Ouch

I've just hurt my head. I was getting a mug out of the overhead cupboard, it slipped out of my hand and as I bent down another one fell out and hit me on the head before falling to the floor and smashing. His Lordship said with a sad face "that mug came with me to University", not, "ooh are you alright darling?" HARUMPH.


I'm going to take this time to answer some points raised as a result of my last blog entry.

1. Robert Smith is the lead singer of The Cure - if you haven't heard of them you are probably one of the following...

a) my dad
b) over fifty
c) under the age of 25
d) unable to "google" something

2. Trains. His Lordship and I know all about train sounds, we lived next to one for long enough. Some of the earthquake rumblings were similar to when the big trains used to go by late at night.

EARTHQUAKE!

So, during a very important conversation with Robert Smith from The Cure I was rudely awaken by the bed moving and the noise of the wardrobe swishing about at about 1:00am. His Lordship was also woken up and I sprung out of bed saying "what's going on??", I looked out of the window to see other bedroom lights being switched on and turned to him and said "I bet it's an earthquake". He dismisses this, saying "It'll be a train". We're not close to a railway line so I knew it wasn't that.

So, fastforward to 8am, we get up and look at some news sites on the internet and it turns out to be the biggest earthquake since 1984 and it's right where Ma and Pa live. I rang them, they are ok, but they too felt the bed moving. HOW EXCITING!? I rang work to see if we're covering it, and it turns out police have had over 200 calls in our area alone!

5.2 it measured and may not sound like much but pretty much all the country has felt it!

Organic

I've just watched quiet an interesting BBC programme about Supermarket claims and in particular I watched with a keen eye the part that featured organic foods.

I've provided a link for those who wish to watch the relevant part...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/broadband/tx/supermarket/vote/

Basically, it said that pesticides were not the risk organic producers claim, and that very little actually make it into the food. But, watch and make up your own minds.

In other news, I am eating Peppermint patties and His Lordship managed to drop TWO in the sink, WHAT A WASTE! He's eating Hersey's Kisses, but they taste like vomit so I don't partake. Could someone clear up for me why this is? I'd have thought the American palate would be quick to notice something like that.

Tell me why I don't like Mondays

So, it's back to the grindstone again, got a fairly hard week ahead as we're a two man newsroom. Am really not looking forward to Friday, I can tell you!

For dinner this evening I have had Gnocci and it was DELICIOUS (blah blah, processed crap, blah blah).

Anyway, i've not got a lot to report, so have a cat that thinks it's a dog to make up for it...

Food glorious food

As my cousin seems so interested in what I eat and is under the impression that ALL I eat is processed crap, i'm going to run down all the things I've eaten today...

Breakfast

1 bowl of branflakes with a splash of milk
1 small glass of juice

Midmorning

1 cox apple (small)

Lunch

1 bowl of spicy carrot soup, which I made myself and contained no added preservatives or indeed anything on the processed list.
1 fromage frais (strawberry)

Afternoon snack

1 cox apple (small)

Dinner

Braised lamb shank, with braised carrots, broccoli and mashed potato (all homemade) from a recipe by John Burton Race
1 creme egg ( I know he will appove of this)

So, basically, I think you'll all agree that I have had my five portions of fruit and veg today, I may even have some grapes later for a treat. It's also fairly balanced.

As for my migraine, a lad I work with has also had one this week, in fact he was sick at work. So we're blaming the low pressure and or the air conditioning.

In other news, the Brits is on tonight so I will be doing my best to avoid it, especially as it's a good TV night, we've got Masterchef with good old John and Greg stuffing their faces with as much food as will fit on a spoon. Grand Designs, so I can see how the other half lives and what a multi million pound house looks like! And good old Gordon Ramsey swearing at the Americans. GREAT!

Too good to be true

This afternoon was a waste of a day for me, thanks to getting a migraine after two days of rubbish sleep. I went to Morrisons to get a few bits for when Ma and Pa come. I've had a headache since Sunday and just thought it was a continuation of that, until I got down the pasta isle and started to feel sick. I carried on shopping but at an increased speed, paid and got home. Because I hadn't got flashing lights I thought that maybe it was just a real bad headache and didn't want to take the immigran if it wasn't necessary. I took two paracetamol which did absolutely nothing. Around half three I just had to go and lie down. I woke up at half five and it was gone apart from that dull ache you get. But what a waste! I had planned to do all sorts today in preparation for my friend's bday party in Manchester on Saturday.

I'll be glad to get to work tomorrow, I'm going stir crazy.

