Afternoon movie

We both had the day off today so we decided to make the most of it and went to see Slumdog Millionaire. There's been loads of hype about it as it's winning loads of film awards so we figured it would be a good option. It's actually quite good, a bit harrowing in parts though. I can also see how it might not be the best public image for India though and I think there's been some complaints about it there.

We've not really done very much else for a while, it was His Lordship's birthday last Wednesday, we went out for a meal to Chiquitos. It was quite full given there is supposed to be a credit crunch on!! I bought him the Dad's Army box set, some jeans, a few work tops and a new belt. We also went out on Saturday night to see one of my favourite DJs Meat Katie and he was once again brilliant.

Further extracts from living with Poppy....

With elements of our friend's cat thrown in for good measure...

We're all DOOMED!

It's good to see that the Government is spending it's advertising budgets for both radio and TV wisely. Over the festive period I have seen and heard numerous adverts all of a most cheery nature. We've had the ever present STIs, don't burn your house down, report domestic abuse, stop being fat and the "don't squash your baby when drunk or on drugs". Now, forgive me if I'm wrong, but I always thought Christmas was a time for celebration and nice thoughts. Furthermore, in times of recession shouldn't our government be trying to make us all feel a bit better about life rather than reminding us all about how crap it can be?

Thanks for all the advice on migraines. I don't get them very often and they often start without warning. I was reading somewhere that most aren't triggered by food so I'm not sure my cousin's theory checks out necessarily.

The new healthier us starts tomorrow so today has been spent making soup for lunches. I've done a tomato and pepper soup for His Lordship and butternut squash for me. The latter isn't as nice as normal and I suspect that's the fault of the squash rather than the rest of the ingredients, I'll still eat it though. My cousin will be pleased to learn that these are made from scratch and not out of processed food.

We've also decided to take a twenty minute walk a day on our road to being fitter and I think there are plans afoot to go to the council run gym with P and D too. Will let you know how we get on....

Happy New Year!

I realise I'm a few days behind but I had a screaming migraine all day yesterday which kept me in bed for most of the day. Anyway, I hope the New Year brings you everything you desire!

In other news, we transformed a cheap chest of drawers into a cheap chest of drawers with a new front to them...



I think they've come out well, and now at least they match the rest of the room. We also bought new bedlinen in the sales that go too. That room is now the most expensive in the house. I'm considering putting my pc back in there, but it looks so nice that I don't want anything messing it up, next stop the rest of the house! We've decided to do the living room next because we figure that will be the least expensive (touch wood) to do. I'm also going to paint the kitchen because the hospital green is getting on my nerves.

I wish it could be Christmas every day

Firstly, Merry Christmas to all those I didn't speak to these past few days!

I really enjoyed going to mum and dad's this festive period and was a bit sad to come back to Preston, although the weather has been lovely here today. I think the chickens rule the roost (if you'll pardon the pun) as they have spent much of my time there in the front garden eating all the herbs when they were supposed to be in their area. Christmas was lovely, got some lovely gifts including a cook book with some recipes in it by mum, and a chicken plate painted by her own fair hand.

We've had Christmas Day 2 today as His Lordship and I weren't together for the actual day. This is a tradition I might continue as it's meant a few days of opening presents!?! His Lordship bought me some new needles for my decks, a voucher for the hairdressers, a food processor and some new shoes. These ones in fact.... http://www.faith.co.uk/productdetails.aspx?pid=231200&language=en-GB&cid=platform_wedges_court_shoes

Thanks also to Aunty Sonia for her kind gifts, it was nice to speak to Liam and Natasha as well, it sounded like much fun was being had by all there!

Waiting for Godot

So, this morning at around 8:30am the cooker man rang to tell us he would be with us between 12pm and 3pm. This gave us some hours in town to try and buy the Christmas presents we haven't yet. We basically ran around town because we thought, nay hoped that the cooker man would be coming around the 12 mark rather than 3. Well, we got back just before 12, and waited, and waited, then waited. 1 came and went, 2 came and went, then 3 came and went. He eventually turned up around half past after sitting outside in his van for at least 20 minutes. When he eventually decided to come in, his reason for being late was that he was watching a plane circling. Not just any plane mind you, a plane that looked like it was going to crash land and was circling to get rid of it's fuel. Apparently his brother had seen it and called him to say he could see it and that it looked like only one of it's wheels was down. Cue much speculation as to whether it was going to make a crash landing. Now, I'm not overly certain this wasn't an elaborate excuse, but I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt as he's fixed my cooker and it now reaches top temperature.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

This morning, I left my house to go to work, the floor was a bit wet but nothing out of the ordinary. I got half way to work and suddenly, SNOW EVERYWHERE! Seems the East of the county has faired rather badly where the weather is concerned with a couple of my colleagues even snowed in. I hope we've got it out of the way before Christmas otherwise it's going to be a fun cross country trip.

We put our Christmas decorationss up yesterday as well, it's all looking very festive now. AND the best news is that Morrisons are now stocking my FAVOURITE fudge yule log which they only make in December. We've bought one and tried a little piece today, just for testing purposes you understand.