we wouldn't waste our money doing this but as it turned out we have watched 8 films in the last few months which I think has been well worth the money. Most of them have been films we wanted to see at the cinema and couldn't, so getting them delivered through the post and being able to watch them at our leisure is brilliant.
Anyway we watched Casino Royale last night. I didn't get to the cinema to see this and I really wanted to see how the new Bond worked out. I have to say I am a big fan of Pierce Brosnan but I thought Daniel Craig was ever so slightly better - darker, moodier, edgier, funnier at the one liners and also more emotional (although I know this is supposed to be back to the beginning of Bond's career which is probably why). I was pleasantly surprised by the end and decided that yes they have made the right decision by picking Daniel Craig to be James Bond, so roll on the next installment.
Anyway we watched Casino Royale last night. I didn't get to the cinema to see this and I really wanted to see how the new Bond worked out. I have to say I am a big fan of Pierce Brosnan but I thought Daniel Craig was ever so slightly better - darker, moodier, edgier, funnier at the one liners and also more emotional (although I know this is supposed to be back to the beginning of Bond's career which is probably why). I was pleasantly surprised by the end and decided that yes they have made the right decision by picking Daniel Craig to be James Bond, so roll on the next installment.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Is anybody out there?
I read this news story on the internet yesterday and thought I had to share it with you. It sounds absolutely hilarious if you like The A Team and Most Haunted - mix them together (yes I know it sounds weird) and you've got complete and utter madness.
Brilliant and I love it.
Brilliant and I love it.
Friday, April 06, 2007
Easter update
For a change we're staying in Bath this Easter but that doesn't mean we're not busy. We've got most of the immediate family around on Easter Sunday for a great big Lunch and around that we've all the preparations, tons of gardening and housework to catchup on. Hopefully somewhere in all that we'll find some time to chill out for an hour or two.
A couple of weeks back I was honoured to be asked to be Paul's best man for his impending wedding. Obviously there is a stag thing to organise and other bast-manly duties to take care of. Obviously this'll be done at the last minute.. It's okay, they don't read this blog.
Harrison is really enjoying the good weather at the moment. Part of the gardening work is to ensure that it is toddler-safe. We're almost there so he can generally wonder around without too much supervision.
A couple of weeks back I was honoured to be asked to be Paul's best man for his impending wedding. Obviously there is a stag thing to organise and other bast-manly duties to take care of. Obviously this'll be done at the last minute.. It's okay, they don't read this blog.
Harrison is really enjoying the good weather at the moment. Part of the gardening work is to ensure that it is toddler-safe. We're almost there so he can generally wonder around without too much supervision.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Life Update
It's been exactly a month since the last post - this wasn't done deliberately, I just have the time and something to write.
Again Harrison is asleep. I use the couple of hours that he sleeps in the afternoon to do everything I want to do without him getting in the way - hence the blog. Annoyingly he fell asleep in the car on the way home from swimming which always throws his nap time out completely. I can't hear him anymore though which must be a good sign. The swimming is brilliant now we have moved up into Ducklings 2. It is more grown up - some of which scares him a bit, like standing on the side of the pool and jumping in while I catch him, and lying on his back which he hates. Oh well practice makes perfect as they say.
No grandparents yet though. Hopefully, maybe, maybe not next week - if all the extremely well paid and extremely crap professional people who deal with house sales get their arses into gear and actually do something....Solicitors and estate agents make me so mad. I could do their job better than them standing on my head with my eyes shut :O) I'm not actually sure I can stand on my head but I'll give it a go!
Andy decided to join 'Love Film' on a months free trial so we can see how it works. I have to say it works brilliantly, once you set it all up. It has revolutionised our evenings (seeing as we can't leave the house to go to the cinema and our DVD collection is so uninspiring). We have seen 2 films in the last 10 days that we may not have paid to go to the cinema to see or bought them on DVD but I am really glad we put them on our list to rent. Firstly we saw 'The Black Dahlia' which I had wanted to see ever since it first came out. So it arrived in the post and we actually sat down and watched it rather than playing on the Xbox or surfing the net. I'm glad I've seen it because now I know I don't want to see it again - much too confusing, but didn't interest me enough to try and watch it again to work out what the hell is going on. So we posted it back and within 3 days we had our next film. Now this was definitely a film I wouldn't have gone to the cinema to see but I have seen a lot about it on the internet. 'Volver' was excellent and I think it is now one of my top films. I absolutely loved it. I'm not a big fan of subtitled foreign films but I was so engrossed in this one. I am a changed person. So yes 'Love Film' is a brilliant way of seeing all the films you've missed at the cinema or read about and didn't want to waste the money. For £10.00 a month normally we could potentially watch 4 or 5 movies, so I think we will be continuing after the free trial ends.
Now I've been a bit 'Alec Baldwin' about the whole 'Love Film' thing, I'd better get back to doing something much more useful like putting some undercoat on the skirting board in our bedroom. We are almost finished with the painting, the bed is up, the carpet is in, all we need to do is put the new curtains up and go to Ikea to get the rest of the furniture. It looks fab, so I'd better continue with the decorating.
Again Harrison is asleep. I use the couple of hours that he sleeps in the afternoon to do everything I want to do without him getting in the way - hence the blog. Annoyingly he fell asleep in the car on the way home from swimming which always throws his nap time out completely. I can't hear him anymore though which must be a good sign. The swimming is brilliant now we have moved up into Ducklings 2. It is more grown up - some of which scares him a bit, like standing on the side of the pool and jumping in while I catch him, and lying on his back which he hates. Oh well practice makes perfect as they say.
No grandparents yet though. Hopefully, maybe, maybe not next week - if all the extremely well paid and extremely crap professional people who deal with house sales get their arses into gear and actually do something....Solicitors and estate agents make me so mad. I could do their job better than them standing on my head with my eyes shut :O) I'm not actually sure I can stand on my head but I'll give it a go!
Andy decided to join 'Love Film' on a months free trial so we can see how it works. I have to say it works brilliantly, once you set it all up. It has revolutionised our evenings (seeing as we can't leave the house to go to the cinema and our DVD collection is so uninspiring). We have seen 2 films in the last 10 days that we may not have paid to go to the cinema to see or bought them on DVD but I am really glad we put them on our list to rent. Firstly we saw 'The Black Dahlia' which I had wanted to see ever since it first came out. So it arrived in the post and we actually sat down and watched it rather than playing on the Xbox or surfing the net. I'm glad I've seen it because now I know I don't want to see it again - much too confusing, but didn't interest me enough to try and watch it again to work out what the hell is going on. So we posted it back and within 3 days we had our next film. Now this was definitely a film I wouldn't have gone to the cinema to see but I have seen a lot about it on the internet. 'Volver' was excellent and I think it is now one of my top films. I absolutely loved it. I'm not a big fan of subtitled foreign films but I was so engrossed in this one. I am a changed person. So yes 'Love Film' is a brilliant way of seeing all the films you've missed at the cinema or read about and didn't want to waste the money. For £10.00 a month normally we could potentially watch 4 or 5 movies, so I think we will be continuing after the free trial ends.
Now I've been a bit 'Alec Baldwin' about the whole 'Love Film' thing, I'd better get back to doing something much more useful like putting some undercoat on the skirting board in our bedroom. We are almost finished with the painting, the bed is up, the carpet is in, all we need to do is put the new curtains up and go to Ikea to get the rest of the furniture. It looks fab, so I'd better continue with the decorating.
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