Well, hello!

It's been a while hasn't it?! I've not had much to say for myself to be honest so I figured rather than bore people rigid I would say nothing at all.

The cat and I are having a battle of wills, it is becoming apparent that she does not like wet food. Well, she likes the gravy, just not the meat. I've been trying to get her to eat the meat, but she just leaves it so I thought I'd put her bisuits on top of it in the vain hope she would just eat them as one. How wrong I was, she's just eaten all of them and left the meat. It's a case of who will give up first, I fear it will be me.

I've been watching a TV show called Meet The Natives about a tribe who live on an Island in the Pacific Ocean. It's a documentary series about their experiences coming to England. It's fascinating stuff. Not least because this particular tribe think that Prince Philip is the son of their God in human form. I've also been watching Larkrise to Candleford, which is such a lovely bit of Sunday evening fluff.

In other news, I have a wrinkle on my forehead, I guess I'm just getting old!

I'm rich!

Ok, i'm not, but I did win a whopping £7.10. What to spend it on?!

I suppose it shows that you do sometimes win on the lottery, but I'm not sure it's a game I want to play every week.

95 Million

That's the Euromillions jackpot tonight. So, for a pipe dream we've bought two tickets and I'm looking forward to not winning. However, were I to win, the first purchase? Well, a Bugatti Veyron. I figure that's got to be the best supercar bargin as every one sold means the car company loses about 3 million pounds. It is a beautiful looking machine though. I might also go straight away on holiday, to somewhere warm because it's very cold here at the moment.

Tomorrow we're going to tackle the yard with gusto. It's going to be hosed down and the outside toilet bleached to within an inch of it's life. You may remember it's full of dog dirt, well, last weekend when our friends were here, one of the ones from London asked to use the toilet. Someone was in there, so I said "we don't have inside toilets here, only outside". I then forgot about my flippant remark. About ten minutes later I said, "I think the toilet's free". He looked at me, then said, "I went to the one outside". Turns out, he actually did think we had outside toilets in the North!!!!

Super Tuesday

I'm eagerly awaiting the results of the polling taking place in the US today, not least because it could mean that the first woman or black person is one step closer to becoming Commander in Chief, but also because of my love of the West Wing. Of course, I'm basing all of my understanding of what is going on from that source, so I do hope it's accurate! It's also not like the election system here which, quite frankly is, well, dull. Having spent many an election night at various counts, there just isn't the build up, nor the tension or the high profile celebrities.

Today is also pancake day, and that in some respects makes it super! I've prepared the batter and we're waiting till our dinner's have settled before we embark on a million pancakes. I'm an advocate of the sugar and lemon variety, I believe this is the one true topping for this occasion and I will not be swayed. All others seem a little cloying and lack the sharpness the lemon brings. It is of course jif lemon too! I doubt though that I will be giving up anything for lent (maybe blogging?) due to not being religious, or able to give anything up! For the food nazis out there, I don't care that plain flour is bad for you - pancakes are delicious!

Didn't we have a lovely time, the day we went to....erm.....Blackpool

Yes, that's right, we've been to Blackpool for the day today.

Because we missed His Lordship's actual birthday I promised him we would do anything he wanted today, he chose Blackpool so off we went. We spent some 2ps in the "penny falls", played on some arcade games, ate fish and chips and went for an incredibly bracing walk along the sea front. We were looking for that ferry that recently went aground, but I think it must have been moved by now because it wasn't there.

In other news, we've bought one of those bins you see on picket lines in order to burn the "dog poo wood" and other undesirable items from the shed. Oh, and a step ladder, it's all go y'know.

Welcome guests

It's been a busy weekend for us, we spent saturday day tidying up in preparation for a party that night. A couple of our friends from Brighton and London were up for the weekend, as well as one from Solihul and the usual suspects from round here. It's a rather late 30th birthday celebration for His Lordship and meant that we didn't get to bed till very late (or early depending on your timings.) It was really nice to see them all, we don't get together nearly enough as we probably should, although we've semi-arranged to meet in April in Brighton so we'll see how that works out nearer the time.

I am trying to pursuade His Lordship (not that it will take much) to go to Manchester for a big night out on the Easter Bank Holiday, the line up is fantastic for the Warehouse Projects, 808 State, Peter Hook from New Order doing a DJ set, A Guy Called Gerald, Mike Pickering, Graeme Park and Shaun Ryder (he should be good for a laugh if nothing else!).

Anyway, nothing else to report.